I've got shards, but that's the reason I haven't used them. What's the point until I get the raid armor? Do I get those shards back if I scrap the armor I used them on?

You get shards for dismantling Legendary gear, usually about 3. It may be less than what you put into it, but hey, resale value and all that...

Each upgrade takes 6, and I get 3 back if I scrap it, so there's no big reason to do the last 3 upgrades until I get the raid armor then. I'll lose out on some defense in the meantime, but with the rarity of shards I would rather just wait.

I regularly do lvl.28 missions, and the only gear that I have upgraded with Shards are my Sunbreaker gauntlets, because I'm certain those are here to stay. Assuming you can avoid sustained gunfire, un-upgraded armor should hold you for a good long while... Until the Iron Banner, of course, but you should have some Raid gear by then, no? ;)

I've got shards, but that's the reason I haven't used them. What's the point until I get the raid armor? Do I get those shards back if I scrap the armor I used them on?

You get shards for dismantling Legendary gear, usually about 3. It may be less than what you put into it, but hey, resale value and all that...

Each upgrade takes 6, and I get 3 back if I scrap it, so there's no big reason to do the last 3 upgrades until I get the raid armor then. I'll lose out on some defense in the meantime, but with the rarity of shards I would rather just wait.

I've got shards, but that's the reason I haven't used them. What's the point until I get the raid armor? Do I get those shards back if I scrap the armor I used them on?

You get shards for dismantling Legendary gear, usually about 3. It may be less than what you put into it, but hey, resale value and all that...

I was all geared up to do another Kill Mission last night, but the lack of ascendant shards discouraged me. I REALLY don't want another piece of the same Legendary armor that I already have.

At the point I am at now, Legendary armor pieces from anywhere but the Vault of Glass are useless. I think maybe Bungie messed up a bit by making the raid gear so much better than anything else by virtue of the extra light upgrades.

I've got shards, but that's the reason I haven't used them. What's the point until I get the raid armor? Do I get those shards back if I scrap the armor I used them on?

That's like saying there's no reason to Patrol since the Loot Cave was shut down. Obviously this stuff was not intended for Shard farming.

In other words, nothing was ruined, --per design, there was no reason for you to do the event in the first place. Instead, a goof up gave you an unintended benefit. :D

I'd like to do it, for fun and maybe for using the armor in the future.

Yeah this is how I feel too. The shards were a nice side benefit, but the missions with the modifiers are so much more fun! I am still finishing them even after they dropped the shard farming from it.

I was all geared up to do another Kill Mission last night, but the lack of ascendant shards discouraged me. I REALLY don't want another piece of the same Legendary armor that I already have.

At the point I am at now, Legendary armor pieces from anywhere but the Vault of Glass are useless. I think maybe Bungie messed up a bit by making the raid gear so much better than anything else by virtue of the extra light upgrades.

If this were any other game, I would still have been optimistic about the potential DLC utilizing the new areas. Even if I had seen the geometry there I would be excited as to how the encounters would play out, or excited about new story elements.

Seeing how Destiny's encounters play out though, I imagine it will be identical to the encounters we have seen so far, just with different art around you. And obviously, there is nothing to suggest that there would be new story elements.

I'm still waffling with my decision to get the DLC or not. One day I want to play it, and one day I don't care. I'll just have to wait until it release and see if I'm interested.

I don't think there is anything wrong with putting destiny aside until then. I played pretty much non stop for the first few days. I'm not doing that anymore.

Seeing how Destiny's encounters play out though, I imagine it will be identical to the encounters we have seen so far, just with different art around you. And obviously, there is nothing to suggest that there would be new story elements.

I'm still waffling with my decision to get the DLC or not. One day I want to play it, and one day I don't care. I'll just have to wait until it release and see if I'm interested.

There's no way this sustains for 10 years, and while Bungie is super happy with what they've seen the past few weeks, and while they feel like they're in a good place and that this is staying steady, CoD and Halo are on the November horizon, and this game is in for a real shock.

This is probably why they included the Expansion Pass with the special versions of the game. If players already have access to the DLC, they are more likely to try it. Force everybody to buy it fresh, and you run the risk of lack of interest from either boredom, or from competition from other games.

I imagine both Bungie and Activation will be watching how big the uptick is in December very closely.

You're not missing anything now that they ruined the event. You already have Legendary stuff. You get no more Ascendant Shards. You seriously have no need to even touch the bounties or this thing now.

Uniquely-colored Legendary weapons... The "Merciless" Hand Cannon's pretty neat, IMO, and it's faster to level up the queen than the Vanguard, it seems, so you get stuff a bit faster. Of course, if you want legendary weapons just handed to you, you can always go back to complaining about the loot drop system...

You're not missing anything now that they ruined the event. You already have Legendary stuff. You get no more Ascendant Shards. You seriously have no need to even touch the bounties or this thing now.

That's like saying there's no reason to Patrol since the Loot Cave was shut down. Obviously this stuff was not intended for Shard farming.

In other words, nothing was ruined, --per design, there was no reason for you to do the event in the first place. Instead, a goof up gave you an unintended benefit. :D

I'd like to do it, for fun and maybe for using the armor in the future.

Cody,

Stop posting your opinion over and over again in multiple threads. Make one thread about it and then never mention it again. That's how things work around here.

I want to visit Cody's Corner.

So err... I have a Legendary Chest Piece and Helmet.. Is there any reason to do the Queens Kill Order ever again?

Umm.. This game confuses me.

YEAH. MAYBE THE DURATION OF THE EVENT IS SO PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF TOWN OR HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN UNABLE TO PLAY HAVE A CHANCE TO DO IT.

For Pete's sake.