Who wants to shine cool in Destiny 2 has to reach deep into their pockets. Thousands of Guardians are currently discussing the prices of Armor Glow during the Solstice of Heroes.
This is about these cosmetics: On July 30th, the summer event “Solstice of Heroes” started in Destiny 2. This brought a new armor set into the game, which can be upgraded through a long and arduous process. The final touch can be given to this set with the so-called “Armor Glow” cosmetic – which makes it shine.
The Solstice Armor Set with Armor Glow looks like this, with each Guardian class having an Arc, Solar, and Void Glow available:
How to get the Armor Glow? You can exclusively acquire these cosmetics through Eververse. You can get an Armor Glow for
- 800 Silver
- or 5000 Glimmer
purchase. If you want all three Armor Glows (in Arc, Solar, and Void), you have to pay three times the amounts of the currencies above. Here you see all three Glows of the Titan:
Community reacts divided to these prices
That’s why this is a hot topic: On reddit, several threads sprang up directly that have these prices as the topic – including one with 7,000 upvotes and one with 1,200 upvotes. Some criticize the prices as unreasonably high, but there are also many voices defending Bungie.
This is being criticized:
- The Armor Glow is considered one of the cooler features of the Solstice event. That they want Guardians to reach so deep into their pockets for it is outrageous.
- 800 Silver is approximately 8 Euros. 500 Silver can be purchased for 4.99 Euros, the next higher Silver package costs 9.99 Euros for 1100 Silver. If you want all 3 Armor Glows, you would have to spend over 20 Euros. Because a Silver package for 2300 Silver costs 19.99 Euros – then you still lack 100 Silver.
- Glimmer can be earned, but to get 5000 or 15000 Glimmer, you need to invest a lot of time in Destiny 2. Especially since Bungie recently introduced the Tribute Hall, a place where you could pump all your Glimmer supplies to quickly get Bad Karma.
- This means the Solstice of Heroes misses the goal of celebrating the past Destiny year and instead becomes a frustrating grind for Glimmer.
This is how Guardians justify the prices:
- One Guardian writes in a widely noticed post that the Solstice of Heroes as an event is completely free for everyone. Spending money on the Armor Glow is purely optional. And the employees at Bungie have to pay their bills as well, so it is okay to spend 8 Euros on something that also makes you look pretty cool in the game.
- Many agree. One Guardian jokingly says he spends even more money on beer when raiding.
Whether you buy the Armor Glow or earn it, you have to decide for yourself.
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What’s new in Eververse? In addition to the Armor Glows, further cosmetics have been added to Eververse with the Solstice of Heroes, such as exotic emotes, ghost shells, sparrows, a ship, ghost projections, and teleport effects:
Will you treat yourself to one or the other Armor Glow?
