Future 2 Episode Echoes is the primary ever Episode to hit the sport and shall be a landmark second for followers as they soar in to discover the brand new narrative that’ll be the usual for 12 months 10. Nevertheless, earlier than you possibly can play, there’s going to be some server downtime.

No Future 2 replace goes reside with out no less than a bit of server upkeep and downtime. It’s simply part of the sport as a result of it’s all the time on-line, and developer Bungie wants a way to have the ability to add new information to it with out gamers getting in the way in which. You gained’t have the ability to play throughout this downtime, but it surely needs to be quick if Bungie’s notes are to be believed. I wouldn’t maintain my breath, although, as a result of the launch of The Closing Form wasn’t precisely easy.

When does the server downtime for Future 2 Episode Echoes begin and finish?

The server downtime for Future 2 Episode Echoes will start at 6:45 AM PT on June 11, 2024. Bungie defined that the downtime will finish at 10 AM PT on June 11, 2024, however background upkeep will proceed till 12 PM PT on June 11, 2024.

Server upkeep for the sport will really begin 45 minutes earlier than downtime, so I’d count on to see errors pop up round then. This implies it is best to actually count on there to be a full 4 hours of downtime for Future 2 earlier than the servers are again up.

After that, the sport needs to be playable as a result of we’ll be on the weekly reset time. Nevertheless, if the launch of The Closing Form and up to date experiences of errors within the recreation are something to go by, then we may see server queues and errors go on for a lot longer than this.

What’s Future 2 Episode Echoes?

Future 2 Episode Echoes introduces a brand new menace to the sport. After killing The Witness, items of Darkness vitality are shot out into the system. These will kind the narratives we discover in Future 2 any more, as Echoes of The Witness land on close by planets.

This primary Episode revolves round an Echo that dropped onto Nessus and located its means into the Vex. There’s a brand new menace, a Vex enemy we are able to really converse to, and each the Vex and Nessus have been irrevocably modified by this presence.

The Episode provides a brand new three-player exercise and story to discover and some new items of loot to gather as we play. Extra content material shall be added each six weeks throughout three acts, so there actually is rather a lot to look ahead to from this storyline.