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Willow Creative is a one-woman business making costumes and props in the Netherlands. She officially started her crafting journey back in 2015, though she did meddle with costume work earlier back in 2012.  

She makes props and costumes from her favorite videogames, pop culture events, and TV series. She’s also worked as an independent content creator alongside other game companies such as Jagex, Blizzard Entertainment, and Riot Games. Now, she can add Bungie to that list!   

She’s known for being wildly imaginative with her creations, including integrating moving parts with the use of crafty mechanics. She’s also fluent in foam-smithing and a variety of other mediums, so there is absolutely no constraint on where she could take her Savathûn take. Nearly all of her costume-making experience is self-taught, with a base in 3D modeling from a Game Art college degree, and we couldn’t be happier to have her as a part of this cosplay cause!  

Danielle was initially (and easily) drawn into the creative world of cosplay through her love of sci-fi and fantasy, as well as her general love of creating and crafting. With no formal training in crafting or sewing, she learned through trial and error (and sheer stubbornness). Danielle has cosplayed for over ten years and has spent much of that time attending big gaming events to show off her craft, she’s even been a judge for cosplay showcases during these fandom-filled conventions! 

In her spare time, she teaches cosplay to pass her passion and enthusiasm on to others. Danielle believes cosplay is about community and creativity, and she loves sharing her work and knowledge with the community both online and in person. Her aim is to inspire others to creativity, contributing as much fun, joy, and positivity to the world as possible. Now, she’s taking on the Hive Queen herself!  

LittleBlondeGoth (UK)

 

LittleBlondeGoth is a UK-based cosplayer who’s been making costumes from her favorite video games for about ten years. She loves creating detailed, screen-accurate outfits and entering them into competitions, which have won Masquerades at EGX, LFCC, and MCM Expos through the years.  

She’s a huge fan of role-playing games, so you’ll see her making a lot of characters from franchises like Final Fantasy, Mass Effect, Diablo, and (of course) Destiny 2. She’s been playing since just after the first game launched and is part of the Dark Will clan in Destiny 2 where they run missions, raids, and dungeons whilst not taking themselves too seriously in the slightest. We could all learn from that philosophy, but that easy-going nature will be put to the test when she becomes Savathûn herself in all of her intimidating glory. 

Lilian, also known as Lily Bean Cosplay, is a crafter, Hunter main, and a passionate fan of Destiny and Star Wars. For the past six years, she has been creating cosplays of her favorite Destiny characters, which has led her to pursue a career in costume design. Between student life and the endless prep for art school, she spends most of her free time playing Destiny 2 with friends, planning out her next costume projects, and strengthening her connection to the cosplay community. She’s also a hilarious sweetheart, so her particular Hive touch will be a treat to see.  

Kamichan83 started her cosplay career back in 2013 and has been full throttle ever since. While her cosplay journey started with her courtesan from Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, she has since expanded her journey into costuming beyond just the Ubisoft title. Although she never studied in the artistic field, thanks to cosplay she discovered her love for making weapons and armor, providing a healthy vent for all of her curiosity about this exciting craft. Due to the versatility of the world of cosplay, she has mastered all kinds of different materials, including Worbla, foam, prints, and even 3D modeling. 

In 2015, she started her adventure into playing Destiny with her partner and was instantly captivated by the character design. Not much time passed before she started making her first Hunter cosplay. Despite the difficulty involved with creating (and wearing) such a complicated piece of design, her Hunter was just the first of a long line of cosplay inspired by Destiny. With three sets of armor for her Hunter, the Emissary of the Nine, and Cayde-6 (worn by her partner), she has no plans to stop venturing the Destiny universe both inside and outside of the game. She has even more on the horizon, with Ana Bray and Petra Venj being the next projects to check from her Destiny’s cosplay list. 

Farbenfuchs loves and lives cosplay! Her community is one of the most dedicated and 

engaged communities on Twitch and supports every creative idea of hers – no matter how crazy or elaborated the plan of action might actually be. With her never-satiated passion for cosplay and creativity, both her Twitch and YouTube channels have become important learning tools for anyone who enjoys a vast variety of content that goes just beyond gaming with the sole goal of sparking joy.  

Sonia, a.k.a. Cinderys, is a French professional cosplayer, concept artist, and Twitch partner. She started her cosplay journey not long ago back in 2014 and has won several international competitions including taking the W during BlizzCon 2019. She loves to share her passion and experience with her community through her making-of books, pattern creations, her social networks, and during her streams on Twitch. She will also be one of the competitors in the grand finale of the ALL STARS Cosplay Cup of France in July 2022, so her take on Savathûn isn’t the only exciting thing she’s got on the horizon for her! 

Anhyra is a cosplayer that hails from Coruña and she’s been enjoying putting her own creative spin on cosplay since 2013. Through her passion for this craft, she has been able to find a way to combine her passion for sculpture, painting, photography, and other artistic techniques that she has discovered through experimentation. 

She specializes in creating armor, mostly centered on some of her favorite videogame characters, and her work has recently been recognized at major international events, winning the award for Best Armor during BlizzCon 2021 and the awards for Best Cosplay at DreamHack Beyond International and DreamHack Spain. 

Additionally, she finds immense joy in sharing tutorials and tips on how she crafts each new gaming tribute. This educational community she has built continues to thrive on her various social media channels whilst also hosting workshops that can be found in a wide variety of cosplay conventions. 

Solomon Taisa has a wide variety of costumes under his belt, including characters from some of his favorite anime and games. His specialty revolves around one philosophy: the more complicated, the better. Solomon is constantly challenging himself to learn new aspects of cosplay. His journey began exactly ten years ago and according to him, this adventure is just getting started.  

According to Solomon, his ventures into the world of cosplay will never cease because he enjoys the sense of achievement seeing the finished product brings. Bringing some of his most beloved characters to life in stunning detail will never stop being a source of joy for himself and the carefully cumulated community that supports him. 

This is a talented crew—can you believe that each one of these passionate cosplayers are going to be showing everything they’ve got to bring Savathûn from the screen into our hearts? Or, well, at least into our world? To see the final results, we will be unveiling each completed costume soon! Bungie Day, in fact, so be sure to keep it tuned into Bungie socials for more details on what’s going down this July 7. In the meantime, check out each of these talented cosplayers’ social accounts for work-in-progress updates as they build their Savathûn costumes. 

See you starside, Guardians!  

• How does flinch resistance work? 
• Flinch resistance directly scales the angle your aim moves by when you take damage, so if you have 60% flinch resistance and you would normally be flinched 10 degrees, you would now be flinched 4 degrees. 
• The flinch calculations show 1 unflinching Hand Cannon mod and 2 unflinching Pulse Rifle mods both total a 0.7x flinch multiplier. Was this a typo? 
• Yes, this was a typo. Sorry about that, we fixed it! 
• What is a scalar?  
• When we say “scalar” we mean a multiplier, e.g., a 0.65x scalar on flinch will multiply flinch by 0.65. 
• What are the scalars for some common flinch resistance sources? 
• No Distractions: 0.65x 
• Suros Synergy: 0.8x 
• 1x Unflinching Armor Mod: 0.75x 
• 2x Unflinching Armor Mod: 0.7x (i.e., this value is used instead of multiplying two unflinching mod values together) 
• Rally Barricade: 0.5x 
• 10 Resilience: 0.9x 
• 100 Stability on an Auto Rifle: 0.75x 
• 100 Stability on a Sniper Rifle: 0.9x 
• Given the importance of stability for flinch resistance, do you plan to adjust the stability stats for any weapons? 
• We may adjust stability on specific weapons if we see clear outliers in the future. 

• Can an airborne effectiveness penalty take you below 0 in the stat? 
• No, airborne effectiveness stat cannot go below 0 or above 100 (the same is true of all weapon and character stats). 
• The tiers in the mega-TWAB were just general examples of performance within ranges. Every point in a weapon stat will count (although a single point won’t typically be perceptible). 
• In most cases there is a linear progression from 0 to 100 stat (an exception being accuracy penalty angle on Primary weapons, which is linear from 0 to 60 but is flat 0 from 60 to 100). 
• How does airborne effectiveness interact with accuracy perks? 
• Technically, accuracy perks (like Opening Shot) apply to your airborne accuracy cone as before, but because accuracy while airborne is generally better than it was before, you’ll feel the benefits a little less. 
• Can you clarify precision aim assist? 
• When grounded and aiming down sights, the full aim assist cone angle is used to determine whether a shot is a crit or a body shot. 
• When airborne (or hip-firing), by default you only get a crit if you’re aimed exactly at the head. 
• While airborne, the airborne effectiveness stat grants you some forgiveness for this, in the form of the precision aim cone. 
• We have a graphic to help illustrate all of this: 
• 
• Key: 
• 1. Grounded, crit: your aim assist cone overlaps the head, but you’re not aimed right at it, you get a crit. 
• 2. Airborne, 0 stat, body shot: your aim assist cone overlaps the head, but the center of your reticle is not on the head, you get a body shot. 
• 3. Airborne, 60 stat, body shot: your aim assist cone overlaps the head, your precision aim cone does not overlap the head, you get a body shot. 
• 4. Airborne, 60 stat, crit: your aim assist cone overlaps the head, your precision aim cone overlaps the head, you get a crit. 
• Aim-Assist Cone (Blue Circle)
• Center-Point (White Dot)
• Precision-Aim Cone (Red circle)
• Can you give more details on how aim assist is affected while airborne? 
• The term “aim assist” has two parts: 
• Auto-aim, AKA bullet bending/bullet magnetism angle: if a target falls inside this cone, your projectile will aim at the target (before the effects of the accuracy cone). 
• This applies equally to mouse and keyboard and controller. 
• Reticle friction and adhesion: friction slows down your aim when a target is within this cone, and adhesion can pull your aim to stay on the target if they move while you’re aiming. 
• This is only turned on for controller. 
• In the live game, both angles are halved while airborne. 
• In Season 17, these cones are still halved as before, and have an additional penalty angle that’s subtracted from this, depending on the airborne effectiveness stat. Here are some numbers: 
• 0 stat: 
• Auto-aim: angle penalty is roughly half of the cone angle. 
• Friction/adhesion: angle penalty is roughly a quarter of the cone angle. In internal playtests we found that controller players were more affected by this penalty and halved it. 
• 100 stat (both cones): angle penalty is 0. I.e., at 100 the auto-aim and friction cones for most weapons will be the same as they are in the live game. 

• Are all scavenger mods disabled in PvP or only Special weapon scavenger mods? 
• All are disabled. 
• With disabling ammo scavenger mods in PvP are you trying to bring back the double Primary meta? 
• No, we do want running double Primaries to be more viable, and want there to be fewer one-hit kills in PvP, but don’t want to eliminate them entirely. 
• You still spawn with two rounds of Special ammo (or equivalent), and still pick up ammo bricks, but you shouldn’t be able to use a Special weapon like a Primary. 
• One interesting side effect may be an indirect buff to the strategy of running double Primary to starve your opponents of Special ammo drops. 
• Are the Special ammo weapon effectiveness and ammo changes enough to reduce their dominance in PvP? 
• Short-range Primary weapons will have more of a role now—Sidearms and SMGs can better compete with Shotguns, for example. 
• We’ve pushed the current PvP ammo system as far as we can with this change, if this doesn’t move the needle, we’ll look at redesigning PvP ammo economy entirely (which would be a longer-term change). 
• With scavenger mods disabled in PvP, there’s little competition for leg mod slots, what’s the plan? 
• We’re keeping this in mind for future updates (but for now we recommend you run holster mods). 

• Will playlist weapons that have a foundry get both the foundry and playlist origin perks? 
• Yes, new drops of playlist weapons that are from a foundry will get the playlist and the foundry perks. 
• What do the changes to Snapshot Sights mean? 
• Snapshot Sights works by multiplying the aim down sights (ADS) animation duration by 0.5, which you could frame as making it twice as fast. On Special weapons, it will now scale this duration by 0.75, making it 50% faster instead. 
• Note that we framed this as being completely offset by the Sniper Rifle ADS duration changes, but this was incorrect—while Sniper Rifles will be snappier across the board, a Sniper Rifle with Snapshot Sights will be a little slower to aim down sights than before. 

• Does the lightweight Pulse Rifle damage buff apply to the BXR-55 Battler Pulse Rifle? 
• Yes, the lightweight Pulse Rifle buff applies to BXR-55 Battler, and any Exotic weapons that share that rate of fire. 
• Is Retraced Path getting the Trace Rifle buff? 
• Are slug Shotguns also getting the pellet Shotgun nerfs? 
• Slug Shotguns receive the damage falloff and aim assist falloff changes. 
• Slug Shotguns don’t have a spread angle but are treated like Special weapons and have an airborne accuracy penalty. 
• Are there any changes to aggressive (AKA spread) Fusion Rifles? 
• No, they’re not affected by any of the Fusion Rifle tuning. 
• Do all SMGs benefit from the damage falloff increase? 
• Do all SMGs with lower than 14 zoom now have 14? 
• No, only those listed in the TWAB have been raised to 14. 
• What happened to the full-auto setting? 
• We mentioned that this is coming in a Season following The Witch Queen launch. It won’t make it into Season 17 or 18 and is currently targeted for Season 19. 
• Are the numbers in the Fusion Rifle section correct? What does this mean for a charge-time Masterwork? 
• Yes, to clarify a bit, these are how much the damage falloff near distance is reduced compared to current at 0 and 100 range. I.e., yes, the damage falloff for 0 range was reduced more than that for 100 range. 
• Reduced damage falloff near distance.  
• -2m at 0 range (~2.7m when ADS with a 15-zoom stat). 
• -1.3m at 100 range (~2.275m when ADS with a 15-zoom stat). 
• This is the damage per burst of a charge-time Masterwork on each subfamily (compared to the base): 
• High Impact: 325 (330 base) 
• Precision: 275 (280 base) 
• Adaptive: 265 (270 base) 
• Rapid Fire: 240 (245 base) 
• Why are there no Sidearm changes? 
• Sidearms are a niche pick, but when used by players who favor them, they’re extremely strong. We want to see how the reduction in effective range of Shotguns and Fusion Rifles affects their strength before making any changes and may look at them in a future Season. 
• That Auto Rifle change is somewhat small, will it do anything? 
• Combined with the zoom scalar, this change is larger than it sounds, but we plan to look at Primary weapon balance some more in Season 18, Auto Rifles included. 
• Why did The Summoner only come back for two Seasons? 
• We were adding 1 new weapon, 1 reissued weapon, and removing 2 old weapons from the Trials loot pool each Season, but we felt like only one brand-new Trials weapon per Season wasn’t enough. 
• Now that we’re doing 2 new Trials weapons a Season, we’d rather the pool contain mostly the newer weapons. 
• Trace Rifles and Machine Guns are both getting buffed—does this suggest future anti-Champion mods? 
• No comment. 

• Is Vex Mythoclast a Fusion Rifle when it comes to airborne effectiveness, and what is its stat? 
• Vex Mythoclast’s airborne effectiveness stat is 19, and it’s treated as an Auto Rifle for translating the stability stat into flinch resistance and how its airborne effectiveness stat is translated. 
• So, about Wavesplitter…. hold on a sec, Wavesplitter’s functionality changed late in development, and the TWAB description was not entirely accurate. 
• Wavesplitter’s variable damage while firing was not removed. This weapon’s damage behaves identically to how it did before this release, i.e., it changes while firing. 
• Changes to Orb max-charge time are still accurate, and it does suppress while in the Orb-derived high-power state. 
• Is Riskrunner staying at 13 zoom? What about Osteo Striga? 
• Yes to Riskrunner. Osteo Striga has a unique setup for damage and aim assist falloff that is less affected by its zoom stat (but no, its zoom isn’t changing). 
• Is Lumina included in the damage buff reduction? 
• Yes, Lumina Noble Rounds and Boots of the Assembler seekers now also grant 15% damage in PvP (down from 20%) but the original value (35%) in PvE. 
• This damage buff is also used by Sun Warrior, which is part of why Loreley Splendor Helm is so strong, but wasn’t mentioned in the mega-TWAB because that issue is being addressed in another way. 
• Is Le Monarque affected by Necrotic Grip? 
• Le Monarque is not a Weapon of Sorrow and is not going to become one. (The only weapons that count as Weapons of Sorrow currently in the game are Thorn, and Osteo Striga.) 
• Does Lorentz Driver’s change also apply to Arbalest? 
• No, but we’ll be looking at both of these again in the future. 
• Are Devil’s Ruin and Fighting Lion being monitored for being unique for their own ammo economy while dancing the Primary/Special line? 
• We expect both of these to be stronger in the Season 17 weapons sandbox, but not so strong that they’ll dominate (we do stand ready to make adjustments if needed though). They’re both acquired tastes whose strengths can’t be exploited by every player. 
• How does the Eyes of Tomorrow buff work? 
• It’s a straight-up 1.3x damage scalar on the current damage values against bosses and Champions. 
• Note that the Adaptive Ordnance perk does not expire, so you can potentially get a bunch of Eyes of Tomorrow kills, pick up more Heavy ammo, and go into a boss fight with that damage buff. 
• Just to clarify how this works a little more, every Legendary weapon type and every Exotic weapon can have its own custom scalar against each tier of enemy (e.g., Minor, Major, Champion, Miniboss, Boss, Vehicle), which we touch occasionally if needed. 
• Damage values vs players are the base numbers in almost all cases. We typically scale the damage up or down in PvE as needed. 

• The Omnioculus Exotic Hunter chest piece clips through the Frumious Cloak. 
• The Disbelieve Triumph and the Elementary, My Dear Triumph may not successfully gain progress from all timed Deepsight chests. 
• Kills earned when standing in a teammate’s Well of Radiance do not count as Super kills towards the Super Spree Strike Medal. 
• The Super Spree Medal is not being awarded for kills earned while being buffed by Weapons of Light. 
• Kills earned by teammates on enemies tethered by a Deadfall Tether do not count towards the Super Spree Medal. 
• Players on Steam may have The Witch Queen incorrectly added to their platform store carts upon exiting the Guardian Games in-game infographic when selecting the Guardian Games Playbook. Due to this issue, the Guardian Games Playbook has been disabled. 
• The Competitive Catalyst quest is dropping for players who already earned the Heir Apparent catalyst in a previous Guardian Games. This quest can be safely dismantled. 
• For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum. 

• Первая неделя: 3 мая, 22:00 МСК – 9 мая, 22:00 МСК 

• Вторая неделя: 9 мая, 22:00 МСК – 16 мая, 22:00 МСК 

• Третья неделя: 16 мая, 22:00 МСК – 22 мая, 22:00 МСК  

• Лучшая команда в классе получит на память особые серебряные трофеи с выгравированным на них BungieID или именем Стража (3 команды).

• Лучшая команда в целом получит на память особые золотые трофеи с выгравированным на них BungieID или именем Стража, а также персональные рисунки на тему Игр Стражей с изображением их Стражей, выполненные талантливым Gammatrap (1 команда). 

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I’m pretty sure even our readers could hear my excited squeal when you said Zavala and Caiatl, that’s my (non-canon) pair! Speaking of what’s next (in this less-than-smooth segue), if you could craft the ultimate subclass, completely to be whatever you want it to be, no questions asked, what would that subclass look like?  

Yeah, but you totally sold me on the giant laser beam! Another thing I love about your work is that your personality can be felt in it all, so this next question is purely selfish because I want to hear your thoughts: Who is the character from the Destiny universe that you’ve connected to the most, and why? 

Right. So, crying is on the bingo card today, apparently, because that’s wholesome as heck. Is there anything that you’d like to see make a comeback to Destiny 2, or something you’d like to see evolve into something different?  

Touche’.  

Thank you so much for chilling with us today, it was a blast! Before we let you go, let that mic drop and shout out anyone you want to give a little extra spotlight to. Also, where can folks find you to  check out some of the projects you are working on? 

And that’s a wrap, another phenomenal Community Focus in the books! Thank you so much to Grant for joining us today and sharing his story, I encourage you to check out some of his work! 

The ‘ol record player is on repeat again, but we can’t shout it from the rooftops enough: we love hearing your tales and learning more about you, both in relation to the Bungie experience and outside of it. Thank you for being you and never stop showing the world your inner Light, because it’s so bright, I’d swear that the beacons were lit and Gondor was calling for aid.  

Until next week, get that vitamin D, smash those personal goals, and don’t forget to hydrate! We’ll see you soon.  

“I should go,” 

<3 Hippy 

Eyes up, Guardian, it’s that time of year again. Next week, Guardian Games 2022 will kick off on May 3 and is free for all players of Destiny 2. This event is a tradition and it’s the perfect excuse to get into that friendly competitive spirit.  

While the spirit of the annual class battle remains the same, Guardian Games 2022 does have a few changes that players can look forward to. First things first, what determines the winner? Much like previous Guardian Games, participants will be tasked with depositing those hard-earned medallions at the Podium in the Tower. You know the drill: medallions can be earned by completing certain activities and mini quests called Contender Cards and Platinum Cards. These activities are designed to be flexible, so if you’ve got the time, we’ve got those shiny medallions.  

 

Higher-tier medallions, which grant more points, can be earned in activities like raids, dungeons, competitive PvP (Trials of Osiris and Survival), the Seasonal activity (PsiOps Battlegrounds) on a higher difficulty, and more. Lower-tier medallions, which are important too, drop in content like Gambit, Vanguard Strikes, Quickplay Crucible, and other Throne World activities at the standard difficulty level. Gold medals can be earned by completing Contender Cards in easier activities, whereas Platinum medals drop when Platinum Cards are completed on tougher content. Basically: Play what you want, snatch those Pinnacles, and scoop up some shiny medallions to bank at the Tower.  

But wait, there’s more.  

Something new coming to Guardian Games this year is Strike Scoring, which factors in play time only for Guardian Games playlists. Additionally, we’ve got Strike Medals, which are designed to reward players for pulling off some pretty impressive feats, like taking out a ton of enemies with a fancy little combat jig like Shatter. This should also help with players that feel like they are being matched with others that just zip right through strikes. Why rush through when you can score some additional points by going ham and showing the bad guys what’s up? 

There are two Guardian Games playlists: Training and Competitive. And when you play matters. Let’s break it down: 

Players will also be able to unlock torches to light in the Tower based on their highest score past a certain threshold. For example:  

Lighting the torch is monumental when it comes to the Guardian Games experience, and we want Guardians in Destiny 2 to feel that significance in-game. For any personal medallion deposits, there’s some more glow action on the way with an accompanying left shoulder glow, as well. Any progress is an accomplishment, and we want you to feel proud of the time you put in.  

The overall structure for Guardian Games is designed to focus on skill level, meaning that higher scores are achieved by taking on tougher activities, defeating enemies, staying alive, and completing an activity in a timely manner.  

New bounties have also been thrown in for this year’s festivities to help players feel inspired to engage in the Guardian Games Strike and Battlegrounds playlists; a little nudge for players to engage with the event-specific Vanguard Medal system, if you will.  

Since there is nifty new content this year, we’ve also updated our Contender and Platinum cards, as well as our medallion rewards, for completing those new challenges. New raid? Check. Legendary and Master Lost Sectors? Check. New Seasonal content? Yup, also check. You can choose to spend your time in the newer content, but it’s not required to participate. More options, more ways to play. Keep it fun, keep it fresh, but also keep the core spirit alive for what Guardian Games is, and that’s a community-wide effort to show off some class love.  

Let’s get to the rewards, shall we? What are they? For those that have an affinity for Submachine Guns,  The Title is a new legendary SUBARCHTYPE that will be available during the event. According to Jason Briggs, a Test Lead at Bungie, The Title “is a Hakke Void SMG for the Energy slot that is an aggressive frame with a unique origin perk, Classy Contender, which grants class ability energy with final blows from this weapon. It has a wide range of perks that it can roll with, and players will have many opportunities to earn fully Masterworked drops with double perks in both the third and fourth columns.” 

Class Items can also be earned, as well as another shot at Heir Apparent and its catalyst, so the sandbox is about to get a little more interesting during the Guardian Games celebration. 

The emblem for the player that scores in the top 10 percent will be awarded after we combine their highest scores from each week. When the event ends, the combined score will determine who made it to the top of the player base for Guardian Games. This will unlock a special Triumph and boom, emblem awarded.  

With every player having their own unique play style, most have a main class. This is awesome but does mean that not every class has the same number of Guardians competing for that Guardians Games win. Last year’s games included a 10 percent “catch-up” buff that allowed for each class to have a fighting chance, regardless of how many players are in that class pool. This was to encourage players to feel like they have equal footing regarding competition, and it seemed to work out pretty well in the end. But there is always room to make improvements, so this year, each team’s score multiplier will start with whatever value they ended on during last year’s festivities. Titans, having placed 3rd the most days, will have the largest boost. Warlocks, with the second most days in 3rd place, will get a moderate boost. Hunters, having placed 3rd the least number of times, will get the smallest boost. A little added bonus includes a minor 4 percent bump to their multiplier for the class in second place, with a 10 percent bump for those in third place.  

We heard you liked the graphs in the last TWAB, so we’re throwing one in here for good measure to break down participation rates of the three classes since the launch of The Witch Queen, seen below. This graph breaks down the time spent for all three classes ramping up towards this year’s Guardian Games since the launch of The Witch Queen, giving us a little insight into where everyone is at these days and what sort of class engagement we’re expecting to see: 

As mentioned in a previous TWAB, Guardian Games 2022 kicks off on May 3 and will run until May 24, so get that gear ready and make your fireteam proud. 

We’ll have more to share soon, including which teams you can cheer on as they go for the gold. It’ll be a good time filled with friendly competition and camaraderie. We hope you join us!  

With a new Season comes new rewards. The next Season is going to be a doozy, but we want you to experience the story and its surprises on your own, no spoilers here! That being said, we did want to share some of the rewards that are coming down the pipeline.  

With Season 17, the ritual weapons available when ranking up will be the Heavy Machine Gun, Chain of Command. Like previous Seasons, this reputationally-driven reward will come with a unique ornament that depends on the vendor:  

For those itching for new Playlist weapons:  

For Nightfall drops (includes both standard and adept versions)  

And finally, Trials of Osiris:  

Season 16’s weapons will be shifting over into the standard loot pools with the Crisis Inverted Hand Cannon in Crucible, the Herod-C Auto Rifle in Gambit, and the Vanguard Shotgun Fortissimo-11.  

We’ll have more to share about Season 17 closer to launch date, but for now, these are the “pew pews” to look forward to.  

 

Another week, another update from the rockstars over on our Player Support team. This week, they’re offering up an update on the Broken Barrier Emblem, known issues, and the usual maintenance schedule.

This is their report. 

Next Tuesday, May 3, Destiny 2 Hotfix 4.0.1.2 will be released. View our Destiny Server and Update Status page for maintenance times, as well as the timeline below:    

The Broken Barrier Emblem

 

Hippy: Because I’m comfortable with who I am and knowing I am a walking meme trainwreck, I obviously must include some sillier picks this week (though very much still impressive!), because being too serious all of the time is bad for your health. I’m not ashamed, I’m not proud. 

The first video is absolute PvP domination in the most epic way possible. The second video is a nifty fan-film that also mixes up drama and comedy, and honestly – it was just an enjoyable experience to watch. Don’t believe me, check out our latest MOTW picks below:  

Movie of the Week: Master of Destiny 2: The Movie

OK, OK, one serious choice, got it. This Matrix / Destiny 2 crossover was just too good to pass up, so we’re doing a threefer this week:  

Movie of the Week: Matrix, but in Destiny (warning for brief flash effects at the 00:15 mark) 

 

Sam: Happy Thursday Guardians! I am such a sucker for a really rad tattoo and this first piece is exactly that. I believe my actual (out loud) exclamation was “Woah!” when I first saw it. With the second piece, it just made me smile thinking about my old clan. When you find a good raid team (not if, when, I promise there are Guardians who will play with you if you are kind) hang on to them, and if you can, have some really rad art made showcasing you all.

Art of the Week: Unveiling Tattoo

Art of the Week: Raidin’ with Friends

TAG TEAM BONUS ROUND!  

And this week, our bonus round was found by our magical Community Manager, Bruno! 

Art of the Week Bonus Round: The First Disciple Will Mourn

Don’t forget to tag #AOTW #Destiny2Art and #MOTW for your chance at some of that delectable limelight (does not actually taste like limes, heads up).  

The Bungie Foundation continues to shine a bright light on a sometimes-bleak world and we’re not just saying that to sound edgy or existential. There is a lot of good that comes from this initiative, including a heartwarming milestone raised for Ronald McDonald House! We’ve got Bungie Foundation’s Christine Edwards here with the latest update!