Ooof! Being discredited and kicked out? Huge kick in the nuts of the fan base. I would much rather go on a suicide run!

Discredited would allow Bungie a chance to let us go into the wilderness in search of the Legend.

You have my attention. :) Care to expand? Sounds like it could be interesting.

Think about a year or two later when we are used to our new guardian. We are tasked with a job the Vanguard does not approve of but is necessary. We have to go out into the wilderness against the Fallen and find a guardian cloaked in myth and fables. Only he holds the key to solving a mystery. After several battles and engagements with the enemy you stumble into a cave. Your ghost provides a feeble light but guides you further and further into the darkness. A round being chambered into a hand cannon is the first sound you hear and it comes from behind you. There stands your old guardian in the last armor you saw him in. Only he knows the Darkness and how to control it's minions.

I like that. It does make sense. :) I know I'm not going to disturb the remains in anymore caves I stumble into! First time I did that (purely coincidental)... All of a sudden, enemies were EVERYWHERE! This big yellow-bar bastard shows up and is impossible to take down!!! Everybody in the area kept getting slaughtered! Again, it was pure coincidence and the timing was perfect, but I really did think I caused it to start by disturbing those suckers. It was quite a while before I tried it again. :P [spoiler]I didn't start playing until a little bit after the loot cave was shut down, so I was honestly unaware. ;)[/spoiler]