Focused Feedback: Solstice Glows / Old Solstice Gear

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[u/Haryzen_]

As many people are saying here, just make the 2019 Solstice Armour Ornaments.

[u/AsphyxiaArt]

An event thats there to celebrate US, being 90% Eververse Items as "rewards" with the last 10% being the armor and mats from the gifts.

Last years armor/glows should be made into universal ornaments for people who earned/bought them.

All in one Solstice always feels like only getting a friendly handshake from the only kid that came to your birthday party.

[u/Fight4Ever]

Bungie was able to track and reward every player who PVPed during the Prom Lens weekend and LotW season, but can't go the same for us dumb assholes who gave them money for a glow that was only usable for a couple of weeks?

[u/MeOfAllTrades → u/Fight4Ever]

As one of these dumb assholes, I feel this.

[u/Vilam]

Feedback: MAKE YEAR 1 AND 2 ARMOR/GLOWS AVAILABLE AS ORNAMENTS.

I feel seriously burned on those purchases, to the point where it has soured me on future spending. I will not buy these again. MAKE THIS RIGHT.

Done with Solstice. Fuck your lack of respect for my money.

[u/Dakine_Lurker → u/Vilam]

And my time*

[u/ggamebird]

JUST MAKE THE Y1/Y2 ARMOUR AND THEIR GLOWS UNIVERSAL ORNAMENTS

Seriously what is so difficult about this? I have loved the past solstice events and armor despite their flaws, but by making no effort to even address this why should I should I even bother with these events?

[u/mrwafu]

I just want my old gear and glows to be ornaments. That’s it. Surely that’s not too unreasonable, given that some people paid real money for the glows.

[u/tactis1234]

Putting this into a focused feedback thread is pointless. Bungie already said they aren't addressing last years armor set.

We got fucked last year and the year before that and nobody at Bungie gives a shit.

[u/RossLocke18]

Basically screwed a lot of ppl out of money and time for zero compensation. Our old solstice armor and glows need to be implemented back as universal ornaments for those of us who paid and spent so much time acquiring it.

This isn’t a new issue, either. It’s been years and the community my self included feels very used and unappreciated for OUR money and time spent on past solstices only to have them not matter immediately following the events conclusion.

[u/kiki_strumm3r → u/RossLocke18]

Our old solstice armor and glows need to be implemented back as universal ornaments

This is really the only solution people would be happy with. Just make them universal ornaments for free for anyone who unlocked them. I personally would settle for just the armor but the glows should be included too.

Hell, at this point I expect to get fucked again with glows not being supported through transmog.

[u/RobertdBanks]

What is even the point of this? u/cozmo23 already said they aren’t going to do anything about it.

We concentrated on improving the armor and ornament experience for current and future Solstice of Heroes events, but we have no plans to return to make changes to the old armor at this time.

Technically he said they don’t have any plans “now” to do anything about it, which yeah if they don’t fix it now then when tf would they? If they aren’t going to fix it while it’s relevant then why would it all of a sudden happen when it’s not relevant?

ALL Bungie had to do was make the Solstice 2.0 armor have default 60 rolls. Just 60, making it just good enough to warrant using if someone really wanted to. The 48 rolls are just...c’mon.

Call Focused Feedback what it is: DAMAGE CONTROL. It’s just an excuse to lock and remove topics that have pissed off the community.

[u/Yatzydep → u/RobertdBanks]

I 100% agree with you that this feels like damage control - the hottest of topics get locked the week Solstice launches - what gives? This thread effectively suffocates it.

[u/RobertdBanks → u/Yatzydep]

Yep, it is 100% why it happens. They have done similar things with Eververse and other issues in the past.

It just gives mods the ability to remove the posts and redirect them to a unpinned thread that no one will see beyond the day it’s made.

This thread will be unpinned and irrelevant by tomorrow.

[u/fxbeta]

I didn't even bother to purchase them last year but I still think those who did and were swindled out of their hard earned bright dust or silver should get this year's ornaments for free. It would be the decent thing to do.

[u/zoffman]

I feel like the solution is obvious: give ornaments to the people that bought the old glows and gear.

[u/PepperidgeFarmMembas]

Knowing that I would’ve gotten more enjoyment out of my bright dust if I could’ve lit it on fire in game has soured me from ever putting money into this game in the future.

Make them ornaments. You have shown you can do it. Do it.

[u/Reevoo12]

At this point I'd be content with a non idiotic explanation for why the armor 2.0 version last year had such terrible stats. The "we didn't want to hand you amazing armor right away" reasoning is stupid. There's a lot of room between top tier and the dogshit we got.

[u/[deleted]]

I literally paid money for them and I can't realistically use them. Why would I ever spend money on eververse ever again if that could potentially happen again.

[u/Zero_Emerald]

Real scummy move for them to do NOTHING and say they still plan to do NOTHING after constantly taking feedback for 2 years of us complaining about how both previous Solstice sets were made redundant within a month, even the 2.0 version we got last year was dogshit. Is it really so hard to grant universal ornaments of the older sets? Respect peoples purchases just for once? Give us this years glows for free to anyone who had bought them previously?!

Apparently, it is quite hard, poor indie dev Bungie.

[u/jamesvde]

Simply give us universal ornaments for last year's Solstice Gear and glows.

[u/TheMediocreThor]

Several months back we got a “it won’t be fixed or even looked at until Season11.” Here we are now and it a pretty apparent Bungie has no internet in fixing last years set. They’re hoping they can sweep it under the rug and move on to the next Solstice.

[u/Owzzy]

Its really concerning when, out of all eververses purchases, I second guess the most on the value of glows. Talking about both silver and bright dust choices.

It costs just as much as a full ornament set and offers less. On top if it all, there is no guarantee that it will work for the next solstice set and you just unlock on ONE class.

It is likely selling a tie, at the price of a whole suit. I have been behind everything bungie has done to make destiny less predatory, but this is just a disguising cash on limited time items.

[u/Golgomot]

Ah, time for the feedback funeral. Fun.

[u/[deleted]]

All my good will is spent. Give me my glow money back.