After the success of The Witch Queen, Lightfall felt like a bit of a backward step to many Destiny 2 players. It certainly has its positives, but these are largely overshadowed by the expansion's lackluster campaign and the fact that a lot of the content that it offers retreads old ground; clumsily, in most instan

Altars of Reflection : Weekly activity that players can take on through specifically marked icons within the Throne World. These missions typically involve light puzzle solving as well as battling enemy combata

The Dawning in upon Guardians in **Destiny 2 ** , forcing holiday cheer as viciously as the new Stasis subclass has dominated the Crucible with the Beyond Light expansion. The Tower has been lavished with festive holiday decorations, and Guardians have been tasked with a mission so grand the Traveler balks at its impossibility: to bake snacks for allies and vendors. Doing so often results in players being rewarded with a legendary package specific to The Dawning seasonal ev

Story Missions that provide a random piece of gear are bounties that Petra Venj sells each weak. They unlock missions tied to the Dreaming City. Depending on the strength of the curse, one of these three missions can be completed once a week per character. Finishing one of these three missions allows players to turn it in for Dreaming City g

Blind Well is an activity similar to the Altars of Sorrow on the Moon, requiring players to complete Tiers to finish the activity. Blind Well, however, only gives one Dreaming City gear piece per week per character if a Tier IV run is completed. Slot in a Tier III Charge of Light in the Oracle Engine to start the Tier IV

Xur, the exotic merchant of Destiny 2 , arrives every weekend until reset, giving players a short window to check out what he has in stock. With The Final Shape, Xur has seen a rework of what is on offer. Here's what the merchant has for the weekend of

Firepower - This mod however will allow players to regain a portion of their grenade energy every time they throw one, but it will consume one stack of Charged With Light. Players will want four of this mod equip

The primary perk Guardians will want for Cold Front is Subsistence. This roll automatically reloads the SMG from reserves, with the drawback of reducing how much ammo players can carry for the gun at once. The trade-off is worth it, though, as minimizing the need to reload will enable gamers to capitalize on the final roll for Cold Fr

For a decent Cold Front in PvP, players will want to start with the weapon’s barrel. The most useful roll for this in the Crucible is Hammer-Forged Rifling on PC and Smallbore on console. Hammer-Forged Rifling increases the SMG’s range while Smallbore increases both range and stability. PC players have the advantage of a mouse and keyboard, making weapon recoil almost a non-issue, which makes Hammer-Forged Rifling much more useful to them. Console players, however, struggle with recoil a bit more, making Smallbore more benefic

Inside the Shattered Throne dungeon are encounters that will drop a random piece of Dreaming City gear after the first completion each week per character. The labyrinth encounter, fight against Vorgeth, and the Dul Incaru boss fight gives one piece of Dreaming City loot. Any Collective Psyche armor set received during this dungeon will typically have a roll of 60 or higher total stat points - perfect for players in need of better g

Pull the weapon out, get a melee kill to get five stacks of Swashbuckler immediately for a hefty damage buff, and go to town with this fusion rifle. For the purposes of Destiny 2 PvE , Swashbuckler is going to be more useful for Glacioclasm, as the damage bonus stacks can be gained with a single melee kill. Conversely, Rampage stacks can only be gained by defeating enemies with the weapon itself, thereby wasting a few unoptimized shots to build the damage buff. This would be fine with a kinetic weapon, as primary ammo is abundant. With energy and heavy weapons, however, every shot matt

Saint-14 and the Trails of Osiris offer players a high-end PvP activity in exchange for powerful rewards. Starting with Episode Heresy, Bungie made getting to the Lighthouse easier , while still offering top-tier rewards for those who can achieve a winning streak. Similar to most vendors in Destiny 2 , Saint-14 has a reputation system that rewards players for ranking up through playing and completing bount

Over the past decade, billions of dollars have been wasted in pursuit of the perfect live service game, with Concord , Skull and Bones , and Marvel's Avengers being just some of the many high-profile flops that have failed to capture the hearts and minds of gamers . However, every once in a while, a developer does manage to get things right, as evidenced by Bungie's Destiny ga

The Dark Below expands upon many of the game's worst elements rather than introducing new ideas or building on the things that really worked. What little story development provided falls far too short and much of the length comes not from additional content but instead meaningless grinding. The Dark Below offers something new to do for those who have already reached the endgame, but very little e