Bungie announced via press release today that new armor designs inspired by Mass Effect would be added to Destiny so players can more easily pretend they’re playing something other than Destiny.
Sources confirm the announcement comes at a time when the long running loot shooter has been testing even their most loyal player’s patience.
“We wanted to give our players the opportunity to feel like they were playing a game that was respectful of their time. We couldn’t think of anything from Destiny that might fulfill that desire, so naturally we looked to another sci-fi game for inspiration,” said Luke Smith, executive creative director at Bungie. “We’ve already had God of War, Witcher, and Fortnite crossovers in the game before, which did a decent enough job of distracting our players, but with the fantasy and Fortnite-themed stuff they remembered they were playing Destiny pretty quickly and turned the game off. We’re confident having armor from another sci-fi game will have a longer lasting effect.”
Destiny fans were sounding off on Reddit about the latest cosmetic additions to their favorite game.
“The worst part about Destiny is playing Destiny. So having something that makes me think I’m playing a better game seems like a good deal to me,” WizardFromTheMoon said on the Destiny subreddit. “This should tide me over until the next expansion. Adding the silver to my account now.”
Other players on Twitter expressed their own excitement for this latest addition to the long running game.
“Being able to pretend I’m Commander Shepherd while I run the same strike over and over again to try and proc the perfect roll on a gun that will go directly into my vault sounds good to me,” Cayde_6_4Eva said on Twitter. People in the comments suggested they just play the Mass Effect games instead. “And miss my dailies and weeklies? I don’t think so. If I was looking to play a game and enjoy myself I wouldn’t be playing Destiny.”
At press time a mob of players wearing N7-themed armor were crowded around Banshee-44 proclaiming “I’m Commander Shepherd and this is my favorite shop on The Tower.”
