In the MMO shooter Destiny, there are new statements from the Japanese user Megaman regarding the vendor Xur, along with a prediction for his inventory.
For weeks, the Japanese-speaking Reddit user Megaman has accurately predicted the inventory of the Exotic vendor Xur. However, on last Friday, a completely different Xur appeared in Destiny, who also brought a different inventory than predicted.
Xur is another
Megamanexe4 has since commented on this and clarified the reasoning: Bungie decided not to send the “normal” Xur to the Tower last Friday, but rather a doppelgänger. Bungie handpicked his inventory. And this “second” Xur cannot be found in the databases beforehand.
The same thing was done on January 30. The “real” Xur was supposed to have the weapon “No Land Beyond” for sale, but Bungie sent a doppelgänger who sold exactly what Xur sold, except for the weapon: Instead, he offered “Dragon’s Breath”.
However, Megaman states that the “normal” Xurs he has previously predicted are still normally available in the database. He checked this until May 15. Therefore, his previous predictions are still valid, provided the normal Xur comes. However, Bungie could swap the “normal” Xur for the “doppelgänger” Xur at any time. Then the predictions would be “Crap”.
Bungie can change anything in Destiny, it just needs to want to
This means that the predicted weapons such as Hard Light or Thunderlord, which were forecasted for the next weeks, may not be coming. However, weapons like Gjallarhorn or (as in the last week) Red Death, which weren’t actually planned, might be available. Last week, users even thanked Megaman for ensuring that Xur had a much better offer than initially predicted.
Megaman does not comment on the changes that the last hotfix brought. Other dataminers mentioned seeing only “No Land Beyond” when attempting to datamine Xur. Apparently, Megaman has no issues with that.
Xur prediction for March 20 in Destiny
For March 20, there is indeed an older prediction from Megaman. This should be the inventory of Xur, which appears in conjunction with this Iron Banner:
Here Xur sells for the first time in Destiny the auto rifle “Hard Light.” One of the two weapons he hasn’t had in his showcase yet. The other weapon is “Thunderlord.”
The armors he has for sale are “No Plan B” for Titans, “Ahamkara’s Spine” for Hunters, and for Warlocks, the helm “Apotheosis Veil.” The stats for the armors are not known.
If that were the case, it would be a decent Xur, especially for Warlocks and collectors. Xur hasn’t had the Apotheosis Veil since the 3rd week in Destiny. Many players may still be missing it. Although he has never had Hard Light, it is not an extremely sought-after weapon, but more something for collectors. No Plan B has been sold by Xur more frequently lately, just like Ahamkara’s Spine – so those wouldn’t be exceptional items.
It’s getting exciting in the Tower again
As Megaman states, this is still the inventory of the normal Xur and should hold, unless Bungie decides to send a doppelgänger again. So predictions still exist, but the likelihood of them actually happening has decreased since last Friday. It’s getting exciting again. This is exactly what some users wished for after the last few weeks.
