In the MMO shooter Destiny, Bungie has significantly revamped the PvP event Iron Banner. We summarize the most important points in a brief Iron Banner guide.
The Iron Banner is back. According to experience, it runs until Tuesday, June 9, at 11:00 AM. Then the Iron Banner ends again. We know: You all have no time, so let’s get straight to the point.
What rewards are available?
The shaders and emblem remain the same, which you can equip to earn 10% more reputation each. The weapons have not changed with House of Wolves, well, they now start at 331 and there have been changes with the perks they can receive, but otherwise, they are basically the same. Only the armor and “class items” have been redesigned with House of Wolves.
Additionally, you can buy an Etheric Light at reputation levels 3 and 5 – and that’s just simply for 5000 Glimmer.
This means you can grab the following from Lord Saladin:
- At level 1: The emblem Seal of the Iron Lords
- At level 2: The shader Millions of Millions
- At level 3: The emblem Scar of Radagast, Light Level 36 boots for your class and an Etheric Light
- At level 4: The class item, Light Level 36 gloves and the fusion rifle Perun’s Fire with these stats:
- At level 5: The shader Gold Spiral, an Etheric Light and the scout rifle Gheleon’s Demise with these stats:
The weapons and the armor must first be upgraded with Etheric Light to reach maximum utility (42 Light/365 damage). The “re-rolling” is still possible, but now you have to go to the gunsmith. And all the stuff costs less Glimmer now, as can be seen in this video.
Is that everything new in the June Iron Banner?
No, there is one more change. Those who reach reputation level 2 have a chance to receive one of the legendary Iron Banner weapons with random perks at the end of a match or the legendary ship Birth of History.
In previous Iron Banners, only the two weapons could drop that Saladin sold in the previous month. However, in this Iron Banner, reports are increasing that many different things have been obtained. Including Efrideet’s Spear, the Felwinter, Radagast’s Fury, Silimar’s Wrath, Timur’s Whip, and Jolder’s Hammer – only the pulse rifle Skorris’ Revenge has not been seen yet.
There are also “normal” crucible drops from the Iron Banner.
We’re sneaking in the new boots here:
Are the armors and weapons good this time? Is the Iron Banner worth it in June?
The armors aren’t really worth it. The weapons are a matter of taste. There is no weapon like the “Felwinter’s Lie” in March with absolute super perks from the vendor that has blown everyone away – and still does today. The scout rifle “Gheleon’s Demise” has never been very popular, Perun’s Fire has decent perks this time, but not many will warm up to fusion rifles.
As for the armors, to put it diplomatically, there are probably better options.
Here are the new class items:
What else has changed?
There are some new bounties – nothing spectacular.
Reputation is now easier to obtain for twinks. A character at least at reputation level 1 will receive double reputation if there is a Guardian on the account that is at least one reputation level above him.
This means: You can bring one character to reputation level 2 and then “pull” the other two along. – The way differences in light level affect damage has also changed a bit. We have a separate article on that.
Here are the new gloves in the June Iron Banner:
And how do I gain reputation? Are there any tricks?
- The most important thing is to buy the “Hardened” bonus for a Light particle. It lasts 12 hours and can be “renewed” afterwards.
- Then definitely equip the 10% emblems, shaders, class items as soon as you can.
- Also, do bounties, of course play a lot of Iron Banner and try not to lose too often in a row – and everything should be fine.
- The closer it gets to Tuesday, the stronger the buff will be.
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