3/30/16* for all you Americans.

2 Things keeps me around...P&T and Taken Ship, Hopefully Taken Sparrow!! I'll take it.......I'm a little down for not having the new Exotics but, not surprised for that! So thanks! it's a good update! Wondering what would happen if I open exotic engrams being 320+?

I don't use that Twitch thing and WTF IS GOING ON AROUND HERE. You can buy armor now? Old guns are coming back? Wut?

Anybody know if Variks current inventory is going away for good? Or could I still collect all the gear and shaders and stuff?

3/30/16*

This community is annoying as -blam!-. All you do is complain about lack of content. Bungie comes up with a way to fund new content and now it's pay to win. If you want MMO like content drops its either micro transactions or paid subscription. You can't have it both ways. Or do you expect to only pay $60 for vanilla Destiny and get new events for 10 years?

[url]https://www.vg247.com/2016/03/30/destiny-taken-style-armor-weapons-and-new-emotes-coming-next-month/[/url] For anyone who wants a better look at the gear coming in April. Personally, I'm fine with this update, just not overly excited. PoE was perhaps the funnest activity in Y1 for me outside of the VoG, and I'm glad to see it getting the face-lift it deserves. The problems I had with PoE was that, firstly, the rewards were absolute garbage. The armor was fine, as it got you to 34, but the weapons were atrocious. Useless perks (because we all need a weapon that would deal more damage to Dregs, right?), and the terrible RNG made killing Skolas for a chance at the V2 weapons, which may or may not have useless perks, made them less than ideal. The only thing that saved HoW from having shit weapons was Etheric Light, and of course the first weapon everyone brought forward was Fatebringer. Myself included. The other problem I had with PoE were the connection issues, especially at the Skolas fight. I only successfully beat Skolas once, and that was after about two and a half hours and multiple people leaving the Fireteam... only to disconnect at the Treasure room, so I never did get the ship, shader and emblem for defeating him. If these two problems are ironed out, then I'll be ecstatic for PoE. As far as new gear goes, I liked the way the PoE armor looked. Hell, it's probably my favorite looking armor in the game. So to see it make a comeback, and to get a Taken version along with it? That's awesome. Chromas are also nice, as allowing us to add some flair to our weapons and gear is long overdue. These are just my opinions, though.

Is there a new ball in the tower to play with?

My issue with this whole April Update is just how little of it is actually new. Spectre Armour, One strike, one quest. That is basically it. The Taken armour is Year 1 POE armour with a taken shader. POE is basically year 1 POE with some tweaks. The vast majority of weapons and armour are re-used armour from yesteryear. The exotics are all year 1. While I am fine with POE being updated as a mode. I was hoping they would add new weapons and armour for the most part. Unfortunately they done the complete opposite. and why oh why is it so hard to get some cool, borderline crazy looking armour? This is a sci-fi RPG/MMO with no real ties to the real world, and yet everything just looks so mundane and boring. Tis a good job this update is free.

[quote]Stop it Bungie. You are slowly ruining this game. First Emotes which are ok, but now -blam!-ing armor! I don't care if they are 3 defense that is straight pay to play! Edit: While I'm grinding for gear others are just buying it! That's why it's messed up! Also even though it is level 3 it has a 1:1 infusion ratio so it is as powerful as your best gear. Edit: Do you people not understand that Bungie is just turning this game into a cash grab system of MicroTransactions? Gear no matter what level should not be able to be bought if it makes a difference to your character's ability to play the game. Edit: This situation is nothing like sparrows as sparrows make no statistical difference to your character unlike gear. Edit: If Bungie didn't ease us into their MicroTransactions scam in Y2 with sparrows I know this shit wouldn't have flown in Y1 [spoiler][quote]Just wait till they slide guns into Eververse. You can't just introduce pay-to-win. You have to slide it in discretely in phases, slowly. Phase 1 was emotes. Some people got pissed, saw the plan that was about to be unfolded, and called them out instantly. Then time passes, everyone gets used to it and eventually accepts it. Phase 2 was the SRL log book. This gave people extra quests that you had to buy the book to complete (glitch aside). Now you are giving people extra content for paying a few bucks. Again, some people saw it and called Bungie out. And again, time passes and it becomes accepted by the masses after awhile. Phase 3. Where we are now. Add in armor pieces to the cash store that start off at low levels. People scream, people cry, people call them out. But time will pass, and it will slowly and successfully be implemented and accepted. Phase 4. Add guns. Of course, put them at light level 1 for all we care, so they have to be leveled up or whatever. So it's not "technically" pay to win, but it is. They are doing it, and doing it in a clever way. Spoon feeding the community garbage, very slowly. And people are eating it up, slowly. Congrats to Bungie's PR / Marketing team, they are very good at what they do. They set out to milk all of you for every possible cent, and they are doing it.[/quote][/spoiler] [spoiler][quote]I agree... Next they'll be selling weapons from Eververse but claiming its not pay to win, because you still have to infuse another weapon into it, and all of the Desticles will take to the forums to defend them... Newsflash... Free to play / pay to win type games ALWAYS give you an in game path to progress / get gear / etc... That's how they hook you into spending money by making progress / drop rates extremely low... This is NOT a free to play game, so they shouldn't be selling armor via microtransactions...[/quote][/spoiler] This cannot go unpunished. Bungie needs to know its community will not be pushed around like this. I feel bad to those who agree with Bungie's decision as you don't know the outcome of their decision.[/quote]

Did they mention new weapons/exotics?

The Desolate armour may look cool, but in practice it's not that useful. It will confuse the hell out of your team mates if you're in pve and it will look stupid as soon as you swap out a piece to equip an exotic

So, I see people posting stuff such as "pay to win" or "now you can buy armor" and complaining. Ok, 1. you don't have to pay a cent or even grind for the Desolate or Spektar armor from the Sterling Treasure because the Postmaster will give you one Sterling Treasure every week, and 2. it will always be at light level 3 by default so it doesn't matter if you buy the Sterling Treasure or not, everyone will have to grind for 335 gear in order to infuse them. What's really bugging me is that we don't know much about the new sword.

[b][u]STREAM SUMMARY:[/u][/b] New option to remove HUD in settings. Abandoned Quests terminal now also in the Reef. There will be various bug fixes. An example is how an issue where the Kingslayer and Crimson Shells not showing up in previews will be fixed. There is a new Chroma system where, by applying red, blue, yellow or white chroma to a piece of armour or a weapon, that piece of armour or weapon will glow. Chroma is acquired from Sterling Treasures and is not affected by shaders. Dismantling Chroma armour or weapons will give you a random piece of Chroma material. There is no Taken shader. The Taken look is exclusive to the Desolate armour that can be dropped from Sterling Treasures. Collecting all the Desolate armour will give you a Taken Jitter emote. Sterling Treasures are loot packages carrying new gear and items. Three can be obtained each week normally: one from visiting the Postmaster after each weekly reset, one for completing a Level 41 run of Prison of Elders (the matchmade version), and one for completing a match in the featured Weekly Crucible Playlist (e.g. Mayhem Clash). Each Sterling Treasure guarantees one piece of Desolate or Spektar armour (not class items), and then possible items include Desolate or Spektar class items, Vanguard, Crucible or House of Judgement reputation boosters, Chroma material and a special Taken ship. All armour drops at 3 defence, but can be infused. Sterling Treasure can also be purchased in Eververse (!). New emotes are available from Eververse, including a "Praise the Sun" emote. A new Taken shotgun and sword can be earned from the new strikes. Reputation gains from most activities will be increased. Faction packages will now drop Chroma-enabled versions of their Legendary armour sets at up to 330 light. The updated Prison of Elders gear is also Chroma-enabled and drops at up to 335 light. Infusion now brings gear up to the exact light of the gear you put in. 335 gear can be earned from Iron Banner, Trials of Osiris, King's Fall Hard Mode, Court of Oryx (artefacts only), Prison of Elders Challenge Mode, Exotic Engrams and "unique strikes". Certain Legendaries are being brought forward in light level. Examples include Shadow Price, LDR 5001, The Devil You Know and Zombie Apocalypse WF47. New Sparrows available, including a House of Judgement one. Prison of Elders Challenge Mode will drop a different Taken ghost to the one in King's Fall. Exotics were not discussed in the stream, but are currently being unveiled on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/destinythegame/). A picture on Bungie's April Update page shows Year Two versions of ATS/8 Arachnid, Queenbreaker's Bow, Sunbreakers, Purifier Robes, ACD/0 Feedback Fence, Patience and Time, Eternal Warrior, Khepri's Sting, Lucky Raspberry, The Glasshouse, Lord of Wolves, Dreg's Promise and Universal Remote. Next week's stream will be about the Crucible and sandbox improvements. Edit: Forgot to mention more vault space will be available. There will be an extra page for each category (Weapons, Armour and General).

So hyped for the year 1 weapons making a return. Wasn't clear whether you could infuse your current ones or if you had to wait for one to drop from an engram though. And that infusion fix was the bomb.

Things I like - Infusion changes - Chroma on weapons - strike specific unique loot can drop at 335 (note the word... "CAN" so still alot of RNG included, but the option for the solo player is there!) - cool new armor - 108 vault spaces Thing I absolutely dont like - No new weapon models except the sword - Sterling boxes for money... The boxes for silver is another very dangerous step in the wrong direction and I hope its gonna end there... For a free update all of the additions are imo very impressive and I cant be mad at all for the lack of new weapon models. I just hope the sandbox and crucible changes will be worth it, but from what I saw it seems to be the case. I could live with the SBMM to some extend is atleast the rewards would be worth the time.

So does that mean my old Raid gear i can upgrade to the newest light level?