In Destiny we take a look at the companion app “Ishtar Commander” for iOS and Android. What advantages does the app provide?
Recently, we introduced the “Destiny Item Manager” as an alternative to Bungie’s official companion app and pointed out the benefits that “DIM” brings. Many of our readers commented: “That’s nice and all, but nothing beats the Ishtar Commander!”
According to groovy666, the Ishtar Commander has everything you need and is, in their opinion, the best choice. marty downloaded the IC directly and can confirm: It is “really perfect – simple, clear, and practical.” Also, thepieceofsky uses the IC as it is more beautifully designed and more readily accessible than DIM. points to the convenience of this app. For
Let’s take a closer look at the app.
This is the Ishtar Commander
While DIM is currently only available for Google Chrome, the Ishtar Commander can be downloaded as an app on iOS and Android devices.
As a companion app to Destiny, the main function of IC is to manage items: You can easily transfer them from one character to another or to the vault on a second screen. This saves you a lot of time, as it is a laborious process in-game.
On the smartphone, you press the item (the items are sorted by weapons, armor, and inventory) and select the destination where you want to send it. Within seconds, the item is where you want it to be.
More useful features:
- Similar to DIM, this app helps you identify “Tier 12” armor pieces. With a bronze, silver, and gold indicator, you can see if the item is T12 capable. This way, you can optimize your Guardian’s armor.
- Collecting Engrams: One feature allows you to automatically bring all engrams to one character. This character can then decrypt them in-game.
- Maximize Light: Items are automatically assigned to the chosen character and equipped so they can achieve the highest possible Light level.
- Especially useful – Loadouts: You can combine weapons and armor pieces and save them, for example, as “PvP Loadout”. When you select this loadout, the Guardian is automatically equipped with the saved weapons and armor pieces. This allows you to quickly switch between your PvE and PvP gear, for example.
The advantages of IC
The main advantage of IC over DIM is the comfort that is important to many of our readers. People would rather quickly grab their smartphone or tablet than set up the laptop next to them and go on Chrome. IC is fast, convenient, and practical.
Moreover, many praise the app’s design. It is not cluttered, it is sensibly structured, and it does exactly what one expects from the app. Features like loadouts are welcome additions.
The Ishtar Commander is, by the way, completely available in German.
Disadvantages compared to DIM:
- The T12 display only works with three bars: If all three are filled and the gold rank is reached, the item is T12 capable. DIM provides an exact percentage display. In IC you cannot see if the armor piece has 100% of the possible values.
- Lower overview: In DIM, the inventories of all Guardians and the vault are listed side by side, so you have everything in view. On the smartphone app, you only see one Guardian’s inventory on the screen at a time. You can switch between inventories with a swipe (though there is supposed to be a landscape format on the tablet). Furthermore, each armor piece must be clicked twice for the T12 display (or you can hold down the symbol). In DIM, you see these directly.
- No display of the vendor’s offers and missing search and sort functions.
Conclusion: The Ishtar Commander is more convenient and practical than DIM, as it can be quickly and easily accessed on a smartphone. Furthermore, IC offers an appealing design. While DIM has a few more features, for many Guardians it is outside their comfort zone to fire up the laptop or PC just for that. After all, IC provides all the important functions as well.
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