At this point it's hopeless, games been out for a month and the masses that sunk too many hours into it are swimming in exotics. I still got really excited when hard light dropped for me, less when thunderlord dropped, and then was like meh when red death dropped. I have around 9 exotic weapons and can only equip one on each guy. Sure I can swap between them, but you know how long it takes to level them... I have not bought any of my exotic weapons from Xur. I have bought armor, but that's cause it never drops, and at that I always get the engram for motes. It's more exciting that way. In fact that's what Xur should sell, exotic engram's only. Then people will get excited when they get something they want. There will be a lot of heart ache though... On to my point, exotics over all are not what I thought they would be. They don't show some amazing feat you accomplished, they don't surprise you and make you leap from your chair. They just aren't that exotic. first I was with you, Xur is ruining exotics, but then as the game continued I realized, exotics are not suppose to be exotic, they are just the next tier. I mean Atheons epilogue is like an exotic in specs, it's an amazing auto rifle that dishes out void damage along with bonus upgraded stats, but it's purple, so the only real difference is that I can still equip an exotic while using it. Raid gear is kind of the same (though the bonus stats are all for VoG). It's just the next tier...