Destiny's Crucible rewards to be addressed in future update

Bungie to tinker with Exotics, more objective-based PvP modes may come.

Those of you who play a lot of Destiny will know that the Crucible's PvP arena is not the best way to earn the rewards needed to level up a character and their gear. This, however, may be about to change.

"Crucible rewards are on the low side for sure, and issue we intend to address in a future update," said Bungie PvP developer Mantis in a general Q&A on the Bungie.net Forum, before explaining why rewards are the way they are.

"The rewards are random to encourage everyone in the game to play it to completion, rather than only the ‘winners' staying."

Elsewhere Mantis suggested that we'll "maybe someday" get more objective-focused modes in the Crucible: "The real answer is that our initial collection of gametypes were designed to promote teamwork without putting undue pressure on any one player. There's no way for one player to "lose the game" instantly the way a bad flag-runner can in CTF. As Destiny evolves, we will add more complexity/variety in our gametypes as we see fit."

During the same Q&A, but in a different thread, developer Newsk said that the studio would continue to tinker with Exotic weapons.

"[Exotics] need to be unique AND useful. Unique implies different and special. Useful implies accessible and understandable to many players. Some exotics do this well and some leave players wanting a little bit more."

"I will never forget an interaction I had with a co-worker during the first exotic patch. He was lamenting Thorn, he didn't like the slow reload or the shallow 6 round magazine. This was addressed in the patch. We have it 9 rounds and a faster reload. The day after the patch went live, he sadly told me he thought Thorn had lost its character. Even though it got better and we had addressed his pain point, his fantasy of what made Thorn unique was reduced.

"We'll continue to try and find the right balance for all the exotic guns. We know they're special. We consider them important items in the Destiny world and they will always be looked at for future patches," Newsk concluded.