When Activision brought over a guy from World of Warcraft to help them build Destiny, they guy brought over a big list of "Do Not Do's". Player trading was on that list. While it seems good on paper, if you put it in the game, you'll regret that decision so quickly. Player trading in other games has lead to lots of grieving, spam messages, and general disrespect for a lot. MMO's are the best example for this. Spam messages from gamers about "selling X weapon for Y amount" or "looking for Z item for Y amount" will become "normal". People will complain about the messages. Then people will turn off messages, locking their account to a "friends only". If trading was "friends only" people would get too many friend requests to tolerate, and again people would probably lock their accounts. People locking their accounts out would prevent spammers from getting to them, but would also end up causing problems for new players trying to get help who send a message to people asking to join them or just a simple question. Also, some people would begin to ask for real world money. "Pay $150 for Vex Mythoclast... Etc, etc." (People already charge $150 for Lighthouse carries in ToO, seriously) Scalping would begin, causing reluctance to go to the tower on fear of getting spam every time you arrived. People would send messages out in the wild. Message bots would be created to spam tons of people. Earning weapons would be invalidated. People would pay to get stuff, turning player enjoyment and the feeling of pride from getting that sweet drop finally into nothing. The game would become pay to win by association, turning this game into a failure. The grind may not be fun, but finally getting that reward, that drop you've always wanted is just so sweet. Just don't try so hard. Just play. I wanted a Red Spectre for a long time since it was first discovered. I just kept playing, enjoying having fun. One day it dropped. Pure luck. Just don't play for the reward specifically. That'll ruin the game fast. Play the game. Enjoy it. Don't ask for something that will ruin the game. Bungie has already stated that they will not be putting player trading into the game.

Yeah I'd like to see it but as long as it's only between Fireteam members and they should limit the amount you can trade. My mate's been after Red Death which just hasn't dropped for him at all in year 2. I have 3. I can't get Zhalo, he has two, so what would be the harm in us swapping like for like. Just my opinion.

*friends joins game* *friend uses spark of light and hits 25* *friend plays first couple of missions and hits 40 (yes its that easy I did it on my Hunter)* Ill just give him my duplicate exotics, all 310. I also have a lot of useless armor I was saving for infusion. All 300. Congrats my friend is now 305 and hasn't even finished the campaign.

There's nowhere near enough gear in destiny to make trading a viable thing. People already complain there's nothing to do like 2 weeks after a release and you want to make it easier to get stuff?

Bungie has said they will never add trading into this game and I whole heartedly agree. What's the point of grinding when you can just go get your friend to hook you up with his extra 320 pieces? Exotics already don't feel like exotic rarity anymore. Let's not devalue them even more. Destiny was meant for loot to feel special when you got it. And it was....in Y1 mostly. The reaction of someone getting their first ghorn was awesome. Vs oh let me just trade for one/buy one from PayPal

Only if: -It's locked for people under lvl 40 -You can only trade an item for another with the same rarity (i.e exotic for exotic, legendary for legendary, etc.)

No. Absolutely not. The last thing I want to listen to is some kid trying to talk me into buying his green weapon cause it's "so op".

Exotics would have to be locked out of trading. The kiosks would make trading pointless as everyone could have everything.

Trading is toxic , if you want pay to win this is the way to achieve it . Bad idea .