{"id":58273,"date":"2023-11-29T23:13:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T23:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/29\/bungie-nukes-destiny-2-scam-starter-pack-after-fans-roast-it\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T04:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T04:07:44","slug":"bungie-nukes-destiny-2-scam-starter-pack-after-fans-roast-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/29\/bungie-nukes-destiny-2-scam-starter-pack-after-fans-roast-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Bungie Nukes Future 2 Rip-off &#8216;Starter Pack&#8217; After Followers Roast It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The toughest factor about <em>Future 2<\/em> is <span>getting any of your pals to play it<\/span>. Followers of Bungie\u2019s formidable and imaginative sci-fi shooter have lengthy hoped for a easy on-ramp that might make it simpler to get lapsed gamers and newcomers again into its universe. <em>Future 2<\/em>\u2019s new \u201cStarter Pack\u201d would possibly sound like precisely that. As a substitute, it\u2019s an expensive bundle of random gadgets that followers can\u2019t cease dunking on.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-1 czxCOT\">\n<div class=\"sc-1needdh-0 jLsF instream-native-video instream-permalink instream-native-video--mobile\">\n<div class=\"sc-1h0epat-0 crfeiW\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-4 kDKXjm video-html5-playlist\" data-playlist=\"195150,195326,195502\" data-current=\"195150\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-0 hAZDOz video-html5-loaded\">\n<div class=\"sc-1wkneyl-1 jShsAa video-html5-player\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-0 biVjcq video-html5 autoplay muted mobile\" data-video-id=\"195150\" data-monetizable=\"true\" data-position=\"sidebar\" data-video-title=\"Diablo IV - Bear Bender Build\" data-video-blog-id=\"9\" data-video-network=\"kotaku\" data-video-duration=\"526\">\n<div class=\"sc-lhhce6-2 emBeiF video-top-bar\">\n<p>Diablo IV &#8211; Bear Bender Construct<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><video disablepictureinpicture=\"\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" preload=\"none\" style=\"max-height:none\"><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195150\/195150_240p.mp4\" label=\"240p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195150\/195150_480p.mp4\" label=\"480p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195150\/195150_720p.mp4\" label=\"720p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><source data-src=\"https:\/\/vid.kinja.com\/prod\/195150\/195150_1080p.mp4\" label=\"1080p\" type=\"video\/mp4\"\/><track kind=\"captions\" label=\"English\" src=\"https:\/\/kinja.com\/api\/videoupload\/caption\/20607.vtt\" srclang=\"en\"\/><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"><span>Season of the Want went dwell right this moment<\/span> with an thrilling trailer and new missions revolving round gathering dragon eggs to win over an outdated enemy. However gamers additionally quietly seen a brand new DLC add-on on PSN, Xbox, and Steam that went dwell alongside the most recent replace. <span><a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 erKGZM js_link\" data-ga=\"[[&quot;Embedded Url&quot;,&quot;External link&quot;,&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/DestinyBulletn\/status\/1729549138369331378&quot;,{&quot;metric25&quot;:1}]]\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DestinyBulletn\/status\/1729549138369331378\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It\u2019s called the <em>Destiny 2<\/em> Starter Pack<\/a><\/span>, it prices $15, and it\u2019s one of many extra ridiculous microtransactions I\u2019ve seen. Opposite to what its title would possibly recommend, the Starter Pack doesn&#8217;t embody any expansions, missions, or story content material. It\u2019s only a random assortment of stuff meant to \u201csupercharge\u201d gamers\u2019 arsenals. Right here\u2019s what\u2019s included:<\/p>\n<ul data-type=\"List\" data-style=\"Bullet\" class=\"sc-1lmbno3-0 iPScqk\">\n<li>Traveler\u2019s Chosen<\/li>\n<li>Ruinous Effigy<\/li>\n<li>Sleeper Simulant <\/li>\n<li>Unique Ship<\/li>\n<li>Unique Sparrow<\/li>\n<li>Unique Ghost Shell <\/li>\n<li>125,000 Glimmer<\/li>\n<li>50 Enhancement Cores<\/li>\n<li>5 Enhancement Prisms<\/li>\n<li>1 Ascendant Shard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 fuSEnv align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"a43dc5b5375d549c323a2e61b9b1688b\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/a43dc5b5375d549c323a2e61b9b1688b\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A Starter Pack displays over-priced items. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1920px\" data-alt=\"A Starter Pack displays over-priced items. \" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.3%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf lazy-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/a43dc5b5375d549c323a2e61b9b1688b.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_1315\/a43dc5b5375d549c323a2e61b9b1688b.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Starter Pack displays over-priced items. \" data-chomp-id=\"a43dc5b5375d549c323a2e61b9b1688b\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"A Starter Pack displays over-priced items. \" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/a43dc5b5375d549c323a2e61b9b1688b.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 fPOdhF no-caption\">Picture<!-- -->: <!-- -->Bungie<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"a43dc5b5375d549c323a2e61b9b1688b\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/a43dc5b5375d549c323a2e61b9b1688b\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1920\" data-height=\"1080\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A Starter Pack displays over-priced items. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">These first three gadgets are all outdated Unique weapons which were within the recreation since 2019 or earlier than. They&#8217;re principally advantageous however solely synergize with particular builds and might all be acquired from the Tower kiosk with out an excessive amount of fuss. The ship, sparrow, and ghost shell are purely beauty and fully depending on private style. For my part no less than, those within the Starter Pack are removed from a number of the recreation\u2019s higher designs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The supplies, in the meantime, are fairly stingy. Glimmer is <em>Future 2<\/em>\u2019s principal in-game foreign money, earned by doing something and all the pieces. Cores, prisms, and Ascendant Shards (what gamers lovingly name \u201cgolf balls\u201d) are for focusing engrams, rerolling gear, and crafting new gadgets, none of which is especially useful for brand spanking new gamers, nor very significant within the portions provided. It\u2019s not even sufficient to <span>absolutely masterwork<\/span> a brand new piece of armor. It\u2019s a weird array of accouterments to purchase for greater than the price of a whole season of the sport.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1729624180159647746&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1729624180159647746\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1729677551600120164&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1729677551600120164\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"twitter-embed\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=twitter-1729547334139208108&amp;autosize=1\" autoresize=\"true\" id=\"twitter-1729547334139208108\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">\u201cI\u2019d say that is pay to win, however actually it\u2019s only a waste of cash,\u201d wrote one participant <span>on the <em>Future<\/em> subreddit<\/span>. \u201cPay to lose.\u201d One other wrote, \u201cThat is pathetic. 3 mid exotics, a couple of crap cosmetics and a few supplies isn&#8217;t price that a lot. An actual starter pack could be weapons and outdated DLCs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">There are three broad obstacles to gamers getting again into <em>Future 2<\/em>. The primary is that many of the story is now not within the recreation as a consequence of content material vaulting. The second is that<em> Future 2<\/em>\u2019s \u201cNew Mild\u201d marketing campaign stays fairly barebones and presents no actual route with end-game actions. And the third is that regardless of ostensibly being free-to-play, all the expansions are paid and unlocking entry to all the pieces remains to be fairly costly. <em>Shadowkeep<\/em>, the underwhelming 2019 growth, remains to be usually $25. The Starter Pack simply provides to the noise, complicated gamers with deceptive descriptions like \u201cFly between locations in your new Unique ship.\u201d Narrator voice: Unique ships are simply customized loading display screen animations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\">The Starter Pack additionally comes within the context of layoffs at Bungie amid the delay of <span>2024\u2019s <em>The Ultimate Form <\/em>growth<\/span> and <span>reported income shortfalls<\/span>. At a time when the studio is seemingly determined for cash, the $15 bundle simply underlines the gulf between gamers and whoever is main<em> Future 2<\/em>\u2019s monetization technique. It\u2019s one factor to exploit whales, however as <em>Future 2<\/em> gamers are declaring, the brand new Starter Pack appears squarely geared toward making the most of new gamers who received\u2019t know any higher. Within the phrases of one in every of them, \u201cThat is some cell recreation shit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"><strong>Replace 11\/29\/2023 6:09 p.m. ET: <\/strong>Bungie seems to have eliminated Future 2&#8217;s controvertial Starter Pack from storefornts, together with Valve\u2019s storefront. \u201cDiscover: <em>Future 2<\/em>: Starter Pack is now not obtainable on the Steam retailer,\u201d reads an replace on the Steam itemizing. PlayStation Retailer listings, in the meantime, return error pages.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 fuSEnv align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"fb32b5a14ad96fad1f802057c041b269\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/fb32b5a14ad96fad1f802057c041b269\" data-format=\"png\" data-width=\"1503\" data-height=\"845\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A screenshot shows Destiny 2's Starter Pack getting removed from Steam. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 fDJNBs has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1503px\" data-alt=\"A screenshot shows Destiny 2's Starter Pack getting removed from Steam. \" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"fair-use\" data-hide=\"false\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 knmQPh js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.2%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 hGpdBg\"><picture class=\"sc-epkw7d-0 diKDHf lazy-picture\"><source media=\"(max-width: 37.31em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/fb32b5a14ad96fad1f802057c041b269.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 37.37em)\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_1315\/fb32b5a14ad96fad1f802057c041b269.jpg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A screenshot shows Destiny 2's Starter Pack getting removed from Steam. \" data-chomp-id=\"fb32b5a14ad96fad1f802057c041b269\" data-format=\"png\" data-alt=\"A screenshot shows Destiny 2's Starter Pack getting removed from Steam. \" data-anim-src=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_60,w_645\/fb32b5a14ad96fad1f802057c041b269.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 fPOdhF no-caption\">Screenshot<!-- -->: <!-- -->Valve \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"fb32b5a14ad96fad1f802057c041b269\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/fb32b5a14ad96fad1f802057c041b269\" data-format=\"png\" data-width=\"1503\" data-height=\"845\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-alt=\"A screenshot shows Destiny 2's Starter Pack getting removed from Steam. \" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 fnnahv\"> Along with roasting the microtransaction on social media and Reddit, some gamers had additionally tried to review-bomb the bundle and alter the Steam tags for it to issues like \u201cpsychological horror.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/destiny-2-starter-pack-microtransactions-expansions-1851055993\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The toughest factor about Future 2 is getting any of your pals to play it. Followers of Bungie\u2019s formidable and imaginative sci-fi shooter have lengthy hoped for a easy on-ramp that might make it simpler to get lapsed gamers and newcomers again into its universe. Future 2\u2019s new \u201cStarter Pack\u201d would possibly sound like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[5338,201,426,16032,2532,16033,1513,2118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58274,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58273\/revisions\/58274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamergog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}