I mean they're still gonna have to raise the cap each season. The power you get from the artifact goes away after each season.
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How seasons are changing in Destiny 2 Year 3 (Battle Pass Style System Included)
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I mean they're still gonna have to raise the cap each season. The power you get from the artifact goes away after each season.
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What does this have to do anything with this thread? Almost every new activity introduced is match made. Raids won't receive matchmaking or LFG anytime soon until Destiny 3 probably...
I mean you get season 8 for free with shadowkeep (which includes this battle pass).... so yea.
I would bet there are more people who want to buy Shadowkeep than there are that want to just buy seasons and not the new expansion. Including one season with Shadowkeep makes it easier to show the seasons will play out, letting people buy more seasons if they want to continue.
Are they? I thought the power cap increase is coming from Shadowkeep.
Thanks. I guess that's an endorsement for getting back in. Should I just hold off on paying since I'll be overwhelmed with all the catching up?
I'm bothered by their design philosophy of the seasonal content activities/story. Making things disappear does not add momentum to the story. If you did the theoretical change to last year, Ada would have been some rando who just came in and fucked off and then we move on to the next thing where little occurred. I felt like they started to understand how to tell a story in Destiny but deciding "the story is moving forward because we delete parts of it at a time" is just sad.
There's not much of a reason to jump back in now unless you just have an itch to play because when New Light comes out on October 1st every new and returning player will be raised to the current power level cap of 750. You won't have to worry about grinding in order to start Shadowkeep.
Same date as Shadowkeep's release. October 1st
3 cosmetics and access to the other 3 seasons after Season 8
The artifacts (which provide the bonus Power) are seasonal. They will go away at the end of each season and you'll get a new one with new benefits and a reset power bonus.
Three more season passes and some cosmetic items.
Right, but that isn't increasing the power cap like they did each time with Y2 seasons. Unless that means that each new seasonal activity will be at 960+.
Ah thanks. Might be time for me to get back into Destiny then.
Unless it leads to stories actually being concluded. Right now the forges are open and ada just stands around. I would rather they conclude her story so we can move on.
The "Digital Deluxe" edition gives you the Season Pass (So you're guaranteed to be on the "Premium" pass of the Battle Pass) + Shadowkeep + some frivolous cosmetics/skins
If that's what you're referring to
They're really going the try every monetization strategy imaginable then. Really not interested in seeing every game have a battle pass and add-ons. It's definitely souring me on Apex.
There is a power level increase coming in Shadowkeep (it's going from 750 to 960), but the additional power you can earn from the artifact is only available during that specific season. Once the season ends a new artifact will come out and the power bonus will be reset.
No. Deluxe edition is Shadowkeep (which includes one pass) plus the other three passes. If you bought them individually it would be $65. Deluxe is $60.
4 seasons a year
Year 3 will have four fully supported Seasons of content (last year's Annual Pass had only three!)
I like it. Considering that Destiny 2 has been my main game for the last year I'll probably be getting a lot out of the Battle Pass.
Hopefully this is another step in pushing the Eververse to the wayside.
So far I can't complain about anything regarding Shadowkeep. Now I only need to know wether I still need PS Plus to play Destiny 2 after the New Light Update.
Hopefully this is another step in pushing the Eververse to the wayside.
So far I can't complain about anything regarding Shadowkeep. Now I only need to know wether I still need PS Plus to play Destiny 2 after the New Light Update.
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Not really no. It's actually additional content being added to the season pass they already had.
the big complaint last year was that there were too many storylines that started and never went anywhere. Now, there is a big narrative for expansions and a seasonal story that may play a part but is resolved during the season, or it is expanded on in the next season. This is a great addition And allows the game to stop being as bloated as it has been. They're focusing on making the game deep not wide. I'd say this is a great change. Plus there's still going to be ways to get certain rewards after the season is over.
Loving the systemic changes coming to Destiny 2.
Now I just wish they would migrate to adding things to make the Destiny experience more RPG like and give us proper open-world maps in PVE. More character/face customization options and more character slots should come right after that. But Bungie seems to be avoiding those type of "big-leap"- like changes like a plague.
Now I just wish they would migrate to adding things to make the Destiny experience more RPG like and give us proper open-world maps in PVE. More character/face customization options and more character slots should come right after that. But Bungie seems to be avoiding those type of "big-leap"- like changes like a plague.
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Her story is concluded. Only difference is that we can still do the activities. The story wouldn't change, just the fact you can't do it anymore. That's not momentum or actual impact on the world.
Not a fan of the content youre paying for being time limited and going out with FOMO. With the annual pass the black armory was always there, gambit prime as well. Didnt play the last seasom though.
The talk was that all the big RPG systems and changes were coming with next year's big release (whether that's still Destiny 3 or however it manifests).
Ah, I guess they were already on this model then with the Season Pass +Add-ons. They're just using the battle pass vocabulary. Regardless, it's too much to keep paying in for me.
Possibly. IIRC, Diablo 3 has something similar where you can endlessly level up your stats, but the higher you go up, the longer it takes to gain a new stat point (up to a point).
Even then, you see crazy high paragon levels in Diablo seasons. Some people are just that committed to the grind. lol
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Shadowkeep is $35 (You don't need to own previous expansions to play it). A season costs $10. Shadowkeep itself will have ALOT of content which is good value. A season not only includes new gear / activities/ but this battle pass on top of it. The value is great IMO compared to other games.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but eventually, they're phasing out either Gambit or Gambit Prime. I'm pretty sure they mentioned that recently.
More on-topic though: I don't like the idea of the activities going away either, but there are already enough things to do in the game that I'm not too terribly bothered by it, especially since it sounds like most of the gear from those activities will eventually find their way back into the loot pool somehow.
I started playing a few months ago, after not playing since shortly after launch, and the amount of content in the game is fucking INSANE. There is always something new to chase, and the gunplay is still unmatched.
Thanks for the advice. I'm not really that impatient, so I'll take your suggestion and wait for October to roll in.
I went to download it now and my HDD is full anyway, I need to delete something first, so I might just try to finish some of those games.
That still doesn't make the story go anywhere though. I care less about the activities leaving and more of the framing of "it's an evolving world and story". Ada arriving and then leaving would not had made the story better. It would just suck and then it would be gone. Also imagine if she did and then we were stuck with only Gambit Prime/Reckoning the next season. That sounds god awful.
Matter of opinion. Season passes and battle passes rarely pan out to feel worthwhile in my experience.
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Luke had said support for one of the gambits will end at some point. I do wonder if that means 'content support' or removing a game mode entirely. Though there's a lot tied into gambit prime, I'd wager its safe at the moment.
Thats actually not too bad. I'd rather pay season by season (or have it as an option). I bought the AP last year and played a little of it but honestly it was mostly a waste of my money.
I think their solution now is better, and makes sense with the game pivoting to a F2P system with expansions.
I'm still super mad for buying the destiny 2 limited edition. So much money for such a garbage fire, never gonna buy anything from them ever again