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Post by markopolo on Jun 10, 2015 10:34:23 GMT -5
Are ascendant energies and shards... and radiant energies and shards.... hell... exotic shards.... are they irrelevant once you've maxed out all gear and weapons that you have, pre HoW?
I've maxed out all the Crota weapons and armour I want.... so my RE/M is just sitting there I've maxed out all the older, pre HoW gear I want (sans etheric light, of course....)... so my AE/S is just sitting there I've 365'd all of my older exotics... so my ES's are just sitting there....
Are these mats just wasting space?
Really.... the only currency that's relevant anymore.... is Motes (to reroll and buy engrams), etheric light, and armour/weapon cores?
To make room, should I just convert things to motes and go gambling?
Should I hold on to some, in case Bungie decided to let us convert (hypothetically) 2 exotic shards to 1 etheric light... or 20 AM/RM to 1 EL?
Because Polo's vault is bursting... hell, I might even get rid of my vanguard commendations soon!
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Post by mannon on Jun 10, 2015 10:43:29 GMT -5
You will still need exotic shards to finish any new exotics you get. The raid gear is pretty good stuff and might be worth collecting and ascending, depending on desired stats and such. I think iron Banner gear still uses ascendant shards as well, though I doubt you'll bother getting any.
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Post by hebbnh on Jun 10, 2015 10:52:09 GMT -5
Pretty much what mannon said. Feel free to dump them all your ascendant/radiant mats unless you think you'll want to go back and get some VoG or CE gear at some point (which it sounds like you won't). New Iron Banner gear doesn't need shards -- it's just like the new vendor gear. Any particular reason you're still holding on to those commendations? Dismantle those puppies for free rep!
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Post by mannon on Jun 10, 2015 10:58:23 GMT -5
Note: Wear desired faction item while dismantling commendations unless you want vanguard rep.
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Post by markopolo on Jun 10, 2015 12:18:06 GMT -5
See... when I just upgraded my newly maxed out The Ram... I didn't need a eshard to ascend it though... that's what I'm wondering about
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Post by iw5000 on Jun 10, 2015 12:21:08 GMT -5
See... when I just upgraded my newly maxed out The Ram... I didn't need a eshard to ascend it though... that's what I'm wondering about doesn't all the new exotic armor come out already at level 42?
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Post by hebbnh on Jun 10, 2015 12:40:07 GMT -5
HoW exotics come with 42 light, but if you get a new pre-HoW exotic it'll drop at 36 light and you'll still have to use an exotic shard on the final upgrade node to max it out at 42. At least that's how it worked when I went on my helmet engram shopping spree a couple weeks ago. The Ram came stock with 42 light, but the Skull of Dire Ahamkara I got (better roll than my old one) came with 36 light. So hold on to those exotic shards!
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Post by mannon on Jun 10, 2015 13:03:40 GMT -5
This
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Post by markopolo on Jun 10, 2015 13:05:59 GMT -5
Okay, yea... that makes sense. I got some pre HoW exotics, but they were either dupes or worse rolls, so I never looked at their light level and just broke them down
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Post by markopolo on Jun 10, 2015 14:00:23 GMT -5
Any particular reason you're still holding on to those commendations? Dismantle those puppies for free rep! No reason to use them yet. I have 35 (not as much as some, but that's neither here nor there) so it would take me up 3 levels (I think) pretty quick. But I rarely/don't play Trials of the Iron Crucible at all so any faction rank is irrelevant as I would never get the Crucible marks to be able to buy anything. And dropping them into vanguard to take me from level 40+ to level 40+3 happens naturally anyways, so those would help but in the end, it doesn't affect things much. I mainly kept them, hoping QW or HoJ would give me a warlock bond so that I could just drop them into those... but they didn't. Now, I'm keeping them for Comet/The Taken King
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Post by mannon on Jun 10, 2015 14:13:17 GMT -5
You'd be surprised. They bumped the marks up quite a bit so basically any PvP will get you something. I don't think the comet will give you anything else you can do with them, though you might get some faction packages. I suppose if you'd rather get those faction packages later than sooner you can. I don't see much point in keeping them, myself even if you don't care about the factions.
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Post by hebbnh on Jun 10, 2015 14:29:37 GMT -5
I'm 99% sure the rep from breaking those down will never go towards anything other than Vanguard, Crucible, NM, DO, or FWC. If you'd gotten a QW or HoJ bond and tried to burn them then, they'd have been applied to the Vanguard.
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Post by malgato on Jun 10, 2015 16:50:54 GMT -5
So commendations are useless now? Just dismantle for rep?
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Post by mannon on Jun 10, 2015 16:56:11 GMT -5
Yes
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