An acceptable way to advance exotics in House of Wolves (Destiny)

by Mid7night , Rocket BSCHSHCSHSHCCHGGH!!!!!!, Sunday, March 22, 2015, 00:00 (3782 days ago) @ Cody Miller

You make it sound like Xur shouldn't be a timegate to keep you playing, just like the rest of the RNG.

Good luck with that. :D

It shouldn't. Time gates suck. Bungie needs to let go of this notion that they have to make players play for a long time. If they DO, then they should offer a lot of content and challenges to undertake. Real ones. Not MMO bullshit.

You could semi-time-gate it by requiring materials that only Xûr sells, like the Exotic Shard. Sure, people could just stockpile, but that's true of any currency. At least this way, you always have access to the upgrade path if you have the required elements.