However; they have stated that all new exotics will not be RNG: and will have a "quest line" akin to Exotic Weapon Bounties. So, this could theory could play a huge part as to how to go about getting this weapon. Or at least touch on some points of it.

I missed this. Where was it?

[quote]For the Taken King, Destiny is crafting a suite of new exotic weapons for players to fawn over and collect. [b][u]However, not all of these will be acquired randomly; some truly powerful tools will require work to unlock.[/u][/b] The journey Bungie took to create Sleeper Simulant, however, is nearly as interesting as the path players will take to unlock it. We spoke with a few of Destiny's weapon smiths to get the rundown on how Bungie designs an exotic weapon from scratch, and then we took the weapon for a test drive ourselves.[/quote] [url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/08/07/the-life-of-a-destiny-exotic-designing-gjallarhorns-new-competition.aspx]Source[/url]