Buy weapon or armor, dismantle price of equipment, obtain shard.
I don't understand why people are complaining about not having exotic shards. I currently have like 200 I've them and never bought any when he sold them. Buy a 3oC and dismantle any exotics you don't want. You also have very many chances at getting exotic gear.
VoG Normal Atheon
VoG Hard Atheon
VoG Exotic Chest
CE Normal Crota
CE Hard Crota
CE Deathsinger
PoE Chest (unlimited)
PoE 35 Skolas
KF Normal Oryx
KF Hard Oryx
KF Exotic Chest
ToO Gold Package (once per day Fri-Mon)
ToO Silver Package
ToO Flawless Chest
CoE Round 3 Boss
Nightfall
Xur (from dismantling bought gear for strange coins)
3oC (killing any ultra with Exotic Particles active)
Legendary Engrams (low exchange rate but high drop rate (unlimited)
No Time to Explain Quest (once per character when available)
Black Spindle (once per character when available)
Sleeper Simulant Quest (once per character when available)
Class Specific Exotic Quest (once per character at GS rank 4.
Chaperone Quest (once per character at C rank 3)
First Curse Quest (once per character at GS rank 5)
Reforge the sword Quest (3 times per account)
Touch of Malice Quest (once per character after 45 calcified fragments are collected)
Boolean Gemini Quest (once per character after completion of Wolves of Mars Quest and Taken War Petra Quest and Q rank 5.
All of these can be completed 3 times a week (once per character) except for those that are marked as so.
This amounts to 60 renewable sources each week, 30 guaranteed drops from quests (can be farmed by deleting characters), and 4 unlimited sources without a time restraint.
Go play the game and stop complaining when you have to work for something.
lol.. heavy telemetry+ exotic launcher+6 motes of light+ 2500 glimmer per rocket outof the exotic vendor=profit when you dismantle an exotic that is fully leveled ( you dont have to purchase the upgrades) you get 2 shards back. u can have as many shards as u want so long as you have glimmer and motes. stop begging for bungie to make the game even easier..
Nah, I have over 100 of them still. Just use three of coin a lot (like every other victory in trials) and you'll have a good 20 exotic engrams by reset.