Highlights

Ritual Playlists:

  • Ritual rewards are being combined. No need to do 3 strikes, 3 crucible games, and 3 gambit games each week.
  • Newest ritual weapons can be target farmed the season they release instead of waiting a season.

PVP:

  • Trials GL is Strand. Unclear if it’s breach or Heavy.
  • New Vex network map coming next Season. Asymmetrical map for multiple modes.
  • New 6v6 Relic mode.
    • Party Mode
    • VoG Aegis, Synaptic Spear, and Haunted Scythe will be usable in this mode.
    • Players charge their relic energy with their normal loadout and grab one from a specific map point.
  • Checkmate (gun focused PVP) is a modifier.
    • More focus on Primary weapon gunplay.
    • Guardian health is increased.
    • Longer range weapons are less effective.
    • Ability cooldowns lengthened
    • Special Ammo not dropped on death.
  • Relic and Checkmate start in labs in Season 22.
  • Matchmaking updates to Iron Banner and Control in Season 22
  • New Iron Banner mode in Season 23
  • New Aggressive Strand Pulse as comp reward in Season 23
  • No new comp reward in Season 22. Mecurial Overreach Sniper will remain the reward.
  • Citadel Dreaming City Map returning in Season 23.

Vanguard:

  • Vanguard Medals available in Strikes and Nightfalls in Season 22
  • Finishers will not grant medals.
  • New medals in Season 22 and 23 we haven’t seen yet.
  • Selection of Medals is determined by the active surges to encourage diversity.
  • Additional battlegrounds coming to the Ops playlist in Season 22 and 23.

Gambit (RIP):

  • No plans to transform Gambit.
  • Player engagement is too low and it would take resources from other parts of the game.
  • Dreaming City Map is returning
  • Shadow Legion & Lucent Hive are being added as enemy types.
  • Reducing number of Gambit specific seasonal challenges.

Armor Set Rewards:

  • Haven’t gotten new ritual armor because it’s challenging to make and players don’t use it as armor or cosmetics.
  • New Trials armor in Season 22. Titan looks like a Bear?
  • New Ritual armor in TFS but will no longer get a new set with each expansion.

Security:

  • Bungie is getting better at detecting cheaters.
  • Legal team is aggressively going after cheat makers.

Stability:

  • Logs and monitoring helped get updates in place quicker than previously thought.
  • Issues with the Claims service has improved.
  • Patch 7.2.0 is focused on fixing existing issues.
  • Patch 7.3.0 is aiming to prevent future ones.

Quality of Life Updates (All Season 22):

  • Favorite Shaders (thank god)
  • Pin up to 100 shaders.
  • Any character who completes the Beyond Light campaign can unlock all Stasis Aspects and Fragments from Elsie Bray. No more waiting for reset.
  • Transmat effects are permanent unlocks.
  • Wishender quest updated.
  • Resources tab in collections. Shows you where to get them and what they’re for.
  • Changes to IB challenges. One challenge to get the multiplier that doesn’t require specific subclasses. Pinnacle will require specific subclasses.

Sandbox Updates:

  • New strand Aspects in Season 22
    • Whirling Malestrom for Hunter
    • Banner of War for Titan
    • Weavewalk for Warlock
  • More exotic armor reworks in Season 22. No specifics.
  • New weapon subfamilies coming. Will be shown during the showcase.

Weapon Tuning:

  • Goes over the changes coming to range values and damage falloff. See the other post for more details.

Goals for the next 6 Months:

  • Expand Player’s Imaginations
    • New seasonal paradigm coming. To be revealed at the showcase.
    • Seasonal Storytelling is designed to be more connected than last year leading up to TFS.
    • The Final Shape and its Raid will provide a definitive conclusion to the Light and Dark Saga before they look ahead for Destiny 2.
  • Bring Challenge Back to Destiny
    • No power cap raise in Season 22
  • Enrich Our Content
    • Exotic Mission rotator available day one in season 22
    • Some bounties being replaced with a system tentatively called “Pathfinder” that will be implemented in TFS on its destination.
  • Connect Our Guardians
    • New ways in Season 22 to experience key D2 Moments
    • In game LFG in Season 23
    • New ways to track player progress in TFS.

Destiny 2 Showcase is August 22nd

    • Madison_rogue@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Have to admit I kinda hate RNG placing me on Titan three matches in a row. At least they’re bringing back The Dreaming City Map, and adding Lucent Hive & Shadow Legion. Might prove to refresh it a little, but I have serious doubts.

      • _waffle_@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Agreed. While I enjoy gambit, which seems to be pretty unpopular, I will admit I very seldom went into the mode to play it off its own merits. I usually went to do seasonals like I’m sure a lot of others did. Now I have no reason to play it since I can do my seasonals in crucible or strikes according to what they’re saying