Deep Stone Crypt Contest Mode

This calendar week at Bungie, the Crow has found a new nest.

Hello, and welcome to the 2nd TWAB of Beyond Lite. We've got a scrap to comprehend today, and so we won't spend too much time on introductions. Season of the Hunt kicked off proper on Tuesday. If you haven't jumped in merely still, we accept some wonderful web lore to get you prepared. I wasn't mentally prepared for part two...

IMMOLANT PT. 1 // IMMOLANT. PT 2

2 DRINK MINIMUM

Wrathborn Hunts have begun. We even so take the Deep Stone Crypt Raid, The Dawning, Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, and more to look forrard to over the course of the Flavour.

Get-go stop: The raid.

On Your Marks. Get Set. Raid.

Season of the Hunt isn't the only thing making its chiliad archway this week. At 10 AM PST on Saturday, November 21, the Deep Stone Crypt will become available.

We've talked through Contest Mode, shown off some fancy rewards, but we wanted to arrive a concluding reminder before the show begins.

World First Verification Timeline

In one case the raid has been conquered, we will announce that the activity has been completed from @Bungie on Twitter. Afterwards this, our teams will start diving into the information to verify that the first completion was clean. Our hope is to be able to announce the winners soon afterwards Globe first, but we want to ensure our validation efforts are sound. Ultimately, our goal is to have a mail service congratulating the winning squad on Monday, November 23.

Contest Mode Reminder and a Quick Stasis Update

Quick bullets that all should exist aware of:

• Contest Mode volition cap all players at 20 Power beneath each encounter for 24 hours.
• Artifact Power volition be disabled during Contest Way.
• Your squad's Power Cap goal is 1230 for all the encounters.
• Being above 1230 will not provide any additional reward in the final fight.

Earlier this calendar week, an issue was discovered where Stasis was doing large (and we hateful insanely huge) amounts of damage to bosses. The team worked at lightning pace to develop a gear up for Destiny 2 Hotfix 3.0.0.3, thus preventing touch on to the upcoming raid! We accept a few more notes on full general Stasis balancing later in the TWAB, so continue reading if yous want to know more than! This may not be a piece of Contest Style, but nosotros wanted to make certain to telephone call this out for those who may have seen an interesting video or two over the terminal few days.

In that location Volition Be Boodle

Now, it wouldn't be a race if there wasn't something on the line. While many of yous may have seen these rewards on our Instagram or fifty-fifty a preview on the Bungie Store website, we wanted to make certain to testify these off in a TWAB earlier the raid released!

World First Raid Title (don't call information technology a belt)

The first Fireteam of 6 to complete the Deep Stone Crypt raid will exist declared World First by Bungie from @Bungie on Twitter afterward verification from our analytics team. Official rules can be plant here.

Day 1 Raid Emblem

Complete the Raid within 24 hours with Contest Mode active (by 10 AM PST on Nov 22) to unlock this unique keepsake.

Jacket Quest: Parka Edition

Consummate the raid by 9AM PST on December 1 to unlock the Bungie Rewards Deep Rock Crypt Raid Jacket for buy.

Additionally, there are two deadlines that players should be enlightened of:

• Deadline to Claim Reward Code: Dec 31, 2020 ix AM PST
• Deadline to Purchase: December 31, 2020 11:59 PM PST

Now, only a few questions remain...

• Accept yous gotten your Power loftier enough?
• Practice you have your raid team assembled?
• Are yous prepared for boxing?
• …and for those of you who may non be racing, who volition you be watching?

See y'all Saturday. It'due south going to be a blast.

Securing the Entrance

Our Security team has been working on a diverseness of projects to sharpen our tools for crook detection. In the coming weeks we'll begin rolling out a new security measure for newly created accounts on PC. Our hope is that this deters some players from breaking the Lawmaking of Conduct.

For a quick explanation of what'southward coming, our friends from the Security squad volition be taking the phase to walk you through the procedure of SMS verification.

What is SMS verification?

Bungie is implementing a quick account validation step for gratuitous-to-play players who desire to access our high-stakes PvP modes in Destiny 2 on PC. Complimentary-to-play accounts (PC only) will need to link and verify a cell phone number to their accounts via Bungie.cyberspace before being able to access those activities.

What activities are high-stakes?

Trials of Osiris, Iron Banner, and Competitive PvP playlists are examples. Every bit this feature rolls out, we will be looking to how it tin abound, and potentially expanding it to alternate activities in the future.

Why are nosotros doing this?

Unscrupulous players tin can negatively impact anybody's gameplay experience and undermine the hard-earned achievements of others. Bungie takes the threat of cheating seriously. We volition continue implementing systems to help verify that accounts engaging in Destiny 2 activities are honoring our Lawmaking of Conduct and Terms of Service.

What do y'all need to practice?

If you are a gratuitous-to-play Destiny 2 PC player yous volition receive a find in-game the offset time yous endeavour to access a protected activity. This volition provide you lot with a "Verify Now" link to follow to Bungie.cyberspace and process your SMS linking. When yous enter your cell phone number and asking a verification code you lot will receive a quick text bulletin with "Bungie Code: ######".  Once you enter that lawmaking on the Bungie.net page to complete your verification process you lot can sign back into the game to get immediate access to the activity you want to play.

Once this characteristic is alive, free-to-play PC players volition run across an image in-game which will walk them through the signup process.

For announcements regarding this security rollout, please follow @BungieHelp on Twitter. We will also release some help manufactures over the next week to give total details on the upcoming feature!

As a reminder, if you encounter any players that you suspect of cheating or breaking our terms of service, please employ the in-game study tool and submit a written report using our contact form on Bungie.net.

Game2Give 2020 Fundraising Campaign – Low-cal Keepers

Over the years, this customs has proven time and time over again that gaming does adept. You've acted as Guardians of the world, providing assist to people in need, no affair the challenge. Nosotros're excited to announce our next initiative, partnering with Game2Give, starting on Dec 1! Without further ado, we'll pass the mic over to the Bungie Foundation to run us through this wonderful event.

Bungie Foundation: Gear up for our second annual Game2Give charity outcome in support of the Bungie Foundation and Children'southward Miracle Network Hospitals, benefitting sick kids across the country. Nosotros invite the Bungie Community to join us in commemoration of what we can accomplish together through games and giving.

On Giving Tuesday, Dec 1 at 10 AM PST, we'll exist boot off a 24-hr streaming marathon with some of your favorite influencers from a variety of channels including Twitch and Facebook Gaming. We'll have featured live streams taking identify throughout the entire 2-week campaign, so exist sure to follow us @BungieLove to receive the latest information!

We are excited to share the sweetness prizes we accept to thank our donors for their amazing contributions to assist kids. Check them out:

Donation Incentives

• A $25 donation volition earn you the 2019 Mist Blossoms Keepsake and Gilded Trounce Exotic Ghost.
• If you missed them final twelvemonth, this is your run a risk to become your hands on them!
• A $50 donation will earn you the higher up items, plus the new Light Keepers Emblem.

• A $100 donation will earn you the 3 items above and volition enter you to win an item from the Bungie Prize Pool. Prizes include GameStop/EB Games gift cards (U.South. and Canada only), Destiny 2: Beyond Low-cal Digital Palatial Editions, and Destiny 2: Across Calorie-free Concrete Deluxe Editions.

Best of all, 100% of donations go straight to the charities. All in-game digital incentives will exist automatically redeemed via donors' Bungie.net ID and will announced in the Destiny ii Collections tab on or after Tuesday, December 1.

This year, nosotros have also partnered with the online fundraising platform Omaze. Gamers from effectually the earth tin can enter for their take a chance to win $20,000 to create the ultimate gaming rig and support this fundraising initiative! More details will come leading up to our campaign'south launch.

As we caput into the vacation season, we want to extend our heartfelt gratitude for each and every one of y'all, who continue to bring smiles, joy, and promise for Little Lights everywhere. We hope you see yourself reflected in this mantra and hold it beloved.

We are Light Keepers

Those who cartel to ignite promise in the face of doubt

By our united, global passion we protect those in demand

Making a lasting difference for the Little Lights effectually the globe

We are Light Keepers

Love,

The Bungie Foundation

We're also planning a few other goodies for you to unlock throughout the effect when reaching certain donation milestones. Stay tuned for the full Game2Give 2020 article planned for December 1!

Tuning the Darkness

It's not often that an entirely new subclass makes its archway into the ecosystem of Destiny 2. The team has been difficult at piece of work over the final year edifice abilities and Supers powered past the Darkness. Enemies around the solar system are shaking in fear of your Stasis powers, including your swain Guardians in the Crucible.

Depending on when this article goes alive, a hotfix may or may not be in the wild. We have some notes from the development team on what's changing in Destiny two Hotfix three.0.0.3.

Development Squad: We take seen a lot of feedback on Stasis since Beyond Light launched last week. We've heard it's a ton of fun to apply, but certain aspects of this new bracket tin can be frustrating to go upward against (looking at yous, Shadebinder Warlocks). We have a few small-scale tweaks planned to get out in Hotfix iii.0.0.3 this week. Our goal here is to do some early tuning to rein Shadebinders back in while all the same maintaining their overall efficacy and ability fantasy.

Stasis Changes:

• Stasis Breakout Damage reduced (110->90hp).
• Adjusted the bend that reduces breakout harm using resilience.
• Increased the damage reduction effect resilience has then that higher tiers of Resilience are more valuable.
• Caps out at xc Resilience.
• Penumbral Boom (Stasis Warlock Melee) projectile speed reduced by xx%.
• Penumbral Boom (Stasis Warlock Melee) range reduced (was 28m now 16m).
• Wintertime Wrath (Stasis Warlock Super) duration reduced (30s -> 24s).
• Winters Wrath Light Attack (Stasis Warlock Super) cost reduced (v% per outburst -> 4.5% per burst).
• Cold Snap seeker speed reduced by 23%.

Against Guardians:

• Cold Snap freeze duration lowered (4.75s -> 1.35s).
• Ice Flare Bolts freeze elapsing lowered (four.75s -> ane.35s).
• Penumbral Blast (Stasis Warlock Melee) freeze duration lowered (iv.75s -> one.35s).
• Winters Wrath Heavy attack (Stasis Warlock Super) no longer affects players who are not encased.

With all that said, nosotros believe strongly in the "cosmic ice" magician fantasy in PvE and so nosotros're trying to target changes where we can towards the PvP experience specifically. With Stasis we've tried to push the sandbox in new directions and that increases the likelihood we introduce something spicier than normal.

When it comes to crafting new abilities, we believe the risk of aircraft something a lilliputian hot is improve than playing it safe and shipping something that doesn't get you excited. Equally always, we're going to be using data, playtesting, and feedback to assistance refine our management and we're going to go along responding. This will not be the final change to Stasis this Season. As nosotros get closer to future changes, we'll brand some other appearance in the TWAB for a patch note preview.

Thanks for playing, and nosotros'll see you out there in the wild.

Let's Talk Boodle

Since Beyond Light launched, we've been working through a whirlwind of feedback. What feels skillful, what needs piece of work, and most importantly, how are you feeling? Today, we'll be talking through a bit of histrion feedback concerning loot, and some short term plans the development team is working on.

Evolution Team: Every bit Beyond Lite has launched we've been tracking your feedback around loot, particularly weapons, and wanted to accept a moment to let you know how we are processing it. Today nosotros're going to talk mostly about the short-term, with more than information to follow in the future around the long-term as we work through those problems.

Infusion caps are intended to aid continue Destiny 2 evolving and ensure that every release the new rewards are exciting and relevant to the meta. Notwithstanding, nosotros agree with your feedback that there's currently non enough multifariousness in the world boodle weapons available to players this flavour.

To that end nosotros are calculation back in a selection of weapons that will help alleviate this issue. We will likewise be watching to run into how the landscape changes with the addition of weapons from Season 12 and this week'due south Raid launch. Nosotros also agree that getting near-cap weapons from random globe drops is frustrating. Thus, nosotros are removing those from the puddle, and are weighting drops more heavily towards newer weapons.

Here's a list of adjustments to the world loot legendary weapons pool y'all'll encounter with our November 24 hotfix:

• Remove all legendary weapons that hit their infusion cap at the terminate of this season
• Add all of the Seventh Seraph weapons from Season ten
• Add all of the Season xi seasonal and planetary reprisal weapons
• Weight driblet chances so the newer an particular is, the more likely it is to driblet.

While we are not yet ready to dive into the long-term strategy notwithstanding, we are listening to feedback and watching how the histrion build landscape evolves over these get-go few weeks of Across Light, and incorporating that feedback as we program out time to come Seasons.

Feedback never stops, and we're always excited to hear how you're feeling about Destiny 2. Continue it coming.

Bashing Some Bugs

This last week has been a whirlwind. New content, new bugs, and new investigations. Destiny Thespian Support has a full study of what's we've constitute, and what we're still on the hunt for.

This is their report.

Today, November 19, maintenance for Hotfix 3.0.0.iii will begin. Beneath is a timeline of events:

• Nov nineteen, 8 AM PST (1600 UTC): Destiny 2 maintenance for Hotfix 3.0.0.3 begins.
• Nov 19, 8:45 AM PST (1645 UTC): Players will be removed from activities and won't be able to log dorsum into Destiny 2 until 9 AM PST when Hotfix three.0.0.3 will be available.
• November 19, 9 AM PST (1700 UTC): Destiny 2 Hotfix three.0.0.3 has begun rolling out beyond all platforms and regions. Players will now be able to log back into Destiny 2. Ongoing maintenance is expected to conclude at 10 AM PST.
• November 19 10 AM PST (1800 UTC): Destiny 2 Maintenance is expected to conclude.

HUNT OR BE HUNTED

This week, Flavor of the Hunt activities and story content unlocked for Flavour Pass owners. In order to access the Flavor intro mission, players should make sure to have completed the initial Forsaken and Shadowkeep story missions, which are free to all players.

Players should also make sure to have space in their quest inventory prior to interacting with Spider or the Crow in order to acquire Seasonal quests.

For more data on Flavor of the Hunt, please follow this link to our Season of the Chase Guide.

Artifact PICKUP

Nosotros are currently investigating an issue causing players who acquired the Seasonal Artifact before completing the full New Low-cal Tower introduction to be blocked from progressing in the Flavor of the Hunt story and missions.

New Low-cal players should exist certain to complete the full Belfry introduction prior to picking up the Seasonal Antiquity from Zavala's office.

We are continuing to monitor for reports of veteran players encountering this issue. If you believe yous've been impacted past this effect and are not a New Low-cal player, please report to the #Aid forum.

DESTINY Add together-ONS

Players who see issues with their Season Laissez passer, expansions, or Across Low-cal Grapheme Boost are encouraged to view our Purchased Destiny Add-Ons Aid article for information and troubleshooting steps they can accept. Click here for more than information.

PC MIGRATION AND Battle.NET LOGIN Catastrophe Soon

Beginning on Dec one, 2020, at ix AM PST, logging in using Blizzard Battle.cyberspace accounts volition no longer be  possible on Bungie.net or the Destiny Companion app, nor volition users exist able to migrate their Battle.net account to Steam.

Users who only take a Battle.internet account linked to their Bungie profile are strongly encouraged to either link some other platform to their profile, or to perform PC migration to Steam (unless you already have a Destiny 2 Steam account). Click here for more information.

KNOWN Problems

While nosotros continue investigating diverse known bug, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum:

• We've identified an issue where the Vanguard strike Playlist difficulty was unintentionally set to 1100 Power.
• We are developing a fix to reduce the Recommended Power of Vanguard strikes Playlist to 1050.
• The Exo Stranger'south weekly challenge is mistranslated in languages other than English – players need to defeat combatants with or afflicted past Stasis off of Europa.
• Sparrows on Europa are not properly despawning.
• Meleeing equally a Titan while using the Stasis subclass tin can event in a visual of multiple rapid punches.
• The elevator tubes in the Warden of Null strike can close before all fireteam members are successfully through.
• The lift tubes in the Warden of Nothing strike fully drain Super energy.
• The Warsat Heroic Public Event in the Mothyards of the Cosmodrome doesn't count completions for objectives.
• Yellowish subtitles will appear equally white even when the yellow option is selected.
• The Braytech RWP Mk. Two no longer appears as owned in Collections for some players.
• High value target advantage chests practice non grant the proper corporeality of Blink.
• The holograms on the Stella Incognita bond and Bond of Terminal Departure ornament bounce aggressively.
• The eyes on the Phenotype Plasticity Mask no longer glow red.
• Adored cannot be reacquired from Collections.
• In-game PlayStation friends lists are missing large amounts of online friends.
• Thespian heads may not render when inspecting players in the Belfry.
• Afterward Crucible rounds may display an inaccurate round timer.
• Belong of the Great Chase clips through the Moonfang-X7 Cloak.
• The Titan Shiver Strike and Glacial Convulse melee have inconsistent hit registration.
• Reaching Ability Level 1200 may result in a "New Take chances" popup even though Adventures are no longer available.
• An incorrect amount of Orbs of Power may drop than what is displayed to have dropped when defeating enemies with a Masterworked weapon.
• In Survival, players may not enter into overtime when both teams take an equal corporeality of lives remaining.
• PlayStation Remote Play controls may no longer function for some players.
• Mida Mini-Tool and Drang cannot accept ornaments for their Baroque versions.
• Fallen Empire and Stasis Fragment quests can be purchased fifty-fifty with a full quest inventory.
• Participant kill sound plays in the Crucible even when not involved in a player kill.
• An increase in ARUGULA errors for players completing the Across Light campaign.
• In the Insight Terminus strike, Kargen will continuously perform ground slams and non permit players to progress past the conflux space.
• Combat Drill bounties say they require Clash kills, but actually requires kills in Emptying.
• Players may be directed to reacquire the Seasonal Artifact from Zavala'due south office when they already take it in their inventories.
• The Garden of Salvation and Crown of Sorrow Warlock armor sets are not visible in Collections.
• The Unsecured/Outcry send has the rocket engine effects floating behind the transport model.

For a full list of emergent issues in Destiny ii, players can review our Known Bug article. Players who notice other issues should report them to our #Help forum.

Ever Watching

Nosotros've been spending a lot of time over the last week and a half watching players reacting to live events, expansion launches, and more. There have been a few moments where we were watching players taking reward of some interesting bugs, too. Don't worry, we aren't keeping a naughty or nice list. Y'all're all notwithstanding winners in our hearts.

Well, sort of. The actual winners for MOTW put out some fun videos that creep me the hell out. Festival of the Lost may be over, just in that location are still echoes of darkness reverberating through our Creations page.

Movie of the Week: Truth

Movie of the Week: The Curse of Bad JuJu

Motion-picture show of the Calendar week: Risen (Warning – Strobing Lights/Imagery)

If you'd like a adventure at our new MOTW emblem, make sure to submit your content to the Creations page on Bungie.net. Tag it with #MOTW, and please credit everyone who contributed to the video in its description.

An Artistic Affect

I volition ever have corking appreciation for those with a greenish thumb, but even moreso for those with a green thumb for art. These skills are earned through hours, days, weeks, months, and years of practice… but I volition always be amazed at the pieces we see shared throughout our community. This calendar week, we have an amazing accept on Across Calorie-free, and more.

Featured Art: Go Beyond the Calorie-free

Get BEYOND THE LIGHT! Promise you like my Beyond Light affiche! ❄️👾🖌#Destiny2 #BeyondLight #destinythegame #DestinyArt #xbox #XboxSeriesX #SeriesX #PlayStation #ps5 #Halo #Commission pic.twitter.com/vz7powNNPp

— jack 🎨 (@jackdrawss) November fourteen, 2020

Featured Art: Immolant Pt. 2

— StellarStateLogic ❄️🧊🥶 { Comm.: Full three/3 } (@PedanticAuspice) November 17, 2020

Featured Art: Europan Fireteam

ローンチおめ！(再掲) film.twitter.com/I31Q2e3ARk

— 𝙏𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙈𝙄❄️ (@tmaaaaa3) Nov 11, 2020

If you accept whatever Destiny inspired art, make sure to tag it with #DestinyArt on Twitter, Instagram, or whatever paradigm hosting site you lot utilize! Each calendar week, we selection a few and grant unique emblems to their creators.

I'll admit, this TWAB has been somewhat difficult to write. Don't get me wrong, what's said higher up is incredibly important! Clemency initiatives to help those in need, the upcoming raid race, new security measures, and Stasis tuning are great things to come across. Information technology'due south always a fun time collaborating with the various teams of Bungie to go you a weekly dose of information.

That said, I'yard just itching to become back into the game. Information technology'due south almost time for me to go hunting. See you adjacent calendar week.

...wait, I'll more than likely see you on Sat for a raid race. Either way, I hope you are in skilful wellness, and wish you a good weekend.

Cheers,

-dmg04

Source: https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/49853

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