His breakdown isn't completely accurate. If you watch the stream Bungie clearly says that you can get chroma by breaking down chroma enabled gear, gear you get from faction rank up packages for instance that don't cost money.
It appears around the 20min mark on the youtube upload of the stream.
I'm on mobile right now and can update this with a link later.
And to your other points saying something "has its own perks" implies unique/exclusive. Vague phrasing doesn't help discussion and a more accurate statement would be that the armor pieces have regular armor perks.
I agree with Ghaleon in that it would be better to just sell the full set so that people that want it can just have it. The difference between these armor pieces and other destiny armor pieces is literally just it's looks though. I think it would be better for destiny to have a Transmog system and just sell skins for armor, because it would achieve the same thing but would have less stigma attached.
You don't like micro transactions in destiny, is what I'm gathering, and that's fine. It's your opinion.
I'm letting you know that microtransactions haven't hindered or put me at a disadvantage in the over 1500 hours I've put into the game and this new stuff doesn't change that at all.
So my question is, if this stuff can be obtained for free, does not have exclusive anything, does not make the game easier or put a player without it at a disadvantage, what is there to be upset or dislike about this specifically other than the fact that you can spend money on stuff inside of destiny?
I fully understand why people don't like that there are microtransactions inside of destiny and that's been in-game for months now. I even understand being concerned about them crossing over into pay-to-win type stuff. But there is nothing that has been announced that moves the line any closer to pay-to-win.
If the issue is the wording I'll fix it but having their own perks doesnt mean exclusive perks it means that these peices of armor have perks. If I meant exclusive perks I would have said exclusive perks. I can see how that could be read differently however. So I'll address it. As far as Ghaleon's breakdown goes it is almost entirely accurate except for that one specific facet. I'll add a footnote about it.
I disagree wholeheartedly that these microtransactions dont affect my gameplay because t is becoming increasingly clear as shown by many of the examples cited in this very thread that the game is being designed around these microtransactions and is introducing common FTP tactics to drive their sales. That directly impacts my enjoyment of the game. I do not take kindly to the fact that my time and experience are being leveraged as an upsell technique for in game purchases. As such, so long as I am able, I will continue to protest the implementation of things of this nature in games that I paid significant amounts of money for up front.