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    Completing the Marshal Shield...

    I read on Reddit that the Marshal Shield requires us to acquire all of the Exotic Weapons and Gear. Thing is, I have acquired all of the Exotic gear, but I destroyed all of the Exotics that are crap.
    So, if the shield is retroactive (hoping to God it is), how does it work?
    If I got an Exotic to drop for me in the past, did I "have" it at some point? How can I tell if that point in time was recorded for this Shield? Do I really have to grind through Legendaries to get every piece of Exotic gear?
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    SevenNVD's Avatar Volunteer Moderator
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    You will likely not get an answer to this, since it's not official yet.

    But my guess is, it will be retroactive, and you will need to have them somewhere in your inventory/stash.
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    Ever since the Shields leaked I just farmed every Exotic back, even the crap ones. They're sitting in my stash, waiting for this commendation, just "in case".

    After this particular shield I'm going to get so much stash space back...
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    The only problem with this shield is the exotic sawoff called the defiler. I have it but i know lots of people dont. It doesnt drop in game either, maybe it should.
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    I read somewhere that the Defiler is not part of the Shield, exactly for the reason that it doesn't drop in game. I hope this information was correct.
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    I cannot dive into the details of this specific shield, as it is based on WIP data that is subject to change. That said, it is best to assume that most of the shields will not be retro-active.

    / Johan
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    So i guess it sounds like the new shield is going go based on our lovely RNG? I hope not. I tried this current GE for tactician armor and bought 4 tact caches and got 4 holsters in a row, was like ok...im done. For the past couple months only exotics ive been rewarded with is prolly 10 showstoppers,5 bliss holders,5 ferro masks, and a big al
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    What gets me, is I have the mask for collecting every Exotic piece of gear and weapon, but now that there are new exotics, this shield wont be retroactive to reflect this.

    Thus far I have across 3 characters defeated every single legendary mission with my wife, and farmed the absolute piss out of misions and I've bought a few dozen superior caches, and there are still a few exotics I haven't ever seen drop. MDR, Heel, and the Tommy gun, which is dumb, considering I have the Thompson.....which is the tommy gun minus the drum mag.
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    The thought of having to grind for gear already in my stash sounds maddening. It's like punishing players for having been here longer. I thought the end shields were for veteran players not a punishment.
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    Originally Posted by jdkzombie Go to original post
    What gets me, is I have the mask for collecting every Exotic piece of gear and weapon, but now that there are new exotics, this shield wont be retroactive to reflect this.

    Thus far I have across 3 characters defeated every single legendary mission with my wife, and farmed the absolute piss out of misions and I've bought a few dozen superior caches, and there are still a few exotics I haven't ever seen drop. MDR, Heel, and the Tommy gun, which is dumb, considering I have the Thompson.....which is the tommy gun minus the drum mag.

    I'm pretty sure I've been through every exotic in the game now but some can at random take months and months before you see one drop again - funny one - was playing with someone a few nights ago who'd been playing for about 5 months trying to get an Urban MDR with no luck he mentioned it at the start of Amherst Legendary and then literally one of the other guys and myself in the team had them drop from the hunter so we both dropped them for him.
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