Destiny 2's Season of Plunder is in its final week, and while this hasn't been the release with the warmest reception from the community, it did offer great weapons to farm, the return of King's Fall as a Raid, and the rework of Arc subclasses to match the 3.0 framework. Destiny 2's Voltshot has been rapidly highlighted as one of the best add-clearing perks in the game, possibly even more than Incandescent due to its independence from seasonal mods and Arc 3.0 Aspects or Fragments. King's Fall has also been a fantastic addition to the core Raid and Dungeon Rotator for the game to offer some much-needed variety from Vow of the Disciple after six months since its inception.
And yet, despite all this, Season of Plunder has currently one of the lowest concurrent player counts ever for Destiny 2, to the point where the game is no longer in the top 10 or top 5 on Steam, but its current ranking fluctuates between 35 and 40. This prompts reflection on Bungie's side to try and acknowledge what went wrong with Season of Plunder as a whole and what Season 19 needs to do to build up the hype in lieu of Lightfall's imminent release. However, this is not an easy task, especially when players know nothing about Season 19 just yet, and December 1's TWAB should change that.
Why Destiny 2's Upcoming TWAB Needs to Answer Burning Questions About Season 19
Today, with the weekly reset, Destiny 2 released a new cutscene ahead of Season 19 to signal the epilogue for the Eliksni Quarters community event and Season of Plunder itself, wrapping up some story threads to launch into the future of the game. However, this final cutscene was not exactly well-received by the community, as Season of Plunder built up the story of Nezarec as one of The Witness' Disciples, and it seemed until the very end a foreboding story of resurrection.
The epilogue for Season of Plunder instead revealed that all the Darkness relics that were so intrinsically tied to Nezarec were then used by Mithrax to distillate pure Darkness energy and make some sort of tea infusion with it, which was given to Osiris. After the events of Destiny 2's Year 4 and Season of the Lost, Osiris had been dormant and recovering, but the Darkness-based beverage seemingly was enough to wake him up and make him have visions of Savathun's secrets and fears, including a certain hidden city on Neptune. As such, Nezarec is probably never going to return, and the story thread of Rasputin leading humanity to Neptune might have been cut in favor of Osris' recovery.
On top of all that, Season of Plunder's Telesto event and the more recent Eliksni Quarters community event didn't have the impact Bungie perhaps had hoped for, with several players not really enjoying them. And yet, Bungie is apparently still holding its cards close to the chest for Season 19, which might not see any sort of announcement until launch day or sometime in the weekend, leaving the last TWAB before release quite empty.
Instead, because of all these deeply rooted issues with the state of the game, December 1's TWAB has the weight of the world on its shoulders precisely because it should reveal something to rekindle the flame for those players who are not yet excited about Season 19. This is particularly true because Seasons from 16 through 18 also came with Light subclass reworks, which were often enough of a reason for players to return to Destiny 2 and buildcraft with the new tools. Season 19 can't rely on that luxury, and as such, Bungie should be out and about promoting it and new content instead of keeping it all a secret, which in reality doesn't help anyone.
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