Destiny 2’s Power Grind Should Get Less Grindy In Renegades Expansion

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In its upcoming expansion, changes are being made to Destiny 2’s process of acquiring loot to make various activities more beneficial and to ensure that equipment performs better within the new scoring system for the Portal activity.

In a recent live broadcast, Bungie outlined various modifications for its upcoming Renegades expansion, emphasizing that these updates are largely based on player input following the Edge of Fate expansion in Destiny 2. Some adjustments to the process of leveling up players’ Power (the metric that gauges the effectiveness of their equipment and dictates the difficulty of content they can engage with) will be reconsidered or modified to ease the grind.

As a gamer, I believe one significant adjustment needed is enhancing numerous gameplay activities to make them more efficient in my quest to boost my Power level. This enhancement should apply not only to the activities within the Renegades expansion but also to older content like raids and dungeons. This way, I can seamlessly grind my way up while exploring new and classic contents alike.

At present, boosting your Character Power beyond a specific threshold is primarily achieved through the Portal in Destiny 2, a unified platform for multiple game modes that features a scoring mechanism determining the loot you obtain based on the chosen activity difficulty. Consequently, players may find less motivation to engage in activities at the Edge of Fate destination or Kepler as these locations offer limited potential for raising Power levels compared to the Portal. Similarly, high-level activities such as raids have been overshadowed by the new system. However, with Renegades, we can anticipate that these alternative methods will become more effective in advancing Power ranks.

In simpler terms, Bungie has decided to modify the functioning of Portals, and with Renegades, they are eliminating the highlighted gear aspect in most Portal activities. This change will make a wider variety of builds useful or effective.

In the game Portal, you currently receive a boost to your score by employing equipment highlighted as ‘featured’, primarily consisting of freshly introduced weapons and armor from the Edge of Fate update. This implies that utilizing outdated gear or weapons puts you at a disadvantage within the Portal, causing players some distress because they’re often compelled to acquire new equipment and adapt their strategies accordingly to maximize scores and secure better-quality loot.

In the revised setup, certain activities will retain an emphasis on specialized equipment, however, Bungie is modifying the highlighted gear to encompass all Exotic weapons and armor. This change allows players to incorporate their preferred weapon and armor combinations in a wider range of activities.

In Edge of Fate, an update introduces a system where equipment is categorized into different tiers, ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 5. Generally, items with higher tiers offer superior advantages and statistics. However, this has led some players to feel that the endgame gear lacks excitement. To balance this out, Bungie will increase the tier of all loot dropped to Tier 3, while the higher tiers can be obtained from challenging versions like the “epic” edition of the Edge of Fate raid, Desert Perpetual.

In the game Renegades, players will have the ability to upgrade the rarity of Legendary weapons using a new currency and system. While specifics haven’t been fully disclosed, the concept seems to be that if you obtain a set of perks on a preferred weapon but it’s of a lower tier, you won’t need to discard it in search of the same weapon at a higher level. Instead, you can elevate the tier of that specific weapon. This feature should make it so players aren’t instantly deleting all loot below a certain tier limit due to its potentially challenging upgrade process.

In response to allowing players to hold onto a greater number of high-quality weapons for potential upgrades later, Bungie has announced plans to expand the Vault storage for players, also known as Renegades, although they haven’t specified exactly how much extra space will be provided.

In summary, Bungie has shared some tweaks in game balance. They are retracting some modifications they made to Exotics, like Queensbreaker, and are temporarily halting all non-essential adjustments to weapons and armor as they reassess their approach to these changes. Essential adjustments, such as prohibiting specific gear during the world’s first completion race for Renegades’ dungeon, remain viable, but developers will postpone significant weapon modifications unless there’s a compelling reason to do so.

Bungie intends to enhance certain aspects, such as the initial Super abilities introduced in Destiny 2, along with their corresponding subclasses. These improvements will be rolled out incrementally, with some changes taking effect in October and more when Renegades launch. Bungie is planning to share a detailed timeline for these updates at a later date.

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2025-09-09 21:10