Taken King Ascension (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Saturday, July 18, 2015, 18:19 (3653 days ago) @ Cody Miller

A lot of people are assuming that because Bungie is dropping the patch shortly before the Taken King, that means there will be the possibility to ascend current weapons. I mean, why would they change these weapons if they were going to be obsolete? There's plenty of reasons:

1. Attack doesn't matter in PvP, so ascension doesn't matter. Old weapons will still be used.
2. You are starting the Taken King with old weapons. You will still use them for a time in PvE content.
3. Attack power doesn't matter as much as you think. Remember how a 300 fatebringer was still better than any other 331 hand canon on Dark Below? Well, weapons like Black Hammer and Gjallarhorn would still be better than their Year Two counterparts given their unique perks. Guess which weapons got nerfs? :-p

Don't expect to be able to ascend your weapons just because they are balancing current ones in PvE. Just remember my prediction…

I suspect you're right when it comes to legendary weapons, but I think they'll let us continue to upgrade our exotics.