Actually, Destiny 2 had not planned to release the full potential of the new subclass Strand directly. But criticism of the new ability seems to have changed that plan. 4 days after the release, Bungie announced that players will be able to unlock all fragments of Strang earlier than originally planned.
What did Destiny 2 announce? As promised, the new ability Strang was easier to unlock than Stasis. But that didn’t mean you could experience the new subclass in its full power right away. It was timegated and required some grind to earn strand meditations.
Post-campaign, players only had limited strand abilities to try. Full potential should unfold on March 7th and March 10th, respectively, after the Worlds First of the Root of Nightmares raid.
That has now changed. Bungie has announced a live update for the new ability “Strand”, responding to criticism from players just a few days later.
This is how Bungie hyped its players with Strang in the Destiny 2: Lightfall announcement trailer
Destiny 2 shows new insights into Strang – The Focus in Lightfall in its trailer
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Bungie Cancels All Timegates: Even after the campaign, more strand fragments could only be unlocked by engaging in activities in Neomuna to gradually improve the ability. So it wasn’t immediately possible to try everything.
Bungie has released a live update just 4 days after the criticism of Strang, which aims to reveal the full potential of the ability to players.
As more players complete the Lightfall campaign and get their hands on Strand, the more initial and constructive feedback we received. As with any new subclass in Destiny 2, we want to ensure that Strand feels great in the hands of players once they realize its full power, and that development doesn’t stop on day one.
To that end, we have decided to release a live update that will give all players the opportunity to earn the full range of Beach Fragments later today.
Here’s how to unlock all strand options now: The announced live update did not require any downtime. All strand fragments are already available in game and are no longer locked. Still, there is a but.
With the live update, however, you can at least try out all of Strang’s options and better assess the ability. In view of the upcoming raid, this could be interesting.
This is how you quickly farm strand meditations
The limit for the strand meditations is 1500 pieces. However, if you are still missing strand meditation, here are a few tips on how to quickly collect this resource.
Other sources for strand meditations include:
Bungie reacted because the new subclass was probably not convincing
The recent criticism of Destiny 2: Lightfall weighs heavily. In addition to the cliffhanger campaign, the new subclass Strand, with a few exceptions, has apparently not yet been able to shine as Bungie had imagined.
GernaderJake, a popular Destiny 2 streamer on Twitch, has already shared his first thoughts on Lightfall’s new ability with the community, saying:
I want to love Strang, but it just seems way too unconvincing. I wanted it to be broken and fun, but it just seems so jaded with bad cooldowns. I hope I’m wrong and that changes.
says GernaderJake in a video for Strang Video
Have you grabbed the new strand options yet? Then write us in the comments which strand build is your current favorite.
Or is Lightfall already done for you after the many points of criticism that the community has expressed about the DLC so far? Please tell us in the comments.
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