EDIT #1 BEGIN - Summary for those who missed the OP long a$$ complaint:
Removal of material exchange for vendor reputation and marks generated this post.
Using a Day 1 feature NOT exploit to access and buy legendary gear and avoid PvP for personal reasons.
EDIT #1 END
First we get a ton of mods to fix the PvP whining resulting in PvE nerfs, then 2 PvP events to 1 PvE but still more PvE nerfs.
Now take away more access to vendor weapons and armor to those of us who HATE PvP with a passion. I was fine farming for material and purchase Crucible items even though it was daunting. Never complained since I could avoid PvP.
What the heck was the logic behind removing material exchange for Crucible rep and marks?
I never saw any posts or complaints about resource exchange. If anything, it kept PvP haters like me away from ruining PvP games even more than they are already.
If this game was advertised as a PvP centric game with a scarce PvE element that would take a back seat to everything PvP I would have passed on it like I did with Titanfall and other PvP games.
Either bring back the material exchange for Crucible marks and rep, open all vendors to accept both currencies or I'll just play PvP to piss as many off as possible to obtain a K/D of 0.00.
If your going to ruin PvE, I'll do my part to ruin PvP as best that I can. Maybe I'll even be stoked to play Iron Banner 3.0 and shoot for the #1 spot in the worst PvP of all time.
Just as you have people that hate PvE, from reading the posts for the past couple of months, you have more that hate PvP.
Please tell us now that Destiny is 80% PvP and 20% PvE so we know where you stand.
All I know is after waiting and hoping Bungie would bring some love to PvE, all we got was a third and fourth kick in the balls.
After the expansion is released and there is still no resolution to this horrible PvE treatment, I'll waste my extra time playing even more like a complete noob in PvP just to piss as many people off as possible.
I'll highly recommend that others who feel the same do too.
If this was just "another" unintended side effect from a patch I may feel bad for ranting. If not, enjoy the last $ you'll see from me or anyone else who feels the same way.
If there is some great addition in the expansion to nullify this rant I truly apologize in advance.
BTW, it might help to post a list of the 100 worst PvP Guardians in your app. I would like to try and make the top 10 of that list.
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I see a lot of ppl are upset with this change and now having to earn crucible marks by playing crucible. I am surprised how many ppl would farm for materials only to trade in for marks. I did it twice and thought it was horribly boring and thought the exchange rate was horrible too. I thought the update was great because now I don't have to farm. I get materials from doing dailies, I think I also got some from turning in patrol bounties, and if I still don't have what I need I just buy the materials. I pretty much have all the weapons I could want and get plenty of marks from just doing weekly and daily strikes with three characters. So it is nice that now I can just play the game instead of picking flowers. I do enjoy pvp too and really think it brings a fresh twist on most FPS pvp games that I like. I do think there should be an exchange between vanguard and crucible marks. I think a 2 to 1 ratio would be good. That way it still encourages ppl to play both pvp and pve, which I think bungie is trying to promote. Honestly though the best faction and crucible gear I have gotten has always been from random rolls from either faction leveling up or the cryptard. I do think it will be funny when I start seeing more ppl going afk or dancing in the crucible. I would love to see two teams go into a dance off.