So I saw this video on the forums. It's a great video overall but a lot of people ask why we don't have trading and at 8:41 in the video he tell's you pretty much why. Overall a great video might answer some things you were wondering about as well.
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That "reason" would be a fair one if earning exotics was actually a challenge. currently the story exotics tell= "man that was awful." "what happened?" "I just got throttled in pvp. couldn't even leave my spawn because they were sniping us as we spawned." "that sounds harsh Bungie should work on their spawns huh?" "maybe...but there was an upside." "what was that?" "I got -insert sought after exotic here-!" I'm sure Bungie's think tank didn't intend for that story.