A third, large expansion, Forsaken, began Year Two with an overhaul on gameplay. Year One of Destiny 2 featured two small expansions, Curse of Osiris and Warmind. Like the original Destiny, the game features expansion packs which further the story and adds new content across the game. Players assume the role of a Guardian, protectors of Earth's last safe city as they wield a power called Light to protect humanity from different alien races and combat the looming threat of the Darkness. PvP features objective-based modes, as well as traditional deathmatch game modes. These activities have an emphasis on exploration of the destinations and interactions with non-player characters (NPCs) the original Destiny only featured NPCs in social spaces.
A free roam patrol mode is also available for each destination which feature public events as well as activities not available in the original. In addition to normal story missions, PvE features three-player " strikes" and dungeons and six-player raids. Like the original, activities in Destiny 2 are divided among player versus environment (PvE) and player versus player (PvP) game types. Set in a " mythic science fiction" world, the game features a multiplayer "shared-world" environment with elements of role-playing games. It is the sequel to 2014's Destiny and its subsequent expansions. The game was published by Activision until December 31, 2018, when Bungie acquired the publishing rights to the franchise.
It became free-to-play, utilizing the games as a service model, under the New Light title on October 1, 2019, followed by the game's release on Stadia the following month, and then PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S platforms in December 2020. It was originally released as a pay to play game in 2017 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Microsoft Windows. 10.Destiny 2 (also known as Destiny 2: New Light and in Korea as Destiny: Guardians) is a free-to-play online-only multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie.
The studio will reveal the full patch notes on Nov. There are also some small adjustments and bug fixes that may play a role into players’ endgame loadouts. Players can customize the look of their UI a bit more in terms of color, and the character creation menu will change its language a little bit - from Male and Female to Masculine and Feminine. Existing players who want to experience the New Player experience - which is also getting an overhaul in Beyond Light - can pick up that questline from the Quest Archive.īungie also revealed some interesting patch notes ahead of the Nov. When players delete an incomplete quest from their inventory, it will land in the Quest Archive.
The Tower will also see a Quest Archive terminal. This Quest Archive is right next to the postmaster! Image: Bungie For Exotics that previously came from raids, players will need a special Spoils of Conquest material - earned by completing raids still in the game.įor players who don’t want to spend their hard-earned Ascendant Shards on missing Exotics, Xur will offer a weekly quest when he shows up on Fridays, promising a new Exotic Cipher. Players will combine Glimmer, destination materials, Masterworking materials, and an Exotic Cipher or Ascendant Shard to purchase Exotics. Prices will change depending on how difficult or long the quest to get it was. While Bungie didn’t show the UI for this terminal, the studio described how players will buy some unavailable Exotics. With these quests gone, the Monument to Lost Lights Exotic Archive will be the way players can backfill their inventories with those weapons.
Exotics like Anarchy and Tarrabah currently drop from two raids leaving the game, and Exotics like Rat King primarily come from planets like Titan - also leaving the game with Beyond Light. Here, players can buy Exotics whose quests will leave the game on Nov. The Monument to Lost Lights Exotic Archive is a new terminal in the Tower, sitting comfortably between the current Vault terminals. The studio also previewed some upcoming patch notes, as well as a new Tower terminal for picking up old quests.
On the last weekly blog before it launches Destiny 2: Beyond Light, Bungie revealed details on how players will pick up older Exotics after several planets enter the Destiny Content Vault on Tuesday.