And since you can use motes to exp up weapons... (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 22:08 (3329 days ago) @ Earendil

It's like converting your hundreds of motes of light into weapon parts. Since a single mote charges every item you have equipped, and it takes only 6 motes to fully charge a rare quality heavy weapon (netting you 2 motes back from just that one item), you're basically running a zero-sum game with motes (as long as you're leveling an item in every slot when you use the mote) while gaining weapon parts galore (4-5 per fully leveled rare weapon)