Haha the only way to keep weapon diversity is keeping old gear? Even though we're getting 5 or 6 Weapon Foundries that make a huge range of diverse weaponry? 99% of Year One weapons were trash. Plain and simple. Once you hit 20 and started getting Purples, most of the Blue stuff and below would be deleted, unless it was useful in Crucible....the rest just become fodder for weapon parts. So you're talking an insanely small pool of weapons to draw from that were any good. Most Legendaries ended up as Weapon/Mote fodder because of they insane power of Endgame weapons. Keeping these weapons around is just boring. I've spent something like 1200 hours collecting the endgame stuff and I will be sad to see it go....I wish I could keep m,y VoC or Fang, my Black Hammer and Found Verdict. But Im sure there will be awesome stuff that will replace it, and keep Destiny fresh and interesting. Who knows, maybe you'll be able to earn new versions of old guns in the future. Destiny is in the same genre as Diablo and Borderlands, the never-ending search for better loot. Thats what this game boils down too...finding weapons that will put more hurt on the endgame activities and keep you alive. Borderlands is an FPS that invalidates all the stuff you spent time getting in Normal mode when you get to the TVHM. and gives you better stuff. Fact is, to keep these games fresh and interesting, old loot has to fade into obscurity. Accept it and move on, if you cant do that....I suggest you find a new game to play because this game will only piss you off more and more as the years go on.