In the MMO shooter Destiny the mysterious vendor Xur arrives for the Guardians on Friday, May 1st. Is there a prediction for his inventory this time?
The flow of wisdom (rather a data stream), from which players have gained information about Xur’s inventory in recent months, has turned into a trickle in the past weeks (the weapons were still known), and now it seems to have completely dried up. Last week, there was no information at all.
There are also no hints for May 1st regarding what Xur might have in his inventory. Therefore, it will be exciting again. If it goes like last time, one can assume that he will not have a weapon that is so rare that it would have warranted a special mention by data miner Megaman. Many indications suggest that the “old plan,” which was previously predicted, is still in effect. Only in the meantime, some inventories were deliberately exchanged to contradict the predictions or to prevent Guardians from rampaging through the Tower with laser torches and electronic pitchforks.
In a thread on reddit, the two prominent data miners congratulated themselves for having helped the Guardians obtain a “Red Death” and also some rare armor pieces. Allegedly, Xur’s inventory had been much worse before; during the period in question, the MIDA Multi-Tool was offered 3 times (today we know: he still sold it twice). But how it all really was, what was behind Bungie’s decisions, and whether the data miners influenced the inventory change, will likely never be known.
It should be noted that Xur had some items during a relatively short data miner period that he had never carried before. And in the time before the data miners, he had significantly worse inventories with numerous repetitions.
For the next appointment on May 8, the flow of wisdom is supposed to gush… perhaps for the last time: The changes that Bungie brought with patch 1.1.2 seem to have taken effect. The predictions we still have all come from before these changes. With House of Wolves, it could mean that the predictions will come to an end once and for all. That would surely please some.
Tonight at 8:00 PM our time, Bungie’s next live stream is scheduled. We will accompany it with a live ticker on mein MMO.
