I don't see any reason not to upgrade them (new ones that are received as rewards, not preexisting copies). I get that you want to encourage people to play the new raid, but a lot of us still feel that the Vault of Glass is (much) more enjoyable than Crota's End. And I personally like the Vault gear's appearance(s) more than its replacement set(s). I see no benefit to leaving it sub-par. Edit: while I'm at it... >remove shards/energy from potential Raid Bawss rewards (or tack them on to the side of the [i]real[/i] rewards), along with not-actually-useful stuff like the ship, emblem, shader, sparrow...etc. If you find that doing this doesn't leave enough individual rewards, then you should've made more and better ones to begin with. >Obviously it's too late to repeal the Radiant Materials system. But please, just don't do that again. "That" being "make the next Raid's gear require an entirely [i]new[/i] subset of upgrade materials." Just stick with Radiant stuff. Or, preferably, go back to using Ascendant stuff...or make Radiant stuff available from other sources. >Make the rewards not totally random. If I've gotten the Mythoclast already, the game should lower the odds of me getting it again, and split the difference between the other potential loot. Aside: if you (the reader) find you disagree with this one, replace the word "Mythoclast" with "Aspect of Glass," and you may find it more to your liking. >change the next raid sparrow's appearance and/or function. CE's is just a recolored Timebreaker. Thbbbbt. >glimmer reward? >Vanguard rep? >fix the bugs. That's a no-brainer. >Unrelated: legendary/exotic Stranger's Rifle. You know you want this.