In the MMO shooter Destiny there is new information about Xur, the raid, legendary weapons, and shaders. A number of images of the exotic weapons are also available. Maintenance work is scheduled for tomorrow, September 3rd.
Daily snippets of information about Destiny are coming in. Bungie is tweeting and maintaining social media, artists at Bungie are uploading their works to a virtual workspace. There is a lot going on.
Today we have summarized six pieces of news in one news article, which have piled up in the last days or even just in the last hours:
- To reassure all pessimists and “scam” shouters: The raid “King’s Fall” is already finished and will follow soon after the release, this came via Bungie’s Twitter account – so much for the excited reactions about “There is no Day One Raid”
- Xur will sell a “Legacy Engram,” from which Year 1 exotic weapons and armor will drop – collectors must collect; this information comes from producer Mark Nowsworthy
- Bungie does not necessarily want players to buy legendary weapons from merchants in the Tower, but rather prefers them to find them in the raid or in activities. That is the goal. Legendary marks should be spent on exotics or for “the infusion,” the enhancement, of favorites – but there will still be strong legendary weapons in the Tower, such as a hand cannon with Roulette and Fireball
- With the Patch 2.0./King of the Taken will allow shaders to be applied on exotic armors, however not on all, but only on most. The helm of the 14th Saint has been confirmed as one of the armor pieces that will have a new edition with Year 2. This and the last information come from game director Luke Smith.
- Bungie designer Matt Lichy has, like some others, uploaded images of his work to the Artstation platform. The special thing: these are pictures of the new weapons. In the title image, we have included the Telesto, the new exotic fusion rifle. These 3 images of TTK weapons come from his colleague David Stammel.
- And where lore fans totally freak out: This is a “Techeun,” they are the personal advisor witches of the Queen. This was recently shown in a teaser trailer, where diligent Grimoire card readers raised their hands, snapped frantically, and shouted “I know something, I know something” and have not stopped until now. This is concept art by Joseph Cross:
Important: On Thursday, September 3rd, maintenance work will take place at Destiny. It is scheduled to run from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM our time.
By the way: Tonight, starting at 8:00 PM there will be the last live stream from Bungie about “The Taken King.” We will embed the stream on our site, on Mein MMO, and accompany it with a live ticker.
