At lengthy final, the Destiny 2 Final Shape DLC showcase is lower than per week away. Bungie has introduced this would be the ultimate DLC of the “Light and Darkness Saga” for the sport, nonetheless, Destiny 2 will nonetheless proceed into a brand new Saga. With the joy at an all-time excessive, there’s no higher time to debate the highest 10 issues we wish to see from the Final Shape showcase.
PSA: This record is in no explicit order.
A Third Darkness Subclass
With the arrival of the Lightfall DLC earlier this yr, we obtained our second Darkness Subclass, Strand, which has been an enormous success up to now. However, this leaves us with three Light Subclasses and solely two Darkness ones. It can be very disappointing and odd to finish off the Saga with the unbalance of not having three of every.
That mentioned, latest rumors and leaks recommend we are going to certainly be receiving a 3rd Darkness Subclass, and it will likely be pink. Unfortunately, there’s no approach to predict what the Subclass will find yourself being, as there’s no correlation between Strand and Stasis. Either manner, we’re very excited on the potentialities of the ability this new Subclass will deliver.
Core Activity Updates
The three Core actions, Strikes, Crucible, and Gambit, have been on the forefront of debates inside the group for fairly a while now. Simply put, gamers wish to see a number of Strikes, Crucible Maps, and Gambit maps return from the DCV in some form or type. On common, we obtain just one or two new Strikes per yr, and Gambit hasn’t obtained nearly any updates in years.
Bungie has already introduced some updates relating to the Crucible and Gambit like a devoted PvP workforce and even a map pack containing quite a few maps that we are going to obtain in a single go someday subsequent yr. However, Bungie has all however forsaken Gambit, and has said they haven’t any updates deliberate for it anytime quickly. Meanwhile, there was no phrase on updates for Strikes. Hopefully, we’ll see one thing much like the map pack with Strikes, in order that manner the playlist feels contemporary once more.
Update the Free-To-Play Experience
The Free-To-Play (F2P) expertise has been one of the vital vital ache factors of debate inside the participant base. If a model new participant needs to proceed enjoying the sport submit the primary free missions, they are going to be blocked by a large paywall of needing to personal nearly each DLC the sport has had. At this cut-off date, that may value as much as, if no more than, $200 after seven years of DLCs and add-ons. Simply put, until you might have the cash to spare, it’s nearly not possible to expertise Destiny in full with out forking over your pockets within the course of.
An answer to this might be to introduce some subscription service the place new gamers can play for a sure payment, like $10 a month, to achieve entry to earlier DLC and discover the sport. Either manner, one thing wants to alter, as the sport is shedding extra gamers than they’re gaining again with new ones.
Re-Release Old Raids
It’s been virtually three years for the reason that Destiny Content Vault (DCV) was launched with the Beyond Light DLC, eradicating a big majority of actions from the sport, together with Raids. Rather a lot has modified since then, and with the present Light and Darkness Saga coming to a detailed, now can be a good time to lastly un-vault the older Raids which have remained dormant for thus lengthy.
Perhaps in an “Age of Triumph” celebration from Destiny 1, they are often introduced again with new Ornaments and up to date perks. Either manner, it’s excessive time to deliver them again.
Reveal The Reprised Raid
We know that within the upcoming Season 22, a reprised Raid is returning to the sport. However, we nonetheless don’t know which reprised Raid it will likely be. Leaks extremely recommend that it will likely be the Destiny 1 Raid, Crota’s End. Last yr, in the course of the Lightfall DLC showcase, the King’s Fall Raid was confirmed to be returning with the Season of Plunder. While we anticipate the identical to occur in the course of the Fina Shape showcase, we’d just like the affirmation to occur just a little sooner than the week earlier than it releases.
Seasonal Model Changes
Season 22 goes stay proper after the Final Shape showcase subsequent week, and lots of gamers have excessive expectations for it. For fairly a while now, gamers have been exhausted by the never-changing seasonal mannequin. Every Season up to now has been roughly the identical, the place we get one or two new actions, a narrative that lasts round six weeks, and perhaps a brand new Raid or Dungeon.
Bungie has introduced beforehand that they’ve heard their participant’s plea for modifications to the seasonal mannequin, and in Season 22, their modifications will go stay for it. With that in thoughts, we extremely anticipate them to announce in the course of the showcase what modifications they plan on making. Hopefully, it will result in an general more healthy state of the sport main as much as the launch of the Final Shape.
Guardian Rank Changes
Introduced with the Lightfall DLC, the Guardian Ranks system was a superb manner for gamers to pursue additional challenges and present how good they’re. However, once you hit the ultimate rank, Paragon, there is no such thing as a reward for finishing the entire grotesque challenges. Sure, you get a shiny gold define round your title, showcasing you hit the max rank, however there’s nothing else to point out for it.
Thus, we predict Bungie ought to implement a brand new reward system, giving gamers unique drops for hitting sure ranks. For instance, hitting Paragon ought to grant gamers an unique Emblem and extra.
However, concurrently, the necessities for hitting Paragon needs to be up to date to be tougher. For instance, as a substitute of needing to hit a particular commendation rating, gamers needs to be required to gild a particular title or full explicit Raid triumphs. Becoming a Paragon is an achievement of its personal, however it shouldn’t be as “easy” because it at the moment stands.
Raid Ornaments
It goes with out saying that Raids are the top of PvE content material in Destiny 2, and whereas they supply an abundance of rewards for Guardians to acquire, we really feel they may use just a little extra. Bungie has made strides to enhancing Raid rewards like Shaders, Emblems, Ships, and extra. However, the principle request for an abundance of gamers are unique Raid Ornaments.
For instance, final yr, when the King’s Fall Raid was introduced again because the Reprised Raid in the course of the Season of Plunder, many gamers have been hoping that the unique Raid Ornaments from Destiny 1 would additionally return. Unfortunately, they didn’t, making it a missed alternative for Bungie to capitalize on the hype. The identical utilized when the Vault of Glass Raid returned in the course of the Season of the Splicer two years in the past.
Adding Raid Ornaments provides gamers extra incentives to Raid even after they acquire the entire weapons, and the Ornaments will be locked behind particular challenges to make all of them the extra attractive.
New Enemy Type
The Final Shape DLC is the final enlargement of the Light and Darkness Saga in Destiny 2, and till now, we’ve been preventing the identical enemies basically the entire time. We’ve had exceptions right here and there, just like the Scorn in the course of the Forsaken DLC, and the Lucent Hive in the course of the Witch Queen enlargement, however these are merely add-ons of pre-existing enemies. The Scorn are useless fallen who’ve reanimated, and the Lucent Hive are Hive enemies with Light powers.
As we attain the finale and sq. off in opposition to The Witness, it’s time we see a model new enemy kind. What it finally ends up being might be anybody’s guess, however an enemy immediately born from the Darkness can be glorious. If not the Final Shape, then the brand new Saga ought to completely deliver new enemies into the sport.
A Satisfying Story
The Lightfall DLC was not met with nice reception relating to its anti-climatic ending to the principle story; as Bungie said, they’re attempting a brand new technique by carrying Lightfall’s story throughout the Seasons. So far, we all know that Cayde-6 might be returning in some form or type, however other than that, we’re just about at midnight. While we gained’t learn the way it ends in the course of the showcase, we must always get a tough thought as to the place the story goes, and hopefully it can deliver a satisfying finish to the primary Saga of Destiny 2.
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