In Destiny we look back at the year 2016. What were the highlights of the MMO shooter?
With Destiny, we are concluding our series of game-specific year-in-review articles today. Since December 24th, we have been presenting daily the best news and most important events of our strongest games in 2016. Bungie’s MMO shooter represents the crowning conclusion, which is still the most significant game on Mein-MMO.de.
The most important events in Destiny in 2016
Destiny went through a difficult year in 2016, marked by a drought of content and many rumors about its future. According to several anonymous sources, the decision-makers behind the scenes had to restructure and fully reboot the sequel “Destiny 2” as a result. In 2016, “temporary solutions” had to be found to keep the Guardians occupied throughout the year.
The last major expansion “The Taken King” was released in September 2015. Many players had already completed all the challenges multiple times, reached the maximum Light level, and obtained the best items. The motivation and curiosity had long faded by early 2016.
In February, a small event started, the “Crimson Week,” which was intended only for PvP friends: In two-person fireteams, players could prove teamwork and friendship in the “Crimson Doubles” and earn new shaders, emblems, and two ghost shells. The event only lasted a week. The hoped-for change continued to be delayed.
The April Update brought significantly more content: The Light level was raised to 335, the Prison was reactivated with the challenge of the Elders as an endgame activity, a new and a revised strike came, along with some additional items. With Chromatin, Guardians were given the ability to make items glow. This idea of personalization was continued with the Ornaments in the fall.
However, in April, the peak of The Division had many Guardians roaming New York as agents instead. A Prison of Elders with a new look could not bring countless Guardians back into the Destiny universe. As problems in The Division continued to escalate, Destiny received more love from players again.
It was not until the fall expansion “Rise of Iron” that the great interest in Bungie’s MMO shooter returned. There were initial leaks about it already in May, and in the following months, more information was officially released.
“Rise of Iron” brought on September 20 a Light level increase to 400, a new raid called “Wrath of the Machine”, new and revised strikes, story missions (where we all became Iron Lords), new items, and fundamental innovations in PvP: The supremacy mode, new maps, and Private Matches. Private matches were a feature long requested by the community. We from Mein-MMO directly hosted the first tournament.
After the launch of RoI, the Halloween event “Festival of the Lost”, the raid challenges, and the “The Dawning” event were the next notable milestones offered to the Guardians. Currently, The Dawning is still ongoing, lasting until January 3rd.
Our most successful articles on Destiny
Our articles with the most views show: The great interest in Destiny in 2016 returned only with “Rise of Iron”. The articles before that performed far less strong.
- Our most successful article is somewhat surprising: We listed all strike-specific items since RoI and indicated in which strikes they can be found. This Destiny info was clicked on the most by you in 2016.
- Just behind at second place is our detailed guide to the Outbreak Prime. This exotic pulse rifle is tied to an extensive raid puzzle. When the way to the Outbreak Prime was known, the community was in an uproar.
- In third place are the locations of the inactive SIVA clusters.
Strong articles also included the guides to the Skeleton Keys, the Dorn in year 3 and even to the Celery. The only “non-RoI” article that can compete is the guide to the exotic swords from “The Taken King.”
What will happen in 2017?
Bungie will not be back from winter break until mid-January, during which they already announced that the January Iron Banner will continue. Other than that, nothing is known so far. According to statements from Activision, 2017 will be the year of the Destiny sequel, of a “Destiny 2.” This MMO shooter is supposed to provide a steady stream of fresh content – a content drought like in 2016 should not happen again. However, there are still no concrete details.
Ttime says:
I remember a statement from Bungie in the summer that they want to be more transparent about future content. Therefore, they had already indicated before the launch of RoI: In October there would be a Halloween event and in December a larger event around the SRL. And that is how it happened.
How things will continue in 2017 is anything but transparent. We Guardians are steering toward an uncertain year, in which somewhere a “Destiny 2” is supposed to wait for us. But what do we have to do until then? The fan theory is high on the agenda, that the old raids will be reactivated, to revive nostalgia in the Glass Chamber or with Crota as we slowly approach the sequel.
No matter what the future holds for Destiny – Schuhmann and I will stay on top of it for you on Mein-MMO.de.
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