On July 17, 2018, the race for the World First Raid Clear in the Prestige version of the Gauntlet passage started at Destiny 2. After only about 20 minutes, the first team was already finished. Fans view the new Prestige track with mixed feelings.
On July 17, 2018, at 8:00 PM, the race for the first successful completion of the Prestige version of the Gauntlet track began. The race did not last long. After nearly 20 minutes, the final boss Argos was already defeated – despite new modifiers and limited weapon selection.
World First Clear of the 1st Prestige Track – More of a Sprint than a Race
Once again Redeem: In just over 20 minutes, the race or rather the sprint for the World First Clear was already over. Once again, it was the team from the famous Redeem clan with the support of YouTuber Gigz who claimed the title.
Prestige innovations not a real obstacle: Even the new modifier Prestige: Arsenal could not really slow down the experienced Guardians. This modifier is quite something: it removes all ammunition reserves from your weapons. When you empty the magazine of the currently equipped weapon, the magazine of the next summoned weapon is loaded. The expended magazine of your kinetic weapon reloads the magazine of your energy weapon, which then in turn reloads the power weapon when emptied, and so on.
The limited weapon choice, however, did not pose a serious obstacle. The team was restricted to a kinetic pulse rifle, an energy submachine gun, and a grenade launcher in the power slot.
You can watch the complete run here in the video:
The community views the new Prestige track with mixed feelings: Gigz himself said on Twitter that while a new challenge is always cool and there’s now a reason to play the raid tracks again, he personally prefers the classic Prestige experience – with new mechanics and a higher difficulty level. This opinion is shared by many other fans – even though many wonder why it took nearly nine months for such minor changes.
To everyone’s surprise, it apparently is also not intended to use one of the announced features of the Prestige tracks as expected. Thus, the Prestige passages of the Gauntlet and the World Eater offer exclusive weapons as a reward with a power level of 400. However, these firearms are apparently not intended to be infused into other weapons. Fans are not very pleased about this.
A bug is currently causing Level 400 weapons to be infused within limited bounds.
Have you completed the Prestige mode of the Gauntlet yet? What do you think of the changes compared to the regular passage?
