For most live service games, holidays represent a great time to add in limited time content for the player base, from cosmetics to limited time events and quests. Halloween is typically at the top of most fan favorite holiday lists, giving studios an excuse to add a bit of spookiness to their games.Destiny 2is no exception asFestival of the Lost has become a big deal for playersdecking the Tower social space out in candles and spider webs, new cosmetics such as festival masks, as well as limited time activities.
This past year,Bungie aimed to spice up the Festival of the Lost event, which to that point, had started to become fairly routine for many. While the 2021 event still contained familiar elements like collecting candy and buying masks, players could now collect pages from a new item called Book of the Forgotten, while also delving into a new activity called Haunted Lost Sectors. Alongside new cosmetic items, Bungie also let the player base pick the unique armor for this year, with fans voting for Dinosaur inspired gear.
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With how successful thatDestiny 2community vote went, Bungie brought it back in advance of the 2022 Festival of the Lost event. Over the past month, Bungie has been collecting votes from players between the returning Team Monster armor sets and a newMech set inspired by franchises likeGundamandVoltron. The voting was fierce and after a bit of time, Bungie has finally revealed the ultimate winner.
Surprisingly, the vote was incredibly close with Team Mech coming out on top with 52% of the vote to Teams Monsters 48%. With the fan vote so close, there are someDestiny 2players hoping that Bungie will end up releasing both sets, especially since this is the second year in a row that Team Monsters has lost. Regardless, a user on theDestiny 2subReddit has made a plea to Bungie in the hopes that the Hunter Mech set can be updated to be more symmetrical with the gauntlets being quite different on each arm, almost as if one side is completely missing entirely.
In addition to the big Festival of the Lost armor set winner,Bungie also took a moment to outline its plans for the rapidly approaching Season 17. In order to keep dungeons and raids feeling fresh, the studio is introducing weekly rotations for older content alongside pinnacle rewards and challenges. Next week, Bungie is going to do a deep dive into planned sandbox changes specifically with weapon balancing and potential buffs and nerfs as well.
Destiny 2is now available on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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