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This week at Bungie, we’re controlling some new zones.

Lord Saladin made his return to the Tower this week and players have been rallying to his flaming shield. We also launched an additional map with Iron Banner to give you more zones to control. Distant Shore is a Crucible map set on Nessus, but it will be very familiar to Destiny 1 veterans. After the weekly reset, Saladin will leave the Tower, signaling the end of this Iron Banner. Distant Shore will then go into the rotation for all playlists.

We have been working on a fix, but the short-term solution contains too much risk. The last thing we want to do is fix an exploit some players are using, only to break other parts of the game for everyone. Because of this, we are pushing the fix off to a later date.

“Does that mean you are delaying Prestige Raid again?”

No, the Prestige Raid will still begin on October 18 at 10AM Pacific. We don’t want to make you wait any longer to experience what the raid team has cooked up for those of you who enjoy a challenge worthy of your talents.

One thing we did accomplish as part of our investigation was the creation of a way to verify a clean finish. We can now detect if any teams use this exploit to gain an advantage. This will take some extra time to verify, but we will be able to crown the winners with the confidence they deserve.

After the weekly reset, Saladin will leave the Tower, signaling the end of this Iron Banner. Distant Shore will then go into the rotation for all playlists.

I like to imagine that special visitors like Saladin have to set up and tear down their area like a trade show.

Monday night a bunch of fork trucks with crates show up, he puts the fire out on the medallion, starts folding up rugs and boxing up his wares. Making multiple trips to the docks to load his ship. After loading, comes back and gives everything a once-over to make sure he didn't forget anything. He then says goodbye to his neighboring vendors he has befriended over the past week. Gets back to his ship and throws his Tower ID lanyard in the backseat and thinks to himself "I need a beer and a nap."

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or, he has his ghost transmat it :P

or, he has his ghost transmat it :P

Lord Saladin does seem like a sensible fellow, but one that doesn’t mind doing things himself every once in a while. That’s how he got by in the Collapse.

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