While in Destiny 2 everyone is eagerly awaiting new hints for the upcoming Season 17, the TWaB blog (This Week at Bungie) yesterday at least provided a little ray of hope. However, this good news could not mitigate the additional costs for event cosmetics and dungeons. MeinMMO took a look at what players can expect and what exactly is being criticized.
In the latest TWaB (“This Week at Bungie” blog), this week’s focus was everything except the story content of the new Season 17. Instead, there were other topics that the developer highlighted in the TWaB.
- The groaning of player vaults has become too loud, so you’ll soon get more space.
- Season 17 brings a new dungeon, for which Bungie informed about the rewards.
- Events like the Solstice will be refreshed and get a so-called “Event Card.”
- And for the Trials, there will be new armor that will likely turn Hunters into monkeys.
What exactly has Bungie announced? Destiny 2 is always exciting when players are eagerly waiting for new content or are unsure about what is coming. Bungie has recognized this too and has not provided any information about the new season story so far.
They want to maintain the suspense for the content of Season 17 as long as possible, as dmg04, Bungie’s Community Manager, revealed on Twitter. Only on Tuesday, May 24, just before the launch of the new Season 17, can players expect a trailer and additional details about Season 17.
Additionally, the TWaB also brought good news for all vault hoarders, Godroll collectors, and item nostalgics.
- The vault storage space for player items will be increased from 500 to 600.
- The change is supposed to provide at least some relief while Bungie continues to look for future solutions.
A new dungeon is also ready: In Season 17, a new dungeon will also enrich the game, and there will be some adjustments to the annual events along with the new Iron Banner.
When will the new dungeon start? The new dungeon will start shortly after the launch of Season 17, specifically on Friday, May 27, at 11 AM. The power level requirement is 1550. The hard cap in Season 17 is 1570, an increase of only 10 power level points.
What players can expect in terms of story in the dungeon is uncertain, as Bungie wants them to discover the new content for themselves. However, there was at least a fundamental outlook on the dungeon loot:
- The dungeon will contain an exotic weapon along with a catalyst.
- There will also be a legendary armor set per class, which will grant the improved “Masterwork Armor” at the “Grandmaster” difficulty level.
- Additionally, 4 legendary new weapons and 2 reprised weapons are waiting for you.
- An exotic accessory and 2 legendary titles will also be earnable.
A bitter aftertaste remains: Dungeons were always included and a fixed part of the expansion they were released with until 2022 – playable without additional costs. However, Bungie has revised their offering concept regarding this and removed the selling of dungeons as an inclusive offering in October 2021.
- For players who purchased the exclusive Deluxe Edition of “The Witch Queen” including the additional season passes for Year 5, the 2 new dungeons from Year 5 remain included.
- However, those who only bought the standard versions of “The Witch Queen” plus the additional season passes for Year 5 cannot play the new dungeons.
- The dungeons will be offered separately for interested players for purchase with Silver.
This monetization of additional content, like the dungeons, has already caused displeasure among players following the announcement last year.
But now Bungie has also revealed in the weekly blog that the annual events have been revised. There will also be partial costs in Silver, the real money currency in Destiny 2.
- Event cosmetics will no longer be available in the Eververse shop.
- There will be a new Event Card through which players can earn cosmetics.
- The Event Card can be upgraded with Silver and grants an exotic reward package.
Splayers find the additional costs unnecessary and “greedy”
On reddit, players are freely expressing their feelings about the announcements and the Silver purchases in the new Event Card:
[…] I’m not putting down an extra 10 dollars to play a damn seasonal event that ends faster than the season I just paid 10 damn dollars for. How much money do I need to spend before I can play the whole damn game that I’ve already paid for?
expresses the player Hit_Me_With_The_Jazz on reddit
A similar opinion is held by AverageCrayonEnjoyer. He writes about it on reddit:
Locking these cosmetics, which by the way could have been earned through Glimmer, means Bungie has made a previously outrageous system even worse by locking [things] behind a paywall. It was one thing to lock a whole dungeon [Grasp of Avarice] and an exotic weapon [Gjallarhorn] behind a 25-dollar paywall (which still doesn’t justify that damn price), but this feels like a greedy evolution of that model.
finds Destiny 2 player AverageCrayonEnjoyer via reddit
Events will still be free: The fact is, even at the start of the new Season 17, the annual events will naturally remain free for all players, both for new light players and all Destiny 2 veterans.
Bungie has merely moved the event cosmetics, which were previously available in a separate tab in the Eververse (also for Silver), into the new “Event Card”. Those who skip it will not miss out on any game content in the events.
- The upgrade of the event card costs 1000 Silver and grants an exotic reward package immediately.
- Bungie also mentions that players will receive even more rewards by spending the so-called Event Tickets earned from event challenges.
- It was mentioned that these event cosmetics could possibly be made available again at a later time through the Eververse, possibly also for Glimmer.
However, it is still unclear how this purchase process will work.
What do you think about the information from the weekly TWaB? Does it bother you as well that you might have to spend Silver to obtain all cosmetics from the events? And what about the future paid dungeons? Have you already purchased them or are you deciding spontaneously? Feel free to share your thoughts on the changes in the comments.
