Bungie is stuffing stockings with Strange Coins and Motes of Light, making good on its promise to gift the goods as New Year's presents for Destiny players. While Bungie hasn't released an update on its blog to confirm the arrival of the gifts, Jan. 7 was the date it set to deliver them.
The gifts can be claimed by visiting the Postmaster. Those who haven't seen the gift will likely need to clear out their backlogs first to make room for the parcels to come through.
"Think of it as a gift card you can use in the Tower, where the stores are always open and there is a never a line," said Bungie in December. "Buy something nice from Xûr with those Coins, but don't spend all your Motes to upgrade one item."
Along with the Strange Coins and Motes of Light, Bungie is also offering special Emblems to players who will log in to Destiny between Jan. 7 and 10. Bungie will deliver the Emblems on Jan. 12.
"As a new year dawns, stop by to collect a token of our thanks for sharing the adventure as it continues," Bungie stated.
Check your email. Check your Postmaster. pic.twitter.com/nNUegtTDNY
— Bungie (@Bungie) January 7, 2016
For those who have yet to open up Bungie's gift of Strange Coins and Motes of Lights, the 10 presents you'll notice won't be a glitch. There are three Strange Coins or three Motes of Lights wrapped in each of the presents.
Some over on Reddit took the packaging and delivery of the gifts as a bit of trolling on Bungie's part - a wasteful use of digital wrapping paper and gift boxes.
"3 motes or 3 coins in each one lol. Well played Bungie, well played. This joke was worth.......One quarter portion," stated redditor StacyJaxx.
Year Two
The timing of Bungie's gift giving, well past Christmas Day and New Year's Day, essentially seeks to remind players of the good times. With all of those new games chewed on a bit after the holidays, the currencies and Emblems are there to call players back for more time with the sci-fi shooter.
More than a year into its life, Destiny's community is still divided by PlayStation exclusivity and compromised by gameplay issues. Some of those issues include weapons balance, armor leveling and the introduction of microtransactions.
Despite the issues undermining Destiny's community, Bungie has done way more good than bad with the game and adapted its content delivery strategy to keep players engaged in Year Two of its life cycle.
Up until the expansion The Taken King, released in September 2015, Bungie had been delivering add-ons packed with new content to keep players happy and challenged. It has since switched to an event-based model of rolling out new content to keep the game feeling fresh.
The Taken King kicked off Year Two, but the Sparrow Racing League began what will likely be Year Two's primary model.
The Sparrow Racing League, which ran for three weeks, pitted six players against one another in "free-for-all" death races through hostile territory.
"This limited time event is a great way to join the party and earn yourself some powerful gear that will be waiting for you when you need it," Bungie stated.
On Jan. 21, Bungie will return to its schedule of delivering weekly blog updates about Destiny. Don't expect any big news to come from that though, as the blog post will focus on what's coming up in the February update.
