They have plans for Exotic Armor but we may not see them acted upon for some time. From the TWID posted June 26th (emphasis added): [quote][b]EXOTIC ARMOR[/b] [b][i]Long-term, we hope to eventually add support for Exotics to access the benefits of higher tiers using a dedicated system that reflects their nature as a unique centerpiece in your builds. Although this system won’t be ready for the Year of Prophecy, we wanted to make sure that Exotic armor could benefit from armor archetypes and the reworked Masterworking system.[/i][/b] While your existing rolls will be converted 1:1 to the new stats, new drops of Exotic Armor will be upgraded to Armor 3.0. This means they will have their stats determined by archetypes, receive the new Masterworking system, and drop with full mod energy by default. While these drops will not have a specific Gear Tier, their stats will roll as if they were Tier 2 (58-63 total stats). Once Masterworked, this should be comparable to all but the very best Armor 2.0 rolls. To make this transition a little easier, Ada-1 will be offering 20 free focused Exotic armors per account to anyone who has Tower access prior to the release of The Edge of Fate. This special focusing will be available throughout the Year of Prophecy, and will allow you to focus any non-class item exotic from The Final Shape or before with an archetype of your choice, as long as you have it unlocked in Collections. As for the Exotic class items: they are the only armor from before The Edge of Fate that will be converted fully into the new system. Each one will receive the maximum stats available for an Exotic (30 in the primary stat, 20 in the secondary stat, and 13 in the tertiary stat). To prevent this from massively increasing the number of possible class item rolls, these stats will be assigned based on their rolled perks: the archetype being determined by the left column perk, and the tertiary stat by the right column perk. However, this does mean that they can no longer be upgraded to Artifice Armor, and will lose any existing Artifice mod slot.[/quote] (΄◉◞౪◟◉｀)