Now I believe I have found a way to add trading to Destiny that will make most people happy.
Step 1: It has to be anonymous, this will keep people from selling weapons on eBay.
Step 2: Equivalent Exchange, make it that to get an exotic you have to give an exotic. This will allows people who (if you read this you get a cookie)have too many of jellyhorns for example to get weapons they're missing and spread the love.
Step 3: Thorn, Bad JuJu, Invective, etc cannot be tradable. If you can "easily" get it than you have to get it.
You could even make it that trading is only available while Xur is around, removing the need for him to sell exotics.
Please tell me what you think of my idea, and add any improvements if you can think of any.
If you disagree please give a reason why not.
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I don't think Bungie will ever do player to player trading based on what the lead developer has said but what about having a vendor that takes trade-ins. Maybe they are at the tower when Xur isn't. This vendor could buy back materials, ships, shaders and sparrows. I must have a dozen time breakers from VoG and discarding them gives you nothing. Considering a new rare sparrow goes for 175 marks getting 100 back for a gently used time breaker that was only driven through Omnigul once would be a great deal. As for weapons and armor, why not let the vendors that already sell them buy them back then make them available for others to purchase. Their current inventories are pretty shabby. They could have some fun with it like a exo in a trench coat selling ghallahorns for 50 motes of light.