Destiny 2 - New Pinnacle Weapon Quests (Destiny 2 This Week at Bungie Nov 21)
66Destiny 2 New Pinnacle Weapon Quests on the Destiny 2 This Week at Bungie Nov 21. On this video, I talk about the Destiny 2 Forsaken news and updates that came on November 21 with the official release of the Destiny 2 Forsaken TWAB. Here is more info about the upcoming miscellaneous changes:
Pinnacle Weaponry
Season of the Forge is kicking off next week. With it comes a new pinnacle weapon to earn in the Crucible. We received a lot of feedback that you also wanted a pinnacle weapon to work toward when pitted against the environment. Good news: We have two for you! Vanguard strike missions and Gambit are being added to the list of worthy pursuits with coveted trophies to be claimed. They won’t take as much of a time commitment as the Crucible reward does, but they will still require some dedication to their activities.
We asked Sandbox Designer Victor Anderson to give you the full rundown on all three pinnacle weapons for Season 5.
Victor: We have heard your feedback and requests for weapons akin to Luna’s Howl to earn in non-Crucible activities like Gambit, and to meet that demand, we've created three pinnacle weapons. I do hope you’ll enjoy them.
VANGUARD
Loaded Question—High-Impact Fusion Rifle (Arc)
Loaded Question’s unique perk is “Reservoir Burst: When the battery is full, your next burst deals additional damage and causes enemies to explode on death.”
This one went through a couple of cycles—originally it had a completely different perk that didn’t quite make the cut. We tried a version that had only a damage bonus, but damage bonuses can sometimes be hard to appreciate when you’re using a Special weapon against lower-health enemies, so explosions on kill were added to really sell the “oomph” and deal with waves of clustered enemies.
GAMBIT
Breakneck—Precision Auto Rifle (Kinetic)
Breakneck’s unique perk is “Onslaught: This weapon’s rate of fire increases as you stack Rampage.”
When the plan was made to create more pinnacle weapons for a variety of activities and not just the Crucible, we had to think of something that would fit the activity. This was intended to be a workhorse for Gambit encounters, where killing large numbers of enemies very fast is the name of the game for a significant portion of it, so something with Rampage was an obvious starting point. Pinnacle weapons occupy an interesting space in the sandbox where we can take what is normally a Legendary-tier effect like Rampage and expand on that idea further. We did it with Outlaw for Desperado, and we’re doing something similar here for Rampage.
CRUCIBLE
The Mountaintop—Lightweight Grenade Launcher (Kinetic)
The Mountaintop’s unique perk is “Micro-Missile: This weapon fires in a straight line and has a massively increased projectile speed.”
In addition to the above benefits, the projectile instantly detonates on the environment instead of bouncing like a traditional grenade launcher, unless you have Sticky Grenades selected.
This weapon was created for a few reasons. Other than the Militia’s Birthright, we haven’t created any new Lightweight grenade launchers since Forsaken. In general, it’s a pretty underrepresented weapon type. This gave us an opportunity to explore it as a pinnacle Crucible weapon, and add more variety to the mix of what you’ll use and have used against you. The feeling of getting a direct hit for that instant kill is satisfying, so the weapon was built to support it—but to give it more options, it’s also the only Lightweight grenade launcher with Sticky Grenades, for those of you who have a more tactical approach to the Crucible.
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TWAB: https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/47452
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