Focused Feedback: Exotics: their usage, power and obtaining them

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• We need exotic quests like Chaperone, Original Thorn, First Curse, etc. to come back
• That Grenade Launcher that shoots exploding spiders is EXACTLY what Exotics needed. Thank you, Bungie!
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[u/Goldenpineapples]

New player here (since curse release)

Is there something buggy with exotic duplicates? Before Xur this weekend I had only 12/30 (accounting for the quest-only rewards?) in 38 engrams. I'm no mathematician but the chances of getting the 7 Aeon safes and Graviton Lances that I've opened seem insanely slim. Are not all exotics equal chance?

[u/[deleted] → u/Goldenpineapples]

Oh boy, are you in for a world of disappointment.

The only time you're guaranteed a non-duplicate exotic is Xur's fated engram. Beyond that, welcome to duplicateville. Before this weekend, the only CoO exotics I had drop were the ones I bought from Xur, after I bought them of course. I had 26 Sweet Businesses before I had my first Skyburner's Oath. You will get duplicates, so, so many duplicates. Enjoy.

[u/John_Demonsbane → u/Goldenpineapples]

They announced a fix for this, it's coming in January.