Destiny 2 players despise \u201cicky\u201d Festival of the Lost MTX BungieThe Destiny 2 community has become deeply upset by the state of the looter shooter\u2019s microtransactions with Festival of the Lost 2023 once again bringing back Event Cards. Beginning in Solstice 2022, Bungie expanded seasonal events by introducing Event Cards. For the cost of 1,000 Silver \u2013 roughly $10 USD \u2013 players could earn upgraded rewards during the event. These premium rewards range from sparrows to ghost shells and even Legendary Shaders. It\u2019s been an unpopular feature since it was introduced but now the playerbase has had enough. Frustrated by Destiny 2\u2019s increasingly aggressive monetization, Guardians have now spoken out against Bungie pushing them to make a change. Festival of the Lost Event Card slammed by Destiny 2 community An upset Destiny 2 player posted a lengthy critique of Destiny 2\u2019s use of paid Event Cards on Reddit, specifically in regard to its return in Festival of the Lost. The post opens: \u201cEvent Pass Is Just Disappointing And One Of The Worst Monetization Options I Have Ever Seen\u2026 The Event Pass in Destiny 2 has always been something that has made feel incredibly icky about the game. The game is good but the monetization is just\u2026 wrong at so many points.\u201d \u201c10 bucks to spend the tokens you earn from doing challenges. Don\u2019t buy the 10 dollar pass? Tough luck, no spending those tokens. Challenges themselves award you with a few cosmetic rewards but not enough to actually be worthwhile,\u201d OP continued tearing apart this controversial form of MTX. After comparing event cards unfavorably to what competitors like Halo Infinite and Warframe offer, the post concludes: \u201cTLDR: The event pass is scummy and not worthwhile in any way imo and I do hope they hope they change it up but probably never will as they probably make a lot of money out of it.\u201d The post resonated with several Guardians: \u201cYep \u2013 I used to buy event cosmetics occasionally when there was one I really liked (Witch Broom sparrow, Shackled Ghost). Direct purchase, no grind necessary, and not bundled with other shit I don\u2019t want. Paying for the event pass bundle and then having to grind on top of that, ain\u2019t happening.\u201d \u201cIs anyone actually buying these? Ships and sparrows are a dime a dozen and a shader isn\u2019t worth the price of the dark below,\u201d another player responded questioning the value Event Cards offer. Although the overwhelming majority of posts were against Event Cards, some Guardians opted to defend Bungie. These posts focused on the cosmetic-only aspect of the Event Pass and encouraged those critical to simply not buy it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 players despise \u201cicky\u201d Festival of the Lost MTX BungieThe Destiny 2 community has become deeply upset by the state of the looter shooter\u2019s microtransactions with Festival of the Lost 2023 once again bringing back Event Cards. Beginning in Solstice 2022, Bungie expanded seasonal events by introducing Event Cards. For the cost of 1,000 […]<\/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-40299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40299","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=40299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}