For those that were unable to watch the Destiny: The Taken King livestream last week Thursday, we’ve got a recap of the highlights.
Deej (Bungie Community Manager) hosted a livestream straight from the studio with Ben Wommack (Designer), Eric ‘Urk’ Osborne (Community Manager) and community guest Laced up Lauren.
During the livestream they played the new Patrol on the Dreadnaught. Throughout their inspection of the new destination they unveiled a new solar Exotic sword Raze-Lighter and Wormspore, a new material that can be located by specific ghost shells, and is a requirement to upgrade some legendary armour.
The main focus of the livestream; however, was the reveal of the Court of Oryx, a giant arena where players can instigate new Public Events by summoning enemy bosses. The following details emerged as part of the reveal:
Players in the Dreadnaught Patrol can instigate Public Events in the Court of Oryx by presenting Runes to statues
The entrance to the Court of Oryx is lined with statues, and a Rune must be presented to one of the statues to start the public event
There are three tiers of player summonable public events within the Court of Oryx, with each tier becoming more difficult; the first tier will be on par with a level 36 Strike, the second tier likened to Nightfall difficulty. Bungie has chosen to not reveal the third tier
Players will need Antiquated Runes to play the third tier, which can be found as rare drops in the tier 2 Court of Oryx, the Nightfall and the Raid, King’s Fall.
Players will need to charge up Runes for each tier by completing three matches of the previous tier; so you’ll need to play three tier one events to charge up a tier two Rune, and three tier two events to charge up a tier three Antiquated Rune
All bosses in the Court of Oryx have unique mechanics, and power levels increase as you move up the tiers
Win an event and a chest of loot appears; the player who used a Rune to start the event gets the best loot, but your Fireteam are also rewarded with loot
Up to six other players can assist your Fireteam in the Court of Oryx, and will also be rewarded with loot if they participate
The livestream also revealed that the King’s Fall raid will go live 19/9.
Anyone wanting to watch the full livestream again can do so here: http://www.twitch.tv/bungie
Destiny: The Taken King, will be available on Tuesday, September 15th.