Public Events Can Be Insane
Those of you who have poured hours into Destiny can probably do all of the available public events in your sleep. There wasn’t much variety, and once you figured them out, they were extremely easy and not very rewarding. Bungie must’ve taken notice because they dialed things up quite a bit for Destiny 2.
Public Events are much more challenging this time around, though they’re still set for certain areas. Once you do an event in a specific location, you’ll know which one will be there every single time. However, they have a new mechanic that allows players to turn the event into a Heroic one, upping the difficulty but also increasing your chances of better gear. Each and every challenge has a secret trigger, whether it be destroying a certain enemy or blowing up a specific piece of equipment, that will cause the public event to change into a boss fight instead (those that are already boss fights just become more difficult). Upon completion, you’ll get a drop from the boss as well as your usual, promised loot chest.
Also, to make farming these instances a whole lot easier (so you can make the most of your time) you can see a live countdown by pulling up the director (map) from your Ghost. If you happen to expand out to that section of the map you may even be able to fast travel to a nearby point.
From our time with the game, though, doing these solo will be no small task, as they really throw enemy forces at you while forcing you to juggle objectives. They’re definitely built for larger groups, or highly skilled players, so it will be interesting to see what surefire strategies Destiny 2 Fireteams come up with.
