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This week astatine Bungie, we’re prepping for our large Showcase lawsuit aboriginal this month, elaborate successful an earlier TWAB. We’re besides moving with the assemblage for a nifty caller Exotic, detailing what’s adjacent for Iron Banner successful Season 18, announcing Rift coming backmost to regular Crucible, and giving 1 past telephone for that glowy glamour goodness with the Solstice lawsuit that’s nearing its end.
As we’ve already mentioned, we’re not going to beryllium dropping immoderate large quality betwixt present and the August 23 Showcase, but that doesn’t mean we don’t person thing to chat about. For this week, we’re keeping things a small lighter, truthful let’s commencement with what ol’ Saladin (oh, excuse me, I mean Valus Forge) has up his sleeves for america with Iron Banner returning adjacent Season.
Ready for this week’s TWAB? Let’s get into it.
More Iron Banner is connected the mode adjacent Season, this clip sans Rift. To speech astir much astir what’s connected the horizon, we’ve got Principal Designer Alan Blaine present to dive a small deeper into what’s adjacent successful Iron Banner and Crucible realms. Take it away, Alan!
Alan Blaine: Hi everyone. Now that Iron Banner is officially wrapped for Season of the Haunted, let’s speech astir what we’ve learned, arsenic good arsenic plans for the adjacent Season and the future!
First up, we’re adding the quality to gild the Iron Lord Seal with the adjacent batch of matches successful Valus Forge’s honor.
As for what other is caller successful Season 18, let’s speech astir streaks. When we started moving connected Season 18’s Iron Banner, good earlier we launched Rift, we knew we wanted to travel backmost to thing much acquainted aft a Season of objective-based gameplay. Some of you person been asking to play Clash successful Iron Banner for a while, truthful we decided to commencement there. With that aside, we inactive needed that Iron Banner twist—the happening that makes it consciousness unique.
The halfway imaginativeness started with a speech that sounded like, “What if erstwhile you went connected termination streaks, Saladin shouted, ‘He’s connected fire!’ and you lit connected fire? And possibly erstwhile you got a kill, helium shouted, ‘BOOMSHAKALAKA!’.” And from that chaotic conversation, Eruption was born.
What is Eruption? Eruption is Clash with vigor boosts based connected termination streaks. It was affectionately called Streak Mayhem internally earlier we gave it a existent name. During Eruption, sidesplitting your opponents scores 1 constituent and a mean magnitude of energy. After that, erstwhile you get your 2nd elimination successful a enactment without dying (assists number too!), you go “Surging.”
- You commencement lightly glowing.
- Kills commencement generating 10% Super vigor and 20% grenade, melee, and people energy.
- You people 3 points per kill.
When you get your 5th termination without dying, past you go "Primed."
- You statesman glowing brightly!
- Your squad goes connected the Hunt.
- Everyone connected the squad gains 5%Super and 10% grenade, melee, and people energy.
- You present summation 12% Super and 5% grenade, melee, and people vigor per kill.
- You people 3 points per kill.
Sounds great, right? So, who wouldn't want to beryllium Primed? Well...
- You besides person a 15-second timer connected you.
- If the timer reaches 0, you erupt.
- Erupting kills you, which resets your streak and ends the Hunt.
- Getting a termination resets the Eruptions timer backmost to 15 seconds.
- You are past marked for some teams, truthful everyone tin spot close wherever you are.
- The different squad gets 3 points for sidesplitting you.
- Choices.
- More than 1 subordinate tin beryllium Primed astatine a time.
We are excited to get Eruption into everyone's hands, and we anticipation it continues to exemplify our tendency to bring caller and unsocial experiences to the Crucible and Iron Banner. One of the things we learned with Rift successful this existent Season is if we person a brand-new mode (like the astir caller iteration of Rift), introducing it to everyone successful a high-focus situation archetypal highlights inevitable issues that immoderate multiplayer crippled has. Instead, we are going to beryllium moving guardant with the Zone Control plan, introducing it arsenic low-pressure Crucible Labs first to marque definite it performs arsenic intended successful a real-world setting. Then, and lone then, bash we bring the caller mode to Iron Banner, albeit with a unsocial twist.
We volition decidedly travel backmost to Control and Rift for Iron Banner successful the aboriginal but expect a acquainted mode with a unsocial acquisition successful Season 19. In the meantime, let's speech Rift.
Rift won’t beryllium successful Iron Banner for Season 18, but that doesn’t mean this mode is gone forever. Most of you volition beryllium blessed to perceive that Rift volition present person much modular overtime rules. For those who whitethorn not cognize what precisely that means, overtime is that added clip enactment connected the timepiece to springiness teams a changeable astatine breaking immoderate necktie that whitethorn beryllium successful place. It besides gives america Titans a just shingle to conscionable spell ham with those fiery hammers and anticipation for the champion (just being honest).
Alan is backmost with adjacent much details astir what players tin expect, including lessons learned from the rebirth of Iron Banner.
Alan Blaine: Season of the Haunted ushered successful a caller epoch of Iron Banner, starting with Rift. While the archetypal week had a rocky start, by the end, galore players were starting to make caller tactics and strategies for the mode, and the play games were immoderate of the closest and well-played. Then the 2nd week rolled around, and we fixed (most of) the bugs and everyone had a large time, right?
We each cognize that alteration tin beryllium hard—especially unexpected change. Communicating changes that we don’t cognize volition enactment out, communicating aboriginal plans erstwhile there’s nary hard date, and balancing betwixt opposing subordinate bases each lend to the complexity of the PvP-verse successful Destiny 2, but this is the fantastic conundrum we are committed to. For now, this is what we’re blessed to stock with players, and we deliberation a batch of this accusation is going to beryllium breathtaking for galore of you.
Time for immoderate amusive data: 1.5 cardinal players played astatine slightest 1 lucifer of Rift, and implicit 300k of you managed to reset your fertile (and 150k reset it twice!). We decidedly deed a fewer radical conscionable right—one subordinate reset their fertile 17 times past Season (in lone 55 hours in-game!), and different played implicit 133 hours of Rift during Season 17.
The assemblage was besides capable to exposure immoderate flaws successful the mode. We’ve already had a fig of fixes spell unrecorded successful Rift, similar making it truthful games ended decently if a Spark was dunked late, oregon that the Spark could ever beryllium picked up. We besides made a fewer tuning changes, specified arsenic erstwhile we added a 3-score Mercy rule, arsenic good arsenic erstwhile we dropped the basal mode clip to 8 minutes.
The fig of matches that afloat went to clip dropped by 10 percent, and we went from having nary Mercy criteria to 1/3 of matches ending successful Mercy (at 3-0 oregon 4-1).
One of my favourite things astir the caller epoch of Iron Banner is the caller rules we are going to beryllium bringing successful each Season. While Rift won’t beryllium successful Iron Banner adjacent Season, it volition beryllium successful a play rotator successful the Crucible:
- Available to play Week 1, 8, and 14, arsenic good arsenic a Private Match.
- Private Match is wherever you tin play immoderate representation you want, adjacent the unbalanced/asymmetrical maps.
- Alongside the much modular overtime rules, we besides expect Multispark to instrumentality successful a aboriginal Season.
- AFK protections person been updated to utilize Rift-specific events.
- Later this Season: We fixed a bug that didn't let you to ever instantly dunk the Spark if you picked it up excessively adjacent to the Rift.
For aboriginal Seasons:
- Explorations with 3v3 Rift.
- Allows usage of smaller maps similar Wormhaven.
- May besides let america to usage somewhat asymmetrical maps similar Burnout.
- Fixing scenarios wherever 1 squad tin play support distant with the Spark longer than intended.
- Lessening the achromatic surface clip aft scores.
- Further measures to discourage overt kill-farming.
We speech a batch astir Destiny 2 fashion, but the threads of benignant aren’t constricted to armor. What’s a bully look without the due accessories, americium I right? We’re excited astir the caller weapons and different cogwheel connected the way, but we deliberation it’s clip for a fewer much acquainted pieces of instrumentality to get a makeover. Even better? We privation you to determine which ornaments go a reality. Even amended than that? The designs down the projected ornaments volition beryllium created by an creator from our assemblage of Destiny 2 players that are axenic magic erstwhile it comes to bringing the crippled into the existent satellite done art.
So, however does this work? First off, we are leaving it up to you successful the assemblage to prime which Exotic gets a community-created ornament. We person 3 options for you to ballot connected successful an email we volition nonstop retired starting connected August 16:
Once that spiffy Exotic has been selected, we volition beryllium moving with the chosen assemblage creator arsenic we assistance them make 3 antithetic limb ornament concepts. Once we person 3 that are viable to beryllium made into ornaments, we volition person different assemblage ballot truthful that you each tin prime your idiosyncratic favorite. The victor volition beryllium approved to beryllium made into a limb ornament successful the game, and past bam: caller look, caller you.
Here is simply a speedy look astatine the afloat process:
- Community votes connected which Exotic to prime done email starting connected August 16.
- Community creator creates 3 limb ornament concepts for the winning Exotic.
- Community votes to prime their favourite limb ornament concept.
- Winning limb ornament goes into accumulation and is released in-game arsenic aboriginal arsenic Season 21.
This volition beryllium the archetypal community-created point that makes it into the game, and we are truly excited to spot however it plays out. We person picked an creator out, truthful delight don’t consciousness the request to commencement immoderate campaigns connected whom we should pick. We besides aren’t asking them to bash this enactment for escaped and volition beryllium paying them conscionable similar erstwhile we enactment with different outer conception artists.
We privation to marque definite we springiness our creator plentifulness of clip to enactment connected their concepts, truthful it volition beryllium respective months until we uncover who they are and unveil their enactment for the adjacent circular of voting.
Once we person picked the conception that’s acceptable to spell into production, it’s going to instrumentality a spot to spell done our contented pipeline, truthful we privation to acceptable immoderate expectations up beforehand that you shouldn't expect to spot the finalized plan successful Destiny 2 until Season 21. We know... that is simply a agelong mode out, but we’re gladsome you get to beryllium on for the thrust connected this 1 and an important portion of that process.
Community-created and community-voted, we can’t wait to spot what you each decide.
This is conscionable your affable assemblage manager reminder that this year's Solstice lawsuit is coming to a close. This means you've got conscionable a fewer much time to get successful determination and drawback those goods, oregon conscionable roast immoderate s'mores implicit successful Bonfire Bash to decorativeness retired immoderate last-minute Event Challenges.
One much heads-up! Don’t hide that Event Challenges and Event Tickets expire astatine the extremity of Solstice and the Event Card itself volition beryllium removed. Get that Kindling, sparklify that armor, and scope retired the Event Card upgrade if you consciousness similar getting ace fancy. Or not, wholly up to you. Just delight marque definite you spell accidental “Hi” to Devrim implicit successful the EDZ. I perceive he’s a large assistance erstwhile knocking retired immoderate of those circumstantial Challenges erstwhile retired for Patrol oregon moving a Public Event oregon two.
Dear Darkness, delight artifact retired the sun. Love, DPS
And we’re backmost with our ever-stunning, ever-kickass Player Support squad to springiness america the rundown of what’s coming down the pipeline regarding the existent and contiguous authorities of Destiny 2. This includes immoderate Solstice tweaking, different reminder that the lawsuit is ending (Hey, we privation to marque definite you know, beingness gets busy!), and much down the determination to disable in-game substance chat. So, without further ado, let’s get this amusement connected the road!
This is their report.
SOLSTICE EVENT CARD EXPIRING SOON
Solstice ends soon! Players person until the play reset adjacent Tuesday, August 9, to assertion their Solstice Event Card rewards, walk their Event Tickets, and unlock the Flamekeeper rubric and Seal.
FLAMEKEEPER TITLE AND SEAL
Many players were capable to assertion Flamekeeper aboriginal owed to a bug wherever gilded Triumphs unlocked earlier each the regular Triumphs had been completed. Players who unlocked Flamekeeper utilizing the gilded Triumphs but did not implicit the regular Triumphs volition person this rubric and Seal relock adjacent Tuesday.
TEXT CHAT UPDATE
Last weekend, an contented was discovered successful Destiny 2’s substance chat wherever a circumstantial substance drawstring could beryllium utilized to footwear players successful immoderate enactment backmost to the login screen. As a speedy fix, we temporarily disabled text chat until we tin hole the issue. Due to the complexity of this issue, we person been investigating the basal origin passim the week. Stay tuned to @BungieHelp on Twitter for updates.
SILVER ASH UPDATE
The contented wherever players would lone person 1 Silver Ash careless of the fig of Silver Leaves that were converted has been resolved, and players should present beryllium capable to person the close magnitude of Silver Ash per conversion connected immoderate of their characters.
KNOWN ISSUES
While we proceed investigating assorted known issues, present is simply a database of the latest issues that were reported to america successful our #Help forum:
- Text Chat has been disabled owed to the known contented above. We anticipation to person a solution arsenic soon arsenic possible.
- The Eternity Crucible representation did not number towards the Flawless Seal’s This is the Way Triumph.
- The rally emblem sometimes doesn’t enactment successful the 2nd brushwood of the Wellspring: Defend activity. This tin beryllium mitigated by waiting a fewer moments.
- The Duality introductory quest doesn't number Master completion for the quest’s objective.
- The Takes All Kinds play Solstice bounty lone progresses connected Major Taken defeats.
- Players tin instantly dice erstwhile mounting a Sparrow that's parked adjacent to the bonfire.
- Players tin sometimes dice erstwhile transporting to the Nightmare realm successful the Duality dungeon.
- Glows connected this year’s Solstice ornaments person an unintentionally reduced glow.
For a afloat database of emergent issues successful Destiny 2, players tin reappraisal our Known Issues article. Players who observe different issues should study them to our #Help forum.
Hippy: Movies, we emotion them, right? We besides emotion a bully mashup which is precisely what we got erstwhile 1 subordinate decided to instrumentality a changeable astatine recreating the Vow of the Disciple raid successful the satellite of Minecraft. Considering I can’t marque a four-wall location that looks adjacent remotely similar a building, I can’t assistance but to find this impressive. Is it perfect? Nope. Does it request to be? Also, nope. It’s conscionable a truly chill effort that makes america privation to research successful each of our blocky glory!
Movie of the Week: Vow of the Disciple raid meets Minecraft
Sam: Two things: One, I americium a Warlock, done and through. Two: I americium not a precise "puzzle savvy" Warlock. How bash I know? Because I did the nonstop aforesaid happening this saccharine Titan did, but you're going to person to click connected this link to ticker it due to the fact that TikTok is TikTok and we conscionable person to rotation with it.
Hippy: Hi, maine again. Jumping in connected this MOTW bid erstwhile much to accidental that you tin beryllium your Bottom Dollar (see what we did there, b-because of the weapon... we'll spot ourselves out) we're hitting that bonus slot this week! Can you truly blasted us? Just look astatine this LEGO perfection! The Enigma Glaive afloat LEGO-fied is conscionable excessively bully to walk up:
Movie of the Week Bonus: LEGO Enigma
Hippy: I’m going to beryllium honest; Saint-14 and Osiris person my full bosom and soul. I emotion these 2 truthful much, that it’s astir apt a small weird astatine this point. Anyhoo, we each cognize that things person been a small strained for Saint arsenic the hunt continues for his beloved, truthful we’re beauteous darn stoked to showcase 1 creation portion that shows the strong, yet weary bosom down the brawn for Saint-14 and the antheral that played with clip itself to prevention him.
Art of the Week: Just a City Age warrior and his helmet
Ivan: This portion touched maine with a peculiar tranquility and melancholic vibe. you tin consciousness it successful the colors and successful the atmosphere. Great work, Bioluminosity!
Art of the Week: A sisterly remembrance
B-b-bonus Round Art of the Week: What if Destiny released connected GameBoy?
And that’s a wrapper connected different TWAB. We’re prepping for an breathtaking Showcase astatine the extremity of the period filled with surprises conscionable waiting to beryllium unveiled. For the contiguous future, adjacent week we’ll beryllium diving into immoderate much limb changes, a small much Showcase hype connected however to ticker and more. Stay tuned, but for now, marque definite to beryllium drinking that delicious water, taking attraction of yourself mentally and physically, and don’t fto the Darkness successful the satellite dim your Light. Be kind, beryllium you.
Until adjacent time, Guardians.
"I should go,”
<3 Hippy
