In the MMO shooter Destiny, new information was revealed in the Weekly Update: The Iron Banner is set to start next week. There will be a helmet as a reward.
In the Weekly Update, Community Manager DeeJ speaks on behalf of the developers to the Destiny player base. This time, the focus was on yesterday’s live stream, Deej summarized it again (we already did this live) and he posted the official YouTube link to the stream. He noted that he might have “revealed too much.” This was likely due to surprising questions from guest Goliathon, who kept teasing the Bungie employees to spill more information than they intended to.
Crucible and Vanguard rewards will play a different role
One thing DeeJ forgot during the livestream was about the Vanguard and Crucible rewards. Guardians need them right now to lequire legendary items from the Vanguard or Crucible vendors. According to DeeJ, with “House of Wolves,” they no longer play this role: They are no longer needed for acquiring gear and weapons. You can use the rewards you have to gain reputation with Crucible or Vanguard: There’s a reputation of 250 to gain.
If you don’t want to exchange the rewards for gear now, you could use them with House of Wolves for a quick reputation boost, in order to quickly access new faction packages again.
Iron Banner coming next week, brings the helmet
The April Iron Banner, which many have been waiting for the last two weeks, is indeed coming in April. On Tuesday, April 28th, it is set to start at 11:00 AM our time. Bungie also reveals that as a reward for successfully participating in the PvP event, there will be the helmet among other things. This will make the “alternative” gear perfect. Unfortunately, there are no further details at the moment. However, it can be assumed that the helmet will reach a light level of 36. Anything else would be a surprise.
Update: This has been postponed. It is now scheduled for Tuesday at 7:00 PM our time.
In the Weekly Update, Bungie also addressed the strike “Winterstorm.” Mistakenly, changes were made there. We already reported on this during the week. They want to amend it, but currently, there is no date.
Some will look forward to the helmet and the Iron Banner on April 28th, even though it comes late. And many will be eagerly anticipating the start of House of Wolves on May 19th. But that is still some time away. Before that, Xur, the Agent of the Nine, will return. He will appear on Friday, April 24th, at 11:00 AM in the Tower of Destiny. We will welcome him and report on his inventory.
