Despite how you feel about the retirement idea, there is an undeniably large portion of the community that is very upset about this. The idea is nothing short of a regression in the strides Bungie takes in regards to the overall health of the game. There are a number of routes they could take besides this one, and EVEN IF THEY TAKE THIS ROUTE, WITH A LITTLE TWEAKING IT COULD WORK, BUT WITH IT AS IS, IT IS EXTREMELY DETRIMENTAL IN MANY WAYS. I personally feel that this issue needs another look, and if these posts get buried Bungie will gloss over it and push the change without much more thought. Why not adopt a glamour or transmog system for weapons? Anything is better than nothing. I know that MMO games all cycle weapons and armor in and out of rotation, but they almost always come with a system to make the grind for gear worth it, because at the end of the day you can use those weapons as skins for other weapons. Bungie has said that they plan to do this so that they can reintroduce old content in the future. This means they can recycle gear instead of continuing to come up with new stuff. Look Bungie, I gotta be real with you. If you’re saying stuff like that, then you don’t belong in the game development business. If you can’t keep up, and your solution is to reuse content over and over again, you need to go back to linear shooters like Halo. I’m not hating, I love this series. I’ve dreamed of working with your company in ANY capacity for most of my life. This isn’t the way Bungie. This is a very bad move. Rethink this. If you have to go through with this, at least allow us to keep the weapons we love as usable skins for new and rereleased weapons you bring to the table.