These endgame changes in Destiny 2 are coming to you in the coming months in 2018! Bungie provides a roadmap for the future.
Bungie pulled back the curtain! On the night of January 12, game director Christopher Barrett published a detailed blog post outlining the most important endgame changes coming in the next few months.
A roadmap was published showing when to expect the changes in Destiny 2 in 2018.
What is coming to the Guardians in the coming weeks and months – Roadmap 2018
In the near future, three events are planned:
- On January 16, the Faction Rally returns
- On January 30, the next Iron Banner starts
- On February 13, the Crimson Week begins
According to the roadmap, major endgame changes are expected
- At the end of January,
- in February,
- later in spring 2018
- and in autumn 2018.
Keep in mind that the following changes will be completely free for all Destiny 2 Guardians.
What does the update at the end of January bring?
Bungie plans an update with several changes on January 30:
Masterwork Armor: The Masterworks will be extended to armor. They grant additional damage reduction when you have a Super active. You will therefore withstand more. In addition, you can reroll the armor stat type. With Masterwork Cores, existing armor pieces can be upgraded to Masterworks.
Raid Rewards will be revised. They are meant to become unique and interesting. Therefore, they will receive new mods with raid-specific perks. What these will look like is still unknown. Additionally, raid items are supposed to drop at every major encounter in the raid, and the raid vendor in the Tower (Benedict) will sell raid weapons and raid armor directly.
Additionally, the bosses (Calus and Argos) will have the chance to drop a new ghost with raid-specific perks. More raid-specific rewards will come in the future.
What does the February update bring?
In February, two extensive changes are also coming:
Strike Scoring and High Score Tracking: In the Nightfall strike, the time limit will be replaced by a Strike Scoring! The Strike Scoring will be similar to Destiny 1, with some adjustments. There will be certain score modifiers. To make the Strike Scoring worthwhile, a High Score Tracking will be introduced, displaying your high score in emblems and unlocking new rewards. There are also plans to introduce high scores for clans.
Mods 2.0: Weapon and armor mods will be fundamentally revised. Redundant mods will be reduced, “uniquer” mods will come, and the influence of mods on the power of the Guardians will be significantly increased. A February release is planned, but Mods 2.0 may come later as the Bright Engram economy, which can currently also include mods, needs to be assessed and potentially adjusted. Pay2Win must not be the outcome.
Further adjustments:
- In quick play matches in PvP, the pace is to be increased
- A Tower chat will be introduced on the PC
- A mechanic will be introduced to prevent players from getting the same exotic repeatedly
- On the mission map, you will soon see your teammates!
Later in spring 2018
At some point after February, but still in spring 2018, a host of further changes will come:
The second expansion is planned for spring. However, they want to take the necessary time to implement the feedback on Curse of Osiris in the next DLC. (This content is paid).
Crucible: New ways to play in PvP and balance adjustments are coming:
- Crucible Ranks: Seasonal Crucible ranks will be introduced. More about this here.
- Private Matches will come where you can invite friends and choose map and game mode:
- A 6v6 playlist! will be added.
- During Season 3 and afterward, time-limited Crucible events will occur.
- Additional fixes to improve the Crucible experience.
Further highlights coming in spring:
- Balance adjustments
- Exotics will be adjusted to make them new, exciting, and powerful items
- Specific vendors will get a seasonal rank. Earn reputation to unlock items with them. This rank will reset every season.
- Iron Banner and Faction Rally will continue to be improved to provide exciting experiences
- Reduction of playlist repetition – There will be more variety in PvP and strikes
- Endgame player objectives: More rewards will be invested in specific endgame goals than in Bright Engrams. How this will look is yet to be known.
- Multi-Emote: Soon you will be able to select multiple emotes – not just one.
- Vault Space: You will receive 50 additional storage slots. Additionally, changes are being made to ensure the vault does not overflow.
- Clan chat on PC
- Heroic Strikes will receive modifiers.
What new features are coming in autumn 2018?
In autumn (or earlier, according to Bungie) additional things are supposed to come, which Bungie lists without explanation:
- Item collections and records
- Weapon slot and archetype improvements
- Additional Crucible playlists (e.g., Rumble)
- Better clan rewards
- Masterwork exotics
- Improvements to weapons and gear
- Improvements to Trials of the Nine
- Shaders and dismantling of shaders
- The future of guide games
- “Solo vs Fireteam” matching
In addition, Bungie promises that they will now speak to the community more frequently and specifically.
In the future, there will also be significant changes to Eververse. It should no longer be the focus. These changes, including how Eververse will be throttled, we have summarized here.
What do you think of all this information?
