I'm a Day 1 player in Destiny, so I've been there for all of the events and DLC drops. Because of this, I've gotten some sweet loot in the past year and a half. When The Taken King dropped, I had to clear some space in my vault and delete my Y1 guns (shortly after, Bungie announced they were doubling the vault space, so perfect timing). One particular gun I scrapped was the Y-09 Longbow Synthesis, a beautiful Legendary sniper with an impact that rivals the 1000-Yard Stare, with a god roll. Is there any way I can get any Year 1 weapons back? I've tried running Legacy Strikes, but I've only gotten rare Y2 gear. I've even tried lowering my Light level to sub-170, but still no luck.
TL;DR: Accidentally dismantled some Year 1 Legendary weapons, don't know how to/if I can reobtain them
Best Answer
Some legendarys were tied to events like the queens ransom or original iron banner and are unobtainable. Before 2.0 and the Taken King you used to be able to get legendary engrams from lower level strikes (not during the strike itself but in the end mission screen) and those would decrypt into older legendarys. Though those older strikes were done away with and replaced with the single legacy playlist in the 2.0 update.
So no, aside from gear in the older Raids and Prison of Elders since that is tied to still existing activities, you won't be able to reobtain year one equipment.