[quote]I may not speak for everyone but I don't want to use the fatebringer,black hammer and g-horn for 1 more year, that shit would get boring fast. If you always used the same guns then you would miss out on what could be your new favourite gun,its what happened to me in house of wolves.[/quote] I don't disagree that [i]only[/i] using the same gear forever would get old, but my experience with HoW was the [i]exact opposite[/i] as yours, by the sounds of it. Because [i]everything[/i] was a potential option, I felt the need to try everything [i]out![/i] I used VoG gear, Crota gear, Trials gear, Faction gear, etc., and so did [i]most[/i] of the people I played with. Sure, we might have gone back to old favorites, sometimes, but it was rare that anyone was [i]only[/i] using old gear, you know? And, moreover, if Year 1 was brought forward, you wouldn't [i]have to[/i] use FB, Blackhammer, or Ghorn; you'd be free to use just new stuff, if that's what [i]you[/i] want, without affecting anyone [i]else's[/i] choices, you know? (Plus, all those weapons were nerfed, so you'd probably wanna move on, anyway, haha) Ultimately, I guess I'm just saying that, as long as it isn't [i]hurting anyone[/i], I think that the most important thing to preserve is [i][b]player choice[/b][/i]. :)

I think the real concern here isn't so much choice as meta game. With an organized community of dedicated players willing to theory craft all possible permutations of gear, year 1 gear in some instances may remain the best in a given slot. This broadens the scope of the meta game quite a bit and makes balancing new gear that much harder.