In Destiny 2, players must part with an old memory starting November 10 in Beyond Light and have faith.
What will be deleted? MeinMMO recently reported that Destiny 2 will remove numerous items from the game with the release of Beyond Light. Many of these items are no longer useful in the new world of Beyond Light and are basically worthless baggage in Guardians’ inventories.
With the launch of the DLC, almost half of the game will disappear into the Content Vault. A lot of irrelevant resources or old quest items are on the chopping block.
But one item on the list is useless yet anything but worthless: the “expired ramen soup coupon.”
That’s why the coupon is so valuable: The coupon is a memory of the deceased NPC Cayde-6. He has been considered and still is by many as the most beloved character in Destiny and loved eating noodles in the Tower’s ramen shop.
He was not a typical, shining hero or moralizer like Commander Zavala. Rather, he was a kind-hearted scoundrel as described in books – always ready with a quip and prepared for any misdeed.
Right at the start of the Forsaken expansion in 2018, the Hunter leader met his fate, and through the Forsaken story, we avenged Cayde. Players were then able to obtain the noodle coupon in a mini-quest.
The coupon could never be redeemed, players knew that, too. But they have proudly carried the emotionally charged item in their inventories for 2 years.
Players demand a new memorial for Cayde in Beyond Light
Many players are not happy that Bungie is deleting this coupon irrevocably on November 10. Therefore, the community is demanding through various channels that they should just be allowed to keep the coupon, as it is ultimately their inventory space that is occupied.
We also read such statements on MeinMMO: “Keep your hands off my coupon! Otherwise, I’ll throw celery at you!” from user Millerntorian (via MeinMMO).
A thread on reddit instead asks for them to give them another memento of Cayde and finds much support. After all, there’s only a small plaque on the floor in front of Zavala in the Tower that remembers the fallen hero, and everyone walks all over it.
Particularly often, the desire is expressed to immortalize Cayde and the ramen coupon as an emblem.
The community is also providing the design right away:
This is what Bungie says about it: Destiny developer Bungie has not commented on whether an exception will be made for the coupon or whether players will receive another memento of Cayde.
The “creator” of the coupon has spoken up: Jonathan Chan wrote the lore text for the coupon and shares some trivia about the item on Twitter:
- The text is written in such a way that it becomes clear that Cayde will not return.
- He has hidden a small political message in the choice of words.
- The coupon mentions pork for the first time in the Destiny universe – it is now in good company. The ghost of Uldren is called Pulled Pork.
Does the coupon also have emotional value for you, or can you not relate to non-game-relevant items at all? Do you think Bungie will relent and give Cayde the special status he has enjoyed among Guardians for years? Let us know in the comments.
Where a new statue for Cayde would fit well is clear, in the old Tower from Destiny 1. According to a leak, we may soon visit it in Destiny.
