They said on their Renegades stream they were going to make all exotics featured I am pretty sure.. but that is something most of us wish was already happening now.. or that it was going live with Ash and Iron.. It didn't.. which means if this is intended for Renegades it is still far away.. and that sucks. But I don't know anyone who does like Avant Garde. I don't even like cutting edge in Crucible. No choices should have ever been forced on players. It isn't necessary. People like me were already experimenting with new weapons as they came out each season. We didn't need to be forced. I always give things a try.. Sometimes though of course not everything stacks up with maybe a weapon from the past. But that is ok because players should still have the freedom to choose. This was like a soft sunset basically. Something the community already hated. I also like the new armor. I just hate featured restrictions. Take it out I say. It's annoying and I for sure felt the pain on some of the conquests when using a build that relied on a non featured exotic. What will feel even worse is when the current new gear isn't even new anymore. Some of us have taken a liking to some new weapons. Like Mint Retrograde obviously. We didn't need to be forced to like that.. Kind of hits the point I was trying to make. Avant Garde is annoying and an inconvenience.

I don't especially mind the Avant-Garde modifier in and of itself, but I definitely agree with you on the Exotics and 'Featured Gear.' Sure, perhaps a [i]little bit[/i] of restriction is manageable when it comes to the weapons but having such a limited pool to choose from when it comes to the Exotic armor is too much. At the very least the Exotic Class gear should've made the list of acceptable gear.

There are two reason... 1. Creating a Meta. 2. Forcing novelty on the Players.