Two things can be true at the same time (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Thursday, October 17, 2019, 15:33 (1871 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Yes, it is up to each and every player to be responsible for their own choices. Nobody is being forced to buy anything from the Eververse. However, that does not mean that Bungie’s current handling of the Eververse store is not built around predatory features. By making it impossible for players to know which items will be available for “free” and which items will only be available with Silver, Bungie has created a system where players may feel the urge to buy something rather than wait and get it with Bright Dust later, “just in case” it never becomes available for bright dust. Similarly, the fact that datamines have revealed that certain items that were available for silver will become available for bright dust, but only after the refund window has passed, is tough to dismiss as coincidental.

I can easily refrain from engaging with such an economy. I don’t feel “ripped off”. But I can still recognize the sneaky tactics being used in the store, and it leaves a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.

Remember the Halo 2 days where a new map pack would come out, and the only way to play the new maps was to buy them? And then 3-4 months later, those maps would become free for everyone? And that deal was communicated clearly before hand, so everyone knew the whole situation, nobody felt ripped off, and Bungie made money? What if D2 has a similar system with Eververse? New items were made available to purchase with each season, with the understanding that they would become available for bright dust at some set point in the future?