In the MMO shooter Destiny , Bungie will present the new rewards tonight. We will follow the stream in German.
On April 12, the Spring Update for Destiny will be released. Last time, we learned about the challenges. This live stream will focus on the new rewards that Guardians can earn. Here in the video, there is a recording of the live stream.
The event starts at 8:00 PM. Guest will be Art Lead Keith Bachman, who will likely talk about the style of the new items. Designer Brenton Woodrow will focus more on the game mechanics and explain how the Guardians will reach 335. This is the new Light maximum level.
6:40 PM: A few background infos. According to Community Manager DeeJ, we will not only find out how to get this fancy sword or the Titan’s look in this picture:
No, it will also be revealed what the “gift” for the update is. The item that the Guardians will pull out of the mailbox on April 12.
6:50 PM: A big topic in recent weeks: The new sword in the “Taken” look and generally a glow or shimmer that’s supposed to emanate from weapons, or that gives a Guardian the whole Taken look. There should certainly be answers today.
7:00 PM: The most exciting question for most: What new exotic armor pieces are coming? Are these the missing “Glorious Seven? ” What armor pieces and exotic weapons from Year 1 will return? And are there even new Year 2 Exotics that we don’t know about yet?
7:15 PM: For those who don’t know the procedure yet. Usually, the stream starts at 7:55, then there’s a 10-minute countdown, which ends around 8:05. Then, often there’s a trailer for about 30-90 seconds, and then it starts.
Today, there should actually be a relatively compact, short affair. Probably, there will mainly be pictures of items. The question is how much they will also change the merchants’ offerings. Will they adjust the Light levels at Xur and Banshee-44? There is a lot to discuss, but probably little to show or material that can be played.
7:25 PM: Game Designer Brenton Woodrow, whom we will see shortly, has been with Bungie for about two and a half years. But only since February of this year is he the “Investment and Activities” designer in the live team responsible for these patches. “Investment” is always about rewards and how good they should be, and what one must achieve for them. Woodrow is said to be quite young, but already has 5 years in the industry. He earned his spurs for two years at Dungeons and Dragons Online for Turbine. So, he’s an MMO player.
7:30 PM: Art Lead Keith Bachman, on the other hand, is significantly older, has been in the industry forever. 11 years at Sony, the last 5 years at Ubisoft, where he worked on Far Cry 4 and Watch Dogs. Only since January 2016 at Bungie. They have significantly reinforced their personnel behind the scenes – recently it was rumored that 700 people are working for Bungie on Destiny. That is really gigantic for the notoriously large teams of MMOs.
7:45 PM: DeeJ is already having fun. He announces this as a “fashion show,” they want to present the spring collection. Guardians should make room in their wardrobe.
7:50 PM: Guardians are of course immediately and provisionally demanding an eightfold storage space.
7:55 PM: Long-term, regarding the items, perhaps the most exciting structural question: Will they reintroduce “Overweapons” – like in Year 1 with Icebreaker, Gjallarhorn, Vex Mythoclast and many others? The weapon selection is now significantly more balanced, but perhaps a bit lacking in motivation. Bungie wanted to move away from “Gjallarhorn, nothing else” – it would be interesting to know if they are satisfied with that decision in hindsight.
7:58 PM: We were quite good with the assessment. The countdown has started; it looks like it’s going to be around 8:08. Then it’s supposed to start.
8:02 PM: Before it starts, a little warming up:
8:07 PM: If we made a hit list of which Year 1 Exotics players wish to see again, I think Gjallarhorn would be number 1, Icebreaker number 2, then a long gap and eventually the rest. Favorites for a return are the 3 House of Wolves Exotics. Players barely had time to play around with them back then. Regarding Icebreaker and Gjallarhorn, it was said: If they return at all, then not like in Year 1.
This is where the live stream for Destiny begins
8:08 PM: Oh, trailer. Lord of the Wolves and Queenbreaker’s Bow both included!
8:09 PM: New Sparrows, new ships also confirmed. And something with “effects.” New Monarchy Titan in red, Future War Cult Hunter in a yellow-blue outfit, and Deej plays a Dead Orbit Warlock in white. These are the 3 mannequins that will present the items.
8:13 PM: Oh, you can turn off the interface, a kind of “screenshot mode.” Players have wanted this for a long time.
5 different armor sets, new emotes
8:16 PM: They are now showing the outfits of Dead Orbit for the 3 classes – and this glow can be seen that fans had already recognized . This is the new “Chroma System” – Guardians can customize their look more precisely. There will be 4 colors to modify shaders. This glow can be set per item . White, yellow, blue, red.
8:18 PM: There’s the Karate Kid “One-legged Kick” emote new. New emotes will also come, right. On reddit, they have already recognized the “Elaine Dance” from the series Seinfeld. That’s “The way people dance who think they can dance and are under a terrible illusion.”
8:21 PM: There is a own “Taken” armor line. Those are the images we have seen. So these are not shaders, but unique armors for Warlock, Titan, and Hunter in Destiny – with special Taken weapons. These should be available in the new Winter’s Run Strike. Special feature: If you have the complete Taken set, you will receive the Shiver emote.
8:23 PM: The fifth armor set being shown now is specifically designed for the Chroma System so that these colors stand out. The community is dubbing it the “Tron Outfit.” DeeJ is already drooling over the Warlock outfit. That’s quite noticeable.
Wasted and Chroma armor in the “Sterling Treasure” box
8:25 PM: The Taken armors and the Tron stuff are available through “Sterling Treasure.” This is a new package. You get 3 of them a week. One for free, one through the 41 Prison of Elders, and one when you complete a match in the Featured Crucible playlist. Or you can buy them for real money.
These are “cosmetic items” with defense value 3. In the “Sterling Treasure,” there will be “guaranteed items” and bonus items that you can only get randomly. The game will display what can come out. Transparency.
8:27 PM: The “armor sets” of the factions are available through the faction packages. Oh pretty – “Waning Star” a Taken ship. Nice. It’s also in the box. The Chroma modifications themselves (the lighting effects) are also available ONLY in the Sterling box or if you dismantle a Chroma armor piece.
Infusion will be completely different: 1:1
8:31 PM: Infusion now works completely differently. You receive 1:1 the values. A defense value 3 item goes completely up to 330 when the stronger item has 330. This brings the “fun” back into “infusion!”
8:32 PM: The Chroma System works like this: You assign a “Chroma” to an item, and it then has the color. But you can reroll the color on the item for 100 Glimmer. So it’s only important to have a Chroma item. The color is then no problem.
8:34 PM: Shadow Price with 330 attack value! And a third slot in the vault. Badger CCL, Lord High Fixer all come to the new max values – these are Year 1 Legendaries. Some of the old favorites. Grim Citizen III, The Saterienne Rapier, The Devil You Know, The Swarm, the Zombie Apocalypse is back, oh, the LDR 5001, Two to the Graveyard, The Comedian. These weapons will be obtainable through legendary engrams. Old memories are sure to awaken with these weapons. Veterans will certainly associate some experiences with them.
8:37 PM: Really a nice fashion show right now.
8:39 PM: 5 new legendary emotes – including the Taken Shiver and Shia LaBeouf’s motivational meme “Do it! Just do it!” – the Elaine dance and much more. 10 “normal, blue” emotes are also available with a Sumo dance, a farewell wave, a Crane kick, a really nasty taunt, and some others. We will probably present all of this separately in the next days, I think.
8:41 PM: They are currently solving some annoying problems. When upgrading the faction packs, there are more interesting rewards – that’s good. And making the infusion easier is certainly a good idea. As for the chromas – yeah, why not? Taken ships – Destiny also thrives on the coolness.
335 items through Iron Banner, Trials, exotic engrams, Prison of Elders
8:44 PM: The strongest enemies will have 335 – in Challenge Mode in the Prison of Elders, the last round. Otherwise, enemies have 330 or lower.
Guardians will receive 335 items in Iron Banner, Trials of Osiris, from exotic engrams, in the Prison of Elders, as strike-exclusive items, and also in Hardmode King’s Fall (but only after a hotfix, not immediately).
8:45 PM: Guardians will also be able to color weapons – these are basically “weapon shaders” or at least weapon colorings. Red or white, currently being demonstrated. Here you see the Taken sword and a shotgun with special effects. The Taken sword will be a “Void sword.” The “Taken items” will probably be available in the newly revamped Arc Priest Strike Winter’s Run.
8:48 PM: Ghost with a Taken look from the Challenge of the Elders.
8:50 PM: Still nothing about new exotic items. That should come later. So far, this pretty much meets expectations. It’s what has been hinted at in recent days with the “Chroma” and Taken.
8:52 PM: The farewell is happening. There was actually no information about new or returning exotics. Maybe they will announce that next week or then on Instagram like last time. 90,000 viewers were there at the end. It was actually a nice, round thing.
Summary of the stream on rewards in Destiny
- There will be 5 new armor sets: Three for the faction reputations – these will be available from reputation packages. One “Chroma” set and one for the Taken – these will come from the “Sterling Treasure” box.
- Some legendary weapons from Year 1 are returning, which will be infused from “legendary engrams.” In total, there will probably be 26 legendary weapons that will “return.” This likely also includes the Queen’s weapons as a reward for the high score in the Prison of Elders.
- Infusion now runs 1:1 – so it will be relatively easy to upgrade cosmetic items.
- The “Taken” set and the Chroma set (TRON) will come from the “Sterling Treasure” box. They can be obtained from various PvE and PvP activities, or you can buy them from Tess. Without cash expenditures, there are 3 per week: one via the Postmaster, one through completing the “normal” Prison of Elders, and one when you finish a match in the weekly Crucible playlist.
- The 3 “faction armor sets” will be in faction packages.
- Through the “Chroma” system, you will be able to make armors glow in one of 4 colors. These “Chroma” are also in the “Sterling Treasure.”
- Weapons can also have such colorings.
- Iron Banner, Trials of Osiris, strike-exclusive items, exotic engrams, the Prison of Elders in challenge mode, and later also Hardmode King’s Fall will drop 335 items.
- 15 new emotes will come through the cash shop.
- Exotics will return. So far, one can already count: 13 exotics, of which 5 are weapons. The image was provided by Bungie:
