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Official Destiny 2 Witch Queen Thread
Posted on 1/8/22 at 9:03 pm
Posted on 1/8/22 at 9:03 pm
That's right...it's time for my annual Destiny 2 expansion thread.
What: Witch Queen (Year 5)
When: February 22, 2022
Who: You
Why: ...
Reveal Trailer
Witch Queen Showcase
Game Awards Trailer
A Closer Look...
Glaive Dev Insight
Launch Trailer
SPOILERS
Witch Queen Preview Article
Weapons and Gear Trailer
Light in the Darkness ViDoc
What's New
Power Floor - 1350
Soft Cap - 1500
Powerful Cap - 1550
Pinnacle Cap - 1560
Destination - Savathûn’s Throne World
Activity - Conflict Eternal
New Raid - 3/5/22
Glaive Archetype
Weapon Crafting
Light 3.0 (Void 3.0 ships with Witch Queen)
These two links are kind of important for Year 4 players wanting to tie up loose ends or spend currencies not relevant to Witch Queen.
Vaulted Content - What's Leaving Destiny 2 at Witch Queen Launch
Depreciated Items at Witch Queen Launch
Who's coming with me?
TDGB Bungie IDs
Devious - Dev#4168
geauxtigers87 - tehjagerbomb87#6106
quote:
Savathûn has gifted her soldiers with the powers of the Light. As the Knight you’ve struck down rises from the dead for the second time, a feeling of betrayal washes over you and you can’t help but wonder: When the Light offers no shelter – no solace – where will you turn?
What: Witch Queen (Year 5)
When: February 22, 2022
Who: You
Why: ...
Reveal Trailer
Witch Queen Showcase
Game Awards Trailer
A Closer Look...
Glaive Dev Insight
Launch Trailer
SPOILERS
Witch Queen Preview Article
Weapons and Gear Trailer
Light in the Darkness ViDoc
What's New
Power Floor - 1350
Soft Cap - 1500
Powerful Cap - 1550
Pinnacle Cap - 1560
Destination - Savathûn’s Throne World
quote:
A twisted wonderland of corruption and splendor, Savathûn’s Throne World plays host to a fragile balance of terrifying power. From the foundation of her glistening palace to the gnarled roots in the swamp, all that she hides can be found here. Seek the truth and learn that in this place, mystery makes its home in both the Darkness and the Light.
Activity - Conflict Eternal
quote:
A sprawling web of evidence lies before you. Shadows nip at your heels as you retreat into the Light, only to find the enemy waiting, bolstered by a power it does not deserve. Face the Witch Queen’s Lucent Brood and solve the riddle at the heart of her deceit.
New Raid - 3/5/22
quote:
Among the swamps of Savathûn’s Throne World lies a sunken Pyramid. Alongside your fireteam, venture inward and confront the ancient danger imprisoned within...
Glaive Archetype
quote:
A new weapon archetype begins its journey at the Relic. Once honed to perfection, master your Glaive to perform powerful melee combos, fire projectiles, and deploy a powerful energy shield
Weapon Crafting
quote:
Master the new crafting system and create custom weaponry with unique combinations of mods, shaders, and advanced stat pools. When fighting a god, leave nothing on the table.
Light 3.0 (Void 3.0 ships with Witch Queen)
These two links are kind of important for Year 4 players wanting to tie up loose ends or spend currencies not relevant to Witch Queen.
Vaulted Content - What's Leaving Destiny 2 at Witch Queen Launch
Depreciated Items at Witch Queen Launch
Who's coming with me?
TDGB Bungie IDs
Devious - Dev#4168
geauxtigers87 - tehjagerbomb87#6106
This post was edited on 2/21/22 at 8:56 pm
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Posted on 1/8/22 at 9:03 pm to Devious
Witch Queen Gameplay Changes
TWAB - 2/17/22
TWAB - 2/10/22
Closer Look at Void 3.0
The SPICIEST of TWABs - 2/3/22
TWAB - 1/27/22
TWAB - 1/20/22
TWAB - 1/13/22
Campaign
Can play either regular or legendary campaign at launch
Will receive 8 upgrade modules and a full set of 1520 gear for completing legendary gear
Artifact Mods
Can now unlock all mods in a season with increasing XP requirements for each unlock
Orb of Power Generation
Shifting to a helmet mod
Mod must match damage type of weapon(s)
A necessity due to materials required in the upcoming weapon crafting system
Will allow exotics without a catalyst to generate orbs of power
Masterworked Armor
Reduced cost to change elemental affinity on fully masterworked armor (10,000 glimmer and an upgrade module for non-exotics and 20,000 glimmer and an upgrade module for exotics)
Champion Mods
Anti-barrier - bow and scout
Overload - auto rifle and submachine guns (working on a solution to make disrupting overload champions more reliable with these weapon types)
Unstoppable - glaive
Gunsmith Changes
Updated reputation system to match other tower vendors
Reputation will come from bounties and dismantling weapons and armor
Mod components, gunsmith materials, and weapon telemetries will be removed
Will sell four mods instead of two
Rahool Changes
Will take over currency exchange
Will sell enhancement prisms and ascendant shards
Will be able to decrypt umbral engrams but focusing will still happen at the HELM
Mods
Will be sold for glimmer
Ada-1 and Banshee will sell four mods daily instead of two
Exotics
Xur will sell one randomly rolled Hawkmoon and Dead Man's Tale weekly
Catalysts for Hawkmoon, Dead Man's Tale, Ager's Scepter, Whisper of the Worm, Outbreak Perfected, and The Fourth Horseman will be found in playlist activities
Rare Loot Drops
Rare loot drops will cease in playlist activities once you hit 1500
Reputation Systems and Ritual Rewards
Updating Vanguard and Trials reputation systems to align gains with Crucible
Gambit info on hold as this mode will receive a rework during Witch Queen (below)
Ritual playlists will drop rewards specific to that activity
Vanguard Ops
Will incorporate Battlegrounds into Strike playlist
Updating modifiers to continue to iterate on challenges
Silicon Neuroma and Duty Bound returning
Gambit
Overhaul to many major systems and mechanics including:
- heavy ammo economy
- respawn points and timers
- mote drain and mote drop on death
- invasion frequency
- freelance mode
- blocker health and abilities
- primeval and envoy heath, shields, spawn points
- rewards and focusing aligning with the Trials rewards rework
Vaulted Weapons
Trials - Igneous Hammer, Sola's Scar
Nightfall - The Swarm, Shadow Price, Uzume RR4, Hung Jury SR4
Iron Banner - Multimach CCX, Timeworn Spire, Guiding Sight, Steady Hand
TWAB - 2/17/22
TWAB - 2/10/22
Closer Look at Void 3.0
The SPICIEST of TWABs - 2/3/22
TWAB - 1/27/22
TWAB - 1/20/22
TWAB - 1/13/22
Campaign
Can play either regular or legendary campaign at launch
Will receive 8 upgrade modules and a full set of 1520 gear for completing legendary gear
Artifact Mods
Can now unlock all mods in a season with increasing XP requirements for each unlock
Orb of Power Generation
Shifting to a helmet mod
Mod must match damage type of weapon(s)
A necessity due to materials required in the upcoming weapon crafting system
Will allow exotics without a catalyst to generate orbs of power
Masterworked Armor
Reduced cost to change elemental affinity on fully masterworked armor (10,000 glimmer and an upgrade module for non-exotics and 20,000 glimmer and an upgrade module for exotics)
Champion Mods
Anti-barrier - bow and scout
Overload - auto rifle and submachine guns (working on a solution to make disrupting overload champions more reliable with these weapon types)
Unstoppable - glaive
Gunsmith Changes
Updated reputation system to match other tower vendors
Reputation will come from bounties and dismantling weapons and armor
Mod components, gunsmith materials, and weapon telemetries will be removed
Will sell four mods instead of two
Rahool Changes
Will take over currency exchange
Will sell enhancement prisms and ascendant shards
Will be able to decrypt umbral engrams but focusing will still happen at the HELM
Mods
Will be sold for glimmer
Ada-1 and Banshee will sell four mods daily instead of two
Exotics
Xur will sell one randomly rolled Hawkmoon and Dead Man's Tale weekly
Catalysts for Hawkmoon, Dead Man's Tale, Ager's Scepter, Whisper of the Worm, Outbreak Perfected, and The Fourth Horseman will be found in playlist activities
Rare Loot Drops
Rare loot drops will cease in playlist activities once you hit 1500
Reputation Systems and Ritual Rewards
Updating Vanguard and Trials reputation systems to align gains with Crucible
Gambit info on hold as this mode will receive a rework during Witch Queen (below)
Ritual playlists will drop rewards specific to that activity
Vanguard Ops
Will incorporate Battlegrounds into Strike playlist
Updating modifiers to continue to iterate on challenges
Silicon Neuroma and Duty Bound returning
Gambit
Overhaul to many major systems and mechanics including:
- heavy ammo economy
- respawn points and timers
- mote drain and mote drop on death
- invasion frequency
- freelance mode
- blocker health and abilities
- primeval and envoy heath, shields, spawn points
- rewards and focusing aligning with the Trials rewards rework
Vaulted Weapons
Trials - Igneous Hammer, Sola's Scar
Nightfall - The Swarm, Shadow Price, Uzume RR4, Hung Jury SR4
Iron Banner - Multimach CCX, Timeworn Spire, Guiding Sight, Steady Hand
This post was edited on 2/21/22 at 9:12 pm
Posted on 1/8/22 at 9:03 pm to Devious
Season of the Risen announced in Light in the Darkness ViDoc but no other details given...
Season of the Risen Launch Trailer
Season Pass Changes (TWAB 2/17/22)
High-stat Seasonal armor has been reintroduced.
Individual pieces are awarded between ranks 57 and 87.
Legendary Engrams have been replaced with focused Umbral Engrams.
Five in total. Each focused to a different armor piece (arms, legs, chest, class, and head).
All Umbral Engrams are tier 2.
The Season Pass emblem has been removed, but we have introduced a Season Pass Sparrow.
The Season Pass scrounger bonuses (bonuses which increased Seasonal weapon/armor drop chances in ritual activities) have been overhauled.
The weapon scrounger bonuses are no longer separated by weapon type or ritual activity. They now apply to both Season Pass Legendary weapons and all activities at once.
Two weapon scrounger bonuses instead of six.
The first bonus grants the player a small chance to receive the weapons from ritual activities. The second bonus gives an improved chance.
Total drop chance is unchanged from previous Seasons.
The armor scrounger bonuses are no longer separated by ritual activity. It now applies to all activities at once.
One armor scrounger bonus instead of three.
Like the weapon, the total drop chance for each armor piece is unchanged.
Aside from the emblem, no items have been removed from the Season Pass, only added.
A number of rewards such as Glimmer and Legendary Shards have been consolidated to make room for high-stat armor.
A small amount of Upgrade Modules have been added.
The order some rewards are acquired has been tuned to accommodate the above changes.
Season of the Risen Launch Trailer
Season Pass Changes (TWAB 2/17/22)
High-stat Seasonal armor has been reintroduced.
Individual pieces are awarded between ranks 57 and 87.
Legendary Engrams have been replaced with focused Umbral Engrams.
Five in total. Each focused to a different armor piece (arms, legs, chest, class, and head).
All Umbral Engrams are tier 2.
The Season Pass emblem has been removed, but we have introduced a Season Pass Sparrow.
The Season Pass scrounger bonuses (bonuses which increased Seasonal weapon/armor drop chances in ritual activities) have been overhauled.
The weapon scrounger bonuses are no longer separated by weapon type or ritual activity. They now apply to both Season Pass Legendary weapons and all activities at once.
Two weapon scrounger bonuses instead of six.
The first bonus grants the player a small chance to receive the weapons from ritual activities. The second bonus gives an improved chance.
Total drop chance is unchanged from previous Seasons.
The armor scrounger bonuses are no longer separated by ritual activity. It now applies to all activities at once.
One armor scrounger bonus instead of three.
Like the weapon, the total drop chance for each armor piece is unchanged.
Aside from the emblem, no items have been removed from the Season Pass, only added.
A number of rewards such as Glimmer and Legendary Shards have been consolidated to make room for high-stat armor.
A small amount of Upgrade Modules have been added.
The order some rewards are acquired has been tuned to accommodate the above changes.
This post was edited on 2/22/22 at 9:37 am
Posted on 1/8/22 at 11:38 pm to Devious
You son of a bitch, I’m in.
Albeit shamefully
Albeit shamefully
Posted on 1/9/22 at 10:20 am to Big_Slim
Hype starting to build for sure
Posted on 1/9/22 at 10:24 am to Devious
Pre-ordered already
Posted on 1/9/22 at 11:08 am to Devious
Posted on 1/9/22 at 3:59 pm to Devious
I’m highly anticipating void 3.0
As a former top tree tether main, I’m hoping the new aspects, super makes this build viable endgame
Right now I am running infinite knife builds with revenant and middle tree solar.
I play all three classes and can safely say Warlocks are WAY OP in PVE - basically cheesemode on a fire team
As a former top tree tether main, I’m hoping the new aspects, super makes this build viable endgame
Right now I am running infinite knife builds with revenant and middle tree solar.
I play all three classes and can safely say Warlocks are WAY OP in PVE - basically cheesemode on a fire team
Posted on 1/9/22 at 4:46 pm to theunknownknight
Overall, Destiny is in a great place. I'm really looking forward to Witch Queen after this year. Beyond Light had a really rough launch with sunsetting and content hitting the Vault, but Bungie finished strong. I am a little concerned with how vaulting content will be handled going forward. I'm not a fan of an entire year of content and gear disappearing. I would prefer a rolling 12 month period.
All three classes are viable in most PvE with a few standouts in endgame content. With the right build, each class has at least two endgame subclasses. I've had a lot of fun with the subclass and exotic synergies introduced this year too.
At this point, I have no issues playing or preordering Destiny content. For the last four years, it's the only game I've played consistently. While I don't agree with everything Bungie has done, I think they have an idea they're actually starting to execute.
I've made a handful of good friends through Destiny. As long as they want to keep playing, I'll keep playing.
All three classes are viable in most PvE with a few standouts in endgame content. With the right build, each class has at least two endgame subclasses. I've had a lot of fun with the subclass and exotic synergies introduced this year too.
At this point, I have no issues playing or preordering Destiny content. For the last four years, it's the only game I've played consistently. While I don't agree with everything Bungie has done, I think they have an idea they're actually starting to execute.
I've made a handful of good friends through Destiny. As long as they want to keep playing, I'll keep playing.
This post was edited on 1/9/22 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 1/9/22 at 6:41 pm to Devious
preordered it
Posted on 1/10/22 at 9:30 pm to Devious
Got mine preordered
Posted on 1/10/22 at 9:41 pm to Devious
I guess I’m in since you already got me hooked over the last two months.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 5:27 pm to Devious
Sinsir
I'll be there.
I'll be there.
Posted on 1/11/22 at 5:51 pm to Devious
Would be awesome to get some Bungie IDs and have a raid night or something ahead of Witch Queen.
quote:At least you won't have three years of catching up. So... you're welcome?
rmumph1
This post was edited on 1/11/22 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 1/15/22 at 10:09 am to Devious
So did anyone see the incoming orb generation nerf for witch queen?
Posted on 1/15/22 at 10:12 am to theunknownknight
Yeah, that's the info I'll be dumping into the third post. Thanks for the reminder.
I'm withholding judgement until I understand the full system.
I'm withholding judgement until I understand the full system.
Posted on 1/15/22 at 1:45 pm to Devious
Posted on 1/16/22 at 11:43 am to theunknownknight
Saw that. Going to be interesting.
The armor element change is greatly needed.
The armor element change is greatly needed.
Posted on 1/16/22 at 12:50 pm to GoCrazyAuburn
my account (cross save id whatever) is tehjagerbomb87#6106 if anyone is looking to play with someone to catch up before the expansion
This post was edited on 1/18/22 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 1/18/22 at 7:35 pm to Devious
Im going to wait and see. If the campaign has 'do a bunch of busywork on old planets to progress' quest, I'm out.
I played through the entirety of the first and 2nd game with my wife - great memories - and that was what ultimately caused her to lose interest, bungie really started to rely on chores to progress the story. After a while i absolutely hated it too.
I'd like a campaign where you just play missions rather than do chores in the open world to progress.
Edit: lmao at the time wasted site, im in the top 13% apparently. Definitely got my moneys worth, but its been a long time since i logged in.
I played through the entirety of the first and 2nd game with my wife - great memories - and that was what ultimately caused her to lose interest, bungie really started to rely on chores to progress the story. After a while i absolutely hated it too.
I'd like a campaign where you just play missions rather than do chores in the open world to progress.
Edit: lmao at the time wasted site, im in the top 13% apparently. Definitely got my moneys worth, but its been a long time since i logged in.
This post was edited on 1/18/22 at 7:39 pm
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