The community is currently accusing the developers of Destiny 2 that the new Escalation Protocol event is barely manageable. Bungie has now hinted at an adjustment of the difficulty level.
Escalation Protocol in a fireteam of three? In the “This Week at Bungie” blog from May 24, 2018, Bungie addressed some fan questions regarding the Escalation Protocol. The difficulty level, potential matchmaking, and larger fireteams were the focus of the discussion.
The studio emphasized that this new PvE event is designed to be completed by a fireteam of three maximum-level Guardians. This statement caused a lot of frustration and head-shaking among the fans. Following this, Bungie backtracked and even hinted at adjustments to the difficulty level.
The Escalation Protocol could become easier
Not feasible: Many community members stressed after the developers’ explanation that the event can hardly be managed under these conditions. Many players who have already reached the new max power level of 385 are still not even remotely able to tackle the Escalation Protocol in a team of three. Frustration is spreading.
Even exceptional players like Gigz could only complete the event after eight hours and numerous failures as a trio. Increasingly more fans are demanding that the developers please demonstrate how they successfully finish the event in a three-man fireteam – preferably in a video.
Bungie has now backtracked: On Reddit, the community manager Cozmo wrote that they have reviewed the feedback and are now considering an adjustment to the difficulty level. They were concerned that the event might become too easy and it was possible that they had overdone it regarding the difficulty. While they cannot change the fireteam size, adjusting the difficulty at the end of the event is within the realm of possibility.
Event could become easier: A reduction in difficulty seems highly likely given these statements. However, there has been no concrete confirmation from the studio or a potential timeline for the adjustment.
We will continue to follow the matter for you and report on further developments.
What do you think about a reduction of the difficulty level in the Escalation Protocol? Would such a step be necessary?
