no never in most, you can acquire same gear at a higher level and use it over and over this should be no different, just add newer ones to stir the pot, any one who thinks other wise is a bungie conformist and will be left with a smaller crowd when the newer better thought out games hit the market this year. I know this game will not take any precedence cause bungie is failing in content an rewarding the players by extending battle time by weakening weaponry. new weapons will hit the game and be downright shit cause bungie thinks drawing out the battles will lengthen the game.