The release of Destiny 2: Lightfall is creeping up fast on us. You can check out the latest trailer for the new Strand subclass by clicking here or read the information by clicking here. Today, Bungie has released the TWAB (This week at Bungie) for February 9, 2023. Let’s dig in and see what they have to tell us!
Bungie starts off talking about the new Strand subclass with: If you ever thought to yourself, “Self, I’d really like to get my Spider-Man on but make it green,” then you’re in luck! Strand is swinging its way into Destiny 2 with Lightfall and letting Guardians know if they missed the trailer or want to watch it again, it is available to check out the beauty of Strand.
Latency Issues
Bungie started investigating latency issues in the game where you would see one or more players standing against a wall or not taking damage, teleporting or possibly killing you. They have eliminated the new matchmaking changes as the root cause as it was happening in private matches as well. Bungie notes that Valve has been making improvements to its Steam Datagram Relay (SDR) service to provide safe, high-quality Destiny 2 connections. They found new relays were not configured properly and severely impacted network quality between players during peak hours. The problematic relays were taken offline at 3 PM last Friday pending a more thorough investigation, and this appears to have resolved the immediate issue for players. So Guardians should not have any issues right now with latency in games. It is not a total fix but they said they found some additional bugs that will be fixed with Lightfall.
Strand Fashion
Continuing on in the TWAB for February 9, with the launch of Lightfall any items that changes appearance based on the equipped subclass will be compatible with Strand. This includes Solstice Armor from past years, finishers and subclass emotes. Check out the armor here:
The following armor and weapon perks will also be compatible with Strand, when applicable, come Lightfall:
- Elemental Capacitor
- Osmosis
- Explosive Payload
- Dragonfly
- Cluster Bombs
- Chain Reaction
- Chromatic Fire’s “Crystalline Transistor”
- Mantle of Battle Harmony’s “Absorption Cells”
- The Bombadiers’ “Parting Gift”
- Verity’s Brow’s “The Fourth Magic”
- Felwinter’s Helm’s “Warlord’s End”
- And more as a possibility in the future post-launch
Weapon Crafting
To integrate weapon crafting into the core economy of the game, Bungie is completely removing Resonant Elements from Destiny 2. Standard currency like glimmer and enhancement cores will replace this. The deepsight attunement objective will also be removed. Resonant and Harmonic Alloys will still be used with the launch of Lightfall, but they will be overhauled. Ascendant Alloys will remain the same for now.
Don’t forget Prime Gaming!!!
Don’t forget the goodies Guardians can get from Amazon Prime Gaming for Destiny. This month they are giving:
- Sunshot, Exotic Hand Cannon
- Red Dwarf, Sunshot Weapon Ornament
- Jotuneer, Exotic Sparrow
- Ghost Projection
- And an additional surprise
You can request yours by clicking here. You will just need to have your Bungie account linked to Prime Gaming.
Trials of Osiris Map
Bungie asked for Guardians to vote for the next Trials map and with 44 percent of the total vote, the winner is Radiant Cliffs. This will start tomorrow February 10th at reset!
Destiny Year 6
With Lightfall, Destiny will be moving into year 6. With this, certain items will become deprecated and no longer available for use by Guardians. Once they are deprecated, they will need to manually be removed for your inventory. This items are:
- All Bounties, Missions, and Quests from the Season of the Risen, Season of the Haunted, Season of Plunder, and Season of the Seraph
- All Ritual and Pinnacle Weapon Quests and Ornaments (the gear will become available in the Monument to Lost Lights Exotic Archive)
- Psychogenic Intel
- Risen Umbral Energy
- Insight
- Synaptic Spear
- Nightmare Harvester
- Vestiges of Dread
- Figments of Darkness
- Opulent Umbral Energy
- Opulent Keys
- Captain’s Atlas
- Small, Medium, and Large Treasure Beacons
- Treasure Maps
- Crude Cipher
- Crude Cipher Fragment
- Map Fragments
- Repute
- Plundered Umbral Energy
- Treasure Coordinates
- Seraph Cipher
- Exo Frame Module
- Seraph Key Codes
- Resonance Amp
- Resonate Stems
- Seraphic Umbral Energy
- Destination Materials
What do you think of the TWAB for February 9 2023? What are you most excited about with Lightfall or not looking forward to? Let us know in the comments below or hit us up on our Twitter account. Stay tuned to Culture Splat for more content coming your way!