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Were bringing Tess back.

Weve already said that theres more to discover in The Taken King and there is but beyond the content available in the launch window of The Taken King, our goal is to continue creating experiences that will keep the game fresh, fun, and surprising. Today, we wanted to share with you a new element were incorporating into Year Two of Destiny.

This coming Tuesday, October 13th, Tess Everis will return to The Tower with a new look, a new storefront, and some new items to sell, courtesy of Eververse Trading Company. Initially, Tess will offer eighteen brand new emotes. Like the trio of emotes offered via The Taken King Collectors Edition, these emotes are completely optional, and wont impact the action game in any way.

To acquire these items, youll first need to pick up some Silver, a new in-game currency that will be available for purchase through the store associated with your console. Images and descriptions for each available emote, along with pricing information for Silver will be made available Tuesday, October 13th, alongside the launch of the in-game storefront right here on Bungie.net as soon as the content is live.

If youre not interested in what Tess has to offer, you wont ever be forced to pluck an item off of her shelf. Youll still receive updates to the game, and you wont lose a Crucible encounter or fail to clear a Raid because you didnt have the right Eververse Trading Company emote equipped.

Our plan is to use these new items to bolster the service provided by our live team for another full year, as they grow and create more robust and engaging events that well announce later this year. It has been, and continues to be, our goal to deliver updates to the game. Going forward, our live team is also looking to grow beyond vital updates and improvements to focus on world events, experiences, and feature requests.

If youre still skeptical, you can log in next week and take a look for yourself. Well be dropping some free Silver into your account so you can purchase an emote or two and become legend through the power of dance.

As always, well be watching and listening to your feedback, and well talk more soon.

See you in The Tower.

tl;dr Starting this upcoming Tuesday, Destiny will have micro-transactions. I'm all for new emotes, and being able to purchase a couple new ones seems like a cool idea to me (as long as they're reasonably priced). Hopefully that's all it is though, cosmetic items that don't affect the game. I'd really hate to see Destiny become P2W.