in the process of reaching Liberation of Lightfall (opens in new tab)Bungie seems to be supplementing its regular This Week at Bungie series with additional posts that delve deeper into the upcoming changes to the expansion. rice field build crafting (opens in new tab)— which elaborated further In an interview with Bungie (opens in new tab)This week’s update may be less dramatic, but it’s no less exciting for those invested in the fashion side of Endgame.
in the game post Future economic changes (opens in new tab), Bungie finally reveals its long-teased “Legacy Focusing” system, revealing a way for players to earn older weapons and armor sets that no longer drop from the game’s core activities. New roles for equipment that is otherwise unavailable. Also announced is a new section of the Ada-1’s Armor Shop. This means that at the time of Lightfall’s release, at a cost of 10,000 Glimmer, he will rotate stock of 3 old shaders per week.
“Finally,” the player says, “You can earn the Night of Belgius.”
If you want a visual representation of which shaders are being returned, use This Reddit post However, it’s worth remembering that it’s basically impossible to understand what a set actually looks like without previewing it in-game, as the way shader palettes are displayed and applied is cryptic. there is. Here you’ll find his Bergusian Night and his Forge season siblings New Age Black Armory, Dark Omolon from Season of Arrivals, and his old faction shaders from Year 1 where factions actually existed. There are some stone cold classics. “Where’s Carminica?”
Legacy equipment requires even more investment. For the Crucible, Vanguard Ops, and Gambit, here’s what armor you haven’t unlocked costs:
- 3 Crucible, Vanguard, or Gambit engrams
- 50 Legendary Shards
- 10,000 Glimmer
I don’t know why you care, but if you focus on armor you’ve already unlocked, its cost will decrease. There are better and cheaper ways to earn armor, thanks to transmog , you can change their skins.
Nightfall, Iron Banner, and Trials of Osiris weapons and armor will require more investment. Each piece of what I haven’t unlocked is:
- Seven Vanguard, Iron, or Trials engrams
- 100 Legendary Shards
- 10,000 Legendary Glimmer
The problem here is the engrams. You get one for each rank, but each rank requires more points. So the jump from Guardian I to Heroic II (gaining 7 engrams) is only 1,925 points, but for his next 7 (Heroic II to Mythic III) he needs 5,625 points.
A set contains 5 armors, so for example, collecting the entire Iron Fellowship set requires 35 engrams. This means reaching Legendary with 10,000 Rank Points and resetting again. This is a significant time investment.
Every time Bungie releases a new system, especially one with an economic cost, there’s usually something that pisses off the playerbase. With this system, that’s definitely the amount of effort required to unlock an older set.From Bungie’s perspective, the cost is considered reasonable. Unlocking all sets means that transmog has very few points to interact with the legacy-centric armor side. Doing so is a long-term goal and meant to be done over many seasons. But players have historically been impatient for anything on that timescale.
Collecting the full set of Iron Fellowships requires 35 engrams. That’s just two full resets.
Again, here the price of already unlocked gear drops to 3 engrams. I’m definitely going to throw some away in order to unlock better Shayura’s Wrath or PLUG One.1.
Bungie is also adding the ability to focus current Adeptite Fall weapons acquired from Grandmaster Strikes as part of Zavala’s rollout to the current non-legacy focus system. requires the consumption of 10 proficient ciphers. He can only get 2 of these (by defeating all the champions) when he gets platinum his award in the GM run. This means he has 5 GMs per focus. This means that, for the most part, agricultural GM remains the better and more profitable route.
There are also some notable omissions in Legacy Focusing. The most obvious in terms of weapons is the Palindrome, the Adaptive Frame Hand his cannon, which is no longer available in the Nightfall rotation. Perks like Quickdraw and Rangefinder, along with the ability to slot proficient mods, made it a particularly desirable choice for PvP. I’m afraid that’s why we haven’t returned yet. Bungie recently made a move to make guns more relevant to the activity they earned. When Mindbender’s Ambition (another Nightfall weapon that became a real scare in Year 2 Crucible) returned this year, the perk had been completely reworked to make him less effective in PvP. I wouldn’t be surprised if Pali receives similar treatment.
On the armor side, the Iron Symmachy set isn’t coming back. It’s a shame as this is one of the most distinctive looks available.
A few niggles aside, it’s nice to have a way to unlock old gear. .And between this and the planned changes to buildcrafting, it’s clear that there are plenty of long-awaited quality-of-life changes arriving next month. long stop (opens in new tab).
