Destiny 2 Makes Grandmaster Nightfalls Too Inaccessible

Bungie has made it clear that they want buildcrafting to be the next pillar of Destiny’s core design. It’s why armor mods have become more and more important, and it's why the Light subclasses are getting reworked this year . On a fundamental level, I agree with Bungie’s vision. I’d love to play a version of Destiny where every player you meet has a unique build that kicks alien ass in its own way. But with the current state of armor mods, those builds are locked behind layers of RNG and hundreds of hours of grinding. To realize a version of Destiny where every Guardian is truly their own legend, it’s time we reduce mod bloat, not make it worse.


Charged with Light is a malleable buff that grants effects based on which armor mods you've equipped. Potential buff effects include 20% increased weapon damage, 50% damage resistance after your shields break, the ability to generate Special ammo with Void damage, and much m

I have 930 hours in Destiny 2 on Steam, which doesn’t include the time I spent playing it on Battle.Net. I’m probably close to 1500 hours in the game, and I’ve never completed a Grandmaster Nightfall. Like many others, my clan loses interest every season when they reach 1340 and there’s nothing left to do but log on and grind. The gap between hitting the pinnacle cap and confidently running the Grandmaster Nightfalls is way too wide. It punishes players that are otherwise dedicated Destiny players, pushing them away and making them feel unworthy of the highest challenge simply because they value their time more than the game does. I would like to see better options for earning Artifact Power in the future, or at the very least, a lower level requirement for Grandmaster Nightfalls. I’ll play Destiny 2 every day as long as I have meaningful content to complete, but if you ask me to do bounties on the Moon every night for several weeks, I’m going to move on to other games.

A short explanation for destiny 2 strikes 2’s leveling process, in case you don’t know: currently, you can reach level 1330 by participating in activities and collecting gear. Getting to 1320 is fairly straightforward, but after that your options are fewer and the challenges are more difficult. From 1100 to 1320, practically everything you do will reward you with a new weapon or piece of armor that will increase your power level. At the start of any season, you can get to this ‘soft cap’ fairly quickly. Some do it casually over a few weeks, while power players are able to min-max their way there in a matter of hours.
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For your buff mods to work, you'll need stacks of Charged with Light. Certain Combat Style mods will grant Charged with Light stacks upon doing something. Most of these mods ask for multikills with a certain weapon family, although there are a few excepti

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Since Charged with Light works in PvP environments, quite a few PvP builds utilize this mechanic. We'll cover three powerful build setups that should make this system much easier to understand. It'll also give you an idea of just how powerful these mods can be when used prope


This step requires that you obtain seven Wolfpack Rounds, one of which you already own. Wolfpack Rounds drop from majors and bosses in the Cosmodrome. To get this done quickly, farm the Exodus Garden 2A Lost Sector. You can find it The Divide, a location directly behind the Cosmodrome spawn point. You'll get about one or two Wolfpack Rounds a run, so this step won't take very long to compl


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I have seen countless players excitedly reach that 1330 pinnacle cap only to immediately fall off and disappear until the next season or expansion, unable to do the Grandmaster Nightfall and unwilling to grind for it. I would love to attempt the game’s hardest challenge - which also rewards the best gear - with my clanmates, but it’s difficult to encourage them to keep playing when all there is to do is run around on the Moon doing bounties for weeks until you’re Grandmaster ready. It’s unfair to expect players to grind that much just for access to something they’ve otherwise earned by playing the season and reaching the pinnacle cap, so a lot of people just don’t do it. Dedicated players shouldn’t miss out on the opportunity to participate in the highest level content just because they aren’t willing to exclusively play Destiny, especially when the game has nothing left to offer beyond Moon bounties.