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originally posted in:Dads of Destiny
Edited by gforce:
12/12/2014 4:55:48 PM
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To upgrade or buy new
Here is a thought and correct me if I am wrong. But f Xur is selling the new version of armor that you own, it would be cheaper to buy new then to upgrade old. For example: this week he has the symbiote helmet for 13 coins. You could buy new version, dismantle old for exotic shard to level new version. Total cost =13 coins. To upgrade old version would cost 14 coins (2 shards) and 7000 glimmer total. That is 1 shard to upgrade and 1 shard for final level of new item.
Now weapons are a different story. Since new version costs 17 or 23 coins depending on type. You can save coins by upgrading (total cost eventually 14 coins) but will have to pay 7000 glimmer to upgrade. So not a big savings either way.
Granted it all depends on your urgency to upgrade. If Xur has your item to upgrade or is selling new version and if not, do you want to wait.
Thought I'd point this out for those on a strange coin and glimmer budget. Happy shopping!!
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2 RepliesI had the same thought! Glad to see in not the only one. It's totally worth it considering you get 2 shards for dismantling a fully upgraded exotic. I take it that you also have the voidfang vestments? :)
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1 ReplyI'm also curious. If the upgraded weapons go to "lv32" stats and I likely will not get there for a long time, maybe ever, will I see any difference as opposed to my already maxed exotic weapons? Because of all the hidden number normalizing. If I'm doing lv30 stuff all the time am I even going to make use of upgraded weapons?
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Not to mention maxed(or last tier)exotics give 2 shards...I got two from my predlc truth.
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1 ReplyI'm thinking of keeping what I have and just buying new, seeing as though glimmer seems to be getting more harder to come by than strange coins lately. I'm having to farm for a couple of hours just to get about 10.000. P.S Keep your hands off Venus it's all mine, mine I tell you lol
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Good point. I'm going to save the coin.
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Excellent point; thank you! Hadn't thought it through yet.
