Destiny 2: The Witch Queen to lock dungeons behind Deluxe Edition & separate purchases
You'll need to buy the Deluxe Edition of The Witch Queen in order to play Destiny 2's new dungeons.
The Witch Queen is an upcoming DLC expansion for Destiny 2 that’s set to bring some major additions to the sci-fi adventure. In addition to expanding the story and lore, The Witch Queen will also add new items and content for players to dig into. This includes dungeons, which usually provide a great challenge as well as equally great loot. However, it’s now been confirmed by Bungie that these new dungeons will not be available to those that purchase the Standard Edition of The Witch Queen, and will only be available to owners of the Deluxe Edition.
There had been some confusion amongst Destiny 2 players as to whether or not they would be able to access the new dungeons and Season passes coming in Year 5 through the Standard Edition of The Witch Queen. Cozmo, one of the game’s Community Manager took to a Reddit thread earlier this week to clarify exactly how things will work.
It’s a decision that’s clearly disappointed fans, as evident by the more than 2000 downvotes on the comment. If players don’t want to spring for the $79.99 USD Deluxe Edition of The Witch Queen, they will also have the option to purchase the new dungeons separately later on.
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replyDonovan Erskine posted a new article, Destiny 2: The Witch Queen to lock dungeons behind Deluxe Edition & separate purchases
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This is not a wise decision on Bungies part.
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Segmenting the player pop for the dungeons will make them harder to run. Making new dungeons a paid option while they've been free since introduction to the game is rough. Saying they aren't included when you buy one season pass, only if you buy four is also a bit much. If they lock certain drops to said dungeons, Hell will be unleashed from the community.
Ultimately it won't bug me too bad, but the expansions have been a bit thin in the past. Locking content behind higher tiers beyond the expansion purchase feels wrong.
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I think a lot of people outraged at this are a little unclear about the usage of Dungeon in the Destiny sense.
It’s not a dungeon like WoW. Those are strikes.
Dungeons in Destiny are more of a mini raid. Strikes tend to be tied to story beats from the campaign while dungeons are separate.
They’re generally large environments with room to explore along the way.
They contain full new armor and/or weapon sets.
That said, if anyone is a frequent Destiny player, there’s zero reason why they would get the base version of the expansion. The game lives with it’s season model. Paying for it all up front is way too easy. -
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