In the MMO shooter Destiny , it has been emphasized again that players, no matter what they hear, should not break anything before September 15.
It’s the “warning” that developers have been repeating like a mantra: “Don’t break anything before September 15.” Then comes “The Taken King,” the new Destiny expansion.
These could be the reasons for the warning
We now know two reasons for it:
On one hand, the starting level of players is determined by the “best gear” they have in their inventory at the time of the transition. How exactly this works is still unclear.
Bungie says: Don’t worry, we’ll take care of it. We’ll find the gear.
Originally, Community Manager Eric Osborne stated, “players will be given their highest level achieved.” However, during the stream on Wednesday evening, it sounded different: Players must still possess the armor pieces. So don’t break anything, or else you might start with a light level significantly lower than 34.
The other reason for the warning is exotic armor pieces and weapons. Players need to still possess them on September 15 (whether in their inventory or vault) for them to become “exotic blueprints”.
Bungie does not guarantee anything for exotic items that players had before but broke before September 15. This is tweeted by Mark Noseworthy, the producer of “The Taken King”.
Any Exotic you have in your inventory when Destiny update 2.0.0 goes live, will come with an Exotic Blueprint. No guarantees before that.
— Mark Noseworthy (@knowsworthy) August 20, 2015
Desire to dismantle might soon decrease in Destiny
The desire to dismantle might soon decrease anyway. Because with a doubling of vault slots for weapons and armor, players should have significantly more space to collect come September 15.
To what extent the message “No matter what you hear or think you know, don’t dismantle anything” will hold true beyond that is hard to say. So far, the only clear thing is why one shouldn’t dismantle exotic items and preferably not legendary armor pieces.
But what to do with legendary year-1 weapons, and why they should still be kept, is unclear.
Perhaps additional information from the developers will come.
Some fans are still hoping for good news regarding the beloved legendary weapons and armor, such as those from raids. However, there have been no updates on that front so far and little cause for hope. Except that the weapons will still find their place in “old content and in PvP without active level advantages.”
It may not be worthwhile to keep legendary year-1 weapons to dismantle them in year 2 either. Because it has already been stated that players will dismantle legendary items from year 1 in year 2 for the same materials as currently.
By the way: In year 2, dismantling new legendary items will be more attractive than before: On one hand, they will give the new universal currency “Legendary Marks”; on the other hand, high-level legendary items can be used to upgrade weaker gear that the player prefers.
To dismantle or not to dismantle – that’s not really a question right now
There is not much to gain from dismantling right now: So better stay put and not dismantle anything. Perhaps there will be information in the two remaining live streams that will give more weight to the warning.
