In Destiny 2 players can earn useful rewards and a popular shader in the Iron Banner, but this requires a huge effort. To shorten the grind, there is a new tactic in PvP, and it is: to lose.
What’s going on in Destiny 2? In Destiny 2, since the weekly reset on January 3rd, the Iron Banner is active. The popular and especially varied PvP event has a new mode per season since Bungie’s changes. This time, the new mode “Fortress” has been implemented, where Guardians must capture a favored zone twice per match to reach victory faster.
But while victory usually reigns supreme in PvP, this week Guardians have been intentionally trying to lose. We’ll show you why Guardians like to lose in PvP now.
New shader makes Guardians intentionally lose matches
Why are Guardians intentionally losing? Losing a match is often part of a Guardian’s life. You learn from it and do better in the next match. This time, however, Guardians are intentionally grouping together to quickly produce losses in the Iron Banner. It even goes so far that players are looking for “Iron Banner farming” in LFG, a code word to quickly farm losses.
This tactic is used according to Paul Tassi to gain XP points for Lord Saladin’s reputation rank in the fastest and most efficient way. This reputation rank needs to be reset almost twice to access the currently sought-after shader “Iron Counter Shader”.
How does the tactic work? If you belong to the players who are not skilled in PvP, you can use this method not only to gain loot but also to acquire the medieval chainmail shader.
All you need to do is create a post in the LFG of Destiny 2 explicitly looking for a full squad of players who are ready to lose. Then you go into a match with your squad and wait for the opposing team to defeat you. Note that you should still move a bit, otherwise, you will be kicked from the match due to inactivity.
This tactic allows you to complete the exhausting grind of the Iron Banner in a very short time with little effort. Meanwhile, you can even have a movie running so that the waiting doesn’t get tiring.
You can see what that looks like in this post by Chem2calWaste on reddit shared by DestinyTracker on Twitter.
Is the new tactic worth it? It’s not easy to answer. Basically, the method is mainly worth it for shader collectors or players needing resources. With it, you can avoid annoying and especially sweaty matches, and still quickly and efficiently achieve your goal. However, the method is very monotonous, not very conducive to gaming, and requires a fair amount of patience.
So if the shader doesn’t concern you and you have more fun things to do, then prefer those before you get lost in the grind.
What do you think about players intentionally losing just to get a shader? Have you run into many such squads, or was the Iron Banner rather filled with bubbling Titans? Let us know in the comments!
