Major changes are coming to the PVP mode in Destiny

First and most importantly they’ve doubled the marks and reputation across the board in Crucible which is used to buy certain weapons and armor. Now when you win you’ll receive six marks instead of three and twice the amount of experience per match. They also promised that you’ll be seeing a lot more loot in Crucible. Lars Bakken said "We've doubled that stream period so you're going to see a lot more blues dropping at the end. On top of that we've added purple. I believe there are 12 new legendaries that will drop." "Not only that, but we're allowing you to get etheric light." Etheric light is the new item that lets you upgrade all your gear to the new maximum level. Bungie confirmed that you’ll receive one from hitting level 3 in Iron Banner, one for hitting level 5 in Iron Banner, as drops from the package rewards in Trials of Osiris, and as a supplemental drop in Nightfall missions. Deej also confirmed that the weekend vendor Xur will be completely abandoning the old upgrade system and that the only way to level up weapons and armor will be by using the etheric light items.When discussing leveling your gear they also said that any progress will transfer over when ascending a piece of gear. For example if you have an exotic that is halfway leveled up you will not lose that progress, but you will have to complete leveling the armor or weapon at the new damage level.In addition to the loot drop increase, they also said that players who place first are more likely to be rewarded for their efforts, meaning when the loot drops at the end of a PVP match the first place player is more likely to get something good. “It’ll be less likely that number 1 doesn’t get anything.” Also completing the daily crucible objective will give you a reward package that will contain Passage Coins for items that will help in Trials of Osiris, glimmer, motes of light, and more.For more on Destiny keep it right here on IGN.

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