If you have been reading the forums or paying attention to the news you may have seen this: [url]http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/08/04/september-2015-the-taken-king-89056.aspx[/url] So, bungie is not going to let us ascend gear in year two, but they can't even tell us in a weekly update or forum post... Give your opinion in the comments, but it seems very clear to me that bungie did not want to deal with the backlash of telling us this information directly.