The new Season 17 in Destiny 2 starts on May 24th and makes the community ponder. Bungie hasn’t released any information about the story yet, leaving players clueless. Still, there are a few things you already know without a trailer. MeinMMO summarizes everything you need to know about Season 17.
Curiosity about Season 17 is growing and Bungie is indeed making it even more exciting. The developer has not yet released a trailer for Season 17 and will probably only release it on May 24th, shortly before or during the downtime.
Season 17 starts with the end of downtime on May 24th at 7 p.m. if everything goes smoothly.
Why is the trailer so missed? Some players like that Bungie wants to keep the excitement for the new season 17 as long as possible. However, there are also players who buy each season in Destiny 2 individually. They won’t make a decision until they’ve seen the trailer and Bungie’s official season info.
But is this really just a new tactic by Bungie to arouse curiosity, or would a trailer that was too early just spoil too much?
The Destiny 2 player LegionlessTV has put together a list for all Guardians that already tells you 10 things about Season 17 that you don’t need a trailer for.
1. Start of another subclass 3.0
The first Season 16 in Witch Queen introduced Void 3.0. And in Year 5, Bungie will continue to focus on the legacy light subclasses, their revamps, and their new possibilities.
That means Guardians can look forward to either Arkus or Solar 3.0 in Season 17. The community is eagerly discussing which it will be in the end. But so far one can only speculate.
2. A new dungeon with lots of loot
Dungeons have always been little treats in Destiny 2. They are challenging, often have a good story, and can be discovered solo or in teams of up to 3 players. Players have been wanting more of this content for a long time, as the 4 old dungeons each took a year to come into play.
So Bungie has revised the concept of offerings for dungeons. The sale of dungeons as an inclusive offer was removed in October 2021 and the developer is now releasing a brand new dungeon every 6 months.
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Who can play the new dungeon? Players who purchased The Witch Queen Digital Deluxe Edition including Year 5 Season Passes can continue to play the 2 new Year 5 Dungeons inclusive. Everyone else can either upgrade to this pack or purchase the Dungeons for Silver, Bungie’s real-money currency.
3. The weapon crafting system will be simplified
Bungie is still working on weapon crafting and so there will be a change for it in Season 17. Material caps for weapon crafting items were just too restrictive. In March, the developer announced that starting with Season 17, all legendary elements will be removed from the game.
This includes:
As of Season 17, weapon crafting focuses solely on the Neutral Element and Ascendancy Exotic Alloy. We don’t know whether you’ll get a replacement for the elements you’ve collected so far or whether they’ll just disappear.
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A golden frame for a masterpiece: Some players missed the fact that their self-crafted weapons didn’t have a golden frame. In Season 17, Bungie changes that and from then on also allows the golden masterpiece status for your crafted weapons. In this way, built weapons also receive the worthy golden frame when you have turned them into masterpieces.
4. Season Pass Weapon and Playlist Weapons from Season 17
As always, Season 17 will have a season weapon as an exotic. Officially still unknown, a leak already spoke of the D1 pistol “unauthorized” as an exo weapon in the season pass. We won’t know exactly whether this will happen until tomorrow, at the start of Season 17.
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However, with the legendary weapons from the playlist and the ritual weapon, you already know exactly what to expect in Season 17.
This is the Season 17 ritual weapon: Season 17 will also bring a new ritual weapon to the playlists. Instead of the shotgun, the Guardians can then loot the “Chain of Command” machine gun. Once again, one ornament will be available per playlist – it changes, except for the weapon, so nothing.
For the playlists, there will also be a few changes to the legendary weapon drops:
5. New loot for Trials of Osiris
Season 17 also features new loot for the Saint-14 PvP endgame loot pool. New weapons, a new armor set and new cosmetics from Bungie have already been revealed here.
On the next page you will find out what will happen to your vaults in Season 17 and which weapons will get a big buff in Season 17.