Destiny: Highlights and Lowlights – 13 Moments from 3 Years of Destiny

The Hype around the “Three of Coins”

When “The Taken King” finally emerged, players could hardly believe their luck. It “rained exotics” after Destiny had been stingy for a year.

With the “Three of Coins”, the probability of exotic drops increased when defeating a boss. Players descended upon the poor “Draksis”, killing him over and over and snagging exotic Engrams.

However: This was followed by a rude awakening, as the exotic Engrams constantly produced the same items: useless duplicates. Many of the “new exotics” that Guardians were eager for did not drop from Engrams but were linked to quests or not yet in the game.

Dataminers had already found many exotic armors that were not available in Destiny yet – some appeared only a year later.

Bungie watched the exotic frenzy of the Guardians with calmness. Because unlike the Guardians in the exotic fever, Bungie knew what exotics could drop – and which could not.