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1558170cookie-checkPaying For Destiny 2’s Random Cosmetic Loot Boxes Doesn’t Live Up To Bungie’s Principles, Says Luke Smith
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2020/03

Paying For Destiny 2’s Random Cosmetic Loot Boxes Doesn’t Live Up To Bungie’s Principles, Says Luke Smith

Bungie studio director Luke Smith recently took to bungie.net and claims that Destiny 2’s Bright Engrams, a.k.a loot boxes, will be moved from the Eververse to a Fortnite-like season system since they don’t live up to Bungie’s “principles.”

Furthermore, FOMO will be addressed too.

If you have no idea what that means, it is an abbreviation for “Fear of Missing Out.” It’s often a term used when a player consistently plays a game not because it’s fun but because they don’t want to be left behind. Well, it is reported that Bungie wants to address FOMO issues while making it where you can’t pay for random cosmetic loot boxes in Destiny 2’s Eververse.

I’m not sure how all of this will pan out in the future, but Bungie wants cosmetic Bright Engrams to appear on the “Free Track” of the Season Pass.

The aforesaid can be found on gamasutra.com or below:

“[…] Changes include ending the sale of cosmetic “Bright Engram” loot boxes, and instead being upfront about what gear players are spending their hard bought in-game currency on. Smith explains that the previous system didn’t fit with the more transparent approach it wants to take toward in-game purchases, and will instead only offer Bright Engrams as a reward on the free side of Destiny 2’s season pass.”

Furthermore, Smith had this to say about the whole Bright Engram situation:

“For Season 10, we’re doing away with Bright Engrams as purchasable items. We want players to know what something costs before they buy it. Bright Engrams don’t live up to that principle so we will no longer be selling them on the Eververse Store, though they will still appear on the Free Track of the Season Pass.”

In addition to the above, Smith added:

“What we’re discussing now – and which is early enough that things might still change – is how we focus our efforts around Seasons from a development standpoint, while also trying to create the moments that make memories, WHILE ALSO balancing the amount of ‘fear of missing out.’ This is a tricky balance, because these elements don’t connect neatly and, in many cases, they work against one another.”

In other words, the Eververse will continue to sell cosmetic items for Bright Dust. However, folks will now know what they’re buying with “no random elements.”

As of now, the 2017 first-person looter-shooter (and its monetization methods) is out now across PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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