what makes my thorn all the more special was that i was lucky enough to get the bounty in the first place. i dont think Exotic weapons should have a story mission that is accessable to everyone, i think it really should be based on luck. its supposed to have a special feeling, like you have an Excalibur, or even THE Excalibur of whatever gun. its supposed to be unbiased. it doesnt get anymore unbiased than luck. luck favors whatever it wants to, not pros or noobs, solo players or team players. just whatever the server dishes out is what you get. as for guns and armors sold by Xur, i think they need to make the way of obtaining strange coins a luck-based thing too. perhaps they should be put up to the legendary tier and should be given a small chance of being dropped by enemies. i mean the same chances that an enemy has to drop a legendary or even exotic engram. they shouldnt be given out like candy for beating some "just beat the story a few days ago"-leveled strike. that, and i think the prices should be increased for exotics too. 17-30 of a rare-tiered item/currency is just too cheap for an exotic, or, as i described before, an Excalibur of a weapon/armor piece the exotic engrams should be raised in price too. perhaps to 50-100 motes of light?