I do notice how a lot of the argument for and against this revolve around the "mmo" (and believe me I use that term loosely with Destiny lol) aspect of the game, so for the sake of this argument, forget the mmo point of view. Look at any game with weapon based combat that has dlc/expansions Fallout Dragon Age Mass Effect Soul Caliber Assassins Creed Borderlands Fable And just about any and every game with rpg elements. Dlcs and (especially) expansions come with newer more powerful gear, does anyone really bitch about this? Maybe but I never see it. Mostly people seek out those new items and hunt for the most powerful ones to use and stick with it, do they ever go back to using old ones.. hardly if at all. Keep in mind I'm not trying to attack you Op(or anyone else) this is just my general thought with a small list of games I've played to show my point. By all means everyone, feel free to debunk what I've put or support and add to the list. TL;DR It's not just mmo's that phase out weapons and gear, just about all weapon based (especially RPGs) with expansions and dlcs do it too