A few weeks ago, Bungie announced that Destiny’s Vault space would be increasing. The developer has now revealed just how big of an increase it will be.
Currently, Destiny players can store 20 armor pieces, 20 weapon, and 20 general items, such as materials, shaders, emblems, ships, etc. Once 1.1.2 hits, players will be able to store 24 armor pieces, 36 weapons, and 24 general items.
According to Bungie, very few people have actually filled their vaults. “Very few people have completely full Vaults, but a lot of endgame players are bumping up against the limits,” said John Hopson, User Research lead at Bungie. “For example, 21% of players who are level 30+ have 4 or fewer free spaces in their weapon Vaults right now. The armor and general sections are slightly less full for most people, but not by much.
“Even at lower levels, there’s a small but measurable fraction of players under level 20 who have full Vaults. You could charitably think of them as “collectors” or uncharitably label them as “packrats,” but some people just flat out like holding onto their stuff. Personally, I’m still waiting for the Pocket Infinity bounty so I can use up the 10 rare fusion rifles I have saved. It has to drop sooner or later.”
There is one downside to increased Vault space though. Due to the hardware limitations of Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, Bungie has been forced to disable item comparison in the Vault to allow for the increased space. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are unaffected by this.
“In the case of the Vault expansion, it became clear that we would be pushing very limited memory constraints on older generation hardware,” explained UI Engineering Lead Brad Fish. ”We had a choice: leave the Vault as-is, or find some kind of compromise to enable it safely. We weighed the options, with player feedback in mind, and decided to move forward with the expansion by disabling the item comparison feature within the Vault on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Item comparison will continue to function within the Vault on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and in all other contexts on all platforms.”
Update 1.1.2 is set to go live before the release of Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion in May.
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