In Destiny 2, the game director addresses three new features that could come in the future. He also shows a new sword!
Last night, on December 14th, Bungie revealed the “The Dawning” event in Destiny 2. This will be the winter event that starts next week and brings snowball fights, new gear, and the Dawning to the Crucible.
Shortly thereafter, Bungie’s game director Christopher Barrett took to Twitter. He first posted this image of a new sword, along with two eyes and the hashtag #thedawning:
He then answered numerous questions from players. He confirmed that every Guardian can obtain this sword at no additional cost. Neither Curse of Osiris is needed for this sword nor do you need to spend money elsewhere. You will receive the sword through event quests that come with The Dawning.
New features one can expect soon
Barrett seemed to be in a chatting mood in the last hours, as he responded to a few more tweets. He mentioned three features that he would like to see in Destiny 2. Since he usually included a winking smiley, it can be assumed that work is already being done on them and that these features will actually come to the game soon:
- Barrett would love it if we could soon customize swords with shaders. This is being discussed for a future update, he says.
- He would love to see masterwork armor pieces in Destiny 2 soon. So far, only masterwork weapons are in the game.
- He would love to see a simplified and much more interesting mod system in Destiny 2.
It seems realistic that all three features could be implemented by early 2018:
- The shaders for the swords – why not?
- The masterwork armor pieces will surely be introduced eventually, as currently, the masterwork weapons are very well received in the community. They finally give players new reasons to log in frequently and hope for good drops and grind. Masterwork armor pieces are the logical consequence.
- And the mod system has been criticized for months as being cumbersome and boring. Bungie should upgrade this.
When to expect this remains to be seen. Bungie has already announced that they will talk extensively about the next updates in January 2018. No major changes can be expected in 2017.
Something to read is coming next week – Bungie is releasing a web comic!
