On Thursday, Bungie dropped an enormous “State of the Game” post for Future 2. Written by sport director Joe Blackburn, the publish is usually a preview of Bungie’s upcoming Future 2 Showcase, which can totally debut The Remaining Form enlargement on Aug. 22.
Nonetheless, regardless of being a teaser, the article does comprise a whole lot of particulars about adjustments coming to Future 2 over the subsequent 12 months. And the publish could be very lengthy, so we’ve taken the freedom of summarizing an important information under.
Most of those adjustments are slated for season 22, which begins Aug. 22 after the Showcase. Some adjustments received’t seem in-game till season 23 (late 2023), The Remaining Form (anticipated early 2024), or later.
Normal
- The Remaining Form’s fundamental space will embrace a brand new bounty alternative tentatively known as “Pathfinder.” Bungie hasn’t revealed any data on it but outdoors of its existence and that it’s doubtlessly coming to the remainder of the sport after The Remaining Form.
- Season 22 will embrace three new Strand Facets, one for every class. Hunters will get the Whirling Maelstrom, Titans will get the Banner of Struggle, and Warlocks will get one known as Weavewalk.
- Bungie will now not launch a playlist-themed armor set alongside each enlargement; nevertheless, a brand new ritual armor set will are available The Remaining Form.
- Beginning in season 22, gamers can favourite as much as 100 shaders, ornaments, and emotes to be able to propel them to the entrance of the more and more lengthy in-game menu listing.
- All Stasis Facets and Fragments shall be a lot simpler to get in season 22 and can now work on a vendor system, just like the Mild unlocks through Ikora.
- Some current weapon varieties will get fully new subfamilies beginning in The Remaining Form.
- In contrast to Lightfall, The Remaining Form (and its raid, apparently) will provide a conclusion to the Mild and Darkness Saga’s story.
- Bungie received’t be elevating the ability cap in Season 22.
- Bungie promised a change to the development system in The Remaining Form, which can additional cut back friction when taking part in with new buddies.
PvP
- The brand new Vex Community map, Multiplex, is coming to the sport in Season 22 — however don’t anticipate new maps to come back to the sport fairly often, as they take improvement assets away from story missions and Unique quests
- Bungie will debut two new PvP modes — Checkmate and Relic — in its Crucible Labs take a look at atmosphere subsequent season. Checkmate revolves round major weapon play slightly than particular weapons or talents. Relic lets gamers take management of among the particular weapons that gamers have seen in raids and different actions, just like the Season of the Risen Synaptic Spear, the Season of the Haunted Scythe, and the Aegis from Vault of Glass.
- The Citadel map from Future 2: Forsaken will return in Season 23, reworked for contemporary occasions
- Trials of Osiris is getting a brand new armor set in Season 22. The Titan armor is bear themed
Vanguard
- Vanguard Medals — primarily simply an elaborate scoring system for Strikes, as debuted in Guardian Video games — are coming to the sport as a everlasting function in Season 22
- Extra Battlegrounds will enter into the Dusk and Grandmaster Dusk rotation in each Season 22 and Season 23
Gambit
- Gambit isn’t as in style as different elements of the sport, so the studio doesn’t need to dedicate too many assets to it. There are not any plans to transform Gambit once more.
- Throughout The Remaining Form period of the sport, the previous Cathedral of Scars map will return to Gambit
- Bungie will add the Shadow Legion and Lucent Hive as potential enemy combatants after The Remaining Form
Bungie additionally reiterated a number of of its previous statements about dishonest (it can proceed to pursue litigation towards folks caught doing it) and acknowledged the soundness points with the sport, as properly.