When Destiny 2 launched two months ago, everybody who had
played it had a really great experience. Whether that be doing the campaign
missions, strikes, playing PvP in crucible or trials, or even the head bashing
leviathan raid. It was one of the most talked about game for the majority of
September. However, after the honey moon stage of the game many players saw the
flaws of the end-game.
After the raid, there wasn’t much to do outside of Nightfall
and Trials. Both Nightfall and Trials are challenging, but for the non-PvP
players the only thing to look forward every week are the Nightfall and simple world
activities. Trials is also a challenging activity, but not everyone bought into
the changes of PvP and few players don’t want to engage with other players. The
question is how much content will be featured in the first DLC? Well, we got
our first look and release date for “The Curse of Osiris”
On Monday October 30th PlayStation revealed a
trailer, as well as a release date of December 5th at Paris Games
Week. The trailer shows us an iconic character in the Destiny lore that has
never been revealed, Osiris. This brings excitement to the community as we
finally see Osiris and his mysteries of time. Osiris will play a major role in
the DLC, but the Vex will also play a heavy part as well.
The DLC will have more content for us to do, but will it be
the repeat of launch? Are we going to have fun until the end-game? Is there
incentive to keep playing? These questions are issues that need to be
addressed, if not for old content, then it must be addressed for the upcoming
activities.
Curse of Osiris Details
Now let’s get into what Bungie is going to implement with
the Curse of Osiris DLC.
Eurogamer reported on many different aspects of the DLC from new location
to new raid activity.
Leveling was a great experience, parts of that was the
amazing shooting and another is the satisfaction of watching your number rise.
We’ll get another chance to have that leveling experience as the level cap will
now be raised to 25 and everyone’s power level will also increase to 330.
Hopefully these level increases will make the numbers feel more impactful the
only reason those levels are present are to gate players out of content.
Curse of Osiris will have a new planet – Mercury, which will
have its own Crucible map. Along with Mercury, The Lighthouse will also be
added. Original Destiny players will know and have seen this lighthouse, but not
all players, because you would’ve need to go flawless in Trials to enter. This
gives a chance for players like me, who never had a flawless run in Destiny to
see this Lighthouse.
Of course, with most of Destiny’s DLC they’ll add new world
quest, new missions, new strikes, new adventures (hopefully Bungie adds
incentive to do this activities) new free roaming activities, and a “new raid
activity.” Eurogamer asked if that means a new raid? And Bungie replied, “new
raid content.” It’s clear that there won’t be a whole new raid, but that isn’t
confirmed. Many players were guessing that it will be a remake of the “Vault of
Glass” the first raid in Destiny. This would be great for every player, the
nostalgic feeling for returning players will get them playing this for many
reasons. For the new players it’s a whole new experience.
However, recently PlayStation’s
EU Blog posted a “10 Things to Know About Destiny 2 First Expansion, Curse
of Osiris” which talks about Osiris, the Vex and their importance in the DLC.
The article also mentioned new Quests, Strikes, Missions, and more. “Curse of
Osiris comes packed with content. A new Quest, Missions, Stirkes, Adventures
and Raid activity will soon make Mercury feel like your new home for the
long-term as you start tackling those new milestones.” This quote gives us a
little more information on what we should expect regarding Mercury and the raid
content. It seems like the “Raid activity” won’t be a remake of Vault of Glass
nor will it be additional content for the current Leviathan raid. Instead, it
looks like whatever this raid activity is it will be located on Mercury. If
that isn’t enough confirmation, here is the 6-person fireteam queuing for an
activity on Mercury. The only 6-person content in Destiny 2 are the raids,
making this possibly a new raid, even if Bungie isn’t saying so.
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Destiny 2 is in a
rough spot as almost everyone is reaching or at max power level with not much
to do. In just over a month, there will be an abundance of activities to do
with new PvP maps, a new explorable planet, and a new raid activity. There will
be many reasons to come back -- content, friends, or even loot, for me it’s all
of the above – I’m really excited to have a reason to play again. The Curse of
Osiris DLC is just the beginning of something incredible, just like Destiny 1 after
its 3-year life span.
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