In the MMO shooter Destiny , the final boss of the Prison of Elders, Skolas, will be revised next week. He is supposed to function differently so that the Guardians can use more than Strategy A like “Works for everything”.
This week’s Weekly Update from Bungie was straightforward and clear. For next week, they have planned the E3 appearance. They are preparing for it, and that is to become the “event” of next week with some fresh news. Although it’s not so easy to smuggle a suitcase marked “Explosive” through the security checks. Who would have thought?
What exactly is to be presented, Bungie does not reveal. But … some Red Bull-fueled sparrows are already chirping about it from the rooftops.
Skolas invited to the same old tactic in Destiny
However, that is not the only thing happening in Destiny next week. They plan to revise the final boss in the Prison of Elders, “Skolas”. At the moment, the fight is too focused on one tactic, and due to the current burns, Solar Burn, Void Burn, or Arc Burn, the fight is too monotonous, it goes by the motto “Close your eyes and go through” . In addition, the difficulty level varies significantly from week to week. At least that’s what they believe at Bungie.
The heatmap shows that the Guardians almost all huddle in one of the corners and stay there for the fight. This is not exactly an “epic encounter” when you don’t even know who you are burning down.
To make the fight more exciting, they want to change a few things:
- Introduce new modifiers, the old burns won’t be there anymore
- Reduce Skolas’s HP as Guardians deal less damage without the burns
- Make the adds appear at regular intervals when Skolas drops below certain HP thresholds
- And they want to slightly change the composition of the add waves
The fight is supposed to become shorter and more complex with these changes. The Hotfix 1.2.0.3 is expected to be released next week.
Players should now lose their progress in activities less frequently
With House of Wolves came the feature “Connection Recovery. ” With this, players can return to the game in the Trials of Osiris if they are temporarily thrown out of Destiny into orbit because they lost their connection.
The mode has been tested, recovering more than 1.4 million Guardians, deemed good, and now Bungie wants to use the feature in other modes as well. They have likely already secretly introduced it this week in other modes, in the Crucible, in patrols, and in raids.
Furthermore, they are aware of the problems with Skolas’s ship. Some Guardians did not receive it. That is a bug they are working on. However, it is not a bug that when “rerolling” weapons that have already been upgraded with an Etheric Light, the Etheric Light and the enhanced values disappear forever. That is intentional. So: Reroll first, then upgrade.
Anyone following Destiny knows: After the Weekly Update, Xur is next. He will also return to the Tower or the Reef on Friday, June 12, and offer his goods. We will be waiting for him.
