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4/22/2021 6:02:41 PM
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Increasing shaders from 40 bright dust to 300 bright dust is blatant manipulation on Bungie's part and it's probably going to get worse.
When I read the TWAB me and my friends started talking about the shaders immediately. Our general consensus was that it seemed unnecessary and a little "greasy" (looking at you finance team), but that it was understandable.
It seemed weird cause their reasoning was that shaders are now 1 time purchases, but they have been one time purchases since collections was introduced, so nothing changed.
Then I remembered that just this season (season 13) Bungie buffed the amount of Bright Dust it was giving it's players, ONLY FOR THEM TO INCREASE BRIGHT DUST PRICES ONE SEASON LATER.
I have always been on board with Eververse. It's a good idea that let's Bungie make a free to play game, but this is just a "-blam!- you" to consumers.
It's obvious that Bungie realized that an increase in Bright Dust made it easier for people to buy an eververse set for bright dust, meaning they might only spend 15 dollars on one set instead of 30 to buy two sets. So they created a completely BS reason to increase the price of shaders in hopes that it would reduce the amount of Bright Dust people have left over, causing more people to spend 15 dollars on their silver sets.
At the end of the day, it's not about the shaders. I really don't care about spending a little more imaginary money on a shader. It's about the fact that I feel like I was tricked by a company who just wanted money. And it's about the fact that this is two steps back. This is the first domino that people ignore that leads to more things increasing in price and eventually things going silver only.
Thanks for reading :)
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10 RepliesLook at all the events. Its easy to tell what the focus was and always will be. When is the last time an event in Destiny 2 got a real content update? Haunted Forest update? No. The Verdant Forest was scrapped after 1 run even though it was more fun that the haunted forest imo. The Dawning? The event with somehow the least actual content? Ha! No. The Guardian Games...? What do they have in common? Eververse has THE best loot. Ooh, I get to earn a sparrow if I grind enough bounties and triumphs ("not bounties") but the ornaments are all paywalled behind silver or bright dust. "Dur but you can earn bright dust", I hear defenders say, but that's not the same as playing the event and earning the event loot is it? Who cares about a new sparrow or ship after a week or two of having it when a new shiny sparrow or ship comes along (or when you can just use always on time for speed)? People want the ornaments and that's where most of if not ALL the effort is put in rather than into the event itself. Crimson Days was a simple twist on doubles in PvP and now neither will ever come back because it was scrapped. Why? Becausw we can have events that are literally nothing but the same grind as the rest of the year with banners and the "Event" label! Welcome to the Dawning, where you do exactly what you've been doing for the last 6 years and you get to press a button that *BAKES COOKIES* (wow!). What's the reward!? A weapon or two and heaps of blues, maybe a sparrow and ghost in there somewhere! Don't forget to visit eververse for the good stuff though! Welcome to the Guardian Games..... (you get the idea, right?)
