Bungie has introduced Destiny 2 will quickly let gamers change their character’s look, a long-requested characteristic that has by no means been accessible in both Destiny or Destiny 2 earlier than.
To date, Destiny characters have been locked in as soon as created, leaving gamers who’ve invested closely of their Guardians caught with their digital faces and physique varieties.
Altering your Guardian’s look arrives in Destiny 2 as a part of an replace scheduled for earlier than the discharge of The Remaining Form enlargement on June 4, 2024. When the characteristic goes dwell, will probably be accessible totally free and with none digital foreign money value or restriction. However it’s price noting that you simply received’t be capable of change from one origin to a different (for instance, change your character from Human to Awoken).
Right here’s how Bungie defined the change in a blog post:
“Let’s see if this sounds acquainted: you created a really edgy Awoken while you have been a teen. Perhaps you selected some regrettable markings in your Human’s face, otherwise you didn’t coordinate the colours of your Exo’s mouth and eyes. Or maybe your character’s physique sort now not represents who you might be.
“Irrespective of the explanation, you can change your Guardian’s look when character customization goes dwell in an replace earlier than the discharge of The Remaining Form. To take action, you will solely must launch Destiny 2 and you will discover a brand new possibility while you hover over a personality on the character choice display screen.
“You will be capable of modify the looks of your Guardians anytime, with out value or restrict to the variety of adjustments. Simply think about that when you can change the physique sort, face, hair/head, and markings, it received’t be doable to vary from one origin to a different (i.e., Human, Exo, or Awoken).
“In a March replace, we’ll be resetting the Synthweave bounty cap to present everybody much more alternatives to customise their look when this characteristic goes dwell. We hope with the ability to customise your characters freely will enable you to refine — or redefine — your loved one Guardians for years to come back.”
It’s a change welcomed by the Destiny 2 group, but it surely’s not the one one coming quickly. In the identical weblog publish, Bungie stated it’s doubling the Glimmer cap for Destiny 2 gamers, permitting them to hold 500,000 as a substitute of 250,000.
“Make it a double,” Bungie stated. “Half one million glowing little blue items of programmable matter.
“We heard you loud and clear, and we’re rising the quantity of Glimmer you possibly can carry to 500,000 when Replace 7.3.4 drops on January 30.
“Glimmer will nonetheless drop from the same old sources, and will probably be spent the identical method, like crafting weapons, focusing engrams, Masterworking weapons and armor, and many others. Your Glimmer pockets will simply have an elevated capability. It received’t even weigh extra when it is full.”
Bungie and Destiny are enduring a troubling interval, with builders saying the ambiance internally is “soul-crushing” amid layoffs, cuts, and a worry of a complete Sony takeover.
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