What the flying -blam!- are some of these responses? Am I playing a different version of Destiny or something? Why do most people think Eververse is a paywall system? You literally get shit that doesn't -blam!-ing matter from that place.

Really? Praising a companies product monetization system....no wonder these companies think that consumers are brain dead wallets....

I have about 4000 bright dust that I’ve earned currently and I’ve bought a few things beforehand. I’m not having a hard time with getting bright dust ! however ! I don’t think anything should be behind a paywall in a game you paid for ever.

[quote]I've accrued $70 worth of dust to make purchases without spending a dime, just from playing the game daily for 2 months. Sure, I can only use the dust on the weekly items, but I've gotten everything I want from the store for free. INB4 "RWT Sucks" I agree, I'm just saying, since they DIDNT get rid of it, this time around seems more "free friendly" cheers, pls be gentle[/quote] Yea, it's definitely better, now all they have to do now is remove the stealth XP cool down timer they put in place to prevent people actually enjoying said feature ! https://gamingbolt.com/destiny-2-has-cooldown-on-xp-gain-numbers-dont-match-progress-bar-report

Actually true honestly. If you play it's all there for you basically.

I agree that it’s better overall. It just kind of sucks that it’s even more of a slot machine now. Especially for those that pay actual money. At the end of d1 you could basically choose from every individual item.

[i]lol, my Bright Dust is just about to surpass my Legendary Shards, and like you, I haven't spent a dime. Titan and Hunter have full Optimacy sets. Have all exotic emotes except Flip Out. 👍 2500 Legendary Shards 2300 Bright Dust[/i]

Overall agree ever-verse and the micro transactions side of the game is better due to being able to earn what’s there. For someone who never participated in micro transactions in any game I like this touch. Not having these classes of items(different then what is there) being able to be earned through endgame content(looking at you ships and sparrows) is a bad decision. Having certain types of items able to be acquired through eververse only my was a misstep for the game IMO.

Bungie f[b]u[/b]cked up in many ways (especially endgame) with Destiny 2, but the problem or issues don't lie with Eververse at all, which is better than it was. The issues exist in all of our options they took away. Want to choose a specific crucible mode, too bad. Want to play custom games with your friends? Nah, no can do. Want to have multiple strike lists to choose from as well as earning strike specific gear or even strike scoring?! Well too f[b]u[/b]cking bad. Hell, you want to even replay the campaign that has a real cohesive story this time again? Not a chance, unless you want to start a new and/or delete an entire character. Tired of those regular activities and want to mix it up with some Court of Oryx, Prison of Elders, or SIVA Arena? Well too bad suckers, go back to farming those Public Events instead... After all, why do the Raid or Trials? The gear has 0 unique perks that set them apart from anything else in the game... The fact that they took all of these options away, and gave absolutely [b]nothing[/b] in return is what's truly unforgivable. But honestly anyone that played Destiny 1 knows the two true reasons for this... [spoiler] 1. Activision forced Bungie to release the game earlier than it should have to maintain a certain release date so they could have profits coming in, hence not enough time to re-incorporate the most basic of options that already existed in Destiny 1. 2. So that they could release these basic features (that should have come with the base game) as future free updates to create the illusion of 'free' content and appear they are 'listening' to the players, and/or add these features in paid DLC to pad it with 'extra content' to make it look like we're getting more than we actually are.[/spoiler][spoiler]In case anyone is actually reading this far, let me say I've already got 100+ enjoyable hours out of Destiny 2, so I feel I got my money's worth even though I've stopped playing now. What makes me sad is Destiny 2 is only a good game... when it could have been a [b]great[/b] game.[/spoiler]

Yep. Done right IMO. I hate the practice but if they're gonna exist, those who pay can grab them and those who play can too. Win win on a half win.

While I'm not a huge fan of Eververse taking over the role of what used to be factions and Vanguard loot rewards, I agree it is better now. The earn rate for bright engrams is fine, I get at least 2 or 3 a play session. I'm really going to feel it when those new ghosts come out though, I haven't really wanted anything super badly this first season, but the new ghost designs are triggering my "collector" impulse.

IMO D2 did micro transactions almost perfectly, you can buy what you want or you can play to earn the shader you are trying to get; everyone has the chance to get 3 a week on each character and even more if you work harder for each one