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Destiny’s Gjallarhorn: the myth, the legend

The most desirable object in Destiny remains elusive to so many players, even after 100s of hours played. Here’s why this exotic-class RPG continues to torment those that are denied.

Themba763298d ago

was so happy when i finally got mine.

kayoss3298d ago

For 8 months now, this weapon still eludes me. I have 9 Hunger of Crota, 5 Hawkmoon, 7 Ice breaker, 6 Word of Crota, 2 Fate bringer, and 0 Gjallarhorn.

I will trade anyone a hunger of crota, hawkmoon, word of crota, ice breaker, and fate bringer for one Gjallarhorn.

Themba763298d ago

don't worry eventually you will get it it took my 8 months as well to get mine and i found out that it might be class based because i had 3 titans at first. but soon as i deleted one of my titans and made a hunter the second week it popped up and then the third week i got a second one.

Neonridr3297d ago

I played from launch and I didn't get my first Gally until late January. I do have 2 now though...

Why do you keep more than 3 of anything? What is the point? Break the rest down for exotic shards or something..

Ausbo3297d ago (Edited 3297d ago )

join the club. been playing since launch day and have still yet to get this gun
400+ hours

LeoDDestroyer3297d ago

I feel really bad now b/c I have gotten it four times now and a member of my clan has gotten it over ten times.

scotthea3113297d ago

took a while for me to my first. The second arrived a lot sooner. I'm still looking for the Hawkmoon cause that thing is sexy.

Gozer3297d ago

One of the funniest things I have seen while playing Destiny has been the reaction some people have when they get their first Gjally. Lol, you would think they had just won the lottery.

Nineball21123297d ago

I've got two of them. I'd trade you one, but unfortunately, you can't do that.

kayoss3297d ago

Good question . I honestly don't know why I keep them. The strange thing is that they're all leveled up too. Maybe I have separation anxiety.

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Menkyo3297d ago (Edited 3297d ago )

It's not class based. I have two and got both on my Titan. Its simply RNG but the system weighting sucks. Once you get an exotic the system seems to be more likely to give you that exotic. I have one clan member who got two doing crota this weekend and he had a warlock and titan.

jdiggitty3297d ago

It's been strange for me. Since I got the Fang to drop on crota months ago, I don't think I've gotten anything but shards and energy from there even in normal.

Menkyo3297d ago

They seriously need to over haul their RNG algorythem.

fatalis953297d ago

My friend was so mad cause i got this on my first nightfall, he's been playing since launch lol.

jmac533297d ago

I got both of mine from the Deathsinger checkpoint in Crota's End two weeks apart.

JokerDem3297d ago

I was one of the few who bought it from Xur the one time he had it, thinking to myself "nobody would ever want their exotic slot taken by a heavy! But I'll get it anyway as my first exotic"

I was so wrong!

maybelovehate3297d ago

Nice. I didn't realize Xur existed until the week after. I did get Gjally on my very first Vault of Glass though!

xHeavYx3297d ago

Funny, that's the reason why I didn't get it from Xur. I was lucky to get it a few months ago after beating Crota on hard though.

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Destiny Made Over $160 Million In Microtransaction Revenue In Less Than 2 Years

Destiny has made over $160 million in MTX revenue, and these numbers only account the data from late 2017 to early 2019.

Sgt_Slaughter354d ago

That's extremely low for microtransactions, especially for a game that's essentially designed around it

LucasRuinedChildhood354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

This was back when the game wasn't free to play.

The figures are from November 2017 to February 2019 (1 year and 4 months).

Based on that projection, the MTX revenue for Destiny 2 likely would have been closer to ~$240m for 2 years.

Not sure if premium expansions are included in that figure either although ... I'd hope that they are though and that most of the revenue was for actual content like Forsaken.

People spend way too much money on cosmetics.

Rude-ro354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

Seasons($10 and just got bumped to $12) and dungeon keys($10 each, two a year) are through the eververse(micro transaction) store.
So for those two years, in order to play a season, you would pay through micro transactions.

Sonic1881354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

Bungie Marathon will be worse since it's designed around it as well

Kurt Russell353d ago

It makes me sad to agree... but at the same time I am looking forward to giving it a go. Destiny 2 is so far in, I find it difficult to figure out what I am meant to do first.

buffig354d ago

I think FIFA alone makes over $1bn a year from mtx

anast354d ago

FIFA promotes a worldwide sport. It should make more money than destiny.

CantThinkOfAUsername354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

Let's compare something similar. Apex Legends and its ridiculous $18/$40 skins make EA a billion each year.

z2g354d ago

For as much as ppl complain how much they hate microtransactions, they sure don’t act like it. No wonder they aren’t going anywhere.

spicelicka354d ago

By "people" you're referring to millions and millions of people. Obviously the ones complaining aren't necessarily the same as the ones spending all that money.

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Father__Merrin353d ago

There's millions that purchase MTX and there's nothing we can do about it

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Stop Trying To Make Destiny

In Episode 1 of Spot On, a new weekly news show, Gamespot talks about the dangers of chasing a trend.

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Destiny 1 Becomes Playable on PC via Emulation

Playing Destiny 1 on PC has been something fans have been requesting for years. It looks like Destiny 1 is now playable on PC via the RPCS3 emulator.

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spoonard505d ago

I've been thinking about playing through D1 again before it goes away...

CobraKai505d ago

That’s the sad reality of a game like this. I bought it, invested lots of money, and it can go away at anytime. I still think this was more fun than 2.

jeromeface504d ago

prob because 2 is a grindfest slog

spoonard501d ago

That's the bummer of 'games as a service'.