Bungie has dropped a plethora of new details on the latest Destiny DLC, Rise of Iron. Here is a roundup of the latest meaty details.
[dropcap size=small]Y[/dropcap]esterday Game Informer revealed their latest cover story, focusing on Bungie’s Rise of Iron DLC expansion. This fancy new cover (which you can see below) shows off some even fancier new Rise of Iron gear, but the cover is only the start. The latest issue of GI (digital edition out now, paperback magazine available next week) expands into some previously untouched territory such as new and returning game modes (SRL, Festival of the Lost), exotic weapons, new artifacts, and a substantial increase in customizable options for your guardian.
The cover above, as you can see, shows off the three Guardian classes in their incredible new Rise of Iron gear standing among the wreck that has become of Russia in the new area, the Plaguelands. Note that while the above image is the latest cover from Game Informer, the title and GI logos have all been removed by a reddit user for the purpose of using the impressive image as a background on your devices. For the official cover, in all its staggering glory, check out GameInformer.com.
Game Informer: Rise of Iron Coverage Trailer
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As featured on a megathread on reddit.com, several users have taken it upon themselves to scrub through all the tidbits of the Digital Issue of Game Informer to provide as many details as possible regarding the upcoming September release (summary credit to reddit user/ebolaxb).
Highlights (some minor edits for spelling, formatting):
- Max level of 385 – then 400 for HM Raid (Wrath of the Machine)
- Sept. 23 raid launch date
- 8 new class-agnostic artifacts that allow for special buffs to characters
- Memory of Radeghast: adds a new ability for sword heavy weapons to reflect projectiles, including ogre blasts and crucible rockets.
- Memory of Perun: adds ability to highlight guardians with full super in yellow, and guardians with low health in red.
- Memory of Jolder: removes sprint cooldown
- Memory of Silmar: dramatically reduces any damage dealt by DoT effects (such as Thorn poison).
- Memory of Felwinter: lose your super, but gain an extra grenade and melee, and boost to all stats.
- Memory of Gheleon: gain detailed radar at all times, including when aiming a primary (grants precision radar and third eye).
- Memory of Skorri: speeds super recharge for all nearby allies.
- Memory of Timur: Melee an enemy for a chance to make them an ally for a short time.
- Adding more cosmetic adjustments for armor AND weapons
- The Iron Lord armor set will come from a Rise of Iron Record Book
- IB reinvented, 4 new maps. No more tempered, less rep needed overall. No more rep bonuses from gear.
- IB – each bounty completed will reward you with an IB weapon or armor piece via /u/gangledupjoe
- Radiant Treasures: Confirmed Microtransactions for Ornaments. Radiant Treasures seem to be the new version of Sterling Treasure. Obtainable on a weekly basis for completing goals and then also through Eververse. via/u/YendysWv
- Bungie HINTS AT CUSTOM MATCHES, aka the feature “Our community has been clammoring for.”
- New Faction (NM, FWC, DO) armor sets, sparrows, ghost shells.
- Thorn is getting a quest to obtain it, just like Gjallarhorn.
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Prepare yourselves, Guardians. The Crucible is about to get nasty…
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- The Kvostov 7G-0X is a new exotic auto rifle with a fire mode selector. It can basically be a scout, pulse, Suros Regime, or bullet hose. Also acquired from a quest. This is an exotic version of the first gun you get upon being woken up by your Ghost outside of the wall in the Cosmodrome in the beginning of the game.
- Sepiks prime is back as Sepiks Perfected . And The Summoning Pits will be the Abomination Heist .
- Festival of the Lost returning in October
- SRL Back in December
- SRL/MoT type book to track progress of ROI
- New Cruicible mode – “Supremacy” – kill enemies to make them drop a crest. Your team only scores if someone (you or a teammate) picks up that crest. Enemy team members can also pick up the crest to deny your score, but they won’t gain any points themselves.
- “Archon’s Forge” – basically new Court of Oryx. They have adjusted the summoned encounters to last longer –“around five minutes” and the drops used to summon the various possible difficulties come from Patrol. via/u/YendysWv
- PS Exlusive Map – Finally, this year’s PlayStation exclusive map is Icarus, a solar-collection site on Mercury. The arena is the raised structure at the center of the much larger crater-like array. Its circular shape inevitably funnels into furious conflagrations at the center.
- When Speaking on Exotics, “These Include the long- awaited arrival of Warlock exotic boots (finally!), a new sidearm reminiscent of the classic RoboCop gun, and a SIVA-themed pulse rifle that blossoms out a cloud of seeking energy for a successful precision kill.”
- Every class item that has ever shown up in Destiny is returning to circulation with the exception of items from previous raids
Personal favorite Hunter Cloak. Can’t wait to grind for this Tier 12 bad boy.
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- Class Items can change color via shader
- All Year Two weapons and armor can be infused to Rise Of Iron stats
- There are quest lines after the main story missions leading up to the new strikes via /u/YendysWV
- Skeleton Keys are rewards from completing strikes whether it be a nightfall, playlist or just chosen from the director and Strike Hoard chests are chest that appear at the end of any strike where you can use the Skeleton key to get a guaranteed piece of strike specific loot. via /u/Zxar99
Here is a pretty comprehensive and entertaining info roundup video from MoreConsole:
Destiny: Rise of Iron is slated for a September 20, 2016 release for both PS4 and XBO. It should be noted that this new expansion will not be available for PS3 or Xbox 360.
