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Destiny 2's Pre-order Bonus Is An Exotic Weapon

Check out Coldheart in action.

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Exotic items are the most desirable in Destiny--players will spend countless hours attempting to hunt them down. So it's perhaps a bit cruel--but certainly effective--that Activision is now offering up a guaranteed Exotic weapon in exchange for a Destiny 2 pre-order.

As featured in the trailer above, anyone who pre-orders the upcoming Bungie shooter will get their hands on Coldheart. This is an Exotic trace rifle, which is a new type of weapon in Destiny 2. It fires a constant beam in a straight line that deals damage to foes.

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Thankfully for those who are uninterested in pre-ordering games, this won't be the only way to get the weapon. Fine print shown in the trailer notes that, while it will be available right at launch on consoles and PC, it can be "attained through gameplay" starting on December 5. It's unclear at what point you'll gain access to the weapon by pre-ordering; you presumably won't jump into the first level with one equipped.

Following an extension, the Destiny 2 beta wrapped up yesterday; it's been described as "amazingly helpful" for Bungie. The full game is slated for release on September 6 for PS4 and Xbox One, with the PC version following on October 24.

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Please tel me I don't have to grind several hours on quests to get this?

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I dig the ice ice baby XD

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Does this mean pre-ordering from anywhere??

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Money for nothing

Endless DLC

I want my Destiny.

(As with the first game, this is a hard pass for me.)

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@Richardthe3rd: I don't mind releasing DLC once or twice a year as long as the main game feels like it has enough content to warrant the price. Hopefully there will be plenty of content in Destiny 2.

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This is a cynical ploy in the hopes that those of us who cancelled our pre-orders (and by all indications and the Amazon charts it's not a small number) to re-do them. Some likely will but, I've learnt my lesson and I'll happily be watching the youtube community streaming their Destiny 2 plays. Switching off when I get bored and playing splatoon or something.

I suspect, just as when I finally quit playing Destiny 1, I will feel left out for a few weeks then be glad I'm not one of the unfortunates anymore. When I start reading about grinding and nerfs for PvP or strike burn out I'll just shrug as I do now when I hear people complaining about trying to play Iron Banner as a solo player. It's like when I quit playing COD a few years ago. I still pick up the odd COD when it's in the bargain bin and play through the single player. I'm always glad that I paid a few quid and not full price when I do though. so I'll likely do that for D2 in a year or so.

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@penhalion: Cool story bro

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@penhalion: where is the amazon chart on that. i want to compre it to vga on e

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If you're looking for an indication of how much money Destiny made, allow me to point out that Activision just licensed Ice Ice Baby to use in a 40 second video for a pre-order bonus.

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@Mogan: Actually they didn't. If you look at music use rules you can use a small clip without having to pay that much or at all depending on the length. They likely played just enough to not have to fork over any real cash.

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@penhalion: I doubt this very much...... that was quite a lengthy sample.

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"We value you as a repeat customer. Here's a punch in the junk."

"Preorder the Season 1 DLC now! Seasons 2 through 6 coming soon."

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Assuming this is included for those of us who already pre ordered?

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@animal84: It is

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At least it's not a badge or emote or something else stupid.

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@khanwashere: Hey, you completed all these long and difficult tasks and filled up the bar on this weird book thing? Have an emblem.

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@Mogan: Doesn't matter to me. Now if my direct deposit doesn't hit after two weeks of doing my job, then we have a problem.

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