In a much-anticipated blog post today, Destiny 2 game director Christopher Barrett talked abut what's coming to the sci-fi shooter in the time ahead. Things kick off on January 30 with an update that will expand the Masterwork system to include armor for the first time.This armor offers better damage reduction when you're using your Super ability. Additionally, you can re-roll your Masterwork armor stat type, and it can be upgraded as well using Cores and Shards tied to Masterworks. The January 30 update also changes how Raid rewards work with the aim of making them "more unique and interesting.""They will now feature mods with Raid-specific perks, and we are adjusting the rewards to ensure a Raid item drops from each major encounter," Barrett explained in a blog post. "The Raid vendor will also directly sell Leviathan and Eater of Worlds armor and weapons for purchase with Raid tokens and Legendary Shards."What's more, there will be new perks that can drop from the final encounters in … [Read more...] about Destiny 2 Adding Masterwork Armor, Mod Rework, And More In Future Updates
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Bungie outlines how it plans to fix Destiny 2 in 2018
Destiny 2 left 2017 on quite the cliffhanger. Players were abandoning the game in droves, and those sticking around were overflowing with salt about the anaemic endgame and obnoxious use of microtransactions at the expense of actual content. Would Bungie be able to satisfactorily address the complaints and start turning things around? Or is it doomed to become one of those sequels that somehow managed to break what was good about the first game? Today we finally got some detail regarding how the studio hopes to solve various issues, which were best summed up last year by game director Luke Smith when he admitted: “Destiny 2 is a game that doesn't have enough excuses, or reasons, to play for those hobbyist players.” The guy tasked with leading the recovery effort is Christopher Barrett, who heads the live team at Bungie. This afternoon he published a whopping Destiny 2 development update blog outlining the changes coming over the following weeks and months. There’s … [Read more...] about Bungie outlines how it plans to fix Destiny 2 in 2018
Destiny 2: private Crucible matches, ranked PvP, better Raid rewards and masterwork armour highlight nine month road map
Destiny 2 has a solid line up of content, events and updates ahead of it – many of which address pressing community concerns. Destiny 2 game director Christopher Barrett took the helm of the Bungie Weekly Update to issue a whopping outline of what Bungie has planned for the loot shooter – along with yet another promise to be more communicative in future. After a bit of a painful silence over the holidays, the developer now feels confident enough in its own plans to at least sketch in the details of two upcoming Destiny 2 updates – one on January 30 and one in February – and outline what’s planned for a series of updates scheduled for northern spring 2018 and northern autumn 2018. The updates will introduce many features the community has been asking for such as ranked PvP and private Crucible matches, and come in addition to the second Destiny 2 expansion and scheduled seasonal content. Speaking of Seasonal content and events, Crimson Days beings February … [Read more...] about Destiny 2: private Crucible matches, ranked PvP, better Raid rewards and masterwork armour highlight nine month road map
Bungie Readies Some Subtle, But Necessary Changes To Destiny 2
In a recent blog post, Bungie laid out some sudden and big changes coming to Destiny 2. In addition to a reworked loot drop system, updates to the Crucible, and an expanded scope to recently added Masterwork items, the developers also included mentions of several changes that affect the quality of life for the game, which many fans have been clamoring to see for quite some time.During the last few months, many fans online have been outspoken about several design decisions and practices that have been occurred in-game. In addition to expressing outrage over Bungie altering experience gains for players without notice, the more dedicated players found that the Eververse--the in-game microtransaction store--featured many items that were otherwise difficult to find on your own. While players were rewarded with Bright Engrams--special Engrams that yield items from the Eververse--these rewards are few and far between, and rarely yield the more high-end items.Game director Christopher Barrett … [Read more...] about Bungie Readies Some Subtle, But Necessary Changes To Destiny 2
Destiny 2 will celebrate Valentine’s with the return of Crimson Days
For some, romance is flowers and chocolates; for others, it's securing that perfect Destiny 2 hand cannon with a favorite clan member. If you're planning to spend Valentine's Day running raids with your fellow Guardians, we've got good news: the Crimson Days event is coming back. "The rumors are True. Crimson Days is coming back," said Bungie community manager Cozmo23 in a Reddit post. "It won't be the same as last time (2016). We will talk about how it is changing in the blog update on Thursday." If you missed Crimson Days in vanilla Destiny, it was a special event that added a new PvP mode, along with new ghosts, sparrows, and weapon ornaments that you could win by grinding or just splashing some cash on special engrams. The new version will - according to data posted on the same Reddit thread - include a return of the Crimson Doubles mode, weapon ornaments, sparrows, ghost, and gift boxes. Bungie will need to tread carefully with anything to do with paid engrams, even if … [Read more...] about Destiny 2 will celebrate Valentine’s with the return of Crimson Days