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Source: https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/50095 This week at Bungie, we revealed Season of the Chosen. A new Season is upon us. Next week, Season of the Chosen goes live on February 9. Empress Caiatl has arrived to fight against the Hive. She has proposed an alliance, but the cost is too high, and whether he wanted it or not, Zavala is faced with a difficult choice. Check out the trailer to see how that conversation went down. Video Link We have a whole page dedicated to details about the new Season. Give it a visit to learn about the new private staging ground called the H.E.L.M., our new matchmade Battlegrounds activity, and more.
Image Linkimgur Here is the full Seasonal calendar laying out what you can expect from Season of the Chosen, and what dates to carve out for universe saving.
Spoils of War
Season of the Chosen is delivering some shiny new things for you to collect. We already spilled the beans that for the first time, some of the favorite weapons from Destiny 1 are showing up in Destiny 2 as rewards for completing Nightfall: The Ordeal. Here is the lineup:
The Swarm
Palindrome
Shadow Price
Image Linkimgur Nightfall: The Ordeal weapons have a chance to drop at the end of the activity depending on your medal (Platinum, Gold, etc.) and difficulty. Master difficulty will give you the highest chance at a drop of the base versions of these weapons. Adept difficulty weapons have a chance to drop at the end of a Grandmaster Nightfall when they go live later in the Season. Drop chance also dependent on your medal. Slay enough Champions to hit Platinum and you will have a high chance at an Adept weapon.
Hot Pursuit
Similar to Season of the Hunt, we will have a new Pursuit weapon for you to earn from your quest of choice. Choose between strikes, Crucible, or Gambit to earn the new Breech Loaded Grenade Launcher, Salvager’s Salvo. Image Linkimgur After you have obtained your new tool of destruction you will be able to earn three different ornaments for it from additional quests picked up from Zavala, Lord Shaxx, and the Drifter.
Trials
Image Linkimgur You may have already seen some teases of the new rewards for the Trials of Osiris coming with Season of the Chosen. We also have three new Trials weapons. Image Linkimgur Here is another shot of the new armor you will be able to start earning when Trials goes live on February 12. Image Linkimgur Each weapon will also have an Adept version with special mods, you can read more about those here, as well as a special shader that can be applied to any Adept weapon, even the ones from the Grandmaster Nightfall. For the first week of Trials, armor and adept mods will be in the Flawless Chest. The second week is when you'll have your first chance of the Season to grab an Adept weapon. Along with these new weapons and armor, Trials has some new cosmetic rewards to show off as well. The Ghost Shell drop chances increases as you win matches and increases when you hit the 3/5/7 win and flawless milestones each week. The ship and Sparrow drop chances increase every time you go flawless. Here is a look at the rewards! Image Linkimgur Image Linkimgur Image Linkimgur But wait, there’s more. Season of Chosen has several new additions to your arsenal ready for the taking. Image Linkimgur
Cult of Aeon
The team has some cool plans to shake up the Aeon suite of Exotics. Here it is straight from the Destiny Dev team on what you can expect when you equip these arms.
Destiny Dev Team: In redesigning the Aeon Cult Exotic armor pieces, we wanted to lean hard into the idea that these are the Exotics you and your fireteam wear when you really want to work together as a team. With that in mind, we had three main goals for the revamped mechanics:
Create role-based mechanics that reward you for doing the things that your role is supposed to be good at.
Create mechanics that reward other players on your fireteam when you fulfill your role.
Give your fireteam incentive for each player to take on a different role.
Instead of having a single, monolithic Exotic perk to handle this, we opted to take a page out of the Armor 2.0 book and give the Aeon Cult Exotics their own, unique mod socket and mods, which are all unlocked as soon as you acquire the Exotic and each of which is tied to one of the different Aeon Cult roles. These mods are identical across the Exotics for all three classes, so you can choose any role regardless of what class or subclass you are playing. The three Aeon Cult mods, and their associated mechanics, are as follows: Image Linkimgur Each of these mods has one perk that focuses on the user, and one perk that grants benefits to their allies. Additionally, the second perk includes an extra benefit for anyone in your fireteam that has not chosen the same role, so for maximum efficiency each member of the 3-player fireteam should choose a different mod to reap the most benefits.
Catalyst Comeback
In a previous TWAB discussing the Destiny Content Vault we mentioned that some of the content being vaulted would affect several Exotic weapon catalysts and we would be temporarily removing them while we worked to update their drop and upgrade sources. Catalysts for the following weapons have had their drop sources and objectives updated to not be associated with Vaulted content:
Bad Juju
Izanagi's Burden
Sleeper Simulant
The Huckleberry
Worldline Zero
Polaris Lance
Telesto
Legend of Acrius
Skyburner's Oath
The catalysts for Whisper of the Worm and Outbreak Perfected are still unobtainable for anyone who hasn’t already earned them and will be added in a future update.
Prime Gaming
Last week, a new set of rewards were made available through Prime Gaming. Once you sign up here and link your Bungie.net account, you can go and claim your rewards. They will be waiting for you in the safe care of Amanda Holliday in the hangar portion of the Tower.
Graviton Lance
Carina Nebula Exotic Weapon Ornament
Cosmos Shell Exotic Ghost Shell
Avalon Courser Legendary Sparrow
Image Linkimgur Check back next month and we will have a new shipment of Prime Gaming rewards for you to pick up from Amanda.
ALL GOOD THINGS…
Image Linkimgur As the Seasons change our team of experts have the important info you need to know. This is their report.
SEASONAL TITLES AND BUNGIE REWARDS
Season of the Hunt ends on February 9. View our Update 3.1.0 timeline below for what time it will end, and Season of the Chosen begins. Before the Season ends, player who earned the Flawless and Conqueror titles should claim and equip them to ensure that they don’t get removed. Multiple items from Bungie Rewards should also be earned in-game before February 9, 9 AM PST, and claimed on the Bungie Rewards site by February 12, 9 AM PST:
Free Stranger Papercraft Figure
Stasis T-Shirt
Warden Seal Pin (players should equip the title to ensure that it’s earned)
Hawkmoon Mini Replica
ITEM AND QUEST REMOVAL
As we announced earlier this week, before Season of the Hunt ends on February 9, it’s recommended to turn in the following items and quests or they will be removed from player’s inventories or will no longer be able to be used:
You will be able to turn these into Spider for Glimmer.
SAVE YOUR HALO DATA
A few weeks ago, we announced that on February 9, the halo.bungie.net website will be taken offline permanently. As a result of this, personal custom Halo avatars that are currently used on Bungie.net will be removed due to the functionality living on halo.bungie.net. We welcome everyone to go to their Bungie.net profile and save their avatars to their computer as we’re exploring options to possibly allow them to be uploaded to your profile in the future. Additionally, we welcome everyone to save their Halo stats and files on halo.bungie.net however they wish, such as using screenshots, saving the pages to your PC, or using third-party archive sites.
SDR CONSOLE UPDATE
Steam Datagram Relay is coming to consoles during Season of the Chosen, but we need to do more testing and fixes before it's ready to go live. SDR is used to mitigate against DDOS attacks. You can learn more about it from a previous TWAB.
UPDATE 3.1.0 AND MAINTENANCE TIMELINE
Next Tuesday, February 9, maintenance for Update 3.1.0 will begin. Below is a timeline of events:
8 AM PST (1600 UTC): Maintenance begins.
8:45 AM PST (1645 UTC): Players are removed from activities. Destiny 2 is brought offline.
9 AM PST (1700 UTC): Update 3.1.0 will be available across all platforms and regions. Players will be able to log back into Destiny 2.
10 AM PST (1800 UTC): Destiny 2 maintenance is expected to conclude.
Below are some issues that will be resolved with Update 3.1.0. A complete list will be shared when the update goes live.
The Crucible Valor and Gambit Infamy New Light quests can now be completed after resetting ranks.
Ahamkara Bones will now spawn in the Agonarch Abyss and Cimmerian Garrison Ascendant Challenges.
Triumphs: Lore of Luna, Wisdom of the Witch, Run the Gauntlet in Cimmerian Garrison.
The Altar of Sorrows bosses will now rotate each day.
The Warsat Public Event in the Cosmodrome’s Mothyards will now count toward bounties.
The lift tube in the Warden of Nothing strike will now open for every player.
The boss from The Insight Terminus strike will now always teleport away after scanning the Vex terminal.
Lake of Shadows will no longer become blocked if players bypass trigger volumes.
Sturm will once again reload any equipped Energy slot weapon on kills.
Merciless will once again increase its charge rate on non-lethal hits.
Thunderlord, Reckless Oracle, and other weapons will once again render their scope and/or reticle.
KNOWN ISSUES
While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum:
We continue to investigate PC FPS and Stuttering issues.
The Lightseeker Triumph is not unlocking after players have found all weekly feathers for the "Bird of Prey" quest, and feathers no longer appear after completing the Bird of Prey quest.
The black Blight Orbs left behind by the High Celebrant won't open portals if shot by Sidearms, and sometimes won’t open when in a fireteam.
We’re continuing to investigate various error codes, including ARUGULA and PRUNE.
For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.
Big Screen
Image Linkimgur It’s about time we watch some movies, right? Let's get to it, no reason for me to dilly dally on about nothing. Just rambling and taking up time when we could be enjoying popcorn and flashing lights. Speaking of flashing lights, wait... what was I talking about? Oh right, here are the winners. Movie of the Week: Titans vs Taniks Video Link Movie of the Week: Journey Video Link This week’s winners will be receiving a special MOTW emblem to show off to the world. If you are one of the winners, congratulations! Please make sure you post a link to your Bungie.net profile in the description of the video. As always, if you'd like to submit your creation to be featured in a future TWAB, make sure to create a post on the Community Creations portal of Bungie.net.
Expression
Image Linkimgur Damn I love me some Destiny art. It’s always a great time scrolling through all of beautiful creations from the sea of talented artists in this community. Let’s share some love for these artists’ beautiful creations. Art of the Week: Crow
If you see your art above, congratulations! Please make sure you reply to your post with a link to you bungie.net account and we will ship your emblem to you. Here we are, the last TWAB of the Season. It’s always and exciting time when new Destiny content is only a few sleeps away. With new story content, a new strike, two strikes from the DCV, a new matchmade activity, [Redacted] and so much more, this Season is jam-packed. We will see you on the Battlegrounds. Season of the Chosen, I choo choo choose you. <3 Cozmo
There have been a few other long-term HODLers sharing their stories recently and I've greatly enjoyed reading them and reminiscing about Bitcoin's past. Here's my story - I hope it's as entertaining as the others. --- Every number between 0 cents and the current ATH has been, by definition, the all-time-high at one point. Don't let that prevent you from taking a risk in something you believe in. Extend your time horizon to a decade and lock your coins away. --- I've been a libertarian since I was a teenager. The expanding role of the State is something that I've been worrying about for most of my life. While learning about the immorality of the existence of the State, at some point I learned about monetary policy and how inflation is robbing everyone on an unprecedented scale. I tucked this knowledge away and was determined to figure out a way around it when I started making my own money. (This paragraph is the only one involving political philosophy, go ahead and continue reading) I first heard of Bitcoin in 2010 on one of the many forums I frequented in my libertarian internet circle. It was an interesting concept to me, but I didn't pursue it at all. Again I tucked this knowledge away for future use. I heard of it again several months later (2010). This time I decided to try it out. I remember downloading and syncing the reference wallet and using a BTC faucet to send coins to my wallet. I forget exactly how many it was... 5, maybe? That's as far as I went with it though. At some point I deleted the wallet and the downloaded blockchain - probably to make room for a Steam game or something. Those coins are gone. That's right - Steam. I have been a gamer for most of my life as well. I owned a powerful graphics card at the time: The Radeon 5970. The third time I heard about Bitcoin was in May 2011. I had heard that the price was lifting off and people were making a lot of money from it. This time I decided to dive in and see what I could figure out. This was where I fell into the deep rabbit hole of Bitcoin. I remember getting so absorbed in it that I didn't sleep some nights. I was working my day job, going home and learning all that I could about Bitcoin. Learning about how addresses were generated, how wallets worked, how mining worked, how the difficulty adjustment worked, everything that I possibly could. After a week or two of obsessing and reading about Bitcoin, I decided that this was the most important invention since the internet - the most perfect form of money ever created. One of the most ingenious systems ever designed by man - and NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT IT YET. I can't recall if any other coins existed at the time, but between 2011-2012 I remember other coins like Namecoin, Peercoin, Feathercoin, and some others. I don't hear about any of those other coins these days... besides LTC and XRP, of course. I decided that I wanted in. I needed to get some Bitcoin. I needed it NOW!! This would be like buying stock in the Internet itself but better - no counterparty risk, and I could be my own bank! I wasn't making a lot of money at the time, so putting money towards anything discretionary wasn't going to be friendly to my budget. Yes, I owned a badass gaming rig, but that was my only luxury in life. I knew I was going to buy for the long term, so I decided to put aside $500 and go for it. I was going to buy Bitcoin. At the time, Mt Gox was the only game in town that I can remember. I don't think BTC-e existed yet, or maybe I just hadn't heard of it. I signed up for a Gox account and figured out how to fund it. There were a few ways to do this, one of which was another app called Dwolla. So I signed up for Dwolla and got verified. I then deposited my $500 and initiated the ACH transfer to Gox. BTC price at the time: $3. I had initiated the transfer on a Tuesday evening after work. I was informed that the transfer would arrive at Gox on Friday. I watched agonizingly as the price climbed hour after hour, day after day. $3.50. $4. $5. $6. I was missing the boat!!! By Thursday evening the price had doubled. At work on Friday, I checked my email on my phone practically every five minutes. The transfer didn't go through the entire work day. I had plans with friends that evening - damn it, I was going to have to try and do this on my phone while hanging with my friends?! I ended up making my first BTC purchase while sitting in a movie theater. I bought 50 Bitcoin for $10 each - during an all-time-high. I still hodl every one of these coins today. (The movie, for the curious: X-Men: First Class) I couldn't stop there, though. The more I learned, the more I had to know. The more I had to DO. That's when I got into GPU mining. This was a time before ASICs. I believe GPU mining was relatively new -- before this, miners were only using CPUs (which were in 2011 -- like GPUs in 2020 -- obsolete for SHA256 mining). The next day I dove headfirst into Bitcoin mining. I downloaded the software and set up an account on Slush Pool. I ran my 5970 on full blast for a while and went out with some friends. When I got back, my bedroom was noticeably hotter than it was when I left. So that's what I was going to be dealing with? Ok, fine. I also couldn't play any demanding video games while the miner was running. I'd have to dial the hashrate down, or disable it completely. Ok, I guess I can manage that. After a few days of dealing with that, I decided to buy another 5970. If I got bored of Bitcoin, it would still make The Witcher 2 run better! All told, between mining with Slush Pool and BTCGuild for a month, I managed to mine an additional 50BTC that month. I still hodl every one of these coins today. One day, my electric bill came. $350. For my 1BR apartment? That can't be right... I called up the electric company and told them they double-billed me. "Nope, that amount is accurate. That's what you owe for this month. Have a nice day!" And that was the day I stopped Bitcoin mining. I had been telling all my friends and gamer friends about Bitcoin the entire time. They laughed at me. I told them they wouldn't be laughing when I was a millionaire. Soon after, Bitcoin crashed -- HARD. Dropping from $32 at its peak to $2 over the next few months -- one of the largest price drops in its history. I was dejected. I stopped talking about it with my friends. The gamer communities I was a member of made fun of me relentlessly, trashing Bitcoin every day. News articles celebrating Bitcoin's death popped up everywhere. It was the first major public crash, and I felt all alone. I uninstalled the Bitcoin price widget from my phone. I moved on with my life and tried to forget about Bitcoin. I left the wallet on my PC, but deleted my copy of the blockchain. I barely thought about Bitcoin for the next two years. Any time someone brought it up at work or in my friend group, I changed the subject. I was completely demoralized and thought I had fallen for the biggest scam of all time. After this unbearable TWO YEAR period... Bitcoin came back. One day I opened Bitcoin and saw utter elation all over the front page. What the hell was going on? Bitcoin had surpassed the last all-time-high and was climbing still. $50... $100. And it was still going!!! I snapped out of my multi-year funk right then and there. Somehow my paper financial loss had clouded my judgment and made me forget about the fundamentals that made me interested in Bitcoin in the first place. "Bitcoin was back?" It had never left. It was still the same decentralized, unforgeable, instantly transferrable miracle asset that I had fallen in love with. I got back into mining again, but I didn't leave my GPUs running 24/7 like I had before. Eventually, ASICs started coming out and obsoleted GPU miners, so I had to start mining LTC instead and selling them for BTC. I mined on a site called give-me-ltc and did my trades on BTC-e. Eventually I got tired of managing my miners, paying extra for electricity, and dealing with switching stuff around for gaming. I stopped mining again and moved on to other things. I exited this phase with an additional 30BTC and over 400LTC. I still hodl every one of these coins today. Eventually, BTC hit $1000. I watched this live on bitcoinity.org. I remember this day vividly. The graphic shown on bitcoinity for every price point was usually some sort of funny gif - someone dancing, someone acting crazy, someone making a funny face, Mr. Bean watching signposts fly past his car. This time, the gif was different - it was serious. It was an astronaut on the moon. A flag was planted behind him bearing the Bitcoin logo. Tears welled up in my eyes. This was significant. Bitcoin was being recognized for what it was - the most perfect form of money ever created. My stack was now worth enough to pay off all of my six-figure student loan debt. I had thought that I would be paying this debt off for the rest of my life. Bitcoin meant potential financial freedom to me. I didn't sell a single satoshi. Of course, $1000 didn't last, and paying off all my loans with my stack was no longer a possibility. The price did not recover for almost FOUR years -- even longer than the previous crypto winter. During this time I bought a few more coins through Coinbase. The 2017 run-up was a blur -- except for one day... The day I became a crypto millionaire. My family didn't grow up with a ton of money. I never had the latest clothes, toys -- well, anything. We weren't poor, but we scraped by. I didn't have a great education in personal finance. Being a crypto millionaire went straight to my head. Driving to work on that day, I remember thinking I was the most badass person on Earth. Somehow I had managed to manipulate some computer numbers around that were now worth over a million dollars!! I couldn't help it - I told everyone at work. I was a crypto millionaire. I couldn't shut up about it. I told my family. I told my friends. I told everyone. I went to the store to grab a few things. Walking the aisles, I couldn't stop thinking about it. "These people have no idea they're standing next to a MILLIONAIRE." Of course, my crypto millionaire status didn't last long. This time, though, I SODL a few coins at the peak. I bought a house and a car. A month or two later, I was no longer a crypto millionaire. Seeing the altcoin season was kind of crazy to me. For a few months, you literally could not pick a losing coin. Everyone was a winner. It was sheer insanity. I picked up a few ETH to get some exposure, even though I didn't (and still don't) believe in it long term. I'm doing pretty well these days. I am numb to any price activity at this point. The last time I bought was the dip down to $4000 in March. I don't know how anyone could have resisted that one. Other than what I SODL in 2017, I still hodl all of my coins. You may be able to see a pattern here. There's always going to be another all-time-high. There's always going to be a crash or a correction. You're probably going to feel stupid more than a handful of times being a HODLer. But eventually these feelings go away. I have a few more anecdotes and random thoughts to share, so I'll make them bullet points below: - I held on to my BCH for a while. I will admit that I was TERRIFIED during the flippening. 6-12 months later, I sold them all for BTC. - I immediately sold all my BSV for LTC. - I hold BTC, LTC, and ETH. That's it. - I don't believe in any of these centralized or "new and improved" shitcoins. I'm a BTC maximalist through-and-through. The only other coin I'd consider at this point would be Monero. I know almost nothing about it and I haven't done any research on it, so I don't hold any. FUNNY - I gave $5 of BTC to a friend in 2013. They forgot about it. I reminded them about it this year. They sold it for $175. - I gave $30 of BTC to a friend in 2013. They sold it in 2017 for $750. - I solo mined IxCoin (literal who?) for a few days because I wanted to feel what it was like to solo mine a block. I did not solo mine a block. - My favorite Bitcoin meme is "This is gentlemen." Why don't people say that anymore? REMINISCING - Wallets I used: Bitcoin core -> Armory Offline (airgapped with TAILS) -> Electrum Offline (airgapped with TAILS) -> trezor - Armory was flaky as fuck. I moved on to Electrum after the 20th time Armory failed to sync the blockchain. I remember having to manually export the private keys using some Python script because I couldn't get the wallet synced. - Reddit is too slow for BTC sometimes, so I would go to the BTC-e trollbox to get some realtime action. Now that BTC-e is gone, I typically hang out in /biz/ when Reddit is boring. REGRETS - Not buying more. Not mining more. - Not selling BCH for BTC immediately. That one still stings. - Focusing a little too much on paying down debt vs buying more BTC. - Buying precious metals in 2013. What a waste. - Selling in 2017. But, I wanted a house and a car. Regretting taking profit is stupid, but I can't help it. THOUGHTS - I never once tried to convince anyone to buy Bitcoin, despite how much I talked about it. I tried to convince people of the potential and that the Fed was evil, but I never once said, "You should buy Bitcoin" to anyone. - I see another 10x for BTC. Just buy BTC. Don't buy anything else. Just buy BTC and fucking HODL. - HODL through these crashes. They make you stronger. After a few of them, nothing will faze you. Be a fucking man and HODL on to your coins!!!!! - People just don't understand the network effect of the BTC protocol. No one cares that another coin has better features. No one cares that there are better internet protocols. They use what has the most infrastructure and support. Don't fall for these shitcoins. - People don't understand the layering concept. Increasing blocksize simply isn't the solution to scaling Bitcoin - second layer and beyond is the solution. - Taxation is theft. Hopefully this was at least mildly entertaining. Happy New Year!!!!! Edit 1: Lots of comments about "taxation is theft" - some genuine, some not. If you're open minded and want to learn more, check out these short videos: https://blog.georgeoughttohelp.com/george-ought-to-help/ Edit 2: My thoughts on Ethereum: https://www.reddit.com/Bitcoin/comments/ko1wk3/i_bought_the_ath_in_2011_a_decade_of_hodling/ghopkjj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
Hello Miners! It’s the first Update of 2021, and we got some spicy stuff for you! This time we got two entirely new Planetary Regions for you to explore - the mysterious wonders of the AZURE WEALD, and the thorn-infested hell of HOLLOW BOUGH. Update 33 also includes all-new Mactera variations and several new strains of horrible Glyphid Dreadnought mutations. And then of course there’s the usual slew of other goodies - read more below for the full picture! With Love, The Ghost Ship Crew --- PATCH NOTES ---
NEW BIOME: AZURE WEALD
PHOTO The Azure Weald is a chilly place, every bit as hostile as the rest of Hoxxes IV - but still, we cannot deny it is oddly beautiful. Dazzling, bioluminescent clusters of lichen light up the darkness, illuminating this fertile and overgrown Region in flickering neon colors. Don't let that lull you into a false sense of security, however - the Azure Weald brings to mind the deep jungle, in all its splendor and horror - and much like its terrestrial counterparts, it is absolutely not out to make friends. Kill or be killed - that is the law in this place.
NEW BIOME: HOLLOW BOUGH
PHOTO Hollow Bough is a biological oddity that has the Science Department scratching their heads - this entire region of the planet is dominated by colossal, organic conglomerations resembling the inside of hollow trees. However, these structures are under attack by an invasive species of voracious vine-like plants, as much a threat to us as the planet itself. We recommend traversing these environs with extreme caution. The deep, dark folds of wood and bark house much more than a first glance let on.
NEW MILESTONES
New Biomes means new Milestones - one set for Azure Weald and one for Hollow Bough.
MISSION OVERHAUL: ELIMINATION
PHOTO It’s Dawn of the Dread down there! Multiple reports have come in from teams finding Dreadnought Cocoons that are further progressed in their metamorphosis than previously encountered. While there are no external markers on the cocoons to show that they are different, the things waiting patiently inside certainly are. So far two confirmed Dreadnought variants have been encountered - but disturbing as this is, R&D ensures us that we are fortunate to have found them now and not later when the metamorphosis might be closer to completion.
DREADNOUGHT HIVEGUARD
PHOTO Completely covered in unbreakable armor, this variant of the Dreadnought is immune to all damage, exposing it’s vulnerable areas only briefly while enraged. To make matters worse, the Hiveguard can call reinforcements to aid it in battle, hence the name. The Glyphid Sentinels that answer this battlecall are unlike any we have ever seen. We have no idea where they are coming from but they are both fast and tough. R&D recommends engaging the Dreadnought Hiveguard with great caution and a lot of ammunition.
DREADNOUGHT ARBALEST AND LACERATOR
Question: What’s worse than one Glyphid Dreadnought? Answer: Two Glyphid Dreadnoughts. It would appear that a Cocooned Dreadnought can split in two during metamorphosis. The two monsters - the Arbalest and Lacerator - are both quite different from the original and from each other, displaying wholly unique behaviors. They would be bad enough on their own, but together they pose an immense threat - able to attack from multiple directions and varying ranges at once, while also displaying extreme mobility. Luckily, their shells are softer than that of a regular Dreadnought, allowing damage to pass through from any angle. R&D insists that this apparent weakness is only due to the untimely opening of the cocoon.
MISSION OVERHAUL: SALVAGE
LOCATING MINE M.U.L.E. LEGS It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster, but we have finally fixed the issues with locating all the legs needed to fix the Mini M.U.L.E.s. We’ve taken this opportunity to also tweak the gameplay around it to better match our original vision. Now you can interact with a broken M.U.L.E. to download the locations of its missing legs to your terrain scanner. No more searching high and low for that last leg. CONNECT FUEL CELLS TO DROP POD Update 32 came with a bunch of new tech that we were more than happy to add to existing missions. Exactly how the fuel made it from the fuel cells to the drop pod has always been a bit of a mystery, but not any more! Now in just a few easy steps you can connect a fuel-line between the two, similar to how you build pipelines in the On Site Refining mission.
MISSION OVERHAUL: POINT EXTRACTION
After the release of Update 32 with its shiny new machines, the old Minehead really began to show its age. We decided it was time a model update, to make it match the raised standard. We hope you like it.
NEW ENEMIES
PHOTO MACTERA TRI-JAW A new type of Mactera has been spotted in the depths. More cautious than its brethren, the Tri-Jaw tends to hang further back while delivering a triple barrage of projectiles. Make no mistake, it is a deadly thing, and should be exterminated with extreme prejudice. MACTERA BRUNDLE Reports have been coming in of an armoured Mactera variant spotted flying in the swarm. These tough cookies can survive many attacks that would outright kill their more fragile cousins and they keep their vulnerable abdomens covered most of the time. DEEPTORA BOUGH WASP A distant cousin of the Deeptora has been spotted living in the folds and nooks of the Hollow Bough. Like their sand-dwelling cousins, the Bough Wasps are extremely territorial and will swarm any intruder that stray too close to their nest. STABBER VINE Hollow Bough is full of creepy stuff but none is as dangerous as the Stabber Vine. Plant or animal, the jury is still out on this one - regardless, it is very aggressive and persistent in its assault. Any dwarf foolish enough to stray too close will be repeatedly attacked by its stabbing vines. Keep your eyes peeled for the tell-tale spike on the end of it, as most of its body is difficult to distinguish from the overall mass of otherwise relatively harmless red vines that infest the area.
NEW JUKEBOX CONTENT
PHOTO Some content creators have experienced copyright claims from music in the jukebox. So far we have tried to spot fix the problem by removing tunes that caused this problem, but now we have a better solution. We have produced 8 new “safe” tracks which are the only ones you will hear when you tick off STREAMER MODE: DISABLE COPYRIGHTED JUKEBOX MUSIC in the option menu. Those 8 tunes are of course also available to everyone in the “normal” Jukebox. This solution has also enabled us to bring back previously removed tunes. Furthermore we have added a bunch of new dance moves. So it’s time to kill it on the dance floor!
STEAM AWARD AWARD HELMET
PHOTO In celebration of our Steam Award nomination and our amazing community that made it possible, we would like to present to you a fancy new helmet: The Bolted Marauder. Just because you deserve it!
OVERHAUL OF MINERAL TRADE
The Mineral Trade menu was deemed ready for an update by Management. It’s now more intuitive than ever and juicy new Daily Deals have been added. Once per day, you can now benefit from an extra good deal (as in, not so bad deal!)l.
M.U.L.E. DOCKING
Some long overdue polish on the docking of the M.U.L.E. is finally here. No more jittery flapping about, Molly now has her own spot on the Drop Pod with a fancy electro-magnetic crane for loading and unloading.
SAVE DORETTA
PHOTO Since almost the first test of the Escort Mission on our experimental branch players have been requesting for a way to save Doretta. It’s something many here at GSG have wanted as well and we are happy to announce that you no longer have to leave Doretta all alone in the dark. While it is not viable to return the bulk of the Drilldozer back to the Space Rig, kind dwarves can now grab Doretta’s head and carry it with them to the escape pod. Just don’t expect any rewards or praise for doing so - Management couldn't care less!
GLYPHID DREADNOUGHT TWEAKS
Along the new Dreadnoughts, we also paid a visit to the original Dreadnought and tweaked it up a bit.
Dreadnought is now more aggressive and can now shoot two fireballs in a row when under 50% HP
Increased the Dreadnought's armor HP across all hazard levels but especially for Hazard Level 4 and 5 and made the Dreadnought's armor regrow after taking less damage
How soon the Dreadnought's armour regrows now scales with hazard for solo games just as it does for multiplayer
Extended the time before the dread regrows it's shield on lower hazards
Increased the Dreadnoughts base health across all hazard levels but especially for haz 4 and 5
The Dreadnought is now more aggressive in multiplayer games
Increased OG Dreadnought's movement speed, especially for higher hazards
Made the Dreadnought's speed scale properly in solo games across the different hazard levels
Increased the range of the Dreadnought's Trembling Stomp AoE attack, extended the duration of the attack's warning phase and improved the visibility of the warning
Made the Dreadnought occasionally perform it's Trembling Stomp AoE Attack after being frozen
The Dreadnought now unfreezes at a higher temp but gets there just as fast, making it harder to quickly freeze him twice in a row
Expanded the splash range of the dreadnoughts Swarm Bladder projectile
The Dreadnought is now invulnerable for the few seconds while it's armor regrows
In multiplayer games, when only one player is left alive the Dread will occasionally stop to roar(similar to how it does in solo games) giving the last player a slightly better chance to revive or resupply, etc.
"Sticky Flame Slowdown" mod no longer slows the Dreadnought down to a crawl, it's still effective just not as extreme
Decreased carve size of the Dread's fireball
Fixed the Dreadnought damaging itself with some of it's attacks
WEAPON BALANCING NOTE
Our focus has been wholly on the new Biomes and Enemies for this Update, so there has been basically no tweaking of weapons or gear done at all.
COMMUNITY REQUESTS
[COMMUNITY REQUEST] You can now select audio output source and input source separately in-game [COMMUNITY REQUEST] Games with Friends can now be sorted in the Server List
MISC.
Increased Escort Duty mission payout
Added XP to Oilshale
Added blood splatter on terrain when killing Lootbugs
Decreased Egghunt mission payout slightly
Decreased the damage of the Glyphid Acid Spitter against Doretta
Decreased the amount of Nitra in Deep Dives by 15%
Rearranged the order of the Server List so friend's games always appear at the top
Added a tooltip that allows you to open Steam community profiles by right-clicking servers on the Server List
Added the ability to change to the resolution of other monitors with higher resolution than primary one, in windowed mode on Steam
Added an 'Appear Offline' option to the Privacy options that hides your game from your friends on the Server List on Steam
Tweaked the entrance/exit tunnels of the Drilldozer to look nicer
Scout's T5 modifications that trigger on kill, now only trigger when killing enemies.
Optimized the performance of Machine Events
Squashed a bug that prevented from playing death animation properly
Squashed a bug that sometimes prevented turrets from firing by abusing the range
Squashed a bug that caused the laserpointer of the Zipline Launcher to become stuck when other weapons were equipped
Squashed a bug that allowed the Gunner to purchase the "Tank Division" beard in the store for free. (It is acquired by forging Matrix Cores)
Squashed a bug in the Deep Dive difficulty settings concerning the spawning of Glyphid Oppressors
Squashed a bug that caused uncharged Experimental Plasma Charger projectiles to fire diagonally when firing in quick succession
Squashed a bug that caused the pathfinder collision of the Heartstone to be offset in Escort Duty
Squashed a bug that enabled you to squeeze one of your chins through the Gloomstalker armors. Too powerful.
Squashed a bug that sometimes caused frozen Glyphid Exploders to detonate twice
Squashed a bug that enabled the Dreadnought to rotate during its rage animation in solo missions
Squashed a bug that caused boss health bars to be squished to the side after the Ommoran Heartstone fight
Squashed a bug that caused the beer license upgrade sound to play five times instead of one
Squashed a bug that caused weakpoint hits to not be reflected in the healthbar when hit by certain weapons
Squashed a bug that granted infinite oxygen on Low Oxygen missions if the player reentered the Drop Pod
Squashed a bug that enabled the barrel spawner in the Space Rig to spit out more barrels than necessary. Budget cuts.
Squashed a bug that caused the Ommoran Beamers to sometimes keep firing after being destroyed
Squashed a bug that caused the 'Claimable Perk Points' notification to not show
Squashed a bug that caused the Doretta's tank treads to block line of sight of Macteras when they are trying to shoot at Doretta
Squashed a text error in the Heightened Sense perk description
Squashed a sound issue with the BRT-7 when emptying the weapon with less rounds than a full burst
Squashed a bug with a bunch of old caves not behaving correctly causing tunnel generation to fail
Squashed a bug that prevented the Ommoran Heartstone from updating correctly for clients
Squashed a bug that enabled the Turret EM Discharge overclock for the "Stubby" Voltaic SMG to damage the L.U.R.E.
Squashed a UI text scaling issue for Drop Pod screen
Squashed a bug where the magazine of the Deepcore GK2 had a visible shadow in first person
Added colliders to the Medbay Drones in the Space Rig
Squashed a bug that caused the fuel canister UI to not be synced correctly when late joining during the fuel stage of Escort Duty missions
Squashed a bug that caused enemies to try to attack the Drilldozer while it is inside the garage
Squashed a bug where changing to fullscreen mode from windowed mode, would sometimes make the cursor stuck in the lower half bottom of the screen
Squashed a bug that caused Deep Dive title to not correctly display in several Asian languages
Minor Space Rig material and model tweaks
Squashed a bug that prevented zooming in/out on the Terrain Scanner to work if cycle item up/down had been rebounded to another key
Squashed a bug that caused players to sometimes clip through the Escape Pod and fail the mission on take-off
KNOWN ISSUES
Issues with players teleporting in and out of droppod when landing (harmless, no fix yet)
Cargo Crates and Lost Satchel cannot be claimed by clients after host claims them (no fix yet)
Ground-based melee enemies have become extra effective at hurting Doretta (no fix yet)
Enemies have trouble carving tunnels to the player (will be fixed in Hotfix 1)
Issue with Tattoos and Skin Colors (will be fixed in Hotfix 1)
Full Face helmet from Dawn of the Dread DLC not showing neck (will be fixed in Hotfix 1)
Mactera Bomber continues live behaviour after death (will be fixed in Hotfix 1)
Sometimes when jumping onto a Cave Angel you can get pushed outside the world. (will be fixed in Hotfix 1)
EDIT: Things are good now. You don't have to Pay to play the games you owned in steam already. IOI released a statement. Thanks for everyone who rose up and let IOI know how distasteful their descisions were. Another victory for gamers! (rest of my bullet points are still true so I'm keeping this post intact) To sum things up:
No pre-load for EGS on PC.
No regional pricing, making it the most expensive platform to purchase hitman 3 in many countries
We have to rebuy the gold access pass of hitman 2 on EGS, despite having it on Steam. (There are both passes, one for hitman 2 standard and other for hitman 2 gold edition). Even with 80% discount, it's literally buying what you own already. [NOT TRUE ANYMORE]
Hitman 2016 version is only free if you already have it or purchase hitman 3 within first 10 days of launch period/ preorder them. Meaning you have to purchase hitman 2016 again aswell if you miss limited time window [NOT TRUE ANYMORE]
No VR option for PC version of hitman
Progression carryover can only be done ONCE. Meaning if you carried your progress from steam to EGS version of hitman 3, you can't carry that progress back to steam version in future
If you fail to carry over BEFORE starting hitman 3 on EGS, you PERMANENTLY lose all the progression you make in hitman 3 when you decide to carryover in future. Meaning you have to start a fresh hitman 3 playthough (I have a feeling, people are missing this point)
Things IOI lied to us about hitman 3 in general:
Game having 6 location each with level 20 mastery( current game has only 5 location with level 20, and the 6th location being similar to hawks bay with only level 5 mastery and NO mission stories)
Lying about ability to carryover progress from steam on PC and informing us about seperate access pass FIVE days before launch
Telling square forced IOI to make the game online only, when the base game can be easily implemented in offline mode if they wanted
Essentially EGS is the most expensive version of hitman 3, while also completely lacking features compared to other versions and STILL this is the platform where you play the game after all other platforms started playing as there is no preload. From the look of things it seems like IOI's fault in many aspects, but despite the fault being on Epic or IOI. As a PC player of hitman who owns and played every hitman game from Codename 47 and even preorderd the digital deluxe edition of hitman 3 on EGS. I can't help but feel betrayed and insulted in my ability to trust IOI to do the things they promised even after I was ready to face many compramises on PC version. Dissapointing.
Hi everyone :) If you're a spelling and grammar person, be forewarned. I've (30F) wanted to write about my experience in the sugar world for some time as it has been quite the ride. The part of me that wants to give advice is laughable when I reflect my younger years as a sugar baby. I started sugaring when I was 19. Of course I had no idea about the lifestyle or that it even was a lifestyle. Trust me when I say I've made the mistakes. Although I am proud to say I have never been "pump and dumped", I have born the emotional hell fire that can come from this lifestyle when you're young and carefree. Most of my younger sugaring was offline, I had an SA account that was stale because nothing ever seemed promising and it was intimidating. I met SD through friends, bars, work, which I think was a lot more normal back then. Sugaring was great for a couple years all in all I loved it. Some great gentlemen, some, not the best crowd. Lot of crime lol but at the time it was a blast. (Live and learn.) When I was 22, I had a very bad sugar experience that almost ended in assault, if I wasn't a god damn ninja. This experience was awful enough, dramatic enough, and scary enough (and nothing scares me), I was out of the bowl for about 2 years. (This was a man I knew for 1+yrs) My naïve behavior, being young and dumb, made this situation like 100 times worse, but to be fair to myself I give myself props for getting tf out. I don't wanna go into any detail cause I don't know whos on this sub.... Some at this point might be thinking well??? why sugar again? because vanilla sucks too. I spent 3 years in a vanilla relationship with a man I thought I loved and he treated me like shit. The emotional damage he did on me was so much worst than one night of shitty sugaring. Sure that night could've been a lot worse (MAYBE?) but when someone you love treats you like shit it fucks you up. So coming out of this relationship I knew I would just start sugaring again eventually. I dated a bit but my confidence was shot. I took some time to heal and eventually was feeling like my unicorn self again. Anyways, I slowly started sugaring again, going on dates like I did before and was using SA. It took me like 3 days and ~1-2 weeks of texting to find a sweet man online :) so I'm happy about that. He is so gentle and nice and so far from what I'm used to that I'm just loving it! I went on 3 M&G, two lead to first dates, only one made it to third he is now my SD. I'm teaching a 42 year old man how to eat pussy and I don't even care :') To there is my experience, There are a few men in between the craziness and some long term daddies, some whom are just friends. So, if you've made it this far and you think that maybe this advice is worth reading here it is:
Listen to your elders, we know, we've seen the signs, a lot of sugar babies look for mentors from SD, try and have a good SB mentor as well. ( I found one.)
Go on a first date after your meet and greet* If what you're looking for is a connection, and a relationship, make the first date happen and make it a date. If they can't handle a dinner date wtf. I have ALWAYS followed this rule for myself and it always paid off. I never expected money.
Be a great person, for the love of god. Put on a smile, get through the date. Don't be afraid to talk about yourself. I mean don't make the date all about you but I usually try to have a couple good stories up my sleeve. If the guys a dud, take your L and cry.
If you are online looking for a platonic SD, keep dreaming. The SB I know, sure they have some "friends" SD on the side, but they're not "platonic" sb, they also have real relationships with real men and SD. Friend daddies exist, but the the only girls I know who have them IRL are literal 10/10. Great personality, great looks, great career, charming and beautiful. These are the girls the girls around me strive for. I have friends whos men/wives LOVES THEM!!!! (Yes they are "spoiled") we hang out at their pool. This is NOT a SR per say, but I still think it falls in the sugar lifestyle. That being said I would never ever ever expect an "arrangement." from that type of friendship.
If you want to have a more "casual" approach to sugaring, that is also 100 percent okay. If you wanna play the game wild there are A LOT of women and men who also do this and that's their preferred business. No one should shame you for that. My only advice on this level is to a) protect your body and your mind. stay safe. use protection. b) Take responsibility for your actions, follow your gut. again, stay safe. (THIS APPLIES TO ALL SEX AND RELATIONSHIPS REALLY.) If you just wanna go out on a sexy date with a rich man and then fuck his brains out i'm here for you :)
Be compassionate. We're all human and have been through it. Marriage, Abuse, exhausting jobs, balancing life while just trying to enjoy ourselves. I'm not saying to ignore red flags, but there's some good daddies that just don't know how to get what they're looking for. Girls as well. Some people need more time and some men are richer and some girls are more experienced. Its endless. Practice patience, kindness and stop judging everyone.
If you like your SP (sugar partner?) let them know. Don't play a game you can't afford to lose. Girls: flirt, nice texts, cute selfies, work for the money :) do what you would do it you wanted a man to fall in love with you. Men: same thing. if you've burned in the past, I do feel bad for you, that's shitty and something I know a lot of my friends nor I would do. That being said, if you carry those feelings of resentment into a new SR it will show. If you don't want to bring money to a M&G that's up to you, but if you show up even to a platonic dinner date empty handed, you best believe I took note. You just went from hope - nope and I'm probably not going to fuck you or pursue a SR. You are NOT the only man trying to take me out.
If you don't like your pot to the point that you are revolted, Go the fuck home. If there's red flags, if he SUCKS, if he smells bad and you hate that, if she's on her phone and clearly DGAF about you then yeah, just end it. Don't push for a relationship that doesn't even feel good. I know a lot of SB are with men they don't find attractive, that's normal, but if you're repulsed or he's a creep or maybe she's a little too much for you, just move on. If you have to force it, its 100 percent sugar-free SHIT :)
Ugh, I could go on, but I lost steam. I really don't want fight with anyone. I feel like I had one more thing to say and now I forget. Keep it nice in the comments please. No judgment or blame game. I'm not going to reply to rude comments. This is just some of my real world advice. If I could change anything, I wouldn't trust half the men I did. Let them earn your trust. Thanks for reading I guess! Sorry for the errors I did my best. Happy sunday.
Log Horizon season 3 is about to start, and if you're like me you do not at all remember everything that happened in seasons 1 and 2. Well, I didn't want to risk getting spoiled from reading wikis, so I binge-rewatched the first two seasons this past weekend and took a ton of notes so I can share with anyone else needing a reminder or ten.
This is certified 100% anime-only content meant specifically for anime viewers. I haven't even glanced at the light novels or wiki. Fans who have read the novels, this is NOT the place for you to chime in with "clarifications" and "by the ways". This place is for anime-only viewers, most of whom do not want to know the slightest bit of what happens next so we can experience it ourselves. I and the people in this thread do not give a rat-man's ass about some novel exposition from volume 2 that the anime skipped over in season 1 - go make your own thread if you are compelled to share that information.
This post is almost certainly going to hit the character limit, so I'm not going to summarize every major character or every plotline from the first two seasons. I could never hope to outline every major character's arc and development over 50 episodes in that few characters. Instead, I am only going to focus on the rules of the world and the plotlines that were still ongoing/unresolved at the end of season 2 - in other words, what I think you may need to know heading into season 3. Even if you don't remember them well, I'm sure you'll pick up the interdynamics of all these goofballs well enough just from seeing them in action again.
Elder Tale was a MMORPG that a bunch of people played. One day, everyone who was logged on got transported into a world that resembles the game. This event is now known as The Apocalypse.
Elder Tale's setting was called Theldesia. Geographically, it is the same land/ocean layout as the real Earth, but half as large.
When it was just a MMORPG, the game had 13 different servers, separated by region. If your character was in Theldesia's equivalent of Japan, you'd be playing on the Japanese server, and in order to travel to Theldesia's equivalent of Australia you'd have to switch to the Australian server. Most players played on the server corresponding to their region.
A 14th server, called Mare Tranquillitatis, also existed - it was a beta-testing server used for experimentation and testing features before they rolled out. Some players had access to it. Its geographical region is... the Moon.
The series has so far taken place entirely in the Theldesia equivalent of Japan, which is called Yamato or The Yamato Islands, and particularly in the city of Akiba (aka Akihabira) which is located approximately where Tokyo would be.
The Elder Tale MMORPG ran for 20 years in real-life before The Apocalypse happened.
Post-Apocalypse, the history of Theldesia has a ratio of 12:1 for events that happened in Theldesia vs in the real world. An event that happened in the 10th (real-life) year of Elder Tale's run happened 120 years ago in Theldesia history. This means that some Adventurers who had created their accounts and done notable things in earlier years of the Elder Tale game are now characters that are known to be over a 100 years old within the history of Theldesia.
When people and monsters in Theldisia die, their corpses turn into bubbles/particles after a short time.
The Apocalypse happened on the same day that the 12th expansion for Elder Tale was launching. This new expansion - called The Novasphere Pioneers - increased the level cap for players from 90 to 100, and was to include many new raid bosses and other content. Because of timezones, only the Japanese server had the expansion applied at the time The Apocalypse occured.
As of the end of season 2, it has been about 1 year in Theldesia since The Apocalypse.
Populations of Theldesia
Adventurers
Adventurers is the collective name of player characters in Elder Tale, turned special folks trapped in Theldesia after The Apocalypse.
Adventurers can be any of a bunch of different races - humans, dwarves, cat-people, fox-people, wolf-people, and more. They have classes, special skills, and all sorts of MMORPG staples, and typically can improve all these things beyond any other population in Theldesia.
Adventurers have a "friends list" which they can add each other to. They can make long-distance voice calls to anyone on their friends list - they refer to this as Telepathy.
Adventurers can also talk psychically to other adventurers they have formed a party or a raid team with. Note that this is a separate ability than Telepathy, so effects that block Telepathy from working won't necessarily also prevent party/raid chat.
When an Adventurer dies, they reappear at a Cathedral or another respawn point nearby (e.g. if in a raid zone they respawn at its entrance) after some time (anywhere from minutes to half a day).
In-between dying and reappearing, they have surreal experiences based on moments from their life before The Apocalypse, during which they must mentally confront the failures that lead to them dying. Once they've finished that, they appear on a beach on the moon (Mare Tranquillitatis) with the world (presumably Theldesia, though it could be the actual Earth I suppose) hovering overhead. There, the Adventurer must sacrifice a piece of themself (eventually confirmed to be a memory from their life before The Apocalypse) to return. When they wake up, they retain only the vaguest memory of this ritual or none at all. (See S2E6 for an example.)
Adventurers mostly live in Adventurer Cities - cities that have special buildings like guild halls, banks, and Cathedrals, and which are populated mostly by Adventurers but with many supporting People of the Land living there, too. Most or all of the Adventurer Cities in Yamato and many of their surroundings have a post-apocalyptic aesthetic, full of overgrown abandoned modern structures like highways, parking garages, and broken-down cars. There are 5 Adventurer Cities in Yamato:
Akiba (aka Akihabara) - Situated where Tokyo would be in real life. This is the primary setting of the series. Governed relatively liberally by the Round Table, a group of the most influential guilds.
Shibuya - An incomplete Adventurer city with no guild hall very near to Akiba. All the adventurers who were there have gone to Akiba so it is empty.
Susukino - Northern city in the real-life equivalent of Hokkaido. It started out as a violent city run by oppressive guilds. Akiba sent forces up there several times to let anyone who wants to leave it and come to Akiba, so only a couple hundred Adventurers remain there. The Akiba guild Silver Sword ended up moving there and taking it over, which made it less violent and lawless than before.
Minami - Situated to the west, vaguely where real-life Osaka would be. Governed autocratically by the guild Plant Hwyaden.
Nakasu - Even farther to the west. Very little is known about it.
Monsters
Monsters are hostile wild animals - things like angry giant plants, wild felines that attack in forests, etc. They are aggressive, have stats and levels and special skills, but are of similar intelligence to animals. They haunt certain areas, and when they die eventually replacements respawn there.
After they are killed and their bodies dissipate they "drop" ingredient/crafting items and gold coins.
Most Adventurer Cities, People of the Land cities, and some People of the Land villages have a "no monster" effect/barrier that prevents monsters from entering into them. Large-scale events like the goblin nation invading Eastal are probably not prevented by this.
Demi-Humans
Demi-Humans are a special type of monsters that includes species like goblins, giants, fishmen, and other usually-humanoid hostile creatures. Unlike other monsters, they have actual social structures, use weaponary, and seem to be at least semi-sentient.
Miscellaneous demi-humans can be found in the wild like monsters, but larger populations of them also occupy significant portions of territory - e.g. there is an area of Yamato full of goblin tribes that live in their own society and where People of the Land are not present. These areas can have complex social structures.
Similar to monsters, demi-humans magically spawn/respawn in their lands. Since they have some intelligence but are difficult to research, it's unclear whether this is new individuals spawning or whether they are actually respawning with intact personalities in a similar manner to Adventurers.
People of the Land
People of the Land are what were NPCs back when it was a MMORPG. In the game they just had simple NPC patterns, always saying the same things and doing the same basic tasks, but since The Apocalypse they are now fully sentient humanoids with their own lives, backstories, generations, politics, culture, etc. The People of the Land greatly outnumber the Adventurers - for every Adventurer City there are another dozen or more "regular" cities full of People of the Land and a bajillion towns and farms spread across the countryside.
Revival spells on a recently-dead Person of the Land slows down how fast their body disperses but doesn't prevent it.
The People of the Land in eastern Yamato (the area around Akiba) are socially structured as European-style feudal nobility, with each city and its surroundings ruled by a Baron and a patrilineal Duke as overall ruler of the area, or something like that. They have their own knights, armies, academia, etc.
Named NPCs would have lasted in the game for the whole 20 years that it ran before The Apocalypse, and with the timeline acceleration mentioned earlier that would make some of them a hundred years old or more, but it seems The Apocalypse retconned this and where necessary the names of characters the required continuation became titles passed from teacher to student, and so on. The People of the Land don't seem aware of any incongruities there.
People of the Land can learn skills, have classes, and other things that Adventurers can do, but they learn them much more slowly and generally have a lower "cap" on their level or abilities than Adventurers.
While People of the Land are less powerful than Adventurers, in some special cases they can have access to equipment that puts them on par or beyond the abilities of Adventurers. Of particular note, the Royal Guard (aka Defenders) are People of the Land who keep the peace in the no-combat-zones of Adventurer Cities - they have special armour that massively buffs their physical abilities and makes them able to teleport around the city.
Ancients:
Ancients (aka Progenitors) are a special class of People of the Land that are much more powerful than usual - even more powerful than maxed out Adventurers. In the MMORPG, these were mainly for two roles - legendary NPC characters tied to a particular quest, and the 13 Knight Orders. Only one Knight Order has been named in the anime - the Knights of Izumo that defended Yamato (since there are 13 regional servers, presumably there is one Knight Order per server). The Knights of Izumo suddenly disappeared around the time of The Apocalypse.
The Kunie Clan:
The Kunie Clan are a special group of People of the Land that manage all the banking and financial systems of Theldesia. They are of some mysterious other humanoid race that look similar but not quite the same as humans or elves, and they seem to all be almost identical (plus many or all of them seem to go by the same name, Kinjō, making them even harder to tell apart).
They can be found at the guild halls or banks of Adventurer Cities and similar places, but they also have secretive villages where they originate from that Adventurers and most People of the Land do not know about.
The Kunie Clan are not necessarily the actual cause, but are at least somehow involved with the world's supply of gold and how it gets distributed to monsters/demi-humans when they spawn. This includes access to the giant lake of gold coins that reside deep below the Depths of Palm and which serves as the world's main vault to store coins before they teleport to monsters and demi-humans.
They are also involved with many other "fundamental" aspects of the world, especially operating and managing ancient magical technology. For example, they can deactivate and reactivate the magic circles beneath Adventurer Cities which power the anti-monster barriers and Guard armour within the cities.
Instincts, Progress, & Innovation
When Elder Tale was a game, players were limited in what they could achieve by the limitations of built-in character animations, feats needing to have been pre-programmed as skills, and the game interface itself. Following The Apocalypse, the Adventurers in Theldesia still have access to the game interface and can still do everything the old way... but they don't have to. A magical leaping sword strike formerly activated by pushing a button can now also be activated by doing the same motions and thinking about using that skill. In fact, the latter option is better - the Adventurer can control and manipulate the skill with greater control and precision than the rote motions that result from doing it through the menu. Just as this applies to combat skills, so it goes for the rest of the world:
Food and Crafting
Combining ingredient items through the in-game interface according to a pre-programmed recipe makes food that looks correct and does nourish the body, but has no distinct taste or smell. But, if a player with the chef sub-class actually combines and prepares the ingredients by hand, it makes real food. More complex and difficult recipes require finer ingredients and a higher level in the cooking skill or they still end up turning to mush. Similarly, Adventurers with crafting sub-classes and skills can make superior, more refined, and more varied designs if they go through the process by-hand rather than using the crafting menu.
Innovation
Adventurers with the skill and ingenuity to create and craft things by-hand rather than using the menus are also not bound by the finite list of recipes and inventions that were programmed into Elder Tale. They can combine basics in all sorts of new ways not seen before. Soon after The Apocalypse, clever Adventurers developed basic steam engines and the rate of invention has been rapid ever since - less than a year later, someone has mixed magic and technology together to create a magitech hover train. These changes have had a far-reaching effect on the societies and economies of Theldesia. Facets of Adventurer culture such as their food and clothing have been swiftly embraced by the People of the Land and Adventurer economies have largely shifted away from quest-like tasks such as raids or guarding a People of the Land caravan to their own Adventurer industries, which has fractured the traditional Adventurer-People of the Land relationship and lead to many unforeseen consequences, such as an attempted goblin invasion.
Teachings
Teachings (aka Overskills) are supposed new skills achieved by some Adventurers that were not possible back when it was a game. They are commonly perceived as being a higher-tier version of commonly known skills or powerful new abilities. In actuality, Teachings are just (a) unorthodox applications of existing skills, or (b) instincts gained from becoming more in-touch with the world and losing the mentality of it being a game. E.g. Nazuna figured out that she can use the protective barriers she normally cast on other people as airborne platforms she can climb/jump on instead. Adventurers tend to
"The Apocalypse is not over yet"
As Shiroe comments, the natural laws of the world post-Apocalypse are altogether a confused mish-mash of Elder Tale game mechanics with real-world logic. Gradually, however, these two separate systems are starting to merge. Some known examples are:
Initially, an Adventurer needed to have the chef sub-class in order to be able to make any real food - even if a non-chef Adventurer prepared the ingredients perfectly, it would still turn to mush. After some time, though, anyone can now make basic recipes and the chef sub-class (plus leveled up cooking skill) is only needed for intermediate and harder recipes. Likewise for any other sort of crafting.
Adventurers whose Elder Tale avatar had a different body than their real body got stuck in their avatar's body, but retained their original voice. Over time, their voices are becoming more like what their body's physical vocal cords would naturally sound like.
The size of the world is slowly increasing, presumably until it becomes the same scale as the real Earth.
Objects had all sorts of associated flavour text in Elder Tale. They still have this flavour text in Theledisia after The Apocalypse, but it is just that - two objects with the same stats but different flavour text behave identically. After many months, though, the flavour text of some objects started coming true.
The Debauchery Tea Party
The Tea Party was a group of 15~30 Adventurers on the Japan server that frequently partied together in Elder Tale, many years before The Apocalypse. They were known for pulling off a number of incredible feats in the game, and generally had a more loose and fun tone than other groups since they weren't a structured Guild.
The Tea Party disbanded several years before The Apocalypse and many of its members moved on to other things. Some members joined or started guilds, while conversely many others had not logged in for years by the time of The Apocalypse.
Almost immediately after The Apocalypse, Shiroe checked his friends list to see who else that he knew was online/trapped in Theledesia, so he should have a pretty good idea of which members are/aren't in the world, but we the audience didn't get an exact list. Currently we know of 9 former Tea Partiers who are in Theledisia...
In Akiba:
Shiroe, Naotsugu, and Nyanta partied together in Theldesia and eventually formed Log Horizon.
Back when the Tea Party disbanded, Sōjiro, Kazuna, and Saki created a guild called the West Wind Brigade, with Sōjiro as guild-master. Saki wasn't logged in at the time of The Apocalypse.
In Minami:
Intix is the #2 seat on the Council of Ten of Plant Hwyaden and therefore 2nd in command of Plant Hwyaden behind only Nureha. She seems like a real big jerk and is part of the faction there that wants war and total dictatorial control of Yamato. Up until the end of season 2, it seems she was emotionally abusing Nureha to get her way within Plant Hwyaden. (I don't think they ever actually specifically said Intix was in the Tea Party, but from the way she's shown with them in the OP and how Kazuhiko/KR talk about her it's 99% certain.)
Kazuhiko is also on the Council of Ten of Plant Hwyaden. He seems to be fairly disgruntled with the way things have been going over at Plant Hwyaden, but is hoping to change it from within. He's kind of a jerk about it, though. He and Shiroe have been occasionally in contact with each other and have been sharing some info.
KR is on the Council of Ten of Plant Hwyaden. He's very carefree, but seems like a good guy overall - like Kazuhiko he doesn't necessarily approve of the way Plant Hwyaden is running things or their desire to go to war with Eastal and Akiba. KR is a summoner with a skill to possess creatures over vast distances - at some point he possessed a horse in the China serveregion to scout out what things were like over there and while traveling around in China he encountered Kanami's party. And he can summon a giant fucking dragon that solos raid bosses. He only told Kazuhiko about his journeys in China, not Intix or the rest of the Council.
Elsewhere:
Kanami was the leader of the Tea Party for most of its run, but she moved to Rome a few years before The Apocalypse and stopped playing the game at that time. During that time she had a daughter. Eventually, she got back into Elder Tale, creating a new account on one of the European servers, and she got trapped by The Apocalypse, too. Since the Novasphere Pioneers expansion pack content had only been loaded on the Japan server and figuring it was related to The Apocalypse, Kanami started journeying from Theldesia's Europe counterpart all the way to Yamato. Also in her party are a teenage mutant ninja frog, a farming bot that may have gained sentience, and an Ancient.
Unresolved Plots & Mysteries
Regan, New Magic and the World Fractions:
Regan (aka Li Gan) is a mysterious guy who has shown up a few times and gradually become an ally of Shiroe. He was first encountered when Shiroe et al went to a conference with the People of the Land nobles. He seems to be a Person of the Land, but I don't think that was ever actually confirmed. If he is, he's an extraordinarily knowledgeable one, possibly on par with the Kunie Clan. He's a shady guy who may have a hidden agenda.
He has the title Sage of Miral Lake, a name that was associated with a lot of lore in the game before The Apocalypse but (as far as we/Shiroe know) not a character anyone ever encountered. He says it is a title passed down to him from his teacher, the previous Sage of Miral Lake.
Regan's main interest of research is magic that is on the scale of altering the entire world, something that he says has only happened 3 times so far in events he calls the World Fractions - the creation of monsters/demi-humans, the arrival of the first Adventurers (240 years ago), and The Apocalypse.
Since each World Fraction was an unprecedented form of magic, he is intensely interested in the creation of new forms of magic that did not exist prior. Shiroe's Contract Magic which turned Rudy into an Adventurer was one such new magic, and one that Regan thinks could some day be world-altering. Around the same time, Regan says he felt another brand new form of magic with similar potential happin in the west.
Death and Resurrection
Regan and his predecessors were researching a so-called Spirit Theory about how death and resurrections work. His theory posits that people (Adventurers, People of the Land, and Demi-Humans) are divided into anima (physical attributes, correlated with HP) and psyche (mental attributes, correlated with MP). The psyche and the anima are each required for a person to persist - when people take too great of an injury their anima is too damaged to persist to it dissipates; the healthy psyche stuck inside the body dies when there's no anima to support it.
Since when people die in Theldesia their bodies turn into bubbles/particles, that is their anima dissipating. If the psyche is intact, revival spells can pull those dissipated bits of anima back to the rest of the body and put them back into place (up until the point where the body has completely dissipated). But if the psyche is also destroyed, there is no mind to reassemble the anima as it once was.
For Adventurers (and possibly demi-humans), their dissipated anima particles all travel to their respawn point, so their psyche can still reassemble them there. For People of the Land, the dissipated anima just scatters in all directions, so even a healthy psyche can't do reassemble them and dies.
However, the reassembly can't be perfect... some energy must be expended for the process. And since the anima seems to be reasembled perfectly, Regan and Shiroe theorized that some psyche must be lost - in other words, the person loses some of their memories. (See S1:E14 for the full spiel)
When Shiroe shared this with the Council, Krusty was able to confirm that this is indeed the case, and further suggested that it seemed like memories of their lives from before The Apocalypse might specifically be targeted. (After a particular death, Krusty could no longer remember the name or appearance of a cat he owned.)
Regan implied the Ancients had different spirits than ordinary People of the Earth and that this could be significant.
Shiroe and Akatsuki eventually remembered the experience of being on the moon between death and revival. We don't have a lot of comparison points as no one talks about it much, but it sure seemed like Adventurers always forget that in-between experience once they woke up (Akatsuki herself when she revives seems to remember it for a moment and then quite specifically forget it).
(Continued in the Navigators section)
Enemies in the West
To the west of Akiba and Eastal are three People of the Land nations - the Westelande Empire, the Ninetail Dominions, and the Fourland Dukedom - and within those are two Adventurer Cities - Minami and Nakasu.
Following The Apocalypse, a guild called Plant Hwyaden lead by Nureha took over Minami by conning money out of the People of the Land nobility and buying the Cathedral, then forcing all Adventurers to join Plant Hwyaden through the threat of controlling the respawn building. Plant Hwyaden now rules Minami and its environs autocratically, and is much more integrated with the People of the Land nation, the Westelandian Empire, than Akiba is with Eastal. Their combined government is run by an organization called the Council of Ten Seats - Nureha and her nine advisors/ministers, which includes some people of the land.
Nureha herself is a somewhat emotionally unstable person and she occasionally runs off on her own private journeys, so the much of the actual policy-making has been driven by Intix and Mizufa, the bloodthirsty Westelandian army general.
Ever since establishing control, Plant Hwyaden have made efforts to suppress information about the west making it to the east. This isn't outright possible, as plenty of Adventurers in Akiba have friends in Minami, but it has overall made it more difficult for Shiroe and the Round Table to gather detailed information about Plant Hwyaden's capabilities and motives.
Likewise, the presence of spies from Minami in Akiba has lead to the Round Table waging their own information warfare, trying to keep their own secrets and knowledge of their operations out of the hands of Plant Hwyaden.
Nureha herself came to Eastal, disguising herself as a People of the Land chronicler named Dariella. She was seen suspiciously visiting various various places in the east, and then eventually met up with Shiroe, who saw through the disguise. Revealing herself as Nureha, she encouraged Shiroe to join Plant Hwyaden so they wouldn't have to be enemies, but Shiroe declined. Apparently she knew Shiroe in the game before The Apocalypse and is somewhat obsessed with him now, but Shiroe doesn't remember her at all, and furthermore it's clear that Nureha lies a lot so who knows how much of this is true.
Recently, factions within Plant Hwyaden - especially Intix and Mizufa - want to go to war against Eastal and Akiba. They have been power-leveling their People of the Land soldiers (using a disturbing magitech system wherein People of the Land control spirit monsters), built a giant hover train base, and have been making other preparations.
They sent a small expeditionary force to the border of Eastal which caused a bit of havoc in some towns, but Kazuhiko and Nureha made them withdraw.
The threat of all-out war or a smaller, more focused attack by a faction within Plant Hwyaden still looms large. Nureha seems to be taking a more active role in government and standing up to Intix now, but that doesn't mean she has full control or even that she wouldn't order an attack herself.
The Disappearance of Krusty Suzumiya
Krusty is the guild leader of D.D.D., one of the most important guilds in Akiba.
When flavour texts started becoming real, the scythe (which admittedly had some pretty evil flavour text) of Krusty's lieutent, Takayama Misa, one night suddenly flew up into the sky and show a giant red beam of pain around her. Krusty pushed her out of it and got caught in it himself. Then the beam disappeared, Krusty and Misa's arm vanishing with it.
For the longest time no one knew what had happened to Krusty. He did not respawn, could not be reached by Telepathy, and Misa's arm couldn't be healed or revived either.
At the very end of season 2, they discovered that Krusty is in China with Kanami.
He still has Misa's arm with him. And it is twitching (ew).
Ennui & Social Safety Nets
Living as an Adventurer is easy. Slaying a couple low-level monsters every few days gives more than enough gold coins to buy food and a bed. Throughout their time since The Apocalypse, the leaders of Akiba have struggled to keep its culture and economy engaging so that its people will have motivation and drive.
However, the mostly-capitalist system of economy and governance they've established, especially with its focus on guilds within the government structure and trade in its economy, has furthermore left a growing population of Adventurers who do not have social standing, influence, or prized trade skills and who do not wish to leave the safety of the city disenfranchised and despondent.
The Round Table is aware of the issue but hasn't figured out what to do about it.
Most recently, Eins and his enormous guild Honesty have been the leading voice for this issue. He's even suggested some extreme socialist/communist economic reform measures, but no one else thought that was a good idea.
Navigators
During a westward quest, the junior members of Log Horizon encounter Roe2, Shiroe's second account, acting independently from him. She says a bunch of cryptic stuff and also sends a letter to Shiroe via the juniors. Putting it all together (but she could be lying about some or all of this):
Navigators are artificial lifeforms that come from a society that ran out of empathion and now search different universes for more in order to survive.
What, exactly, empathion is is not entirely clear. It seems to be a resource necessary for life and which is evidently tied to the psyche.
The Navigators were brought into this world by a process they call "the Match", something they don't fully understand and which they did not cause. Probably the same thing as The Apocalypse.
Navigators are divided into two types: Observers, whose role and motives is not yet fully clear; and Harvesters, who are less intelligent than Observers or Adventurers/Humans and who prioritize collecting empathion above all else.
Adventurers dying is one way that empathion is collected. Given the name and the correlation with the psyche, it's 99.9% certain that this is the same thing as when Adventurers give up a bit of their memories on the moon before they revive.
Navigators don't have their own bodies in Theldesia - instead, they have taken over the bodies of unused character accounts and monsters. In particular, Roe2 took over Shiroe's alt account on the Mare Tranquillitatis server (and other Observers have likely taken over other accounts there) while Harvesters have taken over Geniuses (see below).
Roe2 was able to get to Yamato by swapping positions with a summoned creature, but most Observers are still on the moon. She told Shiroe that if he contacted them, they could help him find a way home.
Genius
Geniuses seem to be a new type of quest/raid boss that were introduced in the Novasphere Pioneers expansion pack. They have a common theme of being disguised as People of the Land (including all the appropriate menu pop-ups), and are only revealed as monsters after certain triggers or once confronted.
Most, but not all, of them become powerful raid bosses once revealed.
Easily identified (once unmasked) by them all having a "Genius of " title.
They have all been taken over by Harvesters, used in Harvester plots to thwart Adventurers and increase the rate of Adventurer death so that more empathions are collected. And this means they can show up anytime as new adversaries rather than only as part of quests or events.
Their abilities and tactics vary wildly. Some are simple combat adversaries, another was stealthily kidnapping Adventurers through hypnosis.
One Genius/Harvester referred to Elias, an Ancient, as "a survivor" suggesting that they are related to the disappearance of the Ancients.
While they aren't as intelligent as Adventurers/Observers, don't think of them as mindless foes. As soon as Akiba started planning to use the Shibuya antenna station, the Geniuses setup an Eternal Moth hive around it blocking the Adventurers' attempts to use it and potentially forcing them to destroy the antenna along with the hive.
The Third/Fourth Party
Since The Apocalypse, Shiroe was searching for evidence of "the third party" - that is, people or things other than Adventurers and People of the Land, and who presumably caused The Apocalypse. He believes that The Apocalypse must have been caused with some motive, and therefore whoever is responsible should be out there somewhere. However, all his various investigations could not find any evidence that a third party exists until Roe2's letter.
However, Roe2 says that the Navigators did not cause The Apocalypse, leaving this still an open-ended question.
Since the Navigators are "artificial" lifeforms, it hasn't been ruled out yet that whoever created the Navigators is also the ones that caused The Apocalypse.
A Way Home
Of course, the big question always looming over the Adventurers has always been "can we go home?" As they learn more about the world and create even more advanced new magics and technologies, they may find such a way.
At the end of season 1, Nureha suggests that Shiroe is on the verge of finding a way home. Shiroe says he doesn't know if whatever technique he's cooked up yet really does send someone home, yet, all he knows is that it makes them disappear.
Following the letter from Roe2, Akiba is now trying to contact the moon where they may be able to learn more about how to get home from the Observers.
Some Adventurers are truly desperate to return to their old life and feel that Theldesia is their prison, especially those who feel disenfranchised by the current socioeconomic structure of Akiba. At its most extreme are the Odyssey Knights, who intentionally get themselves killed in order to glimpse the old world in the mid-revival dreams.
On the other hand, many Adventurers have adapted to life in Theldesia. Many enjoy their life here better than their old life and have no wish to return.
Shiroe was torn on this issue, seeing no good option. Either undo The Apocalypse, separating thousands of happy Adventurers from their friends, their new lives, sending many back to misery... or don't, forcing the other miserable thousands to remain imprisoned in Theldesia. But a well-timed inspiring conversation with Kanami reminded Shiroe of what Log Horizon is all about - achieving the impossible third option. Hence, Shiroe and Log Horizon aren't trying to undo The Apocalypse anymore, they want to find a way to merge the two worlds so people can travel freely between them.
Other Mysteries
The fast-travel gates between Adventurer Cities have been offline since The Apocalypse. Regan says it has something to do with the moon phases.
Shiroe and Kanami almost certainly had a mutual crush back in the Tea Party days. Shiroe wasn't over it for most of the series but he is now.
Akatsuki has a crush on Shiroe but is shy about admitting it/pushing it and Shiroe is pretty oblivious to it.
Minori also crushes on Shiroe. She's more upfront about it, but he's even more oblivious to this one, though pretty much everyone else has noticed it. (Shiroe and Akatsuki are both college-aged while Minori is like 14 or something so this isn't much of a love triangle per se, more of a character development for Minori plus a way to pressure Akatsuki into taking more initiative.)
Nureha is unhealthily obsessesing over Shiroe from afar.
Serera has a little-girls-first-admiration sort of crush for Nyanta, and absolutely everyone knows it. Nyanta is a perfect gentleman.
Marielle and Naotsugu started out as just platonic friends that get along well, but this has gradually evolved into something vaguely resembling the start of a relationship. They were even long-distance-calling each other every night to share their day with each other for a bit.
Shōryū has a crush on Marielle, which Marielle is oblvious about. Shōryū gets jealous when Marielle pays attention to other boys (particularly Naotsugu), which Hien loves to tease him about.
Henrietta likes dressing up cute girls in cosplay as a hobby/obsession. She has a squad of subjects for her obsession in her guild, but she is especially fond of doing so to Akatsuki.
Henrietta has had a couple moments of thought about crushing on Shiroe, but has no intention to pursue the idea further.
Sōjiro is a harem protagonist.
Nazuna is Sōjiro's one true love, or else the childhood bestfriend character that hangs out in the harem but ultimately only loves him platonically.
Naotsugu must decide who he loves more, Marielle or panties.
Krusty and Princess Lenessia have a pretty good thing going. I dunno what it is, but it's good and it was going, until he disappeared.
Rudy is an eager puppy and Isuzu is his proud owner.
I'm really glad I rewatched all of Log Horizon. In my opinion, it is a series that has gotten even better with age. If you are debating about delaying season 3 to rewatch the first two seasons or not, I say do it. There was no shortage of isekai series when Log Horizon first aired, and that number has only increased since. But how many isekai series actually want to seriously engage with their premise? Having the protagonist recognize that they've been transported into a video game world only to immediately shrug off all possible ramifications of this is funny, sure, but it's also definitely taking the easy way out. Nowadays, many series don't even bother with the 5-minute isekai-and-forget-it routine and just opt to pitch it as a fantasy tale in a nonsensically video game-themed setting, but even then the characters rarely engage with the consequences of the setting being game-ified. Not so Log Horizon. Log Horizon never forgets that its characters are real people and real gamers, worried far more about the existential unknown than yet another goblin king. It's not just that the story dabbles into politics, economics, and social reform, though that's great, too. It's the constant fear of the unknown, the optimism to rally against it, and the heart to learn lessons from it.
Source: https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/49918 This week at Bungie, we prepare for next gen. It’s been a while since we last spoke. I mean, it hasn’t been too long. We took a quick week off for holiday, but we’re back to the grind. There’s a bit to catch up on. Since the last TWAB, new Exotics have been discovered throughout Europa. Banshee has found new memories. The Deep Stone Crypt has been infiltrated. A dinosaur was sent into space. Quite a few of you have been asking about raid statistics. It’s always fun seeing how many players took on the challenge for a completion during the first week. We dug through our databases and found some fun stats to share, and we’re happily surprised by how many of you completed your first ever Jacket Quest. Day 1 Stats (Unique Raid Activity Clears)
Last Wish
Garden of Salvation
Deep Stone Crypt
4
551
29,814
Launch +10 Days Stats
Statistic
Last Wish
Garden of Salvation
Deep Stone Crypt
Unique Raid Activity Clears
3,555
33,152
258,049
Total Player Hours
2,185,983
2,807,504
7,156,651
Total Kills
338,667,495
446,461,881
1,100,488,566
Total Deaths
32,734,027
42,676,699
85,008,596
A final fun fact: Over 979,680 Guardians unlocked The Lament since the quest went live. That’s a LOT of sword damage. Now that we’ve covered the time that’s passed, let’s get back to business.
Light Keepers – Charity Update!
Image Linkimgur Earlier this week we kicked off our Game2Give Light Keepers charity initiative and, to no one’s surprise, the Destiny community has shown up in force. At the time of writing this TWAB, you’ve already raised above $450k, and we’re still in the first week! Our overall goal is to raise $2 Million, and we're well on our way. We also announced our charity milestone rewards, one of which you’ve already unlocked. In case you missed it, say hello to the concept art of our upcoming Dawning 2020 Titan universal Ornament. Image Linkimgur If you’d like to chip in a few dollars for charity, head over this way to help out and donate. We have more Dawning concept art to share, and some lore readings from special guests once you break the $1 million donation mark!
$250k – Dawning 2020 Titan universal ornament concept art
(You've already smashed this milestone)
$500k – Dawning 2020 Warlock universal ornament concept art
$750k – Dawning 2020 Hunter universal ornament concept art
$1 million – Dawning 2020 Legendary Reward preview
Every $100k after reaching $1 million – Guest lore reading
For the full schedule of featured streamers, head on over to the Game2Give website to learn more.
Return of the Banner
With the raid done and dusted, Lord Saladin is ready to get Guardians back into the Iron Banner. This will be the first Iron Banner to feature Stasis powers, so we’re all excited for what’s to come. Image Linkimgur For any New Lights out there, Iron Banner is a limited time 6v6 Crucible activity with Power-enabled combat. While artifact power is disabled, you’ll want to infuse and equip your most powerful gear before jumping in. Similar to Control, there are three zones on the map for your team to capture. The more zones you hold, the more points you get when defeating Guardians. If your team is brave enough to capture all three zones, the opposing team will be locked out of capturing zones for a short duration. In other words, this is your time to shine while your enemies cower in fear. To say it clearly, capping those zones is one of the most important things you can do. Stay close to your teammates, slay your enemies, and enjoy the spoils of victory! Lord Saladin can be found in The Tower, offering Iron Banner bounties with pinnacle-powered rewards. If you’d like to adorn your Guardian in Iron Banner-themed loot, he’s got you covered. Two weapons from the first year of Destiny 2 have been reprised, now featuring random rolls! Additionally, the Iron Will armor set is making its return, updated to accept new combat mods. Image Linkimgur Iron Banner begins at 9 AM on December 8, running through 9 AM on December 15. Truth be told, you’ll be downloading an update right before Iron Banner becomes available. You know what that means? It’s time for a patch note preview.
It's All in the Patch... Notes
December 8 can’t come soon enough. In just a few short days, next-generation enhancements will be coming to Destiny 2! In case you missed our next-gen article, here’s a quick refresher of the update coming next week: Feature
Feature
Xbox Series X
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series S
Resolution
4K
4K
1080p
Framerate
60fps
60fps
60fps
120hz Crucible Support
Supported*
Supported*
Not Supported
Field of View Slider
Yes
Yes
Yes
Faster Load Times
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cross-Generation Play
Yes
Yes
Yes
Next-Generation Upgrade Free
Xbox Smart Delivery
Yes
Xbox Smart Delivery
For all details concerning our next gen enhancements, click here! Destiny 2 Update 3.0.1 has quite a bit more under the hood. The team has been working on some bug fixes for issues found around launch, but we also have a few promises to keep. Let’s dig in. Dungeons - Prophecy
The Prophecy Dungeon will be returning to Destiny 2 on December 8, 2020.
This endgame activity is free to all players.
Powerful rewards may be earned from each checkpoint once per week.
Players may complete the dungeon once per week to obtain a pinnacle-powered reward.
Previously featured weapon and armor rewards are available once more.
Destiny Companion App – Bounties
Beginning next week, players may acquire bounties from Destiny 2 vendors using the Destiny Companion App.
Bounties may only be acquired when players are Offline, In Orbit, or in The Tower.
This will be introduced through a Companion App update, which is planned for December 8, 2020.
Stay tuned to @BungieHelp for more on this Companion App update.
New Light – Resolved Issues
Fixed an issue with the New Light subclass quest where Ikora's waypoint was suppressed.
Fixed an issue where veteran players with two characters of the same class were blocked from acquiring their subclasses.
Fixed an issue where a step on the New Light pursuit was not granting experience.
Fixed an issue where players who skip the Shotgun chest in the first mission did not receive Special ammo when the Shotgun was granted.
Monument to Lost Lights
Fixed an issue where the waypoint on the Exotic Archive Vendor continues to flash for players who own all Exotics.
Collections
Badges and Armor in Collections correctly select player's class.
Fixed an issue where the UI would forget which page the player was on after previewing an item in Collections.
Fixed a bug where some new armor mods had incorrect sources listed in Collections.
Crucible
Updated the mercy rule for Control and Clash to prevent it from triggering too early in the match.
Fixed an issue where the "Survivor" medal could be awarded to players who were defeated during the round.
Fixed an issue where the "Untouchable" medal could not be earned.
Beyond Light Exotics
Icefall Mantle
Fixed a bug where the Icefall Mantle's description did not mention the slow field it generates when activated.
Mask of Bakris
Improved the readability of the visual effects when another player wearing Mask of Bakris shifts directly toward you.
Updated the description string of Mask of Bakris's perk to correctly describe its damage bonus, which applies only to combatants and affects all Arc weapon damage and all damage against slowed or encased enemies.
Additionally, fixed an issue where this damage bonus was applying to players who are slowed or encased in Crucible and Gambit.
Necrotic Grip
Fixed an issue where being killed by the effects of Necrotic Grip would show as being "Killed by the Architects."
We’ll have a full list of patch notes ready to go on December 8 when the patch becomes avaailble for download. Speaking of availability…
Player Support Dream Team
Image Linkimgur With every patch, many of you ask what time you should set your alarm to in order to wake up for the fresh update. How long should you spend eating breakfast before hopping online? At what point should you shake your fists in the air because you forgot to set your console to auto update? Destiny Player Support has most of the answers we’re looking for. Some you may have to answer on your own! This is their report.
UPDATE 3.0.1 Today, December 3, background maintenance for Update 3.0.1 will begin. Below is a timeline of events:
December 3, 10 AM PST (1800 UTC): Destiny 2 background maintenance for Update 3.0.1 begins.
December 3, 2PM PST (2200 UTC): Destiny 2 background maintenance for Update 3.0.1. completes.
December 8, 7 AM PST (1500 UTC): Destiny 1 and 2 maintenance for Update 3.0.1 begins.
December 8, 8 AM PST (1600 UTC): Players are removed from activities in Destiny 1 and 2 and won't be able to log back in until 9 AM PST when Update 3.0.1 is available.
December 8, 9 AM PST (1700 UTC): Destiny 2 Update 3.0.1 is rolled out across all platforms and regions. Players can log back into Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 at this time. Ongoing maintenance is expected to conclude at 10 AM PST.
December 8 10 AM PST (1800 UTC): Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 maintenance is expected to conclude.
NEXT-GEN CONSOLES When Update 3.0.1 releases on December 8, next-gen console users (Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5) will need to download the full-size game, regardless if they have been playing Destiny 2 since Beyond Light’s launch. This does not affect Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or Steam users. Pre-load will not be available for this patch - pre-loads are usually only available for expansion type patches and are not available for hotfixes or seasonal updates. The estimated patch sizes for Update 3.0.1 based on platforms are as follows:
Xbox Series X|S 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~70.0 GB
PlayStation 5 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~67.0 GB
Xbox One 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~2.35 GB
PlayStation 4 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~2.09 GB
Steam 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~1.5 GB
Additionally, the updated Storage Requirements for Destiny 2 are as follows:
Platform
Destiny 2 Install Size
*Free Space Needed to Update *
Xbox Series X/S
70.0 GB
70.0 GB
PlayStation 5
67.0 GB
67.0 GB
PlayStation 4
70.78 GB
70.78 GB
Xbox One
65.7
65.7
PC
69.7 GB*
69.7 GB*
PC: Destiny 2 install size may vary based on languages installed, size shown is maximum size possible.
UPCOMING RESOLVED ISSUES
Below is a list of some issues expected to be resolved with Update 3.0.1:
The lift tubes in the Warden of Nothing strike fully drain Super energy.
The "Wanted: The Fanatic" Triumph is not being awarded after defeating the Fanatic in the Forsaken campaign.
"The Hit List" Triumph is not being awarded after defeating all the Barons in the Forsaken campaign.
The holograms from looped emotes, such as the Luxurious Toast and Feline Fancy emotes, disappear and leave players in a static position after the first loop ends.
The Adored Sniper Rifle cannot be reacquired from the Collections.
**KNOWN ISSUES * While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum:
Players who are colorblind may have difficulties seeing trails in Wrathborn Hunts.
In the Last Wish raid, players will get the “Place Relic” prompt for Riven’s Heart even if they aren’t holding it.
The Binary System ornament for Symmetry disables enemy highlighting in seeker mode.
Some players are being forced to reacquire the Cryptolith Lure every time they launch the game.
Major enemies that drop Moon weapon parts aren’t spawning.
The Scourge of the Past armor can’t take Season of Arrivals mods.
The Strength of Memory Challenge can’t be completed.
Some icicles on the Rimed Ghost shell are black and don’t look like icicles.
The Lost Lament quest sometimes progresses inconsistently/not at all and sometimes needs to be abandoned and reacquired to continue.
Kills with the Jade Rabbit Exotic Scout Rifle no longer auto-refill its magazine.
The Halcyon Visage Exotic Sparrow takes shaders poorly.
The Selfie Emote functions poorly on ultrawide monitor setups.
The Wisdom of the Witch Triumph no longer counts progress.
Some players cannot progress past the first mission of A Guardian Rises.
The Drifter sometimes misgenders players in idle dialogue and Gambit dialogue.
Eris still has a Weekly Challenge for some players. This Weekly Challenge intentionally does not provide a Powerful reward.
Flawless Execution on the Way of the Wraith Hunter subclass has a delayed trigger.
Resetting Valor rank on step 4 of 5 on the Light Reforged Crucible quest prevents future Valor earned from being recorded for the quest.
Multiple ships have their rocket effects floating behind the ship model.
Shiver Strike Titan melee does not function with the Heavy Handed mod.
Collections go back to the main menu instead of to the previous section.
HDR isn’t working as intended.
We’re investigating player reports that their veteran dialogue has been replaced with new character dialogue.
For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny 2, players can review our Known Issues article. Players who observe other issues should report them to our #Help forum.
Don’t Fall for an Imposter
Image Linkimgur Since the Deep Stone Crypt raid went live, we’ve been watching numerous fireteams take on the challenge. For some, it was their first trip through pinnacle content in Destiny 2. Exploring new zones, encountering new bosses, and earning new loot is always exciting! For others, this was an opportunity to take things to the limit by taking on the challenge solo. Who needs a backpack? Movie of the Week: Solo Slayer Video Link Movie of the Week: Beneath the Ice Video Link Movie of the Week: Band of Bro Video Link If you’d like to throw your hat in the Movie of the Week ring, make sure to tag your video with #MOTW, submit it to the Community Creations page, and include any and all contributors to your video in the description.
Piecing Art Together
Image Linkimgur ‘Tis always the season to celebrate the artists of our community. Whether it be an awesome cosplay build, a slick digital piece, or a handcrafted replica of a raid boss using plastic construction toys, we’re excited to celebrate it! Art of the Week: Blocktraks-1
If you’d like to be featured, make sure to tag your creation with #DestinyArt wherever you happen to submit it! We frequently check Twitter, Instagram, and our very own Creations page for things to highlight. That’s a wrap for this week. A bit to look forward to next week, and even more over the course of December. Thanks to that community art, I've just realized it's almost time for the Dawning. More on that soon… Next week will be our final TWAB of the year. We’re entering a period where many of our employees will be spending time with family, celebrating the end of a year, and recharging for what’s to come in 2021. We’ll still be around to respond to your feedback, process bug reports, and keep the servers running. Now, it’s time for me to raid. Looking for a better roll on my Trustee scout rifle from the Deep Stone Crypt. Any suggestions? Cheers, -dmg04
He's currently live and brainstorming additional possible rules for new server. Rules so far for second server (rules will be more harshly enforced): No griefing Be considerate Hopefully will be RP-heavy but will have more PvP potential as well. (Potential rule) Must stream (could be worked around in the case of RP streamers who don't stream, people with health issues, etc.) No Discord calls, use in-game chat for maximum immersion Max group size - 5/possibly 6 No offline raiding - at least half of team must be online to be raided No mindless killing / no killing nakeds Steam name must be identifiable (unless the case of Paddleman/Goblin/etc, where people can infer who you are) If found breaking rules, consequences will be a warning, followed by a day ban, then a permaban. If you're found to be especially deliberate in breaking rules, most likely immediately kicked. Alliances/grouping allowed for PvE but gray area for PvP Hard rule to enforce on chat but: no metagaming and no streamhopping for the purpose of toxicity Rules for first server (most rules for second server will also apply to this server): No door camping No griefing Be considerate (Potential rule) Must stream (could be worked around in the case of RP streamers who don't stream, people with health issues, etc.) No Discord calls, use in-game chat for maximum immersion Max group size - 5/possibly 6 No offline raiding - at least half of team must be online to be raided (Possibly) PvP only at monuments for first few days to prevent chaos Alliances/grouping allowed for PvE but gray area for PvP Hard rule to enforce on chat but: no metagaming and no streamhopping for the purpose of toxicity Other topics touched on: xqc was not the reason for the creation of the second server. It was just getting too big, currently 250 people whitelisted on the server with more being invited. People concerned about the first server dying need not be worried, there will be plenty of people on it. (The first server will seemingly just be a private server for streamers to be able to play on.) Also, the initial portion of his friends who the server was made for was not having fun due to the KOS meta that developed. Server 2 will have a lot less people but will have more people invited as it goes (whether it be the following days, seemingly in waves). New server is not "traditional Rust" so they want to take time to introduce the map and concept to the community and Rust community as well. Cargo ship, heli, chinook, and other OP events will be disabled on both servers for the first few days to prevent people from getting too OP too quickly More seats added to bandit camp (6 seats added, for a max of 12 seats) New server map shown and new mechanics discussed for second server: Map split in half horizontally by snow - safe zone in the south and PvP zone in the north. You can still be killed in the south but your body cannot be looted. War zone is unbuildable for bases. High risk, high reward. You cannot lay down beds, TCs, etc. but walls will be possible for better PvP Possible bounty system! You can put a bounty on someone's head and if someone kills them, the scrap will automatically go into their TC. Possible arena/coliseum area for 1v1 battles, with ranking and betting system Progression will be staggered (no AKs, SMGs, etc. for first few days) In the case of raids: No hard idea yet but the two possibilities are pre-built forts in the North that you can take over, so that raids can still be a viable idea or a purge day, where the safe rule in the South is removed and bases can be raided.
Sign-On has been reenabled & servers are slowly booting up - you might see a queue / "at capacity" messages.
All such posts will be redirected here.
(Background) Maintenace will last another hour (until 1900 UTC).
Hey Guardians, Here's a megathread for the upcoming maintenance that will bring us Update 3.0.1 & the Next-Gen-Patch (PS5 & Xbox Series X|S only). All posts about the maintenance & next-gen-patch will be redirected to this thread.
Downtime will begin when this thread is one hour old. Some features of third party apps (like DIM) could be disabled right now.
Game Downtime is 1 HOUR (until DAILY RESET). Maintenance will take another hour after that to complete.
Most of the time the game is (more or lessContacting Destiny servers...) playable during the ongoing Maintenance after the Downtime is over
Patch & Patchnotes should hit at DAILY RESET as well.
Please note that maintenance isn't fully over until one hour after reset, which means third party apps (like DIM, and your beloved DTG_Bot) might not completely work until then!
Next-Gen-Patch
A highlight of this patch is free Next-Gen-Support for PS5 & Xbox Series X|S, for all those lucky enough to snag one. Here is what you can expect (please read this article for all details):
Feature
Xbox Series X
PlayStation 5
Xbox Series S
Resolution
4K
4K
1080p
Framerate
60fps
60fps
60fps
120hz Crucible Support
Supported*
Supported*
Not Supported
Field of View Slider
Yes
Yes
Yes
Faster Load Times
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cross-Generation Play
Yes
Yes
Yes
* For supported platforms, 120hz Crucible requires a 120hz compatible display. When enabled, Destiny 2 switches to 120hz, lowers resolution, and lowers some advanced graphics settings upon entering a Crucible match. All other modes remain at 4k/60fps. Please note that affected consoles are required to basically re-download the entire game as soon as the patch is available:
Xbox Series X|S 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~70.0 GB
PlayStation 5 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~67.0 GB
Xbox One 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~2.35 GB
PlayStation 4 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~2.09 GB
Steam 3.0.1’s patch download size: ~1.5 GB
There has been no indication that deleting the game has any benefit, so keep it installed and just let it copy the patch over it!
Other Patch Notes preview
Dungeons - Prophecy
The Prophecy Dungeon will be returning to Destiny 2 on December 8, 2020.
This endgame activity is free to all players.
Powerful rewards may be earned from each checkpoint once per week.
Players may complete the dungeon once per week to obtain a pinnacle-powered reward.
Previously featured weapon and armor rewards are available once more.
Destiny Companion App – Bounties
Beginning next week, players may acquire bounties from Destiny 2 vendors using the Destiny Companion App.
Bounties may only be acquired when players are Offline, In Orbit, or in The Tower.
This will be introduced through a Companion App update, which is planned for December 8, 2020.
Stay tuned to @BungieHelp for more on this Companion App update.
New Light – Resolved Issues
Fixed an issue with the New Light subclass quest where Ikora's waypoint was suppressed.
Fixed an issue where veteran players with two characters of the same class were blocked from acquiring their subclasses.
Fixed an issue where a step on the New Light pursuit was not granting experience.
Fixed an issue where players who skip the Shotgun chest in the first mission did not receive Special ammo when the Shotgun was granted.
Monument to Lost Lights
Fixed an issue where the waypoint on the Exotic Archive Vendor continues to flash for players who own all Exotics.
Collections
Badges and Armor in Collections correctly select player's class.
Fixed an issue where the UI would forget which page the player was on after previewing an item in Collections.
Fixed a bug where some new armor mods had incorrect sources listed in Collections.
Crucible
Updated the mercy rule for Control and Clash to prevent it from triggering too early in the match.
Fixed an issue where the "Survivor" medal could be awarded to players who were defeated during the round.
Fixed an issue where the "Untouchable" medal could not be earned.
Beyond Light Exotics
Icefall Mantle
Fixed a bug where the Icefall Mantle's description did not mention the slow field it generates when activated.
Mask of Bakris
Improved the readability of the visual effects when another player wearing Mask of Bakris shifts directly toward you.
Updated the description string of Mask of Bakris's perk to correctly describe its damage bonus, which applies only to combatants and affects all Arc weapon damage and all damage against slowed or encased enemies.
Additionally, fixed an issue where this damage bonus was applying to players who are slowed or encased in Crucible and Gambit.
Necrotic Grip
Fixed an issue where being killed by the effects of Necrotic Grip would show as being "Killed by the Architects."
Others
The lift tubes in the Warden of Nothing strike fully drain Super energy.
The "Wanted: The Fanatic" Triumph is not being awarded after defeating the Fanatic in the Forsaken campaign.
"The Hit List" Triumph is not being awarded after defeating all the Barons in the Forsaken campaign.
The holograms from looped emotes, such as the Luxurious Toast and Feline Fancy emotes, disappear and leave players in a static position after the first loop ends.
The Adored Sniper Rifle cannot be reacquired from the Collections.
Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 maintenance is scheduled to begin. Some Destiny Companion features may be unavailable on Web, Mobile, and Third-Party Apps.
8:00 AM PST
1600 UTC
Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 will be brought offline for expected maintenance. Players will be removed from activities and won't be able to log back into Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 until 9 AM PST on December 8. Destiny 2 Update 3.0.1 will begin rolling out across all platforms and regions.
9:00 AM PST
1700 UTC
Players will be able to log back into Destiny 1 and Destiny 2. Players logging into the game may be placed in a queue, and may experience sign-on issues as background maintenance is still ongoing.
10:00 AM PST
1800 UTC
Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 maintenance is expected to conclude. Console players who encounter issues updating to Update 3.0.1 should restart their console and try downloading the update. Players who observe issues should report to the #Help forum.
Our Flairmaster Glamdring804 recently added Beyond Light flairs to our flair selector tool, go check them out! Unfortunately due to reddit limitations you can only see them on "old" reddit, sorry :( (due to other issues, like the TWAB not loading properly on "new" reddit, we always recommend to use "old" reddit on Desktop browsers).
Source: https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/49751 This week at Bungie, we’re beginning our descent to Europa. Every release, we have a long conversation about what we should show players leading up to launch, and what we should leave for players to discover. We want to build up the sense of wonder as a new Season or expansion makes its approach without spoiling everything that’s coming. With just a week to go before launch, we’ve almost reached our destination. Video Link Our Beyond Light Launch Trailer went live last week. A ViDoc, exploring Beyond Light and Season of the Hunt, is available for your viewing pleasure. We’ve released our Season of the Hunt calendar to help you plan out your days for the next few months. Image Linkimgur All that’s left is a quick preview of patch notes and a maintenance timeline. After that, we leave the rest to you.
It’s All in the Patch
Over the last few weeks, our goals have been to set expectations. We’ve covered the Destiny Content Vault, upcoming Sandbox changes, Gambit tuning, and more. These updates aren’t mind-blowing or overly game changing, they’re just nice little morsels to chew on in the final days leading up to launch. In any case, we hope you like the following quality of life appetizers before your meal is delivered on November 10. Archives Beginning November 10, two new kiosks will be available in the Tower. First up, the Quest Archive will be found next to the Postmaster. Our hope is that this removes some of the confusion when trying to track down the odd quest that you previously discarded. Additionally, this will be the place for any veteran players to pick up the New Light Quest on November 10, if they have a strong desire to experience new player tutorials and the (re-)introduction to the Cosmodrome. Image Linkimgur Next up, the Monument to Lost Lights Exotic Archive will be found by the Vault. Here, players may acquire various Exotics and Legendary Pinnacle/Pursuit weapons that were once available through now-retired quests. As many of these Exotics were tied to lengthy quests or difficult objectives, we wanted to make sure their prices reflected those previous efforts. Players will need an amount of Glimmer, destination materials, masterworking materials, and an Exotic Cipher or Ascendant Shard in order to purchase the Exotic or Legendary which they desire. We’re also introducing a currency, Spoils of Conquest, which can only be acquired when completing raids. This currency will be required for Exotics previously tied to Vaulted raids. Image Linkimgur In the past, Exotic Ciphers were very limited in nature. While you can expect one to be available as part of the Season Pass, Xur will also offer a quest to earn one Exotic Cipher on a weekly cadence. Now, let's move on to some traditional patch notes... Crucible
Trials of Osiris
Trials of Osiris Power level requirement increased to 1210.
Added ADEPT weapons and weapon mods to Flawless chest rewards.
Additional information here (link TWAB).
Maps
Added physics blockers to some out-of-bounds areas on Altar of Flame.
Added physics blockers to some out-of-bounds areas on Exodus Blue.
Added physics blockers to some out-of-bounds areas on Cauldron.
Player Identity
Login screens now have a dark background.
Updated the full-screen menus to have a dark background style.
Player waypoints now display Season Rank, HUD waypoints.
Added toggle functionality to the character screen, allowing the player to make a choice between Light and Dark subclasses.
Character screen visuals updated depending on player choice between Light and Dark.
Character Creation
Changed selection from "Male" & "Female" to "Masculine" & "Feminine."
Guardian head and hair models have been replaced with improved versions.
Several color swatches have been changed to better represent the applied color.
Player’s previous head selections are still used.
Misc
Fixed a bug that prevented online friends from showing up in the roster on Stadia for players with more than 100 friends.
Fixed a bug that occasionally prevented players from earning progress on bounties when joining an activity in progress.
This most notably impacted Iron Banner bounties and could cause players to have their Artifact Power bonus enabled during Iron Banner matches.
A few Sandbox changes that we missed in our Sandbox preview
Traveler's Chosen
Reduced muzzle flash intensity.
Point of the Stag
Increased Point of the Stag's Max Power Level to 1310.
Divinity
Fixed a bug that prevented some weapons from dealing precision damage to the Divinity cage (e.g. Eriana's Vow).
Hunter Dodge
Increased Hunter's Dodge cooldown by a few seconds.
(E.g. Tier 4, old cooldown: 22 sec. New cooldown: 26 sec.)
Anti-Champion Mods
Anti-barrier rounds will now penetrate Taken Phalanx shields.
All Anti-Champion mods have been shifted to armor, rather than taking a weapon mod slot.
Orbs of Light have been changed to Orbs of Power as they can now be consumed by Light and Dark subclasses.
Before we end our patch note preview, we do want to call out the collectors among you who have been talking about the impending removal of Expired Ramen Coupons from your inventories. We know this one stings a bit. It’s a byproduct of us cleaning up inventory systems and doing general maintenance. We want to a provide a parting gift before these coupons are tossed into the bin. These coupons can’t be redeemed for spicy ramen, but they can decorate your desktop for as long as you desire. [4k – SPICY RAMEN COUPONS] Image Linkimgur …and there we have it. Full patch notes will be released on Tuesday around launch time. Stay tuned!
Novembrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
With a new expansion coming next week, we also have a fresh update coming to Bungie Store! We’re entering the holiday season, so it’s a pretty good time to start gift shopping for your favorite Guardians out there in the world. Image Linkimgur Starting November 9, upgrade your arsenal of collectibles and gifts at Bungie Store with new exclusive products and free in-game emblems with purchase, including the Destiny 2: Beyond Light Original Soundtrack! Cosmic Alignment (Available November 9 through December 4, 2020) Image Linkimgur Between Stars (Available November 9 through February 9, 2021) Image Linkimgur Shattered Harmony (Available November 9 with purchase of Destiny 2: Beyond Light Original Soundtrack) Image Linkimgur Follow @BungieStore on Twitter for more deals and discounts to be announced every Friday in Novembrrrr from The Drifter, The Exo Stranger and Variks.
Let’s Talk Maintenance and Pre-Loads
Image Linkimgur Next Monday, November 9, Destiny 2 will go offline for an extended maintenance period. We want to give everyone ample time to download Destiny 2 Update 3.0.0. Our teams are prepping for the launch day assault on our servers. Destiny Player Support has the full timeline for maintenance, downloads, and more. Read up, spread the word, and get ready for Beyond Light. This is their report.
UPDATE 3.0.0.1 Next Monday, maintenance for Update 3.0.0.1 will begin. Below is a timeline of events:
November 9, 3:30 PM PST (2330 UTC): Background maintenance for Update 3.0.0.1 will begin.
November 9, 4:00 PM PST (0000 UTC): In preparation for downtime, players will be removed from activities and will be required to download a small update before logging in again.
November 9, 6:50 PM PST (0250 UTC): Sign-on for Destiny 2 will be disabled.
November 9, 7:00 PM PST (0300 UTC): Destiny 2 will be brought offline for expected maintenance. Players will be removed from activities and won't be able to log back into Destiny 2 until 9 AM PST on November 10.
November 10, 9:00 AM PST (1700 UTC): Destiny 2 Update 3.0.0.1 will be available across all platforms and regions. Players will be able to log back into Destiny 2.
November 10 12:00 PM PDT (2000 UTC): Destiny 2 maintenance is expected to conclude.
For more information, please visit our Destiny Server and Update Status help article. BEYOND LIGHT PRE-LOAD Pre-load for Update 3.0.0.1 will be available prior to the game’s release. Below are pre-load timelines and instructions based on platform: PlayStation Beginning on November 8 after 8 PM PST (0400 UTC), users can start pre-downloading Update 3.0.0.1 by:
Navigating to Destiny 2
Pressing the “Options” button
And selecting “Check for Updates”
In an effort to decrease server load, some PlayStation Plus users may be able to pre-download Update 3.0.0.1 starting on November 7 after 8 PM PST (0400 UTC) if they have auto update/download enabled on their PlayStation 4. For instructions on how to setup auto update/download, please click here. PLEASE NOTE: BUNGIE RECOMMENDS THAT PLAYERS SHOULD NOT DELETE THEIR CURRENT VERSION OF DESTINY 2 ON THEIR PLAYSTATION CONSOLE TO SPEED UP THE PRE-DOWNLOAD PROCESS. Xbox Pre-load for Xbox will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance at 7 PM PST (0300 UTC) on November 9. For instructions on how to setup auto update, please click here. PC Pre-load for PC will be available shortly after Destiny 2 is taken offline for expected maintenance at 7 PM PST (0300 UTC) on November 9. Update 3.0.0.1 should automatically be put in the Steam download queue once it is available to pre-load. For more information on managing Steam downloads and updates, please click here. STORAGE REQUIREMENTS Below are the updated storage requirements for Beyond Light: Platform |Destiny 2 Install Size |Storage Space Needed for Installation | |--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--| Xbox Series X|S|65.7 GB|65.7GB| PlayStation 5|70.78 GB|70.78 GB| PlayStation 4|70.78 GB|171.68 GB| Xbox One|65.7 GB|65.7 GB| PC|69.7 GB |186.2 GB** | ** PlayStation 4: Includes current installed version of Destiny 2 (100.9 GB) + Update 3.0.0.1 pre-load (70.78 GB) = 171.68 GB* *** PC: Destiny 2 Install Size may vary based on languages installed, size shown is maximum size possible * ** PC: Includes current installed version of Destiny 2 (up to 116.5 GB) + Update 3.0.0.1 pre-load (up to 69.7 GB) = 186.2 GB* DESTINY CONTENT VAULT AND THE END OF SEASON OF ARRIVALS With the start of Year 4 and the introduction of the Destiny Content Vault on November 10, certain items will be deprecated from player inventories that correspond with Vaulted destinations, activities, and campaigns. Players should review our help articles on items being deprecated at the start of Year 4 and items being removed at the end of Season of Arrivals for more information on items, quests, and currencies that will be removed from player inventories at the start of Year 4. Some items listed can be used or turned in for rewards, such as Glimmer, weapons, and armor, so be sure to do that before November 10. Additionally, certain Titles will become Legacy Seals and unavailable to earn at the start of Year 4. Players should be sure to equip the following Titles before November 9 at 7 PM PST (0300 UTC), after which they will be unavailable to earn. For more information, please visit our Year 4 Triumphs Update help article. Seal |Title | |--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--| A Shadow Rises|Shadow| Reckoner|Reckoner| Black Armory|Blacksmith| Destinations|Wayfarer| Lore|Chronicler| Undying|Undying| Dawn|Savior| Almighty|Almighty| Arrivals|Forerunner| Moments of Triumph 2020|MMXX| BUNGIE REWARDS With the release of Beyond Light on November 10, certain Bungie Rewards will no longer be available to earn. These include the ‘Eclipse Sunset’ and ‘Sunset’ emblems, the Year of Shadowkeep Artifact Coins, the Moments of Triumph t-shirt, the Raid Ring, the Prophecy Dungeon Hoodie, the MMXX Seal, and the Forerunner Seal. Players should be sure to earn these rewards by November 9 at 7 PM PST (0300 UTC) and claim these rewards from the Bungie Rewards page before November 13 at 8 AM PST (1600 UTC).
Encore
Image Linkimgur Before we kick off a new year of Destiny content, we have a final round for Movie of the Week. 2020 isn’t over yet, but we’ve had a blast watching community-created content throughout Shadowkeep and its associated Seasons. Many thanks to those who’ve submitted their footage (and art!), as it’s kept us sane week over week. Here are your final Movie of the Week selections before Beyond Light brings some Darkness to the table. Movie of the Week: Thanks, Taken! Video Link Movie of the Week: Festival of the Lost, Parting Shot Video Link Movie of the Week: Give ‘em a hand Video Link Movie of the Week: SEVENTH COLUMN!!! ...AND ANOTHER ONE! Video Link Movie of the Week: It isn’t over until it’s over
Next week, we’ll have a new companion section for Movie of the Week. We felt it important to give the same spotlight to the artists of our community as we’ve been giving to those who create fun videos. To throw your hat in the ring, submit your content to the Community Creations portal on Bungie.net. If you also post your content to social media, tag it with #DestinyMOTW or #DestinyArt. We’ll snag a few winners each week and grant them some fancy new emblems. We’ve been here a few times. What was once months became weeks. Weeks have become mere days. Five more sleeps stand between you and Beyond Light. Well, that’s if you can even sleep the night before launch. I know I probably won’t. Many of you have been on this journey with us from the start. In the last year, numerous Guardians have begun their journey through New Light. No matter how long you’ve been a Guardian, we can’t thank you enough for playing. Stay hydrated. Be healthy. Treat yourself well. We’re almost there. See you starside. -dmg04
When your status only appears offline, you’ll still be connected to the Steam network, and your games can still update. This is important for your games to work properly. If you’re in Offline Mode and a game needs to be updated, you won’t be able to play it. There are pros and cons to each and times when you might want to use one over the other. If you’re appearing offline, you’ll seem that way to those who look at your status, but you’ll still be connected to the ... Click the Restart in Offline Mode button and Steam will restart in offline mode – features like Steam’s server browser, friends, and achievements aren’t available offline. Steam will launch in offline mode each time you use it until you manually re-enable online mode. It's easy to appear offline on Steam. You can appear offline on Steam if you don't want others to see that you actually are online. Even while appearing offline on Steam, you can still play games,... Just set Steam to offline and you can play almost alk games offline i do all the time. #3. Zekiran . Nov 23, 2017 @ 10:32pm Remember that you have to be online first, to tell Steam that it can go offline. *edit * omg WHY , this was a 5 year old thread, why did you necro it and make me add a comment ... *ded* Last edited by Zekiran; Nov 23, 2017 @ 10:32pm #4 < > Showing 1-4 of 4 comments . Per ... Steam also has an option of an offline mode where you can play the games which are installed offline against bots or you can pursue the single player campaigns available. There are many cases where Steam fails to enter the offline mode. Click on Steam at the upper left then select Go Offline. Click Restart and Play Offline to restart Steam in offline mode. It's the other way around. The main account has to be online but not accessing the library (playing a game) in order for ANY game in that library to be available. The authorised user also has to be in online mode. This is needed so steam can check if the library is available, which cannot be done in offline mode for obvious reasons. Wrong. The owner does not need to be online. Five best offline games on Steam in 2020 5) Monster Hunter: World There are only a handful of games that will test your skills as much as Monster Hunter: World, and fewer still that are as fun as ... “Offline Mode allows you to play games through Steam without reconnecting to the Steam Network every time you wish to play – this is particularly useful if you do not plan on playing over the internet and would prefer not to download new updates for your single-player games. And the answer is a big Yes. There is an offline mode in steam via which players can continue enjoying their play even when they are away from internet access. The steam offline mode feature comes really handy in cases of long travel or home shifting etc. Must Read: 10 Best Steam Games.
Download link: https://mega.nz/#!wAgWzJKQ!mtw5QAL-839u85gKPV7NhYG5XaUnY4gD1gjEDxTjh8ASite to find steam appid: https://steamdb.info This is a tutorial showing how to play steam without logging ... is a tutorial showing how to play steam without logging into your account and once u have done this you wont even need steam ... There seems to be a lot of confusion and widespread misinformation about Steam's offline mode, so I decided to make a short video to clear things up. Contrar... A new and easier method has been described to me and I have made a short additional tutorial here: https://youtu.be/1qnRAt8lE04It is possible to play a frien...
