Destiny 2 devs \u201clooking at\u201d Glimmer drop rates after community outcry BungieEconomy changes in The Final Shape have left some Destiny 2 players short on Glimmer and Bungie has now confirmed they are actively reviewing Glimmer drop rates in response to this. While The Final Shape added a lot of new content including a variety of powerful Exotic Weapons and the Salvation\u2019s Edge raid, it also removed some features such as the ability to convert Legendary Shards into Glimmer. This change made earning Glimmer much more time-consuming. In past expansions, Guardians would visit Rahool in The Tower and trade in Legendary Shards, but they are now required to farm activities to earn Glimmer instead. Bungie has now responded to the Glimmer shortage on X\/Twitter, confirming that the \u201cTeam is currently looking at Glimmer drop rates. Once we have more information, we\u2019ll let you know.\u201d However, the Destiny 2 developer also clarified that there are \u201cNo plans at this time,\u201d meaning any significant changes won\u2019t be released until a later Act or Episode. Though this response is vague, it does at least confirm that Bungie is reviewing a crucial part of Destiny 2\u2019s economy. It is still unknown what these changes will look like, but they will almost certainly make earning Glimmer easier. Bungie\u2019s response follows complaints that Destiny 2 had entered a \u201cgreat Glimmer depression,\u201d as expressed by a highly upvoted Reddit thread in late June. The thread insisted that the looter shooter\u2019s most scarce resource is Glimmer. This led to other Guardians agreeing with one upvoted response including, \u201cI don\u2019t think running one activity just for Glimmer should be a thing. Make it rain glimmer for everything.\u201d Other players agreed that Glimmer is too rare in The Final Shape, commenting, \u201cI don\u2019t understand why you can\u2019t sell an ascendant shard for glimmer,\u201d while another user admitted, \u201cI\u2019ve had to put the max glimmer mod on my Ghost just to get by.\u201d Currently, Destiny 2 players can earn up to 500,000 Glimmer before they reach a hard cap. This cap was doubled back in February 2024 from an initial 250,000, which could be easily reached in a world where most players had thousands of Legendary Shards to burn through. However, it is now much more difficult to reach the Glimmer cap, as even the most efficient methods require hours of grinding. In contrast, spending Glimmer is extremely easy, with it costing 20,000 Glimmer for a single Iron Banner weapon, and 25,000 for one Nightfall weapon. Other significant Glimmer sinks include crafting, weapon leveling, and purchasing Raid Banners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 devs \u201clooking at\u201d Glimmer drop rates after community outcry BungieEconomy changes in The Final Shape have left some Destiny 2 players short on Glimmer and Bungie has now confirmed they are actively reviewing Glimmer drop rates in response to this. While The Final Shape added a lot of new content including a variety […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}