This week Bungie launched the second season ofDestiny 2Year 4. It’s calledSeason of the Chosenand brought with it much anticipated features. A fan favorite system from last summer, Umbral Engrams, have returned and they tie into the new activity, Battlegrounds. This is a new playlist activity that sits alongside Strikes. Speaking of Strikes, three have been added this season with one of them being brand new. The other two are there to flesh out the Cosmodrome experience. While this is great news for veterans, Bungie recently clarified the future of this zone.
Cosmodrome was added to the game inDestiny 2: Beyond Lightand accompanied Europa, a new zone. In the reveal stream, the studio also announced that future expansions will always feature never-before-seen zones such as Europa. In addition, areas from the Destiny Content Vault also have the potential to return. Cosmodrome was one such zone, and the studio had initially planned to expand the this destination to roughly match its state fromDestiny 1.
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However, the dev team’s goals have changed since them, and it apologized for not updating the community earlier. Long story short, with the addition ofThe Devil’s Lair and the Fallen S.A.B.E.R. Strikes, the team feels that Cosmodrome has enough content to stand on its own as a zone. Thus, they have halted the process of unvaulting any more Cosmdrome content to be brought intoDestiny 2.
While massive add-ons like the Plaguelands were likely never going to happen, some of the possible additions were the remaining original patrols spaces, the subsections of Cosmodrome added inDestiny 1Year 1 DLCs, and the colony ship thatThe Taken Kingplayers got to explore. In the end, these were deemed not vital in telling the story of the Cosmodrome and most importantly, having a fulfillingNew Lightexperience.
Right now, the team is focusing on bringing back the Vault of Glass and fleshing out the upcoming destination of the game’s next expansion,The Witch Queen. They believe that the community values new experiences more, thus, resources have been shifted to developing new areas rather than preparing Cosmodrome content forDestiny 2. This does not mean that no otherDestiny 1content will return toDestiny 2. The team still thinks that bringing content from the vault is a good way to add variety to the live game. Thus, beyond Year 4, more of theDestinyclassics may make a comeback.
Destiny 2is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
