Destiny Veteran here with 3000+ hours in Destiny (so feel like I can give an experienced player point of view and yeah I'm a nerd XD). I'm saying these things because I LOVE playing the game and want it to be better.
Bungie please fix the Eververse please. It has become so consumer unfriendly in Shadowkeep. Bright Dust gains are so abysmal (Even to hardcore players who play daily), the lack of season/Event engrams makes it increasingly harder to attain all the Eververse items in a given season (not to mention pretty much half of the new items you can't even get without paying) and the Eververse Items itself cost to much. I Also put some suggestions on Solutions at the bottom as well.
First of all the Bright Dust Economy. 200 per weekly bounty and 10 bright dust per bounty is NOTHING. At least DOUBLE the amount you earn per bounty. I play Destiny on a daily basis and even I'm struggling to buy stuff from Eververse, I can't imagine what it's like for those who don't have that luxury. Also Nostalgic Engrams are basically useless for those who've been playing this game, and worse, you can't dismantle the items for bright dust. I'd say if you're going to keep doing these "recycled" Eververse engrams, when you have everything in it, you should be GUARANTEED to get bright dust from it.
Warmind to Season of the drifter were so much more CONSUMER FRIENDLY as we can grind out all the cosmetics in a season and get double engrams in events to get even more items! Now what do we get? we wait weekly for bright dust items in which most players can't barely afford and the rest of the eververse items are locked behind a paywall. Overall we get much less Eververse stuff which is a bummer.
Next the Eververse Silver costs for items are too expensive. Some people argue that due to Destiny being free to play, it's a fair system as the cosmetic costs ($15 for Halloween set) are akin to other free to play games like fortnite but this is only partially true. [b]We still PAY FOR EXPANSIONS/SEASONS[/b]. So no it's not like other free to play games. The Costs of these items need to come down in price. If you want to make things expensive for those who are free to play (even tho it's still shady) go ahead but don't punish the players who actively spend money on expansions/seasons and support the game.
Here are some solutions I think that would be more fair (especially for paying players). Hopefully Bungie can take some of these into consideration.
1. Increase Bright Dust Gains in weekly/renewable bounties.
2. Bring back seasonal engrams/event engrams.
3. Reduce the cost of silver on Eververse Items.
4. Allow Bright Dust to drop in nostalgic engrams all the time once you've got everything or bring back bright dust gains from dismantling items you get from them.
Again, I'm saying these things because I like this game and want it to be better. I don't mind Eververse or micro transactions being in the game as long as it's FAIR.
And also if you say "they are just cosmetics,they don't have an impact gameplay" please stop. A big part of RPGs and loot games is the ability to look sexy. Honestly if you think that cosmetics don't matter go back to Anthem.
EDIT: For those who've said that they stockpiled Bright Dust, That's good for you but most people unfortunately do not have that Luxury, Not everyone played 3 years Straight. [b]In fact, you are indirectly proving my point that Bright Dust gains was better before Shadowkeep as you have so much right now due to the OLD SYSTEM[/b]. Just imaging starting to play Destiny at Shadowkeep. Yeah... its going to be rough. I'll ask you guys this: [b]Do you prefer this system right now or the system from Warmind to Season of drifter? Do you really prefer getting less cosmetics and bright dust? Do you prefer only waiting week after week for new eververse items? Do you prefer around 50% of the items to be silver exclusive?[/b] I'm going to safely predict that most people would prefer the old system but hey... might be wrong.
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Season Pass Owners should get a discount on Eververse and I was done with Festival of the Lost in 3 days, barley anything to go for once you get the gun