Edit: This is why Bungie are okay with cut content. Take a stand and show you don't want ANYTHING removed from the game! You paid for House of Wolves, you shouldn't have part of a game removed from you even if it is to replace it with something new!
OP: So we all remember how the Blades of Crota were removed from Patrol to reflect how we had defeated Crota in The Dark Below, right? Well from what I can gather from the Luke Smith interview, he also alluded to the removal of Prowling Wolves from patrol once The Taken King drops (he mentioned that veteran players will be able to say "I was there when..." Etc).
This means no more ether chests, and means instead of farming keys in patrol, you will have to get them from your first Queen's Wrath bounty OR, complete an entire Prison of Elders game to try and get one from the small chest.
And you thought keys were hard to grind right now? Better start grinding because it looks like they're going to become a lot more scarce come September.
[quote]If you played during The Dark Below, you were playing when there were Swordbearers everywhere. That's now gone and you can't recapture that now. Some things are being left behind as we move forward. It's the same with House of Wolves, right now, with the Fallen showing up all over the solar system. Those things are going to be less relevant as we move forward and the Taken are everywhere.[/quote]
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Think how bad the game will be for anyone buying it new when ttk releases. How pointless the 1st two dlc will be for them.