Destiny 2: Season of the Deep is Available Now on Xbox

Bungie’s second Season in the yr of Lightfall launched on Tuesday, May 23. In Season of the Deep, Guardians will probably be touring to Saturn’s moon of Titan to discover its uncharted oceans for highly effective new rewards and to be taught extra about the Witness’s origin.

The Season comprises a hefty bundle of new content material which incorporates weekly missions, a brand new matchmade exercise, in addition to new Exotics and Legendary weapons and armor, ornaments, and a group of cosmetics impressed by iconic online game characters like Kratos, Aloy, Jin, and extra.

Let’s begin with the weekly missions.

Deep Dive

Deep Dive is the weekly Seasonal story exercise, the place Guardians can discover the methane seas of Titan to salvage the energy they should talk with Ahsa, the creature that lingers in the Titan’s depths.

Salvage

For the Guardians curious about matchmaking for fast video games and unpredictable encounters, Season of the Deep options the six-player exercise, Salvage.

When taking part in a Salvage, gamers will recuperate Golden Age tech from sunken Arcology constructions on the Titan seafloor. They’ll face Fallen, Hive, and Taken combatants. There’s no advisable Power stage, so anybody with the Season Pass can soar in and get began. Salvage runs are quick and livid, lasting round quarter-hour, and really feel impressed by the Dares of Eternity exercise from the Bungie thirtieth Anniversary Collection.

Both Deep Dives and Salvages are nice action-packed methods to take your new Legendary weapons and armor out for a spin, however perhaps generally you’re in the temper to loosen up. Good factor Destiny 2 now has fishing.

Fishing

The Drifter has observed that the corruption on Titan is beginning to unfold to life varieties elsewhere and, due to some of his particular Gambit tech, Guardians can fish up some of the corrupted critters round the photo voltaic system. The debut of this Destiny 2 exercise consists of a number of locations the place gamers can catch distinctive fish that they’ll be capable of show of their new fishing tank positioned in the H.E.L.M.

When Guardians are finished taking a break, they will swap their waders and fishing poles out for some of the new Exotics being added to the recreation.

Exotics

For anybody new to Destiny 2, Exotic gadgets are some of the most uncommon and highly effective gadgets in the recreation. Exotic weapons will typically have skills not discovered on another weapons, and the similar goes for armor. Many Guardians will create total builds centered round one or two particular Exotics. Along with the new Seasonal Exotic weapon, Season of the Deep is introducing three new armor items; one for every class.

• Triton Vice: When carrying these Gauntlets, a Hunter’s Glaive comes alive with energy and overflows with every foe they dispatch. Matching subclass and Glaive components trigger projectile eliminations to detonate.

• Arbor Warden: With this new chest piece, Titans are empowered to create grenades fueled by the Traveler’s Light. When thrown, these grenades explode and create a barricade at the affect location.

• Cenotaph Mask: With this Warlock helmet, Trace Rifles mechanically reload and mark combatants. Allies who help in eliminating these targets are rewarded with Heavy ammo.

And about that Seasonal Exotic weapon, the Centrifuse Exotic Auto Rifle permits its wielder to construct an electrostatic cost whereas they dash or hearth the weapon. When they reload, the weapon releases the cost and blinds close by enemies. Centrifuse is unlocked instantly for anybody choosing up the Season Pass. Once you hit stage 100, you additionally unlock a extremely cool beauty.

Speaking of cosmetics…

New Cosmetics, Legendary Weapons, and Armor

These Exotics are complimented by new Legendary weapons and armor that proceed the Season’s deep sea theme. All these new rewards, together with new common ornaments, will be acquired just by taking part in the recreation. They’ll drop in actions and unlock as you progress via the Season Pass.

But wait, there’s extra.

PlayStation Partnership

Bungie has partnered with PlayStation to deliver new armor decoration units and finishers that pay homage to 3 iconic online game characters: Kratos, Aloy, and Jin Sakai. There’s additionally a Clicker-inspired assortment that features a Ghost Shell, a Sparrow, and a ship.

Finally, if Guardians need to lighten the temper when somebody climbs on their Cordyceps- infested Sparrow, there’s a vibrant emote impressed by the fun-loving pair of universe explorers, Ratchet & Clank.

Start Playing for Free

To get began, obtain Destiny 2 at no cost, choose a category, customise your Guardian, and soar into the story. It solely takes a couple of minutes to hit the floor working and should you like what you see, you possibly can attempt the first mission of the Season at no cost as properly.

Like what you see and wish to discover the new Season? Grab the Season Pass in your platform of alternative and the subsequent three months of content material, together with the immediately unlocked Seasonal Exotic, are yours to get pleasure from.

See you starside (and below the sea).

Destiny 2: Season of the Deep Interview

Xbox Wire’s Danielle Partis had an opportunity to meet up with Design Lead Brian Frank and Senior Narrative Designer Robert Brookes for a deep dive into Destiny 2: Season of the Deep to be taught extra about the kinds of enemies and encounters Guardians will face, the problem of balancing problem, and what type of secrets and techniques gamers ought to maintain an eye fixed out for whereas exploring Titan’s uncharted oceans.

Can you give us an outline of the new dungeon, its setting and background story?

Robert Brookes: This Season’s dungeon, Ghosts of the Deep, is centered round the Lucent Hive arriving on Saturn’s Moon of Titan to carry out a mysterious ritual. It takes place inside and under new sections of the New Pacific Arcology which was final explored throughout the Red War marketing campaign in early Destiny 2. Now we’re delving deeper into it than ever earlier than and attempting to uncover what may presumably lead the useless Hive god Savathûn’s brood into its depths.

What type of enemies and challenges will Guardians face in there?

Brian Frank: Since The Witch Queen, we’ve wished to function Hive Guardians in our pinnacle cooperative actions. To that finish, the dungeon options Lucent Hive. As an extension of these themes and narrative tie-in’s to Savathûn, gamers will use Deepsight to disclose and interpret symbols to beat challenges. Additionally, gamers should grasp navigating Titan’s methane sea and survive its crushing depths.

Robert Brookes: The Lucent Hive are our enemy in Ghosts of the Deep. You’ll be dealing with off in opposition to some new faces, in addition to formerlydeceased members of completely different Hive broods from Destiny historical past introduced again by the Light. Keen-eyed gamers will acknowledge fairly a couple of memorable figures from previous conflicts with the Hive. And of course, there’s no matter lies in the darkest reaches of the dungeon.

What have been the technical challenges of taking Destiny’s mechanics underwater for the first time?

Brian Frank: Destiny is constructed upon many interrelated programs, pushed by the motion recreation and participant sandbox. Particularly from the standpoint of visible and audio expertise, it’s a significant problem for the crew to help all the permutations and interactions between these programs and content material that weren’t initially constructed to help the underwater context. From actual life expertise, gamers have expectations for a way motion, weapons, and talents ought to behave underwater. We have to fulfill these expectations, or immersion is eroded.

Our objective was to create solely new gameplay experiences that performed on the fantasy of diving, like the pleasure of weightlessness and the magnificence of deep-sea life. We additionally leveraged anxieties from the sense of depth and isolation, the concern of drowning, that play into the theme of the Dungeon: exploring unknown and harmful enemy warrens.

Robert Brookes: In any recreation the place you’re treading into new territory there’s sudden challenges and surprises awaiting improvement. Thankfully our crew actually took to the fantasy of deep-sea exploration and created some excellent alternatives for us to discover an entire new setting. Of course, we’re additionally creating this alongside different seasonal content material, so it needed to not solely be a rewarding new expertise however one we may iterate on quick.

How do you make sure that every Dungeon, particularly this one, has its personal id?

Brian Frank: We begin with high-level thematic and experiential objectives, that are keyed off the broader themes of the accompanied seasonal content material. We take a look at the dungeon catalogue holistically for alternatives to function enemies or settings that haven’t been explored. We additionally draft a story premise that informs the name to motion, what gamers search to perform by overcoming the challenges inside the exercise, and the way it ties into or expands the Destiny universe. Those grow to be the artistic route that serves to focus the concepts generated by the cross-discipline crew that can contribute to the mission.

Robert Brookes: That’s an ongoing dialogue with each dungeon, the place the crew talk about potential ideas and brings them via a greenlight course of. We attempt to make every dungeon really feel distinct from earlier ones, particularly dungeons releasing near one-another. For instance, Ghosts of the Deep couldn’t really feel like Duality or Spire of the Watcher in narrative, artwork, or play expertise. And no matter comes subsequent must play, look, and really feel completely different from Ghosts of the Deep too. All of that requires tight collaboration and alignment on an thought everybody is enthusiastic about.

How do you tie that id into the mechanics of the dungeon?

Brian Frank: The mechanics are a chance for us to bolster the themes. Both with verbs that gamers specific via them and in the textual content we use to explain them: interactions, buff titles, announcement textual content, and so on. Usually the setting or enemy faction will counsel a palette for them. We typically take present mechanics and use them in a brand new method or prolong them with new performance to create and experiences.

Robert Brookes: The dungeon’s fantasy is current in any respect ranges of its creation. From the gameplay mechanics to the narrative, the artwork, the sound design. We’re all aligned on hitting the particular fantasy, which for Ghosts of the Deep was sort of an eldritch horror underwater exploration. The dungeon wouldn’t exist with out the outlined fantasy all of its disparate features are hung on.

How tough is it to stability dungeons for one participant and three gamers concurrently?

Brian Frank: The dungeon expertise is modelled after raids; they’re endgame actions that function distinctive mechanics. With the major distinction being coordination is a kind of mastery you possibly can specific, however is not required to succeed. We should be intentional and protect the chance for the dungeons to be accomplished solo. However, the feat holds a spot as one of the most tough issues a participant can obtain in Destiny PvE, so we err on the aspect of sustaining the aspiration of that accomplishment.

Are they any secrets and techniques that gamers ought to maintain an eye fixed out for? (I’d think about sure)

Brian Frank: One of the pillars of the raid and dungeon actions is to journey in to the unknown. We need gamers to expertise the narrative, setting, challenges, rewards, and secrets and techniques for themselves. To reveal something we’ve hidden away in the dungeon could be a disservice to those that delight of their discovery and counter to that objective.

Book your passage to Titan and expertise Season of the Deep beginning immediately on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. And make sure you take benefit of some nice restricted time reductions on Destiny 2: Lightfall and the Destiny 2: Lightfall + Annual Pass bundle on the Xbox Store.

Editor’s Note (May 27): We’ve omitted a response to an interview query concerning Boss Health.

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Season of the Deep
Titan has returned. Guardians should descend into its ocean and uncover the historical secrets and techniques hidden beneath the waves.

Dive into the world of Destiny 2 to discover the mysteries of the photo voltaic system and expertise responsive first-person shooter fight. Unlock highly effective elemental skills and acquire distinctive gear to customise your Guardian’s look and playstyle. Enjoy Destiny 2’s cinematic story, difficult co-op missions, and a spread of PvP modes alone or with pals. Download at no cost immediately and write your legend in the stars.

AN IMMERSIVE STORY
You are a Guardian, defender of the Last City of humanity in a photo voltaic system below siege by notorious villains. Look to the stars and stand in opposition to the darkness. Your legend begins now.

GUARDIAN CLASSES
Choose from the armored Titan, mystic Warlock, or swift Hunter.
• Disciplined and proud, Titans are succesful of each aggressive assaults and stalwart defenses. Set your hammer ablaze, crack the sky with lightning, and go toe-to-toe with any opponent. Your crew will stand tall behind the power of your defend.
• Warlocks weaponize the mysteries of the universe to maintain themselves and destroy their foes. Rain devastation on the battlefield and clear hordes of enemies in the blink of an eye fixed. Those who stand with you’ll know the true energy of the Light.
• Agile and daring, Hunters are fast on their toes and faster on the draw. Fan the hammer of your golden gun, circulate via enemies like the wind, or strike from the darkness. Find the enemy, take intention, and finish the struggle earlier than it begins.

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Play with or in opposition to your mates and different Guardians in varied PvE and PvP recreation modes.
• Exciting co-op adventures teeming await with uncommon and highly effective rewards. Dive into the story with missions, quests, and patrols. Put collectively a small fireteam and safe the chest at the finish of a fast Strike. Or take a look at your crew’s talent with numerous hours of raid development – the final problem for any fireteam. You determine the place your legend begins.
• Face off in opposition to different gamers in fast-paced free-for-all skirmishes, crew arenas, and PvE/PvP hybrid competitions. Mark particular competitions like Iron Banner on your calendar and acquire limited-time rewards earlier than they’re gone.

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