Bungie comments on the Three of Coins in Destiny 2. Guardians criticized that these have no value.
On December 15, Xur brought the Three of Coins to Destiny 2 for the first time. These are consumables that increase the chance to acquire exotic engrams from all sources in the world for four hours. You activate the coins and, with a bit of luck, you may receive more Exotics than usual.
However, dissatisfaction spread over the past weekend: Many Guardians wondered if it is worth buying and using the Three of Coins at all. Countless players reported that even after eight hours of farming with the coins they did not receive a single Exotic.
Frustrated, they wrote that one should definitely not buy the Three of Coins. After all, they cost a whopping 31 Legendary Shards, which could be used more sensibly. We quickly started a survey about the coins on Mein-MMO.de. Nearly two and a half thousand Guardians have voted so far, with the result:
- 55% of you receive on average no Exotic at all when they play for four hours with active Three of Coins. 38% receive on average one Exotic.
- A staggering 87% believe that the Three of Coins are not worth it.
- 62% will no longer buy the Three of Coins and 24% will only do so if they don’t have anything else to do with their Legendary Shards.
You can find the complete survey with its results here.
In short: A large part of the community doubts that the Three of Coins have any value. Many would not be surprised if Bungie soon came forward and announced that a bug was present, many wrote. And now Bungie has responded.
What does Bungie say about the Three of Coins?
The community manager dmg04 addresses the function of the Three of Coins. They collected and read the Guardians’ feedback all weekend long, and now they want to clarify:
When you activate the Three of Coins, it increases the base chance by 50% to receive an exotic engram upon completing an activity. By using the Three of Coins, you do not receive a guarantee of an exotic reward. It simply increases the chance that you will receive an Exotic upon completing an activity.
In other words, the Three of Coins should work as intended. With one exception: compared to Nightfall Strikes, the heroic strikes do not grant higher chances for an Exotic when the Three of Coins are active. That should actually be the case. They will fix this bug with a hotfix that is expected to be released early in 2018.
Many users are dissatisfied with this response on social media. They mention a number with the 50%, but it doesn’t give much information. Because 50% of what?
If the chances of an Exotic are at 1%, then with the Three of Coins they are at 1.5%. It’s not worth investing in the Three of Coins. And this is exactly what the user experience currently reflects – it’s not worth using the Three of Coins.
Via Twitter, the suggestion came that one should receive a guaranteed Exotic through the Three of Coins if one plays for four hours. According to dmg04, this is great feedback. There may be adjustments to the coins in the future.
By the way: Xur brings not only the Three of Coins but also a Fate Engram. This also seems to have problems, as Guardians report receiving duplicates from it. That shouldn’t be the case. A few hours ago, Bungie tweeted that they are also investigating the Fate Engrams.
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