Destiny and World of Warcraft have more than a few things in common.
Both are online games designed to keep players playing for hundreds of hours. They are both loot-filled RPGs. They are both published by parent company Activision, of which Blizzard is a part.
Now, the two are even more closely related than ever before, as Destiny's mysterious exotic gear merchant is set to appear in World of Warcraft's upcoming Legion expansion.
As revealed in an update to the expansion's closed beta (via Reddit), players can find a merchant by the name of Xur'ios in the floating city of Dalaran in Legion, where he offers items in exchange for "Curious Coins." This is, of course, a fun reference to Destiny's exotic gear merchant Xur, who arrives every weekend in the game to sell exotic gear to players in exchange for "Strange Coins."
Some items are always for sale from Xur'ios, while others rotate in and out each day, similar to Xur's wares in Destiny. Some of the items have even taken clear inspiration from Bungie's popular shooter, such as Gjallar's "Horn" and Krota's Shield. Here's a full list of items that rotate in and out of stock from Xur'ios:
– Arcadian War Turtle – Cost: 150 Curious Coins
– Boon of the Nether – Cost: 50 Curious Coins
– Krota's Shield – Cost: 50 Curious Coins
– Ingram's Puzzle – Cost: 50 Curious Coins
– Gjallar's "Horn" – Cost: 50 Curious Coins
– Mote of Light – Cost: ?
– Dreamweavers Vendor List – Cost: 100g
– Court of Farondis Vendor List – Cost: 100g
– Highmountain Tribes Vendor List – Cost: 100g
– Wardens Vendor List – Cost: 100g
– Nightfallen Vendor List – Cost: 100g
– Valarjar Vendor List – Cost: 100g
Meanwhile, the items below are always for sale from the merchant:
– Recipe: Leather Love Seat – Cost: 1 Curious Coin
– Schematic: Mecha-Bond Imprint Matrix – Cost: 1 Curious Coin
– Recipe: Flamespike – Cost: 1 Curious Coin
– Formula: Soul Fibril – Cost: 1 Curious Coin
– Technique: Straszan Mark – Cost: 1 Curious Coin
It's a fun little nod to Destiny, a game that clearly took inspiration from World of Warcraft in design. Like Blizzard's MMO, Destiny features instanced dungeons in the form of "strikes" and larger raids that have players uniting to tackle the game's most difficult foes.
Both games are receiving expansions at around the same time. World of Warcraft's Legion expansion arrives on Aug. 30, while Destiny's final expansion, Rise of Iron, releases on Sept. 20.
