Season of [REDACTED] is right around the corner, but what can the past year of Destiny 2 teach us about what to expect in the coming seasons of Beyond Light? It’s almost February, and that means the shine has started to wear off of Destiny 2: Beyond Light. The expansion made a good first impression, […]
Why Destiny 2’s newest secret mission fails to capture the magic of The Whisper quest
Secrets are the lifeblood of Destiny. The first days in the Vault of Glass raid, unlocking the core in Wrath of the Machine raid for Outbreak Prime, and the original Black Spindle Exotic quest are defining moments in the original game. More recently, in Destiny 2, Guardians got to experience The Whisper and Zero Hour […]
Destiny 2: How To Complete Essences And Obtain Every Moon Weapon
Destiny 2: Shadowkeep introduced a set of new weapons and armor for Guardians to chase. Unlike most expansions, Shadowkeep’s gear is tied to a quest system named Essences. These items can be cleansed through a short quest, granting a new weapon or armor piece when finished. While these items are currently sunset, there is no […]
Destiny 2: How To Earn The Adored Sniper Rifle
Introduced in the Beyond Light expansion for Destiny 2, Adored is a reprised version of the fan-favorite Beloved Sniper Rifle. It has been brought back as a ritual weapon, meaning it has a fixed perk pool with two traits in each column instead of one. Adored has a set of perks that make it excellent […]
Destiny 2: The Best Random Rolls For Hawkmoon
One of Destiny’s most iconic Exotics is Hawkmoon, a 140 RPM Hand Cannon that had three lucky bullets in every magazine. These bullets could stack together to deal some absurdly high damage in PvE and PvP, going as far as to one-shot Guardians if the player was lucky enough. Bungie has redesigned Hawkmoon in Destiny […]
Turn In Those Destiny 2 Tokens Before Beyond Light's Season 13 Begins
Tokens are a huge motivating factor behind the PvP of Destiny 2, but as Beyond Light continues its progression from season to season, new changes are coming in for how the game operates. Bungie is warning players to go ahead and use up their tokens now before the arrival of season 13 because the new season will […]
Destiny 2: How To Earn The Augmented Obsession Triumph
Ever since Destiny 2’s Forsaken expansion introduced a plethora of secrets with the Dreaming City, every expansion location since has included a wide variety of secrets for Guardians to uncover. Europa has quite a few to uncover, the most time-consuming of the bunch being Augment Triumphs. Ever since the Morning Star crashed into Europa, certain […]
Destiny 2: 5 Tips For Using Stasis (And 5 Ways To Counter It)
Stasis has fundamentally changed Destiny 2’s PvE and PvP sandboxes. Crowd control and AoE damage are more apparent than ever before in both environments, resulting in many players either taking the game slower or embracing the carnage that the Darkness encourages. Not every player has gotten used to Stasis, however. Some mechanics tied to Stasis […]
Destiny 2 Game Director "Confident" That Sunsetting Will Improve, Even Though Everyone Hates It
Yesterday, Luke Smith had a hot take in an interview with Polygon when he said he’d love to remaster Destiny 2’s subclasses using the new Fragment and Aspect system introduced in Beyond Light, but that he’d want those subclasses to include an “edited list” of supers. Nova Warp was mentioned as one of the possible […]
Destiny 2: The 5 Best Activities To Farm Gear (& 5 Things That Aren’t Worth It)
As a looter shooter, Destiny 2 thrives off of having unique weapons and armor to chase. Destiny 2’s Beyond Light expansion shook this foundation up massively by incorporating item and content sunsetting into the game, effectively removing aspects of the game while adding expiration dates to all non-Exotic gear. Because of this change, a lot […]