[quote]if there is no ascension or other means of upgrading, not only do those items become irrelevant, but also the activities associated with those items[/quote] What Destiny needs is not ascension, it's linear progression. The biggest problem with HOW is that vendor gear light level jumped everyone to 32, bypassing all the current content. Think about it. Why do we even have multiple strike playlists based on level if you can just jump past more than half of them? Might as well have one playlist that updates with each level cap increase.