I think it's fair to say... [b]everyone is unhappy with the way we are forced to level up[/b] How about bungie implement something like [i]shards of light[/i]. Where the newest raid has the chance to drop one shard. Each shard will increase an items level by 1. E.g. Taking level 32 chest armour to level 33, taking a 300 fatebringer to 331. The upgrading scope will be capped at the new raid item limit. But in theory you could upgrade a white helmet to the newest level. All it needs is the shard to apply new increased light level and armour level / attack rating, simple. The system would have to remove light shards from the drop options for old raids when a new one comes out, to make the new raid important, but that's easy. I'm sure this would make everyone much happier.