hi, first of all, let me say that i am one of those who has been defending the whole idea of upgrading Exotic weapons and armors ever since the day it's been announced now, i really like the whole idea of being able to keep the Exotics up to par with the new releases, they're Unique and pretty hard to come by (well, at least somewhat), so it's definitely great knowing that once i have one or another, i won't have to wait for the blessing from RNGezuz for it anymore - [b]GREAT STUFF[/b]! however i've recently decided to get back to playing Crucible and thus had to re-level my good 'ol TLW (which i've upgraded as soon as the update was available at Xur's). all i wanted was to get this done maxed asap (at least all the perks unlocked) although i came to realize its a rather tedious task [i]it took me good [b]3-4 days worth of bounties[/b] (both Vanguard AND Eris) despite passing the gun to and fro between my two characters. mind you i've used up all my 5 handcannon telemetries in the process (always popped one just before handing in a rather large number of bounties and kep playin some high level game content until the telemetry expired)[/i] considering players will have more and more Exotic weapons the further we progress into this franchise, this is going to become a nightmare for a lot of them, especially since you can only one Exotic equipped at a time, so you have to go through this [i]"torture"[/i] for each of the ones you wanna keep using as the next DLCs and Expansions are being released the whole concept of upgrading Exotic weapons is perfectly fine including the price tag and the need for an Exotic Shard, (well, maybe apart from the fact that we need to wait for Xur to have an upgrade for our weapon available...i'll adress this at the end), the only thing that is seriously annoying is the fact the weapon resets and we need to re-level it again - [i]keep the same perks, only increase the Max damage which i am paying for anyway[/i] one final note, it would really be great if all the [b]Exotic upgrades were available at Gunsmith's AT ALL TIMES[/b] (weapons at least, the gear is not so much of a concern for most, although those could be available at each classes' Vanguard) [i]"Have the weapon? Gunsmith HAS the upgrade for you."[/i] - simple as that, and would also finally give this guy some purpose ...keep the Exotic shards exclusive to Xur for all i care, that's also perfectly fine by me (and i believe by most as well) [b]TL;DR[/b] - [i]making us re-level the Exotic weapons from scratch[/i] is [b]seriously uncool[/b] - the [i]price tag of around 7k glimmer[/i] is [b]perfectly fine[/b] (could even be more provided the pointless glimmer cap is removed) - allow [i]Gusmith to have upgrade for EACH Exotic weapon Player owns ANY TIME OF THE WEEK[/i] - keep [i]Exotic Shards EXCLUSIVE to Xur[/i] sorry for the wall of text and thank you all for reading