In the MMO shooter Destiny , there are now first hints about the Challenge Mode in the raids.
This week’s update from Destiny, which keeps the community informed, arrived this time on Wednesday evening, instead of the usual Thursday night. The reason is “Thanksgiving” – which serves in the USA as the occasion for a 4-day weekend.
One detail about the eagerly awaited December patch has emerged: The Challenge Mode will work such that a boss in the raid will be designated as “Challenge Mode” at the weekly reset. This will be available in both normal and hard mode – both will offer “appropriate” rewards.
A challenge works in such a way that you must defeat the boss in a specific manner. How this works exactly is not yet disclosed, but they apologize to players who used the “one pool” strategy against Golgoroth.
Meanwhile, it has already been revealed that 3 bosses will have such a Challenge Mode – and that the last 3 calcified fragments will be tied to it.
Some statistics about PvP in Destiny
Otherwise, there was little new. The PvP designer showed that the spawns on the Trials map “Rusted Lands” had no impact on the outcome, it was pretty fifty-fifty.
It also presented another statistic from the Iron Banner, which says: The more light, the better the K/D ratio – but this is likely not solely due to gear, but also because better-equipped players are the hardcore players and have more practice. Still: Anyone with over 303 light is statistically on the safe side.
In addition, the community manager this time fittingly compared to the turkey slaughter with a food analogy: Players would certainly like to know what else is cooking in December. They want to keep the main course a secret for now, but are ready to serve “details with more meat on them” next week, viewing the Challenge Modes as an appetizer.
Next week there will be details on what will happen to the Titans
Along with a chunk of meat announced for next week: They want to talk to the developer responsible for balancing, Sage, about how things look for Titans. One hint: Sunsinger is a hot topic, but only makes up a third of all Titans.
In the Trials of Osiris, it was shown that almost all Titans play Sunsinger. It could very well be that the dominant subclass is getting nerfed, while Striker and Defender are getting buffs instead.
