Granted that your light level is 280+ you can still equip Year 1 weapons and run any of the activities, you will notice the decrease in damage due to the weapons attack power but it'll still kill people. Personally I don't think that Vision of Confluence compares to many of the Y2 scouts. Tread Upon Stars and Not Like the Others for example. They have the same spec as VoC but like my favourite Y1 scout (Crusader IV) has explosive rounds and Grenadier. Plus I never liked full auto on the VoC. For one it took them so long to fix the glitch where it would just stop shooting. 2nd I don't like loosing damage for the only benefit being laziness. I'd much prefer loss of damage (same impact) due to explosive rounds. Personally I like the collecting and until the bring the Vault to Year 2, I've had a lot of fun, learning new weapons. The only thing I'm missing is a fusion rifle with grenadier for PvP. Something like "Long Far Gone", which I picked up from the vanguard vendor. Anyway that's my take on it, moving on is fun, you get to start collecting again and branch out in your gun varieties rather than VoC and Fate bringer, Blackhammer, Ice Breaker and Gjally.