AimJunkies owner Phoenix Digital Group then argued that Bungie broke Destiny 2’s Limited Software License Agreement and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s anti-circumvention provisions by hacking into May’s laptop between 2019 and 2021.

Per the report:

“May has failed to sufficiently allege that Bungie accessed his personal computer and files without authorisation,” the ruling said. “To support his allegation that Bungie accessed his personal computer, May relies on a document that Bungie purportedly produced during discovery in this matter.

“May, however, does not explain what this document is or how it evidences instances in which Bungie allegedly accessed his computer without authorisation and downloaded his personal information.”

“Importantly, neither May nor Phoenix Digital allege that Bungie accessed any copyrighted work. Further, Phoenix Digital has not pleaded any facts to support that its ‘loader software’ was protected by a technological measure.”

While the dismissal is certainly a blow to AimJunkies, they could still re-file the countersuit with some amendments.

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The new season will kick off on February 9th and run through May 11th, featuring three new strikes, a new three-player Battleground activity, Guardian Games, and a slew of new loot to get your hands on.

The season also sees the return of two strikes from the original Destiny – Devil’s Lair and Fallen SABER. It also includes a new armor set as well as the Ticuu’s Divination Exotic bow, which sounds like a beast.

Bungie says that the Season of the Chosen’s Battlegrounds activity is a “three-player matchmade activity where [Guardians] will engage in ritual combat against Caiatl’s chosen warriors.”

Whether or not Bungie listens to their community and fixes the rampant issues with cheating in PvP and the controversial Stasis class ability, remains to be seen, but given their history it seems that the issues that have made the game’s most devout players angry will go unaddressed.

Check out the trailer below:

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Here are the official quest steps (h/t Gamespot):

Slaying Dragons Step 1 – Shaped By Iron

• Defeat 30 Guardians
• Capture 30 zones
• Defeat 5 Guardians with Void abilities

Slaying Dragons Step 2 – No Games, No Sympathy

• Complete 6 Iron Banner matches
• Capture 20 zones
• Defeat 25 Guardians with an energy weapon

Slaying Dragons Step 3 – Paying Respects

• Defeat 100 Guardians
• Capture 30 zones
• Defeat 20 Guardians with a scout rifle

Slaying Dragons Step 4 – A Tower Rebuilt

• Defeat 15 Guardians with your Super
• Capture 40 zones
• Defeat 15 Guardians with a hand cannon

Slaying Dragons Step 5 – Raising The Banner

• Capture 50 zones
• Complete 15 Iron Banner matches
• Defeat 10 Guardians with precision damage

Slaying Dragons Step 6 – From The Mountaintop

Simply return to Lord Saladin at the Tower to complete the quest.

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Bungie and Amazon continue to offer guardians, and subscribers, free loot and now are offering what is being described by Bungie as “a certain Exotic weapon used for booping”. Perfect for the next set of gaming live streams.

Tractor Cannon (Bungie)

Rejoice!

In order to get your hands on the new rewards, you’ll need to wait until July 22nd. However, Bungie is likely to announce even more rewards between now and then, so make sure you get a Twitch Prime subscription so you’re able to cash in when the time comes.

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Here are the full patch notes:

• Activities
  • Fixed an issue where the final boss encounter of Scourge of the Past would not end properly.
  • Fixed animation error on Awoken Corsairs so that they no longer pretend to hold invisible rifles.
  • Fixed a rare bug in Scourge of the Past where players would not receive a Phase Radiance buff when meleeing a terminal.
  • Fixed an error on Brakion’s weapon so that he can once again shoot at Guardians.
  • Players will now spawn insides the arena with the downed ship rather than reusing the previous phase’s spawn points that placed them behind the spawned encounter barrier.
• Crucible
  • Fixed an issue where Heavy Ammo was not spawning appropriately on Convergence
• Items & Economy
  • Players under 600 Power may now receive higher-powered rewards when completing Director Challenges.
  • Fixed an issue where weapon frames would be removed from inventory in error when completing alternate forges.
  • Fixed an issue where players were not rewarded properly when completing a forge activity that was joined in progress.
  • Players may now access forge bounties before completing a forge activity.
  • Fixing an issue where players were not properly granted the Scourge of the Past Emblem or Triumph for completing the activity within the first 24 hours.
  • Fixed an issue where submachine guns awarded by research weapon frames were not dropping with the appropriate perks.
  • Completing and claiming the Dreaming City Triumph “Ascendant Paragon” will always properly grant the Secret Victories Emblem and its Transcendent variant. Players who already claimed this record will have the variant automatically unlocked on reaching orbit.
  • Removed Season 4 shader Crucible Solemnity as a requirement for the “Forged in Fire” Collections Badge.
  • Fixed an issue where players weren’t properly being granted Harbinger’s Echo if they destroyed eggs across multiple characters. For affected players, the Sparrow will appear in inventory and be unlocked in Collections upon reaching orbit.
  • Removed Annual Pass requirement for claiming the “Curator of the Black Armory” Triumph.
• Misc
  • Fixed an issue where the “Envoy While it Lasts” bounty did not display properly for players using Spanish, Russian, or French languages.
  • Fixed an issue where Season of the Forge shaders were not dismantling quickly.
• Sandbox
  • Pressing reload while charging a fusion rifle will initiate a reload. Previously, pressing reload while charging a fusion rifle did nothing.
  • Fixed an issue where SUROS Machine Guns (Avalanche) had more recoil than intended.

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Bungie has revealed some details regarding update 2.1.3 which arrives on Tuesday, December 18th, and it is highlighted by an upgrade to rewards to players below that 600 Power level, making it easier for them to hit that mark.

Here are the additional patch notes for the update:

• Players under 600 Power will begin to receive higher-powered rewards when completing Director Challenges
• Fixing an issue where players did not receive the Harbinger’s Echo Sparrow when destroying all Ahamkara Eggs in the Dreaming City
• Fixing an issue where players who joined an in-progress forge activity would not receive rewards
• Fixing an issue where weapon frames would be removed from inventory when completing a different forge
• We have a fix planned in 2.1.3 to address issues affecting damage from 1000 Voices on PC
• Fixing an issue where Season 5 shaders dismantled slowly
• Fixing an issue where players who did not earn the Crucible Solemnity shader could not complete the Crucible Badge
• Fixing an issue where players could not retrieve clan XP rewards from Hawthorne under certain circumstances
• Once update 2.1.3 has been deployed, players should expect to receive Veterans of the Hunt Bundle package later in the day.

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The store will be offering a number of items, including emotes, in waves, so keeping tabs on the store will be important if you’re keen on getting back some Year 1 emotes. Costs for these emotes are 200 silver for a rare emote, 500 silver for a legendary emote, and 1,000 silver for an exotic emote.

The first collection of items is currently available until Tuesday, November 13th.

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Sandbox

Combatants

Activities

Items and Economy

PC

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The update includes a number of bug fixes and tweaks, and you can get the full run down below:

Destiny 2 Update 2.0.4

Sandbox

Abilities

• Titan
  • • Now Throwing Hammers can be picked only if your own Throwing Hammer ability is not fully charged
    • Fixed an issue in which Burning Maul’s slam attack was unintentionally triggering melee-based perks
    • Banner Shield can no longer be over-penetrated by weapons with perks such as Armor-Piercing Rounds
    • Resupply can now also benefit allies behind obstacles
• Hunter
  • • Fixed an issue in which Kill Clip would not trigger if players reloaded their weapon using Marksman’s Dodge while having the Dragon’s Shadow Exotic chest armor equipped
• Warlock
  • • Fixed an issue where Healing Rift and Well of Radiance could prevent weapon perks such as White Nail and Magnificent Howl from working properly
      • • Note: This introduced a bug where White Nail may occasionally activate after 2 hits. This will be addressed in a future update.
    • Fixed an issue where Handheld Supernova could deal damage to allies
    • Fixed an issue where Handheld Supernova kills would sometime appear as “Killed by the Architects” in the obituary and where the ability was inconsistent in triggering the Dark Matter perk
    • Players will no longer perform the Atomic Breach melee ability when using the heavy attack of the Escalation Protocol Sword
    • Fixed an issue in which using the Phoenix Protocol Exotic chest with Well of Radiance could result in weapons not rendering
    • Casting Chaos Reach with your back up against a wall will no longer block the beam
    • Fixed an issue in which Chaos Reach was dealing less damage at lower framerates; as a result, players may now notice an increase in total damage output

Armor

• Lucky Pants will no longer reload Hand Cannons that are not stowed
• Fixed an issue where ammo scavenger perks would give certain weapons less ammo than intended
• Prodigal Grasps and Dragonfly Regalia Grasps will no longer block the player’s view when they are using a Bow

Weapons

• Increased Scout Rifle damage against combatants
• Repositioned the scope on the Fighting Lion’s Lupus Visage ornament for better visibility while players are aiming down sights
• Decreased Fighting Lion damage to be brought in line with other breach-load Grenade Launchers
• Reduced aim assist on Sleeper Simulant
• Buffed aim assist on Linear Fusion Rifles (not including Sleeper Simulant)
• Fixed an issue where Dynamic Sway Reduction and Zen Moment perks would not function properly when combined with Lunafaction Boots or Rally Barricade
• Fixed an issue where the Taken Spec mod description was displayed twice in weapon tooltips
• Fixed an issue where the Between Breaths ornament for Whisper of the Worm would not display properly
• The charge bar on compound Bows now fills in two stages to directly reflect the two stages of the drawing animation
• Fixed an issue where visual effects on some weapons were sometimes still visible next to a character using Super abilities
• Fixed an issue where being shot by an allied Guardian’s Telesto could result in a crash
• Fixed an issue where One Thousand Voices would sometimes speak at the volume of One Hundred Thousand Voices
• Fixed an issue where Bows were not equipped properly when characters were sprinting
• Fixed an issue where the Badlander Shotgun was missing reload audio
• Updated the ATC Rex Häkke scope to align with other weapon scopes
• Fixed an issue where parts of Borealis did not display the correct element
• Fixed excessive perk activation audio for Redrix’s Broadsword when players activated the Desperado perk
• Fixed excessive perk audio for Trinity Ghoul’s Lightning Rod perk when the weapon is stowed
• Updated the draw animation on Trinity Ghoul
• Updated the description of Ionic Return on Borealis to more accurately reflect its bonus damage behavior

Gambit

General

• Fixed an issue where Gambit clan engrams were not functioning properly
• Fixed an issue where shield walls would not spawn at the beginning of a match
• Fixed an issue where matchmaking for Gambit would sometimes take longer than intended, sometimes resulting in players being removed from the match
  • • Gambit Quitter Penalties have been reenabled
• Fixed an issue where the invasion portal would sometimes not open throughout the match

Crucible

Iron Banner

• Fixed an issue where Iron Engram displayed a higher Power level than intended
• Fixed an issue where Iron Banner token rewards from matches were doubled
• All Iron Banner bounties will now reward powerful gear
• Iron Banner bounty requirements have been reduced:
  • • Lightbearer: Super kills reduced to 20 from 25
    • Iron in the Blood: Match completions reduced to 15 from 30
    • Shine On: Orbs generated reduced to 50 from 100
    • Iron Victory: Match wins reduced to 7 from 10
    • To Be Precise: Precision kills reduced to 50 from 100
    • All in a Week’s Work: Kills reduced to 150 from 250

General

• Fixed an issue where the kill feed would no longer display under certain circumstances
• Capture Zone waypoints no longer pulse when progress state changes or when in a Power Play in Iron Banner
• Fixed an issue that prevented audio cues from playing when players are revived in Countdown

Medals

• In Breakthrough, fixed an issue where the “Quick Strike” medal could be awarded for a short time after deploying the Breaker
• Fixed an issue where the Survival medal “Lone Gun” was firing for all players when winning a round
• Corrected an issue where the new “Perimeter Control” medal in Control did not properly replace the deprecated “I Live Here Now” medal

Quests

• Updated quest step “The Candidate” in “Forging the Broadsword” to new requirements: “In the Crucible, rapidly defeat opponents in groups of two or more.”
  • • This step will now track individual players defeated in a multikill instead of counting only “Double Play” medals
    • Before, “Triple Play” rewarded +1 progress for 1 Double Play. Now, “Triple Play” will award +2 progress for “Double Play” and +1 for “Triple Play.”

Items and Economy

General

• Fixed an issue where powerful gear could sometimes drop at the same Power level as a character or below
• Raised the low end of powerful gear, which slightly increases the average Power upgrade per powerful drop
• Edge Transit has some company; added Through Fire and Flood, Zenobia D, and Crooked Fang-4fr to world Legendary pool
• Fixed an issue where Prime Engrams were going straight to the postmaster at the end of Crucible matches; they will now show alongside other end-of-match rewards
• Fixed an issue where the Cataloguer emblem was repeatedly sent to postmaster for some players
• Fixed an issue where Offering to the Oracle was not being properly consumed on use for some players
• Fixed an issue where the Last Wish Ghost and Sparrow were not dropping at the intended drop rates
• Fixed an issue where some weapons did not dismantle into the proper materials

Triumphs

• Removed “Trace Rifle Mastery” Crucible Triumph for players on all platforms
• Added Triumphs for completing Exotic badges in Collections
• “Trusted Right Hand” Triumph is now possible to complete
  • • It no longer requires more weekly bounties than are available in a week
• Triumphs to find all Ascendant chests in the Dreaming City no longer lose progress on the weekly reset if players have completed, but not yet claimed them

Collections

• Transmat effects added to Collections, under the Flair category
  • • Transmat effects gained (inventory or postmaster), used, or dismantled after September 4, 2018 will be unlocked in Collections
    • Transmat effects are unlocked when added to player inventory, NOT when gaining ships that have them pre-socketed
• Added event Ghosts to Collections
• Added Forsaken emblem variants to Collections
• Added missing emblems to Collections
• Source updated for the Grenade Launcher Through Fire and Flood: Obtained through Legendary drops and rank-up packages

Bounties

• Fixed an issue where bounties could expire in a players Post Master and cause WEASEL errors
• Fixed an issue where Korean IGR bounties did not have an Abandon option
• Added a recovery state for players who abandoned IGR bounties to acquire a weekly rotating IGR bounty for 250 Glimmer
  • • This recovery state persists until the next weekly reset
• Fixed an issue where the Eververse Bounty “Rise to the Challenge” did not have an Abandon option
  • • Players who Abandon “Rise to the Challenge” will be able to recover it from Eververse for 250 Glimmer until the weekly reset.

General

• Fixed an issue where boosted players could not receive Destiny 2 achievements for the boosted class
  • • Players will now receive the achievement when unlocking the first node of a new subclass
• Fixed an issue where players could not receive credit for the Destiny 2 achievement for completing the weekly Flashpoint
• Sturm quest will now increment when picking up Legendary and Exotic engrams
• Pinnacle wanted bounties from Spider will now complete for all members of the fireteam
• Bakken, the Relentless can now be summoned in the Divalian Mists
• Fixed an issue where the Blind Well could become locked if multiple players tried to activate it at once
• Heroic completion on the Rift Generator public event now consistently grants the appropriate rewards and properly counts toward Heroic public event completions
• Fixed an issue where some players were unable to access the Strike playlist
• Fixed an issue where enemies would not spawn during Kalli, the Corrupted raid encounter

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To find him, simply head to The Rig landing zone, turn left, and venture into the broken building. Upon entering another wide open area, turn left and drop down to the lower floor, where you will find the infamous Agent of the Nine peddling his items.

• Tractor Cannon (Exotic Shotgun) — 29 Legendary Shards
• Synthoceps (Exotic Titan gauntlets) — 23 Legendary Shards
• Gemini Jester (Exotic Hunter leg armor) — 23 Legendary Shards
• Sanguine Alchemy (Exotic Warlock chest armor) — 23 Legendary Shards

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Shipwright Amanda Holliday will decorate the tower and will also offer up daily bounties that will reward guardians with Fragmented Souls which can be used as currency to purchase Festival of the Lost masks as well as the Horror Story Legendary Auto Rifle.

Additionally, players will also earn an Ephemeral Engram as they max out their XP bar after reaching the max level and the will come in addition to the Steadfast Engram which packs double Bright Engrams for the duration of the event.

Arekkz posted the following video, which dives deeper:

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Bungie outlined what to expect when Update 2.0.4 arrives, detailing what’s on the docket in a recent blog post.

• Added the ability to hover over Lost Sectors to see their name once a player has looted them
• Players can now track up to three pursuits
• Added Through Fire and Flood, Zenobia D, and Crooked Fang-4fr to the world Legendary pool— Edge Transit will have some company
• Increasing Scout Rifle damage in PvE and against non-player enemies in Gambit
• Fixed a bug where Prime Engrams were going straight to the Postmaster at the end of Crucible matches; they will now show alongside other end-of-match rewards
• Added transmat effects to Collections, under the Flair category
• Tracking for acquired transmat effects began with the launch of Forsaken on September 4; transmat effects gained (inventory or Postmaster), used, or dismantled after that date will be unlocked in Collections
• Transmat effects are unlocked when added to player inventory, NOT when you gain ships that have them pre-socketed
• We have identified a very rare issue where the Gambit invasion portal will not reactivate once used, and we are currently developing a fix
• We are developing a fix for an issue where One Thousand Voices may cause loud screeching audio when fired while strafing or jumping

Another update, Update 2.0.5, is slated to arrive on October 30th, with the following:

• Rebalancing functionality of Distribution/Dynamo perks, requiring players to be near opponents for Super energy benefits
• Slightly increasing Sword damage in PvE to address player feedback
• Slightly increasing Fusion Rifle damage in PvE
• Increasing viability of Malfeasance in PvE and Gambit activities
• Adjusting visibility of the Titan’s Banner Shield, making it easier for players to see through the effects
• Adjusting Exotic rewards to help reduce the number of duplicate drops
• Players may still receive duplicates, but there will be better chances for Forsaken exotics when receiving Exotic rewards
• The chance for a Nightfall Unique Reward to drop will increase each time a Nightfall is completed without a unique drop
• Adding Masterwork Cores as rewards for specific Spider “Wanted” bounties and general Scrapper bounties
• Reducing the time for single-shader deletion from your inventory
• We are developing a fix for an issues where a team will defeat the Ascendant Primeval Servitor, but the opposing team receives credit for the kill

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A new trailer has been released teasing the raid that will force assembled teams to delve into the depths of the Dreaming City and “kill that creature and extract its heart.” Keep in mind that you need to be powered up to participate and while no details have emerged outlining the power level requirements, talk has floated around that the required level is 520 and the recommended is 550. You also need to have the newest campaign completed, along with Curse of Osiris and Warmind, to access the location.

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If you’re wondering Where is Xur?, we have you covered.

This week, Xur is located on Tower. Upon spawning, turn left and follow the passage. When entering, turn left and head up the stairs at the far end to find Xur.

As far as what Xur is selling this week, here is the breakdown:

• Prometheus Lens (Trace Rifle)
• Young Ahamkara’s Spine (Hunter Guantlets)
• Nezarec’s Sin (Warlock Helmet)
• Ashen Wake (Titan Gauntlets)

Xur is also offering a Fated Engram and a Nightfall Challenge Card, and there are no more Three of Coins, so they are no longer in his inventory.

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Changes by Class

Hunter

• Marksman’s Dodge is now considered a reload; it can interact with Kill Clip, Rat King, etc.
• Exotic armor:
  • • Celestial Nighthawk
      • • Will grant 33% of your Super energy back if a target is killed by the Golden Gun shot
    • Wormhusk Crown
      • • Will no longer start regeneration of health and shields
        • Instead will grant a larger health and shield bump at the beginning of dodge instead of at the end

Warlock

• Increased Healing Rift effectiveness
• Empowering Rift now increases precision damage (previously, bonus damage was capped at the weapon’s precision damage in PvP)
• Exotic armor:
  • • Skull of Dire Ahamkara
      • • Increased Super energy gained from Nova Bomb kills
        • Killing higher-ranked enemies will grant more Super energy
    • Transversive Steps
      • • Enhanced mobility
        • After you sprint for a short time, your currently equipped weapon will be automatically reloaded

Titan

• Rally Barricade no longer requires players to take cover to reload—it now feeds ammo to your magazine over time
• Exotic armor:
  • • Helm of Saint-14
      • • Now grants allies an overshield for a short duration when they’re passing through Ward of Dawn
    • Mask of the Quiet One
      • • Increasing energy gain from incoming damage
        • While critically wounded, health will be granted from kills

Grenades

• Axion Bolt
  • • Increased base damage
    • Increased the amount of time it takes for tracking strength to lessen
• Flashbang
  • • Increased base damage
    • Incendiary Grenade
    • Increased base damage
• Storm Grenade
  • • Increased base damage
• Scatter Grenade
  • • Re-tuned range and falloff ranges for the detonations for more reliable damage
• Magnetic, Fusion, and Flux Grenade
  • • Increased base damage
    • Damage is now the same whether a target has been stuck or simply walked over grenade when detonating
    • Magnetic Grenade now detonates a second time only if it’s attached to a target
    • The second detonation no longer only occurs on the grenade itself and will now be applied to each individual target hit by the initial detonation
• Skip Grenade
  • • Increased impact damage of each Skip Drone impact for a higher total potential damage
• Void Wall
  • • Increased the damage of initial Void Wall wave

Misc QOL

• Swords will have the ability to accept shaders
• Adding a timer to the status effect for Healing Rift, Empowering Rift, and Rally Barricade to communicate the time remaining before they expire
• Wanted escapees from the Prison of Elders will roam the open world
  • • They will not drop rewards until September 4, 2018
• Increasing the difficulty of Lost Sectors
  • • Example: EDZ Lost Sectors will become 240 Power

Xûr

• His will is not his own
  • • Will no longer display a vendor icon on destination maps
    • Will no longer be tied to Flashpoints
• He has a clear purpose but cannot explain it—forgive him
  • • Fated Engrams will grant only pre-Forsaken Exotics

Destiny 2 Update 2.0.0

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This week, Xur is located on Titan, in the Rig and offering the following items:

Riskrunner – Submachine Gun (29 Legendary Shards)

MK.44 Stand Asides – Titan Leggings (23 Legendary Shards)

Ophidia Spathe – Hunter Chest (23 Legendary Shards)

Eye of Another World – Warlock Helmet (23 Legendary Shards)

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During a series of blog posts on Bungie, the team discussed the inner workings of Gambit, and it’s progression/rank system:

Known by All

Robbie: With Forsaken just around the corner, Gambit will soon be unleashed into the wild. I wanted to discuss our high-level goals for the mode:

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Masterworks weapons will see levels that reach all the way to the tenth tier and it will cost 10,000 Glimmer, 27 Legendary Shards and 17 Masterwork Cores to do so. Upon reaching the final tier, players can then choose one of two perks pertaining to PVE and Crucible kill tracking, as well as the option to apply a new mod for 5,000 glimmer.

Additionally, weapons will now drop with random perks, much like in Destiny 1. Thanks to reddit user aussiehalo#1645, you can see more details below:

• Major Spec (Deals extra damage against powerful enemies)
• Minor Spec (Deals extra damage against rank-and-file enemies)
• Radar Tuner (Radar immediately returns when you stop aiming down sights)
• Targeting Adjuster (This weapon gains better target acquisition)
• Icarus Grip (Improves accuracy while airborne)
• Freehand Grip (Increased accuracy and ready speed while firing from the hip)
• Backup Mag (Increases magazine)
• Boss Spec (Increases damage against bosses and vehicles)
• Counterbalance Stock (Reduces recoil deviation for the weapon)
• Range (Increases the range of your weapon)

Here’s more info on the three Exotics shown during the Destiny Live Stream (h/t mattimoose21).

Ace of Spades [Exotic Hand Cannon]

• Exotic Perk: Memento Mori (!!)(Grants radar while aiming down sights. Bonus damage after kill reload)
• Other perk: Firefly
• Ammo: Primary

Black Talon [Exotic Sword]

• Exotic Perk – Crow’s Wings (Fire projectiles)
• Other perks: Heavy Guard, Tireless Blade
• Ammo: Heavy

Wish-Ender [Exotic Bow]

• Exotic Perk – Queen’s Wrath (Aiming down sights and fully drawn Guardians will see enemies as silhouette through walls)
• Ammo: Primary

As far as combat changes, changes are being made to supers to coincide with the global lethality pass, a change that will be applied across the board. Additionally, melee Supers are going back to a two hit mode, Shoulder Charge is going back to a one hit kill, Tether is more reliable and will trigger faster, grenades and throwing knives have been buffed, Stormtrance is more lethal, and the Hand Cannon’s three-tap is back.

Bungie announced another livestream prior to the Expansion’s release on September 4th, but so far, things look to be on the upswing for Destiny.

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The edition, which also includes the Forsaken expansion has a price tag of $59.99, and those who pre-purchase the digital version of the Legenday Collection, can potentially earn a “suite of special rewards” via Cayde’s Exotic Stash.

The Stash includes an Exotic weapon ornament for his Ace of Spaces hand cannon, Cayde’s ship, an Exotic gunslinger-themed emote, and Shaders of Cayde.

There is another option, the Complete Collection, which runs for $99.99. You can see a full comparison breakdown here.

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Below is a list of the rewards along with point cost, so guardians have a lot of work cut out for them as they strive to earn the rewards, and they will have until August 28th to participate.

Destiny 2 Moments of Triumph Rewards

• 125 Points – The Right Choice Ghost Shell
• 250 Points – Moments of Triumph T-shirt discount code (nets a real-life t-shirt)
• 300 Points – Comrades in Arms Sparrow
• 400 Points – Eternally Triumphant Emblem

Bungie has stated other rewards will be available in-game and directly tied to certain activities in the Solstice of Heroes event. The above listed items are the rewards  tied directly to points earned for Triumph completions.

Destiny 2 Moments of Triumph unlocks

• Bringer of Light – Finish the Red War Campaign – 10 points
• The Hero We Deserve – Complete any 25 Public Events on Heroic Difficulty during Solstice of Heroes – 10 points
• I Will Smash You – Defeat 100 Crucible Opponents – 15 points
• Check Out My Arsenal – Obtain 25 Exotic Weapons and Armor – 15 points
• Treasure Hunter – Collect all Region Chests – 10 points
• Adventurous – Complete 20 Unique Adventures – 20 points
• The Very Best – Reached Vanguard Rank 50 – 20 points
• Become Legend – Reach Legend in Crucible Valor Ranking – 20 points
• The Emperor – Defeat Calus in the Leviathan Raid – 20 points
• Follower of Osiris – Complete the Curse of Osiris Campaign – 10 points
• Show Me the Way – Obtain Sagira’s Exotic Ghost Shell – 20 points
• Awaken the Warmind – Complete the Warmind Campaign – 10 points
• Fleeting Memories – Collect all 45 Latent Memories – 15 points
• Hive Extermination – Complete Tier 7 in Escalation Protocol – 20 points
• Prove Your Worth – Complete Eater of Worlds and Spire of Stars Raid Lairs – 20 points
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Destiny 2: Solstice of Heroes Redux Missions

• I – Homecoming
• II – Spark
• III – Payback
• IV – 1AU
• V – Chosen

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Anyways, this week Xur can be found in the Winding cove on EDZ and is selling the following

• Crest of Alpha Lupi
• Eye of Another World
• The Huckleberry
• Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves

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Bungie has now updated its roadmap and it confirms that all players will receive a number of features that are coming in the new DLC, a week prior to the release.

Patch 2.0.0, which is also called ‘pre-loading Forsaken’, arrives on August 28th, and will bring the new weapon system that drops the current limitations and also allows players to use most weapons in any of the three slots.

Essentially, this will bring sniper rifles back as secondary weapons and wills also add more diversity to a player’s weapon configuration as they will then have the option of rolling with the same weapon type across all the slots.

September 4, patch 2.0.1 will release a week after that, officially kicking off Year 2.

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Destiny 2 offers a mission that leads guardians to a quest, a 380-Power, that rewards those who complete it with an exotic sniper rifle called the Whisper of the Worm.

The activity can only be triggered through the Taken blight public event in Lost Oasis on Io.

The trick is to kill a spawned Taken Knight, Urzok Aspect of Hate, before he escapes, via retreating to a cave. If you are successful at killing him before he flees, a portal will appear.

Once you venture through the portal it will trigger The Whisper, which has a 20-minute timer.

You’ll be rewarded with the Exotic sniper rifle Whisper of the Worm, which comes with White Nail as an intrinsic perk, if you can complete the entire mission, including defeating three bosses in a big fight.

Check out the video below for more guidance:

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The event comes on the heels of a recent update, update 1.2.3 which arrived on Tusday, and introduced new bounties, Prestige Raid Lairs, 6v6 Crucible Playlist, among other things.

This time around, Guardians will wear the now-broken ceremonial armor from the day the City was lost to the Red Legion during the Solstice of Heroes event.

Players will reforge the broken gear into “something stronger,” and “meditate on their journey through the Red War.”

Bungie has released the following information on what you can expect:

Destiny 2 – Solstice of Heroes event

New Armor to Upgrade

After you visit the Statue of Heroes, you will receive an uncommon “Scorched” armor set at Power 240. On each armor piece is a series of objectives that you will need to complete to upgrade the armor. Once you have completed the objectives, return to the Statue of Heroes to upgrade to the next set.

After you upgrade your Shattered set, you’ll receive the “Rekindled” set at Power 340 — with a new list of objectives. Once you complete those objectives, your reward is the “Resplendent” Armor Set at Power 400. One final group of objectives to complete, and you’ll unlock the Masterwork version of the armor set.

Each Resplendent Armor Set offers the previous versions as ornaments, so you can pick and choose how each piece looks.

Redux Missions

One of the ways you’ll upgrade your armor during the event is through Redux Missions. Five story missions have been selected and given slight alterations. Each mission can be accessed in the Tower by finding its statue. Here are the five missions for the event:

• I – Homecoming
• II – Spark
• III – Payback
• IV – 1AU
• V – Chosen

Moments of Triumph

Many have already begun completing Moments of Triumph, currently being tracked on Bungie.net. The final five Triumphs will become available at the beginning of the Solstice Heroes event, and can be tracked in-game. Triumphs will be tracked by in-game bounties that are obtained at the Statue of Heroes. As you complete and turn in those Bounties, you’ll unlock rewards that can be redeemed at the Statue.

Extras

There’s also the Solstice Engram available from Tess Everis. You can earn three per account by completing the event Milestone on each of your characters. No matter what activity you play in Destiny 2 during Solstice of Heroes, you’ll receive one Solstice Engram in addition to the Bright Engram you earn for leveling up.

Here’s a look at some of the rewards that will drop from the Solstice Engram:

Armor Glows also come from the Solstice Engram. These can be applied to any version of the Solstice of Heroes armor sets, to provide Guardians with an enhanced look. Armor Glows are unlocked permanently, like ornaments, and they shine brightest when your subclass element aligns with the element of the Glow.

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With Destiny 2: Forsaken on the horizon, one of the big plot points is the apparent death of Cayde-6, but, while fans debate if Cayde-6 is really dead, it must be noted that Fillion says he has not been involved with the game for the expansion at all, according to Kotaku.

“Actually, I wasn’t available for this last installment. It’s not me doing the voice for Cayde-6,” said Fillion.

Veteran actor Nolan North, who voices the Ghost, will be taking over for Fillion, leaving many to believe that Cayde-6 will return, perhaps as Cayde-7.

Destiny 2: Forsaken is out September 4 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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Now, we get an in-depth look at a new enemy faction that will be arriving along with the DLC, the Scorn, in a new video posted by Game Informer that features two of the leads, game director Steve Cotton, and design director Del Chafe, on the expansion.

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This week, Xur can be found in The Tower over at the Hangar.

As for his inventory:

• ACD/0 Feedback Fence [Exotic Titan Gauntlets]
• Crimson [Exotic Kinetic Hand Cannon]
• Fr0st-EE5 [Exotic Hunter Leg Armor]
• Starfire Protocol [Exotic Warlock Chest Armor]
• Three of Coins
• Five of Swords [Challenge Card]

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Bounties will make their return in next week’s patch, and will be slightly different this time around as Bounties will be available from many different vendors.

Additionally, bounties are going to cost a bit of Glimmer to prevent players from just blindly picking up all of them, and can drop as you explore the world and defeat enemies, and expire if left uncompleted.

As far as rewards, some completed bounties will offer Legendary or better items as a reward.

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Senior Sandbox Designer Claude Jerome walks through every new Super and many of the new subclass powers coming to Destiny 2: Forsaken this fall

Catch the video below via Game Informer.

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Along with the new DLC, there will be a host of new supers arriving and they have all been broken down below (h/t VG247).

Hunter Class

Nightstalker Subclass: Way of the Wraith

• Standard – The smoke bomb slows enemies when caught in the cloud and doles out plenty of damage.
• Perk – Landing a perfect, precision kill will make the Nightstalker turn invisible and they will gain true sight.
• Super: Spectral Blades – Turns the Nightstalker invisible and provides the player with twin void blades. They can then sneak around the battlefield unseen before striking.

Gunslinger Subclass: Way of a Thousand Cuts

• Standard – The Gunslinger’s melee move throws out a fan of burning knives.
• Perk – Killing enemies while they are burning will recharge this ability, plus, burning enemies will also recharge the Hunter’s dodge.
• Super: Blade Barrage  – Doubles down on the Hunter’s knife skills allowing them to dish out some explosive kills. Basically, Way of a Thousand Cuts its an amped-up version of the Hunter’s knife abilities.

Arcstrider Subclass: Way of the Current

• Standard – Sliding before dishing out a melee attack causes the player to perform a staff-powered, uppercut strike. Any melee attacks will also increase reload speed.
  Perk – All Arc abilities electrify enemies, and if you go on to melee them after electrified, they will become disoriented. This will also recharge the Hunter’s abilities.
• Super: Whirling Guard – Gives Hunters the ability to spin their staff to block incoming projectiles. These will be reflected back at the target, and will triple the damage doled out by the staff afterwards.  In short, use the staff to reflect damage, and then go in and smack enemies around with it.

Titan Class

Sentinel Subclass: Code of the Commander

• Standard – Melee ability causes an explosion.
• Perk – With Code of the Commander, all void melee attacks attach a void detonator. Enemies with a detonator attached will explode when damaged, and the fallout causes detonators to be attached to enemies caught in the explosion.
• Grenade – The grenade ability partially recharges grenade energy for the Titan and nearby allies when the detonators are triggered.
• Super: Banner Shield – Produces a barrier absorbing enemy attacks when holding guard. Allies can shoot through the barrier, making it a good option for boss damage rotation.

Sunbreaker Subclass: Code of the Devastator

• Standard – The melee ability allows the Titan to throw a hammer which physically remains in the world.  Retrieving it will fully charge the melee ability and trigger health regen.
• Perk – The more Solar kills made, the more damage will increase stacking up to three times.
• Super: Siege Hammer  – Creates a much larger flaming hammer than before. When hitting it on the ground, it creates earthquake-like tremors and sends out a flaming tornado.

Striker: Code of the Missile

• Standard –  While airborne, press melee to slam into the ground like a mini Fist of Havoc.
  Perk – Picking up ammo while sliding will reload the Titan’s weapon and increase damage for a short period of time.
• Super: Thundercrash – Sends the Titan hurdling great distances like a missile. Players are able to control the trajectory  before landing like a meteor.

Warlock Class

Voidwalker Subclass: Attunement of Fission

• Standard –  This new Atomic Breach melee ability creates a void explosion at range.
• Perk – Any Void ability kills will heal the player and grant ability energy.
• Grenade – While holding down the grenade button, the Warlock will create a AoE supernova explosion.
• Super:  Nova Warp  – Empowers the player with a teleportation ability that allows them to continuously teleport short distances. This can be finished up with unleashing a large burst of explosive energy.

Stormcaller: Attunement of Control

• Standard –  Tapping melee flings out long distance electricity balls which will explode. Upon detonation, lightening bolts will stream downwards.
• Perk – Arc kills have a chance to produce Ionic Tracers. This spark of raw, ionic energy will travel back to the player, and if collected, will recharge abilities.
• Super: Chaos Reach – Fires a long range bolt of arc energy. This can be deactivated to save energy if needed.

Dawnblade Subclass: Attunement of Grace

• Standard –  Melee attacks burn enemies and empower allies.
• Perk –  Abilities pertaining to healing or empowering will replenish abilities which aren’t a super.
• Grenade – Can be transformed into a Blessing by holding down the button. Doing so produces a projectile that can be used to heal allies. It also drops overshield orbs which can be retrieved.
• Super: Well of Radiance – When the Warlock slams their sword into the ground, they will create a wide radius aura. It will heal and empower all allies which stand in it.

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This week, Xur can be found in The Rig on Titan and is selling the following gear:

• The Jade Rabbit (Scout Rifle)
• Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves (Exotic Gauntlets)
• Synthoceps (Exotic Gauntlets)
• Karnstein Armlets (Exotic Gauntlets)

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Bungie is pulling out all the stops for this DLC, and it will be very much like The Taken King DLC, a full game when it is launched on September 4th, 2018.

Forsaken will have three digital editions available from the Microsoft, PlayStation, and Battle.net storefronts, according to IGN, with all three editions including access to ‘Cayde’s Exotic Stash’ as a preorder bonus.

Cayde’s stash includes:

• Ace of Spades Last Hand Exotic Ornament
• Queen of Hearts Exotic Ship
• Standoff Exotic Emote
• Shades of Cayde-6 Armor Shaders

Here is a rundown of all the options:

Destiny 2: Forsaken + Annual Pass – $69.99

• Forsaken expansion
• Cayde’s Exotic Stash
• Bonus Rewards (unnamed)
• 3 Content Releases (scheduled for Winter 2018, Spring 2019, and Summer 2019)

Destiny 2: Forsaken Digital Deluxe Edition – $79.99

• All Forsaken + Annual Pass content
• Wrath Majestic Legendary Bow Ornament
• Dirge Paladin Emblem
• Vestian Ghost Shell

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One are that Bungie has made a lot of ground up in is Crucible, steering away from it’s heavy reliance on team shooting, dramatically improving the gameplay experience and bringing players back in recent Iron Banner events.

Now, in Patch 1.2.3, Bungie is doing even more to improve Crucible, which seems to be the way to get players who have exited the game, to return.

Bungie will now bring Quickplay from 4v4 to 6v6, and thus, Control and Clash game modes will have their point threshold brought up a bit.

Supremacy will be removed from the Quickplay playlist, becoming a weekly featured playlist instead, and Rumble will also become a full-time playlist as well.

Valor and Glory, which are  the new ranked systems added in Warmind, will provide players with even more chances to earn more.

Competitive matchmaking will now match players with similar Glory rank, rather than a hidden MMR, all in an effort to create a more balanced Crucible experience in the upcoming patch, which will be available on July 17th,

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Bungie project lead Scott Taylor recently spoke to the Playstation blog about the controversial death of Cayde-6, which was shown during the 2018 E3 cinematic trailer presentation of Destiny 2: Forsaken DLC.

“There wasn’t a single lightning moment where someone unveiled a grand design about killing Cayde,” Taylor said.

”It was much more organic than that and developed from a series of ideas we were trying to explore. We wanted to tell a story with huge stakes, but have those stakes be really personal to the player. We’ve done aliens trying to destroy the universe with the consequences of failure resulting in catastrophe. What if we could get that feeling with something closer to home, and more relatable? That was appealing.”

Taylor went on the discuss the decision process as to where to go next with the game.

“We started discussing what we cared about as Guardians, and it became clear that the Vanguard had really come alive as characters for our fans,” he said. “So each of the expansions over the last year have focused on them: Ikora in Curse of Osiris, Zavala in Warmind and now Cayde in Forsaken.”

Fan reaction was incredible, and something that Bungie expected once the trailer went public.

“Reaction to this has been all over the place across the studio. Some people are mad, sad, frustrated, excited. We think that’s appropriate. It’s a big deal, and we’re taking it seriously.”

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As far as what Xur is selling, here is what he has:

• Tractor Cannon, exotic shotgun: 29 legendary shards
• Sealed Ahamkara Grasps, Hunter arms: 23 legendary shards
• Actium War Rig, Titan chest: 23 legendary shards
• The Stag, Warlock helmet: 23 legendary shards
• Fated Engram: 97 legendary shards
• Three of Coins: 31 legendary shards
• Five of Swords: free

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This week, he’s in the Tower, and he is offering the following items:

• The Huckleberry, Exotic submachine gun: 29 legendary shards
• The Dragon’s Shadow, Hunter chest: 23 legendary shards
• Peacekeepers, Titan boots: 23 legendary shards
• Transversive steps, Warlock boots: 23 legendary shards
• Fated Engram: 97 legendary shards
• Three of Coins: 31 legendary shards
• Five of Swords: free

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Update 1.2.1 went live this week and the first round of exotic changes have been applied via the new patch, with the next wave expected to arrive sometime in July, and with the weekly reset rolling out as well, guardians are in for a lot this week.

The Flashpoint this week is Titan, Tree of Probabilities is this week’s Nightfall Strike, and Rumble is on the crucible playlist, but that just touches on what’s being rolled out.

Bungie plans to discuss Faction Rallies on May 31st.

Here are the full patch notes:

Destiny 2 update 1.2.1 – patch notes

Sandbox –Exotic Armor, Weapons

Hunter

• Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves
  • While you are critically wounded, swapping to a Sidearm increases its damage (2x in PvE, 1.33x in PvP).
• The Dragon’s Shadow
  • Dodge reloads all weapons simultaneously.
  • Dodging now also grants +5 mobility for the duration of Wraithmetal Mail, in addition to its previous benefits.
  • Added a UI indicator for the Wraithmetal Mail buff.

Titan

• Lion Rampant
  • Hipfiring no longer interrupts Lift. Increased hipfire accuracy while airborne.
• Synthoceps
  • Now grants a flat melee damage bonus for 8 seconds when you are surrounded by three or more enemies (3x in PvE, 2x in PvP).
  • This buff also increases Super damage while active (+50%).

Warlock

• Lunafaction Boots
  • Now allows your Rift to continuously reload weapons while you or allies stand in it.
  • Empowering Rift grants a boost to weapon range and aim assist.
• Sunbracers
  • Solar melee kills now grant unlimited Solar grenade energy for a short duration.

Weapons

• Legendary
  • Shining Sphere
    • Replaced Pulse Monitor perk with Quickdraw.

• Exotic
  • Skyburner’s Oath
    • Fixed an issue that caused this weapon’s sound effects to play too quietly while you are aiming down sights.

• • SUROS Regime
    • Fixed an issue where players could not reload while ADS.

Perks

• Trench Barrel
  • Fixed a bug that allowed this perk to activate after making melee attacks on friendly targets.

Exotic Masterworks

• MIDA Multi-Tool
  • The Masterwork catalyst can now be obtained by the most determined competitors in the Crucible.

Activities

Crucible

• Crucible Labs
  • Crucible Labs will allow Guardians to play experimental Crucible content.
    • Crucible Labs will become available at a later date.
  • The Crucible Labs playlist will be active periodically for feedback.

• General
  • Fixed an issue where players would lose Rank Points for leaving a match too soon after the match ends.
  • Fixed a memory issue that was causing PC players running at low texture quality to frequently hit BEET or KALE errors while loading into 6v6 Iron Banner.
  • Fixed the space flights of 3+ minutes players experienced while loading into 6v6 Iron Banner that were caused when they hit BEET and KALE errors.

Public Events

• Fixed an issue that prevented players from triggering the Heroic “Warsat Down” public event when Shriekers would close too quickly.

Strikes

• Removed “Exodus Crash” from Heroic Strike Matchmaking.
• Fixed an issue where players could join in-progress and become stuck behind a door in the strike “Exodus Crash.”
• Fixed an issue where Heroic strike milestones and quests was not progressing due to Vanguard Boons.
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck joining allies repeatedly in the strike “Lake of Shadows.”
• Added a score modifier display on the item detail screen for Nightfall Challenge Cards.
• Heroic strikes will now award Escalation Protocol Key Fragments.
• Heroic strikes now have a chance (~25%) to award powerful engrams of up to 360 Power.

Raid

• Fixed an issue where launching a one-use Super just as you catch the “Spire of Stars” relic would not consume Super energy.
• Changed the “Spire of Stars” relic’s time-out splash damage to allow damage to targets.
• The raid vendor will now have a unique performance after you have completed “Spire of Stars.”
• Fixed an issue where Calus’s shield had greater health than intended.
• Updated the Guided Game tooltip to correctly reflect the required Power level to launch.
• Robes of Sekris (Warlock raid chest armor) will now display hanging cloth correctly.
• The cost of “Spire of Stars” rewards from Benedict 99-40 has been increased to 50 tokens.
• Benedict 99-40’s reputation engram will no longer grant weapons.

Warmind Campaign

• Fixed an issue where some enemies were granting higher-than-intended XP from the mission “Pilgrimage.”

Eververse

Prismatic Matrix

• Fixed an issue where players would see a permanent waypoint over Tess when they had a Prismatic Facet in their character inventory.
• Fixed an issue where the Prismatic Matrix icon did not have an indicator when new items were available.
• Fixed an issue where the Prismatic Matrix icon was not highlighted when players had a Prismatic Facet in their character inventory.

Clans

Rewards

• The Clan XP Milestone now properly grants powerful rewards when it is turned in.
• A few players would receive a Clan Banner very frequently. This should be fixed, and now players can discard any Clan Banners at the Postmaster.

Emotes

General

• Resolved an issue where some players who owned the “Salute” emote were unable to equip it.
• The “Awaken the Warmind” emote no longer displays after the emote has been interrupted.
• Flavortext now appears on the emote preview.

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This week, Xur, the mysterious Agent of the Nine, can be found on Io as expected, and you can find him marked on the map near Giant’s Scar.

Here is what he is selling this week:

• Vigilance Wing – Kinetic Weapon Pulse Rifle – 29 Legendary Shards
• Foetracer – Hunter Helmet – 23 Legendary Shards
• Khepri’s Horn – Titan Helmet – 23 Legendary Shards
• Sanguine Alchemy – Warlock Chest Armor – 23 Legendary Shards

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The developer has started slightly turning the tide with their latest DLC, Warmind, and one feature that is making gamers happy is the return of the Tower to PvP in ‘Bannerfall’, which was a popular map in the original Destiny game.

The map is featured in the return of the Iron Banner, which is focusing on Control this time around.

Have at it, guardians.

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This wee, Xur is located in the Tower, just north of the Hangar standing on some steps behind the Dead Orbit vendor.

Here are the items he is offering this week:

• Suros Regime, Exotic auto rifle: 29 legendary shards
• Gemini Jester, Hunter: 23 legendary shards
• Crest of Alpha Lupi, Titan: 23 legendary shards
• Claws of Ahamkara, Warlock: 23 legendary shards
• Fated Engram: 97 legendary shards
• Three of Coins: 31 legendary shards
• Five of Swords: free

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Where is Xur? This week, you can find Xur on Nessus, in The Watcher’s Grave.

Here is what he is selling:

• Prometheus Lens – Exotic Trace rifle
• Knucklehead Radar – Exotic Hunter helmet
• Vesper of Radius – Exotic Warlock armour
• Ashen Wake – Exotic Titan gauntlets
• Fated Engram

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The items Xur is selling this week are:

• The Colony (Grenade Launcher) – 29 Legendary Shards
• Shinobu’s Vow (Hunter Gauntlets) – 23 Legendary Shards
• MK.44 Stand Asides (Warlock Legs) – 23 Legendary Shards
• The Stag (Warlock Helmet) – 23 Legendary Shards

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Destiny 2’s new concept involves players pitted against smaller raids including a single boss encounter within the same location as the larger raid.

While no details have been publicly released, it is believed that it will feature the Hive.

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This week, Xur can be found on the EDZ as a marked vendor on the map near Winding Cove and is offering the following items:

• Telesto – Power Weapon Fusion Rifle – 29 Legendary Shards
• Young Ahamkara’s Spine – Hunter Gloves – 23 Legendary Shards
• Mask of the Quiet One – Titan Helmet – 23 Legendary Shards
• Wings of Sacred Dawn – Warlock Chest Armor – 23 Legendary Shards

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Today, Bungie unveiled a lot of information regarding the next DLC, including a bunch of new exotics, including some familiar ones.

Here are the exotics:

• Apotheosis Veil (Helmet)
• Armamentarium (Chest Armor)
• Wormhusk Crown (Helmet)
• WormGod Caress (Gauntlets)
• The Oculus Xol (Helmet)
• The Huckleberry (Submachine Gun)
• Suros Regime (Auto Rifle)
• Sealed Ahamkara Grasps (Gauntlets)
• Sanguine Alchemy (Chest Armor)
• Ophidia Spathe (Chest Armor)
• Frost-EE5 (Leg Armor)
• Eternal Warrior (Helmet)
• Claws Of Ahamkara (Gauntlets)
• Ashen Wake (Gauntlets)

Now, it’s not clear how gamers will feel about having to earn back armor that they earned in Destiny 1, and ultimately had to trash due to the release of Destiny 2, but we will see how the DLC pans out.

Here are some additional details:

All-new Raid Lair: Spire of Stars

• The final Raid Lair for the Leviathan, this Raid Lair is one of the pinnacle activities in Warmind and offers players great reward.

All-new Endgame activity: Escalation Protocol

• Escalation Protocol is a player triggered event where players will fight escalating waves of enemies and slay challenging bosses right alongside their friends.

New themed weapons, armor, and gear to earn

• Destination themed armor with matching weapons, brand new and revamped exotics, and a powerful key moment relic will round out player arsenals.

Play Solo or with Friends

• Story Campaign – Delve into the story of Ana Bray, and Rasputin. Explore Hellas Basin Mars and stop the rise of the Hive army.
• Strikes – Three-player cooperative matchmade missions in Destiny 2.
• Raid Lair – A brand-new, six-player activity that takes place on the Leviathan. This Raid Lair offers new areas to explore, new encounters, new rewards, and a brand-new boss.

PlayStation 4 Exclusive Content

At launch, PlayStation users will receive access to a timed exclusive Strike called The Insight Terminus.

• Zavala needs a team of Guardians to break into a Vex tomb on Nessus that has been overrun by the Cabal. Defeat the powerful Psion commander before he can take over the Vex gateway network and reap the rewards. This will also include an earnable timed exclusive Armor set for each class. Timed exclusive content until at least Fall 2018.

Destiny 2: Warmind launches May 8 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One.

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The next DLC, Warmind presents yet another opportunity for Bungie to win back gamers, but it may be even more difficult to get some angry fans to even care after months of flubs.

Warmind will introduce a lot of new things, one of which is a new level cap of 380, and, as senior designer Daniel Auchenpaugh discusses, will be much harder to hit.

Auchenpaugh says that public events won’t be nearly as lucrative or beneficial as they have been, and that clan engrams won’t help players progress on their own as guardians venture towards 380.

Warmind will introduce a 340 soft cap.

Additionally, getting to 340 will be a lot less taxing of a grind while going from 370 to 380 will take a serious grind to accomplish.

The Warmind expansion releases on on May 8th.

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Destiny 2 combatants design lead Tomonori Kinoshita laid out some plans during Bungie’s weekly update, that will make Season 3 a much bigger deal.

Here are some highlights:

• Lower-leveled Guardians will find it more difficult squaring off against enemies at a higher level
• If enemy threshold is too wide, over 50 power, enemies will become immune to damage
• Changes coming to how shield/energy element matching works
• Matching the energy element of that shield will now deal 300 percent damage in addition to the damaging explosion a matched shield makes.
• new modifier to Prestige Nightfalls

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As always, there is a icon on the map to help you find him. But, he can be found in the Watcher’s Grave landing zone, just hanging out on a tree.

Here is the inventory Xur is selling this week:

• Riskrunner, Exotic submachine gun: 29 Legendary Shards
• Gemini Jester, Hunter legs: 23 Legendary Shards
• Doom Fang Pauldrons, Titan arms: 23 Legendary Shards
• Wings of Sacred Dawn, Warlock chest: 23 Legendary Shards
• Fated Engram: 97 Legendary Shards
• Three of Coins: 31 Legendary Shards

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Warmind “will send you to new places to meet new heroes and battle new enemies.”

Warmind arrives on May 8th and Bungie also laid out details on how Crucible content with be released moving forward:

“Season Three marks the beginning of a new plan for how we deliver Crucible content. For every player of Destiny 2, we’ll be releasing all of the new Crucible Maps being developed for Warmind into matchmaking. The same goes for the maps we released with Curse of Osiris. To keep the community in the Crucible unified, everyone will see new arenas in matchmade playlists like Quickplay, Competitive, Trials of the Nine, Iron Banner, as well as the new weekly rotators that include Rumble and Mayhem. That means more opponents for everyone. With the arrival of Private Matches, players will need to purchase each Expansion to have exclusive access to play those Crucible maps with other players in a private match. This plan goes into effect on May 8 with the beginning of Season Three.”

Here is an updated Road Map:

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Bungie has confirmed that weapon slot changes are on the able, along with public test servers, as outlined in a recent Bungie Bounty Twitch stream.

Bungie’s community manager, David “DeeJ” Dague, design lead Josh Hamrick, and senior PvP designer Kevin Yanes all took part in the stream to answer questions and discuss plans for the game’s future.

“I think that’s a reasonable request” Hamrick said when discussing a potential return to Destiny 1’s weapon slots. “Ultimately though, we want to do something better. Either way, we’re actively working on weapon slot changes right now. Like, right now.”

Hamrick said that they would be able to elaborate more on that this summer.

“We’ve heard the feedback that the community wants more involvement or at least more of a conversation” Yanes said when discussing a public test server for the game.

“We’re actually looking at ways with the stream, but even in-game, you know there’s a big desire for testing builds early so it’s something we’re thinking about and talking about and working on”.

“This is something we’ll talk about when we’re ready to actually begin it,” Dague added.

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This week, Xur can be found in the Tower as a marked vendor on the map in the hanger and he is selling the following items in exchange for Legendary Shards:

• D.A.R.C.I Exotic Sniper Rifle – 29 Legendary Shards

• The Dragon’s Shadow Exotic Chest armour – 23 Legendary Shards

• MK. 44 Stand Asides Exotic Leg armour – 23 Legendary Shards

• Nezarec’s Sin Exotic Helmet armour – 23 Legendary Shards

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Change is now here.

Update 1.1.4 is now live, and called the “Go Fast” Update and it introduced a ton of changes including adjustments to multiple weapon archetypes, with updated time to kill stats, and classes, among more. You can see a detailed spread sheet breakdown of kill speed and shot power info right here.

Take a look at Bungie’s official video on the update, which was posted to their official Facebook page:

Check out the development commentary on the Go Fast Update:

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Xur is back and this week he can be found hanging out on the EDZ.

Here is what he is selling this week:

• Sunshot (Hand Cannon)
• Orpheus Ring (Hunter Leg Armor)
• Lion Rampant (Titan Leg Armor)
• Karnstein Armlets (Warlock Gauntlets)

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Many believed the next DLC would be ‘Gods of Mars’ but new product listings on both Amazon and Gamestop showed ‘The Fallen Warmind’ with a price tag of $19.99 and a release date of May 8, 2018.

A leak in the Microsoft store shed more light on what the next DLC will entail

“Destiny 2 Expansion II: Gods of Mars sends your Guardian out to investigate a mysterious signal originating from Mars’s Northern Point, a brand new destination with all new story missions and adventures.

“Rasputin – the last of the ancient Warminds, has been alerted to a dark threat from beyond the Solar System. He has betrayed humanity and plans to construct a powerful weapon capable of detonating the Traveler itself.

“Work alongside Ana Bray, who has emerged from the shadows after being missing for years, and destroy Rasputin before his machinations are realized.”

Bungie also provided details on their upcoming 1.1.4 sandox update, which is due out March 27, and discusses how they’re buffing weapons, abilities, and respawn times to make the PvP experience much better.

Senior crucible designer Kevin Yanes wrote that players have said the PvP tends to feel too slow and complained about the “team-shotting” aspect, something I eluded to in my latest Twitch streams from this weekend.

Bungie is finally acknowledging that they fudged up Crucible and are taking strides to address some of the main issues gamers, such as myself, have with the gameplay.

Bungie are taking the tracker out of Competitive and Trials with the hopes that this will encourage players to communicate more and play for more solo flank attacks instead of sticking in groups for team-shooting.

Pulse Rifles, Scout Rifles, Hand Cannons, Sidearms, SMGs, Linear Fusion Rifles, Shotguns and Sniper Rifles are all having their damage increased in PvE and here are some other tidbits:

• Respawn and Revive were tuned in all game modes
  • Player respawn timers for all Quickplay modes have been reduced to 2s.
  • Player respawn timers for Survival have been reduced to 7s
  • Revive lockout time in Countdown has been reduced to 7s
  • Players no longer lose Revive Tokens on death
• Power Ammo respawn timers were adjusted across the board
  • Power Ammo respawn timers in Iron Banner have been reduced ~50%
  • Power Ammo respawn timers for all Quickplay modes have been reduced ~30%.
  • Power Ammo respawn timers in Survival have been reduced ~40%.
  • Power Ammo respawn timers in Countdown have been reduced ~25%
• Ammo counts have been adjusted in relation to these timers, and in relation to weapon type.
  • In almost all cases weapons either retained the same ammo count or received a buff. Swords and rockets were brought down to stay in line with the rest of the weapon offering.
• Enemy players now drop their Power Ammo on death.
  • This brick is now networked to all players regardless of faction. Secure the power ammo to keep it from your foes or steal off your enemy’s ghost, but be quick because these bricks don’t stay in the world forever.

Check out the video below:

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This week, the popular Agent of the Nine is hanging out on Nessus, and there’s even a helpful icon on the planet map to show you exactly where Xur is setting up shop this week.

Speaking of shopping, here is what Xur is offering this week:

• Coldheart, an Exotic trace rifle: 29 Legendary Shards
• The Dragon’s Shadow, a Hunter chest piece: 23 Legendary Shards
• Hallowfire Heart, a Titan chest piece: 23 Legendary Shards
• Nezarec’s Sin, a Warlock helmet: 23 Legendary Shards
• Fated Engram: 97 Legendary Shards
• Three of Coins: 31 Legendary Shards

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Bungie, in it’s quest to undo all the damage it did with the launch of Destiny 2, has announced the following changes to the Iron Banner even that should remind players of why they loved it in Destiny 1.

The Iron Banner this time around will feature the game mode Clash and players will work towards obtaining three different weapons that will be purchase-ready from Lord Saladin.

Additionally,  progress towards challenges for ornaments from the last event will carry over.

Here are some additional changes:

• Match time limit is 12 minutes
• Score limit is 125 points
• Respawn time is 7 seconds
• All control zones start off neutral
• Control zones take slightly longer to capture by default
• Additional Guardians (max of 3) in a zone increases capture speed
• Guardians participating in a capture get more Super energy

Iron Banner will make it’s return on March 6th and will run through until March 13th.

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Where is Xur? This week you can find Xur east of the Rig landing zone on Titan and here are the items that he is currently offering:

• Wardcliff Coil, Exotic rocket launcher: 29 Legendary Shards
• Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves, Hunter helmet: 23 Legendary Shards
• Crest of Alpha Lupi, Titan helmet: 23 Legendary Shards
• Eye of Another World, Warlock chest: 23 Legendary Shards
• Fated Engram: 97 Legendary Shards
• Three of Coins: 31 Legendary Shards

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Check out all the details concerning the new Destiny 2 update below via Bungie:

Nightfall Strike Scoring

• Both normal and Prestige Nightfall now have scoring
• Enemy kills and orb generation will accrue points
• Highest set scores will display on each Nightfall’s respective emblem
• Scores above a target value will enable the Nightfall Aura and a fireteam Vanguard Token bonus
• Total team score will be displayed at the end of the Nightfall in the PGCR

• The Prestige Nightfall challenge card allows players to select modifiers for the Prestige Nightfall that affect gameplay and score multipliers
  • Players can select active Elemental modifiers to boost outgoing and incoming damage
  • Players can opt into using a power handicap that will lower their character power level in the Prestige Nightfall but raise the score multiplier
  • Extinguish is always on when applying the Nightfall Challenge Card. If the full fireteam wipes in a respawning restricted area, the fireteam will be returned to orbit
• Cards cannot be modified once the activity has been launched
• These cards will drop for DLC owners in the normal or Prestige Nightfall
• The fireteam leader’s card is applied to the entire fireteam when launching the Prestige Nightfall

Emblem Variants

• Crucible Emblems
  • Victorious Veteran tracks your lifetime Crucible kills and how many of each class you’ve defeated
  • Victorious Veteran has six variants: the first three variants are class specific, the last three are unlocked after defeating 1000 of that class in PVP
  • This emblem can be purchased from Shaxx after opening 10 faction packages
• Destination Emblems
  • Lost Sector Emblems have been changed into Destination Emblems that track Lost Sectors Found, Region Chests Opened, and Ghost Scans Discovered
  • Note: Mercury only tracks Lost Sectors and Region Chests
  • Each Destination Emblem has four variants in addition to the default emblem
  • Each variant has a chance to drop from chests in the destination
  • For players who did not have the respective Lost Sector emblems, they may purchase the new destination emblems from the respective vendors after opening 10 faction packages
• Nightfall Emblems
  • New Nightfall Emblems exist for each individual Nightfall strike and track your high score in that strike
  • Each Nightfall Emblem has 3 variants in addition to the default emblem, these variants have a chance to drop when you hit a certain score tier and complete the Nightfall

Auras

• Raid Emblem “Glory To The Emperor” tracks total Leviathan clears on Prestige difficulty and unlocks the orange Prestige Raid Aura if you’ve completed a Prestige
• difficulty raid activity in the last 14 days
• Trials Emblem “You Are Worthy” tracks number of flawless tickets and unlocks the blue Trials Aura if you’ve gone flawless in the last 14 days
• Nightfall Emblems awarded from completing each Nightfall strike track your high score in the respective Nightfall and unlock an aura if your high score in that strike is higher than a global target score

General

• Opt-in Text Chat for PC is now available in Social Spaces and Public Areas
• Fireteam members now appear on Destination Map
• Damage Reduction granted by Armor Masterworks while a Super ability is active has been increased from 3% to 5% per armor piece
• Fixed an issue where Ammo Masterworks could decrease the maximum ammo capacity of a weapon
• Fixed an issue where some players would have irretrievable items within the Postmaster
• The Eater of Worlds Raid Lair will now grant Faction Tokens during Faction Rallies events
• The Seeker of Brilliance and Seeker of Opulence perks on the Contender Ghost Shell may now trigger during the Crossing encounter of the Eater of Worlds Raid Lair
• Fixed an issue in Trials of the Nine where players could receive erroneous losses if the opposing team left before match start
• Fixed an issue where players could encounter BAT errors when joining a Mercury Adventure
• Fixed an issue where players were placed facing the wrong direction after dunking an item during public events
• Fixed an issue where the Phoenix Dive Warlock Ability could be used to get out of the intended playspace
• Helm of Saint-14 no longer affects allies when guarding with the Sentinel Shield Super
• The Insurmountable Skullfort Titan Exotic now properly has three stat points
• Projectiles from the Colony Exotic Grenade Launcher properly track enemies on PC when frame rate is set higher than 30 FPS

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This week you can find Xur in the Tower, in the hangar area.

Xur is offering the following items:

• Crimson – Exotic Hand Cannon
• Graviton Forfeit – Exotic Hunter Helmet
• Helm of Saint-14 – Exotic Titan Helmet
• Vesper of Radius – Exotic Warlock Armour

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Destiny game director Christopher Barrett recently penned a post outlining Bungie’s plans for Destiny 2 in 2018 and now the studio has provided more details on what’s in store for Destiny 2 in what is an increasingly important year for the franchise.

“Everything you’ll find below will be delivered to every player of Destiny 2,” said Barrett, explaining that Destiny 2 owners will get the updates regardless of whether they’ve purchased Curse of Osiris or future expansions. He also noted that “there are larger projects in development,” which is perhaps a reference to systemic changes to systems like consumable shaders and the Eververse microtransaction store — neither of which is mentioned in the roadmap.

This is the Destiny 2 Development Roadmap, as of January 31st, 2018:

Earlier this week,  Bungie released its first major update of the year (1.1.3) which included Masterwork armor and revised elements such as raid rewards and the next big update is set for February 27th.

That update  will add strike scoring to the Nightfall strikes and Bungie is aiming to add unique rewards for Nightfall strikes in what is considered a “stretch goal” for February’s update.

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Bungie used Graviton Lance, a void pulse rifle, as an example and described the changes as a “tuning pass” that is “focused on adding and/or increasing player Power spikes.” Version 1.1.4 is expected to arrive on March 27th.

Regarding the Graviton Lance, Bungie referred to the item as “all spectacle, not enough utility” before outlining the forthcoming changes:

To target the first pain point we reduced the recoil of the burst, added some aim assist, and changed it from three rounds to two. This still plays into the fantasy of a low-damage gravity-neutralizing round forming a projectile tunnel for the last bullet. It also allows us to ensure the damage per burst is at a competitive level for PVP engagements. In fact, it gives Graviton a slight mathematical edge against other pulse rifles.

On the second feedback item, we did some tuning to the ragdoll body. We made it so that rather than violently flying backwards and likely out of range of a potential splash damage opportunity, the defeated opponent floats back and up. Then we made the explosion bigger, increased the damage, and added some void field projectiles that seek out any remaining targets.

It’s important to note that these kind of mass changes aren’t expected to for every item and the level of change will certainly vary from item to item.

There are a number of items that won’t be getting any attention in the update such as Merciless, Telesto, Wardcliff Coil, MIDA Multi-Tool, Colony, Legend of Acrius and Vigilance Wing.

“Some of the above perform well without needing changes, while others, like the Vigilance Wing Pulse Rifle, are already benefitting from the tuning changes planned for Update 1.1.4,” said Bungie. The studio noted that every other exotic “has had some degree of power or utility increase.”

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While the event, which was brought back from it’s one-time run in the first Destiny, will feature a special 2v2 Crucible playlist, players are interested in the new gear that they can earn.

Destiny’s  Valentine’s Day-themed event includes new Ghosts, Sparrows, shaders, emotes, weapon ornaments, and much more, via new Crimson Engrams which are acquired in the 2v2 crucible matches.

Although we’ve heard this all before from Bungie, the Crimson Engram is guaranteed to decrypt into an item you don’t already own until you’ve unlocked everything, so, take that for what it’s worth.

Here is a breakdown on how to acquire the new items, courtesy of GameSpot:

• Tirastrella Ghost Shell + Fire of the Crimson Days Emblem: Complete the “Welcome to Crimson Days” milestone (finish five Crimson Days matches, talk to Shaxx)
• Undeterred Exotic Sparrow: Complete Crimson Days Crucible playlist matches for a “chance” to unlock this
• Dieselpunk Exotic Ornament for Wardcliff Coil: Complete the Leviathan Raid or Eater of Worlds Raid Lair to find this in the final chest
• Flaunting Dance Emote: Complete the Nightfall Strike during the event

Here is how Bungie described the objectives:

• Complete the milestone “Welcome to Crimson Days” by finishing five Crimson Days matches and visiting Lord Shaxx in the Tower to earn the Fire of the Crimson Days Emblem and the Tirastrella Ghost Shell.
• Complete matches in the Crimson Days Crucible playlist for a chance to earn the Undeterred Exotic Sparrow.
• Complete either the Leviathan Raid or the Raid Lair: Eater of Worlds to claim the Dieselpunk Exotic Ornament for Wardcliff Coil from the final chest.
• Complete the Nightfall Strike during the Crimson Days event to earn the Flaunting Dance Emote.

Crimson Days runs until the weekly reset on February 20th, so, get going!

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This week you can find Xur in a small room on Io in the Giant’s Scar section of the map and the Agent of the Nine has an impressive weapon to deal.

The Jade Rabbit is back. You may recognize it as a classic Exotic from Destiny 1. the item made its return with the Curse of Osiris expansion and has the “Fate of All Fools” perk which provides bonus damage to your next precision shot when you chain body shots.

Here is the full rundown of his inventory this week:

• The Jade Rabbit, Exotic scout rifle: 29 Legendary Shards
• Raiden Flux, Hunter chest: 23 Legendary Shards
• Synthoceps, Titan gauntlet: 23 Legendary Shards
• Karnstein Armlets, Warlock gauntlets: 23 Legendary Shards
• Fated Engram: 97 Legendary Shards
• Three of Coins: 31 Legendary Shards

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It can be assumed that the large scale addition will be similar to the ‘Taken King’ expansion that we saw in the original Destiny, but that game hardly had the issues that Destiny 2 has, so it will be a challenge to get fans to even buy in and/or be interested in a Bungie offering.

Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg recently spoke about the important road ahead for the game and their challenges of player engagement.

“The sentiment is already starting to shift,” said Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg during the call. “…We have a great expansion coming in May, and a major expansion coming at the end of the year, and those events have always been opportunities to re-engage our communities and win back people who have churned out. This is an incredibly passionate group of players and that passion is a good thing, even when the sentiment is critical, because it shows how deeply people care about the game, and we think that’s one of the things that makes this a great franchise, and we’re fully committed to listening to and communicating with our community more frequently and more transparently than ever and making the right changes to improve the experience and we think we have the right path forward.”

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This week, you can find Xur on Nessus north of the Watcher’s Grave landing zone. Of course, there is a helpful icon to help you find Xur once you get to Nessus.

As far as what Xur is offering, here is what he has available this week:

• The Prospector, Exotic grenade launcher
• Lucky Raspberry, Hunter chest
• An Insurmountable Skullfort, Titan helmet
• Ophidian Aspect, Warlock gauntlets
• Fated Engram:
• Three of Coins

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The rumored ‘Gods of Mars’ DLC is next up for Destiny 2 and apparently some details have leaked giving gamers a sneak peek at what could bee in store in the next DLC.

Reddit user TheDarkS0ul provided screenshots he took while browsing the Xbox Stoe that highlighted features for the upcoming DLC:

Destiny 2 Expansion II: Gods of Mars sends your Guardian out to investigate a mysterious signal originating from Mar’s Northern Point, a brand new destination with all new story missions and adventures. Rasputin, the last of the ancient Warminds, has been alerted to a dark threat from beyond the Solar System.

He has betrayed humanity and plans to construct a powerful weapon capable of detonating the Traveler itself. Work alongside Ana Bray who has emerged from the shadows after being missing for years, and destroy Rasputin before his machinations are realized.”

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The first major patch in a series of patches planned for release in the early part of 2018 will bring the game to version 1.1.2. Downtime began at 11 a.m. ET and is expected to last until 3 p.m. ET.

Bungie is off to a good start as maintenance completed ahead of schedule at around 1:35pm EST today.

Here is everything that is being rolled out in the new update, according to Bungie’s patch notes:

Destiny Update 1.1.2 – The one about Armor Masterworks

Armor Masterworks

Raid

Sandbox

Activities

UI

Rewards

Misc

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There isn’t much to expect from Bungie, who have made epic mistakes with one of the most popular games on the market, pushing fans away and keeping them away with their constant baseless apologies, that are not often followed through, and far-too-many empty promises.

Now, Bungie turns to one of the game’s most popular events to help win back gamers, the Iron Banner.

The next Iron Banner event starts on January 30 and runs through February 6 and will feature Control.

New items including a new hand cannon, scout rifle, shotgun, Sparrow, Ghost, and ship will be available. First-season items can still drop from Engrams.

Bungie has added a way for players to directly buy Iron Banner gear, rather than relying on Engram drops.

Bungie also revealed more changes in the works for Destiny 2’s Raid rewards and Masterwork items.

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This week, Xur can be found by the Hangar in Tower and is selling the following items.

• Tractor Cannon – Exotic Shotgun
• Knucklehead Radar – Exotic Hunter Helmet
• Actium War Rig – Exotic Titan Chest armour
• Transversive Steps – Exotic Warlock Boot Armour
• Three of Coins – Consumable

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Destiny 2’s latest hotfix (1.1.1.2) has gone live across all platforms and now the Iron Banner and Faction Rally events are open to all players, an answer to a long outcry from their gamers.

It sure took Bungie long enough to address this issue, adding another layer of frustration to an already disgruntled community.

December 12’s Faction Rally event was postponed to allow Bungie to apply this much needed fix.

Bungie now turns it’s attention to it’s next DLC, Gods of Mars, which may drop sometime in March.

The pressure is on as Bungie try to fix all the problems it has created and with a strong DLC with Gods of Mars, it could start winning back gamers who have already moved on from the game.

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Bungie announced that it took the game’s servers offline today at 11am EST and they will remain offline until 3pm EST.

Bungie will issue a hotfix that will update the game to version 1.1.1.2 as the servers undergo maintenance.

Dylan “dmg04” Gafner, acting community manager, said that the update “will address issues related to Iron Banner and Faction Rallies access.”

It’s assumed that the fix will precede the next Faction Rally, which was originally postponed back in December so a patch could be issued.

Bungie needs to win back a lot of their gamers, who are leaving or that have already left due to mounting frustrations.

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Xur is located on Titan, just east of The Rig landing zone, and here are the items that he selling this week.

• Riskrunner, submachine gun: 29 Legendary Shards
• Lucky Pants, Hunter pants: 23 Legendary Shards
• Doom Fang Pauldron, Titan arms: 23 Legendary Shards
• Wings of Sacred Dawn, Warlock chest: 23 Legendary Shards
• Fated Engram: 97 Legendary Shards
• Three of Coins: 31 Legendary Shards

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Activision stated that Call of Duty: WWII had earned $1 billion in global sales, and that Destiny 2 had already outsold the original Destiny in terms of units sold.

Activision called the launch of Destiny 2, the biggest launch by Activision Publishing on PC ever, claiming it sold more than $325 million in its first five days of availability.

According to Activision, Call of Duty: WWII sold twice as many units as Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare did at launch back in 2016.

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Bungie’s fractured relationship, and the destroyed trust, with it’s Destiny community continues to deteriorate, with the latest issues coming with the re-introduction of the ‘Three of Coin’ perk that accompanied Xur last Friday.

The ‘Three of Coin’ is intended to provide gamers additional probabilities of seeing rare loot such as Exotics engrams drop after completing specific events such as Crucible, Raids, Strikes, etc.

Bungie never provided details on the nature of the buff and players are questioning it’s purpose.

Over the past weekend gamers started complaining that the Three of Coin buff did not work at all.

Redditor Brknsymtry documented his issues with the perk on the Destiny Reddit page stating he spent “nearly 16 hours”  only to see just two exotics, both of which dropped without the Three of Coins buff being utilized.

“This is clearly bugged and there is no way the frequency would be this low or just flat out not there,” said Brknsymtry. “I tried heroic and non heroic strikes, all of crucibles playlists, trials, and public events. Not one.” It’s gotten to the point where some people simply don’t take Bungie’s statements at face value anymore.

Bungie admitted the issue in their latest forum post, stating that they “found that Heroic Strikes do not currently grant higher chances for Exotics when using Three of Coins consumables, compared to Vanguard Strikes.”

Bungie said it plans to fix this issue in “early 2018,” and added that it “will continue to monitor and forward feedback concerning this feature throughout the holiday season.”

Bungie went on to explain the purpose of the Three of Coin perk:

“When players use a Three of Coins consumable, this provides a 50% increase to the base chance of being rewarded an Exotic Engram upon activity completion. Using this consumable does not guarantee an Exotic reward upon completing a set number of activities — but rather increased chances upon each activity completion.”

Players are also reporting issues with the Fated Engram, an expensive item sold by Xur that is guaranteed to turn into an exotic item that you don’t already have.

Now, multiple players are saying that they’ve spent their shards on a Fated Engram only to recieve an item that they already have.

Bungie took to Twitter to say that it is “investigating reports that some players have received duplicate Exotic rewards from Fated Engrams.”

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Bungie has ruled out the possibility of Xur being found in the Patrol Zone of Mercury and the “Three of Coins” option has officially returned.

This week, Xur can be found in the Tower by the Hangar. This week he is offering the following:

• D.A.R.C.I. [Exotic Sniper Rifle]
  29LS
• Celestial Nighthawk [Exotic Hunter Helmet]
  23LS
• Hallowfire Heart [Exotic Titan Legs]
  23LS
• Eye of Another World [Exotic Warlock Helmet]
  23LS

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But gamers, specifically those dedicated to the Destiny universe, have to be losing their faith in Bungie and the longevity of Destiny 2 as countless mistakes, errors and other issues continue to plague the game, and the developer.

Bungie admitted this week that it “made some mistakes” by locking access to some high-level content behind the purchase of the game’s first expansion, the Curse of Osiris, and said that it is addressing a number of the most pressing concerns with this week’s patch.

“With Curse of Osiris now live, it’s clear that we’ve made some mistakes with how we have handled content access,” Bungie said in an update.

But is Bungie driving more gamers away with their gross mishandling of Destiny 2? It’s hard to imagine that they haven’t.

“Our team overlooked the fact that both of these mistakes disabled Trophies and Achievements for Destiny 2,” Bungie stated. “This was an unacceptable lapse on our part, and we can understand the frustration it has created.”

Same old story from a developer that has stumbled far too many times and flagged for some shady stuff by even the most devout gamers in the community.

Bungie is revising the trophy/achievement associated with Prestige activities to only reference the Prestige raid and dropping the required power level for the Prestige raid back down to 300 from 330 to allow all players access.

Keep in mind that the update will not address the heroic strike playlist.

Bungie said it is working on future updates to strikes playlist, including “new challenges, new Modifiers, and free access for all players.”

Who is to say that Bungie hasn’t done some irreversible damage to their reputation with the number of issues associated with Destiny 2.

Only time will tell.

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This week Xur has the following:

• Prometheus Lens (Trace Rifle)
• The Dragon’s Shadow (Hunter Chest Armor)
• Nezarec’s Sin (Warlock Helmet)
• Mk. 44 Stand Asides (Titan Leg Armor)

It’s interesting that Prometheus lens is available, as it is extremely overpowered in PvP. But expect it to be nerfed next week to address the issue.

Each of the items comes at a maximum power level of 305 — a base power of 300, plus a Legendary (purple) mod that raises the value by five.

Bungie announced that Xur will soon begin selling “Fated Engrams” (for 97 legendary shards) that will decrypt into exotics you don’t already have, once weekly

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Of course, December 5th is the official launch of the Curse of Osiris DLC, which Bungie is hoping will bring fans back to the gaming franchise.

In response to widespread criticism Bungie is also promising a lot for the not-so-distant future and now they are rolling out something else.

Now you can get a free Ghost Skill for enabled Amazon Alexa devices.

Check out the video above which details what exactly it can do for you when you’re playing Destiny.

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Maintenance is expected to start at 8:00 a.m. PT and last until 2:00 p.m. You can track all progress via Twitter and Bungie’s website.

Bungie was recently hit hard by widespread criticism from their gamin community and released an apology to it’s fans while promising an expanded slate of changes and reforms in the future.

“Our team has been reading feedback and working on updates to improve the game,” said design director Luke Smith and game director Christopher Barrett. “We’ve also been reading some tough criticism about our lack of communication, and we agree we need to be more open.”

You can read more about this right here.

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Bungie outlined future content plans for Destiny 2, which includes a new tier of weapons, private matches for PvP battles along with announcing better rewards for Strikes, Adventures and Lost Sectors.

Fans have been furious over the lack of action in Destiny 2 and it’s seemingly “hollow” structure that risks making even the most hardcore gamers bored and wandering around with no specific purpose or goal.

The original Destiny required much more grinding and had many more objectives and activities to keep even maxed out players engaged with the game easily.

That hasn’t been the case in Destiny 2 and the game seems limited and capped.

Bungie posted a blog post on Wednesday, explaining some of their plans for the Destiny 2’s future and also addressed some of the backlash from fans.

The Future

Going forward, we plan to continue this dialog as openly and frequently as possible. This will be an ongoing process, but one that we are committed to.

This week we’ll be publishing a new episode of the Bungie Podcast where we will sound off on the current state of Destiny 2, how we think about our communication challenges, and what it takes to update the game in the wild. You’ll be able to listen on both Apple and Android devices.

Thank you for playing, for being passionate about the Destiny 2 experience, and for working with us as we look to continuously improve our game and studio communication.

Here are some of the things Bungie has planned for the future.

• A better emote interface which allows “players to equip Salty, Spicy Ramen, Six Shooter, and Flip Out all at the same time.”
• The XP System: “We already see that the newly adjusted 160K XP per level value means that leveling is too slow for some activities, and we have begun the process of collecting data and recalibrating XP earn rates to improve them as quickly as possible.”
• Prioritizing private matches and ranked PvP for launch in 2018.
• Xur is going to start selling Three of Coins again.
• Xur will be selling an item called Fated Engram that turns into an exotic you don’t currently possess.
• Armor ornaments as a more permanent version of cosmetic customization, allowing players to deck out their characters’ gear without worrying about consuming shaders.
• “Masterwork” weapons which are described as “stat trackers, random, re-rollable stat bonuses, unique item tooltips, and item details screens.”

Some changes will roll out with the Curse of Osiris DLC while others will roll out on December 12th and more in January.

“We know it’s frustrating when there isn’t enough of a dialog with the development team,” the pair wrote. “You have our commitment that we’re going to do a better job going forward.”

“Going forward, Destiny 2’s post-launch game systems, features, and updates are being designed specifically to focus on and support players who want Destiny to be their hobby – the game they return to, and a game where friendships are made,” they wrote. “We want Destiny to be a game that fits into your life, providing you with reasons to log in and play with your friends, clans, and families. We want Destiny to be a world you want to be a part of.”

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Destiny game director Luke Smith said on Twitter that gamers can expect the following changes with the upcoming update:

• Economy updates (vendors & acquiring their gear, tokens, legendary shards).
• Investment updates (new reward systems for weapons & armor).
• Gameplay updates.
• “And more.”

More details were promised for later this week.

Destiny 2’s Curse of Osiris expansion launches on December 5th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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If you caught Bungie’s live stream then you’re aware of what’s going down on Mercury, the Public Events, Crafting Weapons in the Lighthouse, and the Infinite Forest.

Here is some more juicy tidbits from Destiny’s upcoming DLC.

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This week you can find Xur hiding out on Titan. Xur has been here a few times, so many of you dedicated players already know how to get to him. But, in case you need a refresher, you can head to The Rig, head straight on the left, and Xur will be hiding in a room on ground level.

This week, Xur is selling:

• Hard Light (Auto Rifle)
• Lucky Raspberry (Hunter Class Chest Armor)
• Synthoceps (Gauntlets)
• Karnstein Armlets (Warlock Class Gauntlets)

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But, just in case you were waiting for the right time to jump back in the action with your guardian, this weekend may entice you enough to do it.

Destiny 2 is launching the Clarion Call, a limited-time event running this weekend that will only apply to clans and requires you to be in a fireteam with at least one other member of your clan.

If you can do that, then you’ll earn double the experience points for everything you do.

It may not be as exciting as a DLC, but it’s something worthwhile to get you back in the fight.

The Clarion Call will run from 10 a.m. PT on Friday, Nov. 17, until 10 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20. Bungie outlined all the details in their announcement last week.

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Their livestream on Wednesday discussed plans for expanding on Leviathan, the flagship raid for the game series.

A revamped version of the Lighthouse on Mercury is the hub area for Curse of Osiris but won’t be solely a social place such as Tower or the Farm. Bungie explaied that the Lighthouse will have its own mysteries to explore and that guardians will start and end many missions there.

Bungie is raising the recommended power level for the raid to 300. A portal in the Lighthouse connects to the main patrol zone of Mercury and will include a Public Event that Bungie built specifically for Mercury.

Perhaps the most exciting element was the Infinite Forest which was described as “a reality engine the Vex use to simulate all of the aspects of reality that they can touch.”

Three different versions of Mercury exist in this simulation: past, present and future and that the missions will vary in some way when replayed.

Art director Dave Matthews described that “Odds are, that space is not gonna play out the exact same way.”

“We can create new and unique experiences every time you come into the Infinite Forest,” said Matthews.

Bungie explained that their goal was to “create something that felt like it could sit outside of time and space.”

In regards to the raid:

“A raid lair is a brand-new six-player raid activity,” said Brendan Thorne, senior game designer at Bungie. “It’s an entirely new set of encounters, new puzzles, new loot, completely new places to explore […] and then we have a brand-new final boss for you to fight.”

And that  the new raid is “not as lengthy as the original Leviathan” but that Eater of Worlds isn’t any less challenging than the raids usually are.

Thorne said that Bungie “wanted to make more raids.” Monske stated that variety was the main goal, saying that this allows their team to experiment with “more puzzle-y raids, more sandbox-focused raids” adding that “sometimes it’s hard to get a full group of six people together for three hours or so.”

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Xur is back roaming around and this week he can be found at Watcher’s Grave on Nessus.

For what he is offering, check out below.

• The Prospector (Grenade Launcher)
• Foetracer (Hunter Class Helmet)
• An Insurmountable Skullfort (Helmet)
• Eye of Another World (Warlock Class Helmet)

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Xur is currently located near the Giant’s Scar fast travel point on Io. You’ll see his icon when you pull up the map.

Here is what Xur is offering this week:

• D.A.R.C.I., Sniper Rifle
• Knucklehead Radar, Hunter helmet
• Actium War Rig, Titan chest piece
• Eye of Another World, Warlock helmet

The DARCI is the least appealing on the list and one of the least popular exotics in Destiny 2 due to it’s weakness.

Perhaps the best item to snag is the Actium War Rig which reloads your auto rifle whille you’re firing, helpful when taking out enemies in bunches.

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Bungie said that it has banned “approximately 400 players” of the PC version while promising that it will not and did not ban anybody using software that employs screen overlays or performance monitors.

“Bans were applied to players who were using tools that pose a threat to the shared ecosystem of the game,” said Bungie in their statement.

Bungie’s stance seems to be that any player who received a ban did something to warrant it but it contradicts the complaints of users who said that they were banned even though they don’t have anything installed on their computer other than the Blizzard app and the game.

Later in the day Bungie stated that they “identified a group of players who were banned in error” and that those bans were unrelated to the use of third-party applications with Destiny 2.

“We will continue to review the process we use to ensure a fun and fair game,” said Bungie

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Bungie has announced the limited-time event makes its Destiny 2 debut on October 10 at 2 AM PT and will run for one week.

To access the Iron Banner you would have to have beaten the campaign to find Lord Saladin in the Tower.

Bungie stated that your “fighting abilities, not your power levels, will decide the outcome,” which suggests that power levels will not factor into gameplay.

Standard Iron Banner ranks and bounties are also out and have been replaced by Engrams and matches you participate in will yield Iron Banner Tokens with more rewarded for victory.

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Xur can be found in the Winding Cove. Simply bring up the map and you’ll see the icon for Xur on the bottom left of the map.

Here is what Xur has for you this week.

• Vigilance Wing (Pulse Rifle) — 29 Legendary Shards
• Foetracer (Hunter Class Helmet) — 23 Legendary Shards
• An Insurmountable Skullfort (Helmet) — 23 Legendary Shards
• Nezarec’s Sin (Warlock Class Helmet) — 23 Legendary Shards.

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Here is what Xur is offering this week.

• Riskrunner (Submachine Gun) for 29 Legendary Shards
• Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves (Hunter Class Gauntlets) for 23 Legendary Shards
• Hallowfire Heart (Chest Armor) for 23 Legendary Shards
• Transversive Steps (Warlock Class Leg Armor) for 23 Legendary Shards

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If you’re reached Level 20 then you’ll be happy to know that starting on Tuesday, September 26th, at 2 a.m. PT, when the game’s Faction Rallies go live, you’ll be able to pledge yourself to one of the infamous factions.

Once you choose which faction to speak with you’ll be tasked with “public events, explore Lost Sectors, complete strikes, clear the raid, or compete in the Crucible” which will earn you faction tokens that can be used for loot.

This will last until 2 a.m. PT on October 3rd when the winning faction will be announced at 10 a.m. PT.

If you’re aligned with winning faction, you can purchase the gun for an easy 1,000 glimmer, while the losers have to pony up 5,000.

New Monarchy will be offering a sidearm, Dead Orbit a scout rifle and Future War Cult a pulse rifle.

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Don’t worry, there is an icon that will help you locate Xur on the map.

As far as the items he is offering, here is the rundown:

• The Wardcliff Coil, rocket launcher: 29 Legendary Shards
• Foetracer, Hunter helmet: 23 Legendary Shards
• ACD/0 Feedback Fence, Titan gauntlets: 23 Legendary Shards
• Sunbracers, Warlock gauntlets: 23 Legendary Shards

Each item has a maximum power level of 270, a base power of 265, plus a Legendary (purple) mod that raises the value by five.

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Bungie blogged that a fix is in the works to address the issues of unfair matchmaking.

Bungie stated that the Crucible playlist is “working as we had hoped” but admitted that overall “too many players are getting stomped by opponents who grossly outmatch them.”

Bungie said it is “applying that fix right now” to a bug that is causing uneven matches.

“If you’ve been having fun in Quickplay, nothing has changed. Game on. If you’ve been getting your ass kicked in Competitive, you’ll have more of a fighting chance,” Bungie said. “If you’ve been kicking ass in Competitive, we’re sending some worthier opponents your way.”

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The downtime is estimated to be about 4 hours long.

The maintenance window began at 7 a.m. PT with the goal to bring both games’ servers back online by 11 a.m. PT.

Bungie will also utilize the server downtime to patch out artwork from a piece of Destiny 2 armor that resembled a hate symbol.

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The sidearm piece has been rather elusive, but IGN gives you a step-by-step guide on how to acquire one of the most unique sidearms in Destiny 2

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Sure, most people experienced a hiccup when trying to log on to the Destiny servers around the midnight hour, but once you were officially logged in, not many hurdles stood in your way afterwards.

Waiting to join #Destiny2 like…. pic.twitter.com/BDG7OsYljp

— Player Ready Up (@PlayerReadyUp) September 6, 2017

To start, there really wasn’t any big surprises if you had played the BETA, the story starts off with the attack on the Tower and places your character in the chaos as you try to fight your way to safety.

What immediately stood out to me was the polished graphics, which seems smoother and more crisp than what we saw in the BETA.

After fighting your way out of Tower you meet Ghaul, who also has the Speaker held captive and is hell bent on being “chosen” by the Traveler. It all indicates that Ghaul will be one heck of a force if he does get what he wishes (it seems he will).

What is really good about the start of this is the storyline mode that brings you from Tower, through chaos, defeat, loss of light, revive and your rise from the ashes.

It is told swiftly enough not to bore you but with enough time to let the details resonate and give your character a feeling of experience that the game is trying to relay effectively without crossing the line to boring a player with the mundane.

The Farm is an interesting switch from Tower and gives a completely different feel to Destiny as a whole.

It’s hard for a game to accomplish this feat but Destiny does it with the ease of some aesthetics, a solid score and a well-executed intro storyline.

New wrinkles have been added, but not at the expense of the game’s experience. Instead of making changes for the sake of changes, the changes seem to be fluid with the game and more beneficial.

I am still rolling through the first part of the storyline but Destiny 2 has already sucked me back into it’s clutches with a feeling of both familiarity and comfort as I am experienced and well versed in the game’s universe.

I am also giving props to Bungie, who has had major server issues in the past with Destiny and although I expect there to be hiccups, the launch was void of any major issues on my end, which can be hard to pull off with any launch, especially one with as big of a player base as Destiny.

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Destiny 2 director Luke Smith announced the timing on his personal Twitter account that the game’s first raid will go live at 10 a.m. PT on Wednesday, September 13th, exactly one week after the Destiny 2 launches on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

“There will be no Raid tease for Destiny 2’s first Raid,” Smith said.

Smith also said that the ‘Trials of Osiris’ will go live on Friday, September 15th at 10 a.m. PT.

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Now, the Destiny 2 experience on Playstation 4 just got much better as the recent trailer for the game indicates that it will receiver HDR (high dynamic range) support on the PlayStation 4 “soon” after launch.

There has been no indication as of the time of this post if HDR support is coming to the Xbox One S or Xbox One X for Destiny 2.

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Yes, that includes the Xbox One X and Playstation Pro 4.

So why didn’t Bungie make the adjustment to coincide with the frame rates of the PC?

“Could we make a Destiny game that ran at 60 FPS? Yes,” Noseworthy said in and interview with Edge magazine, as reported by Wccftech.

“But the space would be smaller, it would be less cooperative, and there’d be fewer monsters to shoot. That’s not the game we want to make.”

Bungie’s main goal is to make Destiny 2 an “incredible action game”, stating that the developer is content with the choices it has made.

“We don’t feel we’ve been held back by the choices we’ve made about world simulation versus frame rate,” Noseworthy said.

“In fact, we think we’re offering a player experience you can’t have elsewhere because of the choices we’re making.”

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