In Destiny 2 there has been a real controversy over the new feature of Season 14. Tell us whether transmog is really that bad and basically already ruined or if the excitement is actually exaggerated.
This is the controversy: Destiny 2 is getting a feature on May 11 that many have been wishing for almost 7 years: real transmog. With Season 14, it’s finally happening, you can look like you want and still be strong while doing it.
- You can apply the look of armor from your collection to the currently equipped gear with transmog. This way, you can wear strong items but still show off your coolest look. For many Guardians, fashion is the real endgame.
- Bungie is also aware of how much players want this feature and has teased transmog several times, dropping small bits of information and surprisingly happy news at the end of 2020.
- When Bungie recently detailed transmog properly, the hopeful mood flipped almost overnight. Suddenly, transmog was the hot topic among the Guardians.
We want to know from our MeinMMO readers, is the criticism warranted and is transmog already completely ruined before its launch or are just a few loud parts of the community overly worked up? We will look into what both sides have to say and then need your vote.
Does Destiny 2 have the “worst of all possible transmog systems”?
Here is the criticism: Currently, no topic has occupied players as much as transmog. In general, Guardians have 3 main points of criticism:
- Too complicated: To change the look of a single item, you must farm 3 separate resources in succession, complete bounties, interact with an NPC and an apparatus, and gather kills. This has to be repeated for every cosmetic change.
- Artificial limits: Only 10 transmog transformations can be earned per character and season – at launch, the limit will be temporarily raised to 20. Such a limit is considered far too strict. This means that no matter how hard you work, you can’t earn all looks.
- Too expensive: Both of the above criticisms can be bypassed through Eververse, the real-money shop. To make matters worse: To have all over 4,000 legendary armor looks for transmog, you would need silver. Which is estimated to cost around $6,000-$12,000 or 30 years of playtime (via Twitter).
The criticism led to transmog quickly becoming “Weapon Retirement 2.0”, so to speak. Other magazines headlined: “Destiny 2 debuts with the worst of all possible transmog systems” (via Forbes.com) or something like: “Fans of Destiny 2 already hate Bungie’s new armor transmog system” (via Polygon.com).
Bungie’s Community Manager, Dylan “dmg04” Gaffner, is currently gathering feedback on transmog and is also thanking the critical voices:
Is it all optional and just cosmetic, so it’s not that serious?
This is one way to look at it: After the initial excitement about the implementation of transmog, some Guardians are speaking out against the criticism.
- It is said that we should first wait to see what the final version looks like starting from Season 14. Only then would we be justified in criticizing it. Because currently we know nothing about the actual work that will need to be done.
- Others point out that no player is likely to want or will ever want to unlock every single armor piece through transmog. Most players run around with their 2 or 3 favorite sets. These few transmog processes could easily be unlocked for free in one season.
- As a counterargument, it is frequently used that all of this is optional and purely cosmetic (via Twitter). While many Guardians swear that they aim better when they look good. However, this doesn’t have any real impact on gameplay. And this solution is at least better than having no transmog at all.
The general sentiment is that a few players complain loudly and should just wait and see.
Now it’s your turn – Tell us your opinion
This is how you vote: Each of you has only one vote in the voting. So choose wisely one response option from the following box.
Feel free to justify your opinion in the comments. This way, we and the other Guardians can better understand your position. Have fun and thank you for your participation!
