In the world of Destiny 2, players have long felt subjected to an endless grind that almost feels like work. However, with the current Season 21, the tide has turned, and the Guardians are instead enjoying relaxed fishing experiences – completely stress-free.
What are Destiny 2 players currently happy about? The power level system of Destiny 2 has been criticized for a long time as being too strenuous and demanding. To stay at the max level, the Guardians mostly played the activities that Bungie rewards with top loot, season after season. And that every week.
- In Season 21, Bungie officially announced that they would not further increase the power or top loot cap in the “Season of Deep”.
- Instead of the usual practice of raising the power level by 10 points to 1,820, it remained at 1,810.
This decision has led to a positive effect in the community.
For the first time, Guardians can experience the relaxed nature of fishing without the burden of constant progression pressure and enjoy a completely new freedom in the loot shooter. They are no longer forced to do anything and can do as they please.
Destiny 2 hasn’t been this relaxed in a long time
Season 21 is a bit like a vacation: Instead of a divided player base, where some Guardians meet the high demands of the grind and others are left frustrated, Season 21 has brought an atmosphere of collaboration and togetherness to Destiny 2.
- This new feeling and its joy was shared by the Guardian Spartanx20 on the Destiny Reddit with the words ‘I love it when I can play [Destiny 2] on the side.’
At the same time, he asked how other players currently feel about this and received a lot of feedback. His post had already received 6400 upvotes and over 850 comments at the time of this article.
For the most part, he apparently is not alone in his opinion. Other players express similar sentiments and are glad that they no longer have to lose themselves in an endless grind.
For the first time in a long time, I said to my friend in Destiny 2: ‘What do you want to do?’, in the most casual way because I actually didn’t know what to do. And we just did ‘something’. […] That’s a huge relief.
replies Guardian Owain660 under the Reddit post
And OneRobuk comments:
Finally, I have the motivation to complete all the random quests in my inventory because I don’t have to grind for hours in activities that I don’t enjoy to play activities that I do enjoy. Good decision by Bungie.
writes OneRobuk on the Guardian’s question on Reddit
However, the ‘No-Grind-Season’ also has downsides
However, under the post on the Destiny subreddit, there are not only positive remarks. As is often the case in the gaming community, the opinions and needs of players are diverse. Especially since Bungie, through the elimination of the grind in Season 21, has also left out some top loot rewards.
- For instance, there is no more top loot in playlist activities, but only powerful gear (level 1) in the form of an exotic engram.
- Seasonal activities no longer grant weekly top loot and were reduced in Season 21 to drops for powerful gear of levels 2 and 3.
The Guardian EECSandSkeeps notes:
It is only good for players who were already at [the max power level] 1,810. Everyone else suffers even more because so many top loot sources have been removed.
Of course, one could argue that raids and dungeons or the exotic Avalon mission still grant top loot. But that’s exactly where the problem lies.
- Casual and solo players hardly play these endgame contents. They mostly rely on the Vanguard, Gambits, and seasonal activities for their power grind. And those have fallen away.
The hardcore players in Destiny 2, who love the challenges of grinding for top loot, are also negatively affected by the changes.
- For them, the hunt for top loot and the constant raising of their power level to the maximum was an important incentive and part of the gaming experience in Destiny 2. The pure artifact level is not enough for them. That levels itself up anyway – no matter what you do.
Looking at the entire community of Destiny 2, it seems to be a challenging task for Bungie to find the balance between a relaxed gaming experience for casual players and meeting the needs of hardcore players.
Initial ideas of what such a power level system for Destiny 2 could look like may have already leaked:
What does the German Destiny community think about this? Do you think it’s good that there is no longer this hard grind in Season 21 and that you can go fishing leisurely for lucrative exo-fish by a pond? Or do you miss the sweaty hunt for top loot and the real power level in Destiny 2? Feel free to share your thoughts on the topic in the comments.
After all, it leaves time to focus on the hunt for the strongest weapons of Season 21, such as the exotic weapon ‘Breach of Duty’:
Destiny 2: An old exo becomes the ultimate monster thanks to 8 different buffs
