Destiny’s original raid, Vault of Glass, hits Destiny 2 May 22

Future’s unique raid, the Vault of Glass, makes a return engagement in Future 2 on Might 22 at 1 p.m. EDT, Bungie introduced in its weekly weblog. That is the primary unique Future raid to make it into the sequel as a part of Bungie’s new Future Content material Vault system. As assistant sport director Joe Blackburn instructed Polygon earlier this yr, Vault of Glass ought to nonetheless be what gamers keep in mind, simply spruced up for the fashionable age.

Like all of Bungie’s fashionable raids, the studio will placed on a World First raid competitors, meant to rejoice gamers who can beat Vault of Glass on Contest mode — a model of the raid that artificially lowers participant’s gear ranges, making fight a lot more durable. Gamers who beat Vault of Glass on Contest (solely out there for the primary 24 hours) will get a particular bonus.

However since gamers already know the way Vault of Glass works, they’ll must beat the raid on Contest mode after which on Problem Mode, a brand new sort of raid problem. In Problem Mode, Guardians might want to full particular challenges inside every raid encounter. If gamers fail a problem situation, their staff will immediately wipe and so they’ll want to begin over. Groups who need the Tempo’s Edge restricted time Triumph might want to grasp Vault of Glass on its first day.

The primary staff to beat the resurrected Vault of Glass twice, together with the Problem Mode, will get a customized raid title belt — sure, like in wrestling. Since that is the second Vault of Glass raid race and subsequently the second title belt, this belt will function silver as an alternative of gold. The second belt may even function the title of the unique clan to finish Vault of Glass again in 2014, Primeguard.

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Lastly, Bungie revealed that the Vault of Glass will nonetheless be on Venus, the raid’s unique planet from the unique Future. Venus is at present not a planet gamers can discover in Future 2, so followers questioned if the Vault of Glass could seem in a brand new space or if it wouldn’t embrace unique encounter opening the raid. Whereas gamers will nonetheless battle by means of the opening space of Venus, Guardians received’t be capable to discover the planet exterior of the Vault of Glass space.

Bungie additionally revealed some steadiness modifications coming to Future 2 subsequent season — the title of which remains to be a thriller, although leaks recommend it could possibly be known as “Season of the Splicer.” The studio will enhance precision auto rifles by including a contact extra injury to every bullet. However the huge buffs come within the form of linear fusion rifle enhancements. Bungie will improve linear fusion rifle crit injury by 15% and provides them 20% extra ammo reserves.

Linear fusion rifles are at present very unpopular in Future, and Bungie lays out why it thinks that’s in its weblog publish. Curiously, the studio acknowledged that many followers wish to see linear fusion rifles transfer out of the heavy ammo slot and into the particular ammo slot, alongside sniper rifles. Bungie is hoping that this spherical of buffs will do the trick with linear fusion rifles, however the builders say it’s doable the sniper-like weapon kind may make its means into the secondary slot sooner or later.

Lastly, Bungie went over modifications to a number of perks that beforehand supplied unfavourable tradeoffs, like Subsistence. Bungie beforehand introduced perk modifications a number of weeks in the past when it revealed enhancements for Celerity and Bottomless Grief.

For an entire record of pre-patch notes, try the This Week at Bungie weblog publish. Bungie will seemingly supply extra detailed patch notes, and a full reveal of Future 2’s 14th season, earlier than it launches on Might 11.