Destiny House of Wolves: Crucible Details, New PlayStation Map

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Destiny House of Wolves: Crucible Details, New PlayStation Map



With House of Wolves, Bungie aims to bring a bigger, more rewarding competitive experience to Destiny. In addition to three new Crucible maps (plus an exclusive fourth map for PS4 and PS3 owners), Bungie is shaking up the formula with more loot and more activities for high-level players.

PS4 and PS3 owners will get Timekeeper, a close-quarters battleground set inside a mysterious Vex device amidst the arid dunes of Mars. Black Shield is a medium-sized map set on Phobos. Thieves' Den is an intimate arena set in the tunnels under Venus. Widow's Court takes the fight to Earth's European Dead Zone, a striking thematic departure for Destiny — expect crumbling gothic spires, stained glass, and overgrown plant life.



Across the board, Bungie is laser focused on making Crucible matches more rewarding. You'll earn double the engrams and marks in Crucible matches, as well as guaranteed rewards for participating in the daily featured game. Not bad!

Then there's Trials of Osiris, a new weekly event designed to captivate high-level Crucible players with new challenges and exclusive payouts. The pitch: you gather your best gear and two friends to take on a punishing 3v3 Elimination challenge. The Trials of Osiris challenge opens up each Friday and closes each Sunday.



These Elimination matches are tight, intense affairs where every kill counts. Fall, and you'll need to be revived by a teammate (unless you're a Warlock sporting that uber-handy Fireborn self-revive ability). The first team to win five rounds claims victory, though you're free to keep competing again and again all weekend long.

To participate in the Trials, you'll need to buy a Trials Passage from Brother Vance, a new NPC in The Reef, House of Wolves' new social space. This Passage works like a scorecard; once you're ready to claim your hard-earned rewards, you'll hand the Passage into Brother Vance for a shot at winning exclusive weapons and armor. Take note: the Osiris-themed gear is some of the best in the game.
House of Wolves comes to PS4 and PS3 on May 19th. Got questions? Let me know in the comments!

[ethomaz]

There are a lot of good things in House of Wolves.

[kitler53]

i already paid for it but i just don't know if i even care enough to play it...

[Mmm_fish_tacos]

I'll play it. 3 vs 3 looks like a lot of fun. I was watching the stream earlier today. I do wonder how the next installment will sell though. You seem to have a tone of people who've lost interest, and the people who shame on the game day one. Not really sure how many people are left that still like the game. But it has been the best game in quite some time that i've played.

[ethomaz]

I'll play it. 3 vs 3 looks like a lot of fun. I was watching the stream earlier today. I do wonder how the next installment will sell though. You seem to have a tone of people who've lost interest, and the people who shame on the game day one. Not really sure how many people are left that still like the game. But it has been the best game in quite some time that i've played.

I'm curious about the Arena thing to be reveled next week.

[kitler53]

I'll play it. 3 vs 3 looks like a lot of fun. I was watching the stream earlier today. I do wonder how the next installment will sell though. You seem to have a tone of people who've lost interest, and the people who shame on the game day one. Not really sure how many people are left that still like the game. But it has been the best game in quite some time that i've played.

i'll come back for a sequel if they make some key improvements. 

story in game not in app.
bank space and moving gear between character,..  again in game not in app.
make gear more abundant and upgrades not so costly.  i want to use gear i get not shard it.

[ethomaz]

i'll come back for a sequel if they make some key improvements. 

story in game not in app.
bank space and moving gear between character,..  again in game not in app.
make gear more abundant and upgrades not so costly.  i want to use gear i get not shard it.

The lady point is already true.

All legendary gears will have a new upgrade to level it to max light... so you can choose to use any now.

[Xevross]

i already paid for it but i just don't know if i even care enough to play it...

I'm in the same boat...

fancy rowing for a bit?

[kitler53]

The lady point is already true.

All legendary gears will have a new upgrade to level it to max light... so you can choose to use any now.

i'll have to check out the details but i'm not sure that is what i mean. 

level is tied to light and light requires upgrades and upgrades are prohibitavily expensive.  destiny is (or at least feels like) a loot game but after starting to upgrade my first piece of armor i just don't want to strat over.  it takes me weeks to get the 18 shards needed to upgrade and the stats barely matter anyways so why bother. it is pointless to reach max level since they rescale all the enemies to your level anyways.  you just can't be that one level below an NPC are destiny will make sure you are completely ineffective.

besides, they are just going to reset all the stats every 4 months on the next expansion anyways. i might as well just wait for the winter dlc to start all over again...

destiny has great gameplay but they did an even better job of making earning new gear feel like a waste of time. 

[kitler53]

I'm in the same boat...

fancy rowing for a bit?

depends.  what does that mean?

[ethomaz]

OMG!!!