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Destiny 2 Thorn Quest Trolls Fans With Fake Gjallarhorn And Other Nods To The Past
The latest twist in Destiny 2‘s Joker’s Wild content expansion is a new Exotic quest to retrieve Thorn, one of the most-loved and most-hated guns of Destiny 1. What seems to be the opening portion of the quest finds players meeting with the enigmatic Drifter, the guy at the center of the story relating to Thorn, last season’s Exotic quest for The Last Word, and all the stuff going on in Joker’s Wild.
After the latest weekly reset, speaking with the Drifter will ask you to make a choice: side with him, or with the Vanguard, the military leadership of the Guardians. Once you’ve done that, the Drifter sends you to the Spider, the Tangled Shore crime lord players met in the Forsaken expansion, to purchase some illicit goods.
The Spider has more than just “The Jerky,” the item you’re after. His Black Market Goods list, which we’ve never seen before this, includes a bunch of nods to the past of Destiny 2 and Destiny 1. Among those wares is a callback to everyone’s favorite Destiny 1 weapon: Gjallarhorn, a seriously powerful Exotic rocket launcher.
In the Spider’s store, you’ll have to recognize the Gjallarhorn by its icon, which will look familiar to longtime players. It’s known as the Midnight Special to the Spider, and as the description notes, it’s not actually an authentic version of the heavy weapon, but a non-functional replica. It’s also impossible to purchase, like all of these items–but even if you could, the price of 20 Exotic engrams, the rarest drops in the game, wouldn’t be worth it.
There are other goofy items in the Spider’s offerings. They include an imprisoned Ghost (the Spider apparently likes to eat them); a “seedmind,” which is apparently the start of a Warmind like Rasputin; maps with coordinates outside of the solar system; a key to the quarters of Executor Hideo, the Faction representative for New Monarchy in the Tower; and Hadium Flakes, an old Destiny 1 material. Just about all of the items also require you to pay in currencies that no longer exist in Destiny 2 or are impossible to come by.
So unfortunately, Gjallarhorn’s return to Destiny is just a gag–but it’s a pretty good one. With Bungie greatly expanding the story of Destiny 2 in its second year, and with the return of several guns from Destiny 1 including Thorn and The Last Word, though, it’s probably a good idea not to rule out Gjallarhorn ever making it back into the game.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destiny-2-thorn-quest-trolls-fans-with-fake-gjalla/1100-6465523/
Apex Legends’ First Battle Pass Character May Have Leaked
Apex Legends will be introducing its first battle pass soon, but we may have gotten an early look at one of its characters by mistake. A purported leak appears to show a new character named Octane, along with some other details about what’s coming in the battle pass.
A user on Reddit and Twitter noted that the Origin landing page had changed to include a look at Octane. The update featured text describing the first battle pass:
“Survive the the [sic] arena, meet the Apex Games’ latest Legend, Octane, wield new weapons, and score unique loot. The Season 01 Battle Pass is here, purchase it at the in-game store for 950 Apex Coins.”
The update is no longer visible on the Origin homepage, but the background image showing Octane himself is still live on the Origin site. That lends credence to the leak, regardless of the typo in the initial text.
Respawn has been relatively quiet so far about exactly what to expect from its first battle pass, so if this leak holds up it’s the most detail we’ve heard yet. A price of 950 coins would make a battle pass cost roughly $10, similar to Apex’s chief competition, Fortnite. Respawn has said there will be new weapons, legends, and loot with each battle pass. The first is set to launch anytime, while the second is scheduled for June.
The studio just banned 355,000 cheaters on PC, and explained its plans for dealing with cheaters going forward. One feature we shouldn’t expect, though, is the ability to reconnect to a match. Respawn feels that’s too exploitable and the energy would be better spent elsewhere.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apex-legends-first-battle-pass-character-may-have-/1100-6465520/
World Of Warcraft Classic Post-Launch Content Drops Has Been Outlined
Blizzard has outlined post-launch plans for World of Warcraft Classic, which includes regular content drops. New content will come to the MMORPG over the course of six phases.
“Our focus is still primarily on player power-progression, but we’re also aiming to capture what it felt like to play in a realm community in original WoW,” Blizzard community manager Randy Jordan wrote in a forum post. “To do that, we’re planning to mirror the approach taken by original WoW, with patches paired together. We’ll launch Classic with content from original WoW through patch 1.2.x, then the second update will include content that was in original WoW 1.3 and 1.4, the third Classic update will have 1.5 and 1.6 content, and so on.”
Blizzard hasn’t announced an exact launch date for phases two through six. Also, PvP content is currently not listed in any of the phases, as Blizzard is “still evaluating” all of the options for how PvP rewards might work. For now, phase one–which is the launch of WoW Classic alongside its Molten Core, Onyxia, and Maraudon updates–is scheduled for Summer 2019. The list of all six phases and what’s included in each are outlined below.
World of Warcraft Classic Content Drop Schedule
Phase 1 (Classic Launch)
- Molten Core
- Onyxia
- Maraudon
Phase 2
- Dire Maul
- Azuregos
- Kazzak
Phase 3
- Blackwing Lair
- Darkmoon Faire
- Darkmoon deck drops begin
Phase 4
- Zul’Gurub
- Green Dragons
Phase 5
- Ahn’Qiraj War Effort begins
- Ahn’Qiraj raids open when the war effort dictates
- Dungeon loot reconfiguration: Tier 0.5 Dungeon gear, Relics, drop rates and location changes
Phase 6
- Naxxramas
- Scourge Invasion
WoW Classic allows you to experience the original World of Warcraft game as it was from the very beginning, with the added benefit of quality of life changes. “[We] don’t want to ruin the experience,” WoW Classic production director John Hight told GameSpot. “It has to be an authentic experience. But by the same token, people don’t want some of the funky bugs that we had back then.”
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/world-of-warcraft-classic-post-launch-content-drop/1100-6465521/
