With Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris, changes have been made to the endgame that Bungie will turn upside down today. They admit: “We made mistakes.”
Right after the launch of Curse of Osiris, it was one of the biggest hot topics: Those who do not buy the DLC will be excluded from some endgame activities that were available to everyone before the DLC.
Specifically, this concerns the Prestige mode and the Trials of the Nine. Particularly precarious: These activities are tied to trophies / achievements of the main game, making it impossible for players to complete the base game Destiny 2 100%.
Bungie had to respond as a wave of complaints and refund requests came in. And today, on December 12th, Bungie will implement some changes in this regard.
Bungie Apologizes
In a detailed blog post, Bungie apologizes for these issues and mentions solutions that will be rolled out today with the Update 1.1.1.1.
The developer team writes, they made mistakes regarding “content access.” They intended to keep existing content relevant despite power level increases. Because in Destiny 1, the best content, like the Glass Vault, was left behind as Guardians became more and more powerful. For Destiny 2, they wanted a better solution and to keep endgame activities current through the Prestige mode.
The goals:
- The raid and the nightfall strike on normal difficulty should always remain playable for all Guardians at the same power level
- The Prestige difficulty should grow with each DLC and new power level cap. However, you need the latest DLC for that.
Additionally, PvP playlists such as Trials and Iron Banner use new PvP maps from the DLCs. And since these activities along with their rewards change every season, they require the latest content. In other words, if you want to play Trials and Iron Banner, you must also buy the DLC. That has been the plan so far.
However, Bungie clearly understands now that the community is not satisfied with suddenly tying activities of the base game to paid DLCs. And that some trophies / achievements are no longer accessible to everyone has been overlooked by the team; it was an unacceptable mistake. They understand the community’s frustration.
Therefore, changes will be rolled out that are expected to come with 1.1.1.1 today.
This is how access to endgame content changes
This is changing today:
- Leviathan Raid: The Prestige mode will be brought back to power level 300, and rewards will be adjusted accordingly. Now all players have access to the Prestige raid again. This also applies to the “Legend of Acrius” shotgun.
- The Trials of the Nine will only require the DLC when one of the new maps is in rotation. In all other weeks, all players have access. However, to receive the new Trials rewards from Curse of Osiris, you will need the DLC. The remaining rewards, which have been in the game since launch, will still be available.
- Nightfall Strike: The Prestige mode of the Nightfalls remains at 330. For that, you still need Curse of Osiris. Therefore, you can only earn the Prestige trophy through the raid if you do not own the DLC.
- Nightfall Strike: The normal difficulty only requires the DLC when one of the new DLC strikes is in rotation. In all other weeks, all players have access.
- Limited-Time Events – Iron Banner, Faction Rally, The Dawning: For these events, you will no longer need Curse of Osiris. The Faction Rally, which was supposed to start today, will be postponed to ensure that the next rally is available for everyone. However, to earn the new rewards from these events, you will need the DLC. Without the DLC, you can only snag the rewards that have been in the game since the launch of Destiny 2.
Three more pieces of information:
- In the future, not today, they are looking for ways to improve heroic strikes. They are to receive new challenges and modifiers and become accessible to all players.
- For Prestige activities, they may add a third difficulty in the future.
- The Weekly Reset has been taking place since Curse of Osiris on Tuesdays at 6 PM. As there will be maintenance at this time today, we will report on it later – perhaps only tomorrow.
