Bungie recently announced a change for Destiny 2, especially in the area of raids and dungeons: The so-called waves will be removed from the game.
Bungie shared new changes for Destiny 2 in its latest TWiD. Here, there is a significant change that affects raids and dungeons: There will be no more so-called waves.
What are waves? Waves previously granted a damage bonus for a certain element in raids. However, this resulted in players being forced
to use a specific element as it provided a damage buff of 25%.
Damage bonus on all damage types of subclasses
How does this affect raids and dungeons? Since waves were introduced with The Final Shape
and are now being removed again, this naturally also has an impact on raids and dungeons. In their announcement, they state that they will now adjust the settings so that you play as if you had it (the damage buff) everywhere
.
Additionally, it has been announced that the damage bonus will now be applied by default to all damage types of subclasses, including kinetic. This change is intended to increase base damage in dungeons. At the same time, it aims to eliminate barriers to build crafting.
How is the community reacting to the change? The majority of players seem to be happy about the change. Under a post by Paul Tassi
on X, players discuss the change. Many players are glad that they are no longer tied to a specific element. However, there are also some dissenting voices who criticize that there was something good about not always playing the same weapon.
Some users write:
- big_oh_tea writes on X:
Waves are one of the things I never understood.
- WeLoveAspect comments on X:
We can use what we want again without it being an int, especially kinetic.
- ShadowlEagle is of a different opinion on X:
sad… this actually got people to use other weapons
Lastly, players have complained that “Episode: Echos” is split into three parts and that they now have to wait two months to receive a secret Exo. You can read more about it here: Destiny 2 delivers a secret Exo with Episode: Echos, but Bungie makes you wait two months for it
