This Week In Destiny - 10/17/2024
Oct 17, 2024 - Destiny 2 Community Team
This Week in Destiny, we ran through our first ever dungeon race! As every time Contest mode is active on an activity, watching you all fight against the odds and rise above the enemies of humanity was exhilarating. After a long weekend of big achievements, how about we go over this week's topics to lay our eyes on what's coming next?
- Covering Solo Ops in our latest Dev Insight blog
- Vesper's Host dungeon race winners
- Dungeon challenges with your favorite creators
- How Tonics work in Episode: Revenant
- Announcing Destiny: Rising!
- Hurricane Relief update
- Have some cool Vesper's Host wallpapers
Let's do this!
Our Latest Dev Insight is Here
We had a very big launch last week, with both Revenant and Vesper's Host going live; but we still have a commitment with you all to share more about the future of Destiny. That's why another Dev Insights article about Destiny 2 Codename: Frontiers was published yesterday.
It focuses on what we are calling Solo Ops. These 10-minute missions can be completed alone or with a fireteam, allow the use of Challenge Customization to make progress toward better gear, and they are being built to stay fresh across repeated plays.
Please go read the article to get the full story.
That Thing Is in the Lower Stacks!
You shot the wrong panels, you forgot to dunk your buffs, mini servitors blew you up, radiation fried you and those weird discharges of orange Arc energy smote you at the worst possible moment... But you did it, Guardians, you defeated your foes and completed Vesper's Host! Not only that, but many of you did so during Contest Mode, our hardest challenge to date and available for the first time during the launch weekend of a dungeon.
After working on verification of the first completions with our security team, we are finally ready to confirm the podium for the Vesper's Host dungeon race. Shout out to the three incredibly powerful and talented Guardians below.
First place
- Tides
- Pine
- SpecialHero
Second place
- 柠柠
- 事没有与愿违
- jingxinyo
Third place
- Dragon
- Grumm
- Soto
We will celebrate their valor and skill with a winner’s bundle composed of the new Vesper’s Host bracelet and a Vesper's Host Activewear Hoodie customized with their Bungie Name.
As for the rest of you, whether you completed the dungeon on Contest or on normal difficulty, we hoped you enjoyed the experience. Now is the time to help others complete it, to earn more gear (including Ice Breaker), and to discover the many secrets this dungeon holds. The numbers, Guardian, what do they mean!?
A Challenge for Content Creators
In last week’s TWID, we announced that streamers from 14 different regions will be competing against each other in a speedrun competition for Vesper’s Host. They’ve been hard at practice if you’ve managed to catch any of their streams across the last couple of weeks, but today we’re excited to share the schedule for their official attempts!
Remember, each fireteam is getting the opportunity to run through Vesper’s Host as quickly as they can, with as many attempts as they’d like, during their nominated three-hour timeslot. Obviously, they are only permitted to use legitimate techniques for their speedrun.
The team who completes the dungeon in the shortest time will receive $1,000 USD worth of Twitch Subs each, as well as a full set of the Vesper’s Host Bungie Rewards items.
For their final streams, you still have the opportunity to receive a Tower Pamphlet emblem as a giveaway, so check them out!
The stream schedule and creator channels are below:
- Tuesday, October 22
- Wednesday, October 23
- Thursday, October 24
- 11AM – 2PM PDT | Germany: psyk0ra, Miftaka, Haselnuuuss
- 2PM – 5PM PDT | USA: Zavalr, SamiKat, APlatypuss
- Friday, October 25
- 4AM – 7AM PDT | Middle East: Fancy, Abdulmallk, Qweizar
- 7AM – 10AM PDT | Nordics: YellowsLight, IScreamQueen, +1 community member
- 11AM – 2PM PDT | Brazil: oEverson_, Zyndal_, MahrioJR
- Saturday, October 26
- 7AM – 10AM PDT | France: Merj1, Zwave, Gius
- 6PM – 9PM PDT | LATAM: Alyssa_Chambers, KriegLegion, El Tio Toland
- 9PM – 12AM PDT | Japan: Ultra Red, Shin, Hanasuzume
- Sunday, October 27
- 10AM – 1PM PDT | UK: Benny, NerdyNetty, BobDuckNWeave
- Monday, October 28
- 10:30AM – 1:30PM PDT | Spain: Daykyri, +2 community members
- 11AM – 2PM PDT | Italy: Giornogaming, Zrapt0r, SerpeFPS
- Tuesday, October 29
- 10AM – 1PM PDT | Benelux: Bruinevloei, Joshua Khane, Kalelex
Introduction to Tonics
With the release of Revenant, we’ve made all Act I story content available at launch so players can go through the story at their own pace. In addition to the main questline, you’ll also find additional stories to explore in the Tonic Laboratory.
There you can not only learn new Tonic Formulas to brew more powerful Tonics, but also unlock Eido's Fieldwork offerings. If you’re still getting the hang of how to master everything Tonics have to offer, here is a quick rundown to help you along the way.
The first thing you must do is brew Uncommon Tonics to discover Rare Tonics, allowing you to brew Tonics with more powerful effects than their lower quality counterparts. Brew enough Rare Tonics of different types and you will start discovering Legendary Tonics. These not only drastically improve duration, but Volatile Tonics will now combine the effects of two Tonics in one and Enriching Tonics will improve the chance to earn more specific loot.
The more Tonic Formulas you discover, the more Eido will request your help with Fieldwork, a set of quests that improve your ability to brew Tonics and unlock new lore and information about the history of the Eliksni.
Complete Minor Fieldwork to earn additional reagents and rewards, and gain access to new Major Fieldwork. Completing Major Fieldwork will unlock unique upgrades that improve your ability to brew Tonics and collect reagents. Upon completing all Major Fieldwork, Eido will offer a special Key Fieldwork mission, sending you to recover a powerful device capable of brewing new Tonics, and permanently extending the duration of all Tonics.
We haven't covered where you can get the materials to create these potent potions as the game will point you towards activities that reward these ingredients. Some of them are constantly rewarded while playing the game, while the rarest and most valuable will only be awarded when completing playing or completing certain activities. Keep an eye on your feed and inspect your Tonic Capsule in the Inventory to learn more about them.
These are the basics of Tonic brewing for Act I. Unlock Tonics one after another, drink them to empower yourself or for a chance to earn specific loot and complete Fieldwork to keep the cycle running!
Welcome, Destiny: Rising!
Alright, everyone, doll up and gather around us to give the new kid on the block a very warm welcome!
Destiny: Rising is a new free-to-play mobile sci-fi RPG shooter set within the rich tapestry of the Destiny Universe and is being developed and published by our partners over at NetEase Games. It will deliver a brand-new adventure set in an alternate Destiny timeline, where it will also explore a narrative in the post-Dark Age era.
You can register now for a limited access closed alpha test set for November by visiting Destiny: Rising’s homepage: www.playdestinyrising.com. Don't miss any updates by following it on social media:
- Discord: https://discord.gg/destinyrising
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlayDestinyRising
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/_DestinyRising
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playdestinyrising/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@playdestinyrising
Bungie Foundation Hurricane Relief Campaign
Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton may have passed, but the long road to recovery for communities across the Southeast United States is just beginning. To help bolster these recovery efforts, we have launched our 2024 Hurricane relief campaign, benefiting the incredible work our partners at Team Rubicon and Direct Relief are delivering.
From clearing roads of downed debris and trees, mucking and gutting flooded homes so homeowners can start the rebuild process and delivering vital medication to health centers, Team Rubicon and Direct Relief are doing deeply impactful work across the region, and you can help strengthen these efforts by donating today. Your $25 donation will earn you the exclusive Through The Storm emblem with all proceeds going to Team Rubicon and Direct Relief. Donate now! Campaign closes on 10/31/2024.
Thank you for your support and once again showing that Guardians are an incredibly powerful force for good.
Vesper’s Host Wallpapers
How about some incredible wallpapers showcasing our latest dungeon to adorn your PCs or phones? There you go!
Player Support Report
Iron Banner Dates Correction
In a previous TWID, we shared that Iron Banner would be back for two weeks on November 5. That information was incorrect. Iron Banner will be back on the week of November 26, with Control being the featured game mode on its first week and then Tribute on the next one.
Known Issues
- The H.E.L.M.'s landing zone takes players to the Market District in the Last City.
- The health bar colors of major enemies has been altered, making it hard to distinguish between them and minor enemy health bar colors.
- Dialogue and narrative are missing from Minor and Major Fieldworks.
- The ability description for the Hunter Arc Staff Super does not mention that the three-attack combo or ground slam attack applies Blind.
- The UI for the Prismatic Warlock's Solar Healing Grenade changes color based on the equipped Super.
- The Vantage Point Pulse Rifle cannot equip the Backup Mag mod.
- The Ether Siphon Seasonal buff can remove overflowed rounds from magazines.
- The Kinetic Impacts artifact mod does not work for all Heavy Grenade Launchers, damage impact is too low, and it needs too much damage to activate a shockwave.
- Rocket Sidearms can't break Scorn cages.
- Some characters are blocked on Step 2 of the Act I: Eliksni Rescue quest because their Tonic Brewing Guide went to their Postmaster.
- Opening the Tonic Capsule container can soft lock the game.
- Players can get out of this screen by opening their Director screen.
- Players who abandon the Act I: Prologue quest when it tells you to visit Eido at the holoprojector are unable to reclaim the quest.
- A player's third Pathfinder completion does not give rewards.
- Salvation's Edge no longer advertises a Pinnacle reward.
- The featured Exotic mission does not reward a Pinnacle reward.
- Only the first person who opens the chest at the end of a 50-wave Onslaught receives rewards.
- The Class Warfare modifier does not activate after using the class ability during Onslaught.
Vesper's Host Dungeon
- The Augment Vandal sometimes does not spawn after the player holding the augment returns to orbit before descending to the lower level.
- A soft lock can occur when not all servitors reform with the boss after DPS ends, and the remaining servitors are inconsistent between players.
Too Many Hands
It never gets easy just... looking at the Witness. Freaky dude, too many arms and too many heads. This amazing sculpture is still in progress, but it looks so good already that we had to have it here. Let us know how the finalized version looks!
The Witness 3D Sculpture. By H@nn@h via Twitter/X
You Sure You Got Them?
Setting traps in Onslaught is easy. You taunt a Champion, make them follow you, smite their poor soul with the anger of the Thunder Gods via air strike, and that's it.
Hey, look, an extra MOTW! If you don't have Ice Breaker yet, maybe you can build your own*. Just follow the steps on this video!
*Required tools and necessary amazing skills not included
And we are done here. Tell us, how are you enjoying Revenant so far? How many rounds of Onslaught have you completed already? Did you complete Vesper's Host yet? Have you brewed a ton of Tonics? Remember to drink some water between Tonics to avoid having any undesired results. If you wake up the next morning as a chicken or a frog, consult with your Ghost and don't allow Drifter to get near you.
Anyway, Eido! Pour me another one!
Destiny 2 Community Team