At Destiny, Bungie employees have been sighted and observed again in the Tower. They were wearing old “The Vault of Glass” raid gear with a light level of 42, weapons that go up to 365 damage, and a Sparrow that hints at the Trials of Osiris event.
This has happened before, and every time it feels like a Yeti sighting: For a brief moment, a Guardian catches sight of a “test” account, snaps pictures like crazy, and later what is captured is analyzed and dissected by a thousand pairs of eyes. Because these test accounts have items that are not yet available in Destiny.
Right at the beginning, at the release, Guardians were already seen above level 20 (which was insane back then). Before the release of “Darkness Awaits,” Dr. Crispy, with new raid gear, stumbled through the forums as a kind of promotional gag, and now Bungie employees have been discovered in the Tower and managed to be seen briefly – this must point to the next DLC House of Wolves and what armor and weapon strengths to expect in Destiny:
http://youtu.be/7_79Wt7TxeE
What the mysterious figures in Destiny were wearing
They had:
- old raid gear from the raid “The Vault of Glass” with a light level of 42. This is probably the new theoretical maximum in “House of Wolves,” allowing a level of 34 to be reached. But of all things at the “old” VoG raid, which Bungie says is frozen in time?
- old legendary weapons (Shadow-Prince, Unfriendly Giant) with a damage value of 365, probably the new maximum damage with House of Wolves.
- an exotic weapon with a maximum damage of 347, which is totally strange because this number would result in a “lvl 33” weapon in Destiny
- new legendary vendor gear that goes up to a light level of 39 – which it shouldn’t.
- a Sparrow, which will be available at the Trials of Osiris event, a new PvP event that is not yet in the game.
And what does this mean now?
Users on reddit are discussing and talking themselves into a frenzy. What does this mean? There are two theories:
- Theory 1: These are Bungie testers, and they are really testing these new items, which will be added to the game. We will get old raid gear with a light level of 42, the old raids count again and Trials of Osiris is starting soon.
- Theory 2: These are Bungie testers, but they are only wearing placeholder items and what is seen there has no impact on how it will actually be; instead, testers want to test items that have not yet been implemented in a live environment, and adjust their old gear accordingly.
Our friends at ProNDC are dealing with this sighting.
Mysterious, although one probably shouldn’t read too much into it. What do you think?
