First of all, I am not trying to be a reactionary -blam!- here. I just tried to get a good view on the Bright Dust economy and what the new changes are actually doing compared to previous iterations. It's a long post, based on a lot of input from Redditors (see link), so I'll start with the summary: Arrival era: 51200 Bright Dust a season Before Final Shape: 31000 Bright Dust a season Final Shape: 36000 Bright Dust on average in 12 weeks Now: 22000 Bright Dust a season Renegades: 26400 Bright Dust a season Conclusions: The new system will be better than the current one, but it's still a step back for dedicated BD farmers. I am pretty sure it's better for 'normal' players that login a few times a week. It's definitely not good for folks who login a few days at the end of the season to crunch the seasonal events and grab that big pile of BD. Removing the seasonal event bounties caused a big drop in BD income. I know Arrivals era gains are never coming back, but getting somewhere between 31K and 36K seems reasonable. [b] Suggestion: Please put BD bounties back to Eva, it'd balance out things without breaking the Bungie Bank and promote playing the game.[/b] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calculations (only proceed if you're really interested): I’ll make a few assumptions and/or shortcuts * I calculated everything on a 12 week ‘season’ basis. * I ignore the weekly 700 BD bonus from Eververse, it is a band-aid, not a system. * I ignore the BD from the reward pass, assuming that will be approximately the same over the years. * I ignore small fry like repeatable 5 BD bounties, 10+ Pathfinders, etc. * Weekly challenges give 6000 + 4000 (pile) for a 12-13 week season * I assume that you do everything to get BD * I assume you are a regular (daily/weekly) player * I used a very conservative estimate of the seasonal event BD gain Arrival era: 51200 Bright Dust * 3600 BD * 12 = 43200 from weekly bounties (thanks Mundt!). * 8000 BD for seasonal event Before Final Shape: 31000 Bright Dust * 10000 BD from weekly seasonal challenges * 1080 * 12 = about 13000 BD from Ritual challenges. * 8000 BD for seasonal event Final Shape: 36000 Bright Dust * 10000 BD from weekly seasonal challenges (averaged towards 12 weeks, because of the 3 episodes) * 1500 * 12 = 18000 BD from Pathfinders * 8000 BD for seasonal event Now: 22000 Bright Dust (excluding the 700 a week as a band-aid in A&I) * 10000 BD from weekly seasonal challenges * 1000 * 12 = 12000 from Seasonal Hub (assuming you do most dailies) Renegades: 26400 Bright Dust * No BD from weekly seasonal challenges * 950 * 12 = 11400 from Seasonal Hub (assuming you do most dailies) * 1000 * 12 = 12000 from regular and legendary orders * 3000 from exotic orders (half the earnings for 6 months)