In Destiny 2, a player reports about a toxic Guardian who disrupts the gaming experience for newcomers. Nearly 10,000 users agree that this behavior is despicable.

Overview: The absolute top topic on Reddit about Destiny 2 is a post by a user complaining about another Guardian. Although currently

• fresh information on Shadowkeep Exotics
• and information about the new seasons in Year 3

have been revealed, this post has around 10,000 upvotes, about three times more than the second strongest thread. This is because it addresses a topic that proud Guardians find rightly infuriating.

Deadly Sin: Sabotaging a Heroic Event

What the user reports: The user claims to have encountered a level 50 Guardian who collected the Arc Orbs during a Fallen Walker event and threw them off the map while a level 3 Guardian attempted to trigger the event heroic.

He has a message for this Guardian: “please fucking never come back” – which politely translates to him being advised not to show up in Destiny 2 anymore.

Why is this behavior so annoying? In the public event “Fallen Walker”, you have to deactivate three energy domes by carrying Arc Orbs to them. The Walker drops the orbs when you destroy its legs. Once the power fields are gone, the heroic event starts.

If a Guardian does not carry the orbs to the domes but rather messes around, the heroic attempt fails.

Guardians share similar experiences

The Reddit Guardian also writes: “Who the hell does something like this?” It’s not even funny, it’s just toxic and horrid. People like him are the outliers, causing other users to hate communities that are actually made up of good and fun people.

10,000 other users have already agreed with this opinion by upvoting, some of them sharing similar experiences in the comments.

Other Guardians report:

• One Guardian experienced the same with Cryo Orbs in the Corridors at a Cryo Capsule Event . The toxic player kept throwing them aside instead of throwing them at the enemy.
• Another player tells of a particularly annoying Guardian. He needed heroic events on Titan for a bounty, but another Guardian, who initially just watched, killed the Walker within seconds, making heroic impossible. He switched instances, but the other Guardian came into the same instance and did it again. He says he has never been trolled like this in PvE.
• Not only in heroic events, there are also toxic Guardians in the Menagerie. One even refused to dunk the last orb for 5 minutes and was annoying in encounters afterwards.

But it can also be different:

• A user reports that he hardly plays heroic events anymore. But if he sees a low-level Guardian attempting a heroic event, he helps him to trigger it heroically. Because he remembers well that he was once a newcomer himself.

What makes the whole fuss even bigger: For years, social media has regularly called for all Guardians to learn how to activate the heroic events. If an experienced Guardian intentionally sabotages the heroic event, many players’ blood pressure rises.

Moreover, heroic events are needed for quests and bounties, so it is not only annoying but also extremely disruptive when others intentionally pull such nonsense.

So: If you are experienced Guardians, support newcomers and show them how heroic events work. After all, you are honorable Guardians. And 10,000 players prove that no one wants toxic players in Destiny 2.

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In Destiny 2 , game director Luke Smith talks about how cool year 2 would have been in the new year 3 style.

This is the new year 3 style: When the Shadowkeep expansion kicks off year 3 on October 1, 2019, many things are supposed to change in Destiny 2. One of the most significant innovations is the fresh season system:

Each of the 4 seasons in year 3 generates a new scenario that unfolds throughout the season and transitions into the next season. New activities will replace old seasonal activities. This is intended to provide Destiny 2 with a dynamic world where something really happens that pushes the story forward. Because in recent years, it felt like Destiny has been standing still, just adding content without really moving forward.

Game director Luke Smith now shows how we can imagine this dynamic world in year 3. He talks about how a season in year 2 could have played out if it had the year 3 style.

An alternative season of the Forge

This is how the season of the Forge played out: The first season after the Forsaken release was the season of the Forge, during which Ada-1 from the Black Armory appeared. Ada-1 gave guardians quests related to the forges and has been standing boringly in the tower for months now, hardly visited by any guardians.

This is how the season of the Forge could have played out: Luke Smith describes how the season of the Forge would have unfolded in the year 3 style:

• A week before the season begins, all players would receive a message in their inbox: “I have returned from the stars. Let’s meet on December 4 at 6:15 PM. – Ada,” it would have said. A countdown would appear with the Traveler.
• At this time, the Guardians gather in the tower, where a ship lands on time between Zavala and Lord Shaxx, and Ada-1 appears, walking through the tower and opening a door that had long been closed. Players follow Ada-1 until she removes her hood and greets the players: “I am Ada and we have work ahead of us.”
• A season-long experience begins, where Ada and the players ignite the forges in the world, complete loot runs, and tackle the new raid.

Luke Smith makes a sly joke here: In a twist, Datto and his group manage to snag the world-first title in the raid. Because Datto failed in a horrific way.

• As players work together to forge weapons and create new ones, the space where Ada stands changes. And the weapons and mods that can be obtained are not all accessible through the seasonal activity but must also be earned in new encounters in Strikes – or even in the “Last Wish” raid.
• As the community goes about its tasks, new meta objectives are revealed. Once a certain number of players reach specific ranks in the season pass, cinematics are unlocked for all. In them, you see the Wanderer and Ada discussing something. The scene ends with the Wanderer raising his eyebrows as he glimpses a weapon plan behind Ada.
• As the season draws to a close, the Wanderer begins to gather the players around him. He first invites the players who have obtained the Dredgen title to his new room in the tower. Guardians can now collect materials for the new heist from the Wanderer, who can’t stop talking about Ada’s weapon plan.

• Late in the season, you notice that Ada is packing up her stuff and soon disappearing. The weapon plans are missing. Over the next couple of weeks, she packs up, and in an event similar to her arrival, she leaves. Ada, her goods, and the forges are gone.
• Banshee-44 reminds you that Ada left him the plans for the weapons and armor and that he will be rotating them over time.
• And the Wanderer now wants you to visit him. He has a surprise for you.

Luke Smith writes that the above story is just fiction. But he is working to make something like this possible for future seasons to make the season pass experience unique.

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At PAX West 2019, players discovered 3 new exotics from Destiny 2: Shadowkeep in the game. Now we know what these guns can do.

Where does the info come from? At PAX West, interested players currently have the opportunity to try out new features in Destiny 2 and get a preview of some fresh content – such as Armor 2.0 or some new weapons.

Attentive fans have already discovered 3 exotics there that will likely be introduced with the Shadowkeep expansion. Specifically, it is about

• the insect MG, which currently has no official name
• the Void rocket launcher Deathbringer, which bears some resemblance to the Gjallarhorn
• as well as the exotic weapon Divinity – a raid exotic

A Guardian has apparently already experienced the machine gun in action, describing his impressions.

This is what the insect MG from Shadowkeep can do

The MG has already caught the attention of Guardians some time ago. It was first sighted as a real model at GuardianCon in early July. However, there was no further information about it. Now it was discovered at PAX in the playable build of Destiny 2. However, it still does not have a proper name, just a placeholder.

The MG deals Solar damage. The exotic perk is called Pyrotoxin Rounds. With this, the MG fires high-powered explosive ammunition (fires high-powered explosive ammunition).

As the Reddit user VON_TAR mentions, the MG plays differently than previous models. It shoots effectively like a linear fusion rifle, but without delay and drop-off.

The MG is semi-automatic and can hold a maximum of 13 shots in the magazine (3 shots per ammo box in PvP). It deals 150 damage to the body and kills instantly with a headshot (PvP). Overall, this weapon plays very satisfyingly, according to the Redditor.

This is what the rocket launcher Deathbringer can do

This rocket launcher has already caught the fans’ attention in the Gamescom trailer for Shadowkeep. Now it has also been discovered in the game itself at PAX.

The Deathbringer deals Void damage and has one rocket in the magazine. Its exotic perk is called Dark Deliverance. This allows the launcher to fire remote-detonated projectiles that drop void orbs on enemies. In the trailer, these void spheres also followed the enemies. To fire, you press the shoot button. If you release it, the projectile detonates.

This is what the exotic weapon Divinity can do

This exotic weapon was first sighted at PAX and apparently comes from the raid. The Reddit user tehr0b rummaged through the raid collection in the menus and discovered this new exotic there.

Divinity deals Arc damage and has 194 shots in the magazine. The exotic perk is called Judgement. Continuous damage from this weapon envelops the target in a force field that weakens and disrupts enemies.

What do you think of these 3 new exotics? Are they making you excited for more?

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