Three more chapters in Ragashingo's Bite-Sized Backstory series have been posted, so it's time to remind you about them again. The battle is joined; Oryx (Auryx/Aurash) and his sisters take on the Ecumene. What does this all mean? Go read 'em!
Ready for another Iron Banner? It's coming next week (and you'll be playing Rift). Goodies to be given out, along with the rest of the week's Destiny highlights, can be found in this week's update from Bungie (also available in our Update Archive). Go read it!
Stuntmutt, despite living in the UK, has managed to work a uniquely American form of insanity into his latest strip. #hattip [Update: Stuntmutt informs me that Black Friday isn't as American as I thought it was. Sorry, world.]
It's Turkey Week in the US, and Bungie tells you what it's thankful for. Go read (either on Bungie.net or in our local archive)... and if you're celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, enjoy the time with family and friends! (If you're not celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, you should still enjoy time with family and friends. You just won't be doing it over a plate of turkey and mashed potatoes, probably.)
Bungie's weekly roundup of happenings was posted yesterday, as is standard for them - give it a read! It contains an archive of the Bungie "Raid" Along that took place earlier this week (a fascinating look at the Wrath of the Machine raid), along with a bunch of information about how matchmaking works in Destiny. (This information is being absorbed... with reservations, by the community. The thing to remember is, your personal experience is NOT necessarily representative of the average experience.) Standard inclusions, like support team notes and fan-created videos, are also available, and our local version is online, as well. Check it out!
Pyroman31 decided to see what Halo 3 would have looked like if its UI had been Destiny's. His reddit link contains a few screenshots... but also downloadable Mac/PC executables (built in Unity) that you can actually play with! Pretty amazing. Thanks, Matt!
When Ragashingo started posting his 'Bite-sized Backstory' essays, I promised to keep you informed as new ones came out. I've been lax. (To be fair, I was out of state - and mostly off the internet - when 7, 8, and 9 came out... but still.) If you haven't read any of these, you should start at the beginning: Raga's been telling the backstory of Destiny in a way that the average person, who might not have time to go through ALL the Grimoire cards (and figure out their order), can understand. He's also been doing a nice job of keeping track of updates himself, so once you start reading them on our forum, you can easily step through to the end. However, I'm STILL going to link to the last 6 he's posted... because I want all of the pieces linked in our database as well.
It's Thursday, so it's time for Bungie to let us know what's going on - this week is no exception. There's a fantastic summary of how the rewards allocations have changed for Iron Banner (more goodies for everyone!), there's a preview of a new feature showing off streamer content, there's a teaser for an upcoming Ride-Along that will delve into the newest Raid, and there are the ever-present (and ever-useful) features like support comments and fan videos. Go read it! (As usual, you can see it in our Weekly Update Archive, if you choose.)
Before you get to enjoy the return of Iron Banner, you'll have to download the latest Hotfix, which brings a number of quality-of-life improvements, and fixes a pesky bug or two. Head on over to Bungie.net for more details, or check them out in the local Patch Notes Archive.
We considered increasing the intellectual value of the content we bring you... but then Stuntmutt sent us the latest Vault of Farce. Yeah, we've given up.
This week's update out of Bungie is focused on three things: next week's Iron Banner, a reminder of the new Challenge Mode in the Raid, and some winners of the Festival of the Lost's Masquerade Ball. (There are also standard bits, like a report from the support team and fan movies... but those should go without saying.) Check it out on Bungie.net - or in our own Update Archive!
It's not often that fan videos get highlighted on the front page, but it's not often that folks are willing to put the extra work required to make a Destiny machinima, either. The fine folks over at Creators of Valhalla are clearly up to the task, however, and have put together a fine tribute tale of horror about the spookiest of all enemies, Stormcallers... Check it out!
Yesterday, Bungie posted its latest info drop about Destiny - it contains lots of fun reading. There's an emblem giveaway, related to the Festival of the Lost, that you can get in on. There's a warning for cheaters playing Trials of Osiris. There's info from the support team, including current and solved problems. And there are some fun fan videos. You can read this on Bungie.net, or you can read it in our own Update Archive. But read it!
Being gone last week caused the oversight of another important Bungie release - Update 2.4.1, which paved the way for the Hard-mode raid, along with providing support for the Festival of the Lost. Patch notes are extensive; you can read them on Bungie's site, or you can read them in our Patch Notes Archive. Either way, they're worth going over - they contain a lot of useful info, including specific details on what light levels are supported by which activities. Check it out! UPDATE: DOH! Looks like being gone means forgetting to do my homework, too! It was pointed out that there was, indeed, a newspost covering this update - next time I promise I'll look more carefully! I'm leaving this post because it links to the local version, as well.
Bungie is bringing back the Festival of the Lost, with new decorations, new activities, and new goodies to collect. You can find more details on their Festival Landing Page, but the bottom line is this: starting tomorrow, October 25, and running for a couple of weeks, there'll be lots of silly things to see and do! They've even updated the Bungie Store to give you real-world goodies to buy (thanks, unoudid). Enjoy!
Last Week At Bungie (October 20, slightly delayed)
Sometimes, when someone goes on vacation, everyone goes on vacation. Last week's update from Bungie came and went without a mention on the front page, and for that I'm sorry. It's a pretty good read, even - there's an interview with the team that beat the Hard raid first, there are previews of upcoming ornaments you'll be able to snag during the Festival of the Lost (more info in another newspost), there are currently known (and recently resolved) issues in the Rise of Iron release, and there are a bunch of fan videos. Go read! We have a copy locally, as usual.
Before the Heroic-difficulty Wrath of the Machine drops, Bungie has released a hefty patch to address a few issues, circumvent sneaky Gjallar Horn dismantling, and provide a few quality of life changes (such as the much-needed improvement of Eris Morn's box of raisins). Give it a read, or keep an eye on the local patch notes for lighter reading.
Yes, I know, the top of the page says "October 13" - but that's not when it was released. Bungie postponed this week's info drop by about 12 hours to double-check a few things - if you haven't read it yet (it came out yesterday), you should absolutely do so. (We have a local copy, of course - it was posted yesterday, even if we forgot to mention it here on the front page.) The big news focuses on the changes coming in the week ahead - on Tuesday, 2.4.1 will drop. This is a new update to enable Hard Mode on the raid, with a bunch of changes that will affect all players, not just raiders. There's also a nice summary of current high-priority issues affecting players from the support team, and some really fun movies in the Movie of the Week section. Go check it all out!
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned Ragashingo's Bite-sized Backstory series, a novel approach to the Destiny Grimoire. There was a promise of periodic reminders, as the series continued. Looks like the period is 3 episodes, because last night he posted Episode 6, and today we're gathering the new ones. Again - this is a way of understanding the backstory of Destiny, as presented in the Grimoire cards, without trying to figure out the proper order, and sometimes without having to interpret. A fantastic reference!
As if you needed another reason to get the Praise The Light emote, a fireteam of Sunsingers (consisting of Buz Lightbeeer, TheGreatNike, Gladd, rowan, Snerv, and ITI) has defeated the final Wrath of the Machine encounter without firing a single shot (other than the required Cannon shots).
Gladd has a detailed guide on his Reddit post, but I think I'll settle with watching their incredible footage of the event.
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Being gone last week caused the oversight of another important Bungie release - Update 2.4.1, which paved the way for the Hard-mode raid, along with providing support for the Festival of the Lost. Patch notes are extensive; you can read them on Bungie's site, or you can read them in our Patch Notes Archive. Either way, they're worth going over - they contain a lot of useful info, including specific details on what light levels are supported by which activities. Check it out! UPDATE: DOH! Looks like being gone means forgetting to do my homework, too! It was pointed out that there was, indeed, a newspost covering this update - next time I promise I'll look more carefully! I'm leaving this post because it links to the local version, as well.
