This Week at Bungie - 7/15/2021

Earning a Reputation 

Alan: Hey Guardians! Season 15 will bring the next steps of our ritual unification that started all the way back in Season 13. 

Unifying Ritual Ranks and Reputation 

Over the last few Seasons, we’ve been looking to create a unified experience when playing ritual activities in Destiny 2. Starting with Crucible and Gambit, we created new vendor reputation systems and reward tracks. We did some backend work at the start of Season 14 in preparation for larger-scale changes to these reputations, while also preparing for the introduction of Vanguard Ranks.

Before we dive deeper on Vanguard Ranks, let’s talk a little bit about the updates to reputation systems overall as we prepare for a future where more vendors are given similar treatment. 

For those looking to take on a challenge, Nightfalls give different bonuses based on completion medals, which can be earned through high scores and defeating all Champions. Bronze, silver, gold, and platinum medals grant reputation bonuses, and Nightfalls grant reputation multipliers depending on the difficulty of Nightfall selected. The more difficult the Nightfall, the higher the multiplier will be! 

Zavala will also have a full reputation reward line, similar to the ones we added for Shaxx and Drifter in Season 13. Powerful rewards will be granted every third rank, and an Ascendant Shard will be rewarded when resetting the first time. 

Activity Streaks and Reputation Bonuses 

As noted above, Season 15 will introduce activity streaks. The longer you stay in Vanguard activities (playlists or direct launch), the larger your streak bonus is. Guardians can leave the matchmaking queue to snag bounties from the Tower or clean out their Postmaster in the H.E.L.M. without worry of losing their activity streaks. As a note, quitting activities or going AFK for extended periods of time will invalidate your streak, so be ready to play if you’re looking to keep yours going. 

As with Crucible and Gambit, Zavala will be looking to host weeklong reputation bonuses throughout a given Season. Stay tuned for in-game announcements. 

Seasonal Ritual Weapon Quest and Ornaments 

Next Season, we are moving the seasonal ritual weapon and ornaments to the reputation reward tracks of Vanguard, Crucible, and Gambit. As players increase their reputation during the Season, they’ll work towards unlocking the weapon and respective ornaments from each vendor. We’re also opting to update Seasonal Challenges, removing things like “In it for Infamy” in favor of challenges to earn ritual weapon rewards. 

Grandmasters and Conqueror Gilding 

Back when we introduced Grandmaster Nightfalls and the Conqueror title, with gilding Seals still nine months away, we wanted to give players a hard-to-reach goal that measured both skill, communication, build-crafting, and time commitment, but that was also mindful of player’s time and real-life schedules. We saw a lot of feedback about rewards and general time commitments to reach Grandmaster levels, so we’ve been making some improvements Season over Season.  

Bungie Foundation: Charity Update 

Bungie Foundation: One week down, one week to go! Thank you to all of you who have shown your support so far. We’ve raised an incredible $625k to date! With a goal of $777k, we know you’re going to knock it out of the park and support us in our efforts around: 

Rewards of the Prime Variety  

Let it Glow, Let it Glow! 

 

MISSING SOLSTICE CONSUMABLES

Upon investigation of reports of missing Solstice Packages and Solstice Key Fragments, it was discovered that creating new characters will result in all Packages and Key Fragments being removed from players’ Consumables inventory.  

Players are encouraged to not create new characters during the Solstice 2021 event while they have these items in their inventories to ensure that they are not lost. If you're eager to create a new character, please be sure to spend all Packages and Key Fragments prior to doing so.

SECOND CHANCES EMBLEM 

We have identified an issue preventing players who completed the New Light introductory mission from receiving the Second Chances emblem from Bungie Rewards. This issue will be resolved in an upcoming update, and the emblem will become available to all players who complete or have completed the New Light introductory mission. 

BUNGIE STORE BETA NEW LAUNCH DATE 

The new Bungie Store beta launch will now be rolling out on July 20 as we prepare to transition to a new e-commerce platform. Players with existing Bungie Store accounts will be prompted to change their passwords once the beta is live. With the new store, players will be able to sign in using their Bungie.net accounts, which will make viewing, browsing, and purchasing Bungie Rewards an improved and more streamlined experience.    

Please note that any generated Bungie Rewards codes for the Vault of Glass Art Print, Descendant Seal, Splintered Seal, Splicer Seal, Expunge Hoodie, and Solstice of Heroes T-shirt will no longer be valid after July 20, 2021. Players who do not purchase these Bungie Rewards before July 20 will need to sign in with a Bungie Store account linked to a Bungie.net account that has completed the appropriate Triumph(s) to purchase the associated Bungie Rewards item. 

For more information, please visit our Bungie Rewards help article. 

KNOWN ISSUES 

While we continue investigating various known issues, here is a list of the latest issues that were reported to us in our #Help Forum: 

"Teleports Behind You” 

 

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