You sound like you watch a lot of anime. I may be extremely jaded but this entire subject seems stupid to me. Most exotics are terrible, in both a 'good' and a bad way; they're either disgustingly strong or serve no purpose. There are design flaws with a ton of the gear and the weapons that are actually unique compared to their counterparts are rarely (practically never) used. Dragon's Breath, SGA, IB, PI, and the Skolas exotics are all extremely unique compared to other weapons of their type yet they are barely used by players. I understand PI has been completely gutted but even prior to the massacre it was only used by a small portion of the player base, mainly because Suros and Vex were OP AF. And that's exactly it, probably about 15% of exotics are being used frequently by players because there are only a handful exotics that are practical and even the use of the practical exotics is being stifled by imbalanced exotics like Gjally in pve and the exotic hand cannons in pvp. Exotic armors have the exact same issues. Titans either use Saint14, Alpha Lupi, or Armamentarium because the perks on those armors are the strongest and or most practical. Warlocks mainly use Ram, Praxxic Fire, or Obsidian Mind and tbh it's mainly Ram regardless of game type or subclass. Hunters actually have some flexibility since most pieces are practical but it's still mainly Nighthawk or Achlyophage for gunslingers and Raspberry/Alpha Lupi or Kehpri's for blade dancers. But sure lets keep dragging the stifling strong, and pointless exotics along. You should be glad that your 'collection' isn't being completely phased out in the fashion every other living game phases out current gear when expansions are released. Also YOU CAN STILL USE ANYTHING IN THE CRUCIBLE BECAUSE STATS DON'T MATTER! SO IF YOU ARE IN LOVE WITH A YEAR 1 EXOTIC (OR LEGENDARY) YOU CAN STILL USE IT WITH OUT POWER CREEP AFFECTING YOU :OOOOOOOOOOOO *mind blown*