The Taken King will come with an increased level cap, that much is certain; as to exactly how high the new level cap will be, and how leveling up and ascending gear will work after 9/15/2015, we have no idea. [b]I'm wondering... will I even need my Etheric Light anymore when The Taken King is released? I've seen a lot of strange things in The Taken King's gameplay footage; for starters, all of the brand-new gear in The Taken King appears to be capped at Level 34, with no Ascend nodes. Second, Light Level progress now appears to be tracked; if you look at the gameplay footage, there is now a blue XP bar at the bottom of the screen, where there is normally a green one as you progress from Level 1 to Level 20. Normally, this bar can only be viewed in the character screen, and only tracks your progress to your next Mote of Light. Maybe now it'll increase your Light Level as well? Third, Bungie has replaced the Attack values on all weapons with Light value; does this mean weapons will now level up with our characters? Finally, none of the brand-new gear being introduced in The Taken King have Ascend nodes; and yet, all of the new armor and weapons are capped at Level 34. Perhaps this is an indicator of a new system for leveling up?[/b] I really hope Bungie can answer some of the questions at Gamescon; we've a little over a month to go until the release of The Taken King, I want to know how I'll go about ascending my old gear in the future, and whether or not Etheric Light will still have a role to play.