In Destiny 2, Activision confirms: New raid content is coming – but what does that mean?
On October 30, at the “Paris Games Week 2017”, the expansion “Curse of Osiris” was officially revealed for the first time. In the PlayStation livestream, a new trailer was released that showcases the DLC focusing on Osiris, the Vex, and Mercury.
This trailer contains few hints about new gameplay content. It primarily showcases the setting and teases the story that the first expansion will revolve around. However, this trailer does not reveal what “Curse of Osiris” will specifically bring in terms of game modes and activities.
Shortly after, Bungie and Activision followed up and announced in blog posts which features this DLC would include. This information comes from Bungie:
– Explore Mercury and its mysterious “Infinite Forest”
– New story missions and adventures
– New thematically designed weapons, armor, and gear
– New co-op activities
– New competitive multiplayer arenas
– And more …
Many Guardians are wondering if “Curse of Osiris” will also bring a new raid. However, Bungie’s list does not announce a “new raid.” Activision, on the other hand, lists other features.
What are “new raid contents”?
According to Activision, the first DLC will include a new story, returning characters, a new location (Mercury with the Infinite Forest), a social space called the Lighthouse, new strikes, new raid content, new activities in the open worlds, a new world quest, and more.
That the Lighthouse will come as a social space had already been leaked in advance. Now, another feature that Activision mentions is causing more excitement: “new raid content.”
What does that mean? The community is speculating and has several ideas:
- A completely new raid is coming. After all, the first DLC of Destiny 1 also introduced a new raid (Crota’s End).
- New raid content could also mean that the current raid is being expanded. That the Leviathan raid will receive new content.
- An old raid could return in an updated form. Therefore, there might not be a “new raid”, but only “new raid content.” Possibly the Vault of Glass, as Curse of Osiris revolves around the Vex.
- It might not refer to a raid at all, but just to raid-like content. Something like the Prison of Elders from Destiny 1, which was not a real raid but treated as raid content (You could even earn the raid trophies through the Prison).
Which of these ideas turns out to be true will only be revealed in the future. One can assume: If a new raid comes eventually, the responsible parties will announce it loudly with “a completely new raid is coming!” and not hide “new raid content” in the middle of a sentence. So we should not expect a new raid.
The last point, that some kind of PvE arena will be introduced, similar to the Prison of Elders, seems to be the most likely. This Infinite Forest on Mercury could be an arena that is randomly generated, creating a new player experience each time. In the trailer, Vex platforms can be seen respawning:
In the arena, players will fight against the Vex. Perhaps Activision means with the “new raid content” what Bungie means with the “competitive multiplayer arenas” …
This is, however, not confirmed. In the coming weeks, we will learn more.
Curse of Osiris will be released on December 5, 2017, for PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
What do you think, what could be meant by the raid contents?
