Gavin: Although I'm unlikely to be known by many of you, I've been intimately involved with Destiny Raids since Vault of Glass. Our team began as an interesting collaboration between people who had made shooters, but not Raids, and people who had made Raids, but not shooters. In a lot of ways, our conversation is mirrored by the Destiny community; long-time Raid veterans and action-game wunderkinder have come together to share stories, strategies, and knowledge. I feel like we're all in the same experiment together, and I'm really excited to be a part of it.
But enough about me. Let's talk about King's Fall!
I've seen a lot of speculation online about the mechanics for Hard Mode. Will Oryx choose a random player to be Torn Between Dimensions? Does Golgoroth blind the taunters? Did we replace every combatant with Taken Captains? Let's just cut to the chase, because I think we all really know what Hard Mode is going to be this time around: Everything is clockwise. BAM!
Okay, so that's a joke. I don't want to spoil the actual mechanics. Instead, I’d like to describe our process for developing Hard Mode in King's Fall.
This time, we followed a subtractive approach by building the mechanics early on. For a long time, we play-tested internally in Hard Mode, treating it as the default experience. Once we were satisfied, we removed them to arrive at the Raid you have already played.
For the mechanics themselves, we shied away from simply increasing sandbox difficulty (not that it won't be harder). You've had time to hone your strategies and develop a rhythm. Some of you might even be able to do it backwards, blindfolded, or upside-down. Hard Mode is going to upset that rhythm. We're going to give you one more plate to spin, and make you think on your feet.
Good luck out there, Guardians! You can be sure that we'll be watching, and playing right there along beside you.
I’m tuning my browser to Twitch. We like to watch at Bungie. Anyone out there ready to knock Team BroGothRex off their smug platform?
World First Pro-Tip: Return to Orbit! Bungie User Research would like you to know that, according to their database, your Raid activity is only complete once you vacate the Destination. Kill Oryx and get out of there. Celebratory dancing could rob you of your glory.
Good luck.
Lost and Found
Among the many vendors that support your Guardian lifestyle in the Tower, you’ll find the Postmaster. More affectionately known as Kadi 55-30, she’s not the most vivid player on the City stage. We don’t even think she has a parody Twitter account like the
Cryptarch. So sad!
Kadi 55-30 deserves more respect. She’s the nice robot that makes sure you never miss an Engram. All she asks is that you don’t leave them on her shelves to collect dust. We’re taking a moment to remind you that if you ask Kadi to hang to more than 20 items, she’ll throw them away. Now that Eververse Trading is on the scene, loot overflow could lead to serious trouble.
“Too many packages. Tracking subroutines failing. Tess upset. Oh dear. Oh dear. No logs. Packages lost.”
Don’t let that happen to you! Please keep your inventory orderly. Claim your lost and found items from the Postmaster as they arrive.
Happy hunting.
Need To Know Basis
What do you need to know to keep playing Destiny? If it’s a technical issue, you have Destiny Player Support.
DPS: During Iron Banner, it became apparent to many Guardians that Nightstalker Hunters had near infinite arrows in their Quiver. In case you missed it,
Hot Fix 2.0.1.2 was released on Tuesday, 10/20/2015. This contained
a temporary fix which disabled the additional arrow shots granted with the “Quiver” sub-class node. This node will be restored in a future update, but don’t count on it immediately carrying your Raid group to victory when King’s Fall Hard Mode launches on 10/23/2015.
With the return of Tess Everis, we recently launched
a new reporting tool to gather information and hear directly from you. We’ve expanded this reporting tool to cover any issues you may see for the Destiny Companion on Bungie.net or the iOS/Android app. If you encounter any bugs, usability issues or account problems you can utilize these
new Contact Forms starting today. Keep in mind, these Contact Forms are largely for data collection. If you send in information, it may not net a response but we’ll keep track of the stats. Consider it our own personal Sports Almanac for reference.
You don’t need to wait for this weekly report to get the support you need as a player, by the way. Let us know if we can #Help you in the future.
Flix Pix
Yoohoo! He’ll make you famous.
Cozmo: Last week we featured several videos of Guardians showing off their new emotes. This week, we have a collection of Super videos. Some of them feature Guardians using Supers in amazing ways. Others show Guardians shutting down enemies using said Supers with hilarious results. As always, MOTW winners will be receiving a special emblem. Please allow three to four business days for it to arrive. We’ll pay for the shipping. If you desire that emblem, make a submission to the Creations page.
On to the winners. Roll that beautiful Destiny footage.
Movie of the Week: An easy Hammer of Sol counter that Sunbreakers don’t want you to know about.
Honorable Mention: Check out this Seventh Column medal that will shock you!
Honorable Mention: This Bubble Bro is shutting down Supers. Hunters hate him.
Now that Cozmo has baited your mouse, there’s nothing left to do here. If you need me, I’ll be on my perch, supervising Rahool.
Back to work, Master. Do your job right. We’re all counting on you.
DeeJ, out.