So, I've been perusing the forums regularly to gather information, read plausible CE theories, and refill my humble stash of 10 million guardian tears to date. I have probably stumbled across 3 or 4 separate posts littered with comments like: "WTf, ALl MY exOtiCs arE DumB now F*** U BUNGIE" Or perhaps the ever so witty cynic: "Have fun playing with your pointless exotics, they're obsolete now. Pfft. Brb gonna go play GTA V and fap to interracial midget hentai. Plebs." I'm here to dispel the rumored exotic crisis, and explain with grammatically correct sentences and cunning logic as to why you can all throw away the Kleenexes, gorilla glue your discs back together, and prepare the endless D-Pad dance parties, because exotics just became a little less awful. Ready? Well, Destiny forums. You've gone and done it again. Reading is your friend, because illiteracy will get you nowhere, and clearly it's only made you presumptuous and melodramatic. I'm going to make this crystal clear for all of those who feel as though research isn't a necessary evil: [b]Exotic upgrade trees and XP gains are increased based on the progress of the weapon.[/b] As of now, each exotic takes 85,000 XP to upgrade from base standard. With the upcoming patch, your exotics will become less powerful, but not obsolete. Here's an example... [u]Icebreaker-300 attack[/u] 2x the XP gains, which essentially means you'll only need 42,500 XP to fully upgrade it [u]Icebreaker 275 attack[/u] 1.75x the XP gain Etc., etc. To simplify; if your current exotics are at least 50% upgraded, it will most likely only take a few day's worth of bounties and a handful of strikes to upgrade. Stop complaining, stop assuming, and start reading. Oh, and by the way, no one cares what you choose to do with your characters. [b]Edit[/b] It's actually 85,000 XP per exotic as of now, whoopsie daisy.