Destiny 2: Xûr’s Loot and Trials of Osiris Reward (Aug 4-8)

This weekend, we’re sharing an article that highlights different sections of the State of the Game. For the time being check out the full article here.

HIGHLIGHTS

Ritual

• Season 22 boosts weekly ritual rewards to Exotic engrams for reliable materials.
• Players can complete nine ritual challenges in any ritual playlist.
• Get more ritual engram drops after activities.
• New ritual loot pool introduces weapons like Unending Tempest, Luna Regolith III, Qua Xaphan V, Cataphract GL3 Strand, and more.
• Returning favorites include Igneous Hammer and revamped Warden’s Law as a Nightfall reward.

Crucible Updates

• Vex Network-themed map called Multiplex
• New Relic 6v6 mod
  • Relic is a dynamic 6v6 party mode where players use special relic weapons like the Aegis, Synaptic Spear, and Scythe.
  • This mode will be accessible in Crucible Labs Weeks 1-4 and Week 11 onward.
• New Checkmate modifier (focuses on gunplay)
  • Checkmate trials in Crucible Labs from Weeks 5 to 10: Control for 2 weeks, followed by 2 weeks of Survival, and concluding with 2 weeks of Rumble, all testing for Season 22.
• New Competitive Ascendant Division emblem
• Matchmaking improvements
  • In Season 22, Bungie is adjusting matchmaking for Control and Iron Banner to provide better experiences for players of all skill levels, particularly in regions with lower player counts or during less active periods.
• Loose Fireteam Matchmaking is being added to the Crucible rotators and Labs.
• Lobby Balancing
• and more

Season 23

• New Competitive Division weapon reward: Brand-new Häkke Aggressive Frame Strand Pulse Rifle
  • “The Mercurial Overreach Adaptive Frame Arc Sniper Rifle will remain available for competitors throughout Season 22.”
• The Citadel reprisal
• Additional Battlegrounds will join the Nightfall and GM Nightfall rotations in Season 22 and 23.

Vanguard

• Vanguard Medals is coming to Vanguard Ops in Season 22. Medals will count towards scoring, some medals will not be available (such as some Guardians Games medals).
• Active medals are chosen according to currently active modifiers, like Surges.

Gambit

“While we don’t have plans to dedicate more resources to significantly transform Gambit, we do have a few updates planned for the year of The Final Shape”

• Cathedral of Scars map is being added to the Gambit playlist with The Final Shape, as well as Shadow Legion and Lucent Hive enemies.
• Starting from Season 22, Bungie is decreasing the quantity of Gambit-specific Seasonal Challenges.

Armor Set Rewards

“Players have pointed out that we didn’t release a new armor set for the ritual playlists (Vanguard, Crucible, Gambit) with Lightfall as previously called out in our yearly release schedule. Delivering ritual armor sets at the rates we have in the past has become increasingly challenging, especially considering these sets have historically had very low adoption by players as both base armor and cosmetic ornaments.”

Bungie has decided they will no longer creating a new armor set every expansion. They will be prioritizing releasing a new ritual armor set with The Final Shape. There is also a new Trials armor set coming in Season 22, check out a preview of the the Titan armor below.

Quality-of-Life Upgrades (Season 22)

• Cosmetic Favoring: Pin up 100 of your favorite shader, ornaments, and emotes.

• Stasis Aspects and Fragments will be available from Elsie Bray on Europa for any character who has completed the Beyond Light campaign.

• Transmats will become unlocks instead of consumable.

• Wish-Ender becomes a real quest.
• Collections now have a Resources section. It sorts and explains all the game money, upgrade stuff, and engrams, telling you how to get them and what they’re for.

• Iron Banner challenges will be split into two stacking challenges.
  • One is to get the reputation multiplier (this does not require using specific Seasonal subclasses).
  • The other is for Pinnacle rewards (this does require using Seasonal subclasses).
• Ritual rank-ups process immediately upon activity completion.

Sandbox Updates (Season 22)

• New Strand Aspects arrive
  • Whirling Maelstrom for Hunter
  • Banner of War for Titans
  • Weavewalk for Warlocks
• A few more underused Exotic Armor pieces will be reworked. Learn more in next week’s Developer Insights article.
• New weapon subfamilies will be introduced with The Final Shape. Tune into the Showcase on August 22 for a look at some in action.
• Weapon Tuning (The upcoming Weapon Preview article will go over changes coming soon).
  • Hand Cannons: Reload faster, deal more PvE damage to minor and major enemies.
  • Swords: Use full-power heavy attacks with any Sword energy, improved Sword Guard.
  • Touch of Malice: Adjustments for player enjoyment.
  • Perks: Bipod, Envious Assassin, Under-Over more useful in Season 22.
  • and more!

Power Cap

• Due to seeing positive feedback, the Power level cap is not being increased in Season 22.

Exotic Rotator

• The new Exotic Mission Rotator will start on Day One of Season 22.  
  • First up is Presage with Dead Man’s Tale, which will be craftable!
  • Vox Obscura and Operation: Seraph’s Shield will be added to the rotation, with their craftable Exotic weapons and catalysts.

Pathfinder

• Bungie is creating the Pathfinder system to replace some bounties with a more rewarding approach. This will debut on the new destination in The Final Shape, and Bungie is exploring the possibility of replacing core ritual bounties in the upcoming year. See a preview of the work-in-progress Pathfinder UI:

In-Game LFG

• New LFG Fireteam Finder feature arrives with Season 23.

Bungie will be revealing more about the features above during the Showcase on August 22.

For a deeper dive, I recommend checking out the complete State of the Game.