Next week, the Iron Banner will take place in the MMO shooter Destiny . In February, a Valentine’s Day event and a new PvP mode will be coming.
It was clear that Bungie would talk about the future of Destiny in today’s Weekly Update, about the February update. Some had hoped. Now there is real information about great new features. But one thing was clear: In February, there won’t be any major new additions to Destiny. That’s planned for later. As announced, Year 2 will kick off with a smaller event: The Valentine’s Day will be celebrated.
On February 9, the event “Crimson Days” will start, and it will bring the new PvP mode “Crimson Doubles”, which we reported on recently. How the event works, and what is revealed in the PvP mode will be announced next week. But it’s being talked about “Intimate Togetherness”, a new twist for the 2vs2 matches, and rewards that can be earned.
Iron Banner in January
The Iron Banner will return in January. The mode will be “Rift”. The PvP event starts on Tuesday, January 26, at 7:00 PM our time. It ends on February 2 at 9:00 AM.
The rewards include: The fusion rifle, scout rifle, and leg armor (the legs only as drops); as well as chest armor and class items (only available from Saladin).
PlayStation players additionally get the chance for helmets and class items (only from Saladin).
Bungie states: If your team can carry the Spark, then you can earn riches that will make you more powerful (provided you are less powerful than 320). Whether this means they will adjust the values of the rewards or if it’s just a phrase…
Destiny promises less Lag in the long term
In the future, designer Lars Bakken promises to make the Crucible a better place. Therefore, since TTK, they have gradually begun to collect more and more detailed information. Moreover, they have gradually implemented a matchmaking system that is supposed to prevent “one-sided fights”. They did not communicate this to the players so that it wouldn’t affect the matches.
Overall, Bungie wants to be more transparent, show their cards, and communicate what changes they are planning. And Bungie wants to bring innovations and improvements to Destiny that should help reduce “Lag”. The collected information is now supposed to help assign players to matches where there aren’t any lags and where one side isn’t overwhelmingly powerful.
Some of the changes that are promised to reduce lag will be revealed “in the near future.”
More information on this will be provided later.
Details about the larger update will be discussed later
Bungie knows that fans were hoping for more information. They will talk about a “second, larger game update” that is supposed to come “sometime after February” at a later point. They promise “very soon” more information as soon as the updates are finalized. Right now, everything is still work in progress.
If anyone wants more mild disappointment: Tomorrow, on January 22, at 10:00 AM, Xur is back in the Tower. We will be there to report on him.
