Ever since [i]Destiny 2[/i] was released, we have been provided with a whole new library of unique Legendary an Exotic gear and weaponry, along with a couple of old exotics making a return. Most of you have been asking throughout the forums, "Where is the <insert incredibly popular exotic here>?" "When should we expect more of our favourite exotics from [i]Destiny 1[/i] to return?" I do not have a proper, direct answer to that, for I am not Bungie. But I can provide you with something you may or may not have known in terms of the pattern of returning exotics. If you did not know, a couple of the exotics that returned came back based on the focus of the game's expansions. If an expansion has a strong focus on a certain enemy type, setting or similarity to anything from Destiny [i]1[/i] they bring back some exotics from Destiny [i]1[/i] based on the game's, its expansions' or a certain quest's focus on these kinds of things. I will provide for you one example from each of the expansions that have come out for Destiny [i]2[/i]. The First Expansion-- [i]Curse of Osiris[/i]-- focused on the Vex-- similar to Destiny [i]1[/i]'s focus on the Vex with [i]Vault of Glass[/i], and one of the exotics that came back from that to the expansion was the [b]Helm of Saint-14[/b], which recieved minor changes in the expansion. The Second Expansion-- [i]Warmind[/i]-- focused on the Hive, the Clovis Bray facility and Rasputin. While Destiny [i]1[/i]'s first large-scale expansion-- [i]The Taken King[/i]-- focused on the Taken and a little bit on the Hive, there was one quest which took place in Rasputin's Vault in the Cosmodrome, and it involved a Hive "Puzzle" to get through a step of the quest required to earn the [b]Sleeper Simulant[/b]. This weapon returned in the second expansion possibly because of its similarity to that quest from [i]The Taken King[/i], along with the setting. It is a pattern that very few people have noticed-- yes, I mean [i]very[/i] few-- including myself. Destiny 2 "Vanilla" brought back some exotics when it was released, but because there wasn't very much to connect a past quest, event, location, expansion or anything with its focus on the Cabal, some of the exotics that may have just been a possible unlock from an Exotic Engram (Examples: [b]SUROS Regime[/b], [b]Eternal Warrior[/b], [b]The Armamanterium[/b], [b]Celestial Nighthawk[/b], [b]Lucky Raspberry[/b], etc.), rather than an event-unlocked or quest-unlocked exotic. Before you criticize my theory, know that I'm not entirely sure if this is true or not, because I am not Bungie, nor do I work at Bungie. I don't know everything that goes on behind closed doors. I just go by what I know, what I see and what I believe is true. Everything that I have written down here about my theory-- I am not the one to judge whether or not it is true, but I find the fact that it may or may not be a coincidence to be very interesting. My interest in this is, of course, only a theory that I just came up with an hour ago, so I am willing to dicuss it in the comment section. To all of you who took the time to read this, have a wonderful day. ~stygames2