[quote]Glimmer goes away way too fast[/quote] It really doesn't. All you need to do is be mindful, and: 1: Equip the right Ghost for the activity you are doing 2: Pop the relevant consumable (Ether Seeds when killing Fallen etc) 3: Farm the Warsat Strike checkpoint (Hive) or farm the Exclusion Zone checkpoint 4: Farm Omnigul and/or Court of Oryx for any length of time and you'll have blue engrams for days - dismantle for Weapon Parts, Armour Materials and more Glimmer han you can shake a stick at Edit: Also, you don't need to actually upgrade the weapons, you just need to max them in terms of xp before dismantling