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Bungie Outlines Infamy, Gambit Ranking System for Destiny 2: Forsaken
When Destiny 2: Forsaken officially drops on September 4th on PC, PS4, and Xbox One, a lot of changes are going to be implemented, some of which have already rolled out ahead of the highly-anticipated launch of the massive DLC, and Bungie, the developer behind the popular title, is outlining some of those changes.
During a series of blog posts on Bungie, the team discussed the inner workings of Gambit, and it’s progression/rank system:
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Robbie: With Forsaken just around the corner, Gambit will soon be unleashed into the wild. I wanted to discuss our high-level goals for the mode:
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- Fuse the best aspects of PvE and PvP into a brand-new activity that you can experience only in Destiny 2
- Make the mode accessible to players of all skill levels, but give it depth and variety that will keep even the most hardcore Guardians coming back for more
- There’s always a role to play; whether it’s slaying enemies, scooping up Motes, or invading, there’s always a way to contribute to your team’s success
- Communication isn’t required, but strategy and quick thinking are just as important as thumb-skill
- Always make it possible for teams that fall behind to come back, so they don’t become discouraged
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Gambit was designed with replayability and variety as a core part of the experience, but we knew that wasn’t enough. Players need desirable loot to chase and a way to show their dedication. So, with that in mind, we created our very own ranking system: Infamy.At a high level, Infamy is:
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- A progression-based ranking system where completing matches earns you points
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- Winning matches will greatly accelerate your climb, while losing matches still earns you points, just fewer than if you win
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- An experience that rewards players with unique Gambit weapons and armor
- A progression-based ranking system where completing matches earns you points
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We’ve been watching the response to the Valor ranking system in the Crucible. A lot of this new work takes that community feedback into account. At this point, I’m going to pass it to Sam, who pulled double duty to design and test the Infamy ranking system.
Sam: To start, we’ve designed Infamy ranks to be more granular by splitting most of the familiar ranks into three tiers. This will allow players to work toward shorter-term goals that are achievable in a few play sessions, rather than over many weeks. It also gives us more opportunities to grant rewards. The Guardian, Brave, Heroic, Fabled, and Mythic ranks will all have three tiers. The Legend rank will remain as one solid chunk.Apart from this major change, Infamy ranks will function very much like Valor ranks:
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- Each rank will require more Infamy points to complete than the last
- Win streaks award bonus points
- Your win streak caps at 5 and doesn’t get reset until you lose a match
- Your win streak won’t be reset if you join a match in progress
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In addition to completing matches, you can also earn Infamy by completing Gambit bounties. Each day, the Drifter will have a selection of daily bounties available for sale that will award Infamy points, as well as other rewards. He’ll also sell a special weekly bounty once you reach Level 50. The weekly bounty will award a large number of Infamy points and a piece of powerful gear. This allows you to always be making progress toward Legend, no matter what your short-term goals are.
Kevin: I’m glad to have the chance to talk to you all about Crucible ranks going forward. This past season of gameplay has taught us a lot about what has worked well and where we can do better. As we kick off the next season, we’re excited to give players new ranks to earn! Let’s dive right into the goals we had for designing the Crucible rank system in Season 4 and the changes that they generated:Goal: Make earning a high rank in Glory NOT feel like your second jobChanges:
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- Glory rank points gained and lost have been re-tuned to reduce the overall climb to higher ranks
- The weekly award has been fixed and its gains have been doubled
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Goal: Recognize the achievements of players who did not receive their weekly awards in Season 3Changes:
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- Players who competed in Season 3 will earn bonus rank points for completing their first match in Season 4
- Does not require completion of any previous weekly milestones
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Goal: Encourage more players to strive for higher Glory ranksChanges:
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- Losses in the Competitive playlist no longer reset your Valor win streak
- Radar has been reenabled during Competitive gameplay
- Control and Clash modes have been added to the Competitive playlist
- Loss streaks have been removed
- We are currently investigating activity reconnections to Competitive Crucible for players who encounter an error midgame; this will not be available at the launch of Forsaken, but we are looking to add this feature postlaunch
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Goal: Remove the time pressures associated with Glory ranksChanges:
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- Pinnacle Crucible rewards are now awarded via quests
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- Some of these quests will ask you to engage with Valor or Glory ranks
- These quests will NOT go away at the end of the season
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- Redrix’s Claymore is being retired in Season 4
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- Players who already earned the weapon will still be able to equip and use it
- Players will be unable to earn Redrix’s Claymore beyond Season 3
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- Shaxx will offer a new quest that players can complete to earn Redrix’s Broadsword, a companion weapon to Redrix’s Claymore
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- Redrix’s Broadsword features a similar talent arrangement, but it does not share the lore and Triumphs associated with Redrix’s Claymore
- Once you’ve earned the weapon, random roll versions of Redrix’s Broadsword will start dropping from Crucible engrams
- Each drop will have the fixed Outlaw + Desperado combination
- Each drop will also have randomized barrels, magazines, and Masterwork perks
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- Players who earned Redrix’s Claymore in Season 3 will receive additional bonuses
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- Owners of Redrix’s Claymore will be granted an exclusive emblem when redeeming the corresponding Triumph
- Claymore owners will be eligible for drops of Redrix’s Broadsword from Crucible engrams even without completing the corresponding quest
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- A new Crucible reward will be added via a quest in Season 4
- Pinnacle Crucible rewards are now awarded via quests
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Goal: Continue to promote Rumble as a third modeChanges:
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- Earning a place in the Top 3 in Rumble will now count as a win
- The correct number of Valor rank points will be granted
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If you committed to any of the rank ladders we established in Season 3, thanks for making the fight lively. We love supporting the competitive community, no matter your skill or mood. Keep your feedback coming, and we’ll keep making the Crucible a place where you submit to some of the finest tests of skill that Destiny has to offer players.
Microsoft has reported declines in Xbox revenue during the three months ended December 31, 2022 with gaming revenues were down 13% and Xbox content and services revenues down 12%, but were offset by the growth of Xbox Game Pass.
The Xbox Game Pass subscription business has reported a record number of active players, reporting a record 120 million monthly active users across its gaming ecosystem.
- Revenue: $52.7 billion (up 2% year-on-year)
- Net income: $16.4 billion (down 12%)
- Operating income: $20.4 billion (down 8%)
- More Personal Computing (incl. Xbox) revenue: $14.2 million (down 19%)
- Gaming revenue: Down 13%
- Xbox content and services revenue: Down 12%
- Xbox hardware revenue: Down 13%
- Monthly active users (gaming): 120 million
The company said that a number of the declines were in line with expectations.
Riot Games issued a statement on Wednesday saying that they received a ransom email after hackers stole source code for League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics, with the attack also targeting its legacy anticheat platform, according to an official release.
“Needless to say, we won’t pay,” Riot said in the statement. “While this attack disrupted our build environment and could cause issues in the future, most importantly we remain confident that no player data or player personal information was compromised.”
Riot Games continued by saying that it’s been working to assess the leak’s impact on anticheat as “any exposure of source code can increase the likelihood of new cheats emerging.” The company added that “experimental features” were also exposed, saying that “most of this content is in prototype and there’s no guarantee it will ever be released.”
Riot Games first announced the hack back on January 20th, saying it was a “social engineering attack.”
Squanch Games CEO Justin Roiland has officially resigned from his position at the company after news broke that Adult Swim would be parting with popular series ‘Rick & Morty’, according to an official announcement.
Per the company, Roiland’s resignation was received on January 16th, and the company added that it will continue to support High on Life, which released on December 13, 2022, and “keep developing games we know our fans will love.”
Roiland, who is the studio’s co-founder, was charged with felony domestic battery with corporal injury and false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud, and/or deceit earlier this month.
“Adult Swim has ended its association with Justin Roiland,” Adult Swim/Cartoon Network/Boomerang senior vp communications Marie Moore said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, ‘Rick & Morty’ will continue, but with new voice actors cast in the iconic roles voiced by Roiland.
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