destiny 2 season 18 already on the horizon, and promises to be fireworks. As the story enters the end of a decade long history, we are more excited than ever to finally discover the truth about the Traveler and the secrets of Light and Dark.
New seasons of Destiny 2 are always full of surprises, but Season 18 seems to be mixing new content with throwbacks, possibly referencing the original Destiny. With the “new” raid, an overhaul to the Arc elemental class, PvP changes, and other quality of life improvements in addition to the seasonal ones, players will have a lot to look forward to in the coming months.
Season 18 release date, time and title
Season 17 will end on August 23, taking players right back to the start of Season 18. Season kick-off events typically occur alongside regular weekly resets on Tuesdays at 10:00am PDT/1: 00pm EST / 6:00:00 PT / 19:00 CET. .
The release coincides with the Bungie release. Destiny 2: Introducing Lightfallwhich arrives an entire season earlier than expected. That’s when Bungie will reveal the Season 18 title and a preview of where the story will go next. Bungie says Lightfall will resolve some of the franchise’s biggest plot points when it launches in 2023.
Bungie tends to take a while to maintain the server between seasons, so be prepared for Season 17 to end hours before the reset time. During this time, players will not be able to log in to Destiny 2, so be sure to complete any open quests or seasonal bounties a few hours before the season begins. Similarly, once a new season is released, server overload can lead to connection issues that often last an hour or two, so players may have to try to access the new season multiple times once. time it came out.
When it comes to the title of Season 18, it’s common for Bungie to call it “Season [REDACTED]”. The full season title will be announced closer to the release date.
Season 18 Campaign and Season Pass
The Season 17 campaign ended with players’ first look at the Witness, which will likely continue into Season 18. Players don’t know much about the Witness, except that the creature is the leader of the dark fleet that summoned Io, Mars, Titan and Mercury. . disappear before the Beyond Light expansion.
Players who purchase the Season Pass for in-game content, which they will already have if they purchase the Beyond Light expansion, can look forward to several weeks of story missions and access to seasonal activity.
This lines up with the content players get each new season, as well as exotic weapons, though Bungie is exceptionally tight-lipped on weapon details for the upcoming season. In recent seasons, pass holders have also had access to a seasonal artifact that they can level up to unlock armor mods.
Arc 3.0 Update: Formatting, Skins, and Fragments
After the recent Void and Solar changes, Bungie has already revealed that the game will be reworking Arc. The debut is scheduled for the beginning of season 18, most likely the remake will work the same as the previous remake.
In preparation, players must unlock skins and shards of the Arc class. This approach gives players more flexibility to customize their character builds to suit their unique playstyles. Like the Nether, Sun, and Stasis elemental classes, there will likely be a number of quests to complete to unlock Arc skins and additional objectives to unlock shards.
What is the new raid in Destiny 2?
Along with new seasonal content and the Arc subclass revamp, Season 18 will also feature a “new” raid. However, Bungie is bringing back the raid that first appeared in the original Destiny. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen recycled content get a fresh coat of paint – the Glass Vault redesign and the now-abandoned Leviathan in Season 17 were two previous examples.
Certain members of the community thought that the return raid is King’s Fall, who is apparu dans le Destiny original dans le cadre de l’extension The Taken King, considered par beaucoup comme l’une des meilleures extensions des huit années d’histoire de the franchise. Savathun’s references to the Taken King’s Rebellion imply that the raid’s main boss, Oryx, could return to the game in some form. Therefore, it is very likely that players will have the opportunity to play a reworked version of the classic raid.
Others suspect that Rasputin could return in the next season, which could make the next content release a season of SIVA. This means that the return raid could be the wrath of the machine.
The latest candidate for a returning raid is Crota’s End, though some argue that the raid is too short and will need to be significantly tweaked by the developers to fit Destiny 2’s current meta.
Bungie has already revealed information about the raid to give players plenty of time to prepare. The raid will kick off on Friday, August 26 at 10:00am PDT / 1:00pm EST / 6:00pm BST / 7:00pm CET, with competitive mode being enabled for the first 24 hours. Players must be at least 1560 Power Level for all encounters, and completing the Raid in Competitive Mode will unlock both Competitive Mode and the Triumph by completing all Triumphs in the challenge.
World’s First is a Bungie-backed competition that sees which raid team completes a raid first. This time the team will be the first in the world if they are the first to complete the secret triumph in challenge mode. In challenge mode, the team will be destroyed if it does not meet the success conditions during an encounter.
Season 18 PvP: Crucible and Iron Banner Details
Season 18 will also see some changes to various PvP activities. For example, Season 17’s Iron Banner introduced the Riven game mode and the Disjunction map, both set in the Savatún Throne world. They will not join the Crucible group. Bungie is also making changes to the skill-based matchmaking system, which will take into account the quality of player connections.
Iron Banner will also get a new mode called Eruption, which is basically a Clash with an energy boost based on killstreaks.
Sandbox, weapons and quality of life changes
In Season 17, Bungie made several weapon balance changes, including changes to aerial performance penalties and improvements to shotguns, glaives, and linear fusion rifles. These changes will carry over to Season 18 as the team continues to iterate and refine the balance ahead of the new season.
Various types of weapons are also removed from the loot pool. These include the Iron Banner: Worldlink and Archon Thunder, the Nightfall PLUG ONE.1 and Hothead weapons, and the Trials of Osiris Eye of the Sun and Summoner weapons.
The game will also make changes to Gunsmith contracts to help players level up their characters faster. Bounties now grant 50 reputation instead of 25, and scrapping Legendary and Exotic weapons now grants five reputation instead of three.
Here’s our roundup of what players can expect in Destiny 2 Season 18. In the meantime, prepare for the new season by upgrading your Titan, Warlock, or Hunter builds with our Destiny 2 Solar 3.0 and Void 3.0 build guides.
Source : PC Gamesn
