Destiny 2's Presage Quest Is Bungie At Their Best
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Over at our Twitch, I went live to do my daily Destiny 2 homework - doing dailies, the battlegrounds playlist, get an inch closer in completing the battle pass of Season of the Chosen, the game’s latest batch of content that moves the ongoing narrative a tiny bit forward. What I didn’t expect that night was me suddenly curious to try the new exotic quest that is now unlocked in the game.
It took me a good amount of my time to complete it solo and not only did I come out of the desolate floating spaceship a proud owner of the new exotic scout rifle, but I was also reminded that Bungie can make satisfying content.
Sure, Bungie has had a good amount of bad content choices ever since they released Destiny 2 back in 2017. But every now and then, we might find a hidden gem like the Presage quest and feel hopeful that the content heading to Destiny 2 in 2021 and beyond will be a positive direction for the committed Destiny community.
What’s so great about this quest? It’s a mix of tension thanks to the eerie atmosphere established as you explore the ship’s narrow passageways, the jump puzzles that require a bit of thinking, the sudden surprise of facing an enemy you haven’t seen since the Forsaken expansion, and a conclusion that left me curious to know more about what exactly happened here. With all the usual activities you do on a daily basis in Destiny 2, doing this quest all of a sudden broke me out of the grindy routine, and it’s been a long time since I was eager to know more about stories told in Destiny 2.
It’s a mission out of the norm for everyday guardians logging each day going through the grind. Last season, we received something similar - an exotic quest to obtained Destiny 1’s exotic hand cannon the Hawkmoon, which had a similar level design structure but more difficult than the Presage quest, especially when doing it solo. There were even other quests like it that I sadly missed in previous seasons but it seems like the Presage quest is the perfect type of content to provide players with a unique experience that doesn’t feel completely alien. From what I’ve gathered, the reaction to these types of quests are mostly positive, so it’s likely we’ll see more content like it released each season.
These types of quests are not easy to find, too. For the Presage quest, if you’re not paying attention, you won’t know that The Arms Dealers Strike mission, one of the first Strikes available when Destiny 2 launched in 2017, now has a new room open to players that run it and contains the distress beacon that starts your journey to own the exotic rifle, The Dead Man’s Tale. I had to Google it, or ask around as I’m not well informed as the rest of the community. It’s a hidden quest that can go unnoticed by new players. A hidden gem, just like the Hawkmoon quest and others like it, that are introduced sometime during a season to add more flavor to the game. And it works perfectly for Destiny 2.
Bungie recently released a new difficulty for the Presage quest, which gives you the chance to not only play it in a more challenging setting but to also get a version of Dead Man’s Tale with a random perk attached to it, again, similar to the Hawkmoon quest. I am still in the process of acquiring a Dead Man’s Tale equipped with the Outlaw perk.
It’s a great to join Destiny 2. Each week in Season of the Chosen, Bungie releases new challenge quests and new grindy missions that slightly move the ongoing narrative. It’s a good system so far to encourage players to log in each week as I myself enjoy waking up every Wednesday to read up and see what was added to the game alongside the weekly reset. PVP is sadly not in a good spot right now and we’ll talk about that at a later date but Destiny 2 is at a good place right now in terms of pve content if that’s what you are looking for in a looter shooter, making this year the best time to either get back into the game or start it for the first time.
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