It’s hardly a secret that Future 2 and Bungie are in a little bit of a pickle proper now. Most years, the large “State of the Recreation” blogs used to sign large batches of optimistic adjustments coming to the sport with the subsequent paid DLC. This didn’t occur this time round. As a substitute, the neighborhood raised pitchforks after Bungie clarified that, no, there wasn’t a giant PvP content material drop on the horizon. And no, there was no yearly ritual armor refresh as a result of the staff was too busy engaged on microtransaction armor.

The discharge of 2023’s Lightfall DLC already soured issues for a non-insignificant variety of gamers. The sport grew to become dearer to play on prime of failing to succeed in the heights of 2022’s Witch Queen growth. This set the stage for some large disappointments, then, with the State of the Recreation merely underlining them additional nonetheless. There’s a flicker of goodness on the horizon, although, which Bungie’s new “This Week in Future” weblog highlights.

This comes scorching on the heels of Future 2‘s recreation director Joe Blackburn promising to work on among the recreation’s greatest issues. This contains, however isn’t restricted to, a downright ridiculous lack of funding in its PvP content material. Blackburn additionally promised to ship occasional Q&A streams the place he’d play Future 2 and work together with the neighborhood to the very best of his talents – one other unprecedented change.

Will Future 2’s Season 22 appropriate its course?

Gamers who’re sad with the present state of Future 2 gained’t want to attend till The Closing Form to see (doubtlessly) optimistic adjustments, both. The newest TWID went into some particulars on what to anticipate out of Season 22, which is because of kick off on August 22, appropriately sufficient. A few of the most notable highlights embody:

• The Unique mission rotator, permitting gamers to get pleasure from previous Unique missions and reap the rewards for his or her troubles
• A revamp of Future 2‘s useful resource financial system
• A complete rebalancing of many elderly Unique armor items and talents
• Comparatively mild PvP adjustments specializing in respawns, matchmaking, and associated options

These are all presupposed to launch with Season 22. Moreover, there’s a mysterious Raid coming again over the course of the season, too. Blackburn promised that Bungie would ship on his guarantees for additional PvP enhancements with yearly map packs and past.

The large query, after all, is whether or not Bungie will pull by on all of its new guarantees. The studio is now engaged on a Marathon revival within the type of an extraction shooter, of all issues, and Blackburn already confirmed that Future 2‘s seasonal content material mannequin will endure large adjustments with the 2024 launch of the Lightfall DLC. Followers may have to organize for a rocky remainder of the yr, with that in thoughts. Though Bungie is now seemingly making an attempt to pivot in direction of issues that the neighborhood considers vital, it’s anybody’s guess whether or not the studio will be capable of comply with up on its guarantees.

Future 2 is accessible on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Sequence X|S.