Destiny: April Update Preview

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Over the next three Wednesdays, Bungie will be showcasing some of the things and changes coming with the big April Update. Today, March 23, is the first of said three streams. The team over at Bungie will be discussing some of the new things Destiny players will be able to do once the update is live in today's stream.

Destiny Update 2.2.0 (April Update) will deploy on April 12th, 2016.

Highlights To Look Forward To
New PVE Challenges[/*]
New and Updated Gear [/*]
New Quest featuring the Blighted Chalice Strike[/*]
Increased Max Light and Rewards [/*]
Sandbox and Crucible Updates[/*]
And more…[/*]

STREAM DATES:
April Update Preview: New Things to Do
Wednesday, March 23rd - 11AM Pacific (starting in 10 minutes)

April Update Preview: New Things to Earn
Wednesday, March 30th - 11AM Pacific

April Update Preview: Sandbox and Crucible Updates
Wednesday, April 6th - 11AM Pacific

You can catch all this on Bungie's Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/bungie

(I will be updating this post with all the information from all three streams over the upcoming weeks.)

From the March 23rd stream
Light level is being increased from 320 to 335[/*]
New Bounties[/*]
New questline called Pretender of the Throne[/*]
Exclusive PlayStation questline from Petra[/*]
New PoE exclusive bounties available from Variks[/*]
PoE is being brought up to current endgame levels[/*]
New PoE challenge called Challenge of the Elders[/*]
With the exception of Challenge of the Elders, PoE will have matchmaking[/*]
Challenge of the Elders is level 42 with a recommended light level of 320[/*]
Variks sells an item called Elders Sigil for 100 glimmer[/*]
Elders Sigil is a scorecard. Reaching certain points will guarantee you a weapon and a piece of armor.[/*]
30k points challenge gets you a guarantee weapon[/*]
90k points challenge nets you a piece of armor[/*]
Gear found in the Challenge of Elders can drop with a light level as high as 335[/*]
New Taken boss called Malok[/*]
Archon Priest boss will have a Taken version[/*]
Challenge of Elders is a 3 rounds activity with no Treasure Room at the end like other PoE challenges[/*]
Elders Sigil Score is team based[/*]
Variks Bounties are Weekly. Will reset each weekly reset.[/*]
New shaders[/*]
New gear[/*]
New questlines[/*]
Loot drops in Normal King's Fall have been increased to light level 320[/*]
Loot drops in Hard Mode King's Fall have been increased to light level 330[/*]
Artifacts drops in Court of Oryx has been increased to light level 335[/*]
Prison of Elders will have checkpoints[/*]
Treasure Keys are no longer needed to open the big chest in the Treasure Room[/*]
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