At the end of January, Bungie will make some changes to the raid loot in Destiny 2. This is supposed to be finally exciting and rewarding.
On January 30, a larger update will be rolled out, bringing a significant change: A revision of the rewards in the raid and the raid activity.
According to Bungie, they have heard the feedback that while the raid experiences are quite good, something must definitely be done about the rewards in the raid.
It currently does not feel exciting when defeating bosses because the loot is boring. The tokens as rewards are not interesting enough, and there are too few rewards that make you want to really put in the effort.
Raid armor receives new raid perks
Now Bungie’s senior designer Daniel Auchenpaugh has spoken out, addressing these criticisms and promising what actions will be taken by the end of January.
One new feature is raid perks.
From January 30, raid armor pieceswill drop with special mod perks that only function in raid activities. These mods with special perks will be available on both new raid drops and on raid armor pieces already in your inventory.
The raid mods are reusable. If you swap the mod for another mod, it is retained. This swap process costs you 1 Calus token each time. By the way, all raid mods are Legendary.
The goal of these special raid perks is to increase the power of guardians in the raid and provide useful benefits for each encounter. Examples of raid perks:
On the Leviathan, your solar abilities deal 25% more damage (this applies to all elements)
When you use a super, your grenade is recharged
After a melee kill, you deal 20% more damage
Here you see such a mod with a raid perk:
In raid encounters, there is always a raid item
In addition to the raid perks, several other new features will be introduced. This should help to avoid frustration when you receive no loot after an encounter.
From now on, raid gear will not be tied to specific encounters anymore (with one exception, more on that later), instead, every raid encounter can have raid items as rewards. This means, no matter which raid encounter you master, you will always receive raid loot.
Additionally, there will be a chance for an exotic drop in every raid encounter! This is not an exotic engram, but a weapon or armor piece that you can use right away. This loot pool contains all exotics – except those tied to quests. And you can only receive exotics that your guardian class can equip.
If you play the prestige raid, you will now receive double rewards: The prestige rewards and the rewards from the standard raid. If you are good enough for prestige, Bungie says, then you do not need to go back to the standard raid to obtain its items.
Additionally: The raid vendor Benedict will sell you raid gear directly at the tower for legendary shards and Calus tokens. This raid gear offering rotates. If you need an item that Benedict currently has on offer, you can specifically buy it. However, with one special condition: You must have completed the prestige mode during the week to be able to directly purchase prestige armor. It is not possible, therefore, to earn the necessary tokens in the standard raid and then buy prestige gear without having mastered the prestige raid yourself.
A new raid ghost with special abilities
Bungie is introducing a special and rare item as a raid reward: A ghost shell called “Aspirant Shell”, which can only be obtained as a random drop from the final bosses Calus and Argos.
This ghost shell is meant to motivate passionate raiders to play the raid over and over again. There is a protection mechanism against bad luck: If you play the raid often, you will certainly receive the ghost sooner or later. Even if it takes several weeks, Bungie stated.
What can this ghost shell do?
The ghost shell has three special perks that are only active on the Leviathan:
Seeker of Brilliance: In every raid encounter, you have a chance to receive a lumina engram. Each time a lumina engram does not drop, the chance for the next encounter increases.
Seeker of Opulence: There is a 50% chance that – if you receive an exotic during a raid encounter – the exotic will be an exotic item you do not yet own. Otherwise, there is a 50% chance that it will be any exotic (it could be a new exotic or one you already own).
Seeker of Luck: Thanks to this perk, the ghost keeps track of how many encounters you have completed on the Leviathan.
Auchenpaugh adds at the end that he knows this won’t solve all issues, but he hopes this is a good start. He looks forward to receiving much feedback from the community about these changes next week.
Destiny 2 is a multiplayer online loot shooter with MMO elements developed by Bungie. It was released on September 6, 2017, for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and ...
