'Destiny 2' will not carry over your character progress from 'Destiny'

Say goodbye to all the gear and currency you've spent hours and hours (and hours) farming for in Destiny, because the sequel won't let you transfer any of it over.
In a blog post today, Bungie announced that in order to make the second Destiny game feel like a true sequel, Destiny 1 players will not be able to bring any of their earned items or abilities over to the new game.SEE ALSO: 7 March video games to get hyped about, plus a new console
This was previously rumored by Kotaku, whose sources