I stopped playing Destiny a long time ago, but I know thousands of others haven’t. The game’s most recent expansion, The Dark Below, was a bit of a disappointment to most, but Bungie has a few chances to makes things right (and better) with their projected expansion roadmap this year. Too bad they’re not getting better at plugging up leaks.
A new image, which is the culmination of a ton of data mining, has revealed all the content set to arrive with the game’s next expansion, House of Wolves. The second part of the season pass mimics The Dark Below in structure, giving players three new Story mission, two new Strikes and one new Raid, named The Arena. There will probably also be some new narrative bits to tie things altogether, although The Dark Below didn’t really impress in this department.
Included with the new missions are four new Crucible maps, as well as two brand new modifiers to match types. Titled Hardcore and Inferno, these modifiers will disable the trackers in multiplayer games, and also only count kills as points. There’s also a few new items coming to vendors, including armour and 37 brand new ships.
The Arena, the final raid, will include a full set of armour for each class, as well as nine new legendary weapons. There’s also the chance to pick up two new exotics – a scout rifle called 347 Vesta Dynasty and a shotgun called Lord of Wolves. There are also three new pieces of exotic armour for each class thrown into the mix, just to keep the constant grind going.
Bungie has faced a bit of an uphill battle with Destiny since launch, and now depends on good post-launch content to keep the game alive. House of Wolves is expected to arrive in March, and hopefully it’s able to keep the player base interested in Destiny until Comet: Plague of Darkness reportedly arrives in September.
Nothing about House of Wolves is really begging me to return to Destiny, but I can see the appeal if you’ve already sunk hundreds of hours into it already. Still, after the lukewarm reception of The Dark Below, will you be forking out more for the same?
Last Updated: January 13, 2015
Lourens Corleone
January 13, 2015 at 10:40
Not quite sure where you get ‘disappointment’ from, Destiny haters gonna hate. It wasn’t mind-blowing, but more content = welcome. Amped for HOW.
Hammersteyn
January 13, 2015 at 10:46
The disappointment was that it wasn’t mind blowing like the hype expected us to believe. I’m still thankful I bought the digital edition because it’s not worth the effort to swap discs every day for a few hours of the same bounties and strikes again.
Lourens Corleone
January 13, 2015 at 11:02
#hatersgonnahate
Hammersteyn
January 13, 2015 at 11:03
This hater is still playing. 245 hours in with my Titan alone.
Lourens Corleone
January 13, 2015 at 11:13
Punchbro!
McFancypants HD 3.0
January 13, 2015 at 11:10
I haven’t swapped discs in weeks 🙁
Destiny has probably assimilated with my PS4 – I should really check that out.
Hammersteyn
January 13, 2015 at 10:44
I LOLed at the hunters exotic helm. Increases weapons accuracy after jumping???
Norm (@e3zype3zy)
January 13, 2015 at 10:46
Indeed, young grasshopper.
Norm (@e3zype3zy)
January 13, 2015 at 10:46
Seen quite a few copies of Destiny on the Pre-played shelves in BT games recently.
Hammersteyn
January 13, 2015 at 10:47
Saw five on Sunday.
FoxOneZA
January 13, 2015 at 11:44
5 got ripped off by BT then.
Jonah Cash
January 13, 2015 at 13:56
Oi, do you have an exotic bounty to do a weekly event? I have one but won’t be able to do it alone, or just too lazy to do it alone!! Time and all that!!
Hammersteyn
January 13, 2015 at 14:04
I’m doing the pocket fusion rifle bounty, all the others are done. But yeah. Drop me an invite anytime I’m online 😀
Jonah Cash
January 13, 2015 at 14:07
Cool!! I am busy doing Invective again!! But this is the 330 attack one, my old one is stuck on 300!! I think I had the pocket fusion, or still do!!
Hammersteyn
January 13, 2015 at 11:12
I wonder how their raid numbers are looking?
McFancypants HD 3.0
January 13, 2015 at 11:12
The Warlock’s exotic helm has a rather handy perk, and seeing as I’ve been rocking the Sunsinger class for past few weeks (read: months), I hope I can get my grubby hands on it 😀
Jonah Cash
January 13, 2015 at 13:55
I have the Titan’s exotic chest armour which gives me two grenades!! That is the coolest thing ever!! It helps a lot in the PvP!! Also I haven’t played Destiny in two days, will get on later today to make up!!
john
January 13, 2015 at 14:05
3 new story missions, these idiots clearly haven’t learned a fucking thing!! These cunts harp on about how they listen to us, and know what we want, yet they do the exact opposite. Their arrogant idiotic MD says “fans said they want more, so that’s exactly what we’ve given them”. This begs the question/s are they actually fucking stupid and do not have a clue, or are they actively trolling us?! Sorry but 3 pathetic new story missions does not equate to the kind of ‘more content’ we want FFS! Sometimes I wonder if these guys even play their own game, because they cannot be happy with it, and if they are, they should not be making video games. Bungie should have been ashamed of themselves for releasing the game as it was.