{"id":35823,"date":"2018-07-26T22:03:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T22:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BungieNet_ContentItem_47054"},"modified":"2018-07-26T22:03:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T22:03:14","slug":"this-week-at-bungie-7-26-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/07\/26\/this-week-at-bungie-7-26-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week At Bungie \u2013 7\/26\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week at Bungie, we\u2019re preparing for a celebration.<\/p>\n

The Tower is getting ready for the kickoff of Solstice of Heroes, starting next Tuesday, July 31. To keep the party lively, you\u2019ll find bounties to help you track your Triumphs and new challenges for upgrading a new armor set. All the details are laid out in the Solstice of Heroes article<\/a>. The event will run from July 31 until the weekly reset on August 28.\u00a0<\/div>\n

Today, we showed off what some of the new weapons and armor can do in Forsaken<\/i>. We love it when the game does the talking. Here is a glimpse of some of the tools of the trade that arrive with Forsaken<\/i> on September 4.<\/p>\n


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Full Stream Ahead<\/h2>\n

Ever since we started talking about the second year of Destiny 2, we\u2019ve dropped a lot of hints about how the state of combat between Guardians will be changing. We know you have questions about how you\u2019ll be using your weapons next season. How will you equip them? How will you customize them? How will you earn the ammunition you\u2019ll need to use them?<\/p>\n

Some of these things defy explanation, so we\u2019ll demonstrate the performance of the new arsenal in real time. You are invited to watch us engage in combat\u2014for science!<\/p>\n

Year Two Combat Reveal Stream<\/b><\/p>\n

Tuesday, August 7, 10 AM PDT<\/b><\/p>\n

Joining us again in one of the hot seats will be full-time Senior Sandbox Designer <\/b>(and part-time rockstar<\/a>) Jon Weisnewski<\/b>. He makes some promises that we\u2019ll keep when we go live on stream.<\/div>\n
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Newsk<\/b>: Hello friends! If you\u2019re a sharp-eyed PvP enthusiast, you may have noticed from some Forsaken coverage that the weapons are doing a bit more damage than they do in the current version of Destiny 2<\/i>. If you\u2019re a seasoned Destiny 2 player, you may then extrapolate the possibility of a global lethality pass on weapons and abilities that may or may not be in the pipe to go live when Forsaken <\/i>is released. I\u2019m here to quickly confirm that, along with weapon slots and ammo availability, we have globally adjusted the \u201ctime to kill\u201d in the Crucible. If you\u2019d like more details, join us on stream and we\u2019ll get into it! See you then!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And that\u2019s just one question we\u2019ll answer beyond the shadow of a doubt. Tune in for a full demonstration of perks, mods, loadouts, and everything else you\u2019ll need to know to best your fellow players in battle. We can\u2019t give you skill, but we can equip you with a pre-mission briefing.<\/p>\n

Save the date, follow our channels, and prepare your favorite chat room snacks.<\/p>\n

Back to the Lab Again<\/h2>\n
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Crucible Labs has been on hiatus for a while. It\u2019s time to start experimenting again. Senior Designer Andrew Weldon has the details about the new mode coming next and when you can expect to see it go live.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Andrew<\/b>: Hello again!<\/p>\n

Back in May, we launched the first Crucible Labs playlist with the game mode \u201cShowdown.\u201d As discussed in the following week\u2019s TWAB<\/a>, this was a good opportunity for us to test the playlist on a relatively safe baseline that we had mostly already shipped for Crimson Days and the standalone Doubles playlist. The first test served its purpose\u2014we stood the system up and got great feedback on an in-development mode. We\u2019ve also made one noteworthy change to Labs as a whole\u2014with the 1.2.3 update, Labs matches will now also count toward your Valor ranking and will offer standard Crucible rewards at match complete!<\/b><\/div>\n

Now that we\u2019ve released that 1.2.3 update, we\u2019re ready to deploy our next Crucible Labs experiment to you\u2014\u201cLockdown.\u201d Lockdown is a new 4v4 round-based Competitive mode that, like Control, is about capturing and holding zones. Unlike Control, your only score comes from playing the objective. Those of you from the Taken King\/Rise of Iron era know this mode\u2019s predecessor, the Control variant \u201cZone Control.\u201d Here\u2019s how it plays out:<\/p>\n

Both teams start Lockdown with a \u201cProgress\u201d percentage of 0% displayed under the scoreboard. Once a team holds two zones, progress will begin ticking up for that team at a rate of 1% per second. There is no round timer\u2014the first team to reach 100% will win the round, and the first to win three rounds will win the match.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not all, though\u2014if a team can successfully capture all three zones, they will instantly <\/i>win the round, regardless of each team\u2019s progress state. A well-coordinated push from your opponents will always <\/i>be dangerous, which means you need to stay focused on your objective.<\/p>\n

However, winning a round that way is not necessarily as simple as it might seem. To earn capture progress or win on the triple cap, you must hold uncontested<\/i> zones. If a team holds two zones, you can fully halt their progress by contesting one or more zones (you\u2019ll see \u201cPROGRESS HALTED\u201d display under the scoreboard to let you know this is happening). They won\u2019t start earning score again until they clear you and your progress off the point(s). The same applies when going for the triple cap lockdown\u2014the instant win only applies if all three zones are completely clear.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve seen some really exciting matches play out from this ruleset internally, and we hope you have similar experiences out in the wild!<\/p>\n

As with any Labs playlist, this mode is not final, and you may come across some tuning issues or bugs. Your most direct avenue for feedback on this mode will be in a new Labs thread on the Feedback forum<\/a>, and we\u2019ll be monitoring the conversation we see around the mode to pluck out actionable items for future iteration and polish.<\/div>\n

We hope you enjoy this first look at the new mode\u2014and you can play it right now<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Shhhh<\/h2>\n

Many Guardians have heard whispers on Io and rushed to investigate. Some of you encountered a long streak of Cabal drills\u2014far too many Cabal drills. We did some investigating to see if this was a bug. Turns out there\u2019s no bug, but the current random generator doesn\u2019t do a good job of preventing streaks of either event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019re currently investigating ways to prevent these bad luck runs in the future. We did some simulations to see if there might be any more long streaks of one type of event in the forecast. We expect a few more outliers, but balanced with long streaks of only Taken Blight events. This activity will be available every week, and once you do unlock the Heroic version, it will stay unlocked. We will continue to monitor the situation. Happy hunting.<\/p>\n

From Now Until Forsaken<\/h2>\n
Earlier this week, we published a new Development Roadmap<\/a>. Previous editions of this forecast were more focused on our plans for the future. With our immediate future looking brighter\u2014even with a darker story to tell\u2014we\u2019re using the Roadmap to telegraph the updates you\u2019ll need to download before your second year of Destiny 2<\/i> can begin.<\/div>\n
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We\u2019ve been pretty true to the plans we laid out in the last roadmap, but there were some new entries. As we do, today we\u2019d like to provide some commentary on Director Updates<\/b> and Milestones and Challenges Updates<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two of the main functions of the Director have been to help players know what to do next and lead them to sources of more powerful gear. We have some new ideas for how we can better support these goals, so we\u2019re changing the way those things work.<\/p>\n

There will be three ways to acquire Powerful Engrams in Forsaken:<\/p>\n

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