Bungie has explained how they want to ensure as much fairness as possible in Destiny 2 when the new raid “Crown of Sorrow” opens its doors for the first time.
New info on the World-First race: Recently, Bungie revealed when Season 7, the Season of Opulence, and the accompanying new raid “Crown of Sorrow” will start.
Now the studio has explained how they want to ensure that the race for the World-First title is as fair as possible for all players. Among other things, a special mode will be introduced for the first 24 hours and some other changes will be made.
This is the reasoning behind the changes: In a separate blog post, Luke Smith explained the motivation behind the changes for the raid.
In Season 7, they want to try something new and allow the raid to start right at the beginning of the season. This is intended to make the World-First race more competitive and fairer at the same time.
Previously, a raid start was preceded by a multi-week and cross-season collecting marathon, where players hoarded as many powerful rewards as possible to start the raid with the highest possible power level. This gave some guardians a significant advantage in this activity.
Now, this should proceed much fairer due to some additional changes than in previous World-First races. Such methods will still play a role in a limited scope, but by no means as much as before. If this experiment succeeds, it could become the standard model for future World-First races.
Special mode for the first 24 hours
This is what the contest mode entails: For the first 24 hours of the raid, a special mode will be active – the so-called “Contest” mode. This will prevent guardians from over-leveling the new content.
- As long as Contest is active, there will be restrictions on the power level of individual encounters in the raid – a kind of fixed difficulty.
- Specifically, this means: For the encounters, there will be no advantages from a certain power level – no matter how high your level is. In the first encounter, for example, you will have no advantage from power level 700 onwards. In the final fight, a power level above 720 will not benefit you.
- After 24 hours, the relationship between the raid and power level will be restored. Everything should proceed as it has previously.
This additionally ensures fairness: Additionally, Bungie intends to take Destiny 2 offline for two hours after the update for the new season goes live. This is to ensure that as many players as possible can download the update and meet the requirements for the raid.
Requirements for the raid
Here’s what you need to do to access the new raid: Instead of the power-boost bounties introduced in Season 6, there will be a special power-boost quest after the new Season 7 begins.
All players must complete it before they can start the raid – once per account. After you master this quest with one character, all other characters on your account will be rewarded with gear at power level 690. You should be able to play your favorite character without being affected by your power-level strategy.
Additional restrictions
Additionally, there will be two more factors to ensure more fairness in the World First:
Restriction on Gambit bounties: The Drifter will no longer be one of the main sources of power. The power boosts granted through Gambit bounties are expected to decrease once you reach a power level of 700. From a power level of 720, these boosts will decrease even further.
Restriction on Primus Engrams: The buff “Primus Determination” will be limited to two charges per character on day one of Season 7 – even if you have played up to the reset. This means this bonus only applies to the first two Primus Engrams that you find.
The old raids are initially disabled: The raids “Last Wish” and “Scourge of the Past” will be disabled until the first team has completed the new raid “Crown of Sorrow”. This is to prevent guardians from using a stockpile of Ascendant Shards to gain a level advantage.
What do you think of this idea? Is it a good basis for a fair World-First race?
