Who would be playing if you could just easily get whatever you wanted? Considering all the people that get 5+ of the same exotics. Nothing would have any value so none of it would be worth anything trading. And the game would be empty after a month.

Yeah it would be to easy. I want to get my stuff the real way

The only "trading" that should be implemented should be when players reach the end of a PvE activity (Raid, Heroic, Nightfall), at the rewards screen each player can enter a "reward swap" screen if they wish, where BOTH players must agree on the swap. If not enough people enter or agree on any swapping (1 or none), the game simply proceeds to orbit as usual and rewards are locked in and handed out. The reason why this would work is that players all work together on these PvE events and as a result, have earned a reward. There is no justification, however, for a SPECIFIC reward (i.e. [i]your effort was worth 10 shards, lol[/i]) so trading among teammates at the conclusion of a mission is still providing players with earned gear as they helped get it for a player in the first place. Furthermore, this has no impact on the loot table, which can (and frequently does) give all 3 players crap "rewards". In these cases, you're out of luck. This trading system would be to address moments where your friend gets a duplicate exotic that you desperately need. You helped him/her get it, so it can be just as much yours as it is his/hers. [b]EDIT:[/b] Glad to see this idea is popular among some people. Might make this its own topic if it becomes popular enough. The only other thing I would add is a more specific implementation of the concept: At the rewards screen, the fireteam leader cannot initiate orbit until at least 2/3 (or 5/6 for raids) of the team has opted out of the swap option. [b][u]X[/u] - Swap [u] B(Circle)[/u]-Decline Swap [u]Y(Triangle)[/u]- Orbit[/b], for example. (This is to prevent trolling at end so the team can proceed to orbit if no trades are wanted by the vast majority.) If the swap is selected, each player will see the list of remaining players (just like a rewards screen who opted for swaping) with the given loot they currently are about to receive. That player can select ONE player and offer ALL their rewards drop to the other. That player must also select the SAME player to confirm. The players then swap ALL drops with one another and wait for any other players to finish trading. [b]Once all trading/ declination is complete, the fireteam leader can proceed to orbit manually.[/b] ---- In the case of disconnect/ early leave players, the swap screen will only show those STILL in the fireteam. No one can join a fireteam in trade (just like a "loading screen"). The reason why players would need to swap all their loot to the other person is due to the fact that the inventory system in Destiny most likely cannot handle mixing around parts of a loot drop to each player. It needs to be kept simplified to maintain the chance of bugs low. The last thing we want is to lose all of our loot after we trade and neither player gets anything!

the game would get old and dry way to fast #Fireteamchat

What would you trade a Gjallarhorn for? A Blackhammer? What about the people who have neither? What about the people who have a vault full of exotics no one wants to trade for? Trading wouldn't work in this game because [i]there aren't enough items to trade[/i]. And those who do have coveted items would be trading among themselves and everyone else would be just as equally left out as they are now. I play games to get away from the real world, not simulate it.

Becuase most of use only need to do one or two trades then we'd be complete. Trading needs an economy and Destiny doesn't have one.

In a day people would have every exotic. Hell I'd give all my spares to some noob in tower just for the hell of it.

Because then bungie would have to assign values to each gun and basically officially say which guns are the best.

So people don't start buying crap from each other via PayPal.