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Welcome to our newest Community Focus post! Are you someone who tosses everything into their vault during their Tower runs with the hope that you will “sort it all out later?” Anyone? Just me? Well today, we are chatting with someone who has helped me figure out which weapons to keep when I accidentally fill my vault up for the second time this Season, Critbuff!  

Hey, hi, hello! Thank you so much for hanging out with me today. Let’s start up with who are you, where are you from, and what got you into content creation? 

I’m Critbuff and I currently call Hawaii home, but that will change soon as my family and I close shop here and move back to the mainland for my next, and final, military assignment. I moved a lot for the U.S. Army over the last nineteen years, but if I had to call any specific city or place my “home,” it would be St. Louis, Missouri.  

I got into gaming when I was very young with the Nintendo Entertainment System back in the mid 1980’s. I was inspired to become a content creator after I started using YouTube as a tool to learn more about Destiny. I watched guides and weapon reviews from other creators and thought I could provide a unique perspective of my own to help other players make decisions about what they might want to use in the Crucible. 

Leaving Hawaii sounds a bit sad, but also coming back to the mainland will probably make it a bit easier with the time zones. So, how did you find Destiny and when did you start playing? 

I discovered Destiny while my wife and I were visiting her friend. The friend’s husband was running around in the Crucible on an Arc Blade Hunter. The gameplay immediately caught my attention, but more than anything it was the way the world looked. The characters, the Crucible arenas, seeing the Vault of Glass for the first time, and the user interface all caught my attention. 

I didn’t start playing the game until shortly after The Taken King’s release. I started as a Warlock when I saw how amazing Nova Bomb was (and still is). While I started with the vanilla Destiny for XBOX, I quickly upgraded to The Taken King expansion after just a few weeks of playing the game. 

We started around the same time! I also love that you started on Warlock. 🙂  

So, what kind of content do you create? 

A little bit of everything, but I suppose I’m best known for my weapons reviews. Rather than rushing to get a video out on everything new, I take the time to get 1,000 kills in the Crucible before I release an official “review.” People always ask me why I wait to get that many kills before I make the video, but the truth is it takes time to learn all the ins and outs of a weapon. 

I also do first impressions videos of the first 100 kills, and I’ll make the occasional PvE build video too. 

I think it is really neat that you go out and use the weapons that much before you review them. Personally, I toss it if it doesn’t feel right after shooting it at a wall, but I think I may need to adjust my testing process.  

Alright, you kind of touched on it before, but main character and favorite loadout? 

I’m a proud Warlock main! There’s no going back after you say “yes,” to the dress. I know it’s not the new hotness anymore, but I still love playing Shadebinder in the Crucible and PvE. The Osmiomancy Gloves and Coldsnap grenades are perfect for punishing overly aggressive players and yellow bar enemies alike. 

Stasis truly is such a fun subclass, I love that! What kind of vibe does your channel maintain? 

My YouTube channel is about gaming as a parent with a full-time job. I spend more than 40 hours a week at my job as a senior public affairs non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army. I create content I hope is helpful and relatable for other Guardians who also have families to look after and work to get done. 

A know a lot of players who don’t like using the meta. My videos are there to help them find out about that new Auto Rifle that might not have the best time-to-kill, but it’s got character and it’s fun to use. At the end of the day, it’s about finding out what works for you, and that’s not always the meta. 

That last sentence is exactly why I haven’t taken off Outbreak Perfected since I acquired it (minus a short break with No Time to Explain because [swoon]). 

Anything you are looking forward to? 

I’m very excited to see what this Season’s story has in store for us! It’s all spooky and it’s touching to see the main cast of characters confronting their Nightmares. I deployed to Iraq multiple times in the early 2000’s and Afghanistan, too. I know what it can be like to live with some of the things Zavala has undoubtedly endured and seeing him achieve closure this Season (hopefully) is therapeutic for me, too. 

Where can people find you? 

I’m on YouTube and Twitter. I post as many videos as I can, but due to work and the nature of my content, regular scheduling doesn’t always work out. 

Any final thoughts? 

This one’s for Hippy (aka Liana): 

A lot of people assume pirates prefer to be in the Navy. But they actually prefer the Arrrrrrrrmy. 

Thank you again for sharing your favorite humans and creators with us, we truly love getting to know them!  

*high fives*  

Sam 

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On to the second Bungie Value!

See you next time for value #3 – Strong Ideas Loosely Held!

-Bungie Engineering

This week at Bungie, zones.  

Welcome back to the TWAB. How have you been? It might seem a bit odd to ask you that since we are speaking in this medium to a broad audience, but the important thing is we care about you and hope you are doing well. 

It’s another exciting week in the world of Destiny. The story continues to play out through Sever missions; no spoilers here but it’s been fun watching you experience the story as it unfolds week over week. This week’s Nightfall is a tough one in The Corrupted, but if you rise to the challenge, you have your first shot at earning Horror’s Least Pulse Rifle. On the PvP side, this week is your first chance to take advantage of short cooldowns with Solar 3.0 by having some fun in Mayhem. 

Control Those Zones 

It’s a simple premise but there are a few things you should know to help your fireteams be more successful and strategic. 

Stacking players on the zones is going to capture them far quicker than trying to go at it solo. It can be a little easier to slip one player behind enemy lines to try to take a zone, but they are going to have to pull some heroics for longer periods of time. Controlling an area and being able to safely gather three or more Guardians is the most efficient way to cap a zone. Just watch out for a well-placed Nova Bomb! 

Capture Times 

The initial capture is going to give you one point and you will get two points for every fifteen seconds you hold a zone after that. So, keeping a zone has more value than initially capturing it.  

The first team to 125 points wins! If a team falls too far behind and we detect that even if they held two zones for the rest of the match, they wouldn’t get enough points to catch up, a mercy rule will come into effect. 

Those are the basics. We will be monitoring the conversation and looking forward to all of the feedback you provide on how this mode plays in Destiny 2.  

Speaking of controlling zones… tomorrow, Trials of Osiris will feature the Zone Capture variant. It will also be a Trials rank bonus weekend so jump in and make Saint-14 proud! 

Pride Strike Team 

Hi friends! We are back this week with our next installment from the Pride Strike Team: The History of Pride at Bungie.  

Back in the Before Times, Bungie sponsored the Seattle Pride parade several years in a row. It started in 2017, shortly after the Bungie Diversity Committee was formed, and we were both a sponsor and participant for that year, 2018, and 2019. This would have continued into 2020, but the parade was cancelled with the start of the pandemic. In 2018, we also released Bungie’s first inclusion, diversity, and equity pin/emblem combo, the Pride pin and True Colors emblem, as well as a Bungie Pride T-shirt, which you can see in these pictures. In 2019 we collaborated with several other studios to join the parade. 

Beyond this, we’ve got some fun plans coming for the future of celebrating Pride at Bungie. We can’t quite speak to them yet, but we promise they will be…. colorful. 😊  

Xoxo, 

Bungie Pride Strike Team 

Player Support Report 

Season of the FEELS 

 

Another week another patch, that is four in a row if you are keeping count. And you know who is keeping count? Our Player Support team. They are keeping a close eye on what ongoing issues are active and are here to keep you up to speed on what we are currently tracking.  

This is their report. 

4.1.0.3 RESOLVED ISSUES 

Earlier this week, Hotfix 4.1.0.3 was released to the world. Below is a list of some of the issues that were resolved with this hotfix: 

AIRBORNE EFFECTIVENESS ISSUE

We are currently investigating an issue where some Exotic armor pieces are not granting the advertised airborne effectiveness stat correctly when equipped. The affected Exotic armor pieces are as follows: 

GCX EMBLEM DISTRIBUTION 

Players who have donated towards the GCX celebration should expect all donation emblems to be distributed around the week of June 27, 2022. 

KNOWN ISSUES 

Whatever Happens, Happens 

 

Sam: Happy TWABsday, Guardians! This week we are back with two neat movies and some art that might knock your socks off. First up on deck for the movies this week, we are watching a trailer that was done in the style of one of my favorite anime. There is just something about merging those two worlds into one that just works. And last but certainly not least, we have a beautiful showcase of some of the raids in Destiny 2. We will shout this until the end of time, but the Bungie Raid team is pretty incredible, and seeing it from your point of view is also 10/10.  

Movie of the Week: Destiny Bebop

Movie of the Week: The Beauty of Raids

Have Hammer, Will Explore 

 

Hippy: Another week, another slew of amazing creations from the Destiny community. The Seasonal story brings all the feels—the laughs, the cries, the “who the heck!?”—so we figured some comfort was well-deserved. Do you know who else deserves some comfort? My boo Eris, so it’s to the spa to de-stress and unwind. There is also some sweet Titan art that a lot of you seemed to love and as a Titan main, I can’t say I’m mad at it.  

Enough talk; let’s get right into this week’s art, shall we?  

Art of the Week: The Other Half 

Art of the Week: Destiny’s Sunbreaker 

B-b-b-BONUS Art of the Week: Let There Be Leisure (Warning for use of strong language in the original poster’s caption.) 

Don’t forget to tag us in your creations when that inspiration hits you. Be sure to use #AOTW, #MOTW, and #Destiny2Art to make sure nothing is missed! 

Have a great Friday tomorrow and a great weekend! 

<3 Cozmo 

Here to explore this underbelly of creativity are a few members of the Bungie Audio team, giving us a closer look at the joys, the drawbacks, and the complexities of what it means to bring a video game to life by adding another layer to the pixels on the screen. One reason we wanted to highlight this part of audio design is because when talking about a game’s audio, the conversation is often centered around a title’s official soundtrack. While a game’s musical styling is important, that is only one small aspect of the aural experience, and that’s what we are diving into today. 

In Destiny 2, you might be playing around with new loadouts only to be intrigued by a weapon’s sound effect when it’s fired. Or perhaps you are enthralled by the ambiance of Season of the Haunted, with that edge of horror that takes the apparent journey to darker, more subtle depths. There’s a lot that goes into these sounds, including a design precision that can take something from the real world and transform it into a magical experience that guides players into a multi-level sensory adventure. That journey wouldn’t be possible without people like senior Vanguard Audio Lead Jennie LaBonte, Senior Sound Designer Carlye Nyte, and Senior Sound Designer Juan Uribe.  

From crafty ways to get around creative blocks to some of the more psychological elements attached to sound design, we’re talking about it all today! 

What does an audio designer do? 

“Number one? We don’t work on music. That’s a thing almost everyone thinks every audio designer does,” jokes Nyte when opening up about beginning her quest into the audio world. “That, or for a game like Destiny, people just assume we only work on weapon sounds and nothing else. Which, [Juan] Uribe does, but a lot of us don’t. There is this entire gamut of other sounds that are in-game that people don’t really notice. Some do, and that’s always cool, but audio is about all sounds coming together for a ‘whole’ audio experience.”  

LaBonte laughs, adding, “Oh yeah, it’s complex. And all of these sounds we work on have to be done manually each time, it’s not something that is just auto-generated or auto-populated. No. Audio takes an army to manually put each puzzle piece together with care.” To add to this point, Nyte shares that this past week alone, her entire task was placing emitter effects on lights, ensuring that the sounds, the blinks, and the rate of emission all make sense. This ensures that when a player passes by each flicker, each light, that the effects tied to that part of the area won’t break the immersive experience. Wild, right? Those tiny lights you pass when on your way working through a Lost Sector? The small bulbs that illuminate the way in the new Duality dungeon? They are so much more than simple decoration, they’re important aspects of a much larger picture.  

“Our job is to go in and look at everything an environment could have to offer and define each area,” adds LaBonte. “It’s not simple either, it’s not just ‘here’s a small area, blanket one audio cue.’ Each room is different and maybe in one of those rooms, the narrative is that something is stirring in the background. How do you account for that experience and what would it sound like? What would it feel like?” When you think about it, the underlining audio of any video game can make or break the experience. In a horror game, it’s what adds to the psychological pressure. In a whimsical game, this type of audio magic can make the player feel safe and free. It’s extremely nuanced, not some easy switch to flip, and it takes a keen ear and understanding of the world to come up with the perfect fit.  

The language of alien weapons

If you play Destiny, then you know we’ve got some pretty weird weapons in the game. We’ve got a chainsaw Sword, we’ve got a Grenade Launcher that literally launches giant alien worms, and another weapon that seems to be sentient and is bent on wreaking as much havoc on the universe as it can (looking at you, Telesto). With so many weapons that don’t actually exist in the real world, how do you even begin to curate their sounds? How does an audio designer translate a Narrative note that says “alien worm gun go boom” into something that sounds believable?  

“It all starts with concept art or a stray idea from Narrative,” explains Uribe, who is currently working on weapon audio design for Destiny 2. “Maybe you get a fully fleshed-out concept or just some basic direction. Then, an entire team groups up, like concept artists and VFX folks and looks at any given concept thread together. You look at an idea and think, ‘OK, cool, this could be really fun.’ You might have technical people weigh in saying a scope is too big, or that there is too much on the screen. Or you’ll have the creative team come in and have some amazing new ideas that are awesome to see but sometimes can be too complex for the current goal.” 

Once a concept is approved for a weapon, the 3D artists build it out, and then the granular work of Audio can begin. This type of work is intricate and precise; it includes recording bespoke sounds, curating samples from sound libraries, and using synthesizers. As audio designers begin to craft effects for any given weapon, the rabbit hole of what does and doesn’t work is explored. It’s here that many sound designs can be left on the cutting room floor. I mean, as funny as it would be if Witherhoard meowed like a kitten every time it fired, it probably wouldn’t be the smartest choice.  

“What if we did an alien language instead,” Uribe reflected. And with that idea, the picture started to come together. “I remember thinking to myself, ‘Who would this alien be?’ Then, ‘What race do I need to mimic to make this work?’ Many of the alien languages we have in-game are far too complex, especially when looking at how many components were wanted for a weapon like this, so I started thinking outside of the languages we know. So, I went in with a sort of Star Wars-inspired R2-D2-style of beeping and booping. That was just sound design, yet it made the scope of the weapon more doable. So now, when you acquire Lorentz Driver and take on bounties with it, you get these cool little robot noises rather than some random voice talking your ear off.”  

Uribe laughs then, adding, “Oh, and then there’s the worm launcher (Parasite). That one took a whole army of dialogue people to figure out. You have the voice actor who actually records the lines and delivers them, and then you have the SFX people. That was a fun one, but Lorentz Driver was a special instance where I got to be the one to make the other teams react a bit more, whereas usually in the field of audio, we are usually always reacting to already-developed concepts. This time, they came to us with an idea, and by using smart sound design, I was able to counter with a different idea that was more doable and that they liked even better.”  

The hidden wonders of horror. 

But sound design isn’t just about weapons and weird alien robots beeping and booping at you while you’re trying to survive. It’s also about setting up the environment for the overall story. With Season of the Haunted and previous Seasons post-Shadowkeep, the Audio team at Bungie has been able to delve deeper into the realm of horror, something that LaBonte couldn’t wait to get her hands on. More so, because of the challenges of creating a scary atmosphere even in moments where there were no visual cues in the environment. (Abject terror, anyone? Especially when those lights went off for the first time in the Sever mission and all you could hear in the darkness were ominous sounds like you were about to die? No? Just me? All right then.) According to LaBonte, “This was fun because not all of the jump scares in things like the Presage mission or Sever had obvious visual cues, so it was about being able to set the tone of being super scary and achieving that organically and not as a reaction to something happening on screen.” 

While talking about the creative freedom with jump scares, it’s easy to spot LaBonte’s infectious grin and Uribe’s wide-eyed excitement. It’s easy to see how much fun the team had this Season. Being able to create an entire horror experience with things that players can’t actually see was an exciting opportunity for Audio as they worked together to craft an expertly designed auditive path that has players turning their heads every which way because they swear that they just heard something behind them.  

“We really account for the environment,” explains Nyte. “What kind of sound would happen if a place like the Derelict Leviathan was real? When you first walk into the Pleasure Gardens, what does that feel like? What does that sound like? You immediately cross into that threshold and hear wood cracking in the background in all different directions, all heard through a backdrop of giant trees. Because the player is hearing these sounds, but they can’t actually see what is making them, it feels like there is danger skittering all around you—but there’s nothing there.” 

 Nyte is quick to add her own love of horror, and the added horror elements in Destiny 2 was an awesome opportunity to delve deeper into that love. With that in mind, she adds that “missions like Sever are fun to work on because combat isn’t the sole focus, so you’re left to your own devices to figure out what’s going on [in-game], piecing things together. It’s kind of like the movie Alien where you’re having to figure out on the fly what is going on while knowing there is this lurking danger and feeling that pressure of finding the answers sooner rather than later.”  

The challenges of an open world

Audio design is technical and challenging no matter what, but with Destiny 2 having larger environments with factors that are constantly changing, there are unique challenges when landing that perfect sensory goal. “It’s hard, for sure,” says LaBonte. “An open-world game like Destiny makes it difficult to script those moments that have an impact, less so with more linear missions like Presage and Sever.”  

Nyte agrees, adding, “It’s surprisingly difficult to make it all sound good when there’s a bigger scope. Whether it’s one person running through a mission or an entire fireteam hitting a jump scare at the same time, there’s a lot of logic and planning that has to go in to make sure that sounds land the way we want them to for all players, regardless of how close they are to one another. If one player runs too far ahead, like in a strike or something, and triggers something significant like a jump scare, our job is to make sure that even the people that are left behind still experience it in some way.”  

There are also various travel systems to consider. Experiencing an environment on foot will not sound the same as it does on a Sparrow. How fast is a player moving? Are they falling down a hole? Going through a portal? How would the wind rush by sound when aboard the Always on Time Sparrow, drifting past aggressive enemies and other players in combat? This is just one of the many areas where Audio has a chance to shine, taking something already incredible and making it extraordinary.  

“There’s a lot of technology going on there when looking at a player’s agency,” says Nyte when talking about this particular aspect of audio design. “When players drop down a deep chasm or fly down a chute, we use data from their velocity and direction to highlight that movement with sound; a lot of which are wind recordings. Sometimes we’ll mix in other digital sounds or a creative layer that we run through a bunch of different effects processing to make something sound weird or more interesting.”  

It’s the little things that can mean the most

The H.E.L.M. portal sound really was a fan favorite, so how was it made? “Some things we make are really simple with just a few sounds we’ve recorded layered together,” says Nyte. “Tracks on tracks, sometimes, with all the different pieces that come together to make a whole. Remove one layer, and the whole vision collapses. For the portal, I don’t know why but I had it in my head that I needed it to have a human breath element. Since I always have a microphone on my desk, I just recorded myself taking different breaths, screaming into the mic, and other voiced sounds. Then, I just started processing each layer. Working in core elements like that play a small but meaningful role when crafting the desired design.”  

The journey to working in games

Not everyone that works in gaming sets out with this industry in mind. In fact, these three creatives began their careers wanting to work in other industries, but their love for games won out. Uribe, for example, got his start mixing music and sound engineering for bands. LaBonte started her journey in film, but then realized that post-production life just wasn’t for her, and “the schedule sucks, to be honest.” Nyte, on the other hand, went to school to become a recording engineer, though not specifically for games. All three grew up playing video games and they learned that their passion for digital adventures could lead to an exciting future of helping to create them.  

“It’s just exciting to see it all come together,” says LaBonte of her experience working in games. “All of the different attributes that contribute to how good of an experience a player has, it’s complicated but it is really exciting when it all comes together and seeing how gaming fans react.” 

Nyte adds, “That’s one of the biggest reasons I wanted to work on Destiny specifically, being able to watch the community react and knowing that I could be a part of the reason why their audio experience was so cool. Audio design is something I really like, so being a part of a game that I enjoy so much and getting to watch the community enjoy it as well? It’s really cool.” 

“You don’t really see that in a ton of gaming communities,” she adds. “The ongoing community excitement is what really drew me into Bungie’s world. I want people to hear my stuff. I want them to notice my stuff, and it drives me to do a better job because I know people are listening. Some people are paying attention, and every time I make even the tiniest of sounds, I remind myself that someone is going to find that sound and for them, I need to always make it sound good.” 

A new normal, adjusting to work during a global pandemic

There is a lot of joy that comes with working in the audio field, especially for those creative folks that love to work in collaborative environments. Bungie’s Audio team is exceptionally close-knit, so when the world froze at the start of 2020 due to COVID-19 and the teams flipped their entire processes upside down to work from home, there were some challenges. Not only did the isolation break up the natural flow this team had nurtured, but it also made it more difficult to work through things like creative blocks. 

“Working from home definitely has its positives and negatives,” says LaBonte. “We had these really great mix and Foley (the reproduction of everyday sound effects) rooms so we would come in as a group for what we called Foley Fridays to just bring in random stuff and make weird sounds. Not necessarily for anything specific, just as something to get the creative juices going, and it was always such a cool collaborative moment that it really felt like genuine team bonding. I was a little sad to have lost that aspect when working from home because that kind of collaboration is inspiring.”  

Uribe agrees heartily, adding, “I do miss things like Foley Fridays. Things like our Creative Lead noticing when we’re struggling with certain projects, or if we’ve hit that inspiration wall. He would notice those things when we were in the office, and he’d take us to go record oddball sounds for no reason other than to just be silly and let some of that tension go. Those sounds would get added to our library and that would make it easy to get right back into it. I think I would go back to the studio full time, but I know many want to stay remote and I support that too.” 

This week at Bungie, we’re prepping to make Saint-14 proud once more with this Season’s return of Trials of Osiris, showing off some nifty new ways to put your fashion spin on some beloved Exotics, and a deeper dive into recent airborne accuracy changes.  

We’ve officially made it to week-three of Season of the Haunted. We’ve seen some growth, we’ve grinded some dungeons, and—if you’re like me—you bawled your eyes out over a certain character that rhymes with flow. Alongside a new story beat, players have had some more time to play around with Iron Banner’s Rift mode. While the team continues taking in the feedback on the latest reiteration of this PvP experience, Valus Forge needs some time to clock out and not rank up that overtime. This, of course, means it’s Saint-14’s time to shine once more with Trials of Osiris, and he’s arriving bearing gifts of new armor and new weapons.  

But first, let’s talk about one of the dominating conversations happening over the past few weeks: our version of “I believe I can fly.” 

If you’re into the PvP side of Destiny 2, then you may have noticed that we have been playing around with some ideas concerning the more competitive side of this experience. With Freelance, Zone Captures, and tweaking other odds and ends have all played into a bigger vision for what Trials of Osiris could be. Now, after a short break, Trials is back and comes bearing some sweet new armor to monkey around in. No, seriously, there’s an actual monkey: 

 

With Trials back in action, the Lighthouse awaits. We’ve already revealed the new weapons on the way with the return of Trials, but just in case time has been a cruel memory stealer, here’s what players can look forward to (in addition to the armor seen above):  

Weapons:  

• Forgiveness Sidearm 
• Burden of Guilt Fusion Rifle 

Sparrow:

• Falcon’s Chase Sparrow 

At the start of Season 17, we introduced players to Solar 3.0 and all of the possibilities that comes with it. To add a little more team bonding into the mix, we had a few Fragments that were kept a secret for the community to work together to uncover. As we knew you would, everyone pulled together to take on the new Nightmare Containment activity, despite a few technical hiccups, and got the job done, fully unlocking these new puzzle pieces that make up a bigger fiery picture. For those fellow statistical nerds out there, here’s a quick breakdown of the event, and an answer to the most important question we’ve ever asked: How many Guardians does it take to blow up a lightbulb?  

• Over 1.6 million players completed at least one Nightmare Containment during the event.  
• Guardians averaged ~13.8 Nightmare Containments per character. 
• One dedicated player even completed over 390 Nightmare Containments over the course of the event. 
• In the first 24 hours, one Guardian successfully completed 78 Nightmare Containments. 

That’s impressive! Good work out there teaming up and getting the job done. In addition to the Solar Fragments unlocking, we also have a special emblem to commemorate that collective effort. You know, just because! To unlock that latest fashionable flair, head to Bungie.net/redeem and enter this handy-dandy code: T67-JXY-PH6. 

We hope you’re having fun playing with all of the new build possibilities that Solar 3.0 has to offer, and we can’t wait to see all of the new ways that this community will band together in the years to come.  

In the Eververse, you’ll see a few new Legendary ornaments for class items. They are undeniably cool looking if you ask me but if you look a little closer, you’ll notice a special Exotic tie-in. Not only do these ornaments look stylish, but they also have an Exotic synergy special effect. The latest fashion trend pairs with the original iteration of a few important Exotic pieces, check out what’s new below:  

Cloak of Bakris:  

• Cloak of Bakris pairs with the Hunter helmet, Mask of Bakris.  
• Adds a Stasis effect on the cloak’s collar.  

Mark of the Falling Star:  

• Mark of the Falling Star pairs with the Titan chest piece, Cuirass of the Falling Star.  
• Adds an Arc effect on the mark’s trim.  

Bond of Battle Harmony:  

• Bond of Battle Harmony pairs with the Warlock chest piece, Mantle of the Battle Harmony.  
• Adds an Arc effect on the bottom of the Bond awning.  

Last week, we shared a new addition to the Bungie Store that allows for yet another way for Guardians to show off the love and pride they have for their communities. Bungie’s Pride 2.0 collectible pin is a beautiful way to share that pride with the rest of the world alongside the beautiful new Prismatic emblem. Today, we have our Pride Strike Team that consists of people from all over the studio, including our Trans @ Bungie Inclusion Club, to talk about some of the ways we celebrate Pride month as a studio and as a community. There’s even a fashion opportunity, because you know we’re suckers for those. Take it away, Pride Strike Team!  

Pride Strike Team: Happy Pride Month Guardians! As many of you know, Bungie is filled with an incredibly diverse group of humans that help in all aspects of creating this game. A bunch of us are members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and together with some allies to see what we could do to share our everyday lives with the Destiny community. This year we have a really fun and colorful ask of the community, but we think it’s better requested with equally colorful quotes:

Robert B: “Show us your Pride, Destiny fans!”  

David S: “Show off your best Destiny LGBTQ+ headcanon!”   

Kailani M: “‘Light is a spectrum, why limit yourself to a single hue?’ SHOW US THE RAINBOW, GUARDIANS!”   

Sam B: “Show us your gay Destiny (safe for work) art, please!”   

So, to clarify what we’re trying to say, we are asking you to show us your Destiny-themed Pride art. And those of the non-artist variety, never fear! We have something for you too! Introducing, Dresstiny: Pride Edition! Show us your favorite Destiny fashion while wearing your Trans emblem or Pride emblem and we will share our favorites! And if you are asking yourself, what do I get out of this? Well, a colorful sense of community and inclusion.  

Pride month is incredibly important to us here, not just as Bungie employees, but also as people. Because of this, we have a few more celebrations on the horizon, so keep an eye out on Bungie comms throughout the month of June to see what we’ve got cooking up next.  

Love,  

The Bungie Pride Strike Team 

Egregore? More like egregore-geous. 

 

This week, our Player Support team has been diving deep into the various reports players have been sharing with the dev team, including some updates on ongoing issues that are currently being investigated. This week’s portion centers around PlayStation 4 user reports around Silver, Artifice armor mod slot bugs, and an update on what has been successfully patched. As investigations continue into various topics, here’s what Player Support has for the community this week thus far.  

PlayStation 4 Silver Sync

Artifice Armor Mod Slot Clarification

4.1.0.2 Resolved Issues

Guardian Games Emblem

Players who qualified for the Tower’s Finest Triumph can now claim the Guardian Games’ Glory Claim emblem from Bungie Rewards. The deadline to claim the emblem is July 7, 2022. 

Known Issues

 

Hippy: We’ve got another awesome week filled with creative tributes from the community. And can I just say? Y’all are our brand of quirky; there is no limit to what this community creates and there really is no limit to the amazing ideas we’ve seen you Guardians bring to life. It’s inspiring to see and I’m not just saying that because one of the videos mashes up Destiny with another beloved series.  

Oh, and we’re totally doing another bonus round, how could we not?! 

Movie of the Week: Final Destiny: Wish XV 

Movie of the Week: Duality (Warning for brief flashes at the 00:19 mark) 

This week’s bonus round was just too funny to pass up. We all love a good lore post, but the below video blends comedy, mathematics, lore, and the perfect meme-post into one eloquently made video. Hope it brightens up your day because this was great.  

B-b-b-Bonus Round Movie of the Week: Inquiring minds want to know: How much birdseed has Saint-14 actually bought?

 

 

Sam: Happy TWABsday Guardians! Do you ever feel like if you blink you miss something? That’s how we feel going through all of the AOTW and MOTW submissions every week. I know we say this a lot, but y’all are just so talented. 

This week we have some really fun Solar art in two really neat styles, can we just talk about the shading on that hand-drawn piece, followed up by a spacewalk that made me pause for a minute, and think about how we are all here at the same time, and that is pretty rad. 

Art of the Week: Don’t Fear the Reaper

Art of the Week: Gammatrap, but Cute

Art of the Week Bonus Round: Spacewalk

As always, don’t forget to tag us in those awesome creations for your chance at the spotlight! Feel free to tag your epic art and movies by using #Destiny2Art #AOTW, and #MOTW!

We’re now delving into week-three of Season of the Haunted and this week’s storyline gets intense. If you haven’t experienced it already, we recommend getting some tissues. Maybe some comfort food too, just to be safe.  

With Trials of Osiris live this week and the recently mentioned changes to how Solar 3.0 feels when fighting that good fight, we’ll be keeping a close eye on feedback from the community. As we continue experimenting with all aspects of Destiny 2, we appreciate all the feedback, and we value that continued (and respectful) conversation. In the meantime, get in there and play around with some of the new build types, explore more of what activities like Nightmare Containment and Sever have to offer, and don’t forget to drink your water (and take your vitamins)!  

Until next time, stay kind and go give Zavala a big ‘ol hug for me.  

“I should go,” 

<3 Hippy 

  

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