It had gotten fairly hard to keep track ofDestiny 2‘s many ups and downs in the year ofLightfall. Fromcatastrophic layoffstoBungie’s emergency-button rollout of long-anticipated new features, there’s whiplash trying to parse it all for the average player.
Amidstthe “soul-crushing” backend production atmosphere, Bungie’s talented team of developers has managed to eke out a few more wins for theDestiny 2community regardless — one would think that warrants major change to protect employees at the studio. As per the latestThis Week inDestinyblog post, players have got much to look forward to in the coming weeks and months, highlights including substantial PvP updates (including the new Trials Card) and a refresh of theProphecy Dungeon.
Destiny 2 adds PvP improvements, new maps, and refreshing Prophecy
Speaking in extremely broad terms, Bungie announced the following changes forDestiny 2‘s update 7.3.5, which is coming out on March 5:
Later on, in May,Destiny 2will receive the Eventide Labs (Europa), Cirrus Plaza (Neomuna), and Dissonance (Terraformed Pyramid Ship) PvP levels, adding a much-needed breath of fresh air to the game’s roster of maps. Sometime along the way, Bungie will alsoadd Artifice Armor drops to competitive crucible PvP,
One extremely interesting future addition toDestiny 2‘s PvP is the Hardware game mode, which only received a short mention in this TWID: “It’s no abilities, only weapons! Grab Special and Heavy ammo from crates located around the map and get to shooting,” says the blog post. This should make for a significant change of pace in PvP; it’ll be fascinating to see how it pans out.
Note the full list ofDestiny 2PvP updates is far too long to include all of them here. If you’d like to peruse what other tweaks Bungie has planned, check outThis Week inDestiny.
Even though one could argue that theSeason of the Wish hasn’t been the send-off that players expected, Bungie clearly isn’t twiddling its thumbs on the seasonal side of things. A substantial assortment of new weapons and gear is coming beforeThe Final Shapereleases in early June, for one. Updates 7.3.5 and 7.3.6 will drop over the coming months, and they’re bound to keep things fresh in the interim.
Now, ifThe Final Shapesucceeds where its immediate predecessor failed, Bungie may yet reinvigorate theDestiny 2community for times to come. A lot is riding on the DLC’s success, after all, sinceMarathonis barely on the horizon right now.
