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Bungie Clarifies Bugged 'Three Of Coins' Item, Promises Fix Next Year
Bungie says it will address an issue with the newly-implemented "Three of Coins" item in Destiny with a patch coming early next year.
As part of its major patch released a week after the launch of the Curse of Osiris expansion, Three Of Coins increased a player's chances of earning exotic gear. Players weren't sure how much higher their chances were, however, because of a vague item description.
In a forum post, Bungie has clarified what the item does. It increases the chances a player will earn an Exotic engram after completing any PvP or PvE activity by 50 percent. However, because the chances of gaining an exotic are very low, a 50 percent increases still doesn't make it incredibly likely.
Additionally, Bungie has revealed that the new Heroic Strikes don't work with the item, and Exotic drop rates remain the same even after the item is used. Bungie says it is working on a fix it hopes to implement in "early 2018." Finally, Bungie promises to offer more details about what other issues it hopes to address "in the near future."
Our Take
I get that there are likely a lot of things getting in the way of fixing the issue right now, but it seems to me that "item players trade hard-earned currency for not working for a major new activity" would be something that should get fixed sooner rather than next year, no?
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