Review: Destiny 2: Beyond Light

Destiny 2: Beyond Light is a beautiful addition to an already gorgeous looking game. Despite releasing in 2017, Destiny 2 remains a beauty thanks to its strong artistic vision. Europa is an enchanting world to run through with its snow effects, glossy white lab interiors, and towering buildings. The game runs well, but the current-gen consoles' limitations still hold it back, and load times remain annoyingly long. Hopefully the release of the native next-gen versions on December 8 will truly unlock Destiny 2's potential on consoles.

What has fallen apart is Crucible, Destiny 2's PvP mode. Destiny 2: Beyond Light adds no new maps or game modes. It's disappointing, but that's nothing compared to awful balancing. Bungie has always had problems balancing Crucible, but the addition of Stasis has resulted in a nightmare scenario that throws balance out the window. There's so much Stasis can do to you and precious few ways to fight back. At this time, using any other abilities puts players at a serve disadvantage. It's unfortunate to see Crucible receive so little attention in Beyond Light.


Along with the cosmetics (including ships, shaders, and sparrows), The Dawning offers a couple of festive weapons on which Guardians are trying to get their hands. These weapons will only be available as drops until the event ends on January 5, 2021. So, players interested in acquiring these items should invest some time into participating in The Dawning 2020. One of those weapons is the legendary fusion rifle, Glacioclasm, dealing void damage to enem


Finally, the High-Impact Reserves perk comes into play. Since special ammo is at a premium in PvP, meaning players are almost always low on the commodity, High-Impact Reserves increases the damage done when low on ammo. Combine this innate damage boost with the range provided by Hammer-Forged Rifling, Projection Fuse, and Slideshot, and Glacioclasm becomes a bit of a monster, especially for characters with a lot of mobility. Unsuspecting opponents will rue the day they underestimated Glaciocl

Heading into its fourth year, Bungie opted to release a direct sequel to Destiny rather than another expansion to deliver new content and improve on systems and mechanics in the original game . While Destiny 2 had its issues, many of the new mechanics were welcome improvements that likely couldn't have been added via additional expansions. For Year 4 of Destiny 2 , however, Bungie opted to take a different approach. Rather than releasing a Destiny 3, Bungie expands on Destiny 2 with another expansion, Beyond Light. Promising Darkness-themed powers, a new mysterious world to explore and a new Raid, does Destiny 2: Beyond Light keep the experience fresh, or is Destiny 2 just treading water at this point?


One of these builds revolves around boss damage while the other two are more for add killing and control. While there are other Hunter builds that are viable, these three have proven to make a Hunter’s life easier in most PvE situations. From raiding to farming Wrathborn kills with the Cryptolith Lure, Hunters looking to tackle Beyond Light’s newest content cannot go wrong with the following bui


Taken straight from the lore of Dungeons & Dragons _ , _Neverwinter is a free-to-play MMORPG that will pull fans of the tabletop game in alongside fans of Destiny 2 with its fully realized fantasy world and customizable role-playing elements. With eight classes available, players can access plenty of gameplay experien


With many more classes to choose from than Destiny 2 , Maplestory offers players plenty of progression options, and most classes come with their own quests and storylines, in addition to the expected differences in gameplay. The colorful art is quite different from Destiny 2 , as is the fantasy setting, but fans will appreciate this MMORPG's de


What works in PvE is not always what is optimal in PvP in Destiny 2 . There is some crossover, but ultimately, the two arenas require their own builds and loadouts. PvP is more about surviving and seizing opportunities by picking off players when it is safe to engage. There are ways to achieve this through more aggressive playstyles, but the core concept rema


Shattered Cipher is the last Override weapon, joining the ranks as a Rapid-Fire Frame, Void damaging, Power Machine Gun. While it does significantly less damage than most machine guns in Destiny 2, Shattered Cipher fires at 900 RPM. Like Sojourner's Tale, this weapon can be acquired from the Splicer Servitor rank, Splicer Armory, and Splicer's Kell Armory engrams. Shattered Cipher can also be used to complete the Season of the Splicer Week 7 challenge "Machine Gun Splicer." The best perks for Shattered Cipher


Like any good shared world experience, Destiny2Base.com **Destiny 2 ** has brought back a seasonal event to give players some festive bounties, cosmetic items, and weapons to perk up their holidays. Titled The Dawning, the event is scheduled to conclude on January 5, 2021. While most of the new expansion, Beyond Light, has been ominous with the focus on Darkness and the new Stasis subclass, The Dawning offers a reprieve from the constant snuffing of the Li