First off, no, I am not a Christmas noob. I have been playing this game since launch and have three 32's with every exotic weapon in the game. So before you start flaming me for "whining", don't. Now that we have that out of the way...the players of Destiny have been asking for a trading option for weeks, maybe even months, now. Why? Frankly, because the RNG in this game is abysmal. For me, it didn't really dawn on me until about my 5th or 6th VoG clear, back in the old days. I mean seriously, guys, I can't be the only one who's dismantled like 40 chatterwhites at this point, am I right? Thankfully they seemed to have adjusted the looting system for Crota's End, (you shouldn't* be consistently getting cryptographic or glowhoo shaders). But it's not just the raids. It's everything. Nightfalls, weekly heroics, strikes, even crucible. The chance of getting an exotic, or even a legendary, can be absolutely horrid at times. I say "at times" because I have friends who have gotten over FIVE Gjallarhorns, and I have other friends who have yet to get even one. Or take me for examples, I've gotten 6 Suros Regimes, yet I know people who have played just has long, worked just as hard as me, and still haven't gotten one. So what is my point, in the end? My point is simple: This game has been out since September, and you still have people who simply CANNOT get certain items, because they are at the mercy of the RNG and are powerless to influence it. I calculated that there are presently 24 weekly opportunities to get an exotic drop: -3 normal gorgon chests -3 hard gorgon chests -3 normal atheon kills -3 hard atheon kills -3 deathsinger kills (normal or hard) -3 normal Crota kills -3 hard Crota kills -3 nightfall strikes. This is assuming you have 3 characters, if not then you only have 8 chances, or 16 if you have 2 characters. If you're a "casual" player, then you may not even be completing all of these activities on a weekly basis, which means your chances are even worse. Like I said earlier, I've been playing since launch, and I JUST got Gjallarhorn 2 days ago from a legendary engram that I grinded through 50 roc strikes to get (my previous 4 heavy engrams turned into useless ascendant materials). So I played for, what, almost 5 months to get, arguably, the most powerful weapon in the game? That's 20 weeks of nightfalls, raids, etc. 20 weeks of getting -blam!-ing shards, strange coins, chatterwhites, timebreakers, aspects of glass (seriously wtf?), and repeat exotics. 20 weeks of getting kicked in the balls by Bungie as they just laughed in my face and kept raking in cash. So in closing, to the people who STILL don't have that one weapon or one armor piece (warlocks looking for Heart of the Praxic Fire I'm talking to you), here's my idea: -Limit trading to 1 weapon & 1 armor piece per week. -Items must be of the same rarity/value -Must be an item-for-item trade, (no turning everyone into Agents of the Nine with people trading strange coins/motes of light for exotics). -Add exotic engrams to the loot table for weekly events. -Remove ascendant materials from the nightfall loot table. -Remove ascendant/radiant materials from the raid boss* loot tables. (Seriously we shouldn't be getting TWO shards for killing Atheon/Crota. If you're going to give us shards, at least make it a respectable number like 12-15.) I really think this would work. Those who oppose trading say it would "ruin" the game because exotics wouldn't be special anymore. I agree to an extent, which is why I proposed the weekly limit of 1 weapon/armor piece. I mean, what's the point in grinding for an exotic when I can just get on from a friend, right? On the other hand, I feel as though the RNG is outright ROBBING people of getting the full experience they paid for. We all deserve to have full access to the $60 ($80 and rising if you plan on buying all the DLC's) we spent when we bought Destiny. The fact that one player can grind for 10 weeks straight and get nothing but No Land Beyonds and shards, while a Christmas noob can get a Gjallarhorn on their first nightfall (I know someone who actually got this -blam!-ing lucky) is utter nonsense. So what do you guys think? Comment your opinions & suggestions below. Criticism is always welcome, but, please, try to keep it civil.