This stuff was NEVER advertised to carry over. Neither was everything else you put so much "work" in.
If you want your old gear to remain useful way later in the game, then go play World Of Warcraft where Transmogrification is a thing.
Destiny Is a videogame. It is a luxury. You will survive without your silly emotes, fancy sparrows and the other crap you bought.
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Do players whine this much about CoD, GoW, Battlefield, GTA etc...? Progress doesn't carry over with those every time a new game comes out right?