I agree. If I knew that we weren't going to have the ability to "ascend" legendary gear from year 1, I wouldn't have pre-ordered TTK. I believe that a little while back one of the mouth pieces for Bungie stated that we would be able to continue growing our guardian with gear and weapons that we earned. Maybe I misunderstood, but now I don't even feel like playing Destiny til TTK comes out. I'm going to see if it's worth it and then decide from there.