Destiny 2 developer Bungie admits they \u201cmissed the mark\u201d on new Lightfall features BungieDestiny 2\u2019s developer Bungie admitted in a recent blog post that they believe they \u201cmissed the mark\u201d on certain player systems introduced with the launch of Lightfall. Lightfall marked a historic update in the franchise of Destiny 2, bringing about revamps to several older outdated systems alongside the main campaign content. Systems such as armor and modifications have seen several quality-of-life improvements in recent times, bringing them more in line with the current state of Destiny 2, but that\u2019s not all. Lightfall also saw the introduction of many newer systems, some aimed at showcasing player progression and player engagement. Guardian Ranks were released at the start of Lightfall\u2019s launch, for instance, revamping the previous level system to showcase a Guardian\u2019s progression in a more defined manner. Players are given objectives to complete that can slowly increase their Guardian rank, giving them incentives to pursue, as well as a direction for newer fans to look toward. Unfortunately, this system proved to be quite a challenge for Bungie, as some of the requirements for progressing to higher tiers were deemed too grindy or difficult to complete. As such the community birthed the \u201cforever six\u201d meme, demonstrating how players were stuck at the rank for a decent chunk of time. Bungie admits to \u2018missing the mark\u2019 on Guardian Rank progression After reviewing the data post-Lightfall launch, Bungie has now admitted that they \u201cmissed the mark\u201d on their goals for the system, and are looking to improve it moving forward. Bungie has stated that they\u2019re looking to redefine the goals for seasonal resets, claiming they don\u2019t want players to redo the basics after their ranks are reset each season. Therefore, they\u2019re looking to build in some shortcuts to speed players up and get them completing the new seasonal requirements sooner. Alongside this, Bungie wants Guardian Ranks to be a cue for players to understand what they have completed, (ie a raid etc). In order to do so, at the start of a Season player\u2019s rank will reflect the highest rank they earned last season, and will then be replaced once the player hits higher than their previous rank. These changes come in combination with the reduction of requirements for increasing Guardian Ranks in general, resulting in an easier, less grindy experience for those looking to rank up in the higher tiers. New Commendation type being added in Season of the Deep Commendations are also being looked at by Bungie after the frustrations players have had with the system. This system allowed players to commend one another at the end of an activity, but due to commendations being tied to Guardian Rank progression, players found the system more frustrating than fun. Bungie has lowered the required commendations for ranking up in player\u2019s Guardian Ranks and will also be adding in a new Commendation type called \u201cBest Dressed\u201d come Season 21. Commendation counts will be reset each season in order to reflect the newer content, however, a player\u2019s commendation score and breakdown will be tracked, with players only losing out on a percentage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 developer Bungie admits they \u201cmissed the mark\u201d on new Lightfall features BungieDestiny 2\u2019s developer Bungie admitted in a recent blog post that they believe they \u201cmissed the mark\u201d on certain player systems introduced with the launch of Lightfall. Lightfall marked a historic update in the franchise of Destiny 2, bringing about revamps to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}