Destiny: The Player Trading System Still on Bungie's Radar
Will Bungie ever introduce a player trading system for items in Destiny? It's a question that Bungie is continually asked, including during yesterday's special livestream for upcoming expansion House of Wolves. Destiny creative director Christopher Barrett responded by saying that, although it's not a feature he'd personally like to see in Destiny, it's not been ruled out for sometime down the road.
Barrett said people have been asking about a Destiny trading system "since the beginning of time."
"It's something we're...there's downsides to it and there's upsides," he explained. Destiny community member Gothalion said a item trading system could diminish the appeal of Destiny's endgame if players could freely swap items between one another.
Barrett said he agreed. But while he wouldn't personally like to see player trading in Destiny, he says the team internally at Bungie is divided on the subject, noting that the studio's "investment designers" continue to explore the possibility.
"The investment designers, there's a lot of conversations I'm sure that happen about that," Barrett said. "We're always considering features like that. Personally, I'd prefer not to have player trading. But you'll get different opinions across the entire team."
Destiny publisher Activision does have a history with player trading systems, as the company's genre-defining MMO World of Warcraft has had such a system for years now.
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We learned a lot more about Destiny's new House of Wolves expansion yesterday, and you can see a roundup of the key points here. The expansion itself arrives May 19 for all platforms.