In Destiny 2, the new quest “The Lie” is currently causing a lot of frustration. Bungie is alleviating the annoyance overnight and making both the mission and an unpopular activity easier.
This quest is being adjusted: On May 12, a new quest surprised players in Destiny 2: “The Lie”. The first step of this larger series of tasks is a community challenge. This requires completing a large number of Seraph Tower events.
However, the design of the quest was met with strong rejection from the Guardians, as hardly anyone participated in this step. Bungie has now reacted overnight and significantly adjusted the disliked task.
These are the changes: To assist the Guardians, Bungie is changing the activity required for the quest and also adjusting the progress rate of the mission.
These changes are now active:
- The quest “The Lie” now progresses 5x faster – even 10x faster on weekends
- The champions from the Seraph Tower event have been reduced in power level
- The event is now generally a bit shorter in duration (more progress per thrown charge)
Community Challenge made players throw in the towel
What was the issue with “The Lie”? Yesterday, we reported that the new quest starts off so annoyingly that hardly anyone wants to play it. The reasons were, among other things, due to the seasonal activity itself. The Seraph Towers were extensively ground and explored at the beginning of the season, most of the loot and all triumphs are already in the players’ pockets.
Not exactly helpful is that the Seraph Tower event became significantly harder last week. And since failure is now a real option and happens frequently, it leads to frustration. The required number of completed events also caused discontent.
Because for the current quest, several million Seraph Tower events were to be mastered across over 3 locations. According to some Guardians’ estimates, this quest step could take until the end of the season, in the worst case nearly 200 days – without the recent adjustments.
These reasons led to the Guardians simply not wanting to engage with the quest. Even on MeinMMO, you write (winking?):
Haha, I’ll log in when the step is done. So grind more for me ?
KingK via MeinMMO
Since it is a community challenge, theoretically, no individual action is necessary. If enough players push through, one can also watch the progression of the (slow) growth without lifting a finger.
Did the change help? Although the changes to the quest and the public activity have only been live for a few hours, the results speak for themselves:
While we were still crawling at 5% in the EDZ on the evening of May 13, the counter now proudly shows 25%. However, not much has changed at the two other locations so far.
It remains exciting to see how the situation develops. With the 10x progress over the weekend, the quest could be completed much earlier than previously feared. The powerful reward is finally coming within reach.
What do you think of the changes – did Bungie act sensibly and quickly enough?
