Goddamn steel trap is getting more and more sieve-like as the years ago on. :(

Heh, I was thinking the same thing about myself after reading your post.

You're not. It's absolutely possible to get 310s when you're below 310. NONE of my characters are capable of getting higher than 308 right now, and I've gotten several 310s.

Huh... maybe I'm thinking of below 300 or something, because now that I think about it, I don't think I could have even GOTTEN to 310 without getting 310 exotics while below 310. (There weren't enough other sources of 310+ gear for people like me who didn't play Trials.)

I think maybe there was a hard cutoff at 301 - and I think what I'm remembering is some bitterness at learning about this hard cutoff, since I'd saved up a bunch of engrams, but burned them at 300, getting nothing but 290 gear... only to be told soon after that had I waited one more point, I'd have gotten a bunch of 310 stuff.

Goddamn steel trap is getting more and more sieve-like as the years ago on. :(

I'd like to see the real numbers. I guess I'm pretty lucky. I haven't decrypted below 310 since I hit 301.

Wow! My experience has been much different than that. The majority of my exotics have been 290's after I was 301+.

I was 310 during the time I was describing. If I had known that 311 was some magic number I would have waited to decrypt :/

I think from 300-310 it's only a 25% chance to decrypt into 310s. I'd hold off until 311+, 315 if possible. On the bright side, always makes for good infusion fodder for your other classes!

Huh - if this number is accurate, it's more evidence of my lousy luck. I don't think I EVER got a 310 when I was between 300 and 311. 100% 290 decryptions. I got my first 310 when I hit 311.

I think from 300-310 it's only a 25% chance to decrypt into 310s.

That sounds in line with my experience.

I'd like to see the real numbers. I guess I'm pretty lucky. I haven't decrypted below 310 since I hit 301.

Wow! My experience has been much different than that. The majority of my exotics have been 290's after I was 301+.

I was 310 during the time I was describing. If I had known that 311 was some magic number I would have waited to decrypt :/

I think from 300-310 it's only a 25% chance to decrypt into 310s. I'd hold off until 311+, 315 if possible. On the bright side, always makes for good infusion fodder for your other classes!

I'd like to see the real numbers. I guess I'm pretty lucky. I haven't decrypted below 310 since I hit 301.

Wow! My experience has been much different than that. The majority of my exotics have been 290's after I was 301+.

I was 310 during the time I was describing. If I had known that 311 was some magic number I would have waited to decrypt :/

My drop rate is probably much lower. Seems like a I get one exotic every week or two.

Don't think I've ever gotten four in one week.

I once got 2 from a single Three of Coins drop. It was awesome.

I'd like to see the real numbers. I guess I'm pretty lucky. I haven't decrypted below 310 since I hit 301.

Wow! My experience has been much different than that. The majority of my exotics have been 290's after I was 301+.

I was 310 during the time I was describing. If I had known that 311 was some magic number I would have waited to decrypt :/

My drop rate is probably much lower. Seems like a I get one exotic every week or two.

Don't think I've ever gotten four in one week.

I'd like to see the real numbers. I guess I'm pretty lucky. I haven't decrypted below 310 since I hit 301.

Wow! My experience has been much different than that. The majority of my exotics have been 290's after I was 301+.

I was 310 during the time I was describing. If I had known that 311 was some magic number I would have waited to decrypt :/

I can bring up a 280 weapon that makes me happy to a reasonable level.

So this is obviously a personal decision, but what is that level for you?

To make things easier on myself and to save time & space, I have a rule that if I get a blue item below 286, I dismantle it ASAP.

A few weeks ago I had a streak where three or four exotic engrams decrypted as 290 weapons. I was annoyed--I wanted 310. It made me wonder a few things: Why don't any drop at 300? How much of a difference does 290 vs 310 make, really? Does it only matter at the highest level activities (KF HM?)

I assume you weren't 311+?

I've heard people on the internet claim to get 290s when their light was this high, but I've yet to see any evidence of that happening.

I think that there's a 75% chance that you'll get 310s up until you're 315+, after which it's 100%. Rolling four 290s would be crappy luck, but not unheard of(put into perspective, I think I got four Last Words in a row from Primary Exotic engrams).

I'd like to see the real numbers. I guess I'm pretty lucky. I haven't decrypted below 310 since I hit 301.

I can bring up a 280 weapon that makes me happy to a reasonable level.

So this is obviously a personal decision, but what is that level for you?

To make things easier on myself and to save time & space, I have a rule that if I get a blue item below 286, I dismantle it ASAP.

A few weeks ago I had a streak where three or four exotic engrams decrypted as 290 weapons. I was annoyed--I wanted 310. It made me wonder a few things: Why don't any drop at 300? How much of a difference does 290 vs 310 make, really? Does it only matter at the highest level activities (KF HM?)

I assume you weren't 311+?

I've heard people on the internet claim to get 290s when their light was this high, but I've yet to see any evidence of that happening.

I think that there's a 75% chance that you'll get 310s up until you're 315+, after which it's 100%. Rolling four 290s would be crappy luck, but not unheard of(put into perspective, I think I got four Last Words in a row from Primary Exotic engrams).

I can bring up a 280 weapon that makes me happy to a reasonable level.

So this is obviously a personal decision, but what is that level for you?

To make things easier on myself and to save time & space, I have a rule that if I get a blue item below 286, I dismantle it ASAP.

A few weeks ago I had a streak where three or four exotic engrams decrypted as 290 weapons. I was annoyed--I wanted 310. It made me wonder a few things: Why don't any drop at 300? How much of a difference does 290 vs 310 make, really? Does it only matter at the highest level activities (KF HM?)

I assume you weren't 311+?

I've heard people on the internet claim to get 290s when their light was this high, but I've yet to see any evidence of that happening.

Hopefully that helps shine a little Light on an alternative perspective... ;)

It does. Thanks :)

Competitive multiplayer would have its own set of guns that are exclusive to it. The story mode items would not cross over at all.

That seems...

Do you mean entirely different items, or just separately balanced versions, with some weapons being exclusive to a mode entirely, for balance?

Because the first seems silly.