In Destiny 2, the economy system is being revised with Forsaken. Tokens are becoming less significant. They were one of the main criticisms of Destiny 2.
Token was the buzzword from year 1: When Destiny 2 was released in September 2017, it only took a few hours for the first major annoyances to be discovered. Besides the one-time shaders that sparked the first major backlash, it was mainly the tokens in year 1 that left the Guardians with long faces.
For the Guardians, who were once shining legends, defeating gods and bringing home heroic loot, had devolved into collectors of silly tokens. The rewards in Destiny 2 seemed to consist solely of tokens. The game was thus derogatorily called “The Token King”.
Guardians want epic weapons as loot, not discount tokens.
Destiny 2 – The Token King
The word “Token” could soon no longer be heard by any Guardian. When Bungie introduced new tokens in live streams, something in the stomach region would clench. In the following months, while the developers admitted that the token system was definitely not always the best system, and the loot was partly revised, the tokens still annoy the players to this day.
Forsaken moves away from most tokens
As Bungie now announces, the economy system in Destiny 2 will be overhauled with the preparation update for Forsaken by the end of August.
These changes will arrive on August 28 for everyone:
- The destination materials, such as Dawnlight Fragments, will become the new main source for reputation in their respective worlds. Previously, it was the tokens that could be exchanged for reputation.
- The tokens at the destinations (e.g., EDZ tokens) will no longer be available as rewards. The rare (blue) destination materials will also disappear. However, if you still have these in your inventory, you can exchange them for reputation after August 28.
- The destination materials will be required as additional materials to infuse weapons and armor pieces. Thus, the importance of destination materials is approaching that in Destiny 1, when materials were needed to enhance the weapons.
- Year 1 challenges that had tokens as rewards will no longer exist. They will be replaced by bounties that grant destination materials of the respective world.
- All content for which destination tokens and rare destination materials were received will then drop normal destination materials.
In short: In the various worlds, tokens will be completely replaced by destination materials. The materials gain significance.
What other token and material changes are coming?
The weapon master will receive an update in Season 4. You will no longer need 40 weapon master materials for a reputation package, but 100.
The tokens from Iron Banner, Vanguard, and Crucible, which you earned in Season 3, can be redeemed in Season 4 with the corresponding vendors.
As the Trials of the Nine and the faction rally will be on hiatus in Season 4, no tokens can be redeemed here anymore. Bungie is not yet sure if the token currency will return in these events at all.
The tokens at Ikora Rey will no longer be used as currency after August 28. They will be removed from your inventories on that day. Also, the parade gear at legendary level will no longer be available from Ikora. If you want them, you must get them before August 28.
According to Bungie, one of the main goals of the new economy system is to make rewards more special, unique, and meaningful again.
What do you think of these changes?
