#Bungie explains what’s up with Raids and Dungeons in Future 2: Frontiers

There’s an entire lot of uncertainty within the Future 2 neighborhood as of late, and for good purpose. 2025’s content material construction is mainly one more humongous revamp, which actually might go both approach. Fortunately, the Raids and the Dungeons are nonetheless on the docket to some extent.

Particularly, Bungie lastly chimed in on how Raids and Dungeons might be dealt with from Frontiers onwards. The excellent news is that they’re not completely foregoing this content material (I really feel that’d be suicidal, truthfully), however the dangerous information is that there might be a good bit much less of it. As per Bungie’s newest weblog submit, we are able to anticipate one new Raid and one new Dungeon yearly, and that’s about it. That is, in impact, 50% of Bungie’s present endgame content material output, although it’s not a wholly black-and-white kind of scenario.

One Raid and Dungeon per yr in Future 2: Frontiers

Extra particularly, Bungie’s Raid output over the previous few years has included re-releases of previous Raids and completely new Raid content material. Dungeon-wise, we’ve been getting two per yr, although their high quality did fluctuate a good bit, too. As of Frontiers, the primary DLC of the yr will characteristic a Raid, whereas the second will characteristic a Dungeon. Conversely, the primary DLC’s seasonal content material replace will broaden upon its featured Raid, whereas the second could have a Pantheon-style occasion that leverages legacy Raids and Dungeons.

It’s not the worst factor to occur to Future by a protracted shot, nevertheless it’s not the most effective, both. The silver lining is that Bungie will not use the notorious Dungeon Key system to monetize the content material additional. As a substitute, the annual Dungeon might be tied to buying the second DLC.

To Bungie’s credit score, the weblog claims that the primary DLC’s seasonal content material replace could even embody completely new Raid encounters. That is fairly unprecedented, as we’ve by no means seen a Raid get such a (probably) substantial improve after its preliminary launch. Mix this with the brand new Feats problem system and also you’ve obtained one thing actually promising. Perhaps.

None of that is to say that Frontiers might be a complete wash. The truth that Bungie is being this particular about how content material goes to work from 2025 onwards is an effective factor, and a single Raid and a single Dungeon might carry the sport ahead and hold issues participating for veterans if Bungie pulls this off proper. Will the studio give you the chance to take action, although?

As for myself, I did have my goals about what Future might be, however these are all passed by now. I’m unsure but whether or not I’ll be again to get hands-on time with Frontiers, and the present episodic format has misplaced my consideration completely. A toss-up, then, wherever I look.