Tower Legend 2: Bungie is working on a trading system for Destiny, which is missing as a feature.
Here’s how the rumor goes: Bungie is currently working on a trading system so players can finally give away their exotic items that they have duplicates of.
Here’s how the rumor started: Wishful thinking, probably. From the beginning, it was considered a “flaw,” that Destiny has no “trading system.” And it would be logical if Bungie would introduce such features retroactively to remove flaws, right?
Here’s why the rumor seems plausible: We honestly can’t think of a reason.
Here’s why the rumor is nonsense: Bungie has never commented on a trading system. It would be extremely odd in a game that is so loot-based like Destiny to introduce a free trading system. Because exotic weapons provide many players with incentive. Freely trading them like Panini stickers with the motto, “One Gjallarhorn for three Icebreakers” would quickly give players all the items and significantly shorten motivation and playtime. Why would Bungie want that?
By the way: A widespread misconception among shooter games is that MMOs have trading systems that would allow the best weapons or armor to be freely exchanged. Because in a World of Warcraft, for example, the “good stuff” cannot simply be given to others. They are bound to the character upon pickup.
In Destiny, it is very generous because everything is “account-bound,” so it can be freely sent to your own alternate characters. This is a much friendlier system than in most games, where most things can be freely traded, but not the items that players want to exchange in Destiny.
As an example: If Destiny had a trading system like World of Warcraft, you could trade blue items and planetary materials, but it would probably be impossible to send legendary or even exotic gear from one of your heroes to another. In that respect, Destiny has a fairly generous trading system for players who maintain 2 or 3 Guardians.
What’s true: “Destiny has no trading system that allows players to trade with each other. However, they can freely send everything within their own characters. And that is likely to remain the case.”
In our opinion, the current system will likely be restricted even further because it creates some problems when players raid with 3 characters and collect materials three times faster than intended.
