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8/2/2015 1:09:37 AM
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Can someone explain the sudden desire for vanilla gear?

Call me "out of the loop" but it seems that everyone suddenly wants old vanilla gear for some reason, especially the LDR 5001. Can someone explain?
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  • People have had to delete old gear because lack of vault space and there was no indication that Vanilla Gear would be upgradeable. Now we know you can upgrade any legendary piece of gear people want an attempt at their old favourite gear. If you're lucky enough to still have the DB Efrideet's Spear you can roll it to Double Down which basically gives you all your ammo when you spawn, which is perfect for Trials.

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  • Because before HoW the best perks in the middle tier didnt have negative side effects, like a larger mag will give you less stability, fieldscout just gave more ammo.

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  • Vanilla weapons have better perks. Also LDR is better than her benevolence

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    • Edited by Miro_1325: 8/3/2015 12:06:04 AM
      There is a rumour going around that in the taken king ALL items no matter their rarity can be used for all levels so for example you could use the kvostov to kill crota etc. as they were intended to be before the game was released. So all of a sudden people want the vanilla gear and exclusive rare gear.

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      • We can use Etheric light. And you know that some of that armor looks amazing.

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      • 1. LDR is not vanilla 2. Vanilla gear is sweet 3. The Devil you Know

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      • Two words... Shadow Price So glad i kept mine all this time and just recently ascended it. The rifle is still beast! Was and forever will be one of the best rifles in the game.

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        • Field Scout is one reason, an awesome perk which is not available on new weapons.

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        • Many of the vanilla guns are better than the ones available now. [spoiler]Also, LDR is from TDB, not the vanilla game.[/spoiler]

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        • The LDR is a crota's end sniper

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          • Edited by Bilbo Fraggins: 8/2/2015 3:25:23 PM
            True day one player? Either Supremacy, or the ship my Warlock has, everything else, pure garb.

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            • [quote]It was a stormy day in may, i was playing the level 35 prison of elders and we were fighting Skolas, this was our last attempt... We had exhausted all our heavy ammo synthesis in the previous rounds and and were making one last daring attempt. We had Skolas down to 50% health when i heard a loud thunder strike outside. "NO!" i screamed but it was too late the red and grey bar had appeared at the bottom of my screen. "Attempting to reconnect." It read. [b]"Get gud scrub"[/b] It thundered all around me, outside and inside the game. Lighting flashed all around my house blinding me, when i regained my vision this is what i saw: "SmoggyPluto has joined your fireteam." I frantically checked my screen and sure enough he was there in our fireteam, 4 in our fireteam... He spawned in with a monstrous roar that turned to a low chuckle... [b]"not today."[/b] he said. He ran to my unmoving gl itching form; my teammates screaming overwhelmed with adds. He spawned a bubble that gave us both weapons and blessing of light. I was astounded but knew that i would not last long enough... I was going to disconnect... When suddenly SmoggyPluto reached through my screen and grabbed the disconnect bar... I couldn't believe what was happening. He grabbed the bar as if it was a stick, pulled it off my screen and loaded it into his Gjallarhorn, He then jumped into the sky, a quartic jump, 5 JUMPS, he got so high he absorbed the sun and then in one swoop shot the disconnect bar into Skolas tearing him apart into nothing. The wolfpack rounds then proceed to swarm and destroy the mines we were supposed to [i]dismantle[/i] He stayed with us all the way to the treasure room but did not speak. Finally he urinated on the large chest and turned to us and said [b]"become legend gaurdian."[/b] [i]SmoggyPluto has left your fireteam[/i]. speechless me and my fireteam all opened the pee-stained chest... We all received 3 Gjallarhorns... One void, one arc, and one solar, all already fully maxed[/quote]

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              • Ldr isn't vanilla

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              • I bought destiny in march, so i never had a chance to get vanilla gear :-( I would love to get my hands on a the devil you know and a lord high fixer.

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              • its gear no one will ever see again. Only day one players that never dismantled may still have some of these good oldies.......(goes off kicking himself for dismantling a old favorite)

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                • Lol LDR isn't vanilla.

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                • With the rise of finally using Etheric Light, old weapons that were top of the line are now outclassing all of the HOW dlc weapons.

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                • A few reasons I think. Most of the weapons there to a degree, can out shine some of the new ones. Then there both collectors who want the valuable and older veterans who remember the old days where those weapons were plentiful.

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                • Most HoW weapons are statistically inferior and have restricted perks Vanilla and TDB armors are said to look better I agree with both above statements

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                • Well. My guardian's helmet collection of course.

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                • F*ckin hipsters... This is what happens when you stop bullying in schools. Also can we stop using the term vanilla... I'll save you a syllable... Call it base or old or if you really want that extra syllable call it original

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                  • Edited by dukesniper27: 8/2/2015 11:09:11 PM
                    I call them legacy weapons and no, LDR isn't one of them..... Zombie Apocalypse Unfriendly Giant Vanquisher with FS

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                  • Edited by FAITH12: 8/2/2015 9:51:12 PM
                    Because technically it's the hardest gear to get

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                    • Chocolate is too mainstream.

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                      • The weapons were cool collectibles and some of them were very good. But the armor looked so much better than it does currently. For example the Titan vanguard gear made them a bladed transformer. Hunters were assassin like and had cool cloaks.

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                        • Because the new stuff are terrible.....

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