[b][u]EDIT 14:[/u][/b] To address the waves of people who do not read my full post before commenting I am making this edit. Yes. I know that resetting increases the attack of exotics. The issue is that this resetting does not factor in the investments we have all made in our exotics. A maxed gun that is reset should not have the same attack as a non upgraded exotic. Refer to edit 3-4 and 8-10. Exact words from the bungie dev team states: "Starting December 9th, Xûr will offer players the opportunity to upgrade Exotics to the higher Attack and Defense values Upgrading an Exotic in this way will require an Exotic Shard The upgrade will reset the progression invested into the item" So did Bungie just f%#@ over every player in Destiny? What was the point of upgrading the exotics if now we have to start all over. When the next DLC comes out will this happen again? This is [b]not[/b] how an RPG should be run and maintained. Nobody wants their progress reset. Does anyone actually want this to happen? I personally spent many many hours upgrading the exotics under the assumption that once I complete that process, I'd be able to add upon that hard work I put into all of the exotic weapons. We can not let Bungie do this. We are the players and the consumers. We have the say and we need to tell them [b]now[/b] that is not acceptable. Edit: I suggest keeping the current progress, but allowing the use of an Exotic shard to increase the damage of current Exotics. Edit 2: The people who want to reset their progress are the same people who approve of congress. Link to the notes: http://www.bungie.net/7_The-Dark-Below-Preview/en/News/News?aid=12442 Edit 3: We know that the reset is an option. We have a issue with [b]requiring[/b] a reset to progress any further into the Exotic. We did it once, we don't feel like we should have to do it again. Edit 4: I upgraded every exotic weapon in the game, that means for each exotic I spent 72 material and 18 energy, plus 3 days worth of bounties on each weapon. I worked hard for my upgrades. I'm sure many of you did as well Edit 5: Leave your ideas for a solution. If you're one of the 16% of people that agrees with the upcoming change then please, put your helmet back on! Edit 6: At the moment this post is trending, but we want to make sure that DeeJ see's this poll. It's a stretch but we have to try and convince the dev team to reconsider. If you agree, like this post. Edit 7: Please do not spread miss information! I'm only going off what the Bungie dev team has told the community. Please double check before stating something. Edit 8: In terms of resetting an exotic: Currently fully upgraded = non upgraded. A currently upgraded weapon would have the same attack after resetting as a non upgraded weapon after resetting. This means there was no point in upgrading the weapons the first time. Edit 9: here is a link to the article detailing the changes. DeeJ has said this article is valid. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/12/03/stare-into-the-dark-below-new-details-on-the-destiny-expansion.aspx?utm_content=buffer08682&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Edit 10: "It doesn’t matter if this old version of the item is brand new or fully upgraded. To complete the upgrade, you’ll also need to turn in an exotic shard." This is from the link in edit 9. [b][u]EDIT 11:[/u][/b] "In the months to come, your quest to become more powerful will have more avenues that lead to satisfaction. The last thing we wanted was for you to look at your favorite gun or helmet and decide that it had become obsolete. Since the reveal, we’ve read a lot of ideas for how this could have been done better. Your feedback is clear: The time you have invested in your stuff should be respected. That conversation is already raging internally, as it always does. In the meantime, the existing plan is in place to make sure that, as consumers of The Dark Below start to become even legendier, those who don’t opt in aren’t left behind. We’re making these options available to everyone, whether they own Expansion I or not. As always, the best way to evolve your Guardian in Destiny is to tackle new challenges and earn new rewards. We’re eager to see how you feel about this system once you’ve seen it in practice. If the past three months have proved anything, it’s that anything can (and often does) change in Destiny. You’re a part of that process, so keep talking to us." This is a quote from DeeJ. We did it everyone!!!!! This is huge. Our voices have been heard. Thank you again for your support. Edit 12: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fatcollective.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fparty-kids1.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fatcollective.com%2Fwhat-works-its-a-par-ty%2Fparty-kids1%2F&h=501&w=956&tbnid=5DRFjciyTdUl3M%3A&zoom=1&docid=_CCiYms4ZANQeM&hl=en&ei=IAyBVL3PJ8f9yQTWlIDIBw&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0CCgQMygLMAs&iact=rc&uact=3&page=2&start=6&ndsp=8 Edit 13: As of right now, we have done the best we could do. Apart from storming Bungie, we have made a major step in stopping this from happening. This will still happen, and we still need to voice our concerns as consumers. Bungie will at the least, think twice before doing something like this again. Again, this is not over, and as DeeJ said, will be in at launch. I urge everyone to voice their feedback on that day. Edit 15: From our lord DeeJ himself on the exotic red death in 2013. "The Red Death isn’t a rifle that will be wielded by everyone. This bloody piece of iron will not be given, it will be found. Exotics are the legendary weapons of yesterday, hand-crafted by our ancestors and left strewn about the system. Scoring one on a mission of utmost importance marks the end of one tale for this implement of destruction, and the beginning of another. Like every element of our game, this weapon of old tells a story about the world that created it." http://www.bungie.net/7_Destiny-Drawing-Board-Red-Death/en/News/News?aid=11012