Destiny 2 wants you to miss as few important contents as possible – despite a seasonal model, where new content disappears largely after a few months. Bungie has now shown how this will look based on Season 12.
This is a big problem in Destiny 2: FOMO (Fear of missing out), the fear of missing something, has developed into quite a serious problem for many Guardians since the introduction of the seasonal model – whether for returnees, late starters, or long-term players.
Because fresh content in Destiny 2 is now provided through the seasons, in addition to the annual major expansions like Beyond Light. However, some important parts of the seasonal content
- such as certain weapons or armor
- new story elements
- missions or specific activities
can only be played in the respective season. When the season is over, they disappear. So far, there has not really been a way to catch up later.
This leads many players to feel pressured to stay engaged season after season – regardless of whether they enjoy the season or not. Many fear that they might miss out on essential content and will no longer be able to experience it. However, this is supposed to change soon.
This is how Destiny 2 wants to ensure you don’t miss any important content
This is new now: In spring 2020, Bungie announced plans to improve the seasons regarding FOMO. In the current “This Week at Bungie” blog, the developers have addressed this issue again, this time with a concrete example. The studio has now shown how this will look based on the current Season 12.
The goal is to help players experience the key narrative highlights and activities of a season – even if they start playing only after the season ends.
To ensure this for the current Season 12, the Season of the Hunt, numerous aspects of Season 12 will remain available during the upcoming Season 13 and throughout the entire Year 4 of Destiny 2 (until autumn 2021).
By the way, here’s what else is changing with Season 13:
- Destiny 2 wants to finally give you more opportunities to show off
- Destiny 2 is bringing back a loot mechanic in Season 13 that many of you liked
- You will also be able to obtain weapons that were not previously (or no longer) available, like the Felwinter’s Lie
The following will remain from Season 12 in Year 4:
- Story missions can be started via a marker in the navigation menu.
- The seasonal activity Wrathborn Hunt
- The quest for the weapon “Adored” will remain available
- The vendor screen of the Crow (that is, Uldren) in the Tangled Shore
- The Fallen Moon Quest and the associated Omen activity
- The seasonal seal and the Guardian title
- The seasonal seal must still be earned by the deadline on the Bungie Rewards page. However, since an issue is blocking the triumph, this deadline will be adjusted.
The following content from Season 12 will be lost after its conclusion:
- The bounties from the Crow
- Messages from the Field – audio recordings that can be listened to at the terminal in Zavala’s office
- The seasonal artifact of Season 12
- The Season Pass of Season 12
Keep in mind: The transition to retaining seasonal content after the season’s end led to some inconsistencies during Season 12, as this season was originally designed with the “old” model in mind.
Thus, the Crow (Uldren) is still hanging out in Spider’s hideout, even though he was supposed to be thrown out (or rather removed by us) from there. It may be that you will encounter further inconsistencies regarding the Crow in Season 13. Because he will move to a new location but will still also be findable in the Tangled Shore to ensure that the content associated with him from the Season of the Hunt (Season 12) still works.
Content from Season 13 should not have such problems. Because they were designed from the outset with the thought that they will remain available throughout Year 4.
What do you think about this approach? Are you happy that you can experience the most important content of a season later as well? Or would you prefer to see a different solution? By the way, regarding the future, Bungie says “The best days of Destiny 2 are yet to come!” – but hardly anyone believes them
