Destiny Blueprints Details - Gjallarhorn will remain a year 1 exotic

[Aranea Highwind]

On the weekly update Bungie confirmed, Gjallarhorn won't progress when TTK comes out. Pretty weird considering the exotic rocket launcher will be nerfed this September.

 

Why are the numbers on the Guardians different?

• We’ve altered the way Light and Level are calculated to enable a more streamlined evolution of your characters
• Leveling up your Guardian is now a product of earning experience in the game
• Increasing your Light is now a product of acquiring and equipping more powerful gear

 

How will you calculate the new numbers you’ll assign to my Guardians in Year Two?

• We’ll determine your level based on the gear in your inventory and your Vault
• Don’t dismantle your best stuff before you begin your Year Two adventure

 

What about weapons and my armor? The Attack and Defense ratings are different, too!

• We’ve  changed the values of Year One items to provide a unified experience that flows seamlessly into Year Two
• Aside from the weapon tuning in Update 2.0, your Year One weapons will perform in Year One activities as you would expect

 

How do those Exotic Blueprints work?

• When players discover an Exotic, they will also have discovered the Blueprint for it

 

What do you mean by a Blueprint?

• It’s a schematic required to craft previously discovered weapons and armor
• Once you have collected a Blueprint for an Exotic, you can “purchase” it anew using the required forms of currency

 

Blueprints enable us to acquire a copy of the same item?

• Blueprints provide you with a new item that must be upgraded
• The Blueprint stations are not an extension of your Vault – your space there has been doubled for easy access to your favorite upgraded items

 

Where are my Blueprints stored? 

• Blueprints are stored in two collection stations near the Vanguards in the Hall of Guardians
• One for Exotic Weapon Blueprints
• One for Exotic Armor Blueprints

 

How do I unlock new Blueprints?

• They are archived automatically when you discover a new Exotic

 

Can I share them between my Guardians?

• Yes: Blueprints for discovered Exotics can be accessed by any character on your account

 

Which Exotics will be available in Year Two?

• In addition to a bunch of brand new Exotics for you to discover in Year Two, we’re redesigning and redeploying select Exotics from Year One
• For example: No Backup Plans has been redesigned
  • We significantly extended the duration of the old perk “Improved Disintegrate”
  • Now, Shotgun kills will also trigger Force Barrier when its off of cooldown
  • And yes, when triggered via Shotgun, Force Barrier also gets the benefit of the selected perk (Shotgun kills can trigger War Machine)

 

Did you redesign Gjallarhorn?

• Gjallarhorn will remain a Year One Exotic at Year One levels

 

How can I acquire the Year Two Exotics that have evolved from Blueprints I discovered in Year One?

• Select weapons and armor pieces that have been redesigned for Year Two can be purchased for Legendary Marks, assuming you discovered the original Year One Blueprints

 

What are Legendary Marks?

• Legendary Marks will replace Vanguard Marks and Crucible Marks as a new form of unifying currency in the Tower

 

How can I earn Legendary Marks?

• By completing Daily Story Chapters, Weekly Heroic Strikes, and Daily PVP Activities
• By dismantling Year Two Legendary items – assuming you don’t have the maximum value of 200 Legendary Marks associated with your player account

 

Is there a weekly cap on Legendary Marks?

• There is no cap to how many Legendary Marks a player can earn in a week
• The maximum number of Legendary Marks any player account can hold is capped at 200

 

Can I also share Legendary Marks between my Guardians?

• Legendary Marks are account-bound like Glimmer and shared across all of your characters

 

What will happen to my old Vanguard and Crucible Marks from Year One?

• When The Taken King is released, blocks of fifty Vanguard and Crucible Marks will be converted into one reputation consumable

 

Now that my nameplate displays my Light and Level, where can I strut my Grimoire score?

• It will be displayed under your Level when your Guardian is inspected

 

Are you raising the Glimmer Cap?

• The Glimmer cap remains as it has been in Year One
• You’ll have plenty to spend it on in Year Two

 

Can we have more Vault space?

• How about if we double it?

 

 

 

https://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=13414

Edited August 20, 2015 by Paige

[ShadowSigmaX]

Interesting, but I suppose its for the best. Im sure there will be some other beastly gun that will replace it and we will all forget about the G-horn

[ultraomega22]

guess buying 6 g-horn's was a waste of time then

[Aranea Highwind]

Forgot to include the V.I.P rewards video. OP has been updated.

[McJacs2]

While it's great to see weapons like Thorn, The Last Word, and Gjallarhorn being affected by patch 2.0 it is NOT great to see select exotics become irrelevant and thrown by the wayside. An exotic is an exotic, it should never go away. Should new exotics be better and maybe outclass them? Of course. But that does not mean certain exotics should not be thrown by the wayside.

 

Overall I am very excited for TTK and can't wait to see the new trophies tied to it! See you on September 15, guardians.

[Daniel_Shadow170]

I told people buying the welfarehorn was a mistake and it wouldn't come to year 2 they thought i was crazy funny how things work out.

[TmF1979]

guess buying 6 g-horn's was a waste of time then

 

Buying 6 Gjallarhorns was a waste of time regardless of what happened to it. You can only have 3 characters.

[FluffyAssassin64]

Guess I shouldn't have bought 8 Gjallarhorns then (But it was funny, so who cares? haha)

 

Seriously though, disappointed in a few things:

• Grimoire score being 'hidden' in a menu: I worked VERY long and hard to earn my score, it's such a shame that it won't be so obvious any more! Obviously people can still find it, but I feel that it's an important piece of information that a lot of people care about
• Not every exotic being upgraded: Exotics should carry through regardless. I know I'll be prioritising trying out all the new weapons, but how awesome would it be for the exotics to carry through all the way? The whole point of 'exotic' is that it's an extra special item; don't take certain ones away from us pls :'(

All that said, I'm so keen for Taken King!!!

[shinytrophyy]

Honestly, all of these changes sound great.  Having new weapons to chase after is always a good thing, even if that means leaving an old favorite behind.

[IrishNexus]

RIP in spaghetti, never forgetti.

[Quikdrawjoe]

Gjallarhorn was/is still going to be OP after the nerf.  This just prevents it from reaching pre-nerf levels.

[ultraomega22]

Buying 6 Gjallarhorns was a waste of time regardless of what happened to it. You can only have 3 characters.

 

twas thinking it was gonna go into year 2 when you had to dismatle a weapon to level it up, now it's was just a waste of 50 coins

[SuffyZorugelion]

lol

[nerbygames]

Personally, there are legendaries and exotics I want to hold on for the long run and not dispose them to just year one content.

Examples include -

- Bad Juju + Obsidian Mind. 

- Dry Rot 32/Secret Handshake with Full Auto.

- Red Hand IX pre House of Wolves.

- Two to the Morgue

[Aranea Highwind]

"Not all the first-year exotics will be available at launch, though the missing ones will be released over time."

 

Also Luke Smith confirmed we wouldn't be only receiving a normal & hard mode raid.

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/3ilsic/the_new_edge_article_for_the_taken_king_confirms/