I thought the new light program would open all the forges to everyone?

As far as I know that's not the case, but it's totally possible that I missed something.

Yep. Limited ammo is maybe ok for super weapons. See Mass Effect 2's heavy weapon slot, for instance. But running out of primary ammo always feels like busy work in games like Destiny. I'm not playing Rainbow Six here, where every bullet is important. I'm playing Destiny, where fun and action should be weighted far more heavily than ammo conservation... or whatever.

I run out of energy and power weapon ammo, but I have only ran out of primary ammo in D2 when I was swapping weapons 3 or 4 times in a row. Do you regularly run out of primary? If so where? I haven't had that problem.

I am going to hang on to some current armor that has perk combinations that won't be possible. At least the current armor will stay relevant for a while.

Arc: Shotgun, Machine gun, Sword, Bow, Pulse Rifle
Void: Grenade launcher, Sniper, Hand Cannon, Scout Rifle, Sidearm
Solar: Fusion Rifle, Linear Fusion Rifle, Rocket Launcher, Auto Rifle, Submachine Gun

Since perk types are limited to specific armor pieces (e.g. Scavenger Mods can only be slotted into Boots, Reloader mods can only be slotted into Gauntlets), it will be impossible to create a build that provides benefits to two weapons with different affinities.

Want to run a hand cannon/shotgun loadout? (e.g. Dust Rock/Luna) Tough luck - you can't add mods for both to a single piece of armor. Bungie only lets you add weapon mods for Bows or Pulse rifles if you want to have a shotgun loader mod.

Want to run a grenade launcher/submachine gun loadout? (e.g. Mountaintop/Recluse). Nope - Bungie won't let you do that either. You can only add mods for hand cannons, scout rifles or sidearms if you want to use a grenade launcher mod.

Running the raid and using a fusion rifle and grenade launcher? (e.g. Loaded Question/Swarm of the Raven). Sorry, no deal. You can have scavenger mods for one, but not both the way you can today.

This sucks. I want to build armor to benefit MY weapon loadouts, not Bungie's.

Pulling from collections will not give you a 2.0 version, unless it’s an exotic. All Legendary gear will be 2.0, but you will have to go get it to drop again.

Yeah, the exact phrasing they are using says that it is coming from vendors or drops. Even rewatching the stream, I can't find them saying you can pull it from collections.

Edit: Confirmed by Deej.

I like what I see there, but I'm sad to see they didn't do away with infusion. So I'm still going to be stuck using junk armor while I level up probably. Though maybe with ornaments that won't be a thing?

I think both with ornaments that may not be a thing, but apparently you can just pull from collections for an armor 2.0 version of the armor you're wearing? Even if it's at your current light, it will give you the added mod functionality, if I'm understanding things correctly. So the LL climb will still be real, but you can reap the benefits of the new system right away.

Hmm, so pulling from collections will work again for all armor because of armor 2.0? I missed that. Though generally pulling from your collection doesn't give you something that's at the same light. You usually pay a penalty in reduced light, then a penalty in glimmer to infuse it back up. I'm glimmer-poor after the menagerie.

But if what others are saying is true, we aren't really going to have to farm for it now, are we? Unless we want specific perks, I guess? Because the word is pulling from collections gets you a 2.0 version.

This comment seems to imply that 2.0 legendary won't be available from collections.

Because it looks cool, and with Armor 2.0, looks can actually matter to players, because they can adopt any look they want and still enjoy the Armor 2.0 functionality. Lots of folks loved the way it looked, but weren't satisfied with it in the end, because perks were limited and that made it virtually useless.

as a warlock, I guess I'm good not farming EP then...

Yeah, meh.

But if what others are saying is true, we aren't really going to have to farm for it now, are we? Unless we want specific perks, I guess? Because the word is pulling from collections gets you a 2.0 version.

Because it looks cool, and with Armor 2.0, looks can actually matter to players, because they can adopt any look they want and still enjoy the Armor 2.0 functionality. Lots of folks loved the way it looked, but weren't satisfied with it in the end, because perks were limited and that made it virtually useless.

as a warlock, I guess I'm good not farming EP then...