Destiny 2 brings 1st major change to Lightfall just 4 days after launch

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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.

  • Players must complete the Lightfall campaign and visit the Pouka Pool in front of the Hall of Heroes on Neptune to access the new fragments.
  • The additional fragments are still class-specific.
  • String meditations are still required to obtain them.
  • String Grenade costs 50 String Meditations
  • Thread Aspects cost 150 Thread Meditations
  • Strand Fragments – including the ones released now – cost 200 strand meditations each

    • 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

    Here you get 100 strand meditations from the Terminal Overload Key Box

    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.

  • About the Terminal Overload activity: Around 75-100 strand meditations await you when you start the Terminal Overload Public Event from the map.
  • You get the necessary keys to open the loot chest from a daily Neomuna foray from Nimbus. Bounty tasks rotate daily.
  • Play Strange there and you’ll get some more Strange Meditation.
    • The maximum number of Terminal Overload Keys you can have is 5

    Other sources for strand meditations include:

  • About Public Events: After completion, you will also get strand meditations there.
  • About open world patrols: While you’re playing Terminal Overload, one of the patrols will start up again and again. So you get a little extra portion of strand mediation again.
  • Normal patrols grant you 8 strand meditations.
  • Gold Patrols grant you 20-30 strand meditations.
  • About kills in the “Vex Assault Zone”: If you farmed enough strand meditations there, the area with the “Vex Incursion Zone” would also be an option, as there are many enemies there who also drop the resource.
  • For example, large enemies drop boxes that grant you between 3-7 strand meditations.
  • About Nimbus Bounty Challenge: The Neptune NPC Nimbus also drops 200 strand meditations when you complete his challenge of doing bounties.

    • 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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