In the MMO shooter Destiny the event “Queen’s Wrath” is currently running. The first players have now reached the maximum rank level 3. However, the rewards are disappointing.
Ups and downs of emotions in “Queen’s Wrath” in Destiny
Since last week, an event called “Queen’s Wrath” (Queen’s Wrath) has been running in Destiny. Initially, it was viewed with great suspicion (“Boo! There are only Rares!”) but then players discovered that there were actually legendaries in the follow-up missions to the bounties after all (“Yay!”). However, these were only available for the chest and helmet slots, which led to another mini-disappointment (“Boo!”).
However, players then noticed in Destiny that there were six of these legendaries guaranteed every day and could be acquired with minimal effort. They could then dismantle them into their components and secure the Ascendant Shards, which are important in the endgame for squeezing out the last few light points from the items (“Yeah!”).
However, Bungie found this too silly and nerfed the “Queen’s Wrath” event in one fell swoop by closing the previous loot caves, so that no shards could be obtained from the legendaries anymore (“Boo!”).
Disappointment at Reputation Rank 3: Only Rare Weapons
There is still a cool but extremely rare reward with the legendary ship, but this event “Queen’s Wrath” could not really excite many anymore. And with “many” we mean loot-hungry loot vultures, and we say this with the utmost respect.
Today, the first players have reached rank 3 and expected that maybe some special items would show up at the Queen’s vendor, perhaps that they could buy some exotic items or legendaries, but unfortunately that was not the case.
Only a few new rare weapons can be found there (“Boo!”) that don’t really excite anyone. Also, the shader is said to be hardly different from the one at rank 1.
However, an interesting mechanic appears here, as the Queen’s rare weapons can deal more damage at Reputation Rank 3 than is usually intended for rare items. They can reach a maximum of 267 damage points instead of 242. It seems there is already a kind of “item-level” in play, making one level 20 rare significantly better than another. Just like Raid legendaries are better than “non-Raid legendaries.”
However, even the better rare weapons are not really worth it. After all, during the time spent grinding at the Queen, one could have farmed with the Vanguard or elsewhere – and they are much more generous. But perhaps the reputation currently farmed will pay off when the Queen calls for her champions again someday. It seems that she and her brother could play a bigger role in the story of Destiny.
Destiny shows with this event what is still possible with the system. Reputation levels that affect the quality of items, kill conditions under which certain items become stronger – these are interesting concepts that promise long-term success and variety. In principle, Destiny implements the item system from WildStar, which everyone was so excited about a few months ago.
