Crap. I got a legendary engram just before I left for work this morning and didn't have time to bring it in. I know there was only maybe a 1 in 1,000 chance of it actually becoming a legendary item, but still...

-Disciple

Wait, did they also change things so that engrams never read higher than expected?

If not, it might still have a legendary.

Based on what I've read, his purple engram will now be blue but it will still have the same chance as before the patch of becoming a legendary item.

But more to your question, engrams will now always decode to the corresponding color or higher.

- CC

From the patch notes:

• Legendary (purple) engrams will always produce a Legendary quality item or higher
  • Note: Legendary engrams that exist in your inventory will change to Rare quality items when the patch is applied. However, decoding these engrams will still produce the same results as before

This is different from the original Patch Preview that Bungie posted:

• Legendary Engram items that exist in your inventory will be demoted to Rare quality when the patch goes live, so decode them while you can. But let’s be honest--even if you don’t, we all know they were blues already...

Can't tell if they are still trying to make a joke in the latest update, or if that is really what is happening.
Why are things so poorly communicated in this game! (jk)

Wait, did they also change things so that engrams never read higher than expected?

If not, it might still have a legendary.

No. There's still a chance, I just assumed I would have better odds of getting a legendary item from a legendary engram than I would with a rare engram. I missed the line in the patch notes about them still decoding into whatever they would have if I had taken them in before the patch, though. I guess I've got nothing to complain about now.

-Disciple

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Life lesson learned. Don't trust the Cryptarch.

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