Ok Dan, I'll play your game... With respect...
If a person has 3 characters that can actually last long enough in a strike, surely they have earned the right to a decent weapon. To create 3 worthy characters you have to put a fair bit of effort in so please afford some people the respect they deserve.
In all likelihood the people you refer to, have had a few other exotics but RNG was not in their favour so you have alienated people that have played the game from the start but have not had luck go in their favour. Eg I hear a lot of cries for Hard Light, I've had one of those for ages, I didn't buy it or got it from the raid. I randomly received it in crucible. Earn it, I think not, nor did anyone else who lucked in to getting an exotic after Templar rather than another cloak and shards!!!
I have seen my son get atheon on his first normal, vex on his first hard and gjallahorn on his first nightfall not to mention his black hammer and dragons breath on his first crota (yes he has the RNG blessed perk, I am sure).
What I get annoyed at is when I see the community jump all over something that is absolutely random (xur included) but say they earned it. Everyone earns the right the moment they become eligible for buying, or if they obtain it through a game that allows the user to win such an item for joining in.
Scenario - monopoly, you have been going around the board many times buying up properties and your opponent was in jail all the time. You didn't quite get a full set and the guy gets out of jail and scores both top properties on the same turn, passes go and then puts hotels on it and smashes you completely. This is also random... Would you throw your dog piece into the fire and call the guy a "Nub", no you'd suck it up and accept he got the luck of the dice.
Take solace in the fact, you probably hit l30 before most players, hit l32 before most players and when HOW comes out, you'll probably have l34 before everyone else but please don't begrudge someone else the joys of these other weapons or from a person with 100+ coins who has clearly earned the right to good stuff, the right to buy it.
Cheers
CJ
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One character yes, but in all reality you can easily make 2dupe characters in a little under a day, and simply switch armour (Another reason they shouldn't use armour in order to level up) I get what you're saying, but the prices Xur sells items for really doesn't make sense. No Land Beyond was sold for 17strange coins I believe and was an absolutely terrible weapon, now he sells a major PVE Monster for the exact same price? Doesn't make sense does it.. And for someone who can easily get 27stange coins a week by doing a simple strike is a little bit too easy, wouldn't you agree? RNG can be a bitch to some, but I really don't believe it's all 100% random. If it's your time to get that certain weapon you'll get it. Rewards the persistent is all I can say. My argument is not that Xur should stop selling weapons, it's that he should make them more of a challenge to get. At the very least add something else to the game for all the seasoned players to spend those 100s of strange coins on. Right now there's basically no challenge for us. This game as a whole is very easy, that's what I have a problem with.