Bungie has outlined a few of its plans for PvE, PvP and Exotic upgrades following fan confusion.
Bungie has posted a lengthy new update ahead of the release of The Dark Below expansion to try and explain its intentions regarding the recently-announced changes, and dispel player confusion on some of it. First up, the developer explained the whole system in bullet-points for easy reading.
- Destiny will continue to provide new ways to evolve
- Your existing items will still be effective in any encounter
- The Dark Below will contain exclusive options to level up
- More powerful Exotics will drop, or be sold by Xûr
- More powerful Legendaries will drop, or be sold by vendors
- More powerful Raid gear will drop – and more often!
- More predictable options will upgrade beloved Exotics
- Exotic upgrades purchased from Xûr replace weaker items
- Exotic upgrade paths require much less time and material
- An upgraded Exotic is more powerful right out of the box
- Pocket Infinity – charges too quickly after the first shot, fix in progress, to be released in a future update
- Daily Event Reward Packages – no longer delivered by the Postmaster after a Public Event, will be fixed automatically in The Dark Below update
- In the event of a massacre, all parties are returned to orbit at the conclusion of the match
- Team-based playlists: If one team is grossly under-performing, the session is dissolved in favour of matchmaking
- Rumble playlist – If three or more players are grossly under-performing, the session is dissolved in favour of matchmaking/span>
- Limited-time playlists (Salvage and Combined Arms) will be available to all players
- Bastion and First Light have moved out of Control and Clash to Combined Arms
- New Playlists will let you play new content right away
- Playlists will require The Dark Below to enter
- Each week, we’ll have two additional Premium Playlists
- Week One will be Clash and Rumble on new maps
- Rotators will change each week
- New experimental modes to be included!
