If it's true the old gear is going exotic I'm disappointed. The best part about these weapons is they were great and didn't take up the exotic spot. I'd much rather they stay legendary.
I kept them because I had the room. I only keep 1-2 Legendary pieces of armor (so I have something to swap with exotics to move from an exotic helmet to chest piece, etc.) all depending on their stats.
However due to the unique nature of Raid armor (and even Eris' story quest related Gauntlets) I have kept these in addition to Dark Below 33 light armor just in case they somehow get a buff (and some of them just look slick). One thing I've noticed is that Raid armor has borderline OP perks. They aren't game breaking because most of the perks are geared toward PvE and the Raids, but some are very useful in other PvE activities (such as generating extra orbs for non-Guardian kills).
The grind is fine, we just need more content. As of now, there is really nothing to do once you reach max level with all three of your characters and when you have pretty much every exotic right now.
It helps to have the DLC as it gives you access to more 33 light level gear easily. With 3 fully leveled 33 light armor pieces and one 35 light exotic you'll reach Level 31 easily. However, the only way to max completely out at Level 32 (technically right at 33, but there is a forced 32 cap until HoW) is with a full set of Crota Raid gear or Iron Banner gear (or mix of the two).
I hope they didn't just make the VOG stuff upgradeable. If they left the CE stuff out that just creates the same problem players had with VOG gear when CE came around. That is if they increased the damage/defense stats again. If not then CE doesn't need it, obviously. But this is good news for sure. I'll be happy to have an upgraded Praedyths Revenge.
I used it to great effect on this week's Nightfall. Even though the damage caps at 300, with the tri-Burn this week ANY elemental Primary helps. VoC is the only one I have because it is hard for me to run the raids for various reasons (and most of the times I have run them I got sharded).
I still use VoC as a switch from MIDA when I want to use IceBreaker or another exotic and VoC is still effective against Wizards and Shanks with shields (they both have Solar shields).
Very nice. I may have to ay again.
I like how we can upgrade our old gear to light level 34, VoG armor looked the best.
I'm probably alone, but I actually like the new horde-like mode.
I am very much looking forward to getting back into Destiny. I haven't touched it in few months so this looks like a great reason to.
Dam I have Destiny, Bloodborne to finish up and The Witcher 3 to juggle. Good problems to have I guess!