Hello and welcome Guardians this is your friendly neighborhood AnonPig and I'm here to give you all that new juicy GI info on Rise of Iron! [b][i][u]quick edit[/u][/i][/b] [url=http://www.gameinformer.com/p/riseofiron.aspx]Most of the information i share here comes from the GI article which will officially release on August 12th, but they also have things planned for more staggered info, this is just like TTK so here's the hub. More news coming today and I'll update as soon as I can (should be within the hour of release)[/url] [quote]SIVA is a forgotten acronym for a miraculous technology, and its potential for both wo9nder and horror is substantial. "SIVA was developed during the golden age - this powerful nanotechnology that, when programmed, could bcome anything they wanted," Barret explains. "They used it to build cities. That's one of the things that allowed the great expansion of the golden age." But for all its remarkable power, SIVA is only as good as the knowledge and wisdom of its controller, and has now come into the hands of the Fallen.[/quote] I start with this to debunk immediately anyone still trying to say SIVA is a Warmind. So going into the RoI expansion we will be given a new zone, the Plaguelands, and a new social space, Felwinter Peak. Within the Plaguelands there's a section called the Archon Forge which acts exactly like the Court of Oryx, only it uses SIVA Clusters to trigger the event. This event has an exclusive armor set (weapon unknown) which hasnt been seen as of yet. In the new social space we will be introduced to two new characters [url=http://imgur.com/a/Rwxwx]Tyra Karn and Shiro-4[/url] Tyra is going to be an important character, as well as i believe a Cryptarch, because she's how we get our new set of 8 Artifacts which are absolutely game changing. [url=http://imgur.com/a/QduzM]seen here[/url] Now for those who've read each of the artifacts you'll notice on Silimar's there's something haunting. Thorn is returning! But you wont just be getting this from your Kiosks, it's got a quest attatched to it [quote]Bungie is also bringing back familiar favorites like Gjallarhorn and Thorn, both of which have new questlines built for acquisition.[/quote] So for those who know the lore of the game, Thorn was rumored to originally be found in Charlamanges Vault. I think we might just be going there after we finish our 5 story missions. Yes... sadly it's just five, but there's [url=http://imgur.com/a/xeFcD]more so don't be too upset[/url] in this list we see "new and reimagined strikes" as for the new i dont know much, but the reimagined feature [url=http://imgur.com/a/HHJBc]Sepiks[/url] and Phogoth (who i dont have an image for) you also see the new PvP mode Supremacy, which is identical to CoD's Kill Confirmed. the only way to win is to collect "Crests" as seen [url=http://imgur.com/a/wHXnV]here, an enemy kills a teammate but before they can collect their Crest the player kills them and is able to collect both, securing the death and collecting the enemy death[/url] Now i'm sure you're curious about the Raid, and of course Trials and the other armor sets, we dont know Iron Banner yet, but we know [url=http://imgur.com/a/FFkxk]the rest.[/url] that image actually shows the new style of Iron Banner weapons too! But i was able to get a VERY low quality shot of a [url=http://imgur.com/a/8eEbe]ToO weapon[/url] but that's not the only weapon coming in RoI there's also.... the [url=http://imgur.com/a/nEhAF]Khvostov 7G-0X[/url] this new exotic is very much legit, it has 3 firing modes (automatic, semi, and single shot) two skilltrees offering Hammerforged? two i cant tell, extened mag perfect balance and range finder, and as for the last two... they're 450 and 900 RPM settings. you may also notice the two nodes on the far right, those are for ornaments. [quote]Ornaments don't change the functional options of an item, but instead layer on a new skin that changes its appearance in both subtle and dramtic ways. These prestige options are applied to items one at a time, and during my experiments, i could change them back and forth at will. Already imposing raid armor suddenly gains new light and color effects. Cherished exotics like Invective and Monte Carlo have new colors and visual effects. One weapon i saw visually transformed from its normal appearance into an ultra-sleek Golden Age form, reminiscent of the popular Sleeper Simulant weapon.[/quote] Those are all the big surprises, there's new Crucible maps of course and other little goodies that i'll just list below. -Iron Banner tournaments no longer demand specific gear to maximize XP -the previously mentioned Ritual of Power is how we power up our artifacts -there are 8 artifacts, one for each dead Iron Lord, Efirideet lives. -there's more than just the "Flaming Axe" relic, there's also mention of a "Shock Cannon" (remember Scorch Cannons? yup.) -SIVA Walkers and Servitors are confirmed -Not all Year 1 Class items are coming back, but every vendor class item is -the light level cap is 385 (hard mode cap 400) -"weeks" after the raid hardmode raid will be released (unknown if this will further increase) -Live Team events such as Festival of the Lost and SRL are coming back, the Winter Event will have more than just SRL. . [u][i][b]NEW/CORRECTIONS[/b][/i][/u] -I got a better look, the GameInformer cover is actually Iron Banner, not Iron Lord -Iron Lord armor is achieved from the Y3 Record Book, this also gives a shader and emblems just like Y2 MoT -Strike exclusive loot is now obtained through a chest at the end of a strike, this chest is opened by using a Skeleton Key, these are dropped from strikes and nightfalls -3 new PvP maps across all consoles, 1 PS4 exclusive -Supremacy will have normal 6v6 inferno 6v6 and free-for-all -the revamped Phogoth strike is renamed, Abomination Heist, this should likely be considered a new strike per canon lore -the Khvostov will be a quest reward given to you immediately after the 5 mission campaign -the raid is a continuation of the campaign story -the raids theme is "Collision" so expect to be knocked around -SIVA has been spliced into Eliksni DNA, the standard adds will be seen everywhere, but there has been sightings of a few Frankenstein Fallen -ornaments for Trials gear is obtained by going Flawless, it's currently unknown if these are just a special set of ornaments or if they're the only ones that Trails gear can use, or if this is just another way to get them -other ornaments can be obtained through other activities giving you "Radiant Treasure" just like Sterling Treasure this gives us our cosmetic tools and can be bought from Eververse . [b][i][u]AUGUST 3RD REVEALS[/u][/i][/b] -The Hive aren't done with us [url=http://i.imgur.com/2hDp76G.jpg]yet [/url] -our poor [url=http://i.imgur.com/3AfoY9R.jpg]wall [/url] -Gjallarhorn being beamed down to [url=http://i.imgur.com/wIFhJf8.jpg]Guardians[/url] -They're in [url=http://i.imgur.com/g1wRhRP.jpg]Bannerfall![/url] -bring your new artifacts to their respective statue to [url=http://i.imgur.com/XMxOdXR.jpg]empower them [/url] -check out our [url=http://i.imgur.com/A1LSnvn.jpg]new digs![/url] -and our new [url=http://i.imgur.com/Y0y64kn.jpg]backyard![/url] -that new [url=http://i.imgur.com/wolPq0S.jpg]Nadir Machine-gun [/url] -our new [url=http://i.imgur.com/uUkiIGI.jpg]quest giver[/url] -the new [url=http://i.imgur.com/saP5CZI.jpg]Phogoth [/url] . [b][i][u]AUGUST 4TH REVEALS[/u][/i][/b] [i]this is information gleamed from their most recent podcast episode[/i] -mimic/poisoned chests can be found in the Plaguelands -the Plaguelands are noticeably still Old Russia, but as you get deeper you see a more drastic change to industrial -there's a make out scene with your Ghost -a theme of this expansion is nostalgia as you return to where it all began -the theme for the raid is "collision" or as a Bungie dev put it, "smashing shit into other shit" -the raid isn't an infinite descent into the ground, it will have encounter areas which are visible from patrol -the new strike will have several possible paths, one being open to take each run -the revamped strikes have new dialogue. BECAUSE THEY'RE A DIFFERENT STRIKE -ornaments are not for all armor sets, this may be legendary only, or it may be end game armor only (Raid Trials Banner and RoI record book?) -this may be the new boss in the Abomination Heist [url=http://imgur.com/aDm7Nfl.jpg]strike[/url] . [b][i][u]AUGUST 5TH REVEALS[/u][/i][/b] [quote]Players will be able to pick up the quest to earn the new exotic Khvostov 7G-0X in several different ways. Similar to how players discovered last year’s Sleeper Simulant, players will periodically find Khvostov weapon parts as they explore Rise of Iron’s new Plaguelands zone. These weapon parts will be randomly hidden in chests or be random rewards for participating in the Archon's Forge battle arena. Players only need to find one of these weapon parts, but when they turn it in to one of Rise of Iron’s new quest givers it will kick off a chain of events that eventually has players completing a new mission to retrieve the upgraded Khvostov. Alternatively, players can acquire Khvostov weapon parts by scrapping their original Khvostov, assuming they’ve hung onto one these last two years.[/quote] . and that's the bulk of it all Guardians, yes theres some more tidbits but those are buried haha, these are the things i tweeted as i read and in my opinion are the more important selections. This is your friendly neighborhood AnonPig, have a good one Guardians!