Nah, this one legit fucking sucks.
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In Destiny 2, shaders are now one-time use. (And yes, tied to microtransactions.)
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recursive
Member
Yea pretty much. People would be flipping their shit if CoD gamble box camos were one time use. This is no different.
Phoenixazure
Member
on the one hand yea its sucks
on the other hand u can now mix and match and also dye your weapons,ships,sparrows too too.
Take the good with the bad I suppose
on the other hand u can now mix and match and also dye your weapons,ships,sparrows too too.
Take the good with the bad I suppose
Zombie James
Banned
Eh, I'm sure they'll get around to fixing it.
It'll be a bullet point in a $30 update.
Why they couldn't do latter with infinite shaders from D1?
This change is just unnecessary change from old infinite shaders and quite blatant attempt at money grabbing.
funkystudent
Member
And then charge you a few bucks to change your existing characters appearance once.
Makes you wonder how late in the process they decided to make this stand alone and not just DLC.
All the time.
ShooterMcGavin
Member
As someone who hates commitment on any type of level....lame.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
if it makes people feel better, WoWs character creator has been the same for over 10 years.
Monocle
Member
As a lover of customization, this is stupid and bad, and I hope the fan response is loud enough that Bungie implements a better solution. Ideally unlimited use of shaders like Destiny 1.
Sometimes you just want to show your friends some sick color schemes.
Sometimes you just want to show your friends some sick color schemes.
Oh yeah this too. Shader swaps and repecs all day. Why be one thing when you can be everything?
Neuromancer
Member
My character's going to be a motley ass looking mother fucker by the end of this game. I will die before I spend a cent on a consumable cosmetic item.
katsubento
Member
Sometimes people would change shaders several times during one pvp Crucible match.
RichiRamjag
Member
I had a look for my fun police defender titan, my twilight garrison uni remote titan, and my RA the sun god look.
If you did multiple things or went to pve, then your gear changed. I liked to match my gear to those sets. Not sure why I must be mocked for my love of destiny fashion. FashionGaf are people too!
Monocle
Member
Gotta have my "this team sucks" shader, my "hey maybe we can do this" shader, my "get clowned, noobs" shader, and my "bathroom break, you better watch my ass" shader.
And it's still better than Destiny 2's. Even the character models in WoW emote more (granted, most of the new models are from 2014's Warlords of Draenor expansion, but the point still stands).
Psychoward
Banned
Not really, they revamped the character models, added a ton or new races and I think added new hairstyles or beards.
joecanada
Member
Destiny 1 was my biggest regret based on expense this gen. Really liked the game but if this is what it " costs " to produce destiny 2 then no thanks the value is always twofold a year later . Their dlc for me is a ripoff already so even marginal microtransactions are well beyond my nope point. I'm not paying well over a 100 for a game only to also put up with bs . 99 dollars only got me " season 1 " last time . I'll stick with pubg now for 39. Hell I'll even throw 20-30 down on a cheap or f2p game like Warframe.
Diprosalic
Banned
20 minute Jim Sterling video incoming.
You know what? I actually like this. Means not everyone is going to look the same since shaders are rare and can't be reused. So i might be the only one with a zebra exotic sniper!
I obviously don't like the dlc part of it but who cares, not buying any shaders lol.
You know what? I actually like this. Means not everyone is going to look the same since shaders are rare and can't be reused. So i might be the only one with a zebra exotic sniper!
I obviously don't like the dlc part of it but who cares, not buying any shaders lol.
Stiler
Member
This will make people not use them in the first place since they will not want to "waste them" or save them for better armor items.
It will also cause a lot less experimenting with colors and looks and seeing what things look like.
I see something that makes me think....sure I'll buy Destiny 2. Then I see something that makes me rethink that.
It is a cycle. I don't have a lot of time at the moment, but me and my brother have been looking for a game to co-op for an hour or two on the weekends and this may be the best game given his tastes. Eh I don't know, but what I do know is that I think this is petty as hell. In D1 some armor looked much better in different shaders than others, imo.
It is a cycle. I don't have a lot of time at the moment, but me and my brother have been looking for a game to co-op for an hour or two on the weekends and this may be the best game given his tastes. Eh I don't know, but what I do know is that I think this is petty as hell. In D1 some armor looked much better in different shaders than others, imo.
Complicated
Banned
There are so many good free games these days that give you more content and potential playtime than Destiny does. Hell, there was a thread about Path of Exile today. A way better loot game than Destiny ever was, and it has great monetization even for a free game. I felt the same way about Destiny's cost. They didn't provide enough value for the first $60, everything after that was priced way too expensively for what it was, and it apparently still wasn't enough because they tried to do microtransactions to fund free updates but they couldn't even sustain the updates for some reason even after taking all that money from customers.
Diprosalic
Banned
Angelus Errare
Banned
And then 7 drops later you acquire a much better sniper rifle now you gotta farm for that rare zebra shader all over again.
Diprosalic
Banned
Lol i'm not gonna farm shaders. I put another one on it. No biggie.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Maybe they're inspired by throngs of people giving games like Overwatch a pass with their loot box practices since "it's only cosmetics, anyways."
Ditto.
RichiRamjag
Member
So there was nothing special about that zebra to begin with?
17 Seconds
Banned
can we just create one thread for overblown destiny rage instead of creating a new thread for every minor gripe that people have? like, yeah, there are cosmetic microtransactions. welcome to 2017.
texhnolyze
Banned
Yes, it all comes down to acceptance.
These companies don't put/change stuff randomly, they did their research first.
Heyyyy remember in that other thread where people mentioned that micro transactions would affect certain game mechanics in order to make them more appealing to consumers? Well here you go. Today onetime shaders, tomorrow weapon variants like a certain other actvi$ion title...
"Things no girlfriend wants to read online for 200 Alex"
Being able to apply the shader to different pieces of armor does not require the shaders to be consumable one-time use items.
HiredN00bs
Member
I'm hearing shaders are supposed to drop a lot (they don't work on greens or whites so they don't drop in the early game). Also, you get a Bright engram (the ones you can buy via MTX) every time you fill your exp bar after hitting level cap. That's more generous with loot boxes than D1 ever was.
So if some shaders drop a lot, why not just make them unlimited to prevent needing to have multiples?
It overcomplicates the process and, as has been mentioned multiple times, even if they drop "a lot," there are lots of shaders. It's still going to be a pain in the ass to play around with.
That's mentioned in the OP. Doesn't change the issue. You get a random shader every time you "level up" out of 20 shaders. (Maybe. There are other items that can drop instead.)
IISANDERII
Member
Yeah it's great, I have no idea why Bungie would keep it a secret and hide it from all pre release information!
opticalmace
Member
:lol
matrix-cat
Member
You guys who support this kind of stuff are digging your own graves. Every time someone says "Well, that's not so bad" to the latest moneygrubbing tactic, some guy in a boardroom somewhere takes that as a sign to go even further.
AusRoachman
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I did not really have an issue with this, shaders were plentiful in the first game.
But then i realised you used to get special raid shaders e.t.c, and if they are 1 time use then that would really suck.
But then i realised you used to get special raid shaders e.t.c, and if they are 1 time use then that would really suck.
Imagine having to run a raid again just for the chance of getting a shader for a new piece of gear. That takes the fun out of it. I'm bummed.
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