The thing is players will use the newer guns regardless. There is no need to force it on us. The second is all of the newer guns are crap. The perks are crappy trade offs, the perks are gone, some of the guns don't have the look and feel that some players want. Like I said of the weapons acted the same and we could at least change its looks it would be a different story. But that's not the case. Right now if all the new guns are bad we won't even be able to go back to are tried and true guns due to no ascension. When they added etheric light they made players believe that the guns would be worth it. Also let me ask you this. If there is no gear ascension and the only reason to play now IS to grind for gear why would you play from now until September??? And if they are going to make the whole first year obsolete why would players that grinded the whole first year buy TTK after all of there hard work was for nothing??? It's a slap to the face to the players. Personally I wouldn't have had a problem if it was like that from the start. But it wasn't. They gave us gear ascension. And then gave us gear as a means to reach the highest level AND as the reason we play. Why play PoE?for gear. why play ToO? For gear. Why play raids? For gear. Why grind strikes? For gear. If the gear will be useless why play???