So browsing TVTropes' articles on Destiny over the last few days, last night I came to its Weapons tab and noticed that someone had left a particular tidbit. It had remarked on how certain Year One weapons would not have access to a Year Two update, which we all already know. But it went on to recommend players not to get rid of those Exotics so soon, because they would, over time, be updated for Year Two:
" Power Creep: The gear that isn't being upgraded will remain at the Year One cap. Although normal PvP equalizes damage and health numbers to make them usable in there, they'll quickly lose their strength in comparison to new gear because they can't be upgraded past their level cap. These weapons will be updated to Year Two levels over time, so don't be too quick to dump them. "
Is there any truth to this statement? Was it mentioned in a livestream I never bothered to watch or something? The datamining for Year Two showed that all of Year One's Exotic Weapons and Armor had a corresponding Year Two version, if you look at DestinyDB and such, which lends some credit to the statement. But on the other hand, that's hardly indication that they'll all eventually make the cut. Fate of All Fools, anyone? But yet again, back on the first hand, it hardly makes sense to fix certain weapons all over again if they're going to be useless for Year Two and beyond. Why fix the Necrochasm if we can't use it going forward? Why change the Hard Light if we can't use it going forward?
I hope someone, preferably someone with proof or someone from Bungie, can shine some light on this for me. And I really hope it's a confirmation. I would really like my Hard Light and Vex Mythoclast back. I have one of each class, character-wise, and in Year One I had them each with a signature weapon--my Hunter had the Last Word as her main weapon, my Titan had the Hard Light as his main weapon, and my Warlock had the Vex Mythoclast as her main weapon. But only one of those weapons made the cut, and was nerfed into uselessness besides. So can I please, please have my other two old signature weapons back down the line? Please?
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Bungie did say that at some point all exotics will be transfered to year two