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In Destiny 2, shaders are now one-time use. (And yes, tied to microtransactions.)
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ScientificPizza
Banned
instead of getting like 12 drops of one item type for the course of the entire game you can now get endless drops making you feel like you're earning more
People told me it's okay because your character wears a helmet a lot.
It actually sucks. Not only are there too few options, all player characters (human women at least) look dumb as shit.
The ๖ۜBronx;248126216 said:
Do they drop randomly in stack of 5? or is it 5 of one color.
I'm good at detecting corporate shill too.
The à¹ÛBronx
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Five of one colour. You get a shader and it drops as a stack of five.
RichiRamjag
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They'll add in new faces as DLC and people will praise them.
The à¹ÛBronx
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Ah, fair enough. It's hard to tell what's what for sure when the game is new. I've only had stacks of 5 so far.
Yearsoflurking
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Everything about Activision bungie is anti consumer . I'd believe anything anti consumer sounding if you told me
What.
Novel Mike
Member
And people in the other thread yesterday were telling me that the game wasn't being changed to really incorporate microtransactions.
Different the the situation in the other thread sure but my original point about the microtransactions being absolute bullshit stands.
Different the the situation in the other thread sure but my original point about the microtransactions being absolute bullshit stands.
The à¹ÛBronx
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I mean, it's still a fantastic game. The change to shaders sucks but it doesn't outweigh all of the great changes made elsewhere.
The ๖ۜBronx;248126426 said:
That's somewhat better. Depending on the drop rate. But it's still quite shitty that unless you have the exact shader you want at the time you want to encode it to your armor, you would have to go out there and farm for it (hoping you'll get the one you need)
It's still pretty anti-consumers.
The à¹ÛBronx
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Yeh I think it sucks, just giving some info (though it appears they can also drop as a 3). I wished it was a pool of shaders you unlocked and then could apply to whatever. That would be the perfect implementation imo.
I doubt it, since I think we are kind of arguing against the same thing
ZombiePlatypus
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Not a good look.
BreezyLimbo
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KZXcellent
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This sucks.
Still gonna waste money on them though because I lack self control.
Still gonna waste money on them though because I lack self control.
The à¹ÛBronx
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Is it that dissimilar? I ask genuinely as haven't looked into whether you can buy stuff with the currency you get from breaking them down (bright dust?)
You get a bright engram on level up, which is a loot box for the items on sale through said boxes otherwise.
only a certain set of shaders come from eververse, this isn't an eververse issue so much as its a shitty system issue. the real problem is going to come out when raid shaders drop and you get a stack of 3 but you've got 4 armor pieces and 3 weapons and they're single use consumables. that's going to be actual dog shit. i'd be fine with needing to collect 1 per piece, like ornaments, but you should be able to swap them around ad infinitum, not consume them on use. that's assinine
BreezyLimbo
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The ๖ۜBronx;248127485 said:
Maybe the aspects where the lootboxes guarantee that skins/maps/new characters are free and/or earnable for free? They kept the first part, IE bright engrams each level after 20.
Glad to know you support shitty business practices.
Activision already put this game on the slippery slope long ago. They are only gonna go deeper when it comes to MT in this franchise in the future.
Trickster
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Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
No beards burns my soul, and as a result I never take off my helmet xD
RichiRamjag
Member
Surely you're joking
It's the same exact one for the most part.
It's weird that with all of the great changes, they didn't upgrade the character creator, give us more than 1 emote slots or add optional matchmaking to missions.
Something I haven't seen anybody mention (though admittedly I haven't looked very hard) is that on the second character page, where the shader option used to be in D1, there is a locked slot for "Auras". It says something about acquiring these from difficult challenges. I haven't looked it up but I assumed those were probably full costume, unlimited use shaders you get from things like completing raids, though I'm guessing. Anyone know any more about those?
RichiRamjag
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Justifying it via how other games do may be fine for you, but it's not cool imo. It's an unnecessary change made for the sake of further nickel and diming the players.
The ๖ۜBronx;248127485 said:
Can you break down stuff into a currency and redeem for the stuff you actually want in Destiny 2? If not, then that would suck.
The difference is that at least in Overwatch once you get that skin, you don't have to worry about unlocking it again if you unequipped it. Which in this case with Destiny 2, you have to find that particular color again which depends on the drop rate might be an absolute pain in the ass.
Man if I lose my Nutcracker Zen skin by equipping it. I would never take it off.
Those are "visual effects," not shaders. Like the blue flame you get from the Nightfall.
Surely you're joking
Nope. Same options, but worse. I dropped my original character because she looked ridiculous when ported into D2. I went with a new character who looks like an orc.
Raven117
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Is it though? If you want to pay for it, you can. If you want to grind for it, you can. The game doesn't owe you shaders. They could have just not included it at all.
It doesn't affect gameplay at all. Doesn't give you an un-earned advantage one way or another.
Some people will pay for it. Others wont. (I wont....).
So long as they don't start doing pay to win (which so far they haven't), then the rest is optional.
Trickster
Member
I don't want to derail the thread, but I really just have to stress how ridiculous this is. I don't think I've ever seen a character creator in a sequel not offer some kind of new ways to customize your character. Let alone in a giant aaa game
RichiRamjag
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Please don't give them more ideas. That may be fine in a Korean f2p, but would be best left out.
Exactly. Really weird of Activision and Bungie to choose to just give this game out for free instead of the usual $60 MSRP, but I guess that's why this shit is here.
ScientificPizza
Banned
how will the make money from their $60 game that will sell millions and millions of copies?
won't someone think of the corporations for once. they're people too
This is the one change in 2 that I completely despise. I've wanted the ability to change shaders on a per item basis since vanilla but I tend to change them a lot based on my mode and for variety sake. This will make the limited time shaders a big decision to use or not. Really hope there's some change
BLAUcopter
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Look, its fucking gross that this shit is in the game but to be fair, the gear looks awesome with or without the shaders and I only paid $69 AUD for the game which, lets all face it, is a brilliant game.
Bungie = Awesome!
Activision = What did you expect? They pigs.
Conkerkid11
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lol
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