Alright, so there is new gear coming with the upcoming expansions. From what I've seen around, it'll be a higher attack and defence ratings than current exotic, legendaary, and raid gear. Is there any possibility that this isn't true, or that these weapons and armor will possibly be able to be raised past their old limits, to match the current spec? While this won't have any effect in (non Iron banner) Crucible, not much of a Crucible fan. Personally, I'm in love with my Fatebringer, and hate to see it go out of date for new higher level activities. What do other people know of think on this subject? Bonus points if a Bungie employee could possibly answer these questions in the near future (or someone direct me to where they may have already). EDIT: I personally believe you should allow or make a way for older Legendary+ weapons and armor to scale. One complaint I constantly see about this game (among many other MMOs) is that a lot of the time your shoehorned into getting the most recent gear.. rather than having the ability to customize yourself as you chose... which is one thing you guys at bungie talked about while making and advertising Destiny. EDIT 2: As far as I've seen with the new weapons, they are entirely in line balance wise with current weapons. Same number of perks even if there is a few new ones, and like the Vex raid weapons, if they have more than normal they're raid specific. If I was to pit a player with The Word of Crota, vs a player with Fatebringer against each other in the crucible, in theory they'd have an equal chance, neither gun is really better than the other. Play through the whole game all the way up to lv 30, neither gun will really be better than the other beyond where their perks and abilities shine most.. but the second you get higher than 30, you'll need to use Word of Crota, or your losing out, and despite preference. Why take this balance so far, just to lock out great options at the very end? Why can't we as Guardians decide on our weapons that will get us through thick and thin, rather than having to follow the latest fashion if we want to keep up? Give us a way to update the weapons to remain competitive in High Level play. The other route will only lead to sad players who have to eventually toss their hard earned loot in the trash. If you let us keep our weapons and armor in high level play, we truly can build our own Guardians. Weren't you guys talking about letting us make our own story? Don't be like every other MMO, be better. Increase player choice and customization, don't choose our load outs for us.