Destiny 2 has raised the difficulty with Lightfall. While players used to chill through the game, they are now sweating even on the smallest tasks, such as on patrols. MeinMMO tells you what frustrates players while farming in Lightfall.
Why has Destiny 2 become harder? Since Lightfall, Bungie has created a new difficulty philosophy for Destiny 2, because players found a lot of things too easy and, over the seasons, the power creep and other changes have made guardians stronger and enemies weaker.
With the old space abilities, almost every enemy could be killed too easily, and some activities were done with one hand behind the back.
Now guardians must be focused and invest in builds, mods, and good gear to succeed. While some activities, like the new raid, have become much more accessible for all players even during the 48-hour contest mode, others that used to be farmed for hours have become a challenging but necessary endeavor.
- Normal patrols and the public event in Neomuna have increased in difficulty.
- Lost sectors, where players farm for the new exotics, have received a permanent combat delta of +20.
What does combat delta mean in Destiny 2?
Almost every activity in Destiny 2 now has power level handicaps or a scaling combat delta to create a better challenge curve. High-difficulty activities have a hero level at -5, legendary at -15, grandmaster at -20, and pinnacle nightfalls at -25 power level.
Lost sectors, on the other hand, are an exception. They have a so-called combat delta of +20. This means players are not limited here, but can boost their artifact power to be +20 over the enemies. Additionally, there are threats that depend on the currently featured lost sector, such as “Enemies are harder to stagger and have more health.”
This makes even the smallest tasks for some players, like a solo sector, a tiring and frustrating challenge.
More effort but no better reward
This is what players are criticizing: Players are currently having issues especially with the lost sectors. Due to missing artifact power, a sector feels like a disgusting, artificial difficulty that has been imposed on them in Lightfall.
Worse is the fact that even if one fights through and succeeds, the reward often consists of just a handful of glimmer, nothing more.
This understandably makes farming the new exotic armor pieces from Lightfall feel much more exhausting and even less efficient than in the “The Witch Queen” DLC. And this is despite the fact that the new Vex event also has an extra option to drop exotics.
Bungie had already announced in advance that they would be looking at completion rates and times throughout season 20. They should also check the drop rates for exotic engrams and improve them if necessary. But it could already be too late, as many players have already given up on farming.
As the player betachief77 writes in a reddit post that has already received 2k upvotes:
It feels like Bungie has killed exotic farming in Lightfall, as the lost sectors of the solo legend [due to the new combat delta] are like pulling teeth to complete.
betachief77 describes the situation on reddit
Rewarding loot chests are missing: Many might still come to terms with the new difficulty. Especially since the mods and the new subclass strand have introduced strong build options into the game, which are helpful. Alone with strand, a lost sector can be played well solo despite the combat delta.
However, there is a consensus that the increase in difficulty would at least require a corresponding increase in rewards from the loot chests. No one should be sent home at the end of a grandmaster sector with just glimmer and a damp handshake.
However, many players would already be satisfied if they received at least one piece of gear at their power level at the end of a lost grandmaster sector that at least benefits them.
Currently, Bungie has evidently not yet ignited excitement for the new difficulty among players.
How do you feel? Do you also miss the rewards in the lost sectors? Feel free to leave us a comment.
This new system is also quite controversial in Destiny 2, as guardians find it unnecessary:
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