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Edited by Ingulit: 12/4/2014 3:55:57 AMIn my eyes, all the DLC needed to do (and it looked like all it was going to do!) was introduce a few new maps, a strike or two, a new raid, and lotsa new gear for me to work toward adding to my collection alongside my current stuff. I know that the level cap was going to be raised, and I was really hoping there would be something like a few new upgrade tree spots added to (existing!) legendaries and exotics that required radiant mats to get them the rest of the way to 323 after they were fully upgraded to 300 normally. That way the materials from the old raid (ascendent) were still needed to get to 300, and then the mats from the new raid (radiant) were needed to finish getting it to 32. Had that been the case, I would have happily continued doing the Vault over and over AS WELL AS the new raid to get the materials needed to upgrade both my old and new gear, and would have devoted untold hours devoted to getting the new gear. Unfortunately, as we all now know, this in fact is not the case. The fact that ALL our legendary gear is being obsoleted is horrible. I have spent so long gathering gear that I am very attached to (even for as silly a reason as how it looks, like my fancy Iron Banner gear!), and seeing it all be worthless is saddening. Not just that, but it means the materials used to upgrade those weapons (ascendent mats) are going to be mostly worthless as well, meaning it will eventually become exceptionally hard to find people willing to do the Vault anymore. It is good that existing exotics are being given a new lease on life post-DLC, but upgrading them is horribly unintuitive and needlessly annoying; not only is RNG and needing to wait until Friday being added, but the amount of time required to level it up AGAIN is more of a chore than fun. (on a related note, I'm actually not very happy about the change to exotic weapons not needing ascendent materials; like what I said earlier about legendaries, I'd rather they require BOTH kinds of materials, giving us a reason to run both raids more) Destiny had me totally hooked already, and I was perfectly ready to continue playing without needing to replace and/or fully re-level everything up AGAIN. I personally play Destiny strictly for PvP (and I enjoy the heck out of Destiny's PvP!), but as much as I hate to say it, if the gear I need for PvP that I get from PvE is just going to be invalidated every few months, requiring me to spend less time playing PvP to get it, playing other dedicated multiplayer FPSs is starting to look much more attractive again. TLW: I'd continue being hooked if post-DLC I was looking to ADD to my collection of gear that I use to play PvP, but if I have to look for gear to REPLACE my entire now-useless collection I will probably look elsewhere for PvP FPS, sadly :(