Live-service games can be tricky beasts to balance when it comes to catering to veteran players while ensuring newer players can hope in and get immediate enjoyment.Bungiecontinues to walk this line withDestiny 2as the franchise heads toward its seventh year. However, some players are warning potential new players they may want to wait because the game’s current state is not the most welcoming.
Destiny 2is currently in its final season before the release of 2022’sThe Witch Queenexpansion, Season of the Lost. The season sees guardians having their first, long-awaited interactions with Savathun alongside the return of the Awoken Queen Mara Sov to the Dreaming City. Guardians are tasked with rescuing Mara Sov’s coven of Techuens to help rid Savathun of her worm, break the curse on the Dreaming City, and save Osiris.
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While there are big things happening in theDestiny 2universe, some players feel the game is not in a state where it can grow the community. Reddit user Turbulent-Alfalfa-96 spoke to this in a thread talking about how the current state ofDestiny 2is not welcoming to new players, namely cause of the price of entry. They point out how they had two friends who started playing thefreeNew Lightversionbut stopped when they realized it would cost $120 to play all the expansions and seasonal content currently available.
The content Turbulent-Alfalfa-96 is refering to are theForsaken,Shadowkeep, andBeyond Lightexpansions, Season of the Lost, and the previous three seasons. All three expansions are available to download in the Legendary Edition online which normally costs $79.99. The current seasons each cost $10, each, on top of that, bringing the cost up to $120.
Given the steep price, along with the apparent lack of content in the free version Turbulent speaks of, it is understandable why new potential players may be hesistant to jump in. Another factor is the relatively short window new players would have to play most of this content as all the seasonal content, along with the Tangled Shore, will be vaulted whenThe Witch Queenreleases.
The easiest solution, according to other Reddit users on Turbulent’s thread, would be to sit and wait until the release ofThe Witch Queenin February 2022. A new expansion is typically the best point inDestiny 2’s yearly calendar for new players to jump in as it serves as a soft reset for the whole game.
Destiny 2is currently available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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