Future 2’s Controversial Starter Pack Has Been Eliminated After It Failed To “Convey Pleasure” To Its Gamers

Future 2’s Season of the Wish launched this week, bringing with it new actions, rewards, and adjustments to the sport. As gamers on PC seen, a brand new premium-priced starter pack was additionally made accessible for newcomers, and this shortly courted controversy earlier than it was eliminated.

Future 2 has lengthy been criticized for having a nasty onboarding course of for brand new gamers, and as notable voices within the Future 2 group like Datto and Aztecross identified, a $15 bundle of sub-par Exotics and a handful of sources isn’t a superb look within the wake of substantial layoffs at the studio.

This bundle contained older Unique weapons like Sleeper Simulant, Ruinous Effigy, and Traveler’s Chosen, Unique autos with cheesy cosmetics, and a poor number of sources, with the unique itemizing describing this assortment as a approach to “supercharge” participant arsenals. Bungie has since Marie Kondo-ed the bundle, saying that it’s one thing “which isn’t one thing bringing pleasure” to its gamers.

“We have heard your issues and agreed that there are different elements of Future 2 that new gamers ought to need to dive into first earlier than chasing these Unique weapons, cosmetics, and improve supplies,” Bungie tweeted.

Curiously, Bungie has up to now supplied a wonderful assortment of armor and weapons that did a a lot better job at equipping new and returning gamers for the challenges that had been in retailer for them. Launched in Season of Plunder, Present of the Thunder Gods gave gamers a full set of high-stat armor, weapons with highly effective predetermined perks, a singular Unique armor piece, and the Unique weapon Thunderlord. This was a very good number of armor and weapons that synergized effectively with the themes of the season and was free for all gamers.

As compared, the brand new Starter Pack’s Unique weapons are largely outdated within the present meta of the sport, the sources are barely sufficient to fully masterwork a chunk of armor, and your complete assortment prices greater than the premium content material for a brand new season of Future 2. Elsewhere in Future 2, Season of the Want is in full swing with its new Coil activity, collectible star-cats, and a Witcher 3 bathtub emoji. That is the final–and longest season–of Future 2, as The Final Shape expansion has been delayed to June 2024.