Sandbox Updates
Changes for Season 3 – Better Exotics and More Interesting Legendaries
We knew that sandbox exotic weapon changes were coming in Warmind, but we got a very close look at some of them in action, including Fighting Lion, Graviton Lance, Skyburner’s Oath, Sturm/Drang , Hardlight and more. During the stream, team members mentioned that nearly every exotic weapon is getting a touch up of some kind. It may not be as dramatic or flashy as the homing explosive rounds from the Skyburner’s Oath, but most are getting some kind of buff/change. Only a few that are in a really good spot already are getting left alone. They weren’t clear on which, though.
In addition to exotics getting some much-needed love, it looks like Bungie is in the business of adding some more unique legendary weapons as well. Something that will hopefully get the bad taste of the forge weapons from Curse of Osiris out of our mouths (which was a cool idea by the way, just poorly executed).
They showed off a new super exclusive PvP weapon called Redrix’s Claymore pulse rifle that has its own unique perk called Desperado. It’s tied to the new Crucible PvP rank system, and you’ll need to get a Glory Rank of “Fabled” to get it. Which according to the developers during the stream will be very very hard. Speaking of the Crucible…
The Crucible
Changes for Season 3 – Valor and Glory Ranks
The Crucible is getting a facelift to make it more of a desirable place to invest your time into. If you’ve been playing since launch, there really isn’t much of a reason to play other than fun, and depending on your opinion of the current PvP meta, you might not even want to play for fun. When season 3 launches with Destiny 2: Warmind, there will be two new types of ranks that players can earn: Valor and Glory Ranks.
Valor is the more casual of the two and simply rewards time invested. Whether you win, lose or draw, you’ll level up your Valor Rank. Winning earns more progress towards it, but a loss won’t be worthless either. Glory Rank are for the hardcore competitive players to add some much needed edge to their games. Progress is earned in Competitive mode, and wins will earn you progress while losses will set you back with winning and losing streaks amplifying that progress in their respective directions. Glory will have the flashier of the rewards, including the Redrix’s Claymore pulse rifle we mentioned above.
Finally, private match functionality will make its long awaited return and both the casual/competitive community can go back to organizing their own events. Hard to complain about that one.
