THAB 5.30.19--More Season of Opulence info (Destiny)

by cheapLEY , Thursday, May 30, 2019, 15:57 (1792 days ago)

The update is live

Starting off right with the season roadmap. Truth returns and a new hand cannon called Lumina:

They go more in depth on the new Chalice of Opulence, and it looks better than I gave it credit for last week.

I'll just copy and paste here.

How does it work?

Earn runes to slot on your Chalice through the following:

• Completing weekly bounties
  
• Opening up the weekly chests on the new Nessus Barge
  
• Using a consumable that will reward you a rune after a strike, Crucible, or Gambit completion

The same consumable will also give other players in your fireteam a chance to earn an additional rune
Slot the runes into your Chalice before you enter the Menagerie
Play the Menagerie to earn your rewards
Completing the Menagerie will award you the gear you chose with your rune selections
Each rune affects what you receive and some of its properties, depending on how you slot them

New bounties will reward a new currency, Imperials, which you can use to upgrade your Chalice, allowing you to do things like earn extra rewards or choose the Masterwork for your gun.

This actually seems really cool. Here's hoping the Menagerie is a good activity.

Next, they talk about Pinnacle weapons:

The Vanguard is offering an Arc Adaptive Grenade Launcher.

Wendigo-GL3’s unique perk is “Explosive Light—Picking up an Orb of Light increases the next grenade’s blast radius and damage”

Crucible is offering a Kinetic Aggressive Sniper Rifle.

Revoker’s unique perk is “Reversal of Fortune—Missing a shot returns the bullet to the magazine after a short duration”

Unlike past Crucible Pinnacle weapons, you will not have to reach Fabled. Instead, you will have to earn a total of 3500 Glory points. This means that losing no longer matters, but it can potentially take a lot longer. Not sure how to feel about this change.

Gambit is offering a Solar Precision Bow.

Hush’s unique perk is “Archer’s Gambit—Hipfire precision hits grant a massive draw speed bonus for a short duration”

They then detail some more weapons changes, which I won't repeat here.

They talk about the rewards available for beating the raid. The now standard belt is still on offer for World's First. A special emblem is rewarded to those that completed it within the first 24 hours. Those that beat it by the reset on 6/11 can purchase the new jacket:

Finally, they give some patch notes, which has some good stuff. Kills after a Crucible match ends finally no longer count. The Luxurious Toast emote now allows you sit for as long as you wish. Another good change is moving the Pursuits tab from your inventory to the Director: