[quote]Then imagine year 3; how are you going to introduce a successor to Ass Kicker[/quote] Destiny 2 is slated to release next year. There [i]is[/i] no "Year 3," so that's an easy answer. This ecosystem is going to end at that point, presumably, so extrapolating that far is needless. And Look up "Imago Loop," they already brought Fatebringer back, anyway; as long as new gear is [i]equal[/i] to old gear, people will use it. It doesn't need to be [i]better[/i]. [quote]Again, the only way to make the new content relevant is to make the old content irrelevant[/quote] 100% false, sorry. Let me direct you to [b]HoW[/b]. Players could chose whatever the hell they wanted to use, and guess what? [i]People still used tons of new gear[/i], because EVERYTHING was relevant. Player attachment to gear isn't binary, and your point is demonstrably untrue. [quote]what's relevant is the attack/defence, weapon mag size, weapon/armour stats, and the perks.[/quote] If you read my post, you'd know that [i]every[/i] one of these points has [i]already[/i] been re-tooled in Year 1 gear, [i]specifically[/i] to match their power levels with Year 2. Like you point out, everything is still viable in the Crucible, which is [i]more balanced than it's ever been[/i]; 2.0 very clearly balanced both Y1 and Y2 to be equally effective at the competative level, so the fact that you still cling to the belief that Year 1 is "OP" is pretty strange, considering how glaringly untrue it is. [quote]why would I bother exploring new rocket launchers if Ghorn was still relevant in PVE?[/quote] Because Ghorn was [i]nerfed[/i]. Have you even been paying attention? The 2.0 [i][b]PATCH[/b][/i] was what balanced it, not the level cap! In Year 1 environments, Ghorn is no longer the destroyer-of-faces that it once was. And, if it were Infusible, it would still preform at that [i]weaker[/i] level in Year 2, as well. You're acting like bringing it to 310 would magically bring back it's godliness, which is totally not the case. The same goes for ALL Year 1 gear; it's been leveled out to Year 2 effectiveness, with no noticeable leg-up on Year 2 gear, as the new, [i]more balanced[/i] Meta shows. Allowing Year 1 to be brought to Year 2 levels would [i]in no way[/i] change that Meta, because it's the result of the [i]patching[/i], not the [i]capping[/i].