From the TWID posted June 26th: [quote]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.[/quote] There are plans to allow Exotics to gain the Stats and other aspects of high Tier Armor at some point in the future, however you should not expect any such changes to go live for several months. (΄◉◞౪◟◉｀)