Over time, some features have been removed from Destiny 2 for revision purposes. Others have been promised for the future. However, some of these are still yet to be seen. Fans still have to do without them at the moment.
Currently, there is a lot of talk about the future of Destiny. In the upcoming Season 7, the Season of Opulence, Bungie apparently has big plans for Destiny 2.
There are also rumors about the potential successor Destiny 3 that won’t stop. In fact, there are still some things from the past of Destiny 2 that Guardians would love to hear about again.
These 3 Features are Currently Missing for Guardians
Some features that were supposed to be integral to the game are still nowhere to be found. For many Guardians, they are almost forgotten.
Other players who joined later might have never heard of these things. So what do fans currently have to do without? And what is the current status?
The Trials – Trials of the Nine
What are the Trials of the Nine? The Trials of the Nine are actually a successor to the popular and almost iconic Trials of Osiris from the first Destiny.
They represent a top-tier PvP activity for the competitive elite of the Crucible, where the best players face off against each other week after week in a special format, earning exclusive weapons and gear.
What happened to the Trials? The Trials of the Nine were supposed to be the weekly highlight for PvP fans.
However, the Trials of Destiny 2 could never match the popularity of the Trials of Osiris – partially due to the new format and the overall state of PvP. They simply didn’t stand out from the homogenized mix of other PvP modes.
Thus, the mode struggled with steadily declining player numbers and was eventually completely removed from the game by Bungie for a general overhaul . The last Trials match took place at the end of August 2018.
What is known about the return of the Trials? Not really much. The last time Bungie commented on the state of the Trials was in February 2019. However, they could not really please the fans with the news.
For the studio stated: The Trials remain suspended indefinitely. They would not return in the next few seasons – so one should not expect this elite PvP mode before the fall of 2019. It’s also uncertain if it will return at all in 2019.
The Factions and the Faction Fights
What are the Faction Fights? The factions have represented specific groups since Destiny 1, to which Guardians can swear their allegiance and rise through a ranking system.
In return, players are rewarded with faction-specific loot and other unique rewards.
The Faction Fights of Destiny 2 were limited-time events where the different factions and their followers competed for victory. The winning faction then offered their followers special rewards that could only be acquired through victory.
What happened to it? The faction fights never really caught on with the fans. Many found them monotonous and insignificant. Even after a revamp for Season 3, this event failed to convince the majority of players and was taken out of the game by Bungie at the start of Season 4 for an overhaul.
They wanted to use player feedback to fundamentally improve the event and align it more closely with the wishes of the fans, many of whom wanted a permanent presence of factions as in Destiny 1.
When are they supposed to return? Since the faction rallies have been put into hibernation, nothing has been heard about their future plans.
In November 2018, the Community Manager Cozmo merely mentioned on Reddit that the faction fights would not return in the Season of the Forge. Since then, there has been silence again. When the factions can proudly display their banners in the Tower again remains unclear.
Exotic Masterwork Catalysts
What are Masterwork Catalysts? With the Warmind expansion, the ability to turn various exotic weapons into a masterwork was introduced.
This essentially serves as an upgrade for the respective weapon, improving certain stats or granting the weapon additional perks. Many exotic weapons have become significantly more powerful because of this.
However, you first need appropriate masterwork catalysts. These must first be found and leveled up to eventually unlock the desired masterwork variant of the weapon.
What happened to the Kats? After the first catalysts were released, not much has happened. Even though Bungie once promised that every exotic weapon would receive a corresponding catalyst over time, not much has changed since then.
Only the faction rallies brought 3 new catalysts into the game after their first revamp, which can currently no longer be earned. Since the Update 2.2.1 in April 2019, 4 more catalysts have been introduced.
Nevertheless, Destiny 2 currently has 20 exotic weapons that do not yet have a masterwork catalyst.
When are more Kats supposed to come? There is also no information about that. While four new catalysts were recently introduced, they apparently had been finished since summer 2018 and were just being utilized now. There is no trace of any further, truly new catalysts.
In addition, Bungie promised a way to make the faction-specific catalysts from the faction fights earnable for everyone in the future. But this promise also dates back to summer 2018. Since then, nothing really new has been heard about it.
What do you think? When will these features return? Will they at all? Which one do you miss the most?
