Bungie, I have 3 characters with a spread of 22 Exotics between them; of my Exotics about 88% are currently maxed and have been prior to your last Exotic Shard update, so they were upgraded under your first system which required shards/energy and materials…oh and XP, don’t forget all that XP! I am also sure that most of the guys/girls that have played since launch are in a similar boat or damn near to it.
Working it out so far to reach this stage, just on Exotics alone, it has cost me:
96 Ascendant Shards,
132 Ascendant Energies,
944 various materials (Spin, Bloom etc),
Roughly 131,400 Glimmer,
AND a host of time grinding the same missions/strikes and bounties to get the XP to allow upgrades in the first place.
Now, under your new DLC, IF I want to upgrade the armour and weapons to the new defence/attack cap AND get to the upgrade stage I am currently at, then I have to further invest:
154,000 Glimmer,
154 Strange Coins.
That’s to just get them converted (as and when Xûr gives me the option?) to the higher rating!
Then to reach my current level I need a further:
154 Strange Coins,
1846 various materials,
164,700 Glimmer
AND not to mention all that XP over again.
That’s a grand total of 318,700 Glimmer; 1846 materials and 308 Strange Coins; PLUS all that XP?
You’re having a laugh right? It’s April, May, June and July’s Fool right? Good one, now what’s the real score? Because if you are serious then IMO you have just handed Destiny a slow and insidious death sentence. Good luck with your 10 year plan…I think you’ll be very lucky to make it to the end of 2015.
