In Destiny 2, everything revolves around spectacular gear, breathtaking worlds, and epic battles. However, with the release of Season 21, Bungie introduced a new exotic for the Warlock that divides the opinions of Guardians. MeinMMO takes a look at the new “Ugly Piece” of driftwood and tells you if it’s worth the sight.
What Exotics has Destiny 2 added in Season 21: As with every season, the “Season of Depth” has washed new Exotics up on the shores of Destiny 2. One for each class.
So after the first part of the seasonal dive story was completed, many were curiously browsing the collection and saw the following:
- The Hunter received the new armor exotic “Triton’s Burden”
- With the perk “Arm of the Halberd”, the reload speed and melee damage of glaives increase when surrounded. Additionally, glaive melee final blows overflow a projectile into the magazine. Glaive projectile final blows create explosions when the glaive deals damage corresponding to your focus.
- The Titan received a romantic, floral armor exotic called “Thorn Guardian”
- The perk “Barricade” channels defensive light when the class ability, i.e., the barricade, is used. It also grants a grenade that creates a barricade upon impact.
However, upon seeing the Warlock exotic, many Guardians wondered: “What on earth is that hideous thing? Ornament! Right now!”
The hideous sight is the new Warlock exotic “Zenotaph Mask” from Season 21.
- Its perk “High Priority” gradually reloads a portion of the magazine of an equipped glaive from reserves. When you deal damage to a boss, miniboss, or vehicle with a glaive that corresponds to your focus, it will be marked as a priority target. When allies take out the priority target, they receive heavy ammo. You yourself receive special ammo.
Not only have Warlocks been wearing “bathrobes” in Destiny 2 for years. Now they also received an exotic that looks like an ugly aircraft carrier made of driftwood. Many clicked into the Eververse and prayed to find an ornament for it – but in vain.
But at least. You don’t have to unpack the brown paper bag to hide right away, because what the exotic can do seems pretty good – despite the bad optics.
Zenotaph Mask – Ugly Nightmare or Hidden Jewel?
Looks or function – what is better? The opinions of Warlocks about their new wooden look are definitely divided. It indeed feels a bit strange to dare to step into the world of Destiny 2 with this “board on your head.” Cool is somehow different.
For this reason, some Guardians don’t warm up to the “Coffee Table Mask” at all. Some even see it as an upside-down boot of a Hive Knight that one is now wearing on their head and that is also much too big.
The Guardian overthisbynow, however, sees it as balancing justice:
I mean, Titans literally get towers for their shoulders. It was only fair that we Warlocks now get spacecraft for our heads.
the Destiny player overthisbynow thinks.
- NitroScott77 is already thinking of more functionalities: “Bruh, it’s perfect! Your teammates can stand on your head. There’s no better support option than a head platform!”
Others, on the other hand, are excited about the new exotic wooden piece from Bungie.
- As amazinj2084 commented in the Bungie forum: “I like this piece of firewood on my Warlock’s head. I will wear it just because it’s ugly.”
- A_Hideous_Beast finds: “It’s ugly. But I love it for this reason. I like it when Bungie tries something different, [like recently in the raid “Root of Nightmares” with the additional arms on the armor] and [also] this abnormally long helmet.”
Ugly, but good: While some players let their decisions be influenced by the external appearance, others argue that it is important to recognize the added value of the exotic and to use its abilities in gameplay.
Some “Destiny 2” players have already formed a surprisingly positive opinion about the visually controversial exotic after the first tests, arguing that while the look of the exotic may take some getting used to, it is still an extremely effective and powerful piece of armor. Something that should not be neglected.
Thus, the Zenotaph Mask is said to be a perfect exotic for the endgame and ideal for builds with the support exotic “Divinity”. We already see it as one of the best exotics in the future.
- It’s basically an “Actium War Gear” for glaives that generates heavy ammo for allies and works great so far at 100% and even faster.
- Additionally, the effect can be combined in a team with the exotic Aeon Armguards when you want maximum heavy ammo.
- Weapons like “Divinity”, “Coldheart”, or “Agers Scepter” will play pretty great with it. Basically, any exotic glaive.
This means with the “Zenotaph Mask” you can mark a boss, a vehicle, a champion, or a named enemy with a yellow bar as a primary target with any glaive and have your allies take it out, for example, with a finisher. This drops a block of heavy ammo for your allies and once special ammo for the Warlock.
The user Xslaughteredx on the other hand, has a completely different theory as to why the exotic was designed that way: “[Bungie] made it so ugly just so they can sell you a decent-looking ornament for silver later on,” referring to the recent introduction of the ornament for the Warlock’s exotic “Starfire Protocol”. It was nerfed at the start of Season 21 and received an ornament at the same time.
The heated debate surrounding the ugly
exotic in Destiny 2 also raises an interesting question: Should players judge more by the functionality and benefits of a piece of gear, or should the aesthetic design take precedence?
And what do you personally think about the new exotic of the Warlock? Do you like it? Or do you say that the creative armor designer at Bungie deserves a reprimand for this piece?
By the way: Other items in Destiny 2 also have a visually peculiar look that is ugly-unique:
The 5 ugliest items from Destiny 2 that I would rather never have received
