Honestly, this was the one thing that struck me when House of Wolves launched. Previously, I did the daily story mission rather often in order to get 2 Ascendant materials per-day. I often got far more Energy than Shards, so I looked forward to exchanging materials with the Speaker in House of Wolves so I could max all of my armor. Fast forward to the release, and I rarely do the daily. All of those Ascendant materials are still sitting around in my Vault. Why? Because it makes no sense for me to use them on armor, now. It's quicker and easier to level up by buying Vanguard armor. I'd rather save the Energy for older weapons that I still use. I mean, it's nice that they reduced the grind associated with leveling up, but now I think they went TOO far by getting rid of it altogether. I wanna hear your thoughts. Would you be cool with new equipment requiring maybe a few Ascendant materials in order to max out their attack/defense?