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Bungie’s looter shooter is no stranger to memes, like the recent addition of the Honk Mask with the aforementioned Festival of the Lost. The celebration began yesterday at the game’s weekly reset with an event Destiny 2 players can start at the Tower by speaking with Eva Levante, and it consists of diving into Haunted Lost Sectors and other activities in order to claim sweet loot and candy. This year, Destiny 2’s Haunted Forest is not returning, likely due to the vaulting of Mercury and its assets last year, with Beyond Light, so the Haunted Lost Sectors are something many players were looking forward to....

One fan on Reddit calculated out how long it took players to delete that massive amount of shaders. Factoring in the deleting process taking one second, it comes out to over 25 years of in-game time when you stack every Destiny 2 player’s time together. The tedious process of deleting shaders has not gone unnoticed by players, and is one of the complaints leveled at the system, which changed to a one-time-use consumable item in Destiny 2 instead of the original game’s method of letting players unlock a shader once and then apply it once and swap it out....

Bungie announced the Destiny 2: Beyond Light raid will release on Saturday, November 21 at 10 a.m. PT. This gives players a heads up to make preparations with their fireteams, and those who might work weekends the ability to request time off. The developer shared more details on the event for any players planning to take the crown for Destiny 2’s World First and earn a new raid belt....

But one common concern from the Destiny 2 beta seems to be rising up: the new Arcstrider Hunter feels weaker than the other subclasses. And not just against the new Dawnblade and Sentinel, but against every other subclass in the game. In general, players are feeling underwhelmed by the newest Hunter subclass. One of the most common complaints about the Arcstrider is that it can be hard to close the gap to reach enemies in PvP, allowing them plenty of time to return fire and take down the incoming supercharged Guardian....

(Light spoilers for Destiny 2‘s campaign follow.)

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Along with an all new neon-themed season, players are getting all kinds of new content and activities including Fallen inspired armor, a 6 player matchmade activity called Override, and a weekly pinnacle missions known as Expunge. There’s new exotic and legendary gear to also track down including the first ever Stasis infused pistol. Vault of Glass finally makes its grand return from the original Destiny, and players will also get to play around with a new transmog system called Armor Synthesis....

In the latest issue of This Week at Bungie, the studio confirms the 2019 passing of Matt Helsom. Helsom worked on Destiny 2 as part of the team at Vicarious Visions, which partnered with Bungie on various Destiny 2 projects. Helsom’s work included both 2D and 3D art in his role as a Senior Artist at Vicarious Visions since 2012. In memory of his work, as well as the impact Helsom had at Bungie, Vicarious Visions, and throughout the Destiny 2 community, Bungie’s planning on something special....

Python is the new Ritual weapon for the Destiny 2 Gambit mode. Like many of the weapon quests in the game, the road to Python takes a lot of work and emphasis on using shotguns, but the bug makes players stop progressing in the questline altogether. RELATED: Destiny 2 Exotic Weapon Bugged, Dealing Massive Damage Players looking to make progress on their quest to get the new Python shotgun will have an issue if they load into a Gambit game in progress....

Exploits around super regeneration have traditionally been some of the more popular glitches utilized by the Destiny 2 community. Bungie, on the other hand, has changed its stance against super regeneration in the past year and has nerfed almost every exotic armor piece that granted super energy before Shadowkeep was released. RELATED: Destiny 2’s Hunter Exotic is Still Bugged This particular glitch concerns the Hunter exotic helmet Celestial Nighthawk. Its perk already states that every Golden Gun kills grants 1/3 super energy but with the addition of the Energy Converter armor mod, the effect increases dramatically....

Additionally, Bungie has stated that it is dedicated to rebuilding the multiplayer’s sandbox to focus more so on the smaller teams for the Destiny 2 experience. According to game director Luke Smith, these and other potential changes are due to the developer’s decision to rethink “the Crucible from first principles,” which may or may not rankle some Guardians within the science fiction shooter’s established fan base. Interestingly enough, this particular announcement from Bungie regarding the Crucible’s specific player count confirms details shared in a leak detailing changes in the sequel that came about just an hour prior to the livestream....

One of the ways Destiny 2 could continue to ever-improve the user experience, especially for newer or returning players, is it could stand to provide them with more character customization options. This could include expanded options for humans, Exo, and the Awoken. For example, players could have far more options and sliders for a character’s hairstyle, facial features, and body type. This would allow players to create a character that better represents themselves, potentially providing more meaningful customization options to Destiny 2’s player base....

Emblems in Destiny 2 have mainly been items with very little use outside of cosmetic flair, although there are a few emblems in the game that are harder to earn, like the ones earned for completing a challenge mode in the Leviathan raid. But now developer Bungie is looking to make emblems a bigger symbol of achievement in the game. In its weekly blog, Bungie detailed how these emblems will work when the next patch hits on February 27....

This new trailer sets the tone for what players can expect from Destiny 2’s next big expansion, including some interesting story teasers. This trailer shows how the remaining two Vanguard leaders cope with the news of Cayde’s death. Zavala wants to protect the City in order to not lose any more friends, while Ikora Rey is on the side of avenging Cayde’s death – much like most fans were after learning of Cayde-6’s fate....

Some players want raid gear to be a complete surprise until they themselves play the raid or start seeing it on other players, so be warned for those who consider seeing raid gear early to be a spoiler, spoilers follow. These weapons and armor are still classified in the database, meaning they cannot be seen on websites that display items in the Destiny 2 database; however, this gear is completely viewable in the Collections tab in Destiny 2 itself....

Shortly after launch, about 400 players were banned from accessing Destiny 2 on PC without any explanation as to why. Initially, these players (and others) surmised that the bans were a result of having third party software open, like an overlay for Discord or Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) for streaming. Bungie was quick to clarify that it was not delivering bans for the use of these types of software, essentially saying that the banned players deserved their punishment....

RELATED: Destiny 2: Kings Fall Weapons God Rolls Duality comes with its own lore and secrets, but perhaps the most interesting loot is Heartshadow, an Exotic Void sword that has a chance to drop at the end of the Duality dungeon after defeating the Nightmare of Caiatl. The chance of this drop increases as players unlock certain Triumphs in the dungeon. In order to get the Heartshadow’s Catalyst, players will also have to return to Destiny 2’s Duality to complete a special quest during their run....

Smith confirmed in his post that the Eververse storefront is being moved to the Director. This means that Destiny 2 players will no longer have to speak with Tess at the Tower to access it. Additionally, players will now be able to see more content in the Eververse storefront that is specific to their class. Bungie will also make it easier for players to complete a set by reducing prices if players already have some of the pieces....

While many suspected that Bungie would take this opportunity to nerf some of the best new exotics in Destiny 2 from the Forsaken expansion, the list of nerfs was virtually non-existent. For the most part, any changes to exotics were actually buffs (like Prometheus Lens getting a 10% increase to its damage) or fixes which made Ophidian Aspect and Lunafaction Boots exotics stronger. The exotics that did get a bit of a nerf or a fix that negatively impacted their power were Ursa Furiosa, Hard Light, and Ace of Spades—but, overall even those nerfs shouldn’t affect them too much....

According to a new article from Edge Magazine, the Patrols and Strikes that make up a bulk of the other PvE content in Destiny 2 won’t unlock until the final third of the campaign. However, the editors at Edge who played the entirety of Destiny 2’s campaign said the story missions were so engaging that they didn’t miss the other PvE content, nor realize that they hadn’t played them until the notification popped up in game telling them the content had unlocked....