This Week At Bungie: Predictions for Jan 26

It's time for lets predict the TWAB! I know, I'm excited too!

So lets recap last week first, I think that'll give us a better chance of predicting this week's news. So last week, they told us that there is a balance patch arriving soonish, date TBD. They hinted at showing us what is in store, and they hinted at there being new stuff in the store. As in there will be a spring content update thing. I pretty much predicted all of this last Tuesday which I was pretty stoked about. The one thing I didn't expect them to announce was no crimson doubles, which was honestly nice to hear. (Although I wouldn't mind it being in the weekly crucible rotation).

Alright. So what are they going to tell us this Thursday. I honestly expect them to give us some more details about the balance patch. Information from the devs maybe, or less likely, a date. That would be amazing. And as for the date, I think that it'll drop first week of march, in preparation for the content drop which I think will drop the second week of April. (These are just guesses), but Bungie does tend to follow a pattern. (I honestly hope we get a balance patch mid Feb, waiting until March would suck).

I think they will also announce a reveal stream or announcement stream of some kind which will take place next week, but probably the week after. They have the set up now so it doesn't make sense for them to drop big reveals in the TWAB. The weekly update is just an agenda to help us mark things down in our calendars for the actual news. I don't think there will be much more than that, maybe something about the bungie bounties, but they've pretty much said everything they need to on that front.

Well, that's what I see happening. I mean at this point it's kinda of tricky to predict exactly what they will say because we don't have a timeline. If I new roughly when the balance patch was happening and the content drop then I'd be able to more accurately predict when they would give us details.

Cheers Guardians,
~Ducky

This Week at Bungie: Predictions for Jan 19

Hello Stranger, 

I know we are all eager to get some news from bungie about pretty much anything. And a lot of us were hoping that the last TWAB would give us a few details about new content or balance patches. Well, I made a few predictions for the last weekly update and I was pretty close to getting all of it right. The only thing I got wrong was the hint at a balance update. Nothing explicit, but something. Unfortunately we didn't get ANY hint at a balance patch.

So for this weeks "this week at bungie" I don't imagine they are actually going to tell us much. There will probably be something about the bungie bounties and Iron banner, and how we need to go get that sick booty. But a part from that I really only see us getting subtle hints with no fixed dates. I would imagine that they will (hopefully) hint at a balance patch which will be deployed in February. They have honestly been testing the community by with holding it from us this long.

I honestly would be surprised if they announced the next live team event as they probably want to stretch out the bungie bounties as much as possible before giving us anything new. Its always one thing at a time with Bungie. They may announce a ride along as well, but I kinda consider that to be less important. I'm sure it would be interesting to hear about how they made this or that. But for me, its not top priority. Welcome, but not essential. 

In summary, I think they will tell us stuff we already know! How very typical, I know. And hint at a balance patch/new content/adventures. They aren't going to give us any details yet. So be patient Guardian.

~Ducky

Destiny 2: Transferable Characters?

So I wanted to tackle a rather large issue, the transfer from Destiny as we know it to Destiny 2 sometime in 2017. Now I have been around since day 1 and I'm currently the only one of my friends left still grinding, that's alright. But what I've come to realize is that a lot of my friends don't see any reason to grind simply because everyone thinks Destiny 2 is a blank slate. And it very well could be, but here is why it isn't.

My Hunter, Beginning of Taken King

First of all, new characters, sure, why not? New classes? Probably not. New subclasses, maybe. I have a hard time believing there will be entirely new classes, because there isn't really anything in the lore about there being a, I don't know, Ranger, or a Commander or whatever. Destiny 2, is still within the same universe as Destiny 1, so it has to conform to what has already come. Otherwise it wouldn't be Destiny.

So in order for it to still be Destiny it needs to have the same classes, I know some of you are like, "hey, I want new classes and a fresh start." Well yeah, sure, which is why I think that new subclasses are a definite maybe. The kicker to all this is that Bungie has to make some radical changes in order to explain why there are different subclasses or (less likely) new classes completely. This is a sequel, not an entirely different game. We need to remember that.

Now I am not saying that Bungie couldn't pull off some spectacular storytelling, add different weapons/weapon systems, classes, subclasses etc. They have done it before. But I think with the limited time frame this team has had (remember Destiny 1 took ages), there will be a fair amount of familiar territory. 

Finally I want to mention the transfer of your character from Destiny 1 to Destiny 2. I have always wanted this (not my gear or weapons), but my character, my Female Awokan Hunter with all of the aesthetic stuff that I have gained throughout the last 3 years. I think we will be given the OPTION to carry on with our character if A, they keep the classes the same (i.e Hunter, Titan Warlock), and Destiny 2's story happens shortly after Destiny 1 chronologically speaking. If its far in the future or in the past on Saturn, it might not make sense to have the same character.

HOWEVER, I have a hard time believing that Bungie will introduce new classes, or that they will somehow make our character irrelevant through the story.

~Ducky