Probably didn't need to purchase exotic shards (Destiny)

by Revenant1988 , How do I forum?, Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 13:01 (3885 days ago) @ Korny

The gun that you dismantled, was it fully upgraded, or close to it?

I wouldn't be surprised if it worked like it does with other items when you break them down.

For example, I break down an unleveled legendary weapon, and I get 2 energies out of it.

I break down that exact same legendary weapon, fully leveled, and I get 6-8 energies out of it.

That's like selling a used car and expecting above the retail value because you invested parts into it over the years.

The way you should see it is that you were paying to improve the weapon, and using it as an investment. That you get any Energy back is something you should be thankful for. Otherwise, you could max out any weapon and simply shard it when you found a better one. New Energy or Shards would be irrelevant. You'd have a whole slew early on.

Yeah, but you're missing what I'm saying: I wouldn't advertise to people that if they break down ANY of their existing exotics (for whatever reason) that they are guaranteed to get 2 or more shards out of it- more like if you break down one that you didn't level up vs one that you did, it affects what you get out of it.

Example::

I have two Invectives: one is fully leveled, and one is not because I just got it from a random drop, whatever. I shard both of them, because I got a new bounty or I just don't like them anymore, whatever.

The one that was maxed gives me 2 shards.

The one that was bare gives me 1 shard.

Make sense? This way you have an idea what to expect when you are breaking something down- it's proportional to what you invested in it (not by much, mind you, as you dump 18 energies in to a legendary weapon, but you'll only get like 6 back if you trash it).

Reminds me a lot of the economy in Halo Wars, actually. Gotta be careful what you self destruct!