Over the last week Destiny 2 held The Iron Banner, an event
that occurs every month. Lord Saladin visits the tower with neat looking armor
and weapons that will be rewarded to the guardians that are participating. This
new iteration of The Iron Banner is great for new players, it gives them a
reason to come back every day and the token system is simple, unlike the bounty
system in Destiny 1.
Though this iteration of Iron Banner caters to the new and
casual audience, it leaves us mid to hardcore players with not much to care
about. There’s nothing that progresses our power level, no difficulty with
Light advantage off, and on top of that, players not committing to an Iron
Banner match.
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| Eastern-Inspired Iron Banner Gear |
I’ve dabbled in Iron Banner in Destiny 1, it wasn’t my kind
of game mode. I liked the PvP in both Destiny and Destiny 2, but once someone
talks about hardcore PvP my interest was gone, my only incentives were getting
the gear and getting my Light level up. Now in Destiny 2 the only reason I’d
participated in Iron Banner was the sweet looking armor, I didn’t care about
the guns or anything else Lord Saladin had to offer.
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| A lot of my games consisted of players leaving before the match ended |
A major problem in Iron Banner and PvP in general are that
there are no penalties for leaving in the middle of a match. This made my time
playing Iron Banner miserable. Every third or so matches this would occur and
why wouldn’t they? It’s faster to go back to orbit and start a new match. There
needs to be a penalty if you leave in a middle of a match, whether that be
timing them out, or less rewards for a curtain amount of time. If Bungie doesn’t
address this problem player’s perception of PvP are going to be sour, you can
believe it left me feeling unmotivated to play.
Iron Banner isn’t just a mode Bungie slapped in the game, it
also plays a very big part in the lore of Destiny and why we are called guardians.
Lord Saladin was one of the first guardians known as the “Iron Lords”. Although
Lord Saladin wasn’t the first leader of the Iron Banner he was a worthy successor
to Lord Radegast, the first ever guardian. Iron Banner is born because of Lord
Radegast and his ideology of the best guardians wielding the strongest Light.
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| Lord Saladin came to visit the Tower |
A lot of players, including me, were disappointed that lore
within The Iron Banner was non-existent. Coming off “The Rise of Iron”
expansion in Destiny 1 which was all about the Iron Lords it seems like Bungie
missed the mark on the lore side. Of course, Iron Banner will be back and
hopefully they can add something for us lore enthusiast.
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Right before Iron
Banner started there was an image of the full set of Iron Banner armor, it
looked amazing and I was fully on board and excited. As the week progressed I
felt like there was no reason to play. The armor looked great, but collecting
them was a chore with the token system.
With only two tokens
a loss and five with a win, it can take 4-10 matches before you can open an
engram. 4-10 matches might not seem much, but the fact that many players leave
before the match is over makes the matches feel longer and makes less enjoyable.
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