In the MMO shooter Destiny, players want a larger vault and a higher limit on Glimmer, the in-game currency. Bungie is aware of these desires, makes no promises, but hints at both.

In an interview with IGN, Community Manager DeeJ talks about what Destiny players currently desire the most. The most common requests are probably for a larger vault (a bigger safe) and an increase in the Glimmer cap: “Players want to be collectors. I really hope we can enlarge the vault, it’s constant, constant player feedback.”

All this new weapons and armor need space…
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Currently, the player vault holds 20 weapons, 20 armors, and 20 items. As players become stronger, accumulate more powerful items over time, and now with “Darkness Awaits” new important items are being added, the storage is at risk of bursting at the seams.
Discussing an increase of the vault is something being talked about internally at Bungie, just like raising the Glimmer cap, which is currently set at 25,000.

The Need for Glimmer is Constantly Rising

Glimmer is the everyday currency in Destiny. In recent months, the ways to spend them have significantly increased: For example, during the last Iron Banner, a PvP event, legendary weapons and armor quickly cost over 10,000 Glimmer. The upgrades of exotic weapons and armor to their new version will always be accompanied by costs of 7000 Glimmer.

Bungie did not want to make any promises to IGN, but: “We are listening very closely to what players demand and we want to work on fulfilling these wishes as quickly as possible. Even if I can’t make promises about these specific wishes, I can say that we will continue to support the game.”

If you’re thinking: Glimmer cap? Are they crazy? I’m always broke, you should take a look at our Glimmer farming guide.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny, data miners have discovered that the new exotic weapons require 17.5% less experience points to be fully upgraded. However, nearly nothing changes for exotic armors.

In the last Weekly Update from Bungie, one point caused a particular stir: Exotic weapons and armors will require less time and fewer materials to be fully upgraded.

This came just as the mood had heated up a bit in the last days. Many Guardians were and are upset that they can bring their “old” Exotics up to date with “Darkness Lurks”, but then receive bare versions of the Exotics that they have to level up again and upgrade with materials.

In the update, they spoke of “significant” reliefs. But how big are they?

17.5% less experience from bare to “fully upgraded”

A user on reddit has calculated how much this savings actually amounts to. He took a current exotic weapon (Bad Karma), which needs 285,000 experience points to unlock the final upgrades.

Data miners have already gathered the values for the new exotic weapons, such as “No Land Beyond”, a new exotic sniper rifle. It requires 237,500 experience points, which is 17.5% less.

What is changing for the exotic armors in Destiny?

The savings for exotic armors are not nearly as significant. Current armor requires 162,500; the new exotic armor requires 160,000. That’s only 1.5% less.

Data from data miners should always be taken with caution. Images, models, values, and codes are loaded into the database by Bungie weeks before they are needed in Destiny. Whether they then “really” become active is hard to say. However, it seems to fit.

On Tuesday, when the DLC “Darkness Lurks” goes live, and with it the new exotic weapons and armors come, we will definitely know.

25 new exotic weapons and armors

If you want to see what new exotic weapons and armors will be available in Destiny from December 9, we recommend this video.

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Bungie’s MMO shooter Destiny was awarded in Las Vegas last night for its soundtrack and the best “Online Experience”. Blizzard’s Hearthstone stood out in the mobile market. However, single-player RPGs won the big prizes.

The MMO shooter Destiny was successful last night at the “Game Awards 2014” in the category “Best Online Experience” and beat competitors like Titanfall, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Dark Souls 2, and Hearthstone. In the “Shooter” category, Destiny was nominated as well, but had to concede defeat to Far Cry 4.

A little bittersweet was Destiny’s victory in the category “Best Soundtrack.” There, Marty O’Donell accepted the award. He had worked at Bungie for a long time and had also composed the soundtrack for Halo before Destiny. However, in April 2014, they parted ways. It wasn’t exactly a peaceful separation.

According to O’Donell, he was unlawfully fired without reasons stated. Bungie denied this claim. A lawsuit filed by O’Donell was settled out of court in June 2014. Regardless, he composed the music, and it has now been officially recognized.

Hearthstone, which was previously defeated by Destiny in the “Best Online Experience” category, went on to win against Super Smash Bros. on 3DS, Bravely Default, and other games in the “Best Mobile/Handheld” category. It hasn’t even been released on smartphones yet. “You’re doing great, Hearthstone,” to quote Goethe.

This year’s real stars were single-player RPGs. Dragon Age: Inquisition won the award for Game of the Year. Fans are most eagerly awaiting The Witcher 3 in 2015.

Who wonders: Destiny? Sound? Can it be any good? Well, you could give it a listen. What do you think?

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In Destiny, the riddle of the slot for third subclasses in the interface has been solved: It is a remnant of an earlier design idea.

The major US gaming print magazine GameInformer was a guest at Bungie and had a hearty chat with the decision-makers, revealing some information that had previously remained hidden.

In the MMO shooter Destiny, it seems to be only a matter of time until the third subclasses for Hunters, Warlocks, and Titans arrive, or until something else exciting happens with the ominous third slot in the subclasses. This is evident from an interview with lead designer Tyron Green.

“Leaks” regarding subclasses turned out to be fake

There are two subclasses per class in Destiny, but the interface appears to be designed for three subclasses. There is already a supposed third slot for a yet nonexistent third subclass. It must be coming soon, right? The space is already there, it just needs to be filled with life. It’s a bit like the blocked DLC areas in Destiny. They also look as if everything is already there and just needs to be activated.

This third slot for the subclasses has led to all sorts of fan speculation: Currently, the two subclasses of a class are each associated with an element, so it would be logical for a third subclass to have the remaining element.

There were also “leaks” from alleged developers, which now seem to have turned out to be fake.

But what does Bungie say about the third subclass and this ominous “third slot”?

The third slot is a remnant of an earlier design idea…

Lead designer Tyron Greene told GameInformer initially that he couldn’t say anything about subclasses before then discussing everything there is to say. This “third slot” is there for other reasons; it has nothing directly to do with sub-specs.

It is leftover from an earlier design idea where players could store and define “builds”. In this idea, players would choose certain talents and then save them. Those decisions would have been “locked” and Guardians would have received a bonus for that.

If one had then created a new “build”, they would have first copied the old one and placed it in this “third slot” to then create a new one. This was the purpose of the third field.

… players should still be looking forward to it

Greene does not want this to be understood as a promise, BUT: the fact that Guardians could switch between the individual subclasses should give them reason to be happy and look forward to the future.

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In Destiny, the exotic engram vendor Xur will only occasionally have exotic engrams available. However, his offering will be more powerful next week than it is this week.

This was a shock for many Guardians today in Destiny. Not only the sight of Xur, who, with all due respect, would not win Mr. Tentacle, but also his offering: there were no exotic engrams left. For the last 15 weeks, Xur had either an exotic helmet, chest, or gauntlet engram and parting with it for 23 Light particles. Not today, instead the exotic shards.

This will happen more frequently in the future, but not always. This has now been confirmed by the community member DeeJ, who is responsible for Destiny, in the English forum reddit:
“I can tell you two things,” it says there. “Exotic engrams will sporadically appear in his offering. And next week his offering will be more powerful than this week.”

It therefore seems to be the case as suspected, that starting next Friday he will sell the new edition of the exotic weapons and armors. This will then have a higher base value than currently fully upgraded items.

However, this sentence might also imply that Xur will start selling the numerous new exotic items that are coming to Destiny with “Darkness Lurks” starting next week.

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In the MMO Destiny, Xur, the Agent of the Nine, is at the Tower on December 5th, selling a selection of exotic weapons and armor for Strange Coins. You can find out what he has this time in our article.

Last week, we wondered if Xur might lose significance with the DLC “Darkness Awaits”. What fools we were. Of course not. He will be even more important than before.

It’s Xur’s world in Destiny, we just live in it

Starting next week, he will have “Upgrade” options available, and he will continue selling the old Exotics, which will presumably be stronger; everything revolves around Xur. It’s his world in Destiny. We just live in it.

The dependence of the millions of players on the mysterious weekend vendor is shown in the influence he has on the gear of Destiny players. He has already offered the Suros Regime twice, which is quite popular.

However, the machine gun Thunderlord has so far been missing from his offerings, which is why not many have it. What armor pieces Warlocks, Titans, and Hunters have never seen, you can find out in our article.

Maybe it’s better to wait a week?

Today will be the last time before the DLC in Destiny that Xur appears in the Tower and sells his goods. Perhaps one should wait to purchase until he has his new offerings next week.

The Strange Coins and Light particles that he wants for his exotic weapons are, after all, the most important way to stock up on exotic shards. And… perhaps he will have every item in the “upgraded” version available next week…

Everything about Xur in Destiny on December 5th, 6th, and 7th.

When does Xur come to the Tower and how long does he stay?

Xur arrives on Friday, December 5th, at 10:00 AM German time in the Tower and stays until Sunday, December 7th, at 10:00 AM

Where is Xur? What is his location?

Xur is in the Hangar. In this video from our partners at ziro.tv, you can see everything wonderfully.

What does Xur have? What is his offer for Warlocks, Titans, and Hunters? Which weapon does he have with him?

For Titans, especially for fans of the Striker subclass, the so-called Punchbros, he has the exotic helm “Helm of Inmost Light” available for 13 Strange Coins. He has offered the helm twice before, quite a while ago, in the third and fifth week. This week, the helm comes with a strength of 95/102, which is an above-average roll.

 For Warlocks this week in Destiny, there is the Light Beyond Nemesis, an exotic helm for 13 Strange Coins. He has only had the helm once before, so some will surely be happy, at least neither Sunbreakers nor Voidfang Vestments. This week, the helm has a strength of 88/95, which is rather a mediocre roll.

For the Hunters, Xur has exotic gloves for 13 Strange Coins, which are “Young Ahamkara’s Spine.” He recently had them in his showcase. This week they have 88/94 points in Discipline, which is an above-average roll for gloves.

Xur is offering the exotic Fusion Rifle Plan C for the second time in a row. It costs 17 Strange Coins, it’s not that impressive now.

This week, Xur is not selling an “exotic engram,” but instead an “exotic shard” for 7 Strange Coins.

In terms of telemetry, he has Pulse Rifles, Hand Cannons, and Machine Guns. Additionally, there are Synthesis for Heavy Ammo, a Stealth Drive, and a Void Drive.

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In the Weekly Update for Destiny, it has now been revealed that fully upgrading exotic items will be significantly faster and easier in the future than it has been so far. It will take much less material and time.

The Weekly Update for Destiny covered a lot of topics this week. The Iron Banner event is returning on December 16 and brings level 31 items, the raid “Crota’s End” can also be accessed before level 30, and Bungie is grappling with the upgrade shitstorm and is struggling with itself.

Iron Banner returns on December 16

The Iron Banner event in Destiny has proven to be popular and returns on December 16, just a week after the expansion launches. Lord Saladin will have “level 31” items this time, the Weekly Update states. It will start from “Rank Zero” this time. You will not need the expansion to participate.

No one probably expected an answer to the question: “When does the Iron Banner start again?” so quickly.

Normal raid starts immediately, you don’t need to be level 30

The raid Crota’s End starts “on normal” directly on December 9. Players do not have to meet any prerequisites, need no quests, no minimum level, nothing.

But: The leader of the fireteam must be level 30. So out of the 6 people, one has to be level 30. And: You will still need the expansion “The Dark Below”, without it the Abyss is blocked.
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Bungie feels the rough winds regarding upgrades

The dominating team in the Weekly Update was, however, the stress regarding upgrades of exotic armor. The discussion started with an article from GameInformer and overwhelmed Bungie a bit in the last few days.

This was not intended. They have also realized errors in their communication.

They never wanted guardians to look at their items and think that they are now worthless and that all the effort that went into them was in vain. The items are still effective at level 30.

Upgrading exotic items should go much faster

Internally, Bungie is heatedly discussing the topic and is leaving nothing off the table. The past has shown that everything can be changed with Destiny.

Until then, they want to tell the guardians that upgrading “old exotic weapons” is just one of many ways to become stronger. In addition to this “Xur-option”, there are many others. And they believe that when players get to know the new item system and see it in action, they will also find their friends involved.

Xur sells new exotic items, there will be fresh opportunities to progress, to face new challenges. Better gear can be looted in raids, and even more often. The best way remains to face new challenges.

And the new versions of the exotic weapons are also stronger than the previous exotic weapons when fully equipped, at least in terms of base damage:

Leveling up and upgrading exotic items, from “bare” to “fully equipped”, should go much faster, requiring less materials and time than before:

Exotic upgrade paths require much less time and material

It is also important for Bungie that guardians who do not acquire “The Dark Below” continue to be part of Destiny and also have opportunities to advance their guardians.

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In Destiny, there is further confusion regarding upgrading exotic armors and weapons with Xur. It seems that “old” exotic items, which drop after December 9, do not require this upgrade and come into the world as a “new” version, so to speak. Therefore, players should probably refrain from completing exotic loot acquisitions for the moment.

This turns out to be quite complicated. Apparently, guardians who have accepted a bounty with an exotic weapon at the end should be cautious. If you hand in this mission before December 9, you will receive an “old edition” of the weapon, which can later be “upgraded” by Xur. Those who hand in this mission after December 9, when the DLC “Darkness Awaits” is active, will likely receive the “new” edition of the weapon and will not need to upgrade it.

It seems that also the exotic weapons and armors that are already available will drop in the “better” edition when the DLC “Darkness Awaits” becomes active in Destiny on December 9.

So in short: Do not upgrade exotic weapons and, if possible, do not “find” or receive exotic weapons as rewards at the moment.

@montgomery_rich Yes. Hold it!

— DeeJ (@DeeJ_BNG) December 4, 2014

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