Destiny: This is how infusion will be with Rise of Iron – Can you keep your old stuff?

In Destiny there is now information on how item infusion will work with Rise of Iron.

Infusion (or infusing) in Destiny works by using an item with a higher defense or attack value to bring a lower item up to the strength of the higher one. The stronger item disappears in the process. Through this mechanic, Destiny players can put together their favorite gear with ideal stats. This is an important “customization option.”

The mechanic has become even friendlier to players since the April update: Items now take on new values at a 1:1 ratio.

Overall, the loot system in Destiny has been oriented towards benefiting the players since April and is relatively frustration-free. However, it hasn’t always been this way. We assumed in an article that this would change and become grittier when “real content” comes, to keep players occupied for as long as possible. New content – just like how it is supposed to come with “Rise of Iron” in September.

Infusion works in Destiny, no changes desired

As the page mashable has now learned from the game director of the next expansion, the infusion system is to remain as it is. According to Barrett, infusion will continue to exist. Players should be able to bring their favorite gear that they like and love up to the new power level and thus reach the new light level.

Barrett believes the current system works well. They have received positive feedback, and people like it. With Rise of Iron, they want to address difficulties in the game, change elements that hinder gameplay. They want to focus on things that players have been calling for and asking about for a long time.

There is nothing to announce regarding infusion. They find it works quite well in Destiny.

Is Bungie making the same mistake as in House of Wolves?

Mein MMO thinks: One should still be skeptical, although it sounds so decisive.

“So infusion is staying around,” he told Mashable in an E3 2016 interview. “The stuff that you have now that you like and love, you’ll be able to bring up to the new power level, the new Light level.”

How it will play out in practice is another question. Ultimately, it’s about : Can hardcore players keep their painstakingly optimized sets and simply “upgrade” them? Will they be able to take their favorite weapons with them? Or will they be “forced” to collect new items due to some change?

However, the will of the players is not necessarily the ideal solution.

In House of Wolves, which Barrett also directed, it was indeed the case that “old items” could be raised to the new values. A mistake, as it turned out. Players lost motivation to search for new items after just a few weeks.

Destiny and the hard reset – now not again?

The infusion system is good, but whether one should really take year-2 items into year-3… opinions differ on that. Last time with “The Taken King,” the system was restricted so that year-1 items could not simply be taken into year 2. The “Ascension” system was recognized as a failed development and called for another item hard reset.

At the moment, based on Barrett’s statements, it seems that Bungie is once again answering the question of whether “old items” can be taken with them for year 3 differently and apparently skipping the hard reset.

However: Maybe this is also a sign that Bungie does not see “Rise of Iron” as a “new era” – as it was with “King of the Taken” in year 2, but rather as an “interim solution,” as “House of Wolves” ultimately was.

In a “Destiny 2,” one probably wouldn’t be allowed to take old items with them – as seems to be the case with Rise of Iron.