a b c "Destiny: choosing your class, and why it matters". VG24/7. September 8, 2014 . Retrieved April 10, 2015. Strikes" are cooperative missions played with a party of three players that culminate with a boss; most strikes are side missions that are not part of the main plot. Players can play much harder versions of the strikes in what are called the SIVA Crisis Strike (formerly Vanguard Heroic Playlist) and the Weekly Nightfall Strike, which grant bonus rewards. While the SIVA Crisis is a playlist of strikes from The Taken King and Rise of Iron (as well as older strikes updated with Taken and SIVA-infected enemies), the Weekly Nightfall Strike, which is harder than heroic, is only one strike that changes every week with a chance for greater rewards. The Daily Heroic Story Mission, SIVA Crisis Strike, and Weekly Nightfall Strike each feature game modifiers that increase difficulty. Game modifiers can be positive or negative for the player. For example, a positive modifier would be "Small Arms", where damage for the player's primary weapons are doubled, but a negative modifier would be "Chaff", where the player's radar is disabled. Raids are advanced cooperative missions designed to be played by a team of six players — the only PvE game type that allows more than three players in a fireteam. Raids culminate with the elimination of a major boss that relates to the story. [14] [15] [16] With the release of Rise of Iron, there are four raids in Destiny. Those raids include the Vault of Glass, Crota's End, King's Fall, and Wrath of the Machine. Sarkar, Samit (January 29, 2016). "Bungie details Destiny's Crimson Days event, including 'Hotline Bling' emote". Polygon . Retrieved January 29, 2016. NAVGTR Awards (2014)". National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017 . Retrieved January 28, 2017. Schreier, Jason (December 25, 2017). "Four Years Later, Destiny's Music Of The Spheres Has Leaked". Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group . Retrieved December 26, 2017.

Weapons and armor were reorganized in Destiny 2. In the original game, weapons were divided as Primary, Special, and Heavy weapons. At launch, the weapons were categorized as Kinetic, Energy, and Power weapons. Primary weapons and some Special weapons in the original – such as hand cannons and sidearms – are classified as Kinetic and Energy weapons. Those without an elemental damage type go in the Kinetic weapons slot while those with a Light-based elemental damage type (Arc, Solar, or Void) go in the Energy weapons slot. Darkness-based damage types (Stasis and Strand) are placed as Kinetic weapons as to avoid crowding of Energy weapon types and give players more options for gear to complete challenging end game content. [10] Power weapons include the Heavy weapons and the more powerful Special weapons from the first game, such as shotguns and sniper rifles, as well as new weapon types, such as the grenade launcher. As of Forsaken, the weapons system was overhauled, with many Power weapons, such as most shotguns, single-shot grenade launchers, and most sniper rifles, being reorganized into Kinetic and Energy weapons slots. With armor, the name of the stats has been changed. Instead of Strength, Intellect, and Discipline, there are stats for Resilience, Recovery, and Mobility. For armor, the helmet, gauntlets, chest, legs, and class item slots have remained unchanged, but the artifacts slot has been replaced with one for a player's clan banners. In "Beyond Light" Stasis Weapons were also introduced, being used in the Kinetic and Heavy Slot. Lightfall introduced Strand weapons in kinetic and heavy slots as well. [11] Sarkar, Samit (October 5, 2015). "Destiny is getting microtransactions next week so you can buy emotes (update)". Polygon . Retrieved October 14, 2015.Like the original game, player versus environment game types makes up the majority of the game. Areas to explore include Earth's European Dead Zone (which was only represented by PvP maps in the original), Saturn's moon Titan, Jupiter's moon Io, and the centaur planet Nessus. The Curse of Osiris expansion adds Mercury as an explorable area, while the Warmind expansion adds Mars. Forsaken adds two new explorable areas in the Reef: the Tangled Shore and the Dreaming City, the latter being the mysterious sanctuary of the Awoken race and an end-game area that is accessible after completing the campaign of Forsaken. Shadowkeep reintroduced the Moon location from the original game, though revamped and reprised from its original iteration. There is also a new social space in the European Dead Zone called "The Farm", as the main portion of the Tower of the original was destroyed at the start of Destiny 2 's campaign. However, a lower, undamaged portion of the Tower becomes the main social space post-campaign. Like the original, there are Patrol missions and public events, but the emphasis has been placed more on the exploration of the worlds, including towns that players can visit and friendly NPCs who can be found in-game and will give side-quests. New missions were added called "Adventures", which allow players to explore the area and go on a treasure hunt-like journey to dungeon-like areas. Some Adventures culminate in what is called a Lost Sector, which are somewhat hidden areas in worlds that lead players to a boss that yields rewards upon its defeat. Lost Sectors can be found and accessed without doing an Adventure. Starting with the Curse of Osiris expansion, Heroic Adventures were added, which are harder versions of Adventures and they rotate each week. Destiny 2 was nominated for "Best PC Game" in both Destructoid 's Game of the Year Awards 2017 and IGN's Best of 2017 Awards, [126] [127] the latter of which also nominated it for "Game of the Year", "Best Xbox One Game", "Best Shooter", "Best Graphics", "Best Original Music", and "Best Multiplayer". [128] [129] [130] [131] [132] [133] The game won the award for "Best Co-op Game" in PC Gamer 's 2017 Game of the Year Awards, [134] and received a nomination for "Game of the Year". [135] It was also a runner-up each for "Best-Looking Game", "Best Multiplayer", and "Game of the Year" in Giant Bomb's 2017 Game of the Year Awards. [136] [137] [138] Year Matulef, Jeffrey (October 10, 2014). "Destiny player finds another under construction DLC area". Eurogamer . Retrieved July 13, 2015. Ridley, Jacob (August 23, 2022). "Destiny 2's new Strand subclass looks like sci-fi Spider-Man with magic green webs". PC Gamer.

Bungie talks Destiny: The Taken King's event-focused future". Eurogamer.net. December 8, 2015 . Retrieved December 8, 2015. As launched, both weapons and armor were generated with random perks and other attributes from a base set of stats. Special consumable mods could be earned through gameplay or vendors that could be slotted into in weapon or armor piece to improve its attribute. With the Forsaken expansion, the mod system was revamped. While gear still accepted mods, these were now items that needed to be acquired only once to add to a player's collection from the game's world, either from vendors or as an activity reward, with some mods being only available on more challenging activities. Mods now could be added and swapped out on gear from one's collection the cost in glimmer, as a way to help players customize gear better according to Bungie. [12]Watts, Steve (September 5, 2014). "Destiny Gets Digital Upgrade Offer - IGN". IGN . Retrieved September 11, 2014. With the release of The Taken King, the "Scourge of Winter" mission became the first mission of the House of Wolves questline.

significant, fresh features in Destiny's The Taken King expansion". GamesRadar. June 17, 2015 . Retrieved June 22, 2015. Rougeau, Michael (June 27, 2014). "Destiny's end-game content will 'blow players' minds' ". TechRadar. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014 . Retrieved November 9, 2014. Yin-Poole, Wesley (October 29, 2014). "Destiny's first expansion The Dark Below takes aim at story criticism". Eurogamer . Retrieved July 13, 2015. Hamilton, Kirk (June 16, 2014). "Peter Dinklage's Destiny Performance Is... Not That Great". Kotaku . Retrieved September 11, 2014. we think we've made a sequel that's going to have a lot for them to love, too. The cornerstone of that is a great cinematic story that's been a real focus with a great cast of memorable, relatable characters, coupled with some very nice ways to make the game more accessible to a casual player. Without losing anything that our core players love, we've made it more accessible to someone who just wants to have a great, more casual first-person action experience. [33]Crayon Eater / Marines Eat Crayons". Know Your Meme. January 23, 2023 . Retrieved February 20, 2023. Weber, Rachel (May 18, 2017). "Bungie Embraces PC With 'Destiny 2' ". Glixel. Archived from the original on May 22, 2017 . Retrieved May 19, 2017. Krupa, Daniel (June 12, 2017). "E3 2017: Destiny 2 PS4-Exclusive Content Detailed". IGN . Retrieved June 14, 2017. Gilliam, Ryan (May 23, 2022). "Destiny 2's Season of the Haunted sees the return of Calus and his Leviathan ship". Polygon . Retrieved May 23, 2022.

Suszek, Mike (September 12, 2014). "This weekend's Destiny event goes 3-vs-3 in the Crucible". Joystiq. AOL . Retrieved January 25, 2015. Pereira, Chris (June 12, 2018). "E3 2018: New Destiny 2 Forsaken Trailer Shows Cayde-6 In Serious Trouble". GameSpot . Retrieved June 14, 2018. Schreier, Jason (January 5, 2018). "Bungie Says It Will Release Destiny's Music of the Spheres, To Composer's Surprise". Kotaku. Gizmodo Media Group . Retrieved July 3, 2018. With the release of the free-to-play New Light version of Destiny 2 in October 2019, Bungie changed the beginning of the game for new players, reintroducing the first mission from the original Destiny as the introductory mission for new players. Upon completing this brief mission, which ended with the player finding a jumpship, the player was taken to the Tower, where they met the various NPCs and could begin the Destiny 2 campaign (The Red War), as well as the Curse of Osiris and Warmind campaigns, after talking to Amanda Holliday in the Tower Hangar. Returning players could play this opening mission by creating a new character.a b c d e f g Reynolds, Matthew (June 9, 2017). "Destiny 2 gameplay changes, beta, release date and everything else we know so far". Eurogamer . Retrieved June 9, 2017.