So far The Taken King is fun, but it really irks me how useless my old gear is becoming. Anything that isn’t being “carried over” to year two is noticeably worse than even a lot of the new blue (rare) gear, with no way of updating your old gear so it can remain competitive. I happen to like my original Future War Cult armor, and would like to keep using it. After all the hype the P.R. team did during House of Wolves making sure “your old legendaries will still be viable” with the ascending system, the whole 180 this time around with no support for most of the old gear is really annoying. I guess taking away player choice is their idea of "learning" from year one Destiny.