Bungie has introduced Future 2 will quickly let gamers change their character’s look, a long-requested function that has by no means been obtainable in both Future or Future 2 earlier than.
To date, 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 Last Form growth on June 4, 2024. When the function goes reside, will probably be obtainable without cost and with none digital foreign money price or restriction. But it surely’s price noting that you simply 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 while you have been a teen. 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 now not represents who you’re.
“Irrespective of the explanation, you can change your Guardian’s look when character customization goes reside in an replace earlier than the discharge of The Last Form. To take action, you may solely must launch Future 2 and you will discover a brand new choice while you hover over a personality on the character choice display.
“It is possible for you to to switch the looks of your Guardians anytime, with out price or restrict to the variety of adjustments. Simply consider that when you can change the physique sort, face, hair/head, and markings, it gained’t be attainable to alter 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 function goes reside. We hope having the ability to customise your characters freely will provide help to refine — or redefine — the one that you love Guardians for years to return.”
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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 one million glowing little blue items of programmable matter.
“We heard you loud and clear, and we’re growing the quantity of Glimmer you possibly can carry to 500,000 when Replace 7.3.4 drops on January 30.
“Glimmer will nonetheless drop from the same old sources, and will probably be spent the identical manner, like crafting weapons, focusing engrams, Masterworking weapons and armor, and so on. 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 concern of a complete Sony takeover.
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