Nice generalization there buddy. I had the game on Day 1. I was expecting vanilla items to become irrelevant for end game activities in TDB. Which to an extent they were. Then, Bungie screwed the pouch and allowed for etheric light to ascend that stuff to handle HoW activities. It was a step in the wrong direction and lazy design to placate the player base. By now all of the vanilla gear should be completely worthless for any of HoW's activities. I welcome this and hope they have some new fun powerful toys for us to enjoy.