With the launch of the autumn expansion Shadowkeep (Season of Shadows) for Destiny 2, the in-game shop Eververse is undergoing a massive overhaul. Bungie has now provided a first glimpse of the upcoming changes in a dedicated blog.
What is the Eververse anyway? The Eververse essentially represents the in-game shop of Destiny 2. Players can purchase various cosmetic items for their Guardians from the vendor Tess Everis – either using the in-game currency Silver Dust or for real money currency Silver.
Additionally, players can decode the Silver Engrams earned through progress, allowing most Eververse items to be obtained randomly.
What are the changes about? Recently, Bungie made some changes to the Eververse during Season 7 and gave the in-game shop of Destiny 2 a new look.
You can read more about it here: How Destiny 2 is revamping its in-game shop Eververse for Season 7
However, according to Destiny Franchise Director Luke Smith, this was just the beginning. With the launch of the Shadowkeep expansion on October 1, further radical changes for the Eververse are on the way.
This is how the Eververse will change with Season of Shadows in autumn
The focus of the changes is primarily on armor and the economy of the shop. The following specific changes are expected:
Transmog system for Eververse armor
This is how it is now: Currently, the Eververse offers a variety of cool armor sets for all Guardian classes. However, many of these have useless perks. This was previously intentional by the developers, as they wanted players to earn the best perks and combinations through gameplay, not from Tess’s shop. However, this is set to change radically.
This is how it will be from autumn: Starting in October, Destiny 2 will grant players unprecedented freedoms in customizing their Guardians. Not only will Armor 2.0 completely overhaul the existing armor system of Destiny 2 – a kind of transmog system for all Eververse armor pieces will also be introduced.
With the transmog system, players can apply the appearance of a specific item with the look of their choice. The appearance can then come from any Eververse armor piece of the same category that the player has already found.
Starting from September 17, all Eververse armors will be converted into universal ornaments. These ornaments can then be applied to all legendary armor pieces that Bungie will release this autumn.
With these ornaments, the look of the corresponding legendary armor will be changed, while perks, mods, and the stats of the original item will remain intact.
For all new armor pieces from the Eververse as well as for all that you have already earned and included in your collection, this transmog function will be automatically unlocked. You will then be able to use it immediately on all new legendary armor pieces as ornaments.
Changes in the economy of the Eververse
This is changing with Silver – the in-game currency of the Eververse: With Silver, you can specifically purchase numerous selected items in Tess Everis’s shop.
To obtain Silver, players must either complete special Eververse bounties (which yield very little) or dismantle everything from Silver Engrams that they don’t particularly want. The engrams can be purchased for real money or earned through gameplay.
However, Bungie wants all Guardians to earn this currency through gameplay in the future, rather than spending real money and simply dismantling as many Eververse items as possible. This is set to change in autumn.
From then on, Silver will only be available through gameplay. In addition to the Eververse bounties, this currency will also be a reward from Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit loot.
This is changing with the collections: Furthermore, you will no longer have to pay Silver when pulling an Eververse item from the collection. Starting with Shadowkeep, it will only cost Glimmer and Legendary Shards.
This is changing with dismantling Eververse items: Since you will no longer need Silver to pull Eververse items from collections, there will be no Silver gained when dismantling shop items, only Glimmer and Legendary Shards instead. So if you still have Eververse items that you don’t necessarily need – dismantle them! This way you will have more dust that you can then spend starting from September 17 on cool new things.
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