Destiny The Taken King Nightfall XP Boost Level 40 and Heroic Strike Removed
For those that love doing the Nightfall and Heroic strike I have some news that will be taking place when Destiny The Taken King releases on September 15th.
When Destiny year 2 start for The Taken King the following change will take effect. The nightfall will require a level 40 which will make the nightfall more difficult that what it is at this moment. For me i am up for this change, the more difficult that it gets the better it is. You also will be introduced to 30 second penalty and the Heroic Strike will be removed, scratched and no longer will be used when the Taken King takes effect. Take a look below of all the changes to the Nightfall, Heroic and Weekly PVP and much more. For all Destiny news, guides and more take a look at the Destiny Hub Page.
NightfallOur desired Nightfall experience is the weekly ritual where you get together with your friends for a test of thumbskill and allow players to optimize for gear.Burn skulls motivate weapon rotation and now the Burn resist talents found on chest pieces will rotate armor.The death penalty of being kicked to orbit often leads to players feeling forced to play too safe, rather than running through the world as a monster killing machine.Another thing we didn’t like about the Year 1 Nightfall was how players could feel forced to play Nightfall as early as possible in the week to maximize the benefit from the Nightfall buff. So, we’ve shelved that buff until we can reform it into something closer to its original intent – a mark of prestige for having achieved something challenging. We’ve adjusted sources of XP and Reputation up to account for its absence.
- Now Requires Level 40
- Wiping no longer returns Fireteams to Orbit
- Now uses 30 second time-out penalty for Death (same as Raid Normal)
Weekly Heroic StrikesWe’ve removed a dedicated Weekly Heroic Strike from the game this Fall. In its place we’ve added a new playlist: the Vanguard Heroic Playlist.Each week players receive bonus Legendary Marks from the Weekly Heroic Playlist. These awards are received at the Account level rather than the character level – as was the case with Year One Weekly Heroic Rewards.We made this change to enable players to focus on a single character more, or feel less pressure to gear three characters at once for Legendary Marks.
- Requires Level 40
- Removed the Weekly Heroic Strikes
- Instead, accounts receive Legendary Marks for completing the first three Weekly Strikes
- Removed the Weekly Cap on how many Legendary Marks can be earned.
- Guarantee a Legendary Engram drop from a character’s first clear of a Weekly Heroic Strike
Weekly PVP RitualNightfall was built as a ritual experience for groups of three players in PVE. In Year 1, we didn’t have a good weekly ritual experience for PVP players.Once players have completed the PVP Intro chain on Lord Shaxx, they receive access to the Weekly PVP quests on Lord Shaxx and the PVP Quartermaster.Each week, Lord Shaxx has a Bounty called “The True Meaning of War.” Completing this Bounty each week (which requires completing the PVP weeklies) grants players Nightfall tier rewards.