Destiny 2’s huge free Into the Light update is live, here’s the roadmap and patch notes
The final big Destiny 2 patch before The Final Shape is here, and it’s awesome.
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Following quite an impressivelivestream showcasefor the upcoming Destiny 2: The Final Shape expansion — it revealed that the DLC is bringing a special Prismatic multi-classing subclass to the game, along with Exotic class items for it that drop with combinations of Exotic armor perks and a new Tormentor-inspired enemy faction called the Dread — the huge and free Into the Light update forDestiny 2has gone live. You can download and install the ~4GB patch now, and to everyone’s surprise, the game’s servers actually seem to be holding up despite all the players flooding into the game.
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To coincide with Into the Light’s launch, developer Bungie has also published a roadmap for it, which you’ll find in the image below. Today, a new wave defense PvE activity called Onslaught has arrived alongside the return of six fan-favorite weapons (Elsie’s Rifle, Falling Guillotine, Edge Transit, The Recluse, Hung Jury SR4, Succession) you can get by playing it, complete with new perk options and special “BRAVE” skins exclusive to players who earn them before The Final Shape’s June 4 launch; every week until April 30, two new BRAVE weapons will be made available from Onslaught.
The beloved timed Exotic mission The Whisper has also returned to the game today, with Zero Hour coming on May 14; these will give players access to craftable versions of the Whisper of the Worm sniper rifle and Outbreak Perfected, respectively. On April 30, we’ll get a special raid boss gauntlet called Pantheon, too, and there’s even a PvP map pack that includes three new maps coming on May 7.
Overall, thiscompletely free-to-playupdate is massive, and if you ask me, it’s honestly more exciting than any of the paid seasonal releases we’ve had during theLightfallera. Note that the patch notes for it have also been published, which you’ll find in the section below. They’re mostly just bug fixes, but thereissome notable stuff like PvE weapon buffs in there.
It’s important to note that all this content is here to stay, too, so don’t worry about missing out on it in the long term if you’re not able to play Destiny right now. The only thing that’s going away when The Final Shape launches are the unique appearances for the BRAVE weapons, but you’ll still be able to hunt down the weapons themselves and grind for the perk rolls you’re after.
Destiny 2 Into the Light: Patch notes
Here are the patch notes for Destiny 2: Into the Light, taken directly from Bungie’s website.
ACTIVITIES
CRUCIBLE
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Competitive
Trials
RAIDS AND DUNGEONS
FREE ROAM
UI/UX
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LOCALIZATION
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ARMOR
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CRUCIBLE ONLY CHANGES
OTHER FIXES
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Destiny 2 is one of thebest Xbox gamesandbest PC gamesfor fans of multiplayer and looter shooters, and The Final Shape — the final expansion in the Light and Darkness Saga — looks to be the biggest DLC that Bungie’s popular live service game has ever gotten.
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