Just to make things clear to everyone, the Tiny Box of Raisins that Eris gave out last year was the only item in the entirety of Destiny to not be used in any way, shape or form. Until now, they were the ONLY COMPLETELY USELESS item. Discarding them gave nothing in return. They provided no special effect, they couldn't be used to upgrade anything, and the couldn't be traded for anything or used as currency. Every single item in this game had at least one way to use them in some fashion, the exceptions being Crumpled Masks and Rotten Candy. However, those Crumpled Masks and Rotten Candy were expired versions of items that actually had a use. And no "expiration" happened to the Tiny Box of Raisins. Didn't you think it was odd that Bungie made a COMPLETELY USELESS ITEM? Based on everything else in the game, this makes absolutely no sense for them to do. Why make a useless item? Yeah sure, other game developers have done it before, anyone else remember Dark Souls' "Pendant"? But that's just not Bungie's style with Destiny. Everything has a purpose, everything has a use. So for this box of Raisins to be specifically added into the game in a way that is super obvious just to throw people off, just makes no sense. So we the players were left with a choice, take the Raisins at face value alone like a bad joke about real-life Halloween and get rid of them; OR be patient. Patience is a virtue after all. And now it seems the most patient and by correlation "virtuous" Guardians amongst us have been given a small reward of Grimoire score for keeping them until they "ascended". But my original point still holds, even these new "Ascendant Raisins" in all their glowing glory, HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO USE as a consumable item. So we stay patient. If absolutely NOTHING happens in a way where we actually get to put our shiny new Raisins to use, then we Guardians who saved them deserve every bit of salt that the other "less patient" Guardians give us. But, if they end up having a SINGLE way to make use of them before 2016's Festival of the Lost is over, then we Raisin lovers will always stand above you salt-throwers, showing off our shiny trinkets that you (probably) won't ever be able to get. Bungie does like there to be things that some players will never possibly get, like the CoD: AW shader, or "The Old Guard" shader from Year 1, or the rewards from Year 2 Moments of Triumph. Those are rewards that will NEVER be given out again, letting the rare few who "earned" them always have something to show off to the newer generations, gear that sets us apart from everyone else forever, and that's EXACTLY what these new Ascendant Raisins are going to do.
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Raisins were traded for a shader, I was partially right. And I didn't have to waste 25 motes of light to get it. And I can have multiple Pieces of Celery because I saved my Raisins.
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How disappointed are you right now that you wrote a paragraph, you were entirely wrong, and everybody gets the shader?
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Hit the return key please!!
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Edited by Xeries Dark: 10/22/2016 1:52:31 PMTL;DR version: Tiny Box of Raisins had absolutely no use. Ascendant Raisins still can't be used either. They new ones only give 10 Grimoire when transferred to a character. No other item is completely useless. Case in point, Ascendant Raisins will have some way to be used in this year's Festival of the Lost. Otherwise, why make them "Ascendant"?
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Can i get a TL;DR please
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Get a grip ffs.
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Watch, our Ascendant Raisins will be traded for an exclusive shader. And they won't give out more Ascendant Raisins. Or if they do give more out, it will be for something more than just a shader, but I'm still going with option 1.
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[quote]Watch, our Ascendant Raisins will be traded for an exclusive shader. And they won't give out more Ascendant Raisins. Or if they do give more out, it will be for something more than just a shader, but I'm still going with option 1.[/quote] They gave more out, it's for a shader. This thread is hysterical.
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I'm still mad about the blacksmith shader, I pre-ordered cod aw on ps3, and got the shader but when I moved to ps4 with taken king, I lost that shader and can't get it back, it really and truly mad me salty as f*ck, since I am currently missing 12 shaders and will get them all by the time Destiny 2 comes out.
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Did Mexico pay for that wall of text?
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Eh, we'll start getting them from Radiant Treasures probably :)
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Well, raisins at Halloween are entirely useless, so it makes sense. I kept them, but there's no way they don't give them out to everyone, give your head a shake, nothing has ever been exclusive in destiny except emblems and shaders.
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We'll feel special until they get rid of our characters and all of our raisins and shaders.