A brand new secret mission snuck into Destiny 2 with final night time’s replace, resulting in the sort of reward these good-time Guardians prize above all: an Exotic-class weapon powered by issues we all know are forbidden for superb causes however can’t resist as a result of they make good noises and lights. In the case of Outbreak Perfected, the brand new kinetic pulse rifle, it may well shoot self-replicating nanites to chunk baddies with their nanognashers. The mission to nab it’s a enjoyable one, exploring a brand new nook of a well-known place. The replace additionally gave the Spectral Blades talent a well-deserved nerf and ended Destiny’s spring occasion.
The new mission and weapon are a part of Destiny 2’s Annual Pass, the continued seasons of paid content material, so you will want to personal that to affix in.
I’ll not say a lot about Outbreak Perfected and the mission to get it as a result of it’s good to be shocked. I’ll hyperlink to this Reddit thread for barebones directions about begin it however mate, go on, go in blind with just a few buddies and die just a few instances figuring it out. It’s a enjoyable one, interrupting a heist within the depths of the Tower and advancing just a few plotlines which have simmered away in lorelogs and such.
The total form of this secret jogs my memory of the one to get Whisper Of The Worm, the Exotic sniper rifle solid from–and feeding–a fraction of a darkish god. We sticky-fingered Guardians can not resist forbidden know-how if it provides us gun. And, like Whisper, it then has a complicated model to get our new gun’s improve Catalyst. Extra tough, that one.
The mission appears to nonetheless be hiding just a few secrets and techniques, which gamers are determining and searching excessive and low for. I needed to do lots of fan wiki studying to know half of this, because it’s rooted in occasions from the primary Destiny–all SIVA and the House of Devils and that–which by no means got here to PC. But “gatecrash heist; steal gun that shoots nanobees” is all I wanted to know to leap in. It sparks properly too.
The third and closing season of the Annual Pass, the Season Of Opulence, is because of begin in June. It’ll concentrate on Emperor Calus, the massive fella who desires to drink Nessus and had us enjoying a gameshow and doing errands within the Leviathan raids. He’s been muttering concerning the coming darkness for yonks and seen extra hints of that over the previous 12 months, extra whispers of triangle-shaped ships in places that most players won’t see them. The season will convey a brand new raid in addition to a brand new six-player exercise with matchmaking, new objects, and so forth.
I’m looking forward to one thing huge to get caught into. The Season Of The Drifter has turned out to be a bit drab, with each the Gambit Prime and Reckoning modes thrilling at first then… I haven’t performed both in weeks. While I’ve been having fun with Destiny 2 persevering with improvement and am glad to pay for updates to maintain on rolling, the marquee options haven’t stored me returning as a lot as I’d hoped.
Back within the current day, patch 2.2.2.zero has introduced some useful bug fixes and, most significantly, toned down Spectral Blades. That Super capability is supposed to let Hunters sneak round near-invisible, stabbing individuals earlier than vanishing again into the shadows, however the mixture of its excessive bonus injury discount (previously the very best of all roaming Supers) and the lunging pace of stabbing made it so highly effective that gamers may usually simply zip round spamming homicide. Now the length is down three seconds, the injury discount is diminished, and the vitality price of attacking is up 50%. So sure, it’s worse than ever in PvE.
The replace additionally introduced the scheduled finish of The Revelry, the spring occasion which featured a brand new occasion mode and obtained Guardians giddy off magical fizzy pop that massively boosted talent recharge instances. That was enjoyable in PvE, bringing three weeks of foolishness the place artistic gamers beat powerful problem with all kinds of daft builds that may by no means often work. It additionally ruined PvP by turning competitors right into a spamfest dominated by whoever was most prepared to debase themself with shameless cheese. Bungie mentioned they have been unable to only flip it off on PvP, which was a disgrace, so I’ve not likely performed that in three weeks. It’ll be good to return now.
See the Destiny 2 v2.2.2.0 patch notes for extra.
