Bungie released a massive This Week in Destiny, which addressed concerns about the future of crafting, a surprise reparisal, and a number of things we can expect in Destiny 2: Revenant.
Earlier this week Bungie confirmed Destiny 2: Revenant‘s weapons will not be crafted. This sparked concerns about crafting going away, coupled with speculation of an entirely new approach. Bungie’s full comment on their plans going forward can be found below.
AN UPDATE ON SEASONAL WEAPON CRAFTING
In our Developer Insight – Core Game: Rewards article, we briefly discussed the future of weapon crafting. While those changes are months away and we are not ready to share them in detail yet, we can comment on the new direction we are moving towards with Revenant.
As we looked back at Into the Light, we believe that part of its success was the chase for Brave Arsenal weapons, with the attunement system helping to focus that pursuit. We want to move more towards that experience, so starting in Revenant, the Seasonal weapons will not be craftable. Perks can still be enhanced using extra materials and there will be updates to unlock as you play the Episode to target specific weapons and even get extra perks per columns.
We believe the activities in Episodes work better when built around the gear chase, rewarding you with more than other activities and unlocking improvements like vendor focusing to help you get your desired rolls or even the option to get more perks in a given column.
Crafting will remain a way for players to get that roll they desire and it’s not going away, as you can see below, but for some time the value of individual weapon drops in that godroll pursuit has been replaced, if not nullified, by whether or not they dropped with Deepsight activated. We hope this change will revitalize the passion to hunt down new weapons.
To go along with the comment, Bungie confirmed Garden of Salvation will receive a weapon reprisal. While a firm release date was not given, I’d assume it’s part of Destiny 2: Revenant’s launch. Unsurprisingly, it will have an unlock system similar to Last Wish, essentially confirming Vault of Glass will follow suit if/when it’s reprised, and a handful of new perk combos were revealed. Please note, Bungie highlighted Ancient Gospel being a void weapon because the original version was solar.
We have highlighted some very unique perk combos we think you might find intriguing, to say the least.
Column 4: Precision Instrument
Reckless Oracle – Void Rapid Auto Rifle
Column 3: Destabilizing Rounds
Column 4: Paracausal Affinity
Accrued Redemption – Kinetic Precision Compound Bow
Column 3: Offhand Strike
Column 4: Archer’s Gambit
Zealot’s Reward – Void Rapid Fire Fusion Rifle
Column 3: Destabilizing Rounds
Column 4: Reservoir Burst
Ancient Gospel – Void Adaptive Hand Cannon
Column 3: Rampage
Column 4: Kill Clip
Sacred Provenance – Kinetic Aggressive Pulse Rifle
Column 3: Demolitionist
Column 4: Kinetic Tremors
Prophet of Doom – Arc Precision Shotgun
Column 3: Threat Remover
Column 4: Voltshot
Omniscient Eye – Solar Rapid-Fire Sniper Rifle
Column 3: Fourth Times the Charm
Inverted Spire will also see some changes, which are related to a “new narrative.” Along with that, a new Iron Banner armor set was revealed, coupled with a few weapon reveals.
Pursuit
Fair Judgment – Stasis Precision Auto-Rifle
Crucible
Anonymous Autum – Arc Lightweight Sidearm
Competitive
Deadlock – Stasis Precision Frame Shotgun
Vanguard Ops
Wicked Sister – Strand Adaptive Grenade Launcher
Nightfall
Rake Angle – Stasis Aggressive Glaive
PLUG ONE.1 – Arc Precision Fusion Rifle
Gambit
Bygones – Kinetic Adaptive Pulse Rifle
Destiny 2: Revenant‘s artifact was fully revealed. The full listing can be found below, with additional perks coming in Act Two, and Three.
Bungie confirmed a Discord quest will take place on Oct. 8. It will give the Celestial Ties Shader for those who play 15 minutes with Destiny 2 being active. This will run until Oct. 22, so make sure to get it while you can.
Finally, a massive number of balance changes, and improvements were revealed. Those interested can find all of the details here.
