Destiny's getting a reasonably large update in December, Bungie has revealed. The big news is that the developer will be bringing in two new exotic items, while also boosting a few bits and pieces from year one which haven't yet made the jump. Christmas may be coming early for all you hardcore Guardians.
Don't get too excited just yet, though, as the studio has also detailed a ton of weapon balancing tweaks. Let's start with the good news: auto rifles and hand cannons are getting decent buffs. The former is receiving a raw damage increase, while the latter is getting an accuracy boost. Sadly, pulse rifles aren't so fortunate, as they're going to be on the end of a relatively significant damage reduction nerf - we just hope that Bungie hasn't made them useless. You can read all of the revised weapon balancing through here.
Moving on, Bungie's going to be implementing a refer-a-friend system, in which existing players can be linked to newbies whom they've recommended the game to. Supposedly, some sort of reward scheme will be in place, but there are no finer details just yet. The system will launch next week on the 23rd November.
How does all of this sound to you? Looking forward to more exotics? Decrypt your thoughts in the comments section below.
[source bungie.net, via bungie.net, gamespot.com]
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Im happy they are implementing this "Refer-a-Friend" program. Since the game launched however, i have gotten at least 4 or 5 people to buy a ps4 and destiny. Not to say im upset about it, it just seems like it would have made more sense to do this last holdiay season when it was in its first year, it would have been a way to stabilize the drop in numbers caused by lots of people leaving right around the time of Dark Below, heck, even i stopped playing for a few months after that expansion.
Personally I would like to see the Vex Mythoclas and Nechrochasm brought forward. As both are these are 'Raid Rewards', I think it will give some purpose to the older raids as once a year 1 version is unlocked, you can acquire the year 2. The fact that both at one time were rewards for beating the hardest content at the time and not acquired by earning enough strange coins makes it even more disappointing they were not carried through to year 2.
One of the things that does disappoint me about Destiny, is the fact that with each expansion/addition, the older Raids in particular are basically obsolete. I know Bungie want you to play the newer content but I still see no reason why a 'higher' difficulty setting cannot be applied to the older content - after all they can do this for missions and strikes. Obviously I would also like to see yr2 rewards as well if you doing a yr2 difficulty level.
Yeah it would make sense to get more valuable gear out of a higher Light level variant of VOG and Crota. They are two of the best bits of the game and it's a shame to leave them trailing behind.
I hope they bring Hardlight forward. I like that gun.
Are they implementing V.A.T.S. for campaign missions. That'd be great.
'Refer a friend' program? Are Bungie actually double glazing salesmen in disguise?
"How does all of this sound to you?"
Like I shouldn't bother playing any game ever again until 2 years after its come out. We'll single player games like U4 and R&C I can play at or near launch, but everything else - Witcher 3, Bloodebourne, Fallout 4 - I'm waiting for the GH Complete ed.
Splatoon is almost an entirely different game. Even Mario Kart 8 and NSMBU even come with DLC included now. Who ever thought we'd see that?
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