In Destiny 2, things are getting serious. Bungie has canceled the last planned promotional stream for the DLC “Curse of Osiris” and instead wants to present the planned and expected system changes on Wednesday evening. These now hold greater importance.
In a surprising move, Bungie has decided to end the routine of live streams.
Actually, a kind of “fashion show” was supposed to take place on Wednesday evening at 8:00 PM: They planned to showcase the new items in the Twitch stream that the DLC “Curse of Osiris” will bring to players on PS4, PC, and Xbox One starting December 5.
However, that will not happen. The stream is canceled; instead, fans should expect a written blog post.
No “Continue as Usual” in Destiny 2
There, the heads of Destiny 2, Game Director Luke Smith and Producer Mark Noseworthy, will present the planned changes to Destiny. They will discuss the direction Destiny 2 will take and address fan feedback.
This feedback has increasingly become negative in recent weeks. Players are complaining:
- an unsatisfactory loot system with “tokens,” where each item is only needed once and can be quickly obtained in full
- that there is simply nothing to do in Destiny 2 because everything has already been achieved
- a slow and sluggish PvP with an unpopular 4-player mode
When is the Post about the Future of Destiny 2 Coming?
We should expect the blog post on Wednesday. Normally, these posts are released in the afternoon US time. Due to the time difference, it may stretch into the late night here in Germany. A reasonable assumption for a time frame is likely between 8 and 12 PM.
Bungie Makes a Statement
Mein MMO believes: This is definitely the right step. After the last stream, the mood has finally turned, and Bungie had to make a statement that it understands and can no longer continue with the same old plan: The new content in Curse of Osiris is simply of little interest to anyone as long as the deep-rooted problems of Destiny 2 are not resolved. Keyword: “Two tokens and one blue armor.”
After the last stream, players even explicitly demanded that the third and final stream should not be just “business as usual” and a marketing vehicle.
Nevertheless, the blog post is accompanied by many question marks ahead of time. While it has been known since Saturday that Bungie will present the system changes that will come to Destiny 2 in a free update in December.
Questions include:
- To what extent can a normal patch change the stagnant situation?
- If the blog post states: The right changes won’t come until far into 2018 – how would the community react then?
Announced are details on:
- The item economy: What types of vendors are there and how do guardians obtain items? What will happen with legendary shards and tokens?
- An update of the rewards system – a new rewards system for weapons and armor
- Gameplay updates
- and more
We eagerly anticipate the blog post tomorrow and will report on Mein MMO as soon as it is available.
To get a sense of what tomorrow will roughly be about:
Destiny 2: How the Endgame Changes! – Bungie names 11 innovations
