In Destiny 2, Bungie reveals some new cool changes introduced with Shadowkeep. Many of these have been long awaited by the Guardians.
Where does the information come from? Bungie released a hefty letter to the community last night, addressing the release time of Shadowkeep and providing a patch notes preview for the major update 2.6.0. The update 2.6.0 kicks off Year 3 along with “Season of Dawn”.
In this patch notes preview, the developers outline some cool changes that were previously unknown. Much of this has been requested by the Guardians for a long time – now it will be implemented on October 1st.
The Shattered Throne will be permanently active
What changes with the Shattered Throne: Until now, this dungeon could only be played every 3 weeks. The Shattered Throne is a kind of mini-raid that has thrilled many PvE players and is tied to various tasks. If you wanted to play it, you often had to wait two weeks for it to become active again.
In Year 3, that changes. The Shattered Throne will be permanently playable. But that’s not all: You can also start it directly from the Navigator.
Raid Banners are coming to the old Leviathan Raids
What changes with the Raid Banners: The Raid Banners were introduced with Forsaken. They can be purchased from Petra Venj and can be used before tough PvE challenges to start the fight with full Super and Power ammo.
In recent weeks, there have been occasional requests on reddit for the Raid Banners to also be available in the old Leviathan Raids. And Bungie is responding to this request: The Calus Raid, the World Eater Raid, and the Star Eater will receive Raid Banners.
You can access the Forges faster
What changes with the Forges: The Forges of the Black Armory are becoming more accessible. You no longer have to visit them individually, but can start them directly via the Navigator.
Bungie states that there will be a playlist for this on the EDZ, which can be accessed directly from the Navigator.
Weapon Mods become permanent
What changes with the Weapon Mods: This change was already known in advance, but Bungie reveals additional information.
The Weapon Mods are no longer consumables in Year 3, but permanent items that you can reuse as often as you like. All your Mods in the inventory will be converted in Year 3.
If you have only one version of a weapon mod and it is already equipped in a weapon, you will need to find it again in Year 3 to unlock it permanently. Only the mods in the inventory count.
Improvement Cores will no longer be deleted in stacks
What changes with Improvement Cores: If you want to drop an Improvement Core, the entire stack of Improvement Cores will no longer be deleted.
Borealis and Hard Light get a cool change
What changes with the Exotics: Borealis and Hard Light are exotic weapons that allow switching between Arc, Void, and Solar damage. Both Exotics are currently performing below average.
In Year 3, there is an exciting change: When the Prism modifier is active, the elemental damage changes when reloading to match the Prism effect. Prism enhances Arc, Void, and Solar in a timed rotation.
Borealis and Hard Light will then consistently deal increased elemental damage synchronized with Prism. This exact change to the Exotics was recently requested by the community.
Glimmer cap will be increased
What changes with Glimmer: In Year 3 you can carry 250,000 Glimmer instead of 100,000 Glimmer.
Additionally, you will earn significantly more Glimmer through weekly bounties and open-world activities like public events, lost sectors, or opening chests.
The passive Glimmer gain from enemy kills has been reduced, but enemies will now sometimes drop additional Glimmer shards that you can pick up.
Spider trades in more materials
What changes with Spider: Spider in the Tangled Shore is a popular vendor as you can trade materials for other materials or currencies with him. In Year 3, he is supposed to offer even more trading options.
According to Bungie, he will then trade materials from all planets. Many Guardians are already cheering on reddit as they will finally be able to get rid of their Baryon stems.
Multiplayer emotes can be executed more easily
What changes with the emotes: Currently, it is quite cumbersome to interact with each other in multiplayer emotes to execute the gesture.
In Year 3, there will be a visible display indicating where a player needs to stand to interact and trigger the emote.
And what about Xur?
What changes with Xur: Bungie states that in his inventory and in his Engrams, there may also be World-Drop Exotics from Year 2.
What do you think about these changes?
