Destiny

Destiny’s weekend vendor Xur is selling the fusion rifle Telesto. If you’re wondering if you should buy it: Yes, yes you should.

Destiny’s first raid “challenge” went live today. It’s in the Warpriest fight near the start of the King’s Fall raid. I won’t explain how to do it here, in case you want to figure it out for yourself, but it sounds pretty straightforward. I haven’t had time to try it yet—if you finished it, what’d you get?

Destiny’s weapon balance is getting another bunch of tweaks. Over at the Bungie blog, they’ve laid out a bunch of changes coming in the December update. Notable: Pulse rifle nerf, auto rifle buff, LitC sniper nerf (yay), small hand cannon buff, substantial shotgun nerf. In the regular Bungie weekly update, they also… Read more

The results of The Great Reddit Destiny Poll are in, and they’re pretty interesting. Which Crucible map is the most beloved? Which Tower vendor is the fan favorite? Which year-one weapon do people miss most? Check the results and find out how everyone voted.

Inspired by my ranking of everything in Destiny earlier this week, Redditors just_SiLeNtWaLkEr and moyetes have assembled a huge poll so that players can vote on their own favorites. Go vote! I’m really interested in seeing what comes out on top.

Destiny is getting some economy updates over the next two months, Bungie says. You’ll be able to buy Weapon Parts for Glimmer soon; later, you’ll be able to trade in all that surplus Etheric Light and Wormspore for something TBD. More info at the weekly update.

Now this is how you handle a 3 vs. 1 situation in Destiny’s Trials of Osiris. That’s Ramblinnn running circles around three opponents, ably demonstrating that The Last Word can still get it done. Great callouts from his teammate DrLupo, too. [Via r/DTG]

Like those cool masks Destiny is offering for Halloween? Bill and Brittany Doran from Punished Props can show you how to bypass the game and make your own.