Destiny 2 Lightfall guide to help with everything in the new expansion

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Destiny 2 Lightfall is here and it brings a whole host of new quests, activities, and loot for players to chase in Neomuna and beyond. The new Strand Subclasses are exciting and one of the best features of the expansion, but you’ll only be able to unlock them if you complete the campaign. However, you can also take on all sorts of Exotic quests and challenges in Neomuna to get new weapons and armor that might fit into some of your most powerful loadouts and builds. These are just a few of the features and improvements that Lightfall has brought to Destiny 2, and it maintains its position as one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best FPS games in recent history.

With that said, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Destiny 2 does still remain quite inscrutable in places, and there’s a lot to learn with so many new activities and features from Lightfall. If you need help with particular campaign missions on Legendary difficulty, want to some good Strand builds to mess arou๊nd with, or need some tips on how to complete some of the Exotic quests quickꦿly, we’ve got you covered in our Destiny 2 Lightfall guide.

Destiny 2 Lightfall review

Destiny 2 Lightfall

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Lightfall seemed like an exciting expansion but as the verdict from our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Destiny 2 Lightfall review shows, it proves to be a bit lackluster, especially in comparison to Destiny 2 The Witch Queen. This is largely due to the confusing campaign t🔯hat leaves many new story threads unexplained – not what we had hoped as we near the end of the Light and Darkness saga. However, there are plenty of standout elements, mainly in the form of Strand, which has proven tꦫo be an incredibly fun set of Subclasses with lots of potential. Make sure you read all our thoughts on the expansion in the full review.

Destiny 2 Lightfall release date

Destiny 2 Lightfall

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The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Destiny 2 Lightfall release date was February 28, 2023 and coincided with the start of Seas✱on of Defiance. The expansion will be bolstered by more seasons throughout the year before the next expansion, The Final Shape, takes center stage.

Destiny 2 Strand Subclasses

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Owners of Destiny 2 Lightfall can try out the new Strand subclasses as they play through the Lightfall campaign, getting to grips with the new Super abilities and, of course, the grapple! However, you won’t have the psychic weaving powers of Strand permanently unlocked until the end of the story, and even then, you’ll only have the basics available. Make sure you know 澳洲♎幸运5开奖号码历史查询:how to unlock Strand in Destiny 2 Lightfall, including all the Aspects and Fragments.

With your new Strand Subclass unlocked – whether that’s the Broodweaver for Warlocks, the Threadrunner for Hunters, or the Berserker for Titans – you’ll need to set up one of these top-tier 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Destiny 2 Strand builds. With so many powerful new abilities, such as Woven Mail and Suspend, Strand builds can work nicely in the full range of Destiny𓆉 2 activities.

Destiny 2 Lightfall campaign missions and quests

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Lightfall features a fully-fledged campaign that takes place over the course of eight missions and one Strike. Check out the full Destℱiny 2 Lightfall campaign mis🎉sion list and Legendary rewards if you’re stepping up to the added challenge of Legendary difficulty. There are a couple of missions that are especially tough on this difficulty, so you’ll find guides🦩 packed with tips🐽 and walkthroughs for those below:

Destiny 2 Tormentors

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Calus’s Shadow Legion have been empowered with Darkness technology, but they’re also reinforced by deadly 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Destiny 2 Tormentors. These hul💜king foes hit hard with a range of attacks, so it’s important that you know exactly how to bring them down effectively. They also pop up in quite a few activities too, including all sorts of Lightfall missions, and even the new Root of Nightmares Raid.

Destiny 2 Lightfall Exotic Quests

There are several Destiny 2 Lightfall Exotic quests to play th🦩rough once🔯 you’ve completed the campaign, with each one offering a unique Exotic weapon. We’ve got some guides for them below:

Of course, there’s also new Exoti♎c armor for each Claဣss and you can get the Quicksilver Storm Exotic Catalyst if you have the weapon from pre-ordering the expansion.

Destiny 2 Lightfall Neomuna destination ♋activities

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Neomuna is the capital city of Neptౠune - a highly advanced, neon-lit city built by an alternate version of humanity that has been around since the Collapse, although no one knew about it until now. It’s also the new destination that arrived with Destiny 2 Lightfall and is packed with load so different activities and things to check out:

Destiny 2 Lightfall Raid and future Dungeons

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Root of Nightmares is Lightfall’s Raid and it sees a team of Guardians head inside the hull of the Witness’s Pyramid ship, which was blasted by the Traveler. This unfortunately unleashed one of the Witness’s oldest disciples, Nezarec, so it’s up to you to bring him down. There is of course a whole suite of themed loot, including weapons with some unique rolls and new perks. Players can also get enhanced perks on the adept versions of these weapons, which are only obtainable on Master difficulty.

Looking beyond Lightfall, Destiny 2 will also be getting two more Dungeons, with one dropping in Season 𒅌of the Deep and the next in Season 23. Obviously, we don’t know anything about these yet, but you do need the Lightfall Annual Pass to access to them as it includes the Year 6 Dungeon Key. That leaves a mystery endgame activity for Season 22, which will likely be a reprised Raid of some kind, although who knows if it’ll be a classic from Destiny 1 or a Destiny 2 Raid that got sent to the content vault.

Destiny 2 Lightfall gameplay changes

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Lightfall brought in a lot of significant gameplay and quality-of-life changes for Destiny 2, so here’s a quick rundown of the major features for returning players - make sure you click the links to Bungie articles to get ▨𝐆a detailed explanation of some of these changes:

  • Loadouts: With the new loadout system, you can craft your perfect builds in-game and then permanently save them, allowing you to instantly switch between Subclasses, gear, and mods with a couple of button presses. No need for third-party apps either!
  • Guardian Ranks: A new challenge-based levelling system that tasks players with completing challenges and engage with certain aspects of Destiny 2 to increase their rank. One of its main aims is to guide new players through their first steps in Destiny 2, but it’s also something new for veteran players to chase and reach higher ranks.
  • Commendations: At the end of multiplayer activities, players can award Commendations to others in recognition of their performance in the activity – whether they displayed a thorough knowledge of a Raid and its mechanics, or kept a positive attitude during a tough Trials of Osiris match.
  • : Umbral Engrams have been replaced by Seasonal Engrams, Ada-1 now sells old and currently unobtainable shaders, and new gear focusing options have been added for most activities, including Vanguard and even Iron Banner, allowing you to get old or currently unobtainable weapons and armor.
  • : Mods have been consolidated and adjusted to fit the new Armor Charge system that focuses on generating, collecting, and consuming Orbs of Power to gain particular benefits. Furthermore, Artifact Mods are now passive and do not need to be applied to armor and Subclasses have new ways of stunning Champions.
  • : New Fragments for Solar, Arc, and Void Subclasses are available from Ikora Rey, adding new powers and opportunities to benefit from new Subclass pickups that provide extra ability energy.
  • : Simplified weapon crafting by removing Deepsight Resonance objectives (you can get weapon pattern progress from a red-border by extracting the Deepsight Resonance or by dismantling it) and by removing certain currencies and replacing them with existing ones. Importantly, weapons that have crafting patterns available are the only ones that will drop with Deepsight, so a red border on a weapon always means something good.
  • : New and updated Subclasses and powerful mods led to some serious power creep over the last year in Destiny 2, so Bungie has rebalanced the difficulty levels of activities such as Nightmare Hunts, Nightfall Strikes, Lost Sectors, and Raids.
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