"Game Informer got it straight." -- DeeJ_BNG (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Wednesday, December 03, 2014, 12:25 (3454 days ago) @ Schedonnardus

So... uhh, wha? Are we just misunderstanding something here?

The only thing I can think of is this bit:

"It’s important to note that this process resets the upgrades on your exotic item, but you’ll now have a new higher damage or defense cap to work towards – so you’ll need to decide if you’d rather keep your fully upgraded old version of a weapon or armor piece, or start over."

It might be that this part was intended to communicate that the process simply de-selects the upgrades (turns them green again) rather than actually setting the XP back to 0. If that were the case, GI would technically be correct (maybe), just very badly worded.

the word "start over" doesn't insinuate that. maybe that is what they meant, but to me "start over" means "start over".

In the context of my original theory, it could have meant "start over with picking upgrades" rather than "start over with earning experience." Does that clarify it? It seemed feasible to me that someone who didn't put a lot of time into Destiny might not have been aware that you're always able to change upgrades. Such a person might have seen an upgrade reset that kept XP as "starting over."

Of course, other info that's been posted since I wrote that has proven my theory disappointingly wrong. :(