The tenth year of Destiny 2 is shaped by the episodes. Bungie has now summarized how this path will continue.
Where does the information come from? The British video game magazine Edge conducted an interview with Robbie Stevens (Game Director of Destiny 2), Ben Wommack (Combat Area Lead), and Catarina Macedo (who was Project Lead for the expansions of Destiny until June 28, 2024). In this interview, Bungie summarized the future of Destiny 2.
The online magazine gamesradar collected the information from the magazine and summarized it online.
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What was said in the interview? Bungie discusses the development of Destiny 2 in year 10 and 11 in the interview. Some of the information has been known since the introduction of the episodes in early June, while others provide new insights into the future of the loot shooter – particularly the episodes.
For example, Bungie explained that they do not consider the new system with the episodes to be 3 content drops per year internally, but rather 9, as each of the three episodes brings 3 acts into the game.
These are the highlights of the interview:
- The subclass Prismatic and the new enemy type “Abomination” are supposed to stay in Destiny.
- Ben Wommack explains that Bungie is currently weighing a bunch of ideas on how to continue with Prismatic and summarizes: “We have found that we can do more than we originally thought.”
- After the conclusion of the saga around light and darkness, episodes will continue that replace the old season system. The first episode “Echoes” has been running since June 11 and ends on October 8. The focus of “Echoes” is the new antagonist “the Conductor,” a Vex.
- Robbie Stevens explains why they turned away from seasons and are now continuing with episodes: The episodes with their acts allow Bungie to provide a quick cadence of content because there are more content drops (9 content drops due to the 3 acts per episode).
- In year 10, Bungie plans to return to existing locations with a number of well-known characters and moments and to link the stories of some characters.
- Episode 2, “Revenant”, revolves around fulfilling the Eliksni prophecy and “putting an end” to the mocking leader, the Fanatic, as well as preparing the future of the Eliksni.
- In Episode 3, Heresy, you return to Oryx’s tomb ship. It seems that one of the Hive gods will be able to take the light. The episode is supposed to show what the future of the Hive might look like.
Thus, the episodes should clearly focus on different, already known enemy types. First, the Vex are in the spotlight, then the Eliksni / the Fallen, and in Episode 3 the Hive.
Furthermore, Bungie revealed in the interview that Destiny 2 will receive a new exotic mission in Episode 1, Act 3, which they describe as “one of the largest exotic missions we have ever built”: Destiny 2 announces the next highlight: “One of the largest we have ever done”
