Month: April 2020

Let the games begin: Guardian Games 2020 guide

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The ongoing coronavirus pandemic might have pushed the Olympics back a year, but Destiny is safe from any disease-related delays. And thus, the Olympics-themed spring event is here, the first ever Guardian Games. Replacing the Revelry from last year, the Guardian Games pits all three classes against each other to determine which is the best, with bragging rights for the next year on the line.

Aside from that, there are new rewards and Triumphs to earn, as well as a shiny new exotic machine gun to acquire. The competition is on, so read on to find out how to help your class towards victory!

Updated 4/26/20: Clarifications on a few event mechanics and known bugs.
Updated 5/2/20: Review of Heir Apparent machine gun.

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Iron Banner: New quest, new rewards, and Point of the Stag review

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We’re in the middle of our second Iron Banner of season 10, and…not much has changed. It’s still the same power-enabled Control-with-a-twist that we’ve had since its revamp in Forsaken, the rewards are pretty much the same, and being wiped out by someone thirty power levels higher than yourself is as frustrating as ever. If you’ve given up on Iron Banner at this point, I don’t blame you (there’s a reason I haven’t touched Trials yet).

However, there are a couple of new rewards, as well as our only ritual weapon of the season: Point of the Stag, a bow with perks suitable for PVP. Apparently it was supposed to come out last season, but for whatever reason it got delayed until season 10.

If you want these new goodies, or if you want to spend your Iron Banner Tokens to get some of those new enhanced armor mods, you’ll have to do a quest. And that quest is going to be very familiar.

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