3 things: 1) "You can use Year 1 gear for Year 1 content." Who in their right mind would go into any content w/o their highest level gun? Beyond novelty's sake, like Datto's videos where they try to drop Crota with the Khovostov, I doubt anyone will do anything that requires such a time investment like VoG, CE and PoE without ensuring that they can deal out the most damage possible! To assume otherwise is foolish. And while I am okay with Legendary weapons and armor staying behind (because, lets face it, Bungie will have a hard time making anything that could compete with the God-mode Fatebringer or the best auto rifle in the game, Vision of Confluence), leaving Year 1 exotics behind is just... it brings me to my second point. 2) "Only some of the Year 1 exotics are coming forward right now." This is probably the most controversial thing anyone at Bungie has ever said (except for the Luke Smith article, that shit was napalm). Besides the weapon tuning that will come 6 months too late, the fact that some exotics will not be ascended and therefore live their first year of existence in the vault (Hard Light, Universal Remote, Dreg's Promise, Super Good Advice) is enfuriating. I was really looking forward to the variety, and while unknown exotics may come in to fill the void, they can never fill the fantacy. I wanted Hard Light SOOOOOOOOOOOO bad! And then Xur finally did me a solid and sold the sexy beast. I was disappointed by its performance, but felt comfort in the hope that once weapon rebalancing hit, I could caress the faces of guardians with its marshmallow beams until they hit the ground dead. Now, outside of the inconsequential normal Crucible, it will continue to rust. But thank goodness that Suros is getting an upgrade + a paintjob, which brings me back to my original point. Why have a Year 2 blueprint of a gun that I already have? Why permit the coexistence of two versions of the same gun, when the second version will outclass the first version in every way? What incentive will I have to use Suros Regime v.1.0? In addition to that, why have an option of crafting a Year 2 No Backup Plans? Why not just update the Year 1 version and then let me ascend it to Year 2 power levels? (Btw, its exotic perk better not be "a much longer duration on Force Barrier". That shotgun synergy perk was GOLD!) I guess my point is... 3) Update the Year 1 exotics. If there is a visual difference between the models, then let us choose which aesthetic we want. Saying only some exotics are coming forward is akin to the accusations that have been layed before Bungie in Year 1, namely that content was cut and sold off in later DLC. I would bet real Monopoly money that in the next DLC, we will see other Year 1 exotics receive their Year 2 upgrades and they will be held as a sales point for the DLC. And you know what, I will probably buy it. But it ain't right. It ain't right.