before your level was determined by your light. now your level and light level are seperate. your level is no longer pertinent aside from the "can't equip until level 40". light levels purpose is just the same as before but now it's less "confusing" because it is no longer behind a numbered level. the reason it's now worse is because it still imposes the same restrictions as before and has added new ones. before everyone looked the same because light was attached to gear [b]this hasn't changed[/b]. however now we have infuse so if you find something you like to wear you can feed it other gear to level it up. [b]The problem?[/b] I don't see infuse on any of my class items. they made it this big thing that we wouldn't have to wear a faction item to gain faction cred that's great but class items now contribute to defense and without infuse a huge swath of my coveted class items are detrimental to my combat effectiveness. my hunter has the cloak of the sixth reign, and as far as i know you cant get that cloak anymore. I'll never wear it again. Now they could install infuse in class items (and I think they will) but right now I'm irritated with this lack of polish. The Bungie/Activision/Destiny centipede has been making these kind of small errors since things have started and it's just bull. edit #1: apologies my op was poorly worded my main concern was with year one class items many have mentioned their year two class items have infuse which is perfect. but my beef was that many unique year one class items are being discarded.