I understand that Bungie doesn't want us to farm ascendant materials. Some will remember the speedy patch to Queen's wrath to prevent us from getting "easy" shards & energy.
I think they've gone way too far in the stingy direction. When you dismantle fully upgraded Iron Banner gear that you put 18 ascendant shards/energy into, what do you get back? The same you would get from dismantling a blue item. This should be changed so that you get something back, or change it so you don't need ascendant mats to upgrade. I dismantled an upgraded light level 33 chest piece and was pretty disappointed by the return.
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Edited by UberLord Parker: 4/1/2015 12:05:12 AMIt's the same for weapons... a little glimmer and some weapons parts... no ascendant mats. If you get tired of them RE-ROLL THEM and use them until the next ATK level comes around. I didn't shard my 300 ATK Jolder's until the 331 ATK came around... and I'm glad I kept it ;)