To that end, Destiny’s developer Bungie has previewed some changes to Silver Dust that will hit alongside this year’s Festival of the Lost live event. Bungie community manager Cozmo posted the sneak peek, saying that this will be one of many changes to help the Silver Dust economy feel more rewarding for players and improve their experience:
Currently, to apply an ornament to any armor piece (such as armor gained in Trials of Osiris, Wrath of the Machine, or the Days of Iron set from the Record Book) players need an ornament AND Silver Dust. The problem is that Silver Dust is only earned in Radiant Treasure boxes, which are available once perk week. That is, unless players want to shell out real world cash to buy as many as they want.
That requirement will be taken off of armor, which should help players hold onto a little more of the rare material. Because exotic weapon ornaments come in Radiant Treasure boxes along with Silver Dust, weapons will still require consumption of Silver Dust to apply the ornament.
Another controversial issue concerned Dusty Iron Engrams that can be purchased from Lord Saladin in exchange for Silver Dust. The argument went that players could spend actual money to buy Radiant Treasure boxes from Eververse, then buy Dusty Iron Engrams, then dismantle that armor to gain Legendary Marks. It’s not a great return on investment, but the debate remained that players could technically pay money for Legendary Marks.
However, according to Cozmo, the old Iron Banner armor dismantling in Legendary Marks was not intended and will be changed in the upcoming patch:
According to Bungie, this is just the first step in what should be a bigger overhaul of Silver Dust and Eververse, which will be fully revealed in the winter update that will bring Sparrow Racing League back to the game later this year.
Destiny: Rise of Iron is available now on PS4 and Xbox One.
Source: Bungie
