New locations to go, new gear to hoard, a heavy give attention to the PvPvE Gambit mode and the return of the universe’s most hated pistol – Thorn – are on the coronary heart of Destiny 2‘s next season of updates. The first parts of Season Of The Drifter kick off next Tuesday, March 5th, with the introduction of Gambit Prime, a more focused, single-round variant of the hybrid play-mode for annual pass holders. There’s additionally some new Gambit maps coming for everybody who owns the Forsaken enlargement, and the choice to host customized matches. See Bungie break it down within the video under.
One of probably the most fascinating issues coming on this season are the brand new Power Surge bounties, which can let gamers skip the grind and get straight into ‘the good stuff’. These new bounties have comparatively humble aims like ‘Kill 50 enemies and complete a strike’ however pay out degree 640 gear, rocketing gamers straight into endgame. That new endgame loop sounds prefer it’s going to be alternating between Gambit Prime and the brand new PvE space, Reckoning. Repeating it will steadily earn gamers role-themed fits of glowy armour, representing the 4 participant roles in Gambit.
Reckoning – one other Annual Pass perk – is about contained in the bubble-world(?) towed behind the Drifter’s ship. Bungie reckon it’s one of many hardest issues within the game, and that’s simply the primary tier of it. Reckoning will likely be expanded to Tier 2 on March eighth, and totally accessible on March 15th, alongside the (additionally Annual Pass-only) Invitations Of The Nine. The Invitations are weekly missions tied to mysterious space-trader Xûr and the Nine – the group he represents, and promise huge rewards and extra story tidbits.
For common gamers with out the Annual Pass there’s a bunch of smaller updates attributable to roll out via March and into April and May, together with new Gambit maps and an influence cap improve. There’s going to be per week devoted to all issues Arc-element, a brand new pageant occasion referred to as The Revelry, and the return of the Iron Banner. In the unique Destiny this was a no-holds-barred PvP mode the place your Light (now Power) decided your power. It looks like a fantastic test-bed for the return of one among PvP’s meanest weapons, Thorn.
I’m not shocked to see that Thorn is coming again. For these fortunate sufficient to not must cope with it within the authentic Destiny, it was a nightmare in PvP. While not probably the most inherently highly effective of hand-cannons, its painful needle-like bullets deal a bit of its harm over time, stopping your protect recharge cycle from beginning. A pair fortunate pictures from some sassy git with Thorn might hobble your whole staff in a Crucible match, though I collect they did nerf it a bit of bit. Thorn will likely be out there to all, undoubtedly through a posh, multi-stage quest beginning on March 12th.
Season Of The Drifter begins on March fifth. The final season of the yr – The Season of Opulence – has been named, and begins in June. You can see extra of Bungie’s plans (together with a timeline) on their ViDoc page here and the season info-dump here.
