So once the Dark Below DLC is released, you will have to upgrade your Exotic weapons and armor through Xur to raise their max attack and defense levels to keep them relevant to the level 32 upgrade. When you do it will completely reset the weapons/armors... which is BS. I have spent countless hours to get the experience and items required to level my Exotics and now you (Bungie) are going to make me have to do it all over again if I want to keep the weapon relevent. I do not want to keep leveling up the same old stuff that I already have worked hard to do just to keep doing it over and over again if it's an item I like. That's BS, just BS. They should simply just add another node to upgrade it... After the DLC is released here’s how it will work. Upgrading exotic weapons and armor is completed by interacting with the weekend vendor, Xur. When he arrives every Friday morning, he will now have a new option to upgrade one of your equipped exotic items. Each week, he’ll offer some (but not all) exotic items as being available to upgrade. You’ll need three things. First, you need to own the original version of that exotic item, and turn it in to exchange for the upgraded version. It doesn’t matter if this old version of the item is brand new or fully upgraded. To complete the upgrade, you’ll also need to turn in an exotic shard. This recently introduced new material is available for purchase for seven strange coins from Xur, or by breaking down another existing exotic item in your inventory. Finally, each exotic upgrade costs a hefty dose of cash – around 7000 glimmer as of my playthrough of the expansion in mid-November. After turning all three of these things into Xur, he’ll hand you a brand new version of your item with a higher defense or attack value cap. It’s important to note that this process resets the upgrades on your exotic item, but you’ll now have a new higher damage or defense cap to work towards – so you’ll need to decide if you’d rather keep your fully upgraded old version of a weapon or armor piece, or start over. With that said, the process of upgrading exotic items is now faster, and does not require ascendant materials. Instead, the last slot requires one additional exotic shard, as revealed in Monday’s patch. *LIKE THIS POST TO GET YOUR VOICES HEARD* Full article here... http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2014/12/03/stare-into-the-dark-below-new-details-on-the-destiny-expansion.aspx