Rise of Iron Mega Post (Update 31AUG16)

Rise of Iron Mega Post (Update 31AUG16) Aug 22, 2016 8:48:48 GMT -5

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Post by TRUE EB0LA on Aug 22, 2016 8:48:48 GMT -5

Rise of Iron

Rise of Iron is a $30 expansion that will release on Tuesday, September 20th for Xbox One and PS4 only.

Reveal Video

Forged in Fire ViDoc

New Theme Music

New Social Space on Earth called 'Felwinter Peak'

Players must clear Fallen out of it to reclaim it.
There will be new vendors, secrets, and more!
Saladin will sell 'Iron Engrams' which can decrypt into old Iron Banner gear pieces.
Also, Iron Banner will now be hosted from this social space
A special area will open up when Iron Banner is active.

New Patrol Zone on Earth called the 'Plaguelands'

From what we've seen in one of the Live Streams, the patrol appears to be Level 42 but that could change as they were playing in a development environment.
It consists of a new area beyond the wall as well as most of the original Cosmodrome.
New 'Archon's Forge' arena! Found out in the patrol zone (Think Court of Oryx but bigger and longer. If you die, you're out unless revived!)
Winter is here! There is more snow in the new patrol.
The current Level 4 Cosmodrome patrol on Earth will remain untouched to give new players the original Destiny experience.
Sparrows can be used in the Plaguelands!
'Dormant SIVA Clusters' are scattered around the Plaguelands which must be collected (Similar to Calcified Fragments from The Taken King). What exactly they are used for is currently unknown.
They do unlock new Grimoire cards though.

5 new story missions revolving around the Iron Lords and fighting SIVA.

Many new quest lines to do both during and after the story has been completed.
Most new exotics come from quests (Including Gjallarhorn)
Daily Heroic Story now has a recommended Light Level of 350 (Level 42).

1 Brand New Strike in the Plaguelands called 'The Wretched Eye'

IGN Gameplay of New Strike:

2 Re-done Strikes: Summoning Pits (Phogoth - Moon) and The Devils' Lair (Sepiks Prime - Earth)
Strike bosses can now drop 'Skeleton Keys' which you can hold in a stack up to 5.
Skeleton Keys can be used on a chest that will appear after a Strike Boss is dead.
The chest contains a guaranteed Strike-specific loot drop.
This should cause players not to have to grind strikes as much to get specific loot drops.
Nightfall Strike now has a recommended Light Level of 360 (Level 42).
Weekly Heroic Strikes now have a recommended Light Level of 350 (Level 42).

New Raid in the Plaguelands called 'Wrath of the Machine'.

It will come out that Friday, September 23rd.
The new maximum Light Level is 385 with normal mode
When Hard Mode comes out at a later date, it will be raised to 400.

Battle Axe

In Action

Sterling Treasure boxes are being replaced by Radiant Treasure boxes.

(In case you've been out of the loop since before the April Update) Sterling Treasure boxes are micro-transaction boxes that contain special legendary armor sets and other various goodies. The armor sets drop at 3 Defense and must be infused up to a higher light level to be viable. 3 can be obtained for free each week per account just by playing the game.
Radiant Treasure boxes will likely contain all new armor sets as well as other goodies such as sparrows and ships.

Crucible

Private Crucible Matches are now a thing!

Private matchmaking, and you can even start matches alone
Can change both game options and map
Private matches are for anyone on current gen, regardless of what version of destiny they have.
All modes, including mayhem and inferno (not including Crimson Doubles and SLR)
All maps
Can change score limit, time limit, and enable or disable Light Level
Can change time of day and vehicles

Supremacy

Couple variants (6v6 normal, FFA, Inferno)
First RoI IB is supremacy
Crests are different for each class
Red is enemy, blue is your own team for crests
You can see where the crests are on the UI
If you pick up the crest of someone you killed, you get two points. If someone else on your team picks it up, they get 1 and you get 1.
Crests have physical properties, and they can be moved with blasts, etc.
Tactically advantageous places are more important in the Supremacy gamemode, as opposed to capture points. This takes the action to different places on the map.

General Crucible

3 new maps (Skyline, Last Exit, Floating Gardens) +1 PS Exclusive (Icarus)
There are new medals

Last Exit
Subway Terminal, Ishtar Sink of Venus
It been has been eroded away by the ocean. It provides players will a lot of close-quarter combat opportunities as they explore abandoned maintenance hallways along the tracks.

Skyline
Mars
Clovis Bray was an exo science group that performed technical research and engineering in a variety of fields. Years ago the group built this way station, which overlooks Mars’ vast landscape, as a kind of welcoming center for human colonist looking to settle on the planet. This map features a lot of vertical combat space.

Floating Gardens
Vex map on venus
Back in year 1 when they were making Venus, they came up with this area called Well of Iron, where the Vex dump fallen comrades into pool of data milk. A lot of those elements are represented in the new map.
It's mostly close quarters, symmetrical, 3 lane map. The lanes are not equal choices. Each lane is supposed to be a different experience. Shotguns are better on the right lane, while the left lane has longer engagement distances.

Icarus (Playstation Exclusive)
Warmind solar collector
Designers were fascinated by real life power towers
It's a radial map like Anomaly, but the exterior is much more open. Both Anomaly and Icarus share a Warmind like architecture.

Artifacts

8 new Class-agnostic Artifacts that allow for special buffs to characters

Memory of Radeghast: adds a new ability for sword heavy weapons to reflect projectiles, including ogre blasts and crucible rockets.
Memory of Perun: adds ability to highlight guardians with full super in yellow, and guardians with low health in red.
Memory of Jolder: removes sprint cooldown
Memory of Silmar: dramatically reduces any damage dealt by DoT effects (such as Thorn poison).
Memory of Felwinter: lose your super, but gain an extra grenade and melee, and boost to all stats.
Memory of Gheleon: gain detailed radar at all times, including when aiming a primary (grants precision radar and third eye).
Memory of Skorri: speeds super recharge for all nearby allies.
Memory of Timur: Melee an enemy for a chance to make them an ally for a short time.

Iron Banner

Iron Banner will no longer be hosted at the Tower. What this means for Travelers Walk is unknown. It is labeled for Events; so we may see it re-open with the return of various events such as SRL or Festival of the Lost.
IB - each bounty completed will reward you with an IB weapon or armor piece.
The Tempered buff will be removed
The Iron Banner Shader, Class item, and Emblem will no longer increase how much score you get.
Reaching rank 5 will be made easier. Bungie is hoping that players will reach rank 5 and then keep playing because the loot is good.
The first Year 3 Iron Banner is going to be Supremacy

Weapons

The Unbent Tree

The Lingering Song

But Not Forgotten

Winter's End

Saladin's Vigil

The Titanium Orchid

Armor

Hunter - Iron Saga Grips

Hunter - Iron Saga Boots

Hunter - Iron Saga Mask

Hunter - Iron Saga Cloak

Warlock - Days of Iron Steps (w/ornament)

Ghost, Ship etc...

Ironwolf Shell

Once and Future

Crucible Art

Trials of Osiris

Armor

Hunter

With Ornaments

Titan

Iron Lord Set

With Ornaments

Warlock

Male

Female

Weapons

Scout Rifle

Auto Rifle

Pulse Rifle

Miscellaneous

Level cap staying at Level 40.
Light Level cap raising to 400.
The Pre-Order Bonus 'Iron Gjallarhorn' is obtained from the Postmaster as an entirely separate weapon from the traditional Gjallarhorn once the quest to obtain Gjallarhorn is completed.

The Pre-Order bonus 'Iron Gjallarwing Sparrow' should be available from the get-go. Most likely found at the Postmaster.

The normal 'Gjallarwing Sparrow' can be bought from Eververse for Silver.
There are new emotes coming with Rise of Iron.
Vault Space will remain the same with the release of Rise of Iron but Bungie has hinted to an increase coming sometime after release.
Year 1 Raids are not being brought up to current Light Levels and Year 1 gear will still be capped at 170 Attack/Defense.
Everyone who purchases 'Destiny - The Collection' receives a Level 40 Character boost. It is unknown if those just purchasing Rise of Iron will receive a character boost or not.
New Armor Sets and Weapons for Vendors, Iron Banner, Factions, etc.
All Year 2 Legendary and Exotic items can be infused to the new Light Level cap
You now have a choice when picking up Faction Packages. You can choose between Weapons or Armor!
There is also a third package option for Chroma compatible Armor!
Exotic Weapons and Armor and even some Legendaries can have new 'Ornaments' applied to them that change the way they look.
Most aren't terribly drastic though. Think of them more like weapon skins/camos in other shooters.
Festival of the Lost is returning in October
SRL (Sparrow Racing) is returning in December
Every class item ever is returning as Infusable (Except old Raid class items).
Class items now change color with shader.
Thorn and Gjallarhorn are both confirmed to be returning with Rise of Iron.
No mention of Icebreaker or Pocket Infinity.
Year 1 Raid Exotics (Vex Mythoclast and Necrochasm) will not be returning with Rise of Iron.
Xur is not going to appear on Felwinter peak
The Infusion system is going to remain the same. The Infusion is going to give you 100% of the light level.
Patrol is still going to be a 3-man activity
A new Clan Roster feature will be added in Rise of Iron which will allow you to see all of your clan mates ingame without having to add every one of your clan mates, You'll be able to invite them and join them from the Clan Roster
There are going to be Poisoned chests in the Plaguelands
Vanity items will have a higher chance of dropping

Update: Bungie Answers Destiny: Rise of Iron's Lingering Questions (Game Informer Interview)

Do you have a list of common things requested by the community? Yes, we have our Community Team rank these and they’re being sent internally on a weekly/monthly basis.
Top 3 things for returning players: The raid, if you’re a PvE: new story/exploring the new zone & if you’re a PvP: Crucible/Private matches, new gear, rituals in the Iron Temple, the hunter set from the raid... (not a real top 3)
Class and Weapon tuning for RoI? There will be an update once we see how the systems are working.
Will there be solo PvE focus end game activities? Archon’s Forge, Challenge of Elders, Queens Bounties, Faction Packages, Strikes...
What’s happenning with Taken Strikes and Taken Spawns in Patrol? Those are staying. Heroic Playlist will stay even if you don’t have RoI; you won’t see RoI strikes.
Will open quests be auto-completed? They won’t change. They will stay open.
Will Raid weapons have static rolls or will there be variations? We have to check on that.
Changes for Xûr? New inventory including Ornaments (those that you can get from Radiant Treasures). You can convert items from the Radiant Treasures into silverdust that you can use to purchase things in Eververse (and/or Xur?).
Will Thorn change? It’s going to be the same Thorn you love-love or hate-hate now; the last changes to balance it that are in place will stay. Therefore the reason of the new artifact. If you decide to change an artifact mid-match, effects will start immediately (no cooldown or anything).
Will exotic engrams being hoarded drop Year 3 exotics? We want to stay mysterious on this.
What number will engrams decode (light)? It will be higher than current number.
Exotic Kiosk will show Year 3 weapons and gear? Yes, in the same page
Light level for inventory from vendros? It will be tweaked, don’t want to give an specific number.
Three of Coins will stay? Yes, same idea.
Will wins and kills in Private matches count towards grimoire? Yes. We just had a conversation about it.
Will Quests be able to be completed in Private matches? No, Private Matches won’t count toward weekly bounties and Quests.
Can we manage a Clan from the App? We don’t have anything to announce now but team in charge of it will communicate whenever they have something new.
Significant changes to ToO? Gear and maps.
New strike specific legendaries? Yes, there are.
Are there exotic secrets like Black Spindle? There are exotic quests to get weapons. There’s an awful lot of work to add some interesting secrets, some places to find and discover, one is in the social space... there’s cool stuff in the social space. We are specifically introducing more quests to acquire that stuff (regarding the hard stuff). There’s definitely one that players wlil find out about eventually.
Are we timing a mission? We’re doing different things, taking positive and negative feedback.
Plans for factions? One new feature: you’ll be able to get a choice when you rank up (weapons, armor or chroma). There’s a lot of cool stuff we want to do with factions in the future.
What’s the release time for RoI? 2AM PT
Will Khvostov Quest be available as soon as RoI launches? Yes.
Will SRL be permanent? we’re not allowed to talk about it at this moment
Will the Gjallarhorn be the "mighty" weapon it was or the post-nerf version? It will be tuned to be not the only weapon you use
Will we see more Chroma? We wanted to introduce the new ornaments as an evolution of chromas. Previous chroma will still be available.
Will Banshee have new weapons? We updated Gunsmith weapons to the new light level.
Changes in the Vault organization? Not in day 1 but we’re working on it.
Will Year 2 ToO armor be available in Year 3? No, hurry and get it now.
What do you think about No Man’s Sky UI? Why would they ask this?
Special events in the week before RoI release? Keep your eye’s open for new content

Ornaments

Ornaments for exotic weapons will be earned through radiant treasures, radiant treasures can be earned through completing a ’SIVA Crisis Heroic’ strike each week

or by buying them with silver through Tess Everis. Ornaments are completely cosmetic items that act like shaders but for your weapons. Deej has said within an interview that with an ornament on Hawkmoon

every time luck in the chamber activates the weapon will ‘explode with luminosity, the gun actually lights up’, this is also a purely cosmetic feature that adds nothing more, like more damage or anything, other than it the ability to light up.

The view of the new heroic strike that was shown was the only weekly/daily activity that rewarded ‘Radiant Treasure’

but remember what we’ve seen is all part of a private test build at Gamescom so everything, like which activities reward Radiant Treasure, is subject to change.

Courtesy of MoreConsole

Roster, Progression, Character, Inventory and Settings Screen

Roster

Progression:

Character:

Inventory:

Settings:

Source Video

Armor

Hunter

Iron Lord Set

With Ornaments

Wrath of the Machine Raid Set

Male

Female

Titan

Ornaments

Wrath of the Machine Raid Set

w/ornament

Stellar Impact Set

Warlock

Iron Lord Set

With Ornaments

Raku Izumi IV

Weapons

Occam's Razor

Each New Day

First Citizen IX

Trespasser (Exotic Sidearm)

Nemesis Star (Exotic Heavy)

Khvostov 7G-0X (Exotic Auto Rifle)

Khvostov Breakdown

Classic Scope Automatic Hammer Forged Extended Mag 450 RPM
Modernized Scope Burst Fire Rifled Barrel Counterbalance 900 RPM
- Semi Auto Braced Frame Rangefinder -

Ghosts, Ships etc...

Destiny Collection

Price: $59.99 ($39.99 if you're coming from a legacy console (same console family), details here.)
Platforms: PS4 and Xbox One
Release Date September 20th 2016
Comes With:
Vanilla Destiny
All Expansions
Rise of Iron
Lvl 40 Character Boost
Iron Gjallarhorn and Gjallarwing (Pre-Order bonus)
(Access to Destiny, HOW, TDB, and TTK immediately after pre-order of digital version.)

Playstation Exclusives

The PlayStation exclusives for the expansion will be:

The Timeless Tereshkova

The Show of Strength quest

The Taken King PlayStation Exclusives are not going to be available to the Xbox when Rise of Iron drops. They will be exclusive till at least Fall 2017

Lord Saladin and Wolf