In the MMO shooter Destiny , a live stream of the new game content is taking place today on the 19th of August. We will accompany this on Mein MMO with a live ticker.
You can follow the live stream for Year 2 in Destiny from 8:00 PM our time.
It is assumed that the stream will mainly revolve around the “game mechanics” today. What will daily life look like? What will the gameplay look like starting from September 15th? Then, with “The Taken King”, the second year in Destiny will begin.
We will accompany the live stream with a live ticker in German. In the past, in the weeks leading up to “House of Wolves”, this was well received, let’s see how it goes this time.
The Mein MMO live ticker for the first Taken King stream
6:50 PM: If you want to get hyped for tonight, here is the teaser trailer from yesterday and here is our article about it.
7:00 PM: There are currently three big questions: What is up with the “exotic blueprints?”, “How does upgrading weapons by dismantling other weapons work?” and “How often will DeeJ look grumpy this time, as if he just bit into a lemon?”
7:15 PM: By the way, it’s still a bit mysterious, what happened during the maintenance yesterday. But the first reports are coming in now that they are getting the Nepal shaders and emblems. Apparently, they managed to do it somehow.
7:25 PM: The most important hint beforehand was “Don’t dismantle anything before you’ve seen this stream.” Could this mean that legendary weapons and armors might become important somehow? So far, it is only known that they cannot achieve the new maximum values. Or is the sentence mainly aimed at exotic weapons and armors?
7:30 PM: This time, it seems that no community member from outside will come to bring some excitement. It looks like it will be 2 Destiny developers and the community managers from Bungie doing it.
7:40 PM: Today, it will mainly be about game systems, about life in the Tower, and then next week about the new zone, the Dreadnaught, which will likely involve a strike. The week after, the stream will return to the Dreadnaught, where more events and missions will take place. Then there will be a week off, and then it will start on Tuesday. What can probably be ruled out are any info about the new raid King’s Fall.
7:45 PM: Things are getting interesting. Now quickly to the bathroom and grab an ice cream. A little warning: It could well be that at 8:00 PM a countdown will start first, then the teaser trailer will be shown, and only then will it kick off. A bit like in the cinema.
7:50 PM: Tyson Green, one of the Bungie developers today, is actually the Investment Lead and, as far as we can see from the outside, is responsible for all the resource stuff. How do characters become stronger, how does all this work? Green presented the main progression systems of Destiny before release. Mark Noseworthy is the producer, actually more in charge of the organizational stuff. He explained, for example, why Peter Dinklage was replaced by another voice actor.
7:55 PM: Later, the new community manager Cozmo will likely read out numerous questions from fans. Among them hopefully favorites like: Are custom matches coming for PvP? Will the vault become larger? What will happen to the old exotics? All these questions were collected in a thread over the last few days. The thing has over 2400 comments. So much for: Is anyone still playing?
8:00 PM: Ha, right. 8:00 PM the cooldown starts, until then there will be elevator music. It will take about 4 minutes, then surely the trailer will come and then it will get going.
This is where the actual live stream of Destiny for “Year 2” begins and the changes that are planned
8:05 PM: 170,000 people are currently watching the stream. That will surely go up significantly.
8:06 PM: Uh, bearded live audience.
8:06 PM: The one who looks like he is about to go fishing is the designer, who is without a hat the producer. Oh, the designer is the true face of Xur! If the bearded Vikings in the seats find that out!
8:09 PM: Hm, how is the level determined? Bungie puts together the best gear on the character. So far, it was said that you will get the level that you “have achieved as the highest”. So: Don’t dismantle anything.
8:10 PM: The light level is built up from the average of attack and defense on all items.
8:13 PM: You can now see much more easily what discipline, strength, or intellect brings. Thus, you can be happier that a bar is full and you become a bit stronger.
The level boost goes up to level 25 and grants “appropriate” equipment
8:14 PM: There are now 6 new bounty slots, and the bounties can also be tracked. Bounties are now better and can also be handed in while on the go. This is actually all stuff that has been known for some time. The new info is still pending, but it’s nice to see everything.
8:17 PM: Ah, the first class quests. You see one just for the Warlock through which he gets his new elite specialization. The quests now more clearly state what rewards they provide. It becomes more predictable, the randomness is taken out of the system.
8:19 PM: The level boost goes up to level 25 and players receive “appropriate” gear. Everyone who buys The Taken King receives such a boost called “Spark of Light”.
8:21 PM: In the inventory screen, you can now also see the face of the Guardians. In the Tower, you can select whether to wear a helmet or not. Which weapon should be displayed.
8:23 PM: The Speaker has a new inventory, sells class items and ghost shells, and you can (as before) also exchange materials. The class items now have “useful” values that help level up or increase reputation.
8:25 PM: Now a first look at the showcase with the emblems. It also clearly shows what you need to do to obtain the missing emblems.
Factions and weapon manufacturers
8:27 PM: You commit to one of the factions and can still collect Crucible reputation and, in addition, reputation for one of the factions. You retain the old reputation ranks. The commitment lasts for one week, after which you can join a new faction.
8:28 PM: DeeJ is a convinced Dead Orbit freak, suppressing nausea as he joins the New Monarchy.
8:29 PM: Oh, the New Monarchy has new interesting perks. Equipment specialized in solar.
8:30 PM: You can now exchange old materials that players should have in abundance, like special ammo synths, heavy ammo synths, light particles, etc., for reputation with the factions. The faction rewards for rank-ups are supposed to be significantly more lucrative.
8:32: “Can we finally see what’s up with the vault?” – NO!
8:34 PM: PvP quests. If you complete 5 bounties, you can start the sixth one and it will give rewards at the level of Nightfall strikes. Shaxx also has interesting ghost shells. One gives Glimmer for every Titan you take down in the Crucible of Destiny.
8:35 PM: It really seems like the vault and whether there’s more will be the big topic today.
8:36 PM: Players should play as they like and be rewarded for it. Whether PvP or PvE – it doesn’t matter. Everything should be worthwhile.
8:37 PM: There are “Legendary Marks” as the new marks. They no longer have a limit. The old marks will be converted into recommendations and can be used for reputation.
8:38 PM: If you dismantle a legendary item, “legendary marks” come out, and they can be exchanged for items that players want.
Hmm, there are Year 2 versions of some exotic weapons and armors … but not of all
8:41 PM: Exotic Blueprints! Also for armors. Whenever you find an exotic, it goes into this collection. Here you can simply go and “replicate” an exotic item you have already found. Like in Star Trek. The system works account-wide. They have taken some of the most popular Year 1 exotic items and created an improved Year 2 version for them. Here, they have made the special perk of the items available from the start.
8:45 PM: This is a bit complicated right now. If you have a Year 1 exotic that also has a Year 2 version, you can get the Year 2 version directly for 125 legendary marks. The question now is: Which weapons and armors have Year 2 versions and which do not?
8:46 PM: Hmm, there is a new exotic version of the SUROS Regime, for example. 280 seems to be the new maximum value.
8:47 PM: This is rather surprising now. Apparently, some of the exotic weapons are actually no longer current. Hmm, let’s wait and see if something else comes along.
8:48 PM: There is a so-called “item squish”, meaning the attack numbers will become “smaller”, but will still deal the same damage because everyone can take less accordingly.
8:52 PM: Banshee the gunsmith – everyone starts with 0 reputation, can increase it, later order weapons from him. They will be delivered on Wednesday.
8:54 PM: “Infuse” will work similarly to “Ascend” in House of Wolves, only that you don’t need aetheric light, but a strong weapon or armor. This only works with legendary or exotic Year 2 weapons or armors. This is how players can upgrade weapons with lower values if they particularly like them. Thus, players can walk around with “unique” weapons, which are actually low-level things that they have upgraded by sacrificing higher level items for them.
Vault in Destiny: Space has been doubled
8:56 PM: The space in the vault for weapons has been doubled: 72 weapons now fit in. There is also plenty of space for armors now.
8:57 PM: Yeah, there are new dance emotes, it looked quite funny.
8:58 PM: Well, that has actually raised more questions than it has answered. Infusion and the vault space – okay. But what about the exotic items now? Which ones have a Year 2 version? And which ones will we basically not see anymore? Or can the old ones somehow achieve new maximum values? These are now a lot of questions in a field that we had already closed.
9:00 PM: Summary of the most important things that were previously unknown:
- Through “Infusion”, you can upgrade a weaker legendary Year 2 weapon or armor to the values of a “better one” (from an attack or defense standpoint), but the stronger weapon will be sacrificed.
- With the “Exotic Blueprints”, all exotic weapons and armors that you have found are saved. You can then pull them out again from the blueprints.
- There are “Year 2 versions” of some exotic weapons and armors. But not of all. Confirmed items with Year 2 versions so far are Light behind Nemesis and the SUROS Regime. Speculation: It looks like only 6 weapons and (maybe) 9 armor pieces from Year 1 will be carried over. Currently, fans are discussing whether the “Year 1 weapons” might still reach the new top values, just without having a “new version” … let’s wait and see.
- And there is an “item squish”, meaning the numbers will generally be lower, but the effect will remain. The squish provides that items of “the same quality” have the same values: defense value for armors, attack value for weapons counts.
- The space in the vault has been doubled.
- Swords are reportedly confirmed, although it wasn’t elaborated, but there are screens:
