Since Bungie changed over from the TWAB to the TWID the updates have been less than exciting. This week though, we are getting some important details about the future of some precious materials in Destiny. Everyone’s favorite inventory item, Legendary Shards, are going away based on the This Week in Destiny Recap on September 14.
Legendary Shards are “Remnants of powerful items. Used to improve gear or trade for other items.” They are obtained when you dismantle legendary and exotic items. Currently i have about 15,000 of these little purple things hanging out in my inventory. According to Bungie, they have found it hard to find the right valuation for Legendary Shards to make them feel impactful to the players and also ensuring that the content requiring them could be enjoyed by all players. They have decided to remove the currency from the game. Bungie says that it has been their goal to reduce the bloat of currencies, consumables and items across the game.
In Season 23, the season of ….. Legendary Shards will start to be a thing of the past. The shards will be removed from the cost of Monument to Lost Lights first to help new and returning players unlock weapons they may have missed more easily. Second, shards will be removed from ritual gear focusing. Starting in Season 23, non-Adept focusing will cost only ritual engrams and Glimmer. Bungie provided a new cost breakdown:
- New Ritual Weapons
- 1 Engram
- Standard Ritual Pool Weapons
- 3 Engrams
- 5000 Glimmer
- Standard Ritual Pool Armor
- 3 Engrams
- 5000 Glimmer
- Legacy Weapons
- 5 Engrams
- 15,000 Glimmer
- Legacy Armor
- 5 Engrams
- 15,000 Glimmer
- Iron Banner Weapons
- 5 Engrams
- 25,000 Glimmer
- Nightfall Weapons
- 5 Engrams
- 25,000 Glimmer
- Adept Nightfall Weapons
- 1 Engram
- 50,000 Glimmer
- 10 Nightfall Ciphers
- Trials Weapons
- 5 Engrams
- 25,000 Glimmer
- Adept Trials Weapons
- 1 Engram
- 50,000 Glimmer
- 7-Win Trials Passage
Once The Final Shape arrives, shards will be totally eradicated from the game. There will not be a currency exchange for stockpiled shards. There will be no increase in Glimmer prices to items or adding a replacement for shards for items. The only currencies when The Final Shape arrives in your currency bar in inventory will be Glimmer, Silver and Bright Dust. Bungie has also release another chart with rewards when dismantling legendary or exotic gear.
- General Gear
- Rare
- 75 Glimmer
- Rare
- Armor
- Legendary
- 1000 Glimmer
- Enhancement Core
- 25% Second Reward Drop Chance
- 10 Gunsmith Reputation
- Exotic
- 2000 Glimmer
- Enhancement Core
- 60% Second Reward Drop Chance
- 20 Gunsmith Reputation
- Legendary
- Ghosts
- Legendary
- 1000 Glimmer
- Exotic
- 1500 Glimmer
- Legendary
- Weapons
- Legendary
- 1000 Glimmer
- Enhancement Core
- 25% Second Reward Drop Chance
- 10 Gunsmith Reputation
- Exotic
- 2000 Glimmer
- Enhancement Core
- 60% Second Reward Drop Chance
- 20 Gunsmith Reputation
- Legendary
Ships and Sparrows are not listed because they plan to remove the cost to pull these items from Collections. Everyone’s favorite agent of the IX takes shards as a form of payment and they are looking for some “alternative” forms of payment for him and his junk I mean wares.
Crota’s End, Essence Drops and More
Bungie released some numbers on Crota’s end and they are some big numbers. 525,376 Guardians entered Crota’s End Raid, 248,041 cleared the Abyss, 145,207 cleared the Oversoul Throne Bridge, 78,742 defeated Ir Yut, 37,720 defeated Crota, Son of Oryx. In total there were 3,985,517 hours spent in the raid and 53,122,289 Guardian deaths during Contest and Challenge modes. Some serious numbers there!
Essence of Oversoul
Essences are needed to complete the Nechrocasm quest and its catalyst. Bungie will be making improvements to this with Update 7.2.0.4 that arrives on Tuesday. The updates will be the first full clear of Crota’s End each week will provide two guaranteed Essences of the Oversoul. Everytime you do a full clear following an additional Essence is guaranteed, so you can now farm them in the raid. They are also adding in a “chance” to get lucky and earn all the necessary Essences during a full run, similar to the Exotic drop in previous raids.
Weekly Challenge
Continuing on with the This week in Destiny recap for September 14, the master difficulty version of the raid will be arriving on September 19th along with the first weekly challenge. The challenge will rotate every week and you must complete a hidden objective each time to earn a second reward when you finish that encounter. Stay tuned to our site as we do put out the information every Tuesday on the Bungie Weekly Reset. Master difficulty will offer a different reward as well. Each week, the armor drops you get will have a particular stat focus. If you also complete the weekly challenge on Master you will get an Adept weapon with two perks on each column.
This Week In Destiny Recap September 14 PVP Updates
A new Iron Banner mode will be going live in Season 23. It is a Supremacy Based mode. In Iron Banner, you will be able to deposit Crests at tribute stations to earn points for your team. Banking a lot of Crests at once triggers a Hunt phase that activates a special tribute station and increases the value of all Crests deposited for one minute. Also, the Citadel map from the Dreaming City is making a return. They are also adding Strand related Crucible Medals in Season 23.
The Checkmate modifier will be heading to Crucible Labs for the next six weeks beginning on Tuesday. With the Checkmate modifier, you get a bump in health to up the time to kill. You initially will spawn with no special ammo and this would be acquired by generating points from kills, assists, deaths, zone captures and gathering heavy ammo. Any gathered, will stay with you through lives and rounds. You do not drop your special ammo on death.
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That is pretty much all there is to the This Week In Destiny recap for September 14. What do you think about the updates and changes Bungie has announced? Let us know in the comments below or on our Twitter account by clicking here. Stay tuned to Culture Splat for more content
