Recently, some Guardians spotted alleged raid gear from Destiny 2 Shadowkeep. This sparked heated debates in the community. Because these armors were basically just reskins of existing sets. Now it is confirmed – it is indeed the new raid gear.
This is what the sets are about: At the PAX West event, interested players can currently play Destiny 2 and take an early look at some new content from the Shadowkeep expansion and the upcoming Season 8 – for example, Armor 2.0 or new exotics.
During the playtest, attentive Guardians also found armor pieces that were declared as new raid sets from Shadowkeep. Because they apparently found them in the corresponding category of the collections.
What is the problem with these sets? The discovery led to all sorts of discussions. Many Guardians did not want to accept this and were disappointed or angry. Because upon closer examination of the footage, the community quickly realized: At least with the armors, they are reskins of the Omega Mechanos Eververse sets from the first year of Destiny 2.
Quickly, some fans created comparison images that visualize the problem. The new raid gear is basically nothing more than just a reskin.
That’s why there was confusion: Throughout the debate, there was a wild back and forth. A user claimed that the raid armor was not correct. He said he spoke with Bungie at the event. They explained to him that the armors came from the new activity Vex Offensive and not from the raid.
This somewhat calmed the heated atmosphere on Reddit. Fans had hope again that the raid sets could turn out to be more creative. But this news ultimately turned out to be incorrect.
This is what Bungie says: In order to dispel rumors and confusion, community manager dmg04 from Bungie spoke up in the relevant Reddit thread and explained: Yes, the leaked images do show the gear from the Shadowkeep raid Garden of Salvation. More details will be given soon.
So now it is confirmed: The new raid armors are indeed reskins and are based on the Omega Mechanos sets from Year 1.
What do you think about this? Can you live with a reskin as long as it is well done? Or would you have preferred more creativity from Bungie?
