Destiny 2 devs signal Gambit\u2019s end by making core activity \u201centirely optional\u201d BungieDestiny 2\u2019s unique PvPvE Gambit mode has been rather quiet in recent years and now, Bungie is officially moving the core mode to the side by making it \u201centirely optional\u201d. When Destiny first hit store shelves in 2014, it did so with two core pillars: PvE and PvP. With Destiny 2, however, that changed with the arrival of a hybrid PvPvE mode known as Gambit. While this innovative concept served as an equal pillar in the early stretch, it soon became somewhat of an afterthought, with players merely jumping into the mode when required for weekly or seasonal rewards and nothing more. With its player base in decline and no sizeable updates on the horizon as devs focus on The Final Shape, Bungie has officially moved Gambit to the side, making the once-core playlist \u201centirely optional.\u201d \u201cAs many of you have noticed, we\u2019ve been quiet on Gambit,\u201d devs acknowledged in a lengthy August State of the Game blog. This silence has been intentional on Bungie\u2019s part as devs confirmed the PvPvE\u2019s player count is \u201cstill low\u201d in 2023, to the point where only a few smaller bits of content are still in development. \u201cThis is an area of the game with lower engagement that would take resources away from more popular parts of the game to shore up.\u201d As a result, Bungie has no plans to \u201cdedicate resources to significantly transform Gambit\u201d anytime soon. In light of this clarification, devs have now made Gambit \u201centirely optional\u201d, ensuring players don\u2019t have to jump into the less desirable mode if they don\u2019t want to. From Season 22 on, all weekly challenges can be completed in any ritual of your choice. So unless players are eager to grab a specific piece of Gambit-only gear, including a new Void Machine Gun in the next Season, there\u2019s no requirement to play the PvPvE mode. However, that\u2019s not to say Gambit is being completely forgotten in the months to come. In the year of The Final Shape, devs teased a new port of the Cathedral of Scars map along with Shadow Legion and Lucent Hive enemy types to keep things fresh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Destiny 2 devs signal Gambit\u2019s end by making core activity \u201centirely optional\u201d BungieDestiny 2\u2019s unique PvPvE Gambit mode has been rather quiet in recent years and now, Bungie is officially moving the core mode to the side by making it \u201centirely optional\u201d. When Destiny first hit store shelves in 2014, it did so with two […]<\/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-39988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39988","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=39988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}