In a week, Destiny 2 Season 22 is coming and promises some new features that will change the gameplay experience in Bungie’s popular sci-fi shooter. In this article, we’ll take a look at the 12 updates that guardians can expect soon.
What can players expect in Season 22? The world of Destiny 2 is about to receive another update with fresh content, as Season 22 is approaching rapidly. The launch is set for August 22 at 7:00 PM.
With each new chapter in Lightfall, Bungie is paving the way for following the Witness. Guardians will learn more about the Veil, and there is still a Hive spirit whose favor will likely need to be earned.
- In Season 22, Guardians will need the help of Savathun on the advice of Ahsa.
- Unfortunately, the Witch Queen was killed by Guardians and then torn apart by Eris Morn in the Tower of the Last City. Only her Hive spirit remains.
- Whether Immaru, the spirit of Savathun, is interested in collaborating with the “flickering flea bags” of the Vanguard is questionable.
In this article, we will not look at the story but at the 12 confirmed updates of Season 22.
What is confirmed for Season 22
New Season Structure
In Season 21, the seasonal model drifted too slowly for some players. Bungie had to admit this and noted: “We know that our players are looking for more variety in repeatable seasonal activities, and above all, we want to continually surprise them with what comes next in each season.”
In Season 22, it is finally time. Bungie will change the season structure. The developer aims to “venture into creative areas that have never been explored before.”
- Some things will fundamentally change, including the paradigm of seasonal progression, with a completely new mechanism.
- Season 22 is also expected to provide more room for Bungie to express themselves narratively and for Guardians to expand their gameplay.
- Additionally, the seasonal progression will change “on a large scale.”
However, this is all that is known so far. Bungie will reserve the full reveal of these changes for the showcase on August 22, where they will show some things in action.
No Increase in Power Level
Most celebrated it, and Bungie announced:
As the change (not raising the power level) has shown a positive effect, we will not raise the power level cap in Season 22 either. This way, Guardians can play at their own pace and do not have to chase top rewards every week.
shared Bungie in the “State of the Game” article
And what about the challenge? Of course, there will still be activities that depend on power, such as Grandmaster raid and dungeon content, legendary and grandmaster strikes, top-tier, legendary and grandmaster lost sectors (solo), and the Trials of Osiris.
Furthermore, the difficulty threshold for the top-tier strike has been raised with the top-tier battlegrounds, forcing players to re-adapt to succeed.
Weekly Ritual Challenges
The ritual playlists will be optimized in Season 22. Currently, three challenges need to be completed in the Vanguard, Gambit, and Crucible. This will change starting Season 22.
- Starting August 22, Guardians can complete all nine weekly challenges in any of the three ritual playlists of their choice.
- You can thus hang out only in the Crucible and continue to ignore Gambit if you wish.
- Bungie will increase the drop rates of ritual engrams upon completion of ritual playlist activities.
These Rewards Await in Season 22
Now let’s talk about the loot from Season 22. There will be new and returning, familiar weapons that drop in the playlists of the Crucible, Vanguard, Gambit, and Trials of Osiris.
Here are all the weapons you can hunt for in Destiny 2 starting August 22, 2023:
- Crucible: Everlasting Storm – Stasis submachine gun
- Strikes: Luna Regolith III – Solar sniper rifle
- Strike: The Law of the Overseer – Kinetic hand cannon and Pre Astyanax IV – Solar precision bow
- Gambit: Qua Xaphan V – Void machine gun
- Iron Banner: The Leading Sight – Strand scout rifle and Antler Sprout – Arc bow
- Trials of Osiris: Igneous Hammer – Solar hand cannon and Cataphract GW3 – Heavy Strand grenade launcher
Update from August 16: Bungie has already presented the first photo of a seasonal armor from Season 22 and writes: “The true path is hidden, but she knows the way. She who hides the truth in the deception.”
Exotic Mission Rotator
Bungie is bringing back old Exotic missions in a rotation. This way players can not only replay these exo-missions from past seasons, but also earn back their exotic weapons and catalysts.
Furthermore, this will be a new and steady source for old seasonal rewards, such as armor and weapons for crafting that thematically overlap with the corresponding exo-mission.
- In Season 22, three exo-missions will be available:
- Operation: Seraph’s Shield for the pulse rifle “Revision Zero” (craftable)
- Foretokens for the scout rifle “Tale of a Dead Man” (craftable with a new perk pool)
- Vox Obscura for the grenade launcher “Dead Messenger”. (craftable with a new perk pool)
Who can play the missions? You can only play these missions if you own the corresponding DLC or season. For example, for Operation: Seraph’s Shield, you need “The Witch Queen” or the “Season of the Seraphs.”
The rotator will start directly with Season 22 on August 22, 2023.
New Legacy Raid
Season 22 will also provide you with a legacy raid again. These are raids that Bungie has once locked away in the content vault of Destiny 2 or those that originated in Destiny 1. Currently, only five candidates remain that are eligible for a return. One of them is a hot favorite in the community.
We will provide you with the rumors here as spoilers. This way, you can decide for yourself whether you want to know which raid is set to return in Season 22:
Click here if you want to know which raid is supposed to launch in Season 22
According to sources from “Destiny-Bulletin” and the fairly reliable leaker Liz, the legacy raid of Season 22 is supposed to be “Crota’s End.”
Bungie has even tested the return of the raid in the game since the release of the “Witch Queen” expansion, such as in the diving activity from the Season of Depth with the Hive lamps. The community also expects that the raid exotics Necrochasm and the luminous green Crota armors will return.
When does the raid launch in Season 22? The legacy raid is set to start on Friday, September 1, 2023, at 7:00 PM. There will also be a Worlds-First race again.
New PvP Experiences and a New PvP Map
There will be some fresh wind for PvP. From Season 22, there will be a new PvP map, a new game mode, and a new PvP modifier introduced.
- Multiplex: In Season 22, players will discover this Lo-Fi Vex map for the first time. It is an asymmetrical map with a Vex environment as the backdrop, since the Vex network plays a “vital role in the story” in the year of Lightfall. Narratively, this space is located right in the creation of the Everforge, and this is set to be experienced in action.
The new PvP mode is called “Relic” and the PvP modifier is “Checkmate”.
- Relic: A 6v6 party mode with relic weapons.
- Relics include the “Aegis” from the Glass Chamber, the “Synaptic Spear” from the Season of the Resurrected, and the “Sense” from the Season of the Haunted.
- You have to charge your personal relic energy by defeating opponents with normal equipment.
- Once fully charged, you can acquire a relic from a relic depot. By defeating relic holders and using relics to defeat opponents, you earn points for your team.
- Checkmate: This modifier aims to shift the PvP experience away from ability-based kills towards more shooting. A wish that players have had for a long time.
- As a result, the modifier increases the Time-to-Kill (TTK) from 0.60 and 1.00 seconds to 0.80 and 1.20 seconds.
- Player health will also be increased, and the cooldown of abilities will be slowed down. Special ammo will be earned through gameplay and will not drop upon death.
- It will be available for Rumble, Control, and Survival.
When can you play these PvP modes? Relic and Checkmate will both start in Season 22 in the Crucible Labs. Each will run from Week 1 to Week 4 and again in Week 11 until the end of the season.
Stasis Aspects and Fragments Directly Accessible
In Season 22, Bungie ends the Stasis quest on Europa, which is convenient for those who still do not possess all Aspects and Fragments of the Stasis subclass due to the lengthy questline.
- At the start of Season 22, you can fly to Elsie Bray on Europa and fully equip your ability through the merchant system.
- Provided you have enough Glimmer and own the “Beyond Light” DLC.
New Strand Aspects
There will also be something new for Strand in Season 22. Bungie is adding three new Strand aspects that will enhance the Strand gear of each class with a unique dynamic gameplay element.
These aspects are:
- “Whirling Maelstrom” for Hunters
- “War Banner” for Titans
- “Woven Path” for Warlocks
12 Reworks for Underutilized Exotic Armors
From Season 22, a total of 12 updated exotic armor pieces will become “more useful and powerful,” as Bungie announced. Therefore, four exotic armor pieces will be optimized for both Hunters and Warlocks, while Titans will see six refreshed exotic options.
We have summarized all the changes for you here:
New Caps for Masterwork Materials
Bungie has announced that it will expand inventory in Destiny 2; the caps for masterwork materials will be increased.
- The cap for Ascendant Shards, known colloquially as “golf balls” by Guardians, will increase from 10 to 30.
- Ascendant Alloy will also be increased from 10 to 30.
- And the number of enhancement prisms will double from 50 to 100.
With the increase in caps, the possibility of storing these materials in the post when the inventory is full will be removed starting Season 22. And this is a minor nerf.
What happens if the post is still full? If you currently have Ascendant Shards or other items in the post: You will not lose them when Season 22 starts. You can gradually pick them up.
Already full stacks of these materials in the inventory will in the future be treated just like Glimmer. This means that if you have the maximum amount, nothing will drop until there is space in the inventory again.
Organizing Shaders, Ornaments, and Emotes Will Be Easier
The tedious search for the favorite shader among hundreds of shaders will come to an end. Starting Season 22, you can mark frequently used shaders in Destiny 2 as favorites and pin them directly at the top.
- Up to 100 favorite shaders, ornaments, and emotes can be pinned to the top of the list.
There will also be a quality-of-life update for organizing your teleport effects. All teleport effects you own will now be visible on your ship and can be selected there. You will no longer need to save multiple copies or pull the effect from your collection to equip them on your ships.
This resources tab in the collection is also new: Starting Season 22, players will also find a resources tab in their collections, where all currencies, upgrade materials, and engrams in the game will be displayed. They are categorized accordingly and provide information on how to acquire them and what you can do with them.
These were all the updates and new features for the upcoming Season 22 of Destiny 2. Let us know in the comments which of the announced things have sparked your interest the most!
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