I am Luke Smith, Creative Director on Destiny: The Taken King.
Many, many years ago, I wrote to you each week in this spot. We talked about Battle Rifles, we talked about stuff we weren't going to talk about, and at some point I did a horrible hand-drawing of an upcoming map and teased you with it in the Weekly Update.
Anyone who knows me knows I can be sarcastic, anyone who remembers podcasts I've done knows that I can be pretty blunt, and anyone who’s watched me in a ViDoc knows I'm pretty unpolished.
However, most of you don't know me.
Reading my interview with Eurogamer and imagining it came from some random developer of a game I love - that random developer looks like an Asshat.
But that Asshat was me - and those words rightfully anger you.
I'm sorry.
My words made it sound as if Bungie doesn't care about their most loyal fans.
We do care. We are listening. And we will make it right.
Here's what we're doing about the Collector's Edition of Destiny: The Taken King...
Many, many years ago, I wrote to you each week in this spot. We talked about Battle Rifles, we talked about stuff we weren't going to talk about, and at some point I did a horrible hand-drawing of an upcoming map and teased you with it in the Weekly Update.
Anyone who knows me knows I can be sarcastic, anyone who remembers podcasts I've done knows that I can be pretty blunt, and anyone who’s watched me in a ViDoc knows I'm pretty unpolished.
However, most of you don't know me.
Reading my interview with Eurogamer and imagining it came from some random developer of a game I love - that random developer looks like an Asshat.
But that Asshat was me - and those words rightfully anger you.
I'm sorry.
My words made it sound as if Bungie doesn't care about their most loyal fans.
We do care. We are listening. And we will make it right.
Here's what we're doing about the Collector's Edition of Destiny: The Taken King...
Well, he apologized and called himself an asshat, what more could he do? Well apparently, they're going to offer up the content from the Collector's Edition of The Taken King as a $20 (USD) purchase for those that buy the stand-alone version of the expansion. To be very clear here, that is $20 on top of the $40 cost for the expansion itself. The content contained in those $20? Three class specific emotes, three armor shaders, and three exotic class items with XP bonuses.
$20 was the cost of either of the first two expansions for Destiny. $20 is now the cost of some colors and emotes. So it's about a quarter step in the right direction and a full step back for most.
What do the long time players get then?
If you already have a Light Level 30 Guardian, or if you’ve picked up and played both The Dark Below and House of Wolves, then you’re a VIP in The Tower’s book. They’ll reward you accordingly with a victory lap that will include a permanently exclusive set of items.
Oh. This is the first part of the weekly update. The second part is coming tomorrow, so maybe there will be some actual good news in that one since this news update revealed microtransactions are being added to the game and no price cut for the expansion for existing owners.
