Bungie breaks with tradition: For the first time, there will be no additional difficulty level for a raid in Destiny. The Destiny 2 raid “Last Wish” will thus do without a Prestige mode.
In every raid that Bungie has released so far, there has been some form of an additional difficulty level. In Destiny 2, there has been the Prestige mode, which offered new modifiers for the Leviathan raid and the two raid encounters as well as new mechanics for the main raid.
Now that “Last Wish” has been defeated, fans are now wondering when the Prestige mode for the new raid will launch.
No additional difficulty level for Forsaken raid
The answer to this question may disappoint many. Because as Bungie announced in the latest “This Week at Bungie” blog, things will be different with the Forsaken expansion. There will be no Prestige mode for the raid “Last Wish”.
Conscious decision: This step was justified with a difficult but conscious decision in favor of a multifaceted endgame. With Forsaken, Bungie wanted to create an experience that offers more variations and rewards in the endgame for the Guardians. There should also be enough unique endgame activities outside the raid to earn worthwhile rewards.
When deciding on this approach, the focus was on developing a single version of the raid that has no tiers and is still very rewarding – the best rewards should be available to anyone who successfully fights through.
Last Wish is structured differently: You can also see this in the structure of “Last Wish”. The Forsaken raid starts with a recommended power level of 550. However, as the raid progresses, it scales much more than its predecessors.
Normally, raids stay at about the same level – only the final boss is significantly higher in terms of power level. However, “Last Wish” continuously scales from encounter to encounter and ends with a fight against Riven at power level 580.
Additional challenge in the Forsaken raid: However, Guardians will not have to go without an additional challenge. If the Forsaken raid in its current form does not provide a suitable challenge, players can try the 13th wish. This raises the bar in “Last Wish” to a whole different level even without new modifiers or boss mechanics.
What about the upcoming raid content? It is still unknown whether Bungie will maintain this design decision for the upcoming raid encounters. However, as the studio announced, more information about the new encounter should be available soon. This is set to be introduced in December 2018 for owners of the Annual Pass with the Annual Pass content “Black Armory” coming to the game.
