Whereas Future 2’s Season 22 has some key wins, a change is coming with the beginning of Season 23. A stability have to be maintained that makes all parts of the sport pleasant for everybody. Nonetheless, Legendary Shards have constantly offered a problem in reaching this stability. The huge discrepancy in buying these shards has led to inequality amongst gamers. The result’s an in-game economic system the place Legendary Shards don’t really feel vital to some or attainable for others, no matter their play habits. This, coupled with the fixed exploitation of loopholes within the Shard acquisition course of, has propelled the builders to take a decisive step towards simplifying the sport’s economic system. 

The purpose is to eradicate the present litter of currencies, consumables, and gadgets. It will create a extra streamlined expertise that duly acknowledges and rewards the effort and time invested by gamers throughout numerous actions. To that finish, Bungie is eradicating Legendary Shards from the sport. However you gained’t hear me complaining. The truth is, I say good riddance. Bye-bye, Legendary Shards, I gained’t miss you — and neither ought to different gamers.

Whereas some gamers could fear about what is going to occur post-Legendary Shards, others could really feel frustration from the dissolution of a long-accumulated forex. However, phasing out Legendary Shards will serve the higher Future 2 group. The one change to gameplay comes by way of eradicating a synthetic hindrance.

Season 23 is the start of the tip for Legendary Shards

The journey in the direction of a Legendary Shard-free Future 2 begins in Season 23. In a transfer that guarantees to assist new and returning gamers in unlocking weapons with higher ease, the preliminary section entails the elimination of Legendary Shard prices from the Monument to Misplaced Lights, leaving the prices of Glimmer, Unique Ciphers, and Spoils of Conquest unaffected.

Moreover, Season 23 will see Legendary Shards retire from ritual gear focusing, altering the associated fee construction of varied gadgets within the sport. Right here’s what Bungie has shared concerning the new value framework:

• New Ritual Weapons: 1 Engram, 0 Glimmer
• Commonplace Ritual Pool Weapons/Armor: 3 Engrams, 5000 Glimmer
• Legacy Weapons/Armor: 5 Engrams, 15,000 Glimmer
• Iron Banner/Dusk Weapons: 5 Engrams, 25,000 Glimmer
• Adept Dusk Weapons: 1 Engram, 50,000 Glimmer, 10 Dusk Ciphers
• Trials Weapons: 5 Engrams, 25,000 Glimmer
• Adept Trials Weapons: 1 Engram, 50,000 Glimmer, 7-Win Trials Passage

Say goodbye to Legendary Shards alongside The Closing Form

With the upcoming launch of The Closing Form, Future 2 will bid farewell to Legendary Shards solely. They gained’t be rewarded anymore, and prices related to the forex can be wholly faraway from the sport. It’s important to notice that there can be no trade scheme for saved Legendary Shards. So, if gamers have a big stash, like earlier Gunsmith supplies, it’s price making day by day journeys to Grasp Rahool beginning now. The excellent news is that there can be no enhance in Glimmer costs or the introduction of other supplies for gadgets beforehand related to Legendary Shards. Consistent with this transformation, Guardians’ forex bar will bear a revamp, showcasing solely Glimmer, Silver, and Brilliant Mud. 

Following participant suggestions on these adjustments, Bungie added that it plans to reinforce the drop charges of varied in-game gadgets, together with Glimmer and totally different engrams. This could enrich the reward system and promote a extra versatile reward-earning strategy. Moreover, the prices related to retrieving ships and Sparrows from collections can be abolished. Guardians will lastly be capable of modify their type effortlessly. On condition that dismantling gear, ships, and Sparrows has been a main supply of buying Legendary Shards, Bungie is trying into methods to make sure it stays worthwhile to dismantle. Relying on gear kind and rarity, the initially proposed reward system rework presents various quantities of Glimmer, Enhancement Cores, and Gunsmith rep. That mentioned, Bungie additionally famous that these values can change earlier than The Closing Form releases.

Future 2 sport director Joe Blackburn hinted that followers may anticipate alterations to how the mysterious Unique vendor, Xûr, traded in “The Closing Form.” Though particular particulars stay beneath wraps, eradicating Legendary Shards, one of many vendor’s main currencies, will introduce new methods to accumulate Xûr’s items. Guardians can solely hope this comes with some updates to what Xûr sells.

These sweeping adjustments would possibly seem to be loads to absorb, however they signify a pivotal second in Future 2′s economic system. It marks a shift in the direction of a extra inclusive, balanced, and rewarding expertise. There gained’t be gamers with extra Legendary Shards than they might ever use alongside scores of those that battle simply to get sufficient to take part in important sport capabilities.