Now we know what the raid content for “Destiny 2”: Curse of Osiris will look like and what other raid activities we can expect in the coming months. The community is divided on what to think about it.
When “Curse of Osiris” was officially revealed, Bungie and Activision talked about a new raid content, a new raid activity that this expansion will introduce.
The guardians speculated diligently about what the term “raid content” could mean. It probably won’t be an entirely new raid, otherwise the officials would be talking about “new raid”. Maybe it refers to additional content in the Leviathan raid or possibly an arena mode similar to the Prison of Elders?
Now Bungie has lifted the curtain and explained what is meant by raid content: Curse of Osiris introduces a “raid lair”.
What is a Raid Lair in Destiny 2?
“Raid Lair” can be roughly translated as “raid cave” and means that the existing raid will be expanded. The Leviathan raid will be enhanced with new content in Curse of Osiris.
The new raid area is called “Leviathan, Eater of Worlds” and takes place beneath the previous raid encounters. It goes into the “belly” of the Leviathan. After all, this gigantic ship is a “world eater” and therefore offers an incredible amount of space for further challenges.
The raid lair will be shorter than the current raid. While it offers new activities and new locations with unique encounters, puzzles, and a new final boss, the new raid content will not be as extensive as the current Leviathan raid. However, there are said to be many opportunities to die. It is said to be more challenging than the current raid.
As a reward, there will be new loot in the form of weapons, armor pieces, and cosmetic items.
The entrance to the new raid lair is located in the area where you also start the normal Leviathan raid. Behind this gate, it goes down into “Leviathan, Eater of Worlds”: This is what it looks like behind the gate – no more footage has been shown:
More info about the raid lair in Destiny 2:
- The recommended power level is 300 (normal mode).
- There will be a prestige mode.
- The raid lair will be played in a fireteam of up to 6 players.
- The raid lair will not be available immediately at the launch of Curse of Osiris on December 5. It will be unlocked shortly after.
The second expansion also brings a new raid lair
In the navigator, this will be the new raid overview:
The activity in the middle, marked with a Calus head, is the standard Leviathan raid. This can still be played in Curse of Osiris. The recommended power level will be increased to 300.
To the left is a symbol with which you can start the raid lair from Curse of Osiris. By the way, it is not necessary to complete the “normal” Leviathan raid in order to play the lair.
It is noticeable that there is still a grayed-out symbol on the right side. Bungie confirmed that this is a second raid lair that will be introduced with the second expansion in spring 2018.
This suggests that the second expansion will also not bring a new, standalone raid, but will simply further expand the Leviathan raid.
When this was announced in the livestream, numerous guardians immediately expressed their disappointment in the chat. This would mean that throughout Year 1 of Destiny 2, there would be no new raid. Many wrote that they regret buying the season pass. People want completely new raid experiences – after all, these are the highlight of Destiny for many. And the raid lairs sound like they cannot replace the player experience of a completely new and extensive raid.
After the initial frustration comments, counterarguments also began to appear in the Reddit forum. This content plan for the raids is brilliant and very exciting, writes a user and receives thousands of upvotes for it. He believes that the Leviathan would have been a huge waste if they didn’t expand the existing raid. There are so many doors and so much space in this ship that he is glad to see more than just a few rooms in the palace on the ship.
Another user emphasizes that the Crota raid from the first DLC of Destiny 1 wasn’t fundamentally larger than what the raid lair is now described to be. Crota also had only a few phases and a boss at the end. With this, he wants to refute the arguments that even Destiny 1 had more raid content.
We will see how extensive the raid lair from Curse of Osiris will ultimately be. What do you think of the plan to expand the Leviathan raid twice?
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