It’s Tuesday 22nd February 2022 and that means the Weekly Reset in Destiny 2 where the content rotates, the vendors & challenges reset and we have a chance for new content added into the game. Stay tuned for info about the new Witch Queen expansion, plus all the new content we have available today.

Today is a big day, it’s new expansion day, as Witch Queen has gone live to all players. Hopefully, you’ve downloaded the new expansion nice and quickly, and you are not stuck in a queue, although do remember on DLC days you can expect to wait in queues for some minutes, so do be prepared for that and try not to sweat it too much. You will get in, it’s all about being patient.  

Let’s have a look at all the new content on offer.

New Content

• New Campaign, which can also be done on Legendary mode too
• Weapon Crafting
• New Glaive weapon archetype
• New raid coming on Saturday 5th March
• New Exotics
• New 6-player activity

As well as the new Witch Queen content we also have season 16 content too. Talking about Season 16, let’s check out the trailer….

Nightfall this week is The Scarlett Keep. We don’t know what weapons are going to be available just yet.

We do have a patch notes preview, let’s dive into that info from Bungie.

Ritual Rewards

• Starting with The Witch Queen, ritual playlist rewards will be updated to grant ritual specific gear (weapons, mods, armor) and no longer be granting rewards from the general world pool.
• Crucible will grant Crucible gear, Vanguard will grant Vanguard gear, and Gambit will grant Gambit gear.
• Engram focusing is currently only available on Saint-14 and the Drifter for their ritual specific engrams.
• World engrams will continue to be granted at major ranks on ritual vendors, just for a little variety.
• Gambit, Crucible, and Vanguard rituals are receiving updated armor rewards for a new expansion release.
• These share the same base appearance but have slight differences in decals and coloring to represent each ritual.

Returning Crucible Maps

• Eternity and Vostok return to the Crucible on February 22, 2022.

Eververse

• No changes
• There will be new cosmetic items available for Silver and Bright Dust, but no systematic changes to the experience.
• But what about Bright Dust? Any changes to how much players will be earning?
• There are no changes to Bright Dust acquisition or totals compared to that of Season 15.
• Players will continue to earn Bright Dust from Seasonal Challenges, repeatable bounties on specific vendors, and through the Season Pass.

Season Pass Changes

• High-stat Seasonal armor has been reintroduced.
• Individual pieces are awarded between ranks 57 and 87.
• Legendary Engrams have been replaced with focused Umbral Engrams.
• Five in total. Each focused to a different armor piece (arms, legs, chest, class, and head).
• All Umbral Engrams are tier 2.
• The Season Pass emblem has been removed, but we have introduced a Season Pass Sparrow.
• The Season Pass scrounger bonuses (bonuses which increased Seasonal weapon/armor drop chances in ritual activities) have been overhauled.
• The weapon scrounger bonuses are no longer separated by weapon type or ritual activity. They now apply to both Season Pass Legendary weapons and all activities at once.
• Two weapon scrounger bonuses instead of six.
• The first bonus grants the player a small chance to receive the weapons from ritual activities. The second bonus gives an improved chance.
• Total drop chance is unchanged from previous Seasons.
• The armor scrounger bonuses are no longer separated by ritual activity. It now applies to all activities at once.
• One armor scrounger bonus instead of three.
• Like the weapon, the total drop chance for each armor piece is unchanged.
• Aside from the emblem, no items have been removed from the Season Pass, only added.
• A number of rewards such as Glimmer and Legendary Shards have been consolidated to make room for high-stat armor.
• A small amount of Upgrade Modules have been added.
• The order some rewards are acquired has been tuned to accommodate the above changes.

Shattered Throne: “Thrallway”

• Fixed an issue where Shadow Thrall in The Shattered Throne were unintentionally granting investment rewards, such as Glimmer, engrams, and XP.
• As players begin to craft weapons and level up their Season Pass on February 22, we want to ensure gameplay rewards are earned by playing and completing activities, bounties, or just hanging out with friends in patrols while defeating minions of the Darkness.

Boss Stomps

• Adjusted the physics knockback for boss stomps.
• This will should result in fewer deaths from being knocked into objects.

The full patch notes will be available on Bungie’s website.

It’s going to take a little time to get our heads around the new season. Normally in the weekly update I’d give you a run down on the Seasonal Activites, the latest Witch Queen DLC updates, and walking through vendors and Eververse. The game is down at the moment, as this is set to go live just as Witch Queen releases, however, the normal weekly update will be back as per normal next week.

That’s it for the weekly reset this week for Tuesday 15th February.

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