In Destiny 2 today, on November 19, the last officially known content of Season 8 launches – the final assault of the Vex Offensive. But not much is known about it. What can the Guardians expect there?
What is coming today in Destiny 2? The Season 8 is slowly coming to an end. But before it finally arrives on December 10, in three weeks, Destiny 2 will receive content one last time in the Season of the Undying.
This new content is called Vex Offensive: Final Assault and will be introduced with the Weekly Reset on November 19. There, the Guardians are supposed to take down a powerful Vex Hydra, the Undying Mind. But what do we actually know about the final assault and the Undying Mind?
What is the Undying Mind and the final assault all about?
What is the final assault? Currently, very little is officially known about the new content, the studio is still largely keeping it under wraps. However, Bungie announced before Season 8 that something is supposed to happen during every future season that will be resolved again at the end of the season.
In the currently ongoing Season of the Undying, this refers to the invasion of the Vex. The Vex Offensive: The final assault will likely resolve the seasonal story around the Vex or at least lead the Guardians story-wise towards the end of the season.
What is it about? It basically revolves around the Vex. The Undying Mind, a powerful Vex opponent, is back and is likely responsible for the increased Vex activity on the Moon. Its goal is to reclaim the Black Garden from the Guardians. The top directive apparently is: our total extermination.
Ikora Rey, Warlock and one of the Vanguard leaders, has a plan against the Undying Mind. The goal of the Guardians is to intercept the Vex attacks and disrupt the Black Garden, which should buy us time for the true goal – the Vex Portal, which is being expanded week by week behind Ikora.
The plan is to use this portal to attack the Undying Mind – in every timeline where it has hidden itself. If this succeeds, it would once again save humanity from extermination.
But apparently, the danger is still not completely eliminated. Season 9, the Season of Dawn, is supposed to focus on “correcting the timeline.” So if we defeat the Undying Mind, something appears to go wrong elsewhere.
What is the Undying Mind anyway? The Undying Mind is a Vex Hydra that many Destiny veterans from the first game might recognize. It was used by the Sol Divisive – a faction of Vex that worshiped Darkness – to reclaim the Black Garden from the Guardians.
However, the Guardians actually defeated this opponent in the Strike “The Undying Mind.” But apparently not completely. Because it was resurrected after the Sol Divisive detected the return of Darkness (likely the Pyramid ship beneath the surface) on the Moon.
What could the Guardians expect?
We will likely find out exactly later today. But there have already been numerous speculations and theories beforehand.
A new Strike: The Undying Mind is already known from a Strike in Destiny 1. Therefore, some believe it’s possible that we could encounter this Vex creature in a new Strike – especially since only 2 new Strikes were introduced with Shadowkeep.
New mission or arena: Some also consider a new ongoing mission to be possible. A kind of arena, which can be accessed through the teleporter, where the Guardians can then directly confront the Undying Mind, is also being considered.
New Boss or new version of Vex Offensive: However, a hint from the Triumphs suggests that it will likely just be the Vex Offensive activity and simply a new boss. It says in the Triumphs: Defeat the Undying Mind in the Vex Offensive. For 50 points, you must achieve this 3 times.
So it currently looks like there will be either a new final boss, the Undying Mind, or perhaps a slightly modified version of the Vex Offensive, which can be started through the portal in the Tower. A new Strike or an arena seem rather unlikely.
A new community challenge: What is also considered possible is a kind of accompanying community challenge, which already took place prior to Season 8 on Mars. It was about eliminating millions of Hive enemies on the red planet and countless Hive bosses in Strikes on Mars.
Since Ikora essentially says that we should kill the Undying Mind in every timeline it is hiding in, it could lead to a similar event where the community is supposed to annihilate the Vex boss and its minions millions of times.
What do you think? What is the final confrontation all about? How will Season 8 come to an end?
