Fans find hints of a new weekly event in Destiny 2. The Armsweek reminds players of the weapon days from Destiny 1 and allows them to earn new rewards with restricted loadouts.
Inquisitive Guardians have stumbled upon hints of a new mode while browsing the official Bungie homepage. It seems that the weapon days known from Destiny 1 will find their way back to Destiny 2 in a revised form. Bungie is turning weapon days into Armsweek.
Armsweek – What is known so far
How the weapon days went: On the weekly weapon day in Destiny 1, players could test and order various weapons from Gunsmith Banshee-44 since the “Taken King” expansion. In the following week, he would bring the orders, and the Guardians could order new weapons again. It was possible to gain reputation and, at a certain rank, even receive exclusive exotic weapon quests.
What is known about Armsweek: The focus of Armsweek will likely be on having players complete certain activities with prescribed equipment configurations. Guardians will be able to earn special rewards. It is currently unknown whether the Gunsmith will be involved again and how often the event will take place.
However, there are descriptions of three different Nightfall strikes that will be undertaken with restricted loadouts. At the end, there will be Masterwork catalysts as rewards.
For instance, in the Nightfall version of Savathûn’s Song, there are upgrades for the Masterworks of Hard Light
and the exotic hand cannon Rat King. In the weapons dealer Nightfall, you can find the catalyst for the Prospector grenade launcher.
Additionally, there will apparently be a new strike mode where the choice of weapons will also be limited. It is not yet known whether there will be special rewards as a result.
Whether other strikes or additional specific rewards will come with Armsweek is still unclear at this point.
An official announcement or even a release date for this feature is still pending. However, a foreseeable release of Armsweek in summer 2018 seems very likely in this context.
Bungie recently announced that they will gradually equip all weapon exotics with Masterworks in the near future. Both Rat King and Hard Light and the Prospector cannot currently be upgraded to Masterworks. The reason for this is most likely Armsweek.
Other exotic Masterwork catalysts are likely to be integrated similarly. Recent analyses of data mining suggest that further catalysts, such as for the Sunshot or the Graviton Lance, are tied to the faction fights and their respective factions.
What do you think of this find? Do you think Armsweek will be integrated into the game with update 1.2.1 on May 29?
