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Season Of Dawn Is A Nice Break From The Destiny 2 Power Grind
BungiDestiny 2’s latest season features Saint-14, a legendary Titan whom players have been eager to meet. The only catch is that they’ll have to spend a lot of time doing boring stuff before they get to learn more about him.
Season of Dawn, which went live on December 10, begins with the return of Osiris, Destiny 2’s Warlock of mystery, who enlists your help to protect his time-traveling...
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Sean Bond
Dec 13, 2019 at 04:44
I’m really digging the Saint-14 aesthetic of this season; the armor and weapons all look really good (although I’m a sucker for knight-inspired designs). Haven’t spent much time with the Sundial yet, but it’s more complex than the Vex Offensive, so it should make people happy, and the story stuff is more interesting than last season.
This seems like a good season to just relax and mess around with, which is generally my favorite spot for Destiny’s gameplay loop to be at.
asmallcat
Dec 13, 2019 at 04:54
I had 0 interest in the grind in either destinies, but holy shit is Bungie great at making wonderful looking environments and in making buttery smooth gameplay.
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PSA: If Destiny 2's Osiris Says He Doesn't Have New Quests, Keep Asking
Destiny 2's Season of Dawn began today, and with it came all sorts of changes, including the return of the mysterious exiled Warlock Osiris. He has new quests for you, but for some reason, he likes to hide them.
Osiris appears to be the main quest giver this season, and as a result, players will spend a lot of their time running back and forth to his new Sundial Spire on Mercury. Once you come...
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wombat23
Dec 11, 2019 at 08:07
a pparently he was not feeling bound by nobelisk oblige.
KillahMate
Dec 11, 2019 at 09:21
Boo! Boo! Get out!
LaserEyes
Dec 11, 2019 at 13:04
Had to use Google to get this joke. It was worth the journey.
Remytron_Prime
Dec 11, 2019 at 21:10
Do people who purchased the game, and it’s expansion get these seasons for free? I’ve been off D2 for about 2 years or so.
JustLearningFFXIV
Dec 11, 2019 at 21:53
Only if you bought the Shadowkeep Deluxe edition. Then you get this year’s worth of Season Passes for free.
ROCKFISH
Dec 11, 2019 at 22:03
No, the only way to get the next 4 seasons is if you paid for the deluxe edition of S hadowkeep. To be honest, its probably one of the cheaper options a game company could have. These are small on the content type releases where the main draw really is the seasonal unlock tree (levels 1-100) and the new weapons/gear. 10 bucks every 3 months can be a turn off for some but its far from expensive for long term games.
J ust like the Vex Offensive that you to pay to do the sundial event but as a free player you may be able to still get some of the new gear indirectly through loot rolls.
Destiny Player Earns Every Title In The Game (And It Only Took 1,200 Hours)
One Destiny 2 player has collected every Guardian title that currently exists in the game. It took him over 1,000 hours to pull off, yet, he tells Kotaku, he doesn’t regret it.
Titles in Destiny 2 are special achievements that players earn by completing various tasks, some very grindy and others incredibly hard. They range from activities like visiting every special location in the game to...
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The Weary Luddite
Dec 10, 2019 at 06:00
TBH the FOMO in the persistent online games these days often kill it for me. There’s no way realistically you’re going to be able to get everything unless you dedicate your full life for several years to a specific game and goal, and as a filthy casual who used to like to pretend he was hardcore, trying to go for that for a while then missing one thing just ends up making me even less likely to pick the game up again. Source: Once played Destiny like it was life, now feel daunted at the prospect of going back (despite pre-ordering the new one and not playing it once ye t ). There are too many games with too much to do and not enough time in this life! And yes, I am rambling and perhaps losing my mind.
tl;dr: The gaming FOMO is real and as I age gaming feels more and more hollow . Someone save me from the crushing existential dread my ancient arse feels today - halp!
indifference84
Dec 10, 2019 at 06:14
I feel ya. I just can’t get in to these services, let alone open world games. The l ast open world game I enjoyed was New Vegas. Everything else has felt like padded out busy work. . Not enjoyable
Iliketurtlez
Dec 10, 2019 at 06:25
I agree. I played a lot of Destiny 1 and even Destiny 2 through Forsaken but the way they're structuring the updates just doesn't give me enough time to do what I want. I'm not a big fan of how they're structuring the annual passes ( or at least I wasn't of the first and didn't try the 2nd) and they seem to be slipping down that slippery slope of cosmetic MTX pretty fast. Activision may not have been the bad guys all along.
marcusleitee
Dec 10, 2019 at 07:50
I’d say 1200 hours deserves a honest “only”. I probably have about 10 times that in PoE alone. Considering I’ve only been playing PoE for one year more than him has been playing Destiny (I’m assuming he picked it up at launch day, since some achievements appear to be season locked or something.) I guess it probably feels more insufferable in Destiny though, considering it’s literal repetition every time. (In PoE I can build different characters to plow through the same content, which changes around every 3 months.)
Nicholas Payne
Dec 11, 2019 at 00:32
There are for all intents and purposes 27 different “characters” in Destiny 2 given how different even 2 specs of the same subclass can play, so... Not entirely sure the jab about Destiny being insufferable at the end really holds up, especially when Destiny also has 3 month content seasons.
Kovitlac
Dec 11, 2019 at 02:14
Wow, you’re so badass. Teach me to be as amazing at video games as you are.
Destiny 2's Next Update Finally Explores The Mystery Of Saint-14
He’s a robot, a titan, and he died a long time ago, but who was Saint-14 really?
The character has been a part of Destiny lore going back to the launch of the first game in 2014, but players are now more curious about him than ever, because Bungie has revealed that he’ll be a big part of the game’s Season of Dawn when it launches on December 10. His role in the Destiny universe has been...
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Kovitlac
Dec 05, 2019
Pumped for this! I’m eager to see Osiris being redeemed. Not just in the lore, but his expansions was...well, disappointing, and he wasn’t formed into the most interesting character. I really love the voice actor though, and I’m hoping he’s utilized much better in this expansion. Can’t wait!
Frosty
Dec 05, 2019
I agree! I loved the music and the design of Osiris and I was so excited about the potential of that expansion, to only be disappointed. Hopefully they deliver this time!
Kovitlac
Dec 05, 2019
Plus, even though Mercury is small and sparrow-less, it’s design is really friggin’ cool! I love the tower, the brilliant white-hot sun, the Vex architecture - it’s all so neat! That’s one thing I absolutely love about Destiny - different locations are actually substantially DIFFERENT. You’ll never mistake the moon for Mars, despite both having dunes, or Nessus for Titan. Which, speaking of Titan, I’d love an expansion centered around Titan and Sloane. She’s the only female Titan I believe we’ve seen (not just mentioned), and horribly underutilized. And in a Titan expansion, we could explore deep under the enormous methane sea, and find out just wtf that giant sea monster is that we caught a glimpse of in the campaign. Come ooooooon, Bungie!... Cater to my whim, here!
SSReset
Dec 05, 2019
With that paintjob and the ending of the series he’s probably a descendant of the 3rd Street Saints trying to find a new game to take over .
Destiny 2's Next Season Is All About Osiris, Saint-14 And... Time?
Rough time for our biggest Destiny 2 expert to be on jury duty, folks, but here we are with some unskippable news. Bungie just posted a trailer to hype the Season of Dawn, which will run in Destiny 2 from December 10 through March 9. Whoa, that’s Saint-14! [Googles “Saint-14”...]
Here’s the setup, spinning out of the Season of Undying that’s been running since the October launch of Destiny 2’s...
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Jilkon
Dec 04, 2019
I wonder if they’re going to add any new exotic or pinnacle sidearms ever. It’s such a neglected weapon type. They never really feel worth using.
Cayde-6's Unloaded Dice
Dec 04, 2019
Bring back the Havoc Pigeon as a Pinnacle weapon (as long as it’s not a f****ing Crucible one)! That gun was the absolute best at headshots-per-second back in D1
Blind Prophet
Dec 04, 2019
To answer your question see the below. Image name is literally S9_rewardss_sidearm.jpg. Don’t know if exotic or whatnot but there is a S9 sidearm thats part of the seasonal rewards.
Random Poster
Dec 04, 2019
So honest questions .
1 ) Is there any point in me playing this if I’m essentially never going to be able to group with anyone (nobody I am friends with plays it and I’m not too keen on grouping with those I don’t know) ?
2) if the answer to 1 is yes, how free to play is this? I understand the base game is free and I could partake in seasons but I don’t play a single game that uses a “battlepass” mechanic so not sure of its required or not.
3) the release of Shadowkeep has confused me a bit. If I buy that is that everything? Or does it still mean have to buy battle passes and the other DLC?
The lore has intrigued me thanks to falling down the wiki hole when I clicked on Totilo"s link about Saint 14.
Prof. Bananas Goldsteinberg
Dec 04, 2019
So full disclosure, I put over 900 hours into Destiny 1 and a few hundred into Destiny 2 (took a year long break), so I might be a bit bias. It might honestly have my favorite lore in modern gaming. Most of D1 was with friends and most of my time with D2 had been solo. It’s kind of the perfect game for me to just unwind with after work when I don’t want to have to engage too much while still appreciating the world.
You can reasonably do most anything solo except for certain things like the nightfall strikes, raids and dungeons. Most PVE content is matchmade but y ou don’t really need to communicate with your teammates verbally if we’re being honest. You’re basically just running through missions. Like I mentioned most of my time with the game is “solo” these days. Th ere are benefits to at least joining a clan even if you don’t plan on playing with others. Here’s a pretty good breakdown of what the free version entails. It’s worth checking out worst case scenario it’s not for you.
Destiny's Bad Juju Is Now In Borderlands 3
Over the weekend players discovered Good Juju, Borderlands 3’s response to Destiny’s exotic pulse rifle Bad Juju.
The Legendary assault rifle was added to the game last week as part of its Maliwan Takedown update and is instantly recognizable to anyone who’s spent time with Bungie’s loot shooter. In addition to Good Juju looking an awful lot like Bad Juju, down to the alien monster head...
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James
Nov 25, 2019
Ill be real, while I appreciate the gun is a referencer , they dont look all that similar to each other to me.
Syridian
Nov 25, 2019
Yeah, got triggered by the “awful lot like” bit myself.
Nick Ha
Nov 26, 2019
Yeah, honestly, it’s a terrible title. It’d be more accurate to say that a reference or a parody of Destiny’s Bad Juju is now in Borderlands 3.
Saying that the literal Bad Juju itself is in Borderlands 3 implies a partnership or collaboration between Bungie and Gearbox, which is actually politically fascinating and would be a significant revelation about their their corporate/studio relationship, compared to the reality of some writer/designer at Gearbox being a fan of Destiny and stuffing a cute little reference in the margins of the game.
That implication makes the title clumsy at best and dishonest/ clickbaity at worst. C’mon.
ToxicMicrobe
Nov 26, 2019
Maybe more destiny exotics could make it to borderlands where they wouldn’t be nerfed into oblivion to the point of purple guns being more useful, outside of a coupl e niche raid encounters
Nicholas Payne
Nov 26, 2019
Nicholas Payne
Nov 26, 2019
I mean, let’s cover the exotic weapons that have a place somewhere in the current meta (PvP, Gambit, Dungeons, Raids) : Sweet Business, Vigilance Wing, MIDA, Crimson, Jade Rabbit, Huckleberry, SUROS Regime, Cerberus+1, Malfeasance, Ace of Spades, Chaperone, Izanagi, Last Word, Thorn, Riskrunner, Lord of Wolves, Jotunn, Erianas, Divinity, Prospector, Tractor Cannon, Whisper, 1K Voices, Anarchy, Truth. There’s at least 25. You can equip *1*, so... uh, not sure how many more you need?
Bring Back Destiny’s Self-Resurrection, You Cowards
Once upon a time, Warlocks in Destiny could channel the fiery energy of distant neutron stars or however that universe’s space magic works to instantly bring themselves back to life. Then they lost all their powers in the switch over to Destiny 2. They gained a bunch of new...
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QuietThunder
Nov 23, 2019
I think you are confusing why they said they got rid of self-revive with why they actually got rid of self-revive. They got rid of self-revive because it broke too many encounters and it was easier to get rid of that than fix the encounters plain and simple.
BIMming It
Nov 23, 2019
This. One of the few abilities that actually broke the game on the PvE side without a simple fix.
Zilor
Nov 23, 2019
I would love a throw- able grenade that creates a healing/Resurrection well that you can toss on a downed player with greater safety that will then resurrect them and linger for a bit of a heal . Downside to the person using the ability is they don’t get that overshield.
Outrider
Nov 23, 2019
That could be fun. I always liked the support grenades and equipment from Halo 3 and I don’t see a ton of games using those features these days (though I guess a lot of hero shooters probably have something like that).
Starting Destiny 2 Late Spared Me A Lot Of Misery
Many video games these days improve with age and a big batch of patches, which is why it often helps to play them late. Ignore the hype, laugh off the social pressure, and play this year’s games next year. Can you do it? I keep doing it with Destiny games, and it’s been great.
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Gatling216
Nov 19, 2019
That’s how I play most games these days. It’s almost like the first 6 months of any AAA title are going to be an open, paid-for beta as various issues are ironed out. Longer, in some cases. I didn’t pick up the first Destiny until after Taken King, and from what I gather from the OG players, that first year was a nightmare in comparison. There are very few titles tantalizing enough to get me to pay full price at launch, when I could always wait a few months or a year, pick them up for a song, and have a much better playing experience as a result. Almost i nvariably, when I break my wait-and-see rule, I find the experience frustrating and annoying.
Truzen
Nov 19, 2019
I should’ve waited myself. I never played Destiny 1, but a buddy of mine ranted and raved about how good it was and convinced me preorder 2 , all-in. So for roughly $100, I got base Destiny 2, Warmind, and Curse of Osiris, all of which of F2P now.
MacManure
Nov 19, 2019
I’m in the same boat. Biggest buyer’s remorse ever.
Oct 24, 2019.
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Destiny 2’s Ongoing Story Has Potential, Even If The Vex Are A Little Boring
If you’ve logged on to Destiny 2 over the last couple of weeks, you might have noticed something different. The Tower, Destiny’s social space where players can collect quests from characters and store their gear, has a construction project underway. Two weeks ago, it was just scaffolding. As of this week, it’s starting to look like a portal. There’s a story here, and it’s pretty easy to know...
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DaveKap
Oct 24, 2019
You know what the worst thing about Shadowkeep is?
You spend maybe 10 minutes max inside the Shadowkeep. Everything else you do is outside the Shadowkeep. There’s a little bit of time spent near the red walls of the Shadowkeep but you see those red walls for maybe 20 minutes max then never see them again.
Basically, I don’t give a shit about the Shadowkeep. They give you no reason to give any shits about the Shadowkeep. There’s something inside the Shadowkeep that’s important but it has little-to-nothing to do with the Shadowkeep.
And now instead of worrying about the Shadowkeep, it’s all about the seasonal Vex shit. Or Eris’s ghostly friends. Or Ikora’s little project. But the Shadowkeep? Whatever. Who cares.
I want more creepy red Shadowkeep shit .
abracadaniel
Oct 24, 2019
Yeh, largely disappointed with content for that. They added a lot of other cool shit, but I feel like I'm alone in enjoying the story shit outside of doing the same thing hundreds of times to get a pretty yellow weapon.
paperscissors
Oct 24, 2019
This bothered me a bit as well. That giant looming red tower in all the key art is nothing but a big ass elevator to nothing. I mean, it leads to a boss room, and not much else. Do we even know why it (and the Hive there) is all red?
Nicholas Payne
Oct 24, 2019
I am confused about this article’s assertion of how little we know about the Vex. For starters, the Vex aren’t a synthetic race of machines , the machines are just vessels. They * are* a hive mind, but it’s an organic hive mind. The mainline Vex are primarily interested in the grand progressions of order/disorder in the universe. They are, understandably for beings with a decidedly non-linear conception of time, concerned about entropy and what it means for the fate of highly ordered things. They’re obsessed with self-improvement in the hopes that some perfected form of the Vex could solve these problems, which different collectives approach in different ways. The Hezen Vex of Venus attempt to manipulate time to pull reality into a state where the Vex are superior. The Vex of Mercury attempt to simulate as many different realities as possible to figure out which strategies will be most fruitful for them. The Vex sects of the Black Garden have variously worshipped the Darkness for it’s seeming ability to flout the natural laws of the universe, and the Garden itself for it’s unlimited capacity for growth, and ability to have it’s growth guided by concepts and ideas. That was a truly grotesque amount of geeking out about Deep Lore, but... yeah. The Vex aren’t the D1 Exo Stranger. Or, rather, similar to her, their lore has been expanded on *massively* since their introduction. Like everything else worth doing in Destiny though, you have to be paying attention.
wastingtimeontheinternet
Oct 24, 2019
Thanks for doing this for me.
On the one hand I absolute think everything Joshua writes about Destiny sucks because he only has reddit posts and surface-level gameplay to base it on. On the other hand the game doesn’t exactly help you reach a deeper level of understanding. On the 3rd hand, the *barest* amount of research about a topic your purportedly want to write from the perspective of someone who has done the *barest* *amount* *of* *research* on would reveal a much deeper world developing before us.
Blackie62
Oct 24, 2019
Radiolarian f luid, or as the cool kids call it, biodigital jazz.
The Wonderful Feeling Of Clearing Three Destiny 2 Quests At The Same Time
The best feeling for me when I play Destiny 2 is not a perfectly landed shot, nor is it the widely acclaimed “gun-feel,” nor the rare moments when I understand what lunar mission giver Eris Morn is droning on about. No, it’s when I’m winding down a mission and manage to...
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Christopher Becker
Oct 09, 2019
This is one of the best things about the Moon weapons. The ones that require activities completed and kills on the moon - Auto Rifle, MG, Hand Cannon - can all be done in the Vex Offensive as well. So you can grab Moon weapon quests, then grab Vex Offensive weapon quests, then grab Gunsmith Bounties and Ikora bounties, and complete EVERYTHING in a few rounds of Vex Offensive. It feels so, so good.
lattethunder
Oct 09, 2019
Yep. On the day Shadowkeep released all these new quests/bounties felt a little overwhelming , but it’s no problem knocking a stack of them out concurrently. And it makes seasonal progress a s nap .
MonkeyBiz
Oct 10, 2019
I’ve been able to do two Vex Offensive frames in the same Vex Offensive run. Just endless SMGs and Pulse Rifles. Oh, and you get Vex Mind Components for killing stuff and from the chests, so it’s like a self-reinforcing loop.
Plus, the SMG and Pulse can roll Outlaw and Multikill Clip/Rampage, or Feeding Frenzy and Dragonfly/Rampage/Multikill Clip, so they’re both really good.
smi1ey
Oct 09, 2019
I feel the same way, but about Crucible quests. I’m not a big fan of PvP, but Bungie has dumbed down the daily crucible quests so that even a mediocre player like me can complete them in 1-2 matches. I love the feeling of finishing a crucible match and seeing that I’ve completed all the daily bounties! It’s such a dumb, minuscule thing, but it still gives such a satisfying sense of accomplishment for some reason.
OrtizDupri
Oct 10, 2019
yeah, I’m VERY glad so far that it seems like they removed some of the more... ridiculous Crucible bounties - I’m a far bigger fan of the “get 10 kinetic weapon kills” than some of the old ones
Constant Colors
Oct 10, 2019
That’s actually really good.
I was never a huge pvper. I didn’t completely suck, but it just didn’t really grab my attention enough to get better at it. Some of those boun ties I’d just skip because they were irritating and were likely going to take several matches to complete.
It’s nice to see they pulled their heads out of their asses on this.
I got the sense that half the reason people avoid pvp is they were forced to do it a ton just to get basic things like bounties done. Making it way more stressful than it needed to be for people who were already uncomfortable with it.
Bungie Appears To Be Fixing Destiny 2’s Season Pass Issue That Made Add-On Disappear
Since last week, scores of Destiny 2 fans have been grinding their teeth over the apparent loss of their year’s worth of Season Passes, complaining about a flaw in development studio Bungie’s character transfer feature that cost them $25 to $40 worth of digital stuff. Today, Bungie says it is fixing the problem.
“We have issued a fix for players who accidentally purchased content on an...
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silver6kraid
Oct 08, 2019
This is only slightly related but man am I really enjoying Destiny 2 since it launched on Steam. I played it when it came out and didn’t feel much for it. Only finished the main campaign. After trying the free content for a bit I grabbed Shadow Keep and Forsaken and man has the game gotten a lot better since I played it. Only problem is it’s very confusing at times. But me and two friends are navigating it together and having a blast. I really hope Bungie manages to maintain success and p rove they don’t need Activision.
Tommy
Oct 08, 2019
I jumped into it today. I played it at launch and it was ok....needed a lot but was decent. I got in today and am so freaking lost. I just picked one of the free campaigns just to get me doing something.
Sean Bond
Oct 08, 2019
The game is VERY confusing, even if only because it essentially expects you to have a history with everything that came before. You don’t need to if you’re fine just tackling or playing with friends, but as soon as you step into the “full” experience, it’s overwhelming.
And the funny thing is, thanks to how much Shadowkeep and 2.0 shook things up, it’s still even confusing for us vets!
In terms of Bungie post-Activision , I'm optimistic. Almost as SOON as they parted ways, Bungie started implementing a bunch of things players wanted. Eververse (the cosmetics store) is still controversial and is unsurprisingly less generous than ever, but I think the entire thing is moving in the right direction. Although I'm not quite convinced by Armor 2.0.
giant enemy turtle
Oct 08, 2019
I’ve been playing Destiny since the beta (I know, I know) But I stopped playing D2 shortly after they changed up the eververse store this summer to look more F2P. I knew bad things were coming. I logged back in last night for the first time to see if all the changes from new light were worth it and it feels even more F2P now, which, I know much of it is...but still. I can remember promises of no microtransactions in D1 before the eververse store was created. Now with the seasons thing and the weird Fortnite battlepass rip off thing I’m just, I think I’m done?
jayg2
Oct 08, 2019
It’s ok to be done with it. Destiny has evolved and changed a lot over the years. It’s both completely different and yet somehow very much the same. There’s other games to play. So don’t feel you need to force it. If you aren’t enjoying it then I wouldn’t expect the recent changes to do much to change how you feel. If anything I think they would do more to push some people away.
Oct 08, 2019.
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Destiny Dance Troupe Returns With Elaborate Halloween Routine
Husky Raid is a legendary group of Destiny merry-makers known for their elaborately choreographed and meticulously staged videos that turn the shooter into a pop concert. Working entirely in-game, one player usually serves as an audience surrogate, wandering unwittingly into a bizarre carnival put on by people with a truly impressive mastery of Destiny’s animations, emotes, and weapon...
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Varchild
Oct 08, 2019
How much are they paying Kotaku to push stories about Destiny 2? I did not enjoy Destiny 2, and I felt like I wasted my money on Destiny 2. The multitude of stories about Destiny 2 seems rather suspiciously timed after the release of Borderlands 3.
MrTusks
Oct 08, 2019
Not to mention that all the Borderlands 3 coverage was about how something was wrong with it. I know it’s not a perfect 10, but it deserved better than being the beat of the guy who never liked Borderlands in the first place.
The truth is that Activision plays ball with the media, and Gearbox does not.
Ka Mai uses a burner 'cause he hates social media
Oct 08, 2019
Do you pull out the tinfoil hat for anyone who talks about things you don’t like?
MrTusks
Oct 08, 2019
With all this new stuff I almost regret trading in Destiny 2 for $2 five months after it released.
Almost. “The game is shit until two years and $100 in expansions later,” is a shit business model to which I did not want to contribute.
Darklink
Oct 08, 2019
Well the good news is that the base game, the first two expansions, and the content of the year 2 season pass is all now free to play. That’s a lot of content. Whether it’s worth playing or not, that’s up to you. The Year 2 expansion is $25 dollars, and the newest expansion that came out a week ago is $35, but there’s still tons of content to go through if you decide not to purchase.
devwild
Oct 08, 2019
T he game hasn’t been even remotely shit for the past year. The game has been excellent since the release of forsaken.
A Dramatic Reading Of The Names Of 400 Guns From Destiny 2
I performed a dramatic reading of the names of 400 guns from Destiny 2. Why did I do this? Well, one reason would be, “Why not?”
With the release of the Shadowkeep expansion, I started the game afresh in solidarity with my friends, who are playing the free-to-play New Light mode. So I haven’t progressed far into the game, and I haven’t accumulated much loot. However, I possess an urgent need to...
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SquiSquiSquidio
Oct 07, 2019
Exotics are in the tab right next to the weapons in collections
Tim Rogers
Oct 07, 2019
heh, yeah, i noticed that yesterday. oops!!!
still! i did 400 guns . . . . . . i guess i coulda just done em all huh
Woreeur
Oct 07, 2019
Im glad you didnt. Waste of time
How To Access Destiny 2’s New Vex Offensive Mode
If you have Destiny 2 and can’t figure out how to start the game’s new Vex Offensive, you’re not alone. We were initially vexed, too. (Yes, I’m a dad.).
The Vex Offensive is a six-player co-op mode that’s open to anyone who has the season pass for Destiny 2’s brand new Season of the Undying. That should be everyone who has the game’s new Shadowkeep expansion, as Bungie bundled the first $10...
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Kang81
Oct 06, 2019
“ The catch is that these storms, which represent Vex invasions of the Moon, happen infrequently. I waited 40 minutes for one to begin in the southeastern corner of the map near the big spaceship in the Anchor Of Light region.”
That reminds me of the old days of circling the moon waiting for a public event to start, before they were shown on the map like in D2.
Honestly, that’s not something I miss.
Xavus
Oct 06, 2019
T he Vex Invasion s spawn every time after a p ublic e vent thankfully.
Kang81
Oct 06, 2019
Good to know, thank you.
Oct 05, 2019.
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A Newcomer’s Guide To Destiny 2
This week, Destiny 2—Bungie’s long-running sci-fi shoot-and-loot extravaganza—got a thorough overhaul. With its Shadowkeep expansion , longtime players were introduced to some pretty extensive changes. For everyone else, Destiny 2: New Light took the base game and made it free-to-play, welcoming a host of new players to join in on the fight.
If you’re one of those new players, Destiny 2 can be...
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Serin9X
Oct 05, 2019
So my question is this: I played Destiny 2 at launch... original season pass and everything. But I kind of lost interest after the first DLC campaign was released (Curse of Osiris or something like that?) and haven’t touched the game since.
Since I obviously get to have my license on Steam now my question is the following: What do I have to buy to be current? Because it looks (to me anyway) like I need to buy another ~ $85 worth of DLC to get there. That’s a lot and I’d rather not if I don’t know if I want to stick with it. But am I even right? Do the DLC packs offered on Steam matter? Do I have them already? Am confoozed.
Daniel Kaszor
Oct 05, 2019
You can play for free on all of the maps right now. There is nothing capping your gear progression regardless of the amount of DLC you have (IE the number goes up as high as the other players). Certain campaigns must be purchased for you to play them, but they can be purchased as you choose and you don’t need all of them to play the newest one. So basically: - You can play right now (after going to bungie.net and migrating your account to steam, this takes 30 seconds).
- You can progress without purchasing anything, though you won’t be able to play the most recent campaign or all the activities.
- If you want to play this year’s campaign you can do so by buying it (it’s Shadowkeep in the store)
- If you want to play last year’s campaign you can do so by buying it (it’s Forsaken in the store). You don’t need to buy this to play this year’s content.
- All of the year-one content (the base game and two small expansions) is free for everyone.
spoothead656
Oct 05, 2019
You still get access to a lot of stuff even without putting down money for the two big expansions. I’d say download and play around; do some strikes or Crucible and see if you like it. If you do, go ahead and buy them. I think you can even skip Forsaken if you wanted to save money because nothing in it is really relevant to progression anymore. HOWEVER, Forsaken has the best campaign in the entire franchise so that could be worth a look too.
KillahMate
Oct 05, 2019
Here’s t he actual most important noti ce for new players, that was implied by the article but never said outright: if you plan on playing Destiny 2 ‘seriously’ (ie beyond, say, running through the campaigns and calling it a day which is totally a legit approach) you need to be aware that you will be getting yourself into a second job.
Some people will say the commitment is manageable, and for some people it is - but the fact remains that even more so than most other MMOs, Destiny’s short-term timed and seasonal activities are designed to both keep you consistently playing and also ensure you never stop. Some people don’t deal well with these types of incentive structures, so please be aware of what you’re getting into. Also keep in mind that the ‘single player’ campaigns are fully integrated into the MMO gameplay, so by the time you complete The Red War you will already have been seamlessly inducted into the endgame grind.
Guy
Oct 05, 2019
I disagree with this slightly, you can play destiny with a single character and be pretty much right were you need to be with the rest of the community by playing maybe 6-10’hours a week. The second job part comes in when you are doing all that 3 times over for a marginally higher level on your main and the opportunity to play with other classes.
CaralhoVoador
Oct 07, 2019
Unfortunately, I totally agree with you. I say it’s unfortunate, because I really enjoy the game, but I likely will never have the time to do most of the e ndgame content. I completely missed the Season of the Drifter because I was busy working. I have yet to attempt to do one raid in D2 because of the time commitment. I just have way too many things going on outside of gaming. It's kind of heartbreaking and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Why Online Game Launches Are Often A Mess
Just after 4 pm ET on Tuesday, Destiny 2 players began to see a warning message. A red line stretched across the bottom of their screens, and the text below it stated: “Attention: contacting Destiny 2 servers.” Minutes later, huge numbers of players got booted from the massively-multiplayer online sci-fi shooter.
At Kotaku, we lost connection at 4:11 pm. My character, who had been freshly...
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Sean Bond
Oct 03, 2019
I don’t really blame Bungie for the server errors; a hugely-hyped expansion plus a huge shift to F2P for the first portions of D2 probably gave them a larger response than they anticipated. The rest of the bugs we see in Destiny 2 and other games, however, are an unfortunate by-product not only of the nature of always-online games, but of the culture both sides (devs and players) are reinforcing, where games don’t necessarily have to come out finished anymore.
Games-as-service basically get a free pass to fix themselves “eventually,” because the entire premise of the games is that they’re always evolving. There are plenty of things devs can’t anticipate when a game launches, but there are also plenty that they just don’t have time to fix, and pushing the game’s release back is (as far as I can tell) generally thought of as a worse idea than fixing while the game is on the market.
Just look at Fallout ‘76, No Man’s Sky, Anthem, etc.
pwn4science
Oct 04, 2019
games in the nineties and early 2ks were nowhere “more finished” despite being simpler by magnitudes, but the audience was more tolerant.
there is a plethora of successful games that have completely gamebreaking bugs, exploits and mindboggling imbalances despite being 15 years on the market - the Total War series, the Elder Scrolls games, the Age of Empires series, the Anno series to name just a few.
Sean Bond
Oct 04, 2019
I can’t speak to the majority of those given that they’re PC games, and I generally don’t play those, but the Elder Scrolls series is famous for being buggy, so I’m not entirely sure that’s a fair example. Also, I’d argue that PC games are much more prone to bugs/glitches/etc., simply because they’re being installed on an incredible variety of hardware (and software) setups; I mainly meant console games.
I’d also argue that there’s a huge difference between being “tolerant” of a bug in a game that sometimes causes the game to crash, and being tolerant of a game for which it feels like content was stripped out (which started to happen a lot more with the intro of DLC to console gaming).
sarusa
Oct 04, 2019
Stephen covers all this all in the article, but here’s the tl;dr version:
1) You can test all you want but you can’t adequately simulate a million people trying to log in from all over the globe.
2) It’s usually one bottleneck. All it takes is one bottleneck.
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That’s the tl;dr, so h ere’s a tl example that should be familiar: assume you have 10000 servers (well prepared!) and can spawn new ones in a fraction of a second. You’ve seen what happens when there’s a single login server, so you have 1000 of those (and can spawn etc). You do some tests, man we’re all ready to go. Total overkill.
Now the flood starts. 100,000 people trying to log in at once. You end up getting hit by about 1000 requests a second (the rest are stuck in timeouts). No worries, we have overkill. But... uh oh. You did load testing on a test database, which ended up being locally cached. Now that you’re using the live (production) database, database lookups are taking 30% longer. Instead of .9 msec, they’re taking 1.2 msec. 1000 requests/second * 1.2 msec/request = 1.2 seconds per second. Oops. And because this is all part of a fragile pipeline, this isn’t just a 20% reduction in performance, everything craters.
This is where you’d move to a distributed cached / database, but that’s not a trivial change. And if you’d done that before launch then something else would be the bottleneck. Murphy’s Law.
red5sittingby
Oct 04, 2019
Very good analogy.
This whole thing brought out the worst in people on Twitter too. I know trying to present logic in a Twitter argument is like trying to catch the wind, but some people are just nonsensical.
Blind Prophet
Oct 04, 2019
Also another thing to keep in mind, on one of the platforms they switched login models. From Battle.net to Steam. That alone could have caused problems even without the flood of people.
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Is Full Of Mysteries That Will Kick Your Ass
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep is a lot to take in. In one fell swoop, the expansion resets player progression, institutes a new seasonal model for live events, and adds a wealth of new content. It’s going to take some time to get a grasp of the scope of things. Online, ever-changing games like this are less like cars and more like big old boats, or what I imagine boats to be like—too big to notice...
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DarthNoll
Oct 02, 2019
You’d think after years of this they’d figure out how to drop an expansion without everything shitting the bed. I know I should be used to online only games anymore, but some sort of fix to make offline solo story content a thing would be nice.
Aquila76
Oct 02, 2019
To be fair, this happens to EVERY major release. If they remade Tetris right now, it would probably kill the servers on day One.
KodokIjo
Oct 02, 2019
Destiny 2 also went free to play this time, which never happened before. It’s hard to guess how many people that never played the game would actually tried logging in today.
O's, Poes and Bohs
Oct 02, 2019
So you’re saying that, sometime after I conquer BL3 and before Shenmue III gets to my front door, I should revisit Destiny 2?
T_elic
Oct 02, 2019
I mean, the base game and a lot of content from previous expansions is now Free to play so you can always try for free and see if you like the current state of the game.
The Destiny 2 Patch Changes A Lot Of The Game's Most Familiar Menus
Destiny 2's big New Light overhaul today boosts all existing players to power level 750. It also may slightly adjust your progression. Here are some things that stood out at first glance when I logged into the game with my character today.
First, there’s the character screen, now complete with Sparrow vehicle and Ghost along with lots more stats and an inventory slot for the new Seasonal...
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Filip Miucin
Oct 02, 2019
I lost interest in Destiny 2 when I realized that some weapons were just clearly better than others. I was having fun in crucible thinking that I just needed to get better to improve in the modes with no level advantages and decided I wanted to try for the Last Word. Welp, my performance literally doubled as soon as I unlocked the gun. It’s just that much better than any of the other guns I had unlocked before it. You don’t unlock new weapons for more variety and new ways to play. You unlock weapons because player skill is secondary to having broken weapons.
Nicholas Payne
Oct 02, 2019
...Are you actually that plagiarism guy?
IrvingLee
Oct 02, 2019
Wouldn’t be much of a loot game if it doesn’t work that way, no?
Anyway, as a lot of top PvP streamers have showcased in literally hundred of videos, a skilled player will win using any loadout against a less-skilled player with the “best” meta guns.
eastyy
Oct 02, 2019
Got connected and started playing but got constant server connection issues and in the end got disconnected, One thing i did wonder is if starting with a power boost to 750 does that mean if you start the game from scratch there is not much in the way of progression
Adam Porter
Oct 02, 2019
I can’t really answer that as I have minimal playtime. However if you do the actual “tutorial” you’ll be at 770 or so.
Oct 01, 2019.
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Here’s How Bungie Changed The Beginning Of Destiny 2
One of the more exciting things about Destiny 2’s Shadowkeep expansion is how its release will be accompanied by a free-to-play version of the base Destiny 2 experience. Dubbed Destiny 2: New Light, the new version aims to bring in new players and offer them a generous helping of the Destiny 2 experience, but even faster than before. It’s been a little unclear how that will actually work, but...
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Also_Ran
Oct 01, 2019
Can you play through the whole game solo or are you forced by the difficulty to team up? If you have to team up, can you join people randomly? I am a very antisocial person.
Sir E
Oct 01, 2019
No you can solo most of the campaign, i know i did
Blind Prophet
Oct 01, 2019
Most things in Destiny 2 can be completed solo, or without really needing to interact with others. And in cases where you do, you can join up with randoms whom you generally will not have to really interact with outside of picking them back up, or having them pick you back up after dying.
Jilkon
Oct 01, 2019
So does this mean talking to Amanda will, in essence, trigger the attack on the Tower?
KillahMate
Oct 01, 2019
Yeah, I’m not sure exactly how this is supposed to work.
Kyuzo
Oct 01, 2019
Funny, I just remembered that Amanda plays any role in this game whatsoever other than meet-cuting with Sloane.
Your Destiny 2 To-Do List For This Weekend
We’re about to begin the final weekend before Destiny 2's big expansion, Shadowkeep, launches, and it’s understandable if you’re feeling a little listless.
One of the nice things about Destiny is how it’s always endeavored to offer something for every style of play, and as a result, everyone plays at their own pace. In that spirit, I’ve got three categories of tips for you: Some general things...
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Jaqen H'ghar
Sep 28, 2019
You know what? I would love to jump back in, especially because they made the annual pass stuff free, but you can’t play the annual pass stuff unless you own Forsaken. Which okay, you say, I’ll just go ahead and buy Forsaken cause I never purchased Forsaken after Warmind. Well, my friend, you can’t do that because Bungie went and did what Bungie always does and removed everything except the Forsaken Complete Collection. So in order to jump back into the game you have to spend another $25 and rebuy all content you’ve already paid for in order to get that ONE piece of content you skipped and catch up. That will still be the case after Shadowkeep releases and all the content EXCEPT Forsaken becomes free. It is beyond stupid and it almost comes across like they want to punish the players that stepped away from the game after not liking what they were putting out and want to come back. Cause honestly at this point after already having to double purchase content both with Destiny 2 and during Destiny, I’m just tired of doing it. I’ve easily spent over $220 (honestly probably more just spitballing) on this game and I should be able to spend $10 or $15 to get Forsaken and be done with it and decide if I want Shadowkeep.
Xavus
Sep 28, 2019
.......What? If you never bought Forsaken then you are not paying for content you already paid for. The Forsaken Complete Edition is the Forsaken expansion and the Annual Pass with its three seasons of content. The original season pass was for Destiny 2's first two expansion, Curse of Osiris and Warmind.
paperscissors
Sep 28, 2019
I’m confused as to what you’re actually asking for here. Forsaken originally was $40. And then it was an additional $35 for the Forsaken Annual Pass. Then Forsaken + Annual Pass was supposed to be $40 all together once Shadowkeep dropped. But then Bungie decided to go even cheaper and make Forsaken + Annual Pass $25 right now. (Edit: Also includes Destiny 2 + CoO + Warmind) So what’s the problem? If you’ve never bought Forsaken, this deal is still cheaper than Forsaken has been before.
Maxor127
Sep 28, 2019
This To Do list is why I avoid games like this. It sounds like a lot of work and bullshit to keep the loot treadmill grind going. I’m only playing Destiny 2 at all because I got it for free, and I’m just casually doing the story content.
Darkhouse999
Sep 28, 2019
A to do list like this is very much more geared towards the hardcore crowd. Enjoy the game your way. As long as you have fun that is all that matters.
Pessimippopotamus
Sep 28, 2019
Exactly. Aside from dismantling my cosmetics, I’m not going to bother with the rest. It’s all just a guideline to maximize leveling up on the first day of the new expansion if you want to .