[quote]Destiny is awesome! I didn't want to start off another post about how badly Destiny is broken. I don't think it is broken, it just needs some tweaking. What are your thoughts on the system to buy and upgrade gear? Ever since the House of Wolves expansion, it feels like Vanguard Marks, Ascendant Materials, and Materials have almost lost all value. I can only speculate these changes were put in place to prep something for The Taken King. Why such a drastic change? From wanting to farm Marks and needing to go get materials for upgrades; to not really being excited about leveling up any faction. Great game! I'm thinking you guys overcompensated on some complaints on how much maintenance it took on all of the gear.[/quote] It seems like most of the marks I get and the more of light have all become pretty useless after a certain point in the game. For now, strange coins are still treasured, but it seems like it's raids and special strikes that are really what give the great gear now. That being said, marks were always meant to be an intermediate point for the players to set themselves up for those very raids. So are they worthless? Kind of, is it ok, for the most part.