Yeah, exotic gear are supposed to be unique in itself, but most pieces not changing color with the rest of the gear when applying a shader makes it not so unique. It's hard to keep the look you want when Lucky Raspberry, The Armamentarium, or Heart of the Praxic Fire (and many others, but those are the more relatable ones) don't really get affected by shaders.
My main's a hunter, so I'm not too familiar with the other class exotics, but I do know it's kind of a bummer when we have a sweet looking helmet like Mask of the Third Man, but it's unaffected by shaders, keeping the yellow base helmet. Or what about the Alpha Lupi chest for hunters and titans? I'm sure it'd look much color if the colors changed with the shaders, no?
Maybe I'm the only one who's really bugged by shaders not applying to most exotic gear, I don't know. But it's nice when it does, like the Spine of Ahamkara or the Achlyophage Symbiote.
What are your thoughts? Let me know, let Bungie know. I'd like to hope they'd give the exotics a cosmetic update in the future.
Edit: There should be an option to toggle the shaders for exotic gear. Don't know why I didn't think of this.
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I agree, with the exception of ptaxic fire, why would you want to change that?