Bungie has introduced Future 2 will quickly let gamers change their character’s look, a long-requested characteristic that has by no means been out there in both Future or Future 2 earlier than.
To this point, Future characters have been locked in as soon as created, leaving gamers who’ve invested closely of their Guardians caught with their digital faces and physique sorts.
Altering your Guardian’s look arrives in Future 2 as a part of an replace scheduled for earlier than the discharge of The Ultimate Form enlargement on June 4, 2024. When the characteristic goes dwell, it is going to be out there free of charge and with none digital foreign money value or restriction. But it surely’s price noting that you just gained’t have the ability to change from one origin to a different (for instance, swap your character from Human to Awoken).
Right here’s how Bungie defined the change in a weblog publish:
“Let’s have a look at if this sounds acquainted: you created a really edgy Awoken if you have been a youngster. Perhaps you selected some regrettable markings in your Human’s face, otherwise you didn’t coordinate the colours of your Exo’s mouth and eyes. Or maybe your character’s physique sort not represents who you’re.
“Regardless of the explanation, you’ll change your Guardian’s look when character customization goes dwell in an replace earlier than the discharge of The Ultimate Form. To take action, you may solely must launch Future 2 and you may discover a brand new possibility if you hover over a personality on the character choice display screen.
“It is possible for you to to change the looks of your Guardians anytime, with out value or restrict to the variety of modifications. Simply think about that whilst you can change the physique sort, face, hair/head, and markings, it gained’t be attainable to vary from one origin to a different (i.e., Human, Exo, or Awoken).
“In a March replace, we’ll be resetting the Synthweave bounty cap to present everybody much more alternatives to customise their look when this characteristic goes dwell. We hope having the ability to customise your characters freely will provide help to refine — or redefine — the one you love Guardians for years to return.”
It’s a change welcomed by the Future 2 group, but it surely’s not the one one coming quickly. In the identical weblog publish, Bungie mentioned it’s doubling the Glimmer cap for Future 2 gamers, permitting them to hold 500,000 as an alternative of 250,000.
“Make it a double,” Bungie mentioned. “Half 1,000,000 glowing little blue items of programmable matter.
“We heard you loud and clear, and we’re rising the quantity of Glimmer you may carry to 500,000 when Replace 7.3.4 drops on January 30.
“Glimmer will nonetheless drop from the same old sources, and it is going to be spent the identical means, like crafting weapons, focusing engrams, Masterworking weapons and armor, and so forth. Your Glimmer pockets will simply have an elevated capability. It gained’t even weigh extra when it is full.”
Bungie and Future are enduring a troubling interval, with builders saying the environment internally is “soul-crushing” amid layoffs, cuts, and a worry of a complete Sony takeover.
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