Strange Coins are Awesome and Will Help You Cody (Destiny)

by Kahzgul, Monday, October 03, 2016, 22:41 (3065 days ago) @ Cody Miller

When you buy from Xur with strange coins, you buy 3 of Coins, not any of the 350 LL stuff he sells (unless you really need that item).

Then you use 3oC every time you do anything, and you get a bunch of exotic engram drops. Those decrypt up to the max light level, and are your primary source of infusion fodder once you hit 365.

I suppose that is true. I would not say a bunch though. My experience has been about one every 7 coins or so.

I do think that the system of having to buy coins in the first place is bad though. Why not just have the 3 of coins drop rate be the norm? It adds nothing but tedium to the experience by having to manage and buy them. And it clearly doesn't break the game, because dedicated players always have 3 of coins anyway so they are perpetually earning exotics at the accelerated rate.

You're 100% correct here, and I think the only reason is to artificially extend the life of the game.