The simplest “Destiny 2” Eververse franchise looks surprisingly cool

Bungie has gone on an apology tour for Destiny 2 over the past month or two, specifically after it was poorly received game status Which prompted director Joe Blackburn to admit that it was not up to par, and to announce a series of what seemed like unplanned changes to try to alleviate players’ fears.

A lot of it was focused on PvP, but there was some attention to the fact that Bungie had broken a (rather simple) promise to release new ritual armor sets every year. Their explanation in the game case was that this armor wasn’t used much at all, including the shield, which made players say “well, it was intentionally less cool than almost all the other armor, so”.

But that was part of the changes. Blackburn announced that in order to rectify this situation, Bungie will take the Eververse armor set that was supposed to be released in the store this season for $15 or so per chapter, and place it as a random reward from the Ritual playlist. The armor, shown below, mostly fits in with this season’s Hive theme and is pretty good (especially the Titan set, I think).

This seems simple, dropping a new armor from the Ritual playlist, but… it’s actually really cool. that it This is amazing Basic, but the only places we really see this happening in any capacity are in the more “prestigious” activities. Dungeon farming or raid encounters for armor pieces. One every year or so for the Trials Shield and Iron Banner. But here, there’s a nice reason to farm regular, crucible, and maneuver strikes for nifty armor drops. It’s the best thing they’ve done since introducing custom ritual weapons for those playlists (even if they are hit or miss).

The problem, of course, is that if you want to transfer this awesome armor, it will cost you half of the season’s “free” transfer slots, since you only get 10 in total, and you’ll be spending five years. This wouldn’t have happened if you had bought or acquired it through Bright Dust. Bungie has sold Transmog “currency” since launch, something I don’t think I’ve ever seen another game do, and this remains the most hated microtransaction the game has ever offered.

Of course, Bungie still has armor for sale this season, even if wiping out what is arguably one of Eververse’s most popular purchases in a season is a big deal. Season pass textures require you to purchase the season, of course. There will be a paid batch of the Lost Armor Festival in a few weeks, which is a tradition for all the holiday events in the game, where only one event allows you to obtain the Solstice variant.

It’s unfortunate that it took a widespread outcry to get something as simple as a new armor set to be farmed in normal activities, one for free-to-play players at least. But little things can go a long way, especially with a game as massively over-monetized as Destiny 2. I hope we see more of it in the future, no protests needed.

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