It’s a long-running adage amongst Destiny followers that Bungie does its finest work when its again is towards the wall. That will probably be of little consolation to these laid off final October similtaneously The Final Shape growth was delayed, however as I famous final month the studio does appear to have entered certainly one of its ‘we’re so again‘ eras.
The new Onslaught horde mode, and its Brave weapon loot, has introduced grinders again in droves. The Pantheon boss rush occasion can also be proving common, with raid virgins popping their cherries and hardcore groups concentrating on the toughest model for bragging rights. Hell, we even received new PvP maps this week!
All these additions have been aimed squarely at holding the prevailing participant base occupied within the run as much as the discharge of The Final Shape, which closes out the 10-year-long story arc Destiny is on, on June 3. Today, Bungie revealed how it’ll tempt again long-lapsed and utterly new gamers to the Saga: By making all however one of many present expansions free from now till The Final Shape launches.
Those expansions are Shadowkeep, Beyond Light, and The Witch Queen, every of which incorporates its personal full marketing campaign and raid. Note that Beyond Light additionally grants gamers entry to Stasis, a frost-flavoured subclass on your guardian to wield. Somewhat irritatingly, PlayStation Plus members additionally get entry to the Lightfall growth, which we did not love, however comes with the Strand subclass (assume Spider-Man solely glowing inexperienced ropes). Regardless, free is free, and you can maintain no matter gear you purchase and exotics you unlock throughout this era.
Sweetening the pot additional, Bungie is making a big chunk of seasonal content material free too: “In addition to the expansions, all Seasonal content material from Destiny Year 6 is accessible to all gamers by way of June 3, which incorporates: Season of Defiance, Season of the Deep, Season of the Witch, and Season of the Wish.” There’s some banger stuff in these seasons, just like the Deep Dive and The Coil actions, plus the Avalon and Starcrossed unique missions.
With large stress on The Final Shape to ship, Bungie is clearly doing every part it will possibly to take away friction for anybody pondering of testing the sport because it approaches the large climax. Whether it will possibly stick the touchdown we’ll must see, however as an inveterate participant since day one I’m glad to see the ship no less than on target once more. We’ll have extra to speak about on that entrance quickly.
