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    Iron Banter – This Week In Destiny 2: Dark Dungeons And Headless Histories

    Just about each week brings one thing new to Destiny 2, whether or not it is story beats, new actions, or attention-grabbing new combos of parts that permit gamers devastate one another within the Crucible. Iron Banter is our weekly take a look at what is going on on on this planet of Destiny and a rundown of what is drawing our consideration throughout the photo voltaic system.Most years, Destiny 2’s Festival of the Lost occasion is only a enjoyable distraction–a likelihood to decorate up with in-game masks and purchase some enjoyable Halloween-themed armor in between common bouts within the Crucible or ventures into raids. This yr, although, Bungie has elevated the occasion in a very enjoyable manner, making a campfire tale-like ghost story that unfolds in components. Uncovering the secrets and techniques of the Headless Ones is quite a lot of enjoyable, and an excellent cause to maintain diving into these Haunted Lost Sectors.It hasn’t all been s’mores and scares round Destiny 2 this week, although. A complete lot of debate has been had in regards to the two dungeons Bungie is releasing in Year 5, what they will price, and the way you will get entry to them. Many locally are…lower than enthused. Get prepared for some highs and a few lows.Dungeon IndignationThe state of affairs with the dungeons is that this: When The Witch Queen launches in February, you should purchase two completely different variations of the enlargement with a view to get it. The customary version prices $40 USD and comes with simply the enlargement content material; the Deluxe Edition is $80 and contains the enlargement, some extra cosmetics, all 4 season passes for Year 5, and two dungeons that shall be launched in some unspecified time in the future through the yr. If you do not purchase the Deluxe Edition, you aren’t getting the dungeons.Though this was introduced again throughout Bungie’s Witch Queen showcase, gamers did not actually choose up on the discrepancy till not too long ago. Then Bungie clarified the state of affairs: You might want to improve to the Deluxe Edition to get the dungeons. There could also be some sort of path for buying them sooner or later as effectively, however there’s not quite a lot of readability there. It appears that if you happen to get the usual Witch Queen and choose to purchase Year 5’s season passes piecemeal (about $10 every), you will not be getting the dungeons as a part of that deal.I already wrote a separate opinion in regards to the dungeon debacle–I feel the state of affairs is not fairly a lot ado about nothing, however the animosity towards being charged for high-quality content material is a bit extreme. After all, if you happen to get the Deluxe Edition, you get all 4 seasons for what they’d usually price, plus the dungeons principally for nothing. If and when Bungie provides a path to purchase the dungeons individually, it looks like they can not presumably be very pricey. The Deluxe Edition of Beyond Light was $70, whereas Witch Queen’s is $80 and contains dungeons, suggesting that every runs about $5. Tough to get too upset when you may spend extra on a pumpkin spice latte (and I’ve been, rather a lot, this fall).That stated, I agree that Bungie wants to scrub up and higher clarify its content material gross sales method for issues like this. First, there’s the difficulty you can’t appear to get the dungeons another manner than upgrading your buy, which implies leaping from spending $40 to spending $80, even when you do not need all these seasons. I do not know why you would be sufficient of a Destiny 2 participant that you simply’d need the dungeons however not the seasonal content material, however that is not for me to guess–allowing for unusual use circumstances and buyer freedom is what free-to-play fashions and a la carte buying are all about.Right now, if you happen to needed to play the Presage Exotic mission and also you’d bought Beyond Light and the present content material season, you would be locked out of the mission. You should purchase previous season passes, and thus get Presage, however you’d have to purchase all 4 of them, as an alternative of simply the one you want. So you would be repurchasing the Season of the Lost, plus shopping for two seasons you do not need, to get the one mission that you simply do. The dungeon upcharge state of affairs feels rather a lot like that, and that frustration is smart to me.To a point, I ponder if Bungie’s efforts to transform Destiny 2 from a paid launch with definitive expansions to a seasonal, live-game mannequin has created a few of these points. I believe there are some back-end points that restrict the methods the developer can doll out content–because absolutely if they might make it simpler, it looks like it could make extra monetary sense to present extra choices. We do not know, although, and that is sort of the purpose; it is easy to get mad about upcharges on dungeons (content material that has both been free or included in the price of expansions prior to now) whenever you’re undecided what you are paying for.I had extra coherent ideas about the entire state of affairs earlier this week, however I hope Bungie can go for a clearer and extra constant pricing plan. I actually do not thoughts paying for good Destiny 2 content material, and truthfully, Destiny 2 stays an excellent deal in my eyes. But the confusion could be robust to take care of.Ghost StoriesOkay sufficient about (shudder) monetization, let’s discuss one thing much less horrifying: horror tales. The Festival of the Lost this yr is stuffed with ’em with the brand new Haunted Lost Sectors exercise, and I’m discovering your complete endeavor fairly pleasant. The exercise itself is a enjoyable, fast pastime, and feels rather less concerned and easier-going than Haunted Forest of previous years. It’s the narrative angle that is making me need to settle in for extra ghost tales, although.The Haunted Lost Sector exercise relies on the concept Glint, the Crow’s Ghost, is obsessive about these unusual legends he is heard of “Headless Ones.” Apparently, these tales of headless monster issues had been going round for years in Destiny 2, however no one actually believed in them–they have been city legends, or perhaps post-apocalyptic alien wilderness legends?As we see within the Lost Sectors themselves, nonetheless, the pumpkin-topped Headless Ones do exist. Playing the sport through the Festival unlocks lore pages from the Tales of the Forgotten ebook, and people lore pages fill in what the hell is occurring with these guys, who’re a mixture of the Headless Horseman that chased down Ichabod Crane and a few sort of Jason Voorhees-ass Hive knights.I am unable to implore you adequate to learn the Book of the Forgotten–it is great. You can unlock the entire thing through the Festival of the Lost exercise, which can earn you in-game stuff, however if you happen to’d relatively simply learn all of it, you may catch it on the Ishtar Collective. In any case, learn it, as a result of it is a wonderful addition to Destiny 2’s story.The ebook mixes Glint’s quest to search out out extra in regards to the Headless Ones with the precise first-hand accounts from the previous of how the Headless Ones may need come to be, on Europa, Nessus, and the moon. You get a bit of those tales from Glint himself as you run by the Haunted Lost Sectors, the place he explains the legends of the Headless Ones. So the lore ebook is a story bouncing between the current and the previous. In the current, we have got Glint, asking questions on hauntings as folks stare at him incredulously. In the previous, we have got some legit horror tales which might be spooky and unsettling. It’s an exceptional combine.The actual standouts, although, are the gags you will discover within the Book of the Forgotten. Glint seeks out a number of historian sorts alongside the best way, attempting to determine issues like “what is Halloween” and “why pumpkins.” The ebook is, legitimately, very humorous. Like Ghost Community Theater Presents humorous. Listen–there is a wonderful second by which a Cryptarch cites info gleaned from a porno magazine. Read this ebook.It’s stuff like this that I really like about Destiny 2. An occasion I did not anticipate to be far more than only a enjoyable cause to purchase some goofy new sparrows turned out to hold a complete completely different really feel, because of a brand new narrative method to the exercise. Hanging out with Glint is enjoyable. Reading about Glint attempting to be a critical historic researcher who principally chases Hive Pumpkin Bigfoot is even higher.So thumbs as much as this yr’s Festival of the Lost, and particularly hats off to the Destiny 2 writing crew behind its lore and story moments. It’s superb how Bungie has captured a sitting-around-the-campfire really feel within the sport. I’m excited to dive again in. I actually desire a good Horror Story auto rifle reroll.Let us know what’s burning in your mind this week within the feedback, Guardians, whether or not it is the dungeon dust-up, Glint’s ghost tales, or one thing else. Is Jurassic Green even good? Someone please inform me.

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