Destiny 2’s New Rite Of The Nine Event Is For Dungeon Newcomers And Veterans Alike

Bungie has introduced the upcoming arrival of Rite of the Nine, a limited-time Destiny 2 occasion centered round three of the area shooter’s dungeons.

The dungeons featured will probably be Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher, and Ghosts of the Deep. They’re going to rotate weekly all through the occasion’s period. Three modes – Ultimatum, Explorer, and Eternity, will have an effect on the way in which gamers expertise every dungeon. Gamers will probably be working in the direction of a excessive rating, and that rating is calculated on how typically you die. Keep alive as a lot as attainable, and your rating will probably be greater. That rating will decide how good the loot drop is on the completion of every encounter. “We’re difficult you to enter this tougher mode and never simply execute, however execute in a manner that will get you a better rating, higher rolls, and within the Ultimatum mode, Adept variations,” Bungie defined.

Ultimatum mode is for gamers who’re skilled in operating dungeons on the lookout for an additional problem. Ultimatum mode will bump the ability degree to be equal with the sport’s most troublesome content material as seen within the likes of Contest mode. Every dungeon could have exercise modifiers added which can craft the expertise, or make it tougher.

Bungie’s intention right here is to require Guardians to make choices earlier than coming into a dungeon or beginning an encounter. For instance, the Not Swap mod means you will have to hold one Unique outfitted at some stage in the encounter with out altering it. “We’d like you to essentially concentrate on determining this encounter and the way you are going to sort out the challenges related to it,” Bungie stated.

Explorer mode has been created for gamers who might not have ever performed a dungeon earlier than. They’re going to be tuned in order that Guardians can go in, be taught the mechanics, and acquire expertise. It offers gamers the chance to take their time and determine it out. To accommodate this, Bungie has added in-world tooltips that describe the dungeon mechanics, in addition to markers for the moments the place a route may be much less apparent. Alongside this, there will probably be lowered Darkness phases, and the revive timer will probably be simply 5 seconds lengthy. Bungie needs to take away the penalty for failure and encourage gamers to be taught these dungeons.

Within the occasion’s launch area, Guardians will meet the Emissary, who serves because the occasion vendor. The Emissary will supply quests, bounties, and rewards all through the occasion. 4 weapons from every dungeon will be earned. These weapons have reworked perk swimming pools, in addition to new perks. Equally to the Into the Mild occasion, Guardians can attune themselves to particular weapons in the event that they’re on the lookout for a selected roll.

Ultimatum mode is the one mode which can drop Adept variations of the dungeons’ weapons, which have new remedy. Not solely do Adept weapons roll with further perks, however they’ve a visible makeover too. An animated holofoil sample shines throughout the weapons, and Nine iconography is engraved into them.

In addition to the Adept weapons, a brand new event-exclusive Origin Perk known as Gravity Nicely will drop on all weapons in the course of the occasion. Whereas Bungie did not inform us precisely what Gravity Nicely does, it did disclose that gamers will solely have the ability to get weapons with this Origin Perk in the course of the Rite of the Nine occasion.