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Just a few hours ago, Bungie went on Twitch to open the lid on Destiny 2 seasons and what it means for the shared-world shooter. Now if you weren’t able to catch the livestream, or just wanted a condense version, you’ve come to the right place! 

Thanks to the fine folks over on the Destiny subreddit, a bulletpoint breakdown can be read that focuses on the important stuff. We’ve broken it down to two slide pages since it’s super long. Just for clarity’s sake, we’re currently in season 1, and there will be four  seasons in the first year of Destiny 2.

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• Expansion 1 – Winter 2017 aka Curse of Osiris DLC
• Seasons:
  • Max level so that old/smaller clans have a chance vs only larger more active clans to dominate. Keeps everything on a more fair level.
  • Seasons have themes associated with them. They take feedback from the community for adding and adjusting things such as new emotes, rewards, etc.
  • Goals:
  • More predictable time tables (what to expect and when)
  • Destiny 2 year 1: 4 seasons
  • Make big changes to the game
  • Sandbox tuning, new features, more content:
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  • Big patches to change the meta, etc.
  • Meant so you don’t feel like you have to play Destiny ALL the time.
  • Season 2: The Dawning will make a return shortly after the launch.
  • Ice Hockey will be enabled:
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  • Other Easter Eggs
  • You can have snowball fights
  • Event affects will be throughout the world, not just the social space.
  • Armor preview:
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  • Armor, Weapons, Shaders, and possibly emotes will come
  • Iron Banner – What Bungie Learned:
  • 1,500 YEARS worth of time played between all guardians.
  • Learned how we interacted with the loot system. Will be changes to loot such as letting us direct purchase guns via tokens and legendary shards.
  • The token economy is not always the best way for everything.
  • Unlock ornaments via gameplay vs tokens for some events in the future.
  • Heard community feedback of wanting rewards more meaningful.
  • One more Iron Banner in Season 1.
  • For Season 2, there will be an ornaments slot requiring an objective to unlock to show that you completed a limited event objective.
  • Some new gear:
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  • Perks and stats will be updated.
  • There will be a complimentary energy and kinetic weapon so you can have one of each.
  • Trials of The Nine
  • There will be ornaments as well, not shown yet but “They look really cool”
  • Updated weapons, both visual look and perks:
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  • Faction Rally
  • Data was tallied cross-platform.
  • One more in Season 1
  • Screenshot:
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  • For Season 2 there will be changes to promote playing with a fireteam more vs just solo.

Towards the bottom of its Destiny 2 weekly update, Bungie made a quick mention that the next two Trials of the Nine events will be postponed.

As a follow-up to reported incidents of emote glitching in the Crucible, we are investigating a fix that we plan to deploy during the first week of November. In the meantime, the next two instances of Trials of the Nine will be postponed. Please stay tuned for updates. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

You can expect Trials of the Nine to return on November 3, providing there aren’t any further delays. 

PC players about to dive into Destiny 2 for the first time should read up on the list of known PC issues. Potential solutions are also provided, and so could really aid those struggling to get the game to run. 

Here’s the full list:

In other Destiny 2 news, update 1.0.5 is out now with patch notes, give the PC launch trailer a watch in glorious 4K 60fps, and the game’s director has discussed weapon perk rolls and the “high percentage of players” who have completed the game.

If you haven’t yet caught up on what Xur is offering this week, here’s his latest list of goods.

Source: Bungie (Official)

In Bungie’s Destiny 2 weekly update, Raid Challenges have been announced alongside helpful guides for the game’s PC launch, which is scheduled for October 24 at 10 a.m. PT through the Battle.net client. 

Raid Challenges

Raid Challenges will be added to Destiny 2 starting on October 31. They will add an optional objective to a different raid encounter each week. Complete the challenge and you’ll receive a new emblem, as well as a guaranteed raid drop for that encounter. 

Details of what Raid Challenges will actually entail have not yet been made clear, and it seems like part of the difficulty will be working out each week’s task.

“We won’t be giving you any hints on how to complete these challenges, but we will let you know when you fail with an in-game message. Your Director will tell you what is at stake each week.”

PC Players

PC players joining the fight will likely be eager to know when the Nighfall, Raid and other activities will be available to play. Happily, Bungie has now provided a detailed launch calendar. 

If you’re wondering how the game will perform on PC, and which graphics options are the most taxing, give this Nvidia guide a go.  

D2 Graphics Guide: In this guide you can examine the impact of each of these graphics settings through screenshots and interactive comparisons, learn how they affect performance, see recommendations for performance-improving tweaks, and get recommendations for GPUs capable of producing the highest-quality experiences in Destiny 2 on the PC.

Prestige Raid Winners

Following the controversial congratulations given to Clan Redeem after they were first to complete the Prestige Raid with the use of an exploit, Bungie has now revealed the top three clans, to allow the community to “make your own decision as to who should be celebrated.”

Clan Redeem
Clans Hand of Faith/PRORAIDER/Add Control/ZFORCE NATION
Clan ihavealife

In other Destiny 2 news, update 1.0.5 is out now with patch notes, give the PC launch trailer a watch in glorious 4K 60fps, and the game’s director has discussed weapon perk rolls and the “high percentage of players” who have completed the game.

If you haven’t yet caught up on what Xur is offering this week, here’s his latest list of goods.

Source: Bungie (Official)