Marathon developer Bungie has committed to revising its approach to in-game currency, claiming it will boost the amount of Lux you get for £8 ($10) of real money from 1100 to 1120 “in the near future”.
As IGN points out, up until now, players would have to pay for a £8 ($10) and a £4 ($5) Lux bundle to unlock a 1120 Lux Runner skin, as the £8 1100 bundle didn’t provide quite enough in-game currency on its own.
“Thank you for joining us for the first few days here on Tau Ceti! Thanks to your reports and feedback, we’ve been able to get some fixes out the door – and we’re preparing a patch for next week,” Bungie said in a tweet over the weekend.
“In the near future, we’re making an adjustment to the amount of Lux you get for the $10 (or regional equivalent) Lux bundle to grant 1120 Lux (1000 + 120), up from 1100 Lux (1000 + 100).”
If you’ve already spent your hard-earned money and this comes a little late for you, Bungie’s also committed to “crediting 20 Lux to players for each $10 Lux bundle they purchased before this change occurred”.
That’s not all, though. The studio said it’s “seen” the “rest of your feedback” about Marathon’s microtransactions, claiming “we want to ensure that when you spend in Marathon you feel like you are getting great value and [we’re] discussing ways to improve this experience”. There’s no timescale given as to when we may see that change, though.
Here’s a “preview” of what’s coming in next week’s patch:
Next week, we’ll be issuing our first update for Marathon! We’ll have full patch notes when it arrives, but here are a few previews before the weekend:
- Increased the distance objective nav points appear from 10m to 20m.
- Increased the number of Med Cabinets and Munitions Crates that can spawn on Perimeter.
- Increased the amount of starting ammo in MIDA, CyberAcme, and Arachne free Sponsored Kits.
Here’s a quick recap in case you missed some of our messages:
- Deluxe Edition items are now available to all players that purchased this version of the game. This fix went out early yesterday, so you should be all good to go! If you were impacted by this during the first few hours of launch, you will be gifted 150 Lux for your troubles – this will happen by Saturday, March 7 at 9AM PT.
- We saw some initial reports of Lux purchases taking a while to be credited to your account, but this one is all taken care of as well. If you are still having delays between when you purchase and when your account is credited, let us know!
- If you missed your Server Slam rewards or happened to delete the message, we re-sent them all in full! Be sure to check your mailbox and claim them once you’ve cleared room in your Vault.
- Speaking of Server Slam rewards, the Twitch Drops that were up for grabs are also continuing to roll out. These can take a bit but will be delivered to your in-game Mailbox.
- We have seen reports of Weasel error codes and are continuing to investigate! We believe we have been able to mitigate some of these but want to ensure we’re being as thorough as possible. If you’re encountering this, please let us know on the Marathon Official Discord. Please make sure you tell us your Bungie Name, where you are playing from, and how often you see Weasel errors.
After what has felt like years of waiting, Marathon finally released this week across Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC.
“There may just be some of Bungie’s best work buried beneath the surface in Marathon,” we wrote in Eurogamer’s Marathon preview. “And I can’t wait to dig it out.”
