So, I had a thought about this. Since the removal of the material for marks exchange wasn't mentioned in any notes prior to the DLC and since they did institute a new exchange of marks for materials, what if they didn't intend for the material for marks to be removed? I haven't read anywhere about anyone at Bungie/Activision even acknowledging that the original exchange system was removed. Kind of like how we lose ammo when we die or go to orbit or how heavy ammo on the ground disappears when a rocket is fired in the area. They only just recently acknowledged the heavy ammo issue. What if in the process of instituting the new exchange system some code was overwritten or screwed up? Just a thought.
[b]EDIT: I have no idea why people are commenting on this again. This is a very old post that was last edited (before this edit) Feb. of 2015.[/b]
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The mats for marks exchange rate was 50 mats for 5 marks. That means to buy a single weapon you would have to collect 750 mats. When I had to farm mats for upgrades I was happy if I could collect 50 in half an hour. That means that I would have to spend over 7 hours running around in circles just to buy a single weapon. If it's not obvious, I've got no idea why anyone would want marks for mats back!