In the MMO shooter Destiny, Bungie still hasn’t revealed what the future holds for the game. With the Crimson Week, another PvP event is coming soon. This raises the question: “What has happened to PvE events?”
If it weren’t for the lag issue, friends of refined PvP gaming would be the happiest people in Destiny. Every week, new Trials of Osiris come, and every few weeks, Lord Saladin moves into the Tower and brings the Iron Banner. And soon we will have another PvP event for Valentine’s Day.
This trend is somewhat perplexing, as past statistics show that it is indeed PvE that attracts players to the Destiny universe. What could be better than teaming up with your friends to face the darkness and carry home victory together? It might not be too far-fetched to think that rationalizations are behind this trend. It’s all about the money.
But the Guardians enjoy playing PvE, as this pie chart shows. And if Bungie wants to make their MMO shooter appealing to players again, new PvE events are needed ‒ in general, new PvE content is necessary. After all, that’s what makes the game: standing together against evil, fighting together, winning together!
While PvP modes are fun, you can find those in every other shooter like sand on the beach. Therefore, we can only hope that the next big announcement from Bungie will include PvE content as well.
What has happened to PvE events?
Not that we misunderstand – of course they should work on future PvP modes and continue to provide us with exciting Crucible matches. However, the demand for cooperative action is loud.
The last regularly rotating PvE event was essentially the various questlines from Petra Venj. Hardly anyone remembers the “Wrath of the Queen”, a PvE event when Destiny was still in its infancy. Before the House of Wolves, this was revived as the Great Wolf Hunt.
There are increasingly user-generated ideas for PvE events circulating on the Internet that Bungie could implement. Some even took care to ensure that the development costs little money and time. You can tell how much the Guardians care about their game. They want to help Bungie. And Bungie wants the help as well.
Perhaps something meaningful can still be done with the old raids. At least one user on Reddit has pursued this thought further and has received great approval from the community. It should go back into the Glass Chamber.
What about a VoG event?
The user suggests a PvE event in the Glass Chamber. This idea is based on the mission Paradox (Venus), which takes place in the Chamber. The goal is to push back the Taken that have invaded the area of the first raid. According to the user, Bungie’s live team could now take the stage.
His idea encompasses a four-week event: in four steps, the Chamber should be freed from invading Taken. Of course, at the end of each week, there will be nice loot.
The event starts with Lakshmi-2, the nice Exo woman from the Future War Cult. She has four sketches for us, which bear the handwriting of Kabr (further research is still needed). Each week, we will choose one of the four sketches, for which investigations must be conducted in the Glass Chamber. And here comes the twist: every completed sketch allows one to create a piece of equipment.
Why Kabr? We don’t know much about this man, a Guardian. He was the first to enter the Chamber, explore its secrets, and inflict a wound on it by leaving the Aegis relic behind. He is the one who designed the VoG equipment; unfortunately, this impaired his mind: “You have taken my mind. You are in my blood and brain,” are his last words. We certainly don’t want this fate, so: further research must be conducted.
Every week, we can now complete bounties in the Chamber alone or as a group to gather data for the sketches. Of course, we will also need to eliminate numerous Taken.
After all challenges (ideally varied) for a sketch have been completed, we return to Lakshmi-2, who can now decipher the sketch. We receive the desired item; however, it is still corrupted by Oryx, which is why we have to collect Kabr’s light to be able to equip the armor. Well, at least an interesting idea.
Guardians of all light levels should benefit
The light level of the loot should be designed in such a way that one can always improve. For example, if one is at light level 290, the armor drops between 290 and 300. In the fourth week, with the last sketch, however, a 320 item should be guaranteed.
If one masters all challenges of the four weeks, one should possess a complete VoG equipment that is up to date. According to the user, this event should be relatively easy to implement by the live team. After all, the equipment items are already in the game, as is the Glass Chamber. And maybe an event could even open a door behind which a previously undiscovered chest is hidden…
This idea was reportedly conceived by the Reddit user while showering. What do you think? Would you enjoy this? Or did you perhaps have a much better idea while showering?
