*AND HIS TEAM
So everyone remember Chris? That emo dude with nice shoes from House of Wolves and then Rise of Iron. Well, basically, in my opinion, he was one of the developers that started to make D1 a better game. House of Wolves was (again in my opinion) the start of the turning point for the fundamental changes D1 would go through, for the better. Sir Barrett blesses us once again. All hail the king.
New systems and rewards to give our most engaged players additional, optional pursuits.
Better incentives for players who complete challenging Prestige activities.
Better rewards and replay value for strikes, adventures, and Lost Sectors.
Private matches for the competitive community (we are targeting early 2018).
Crucible tuning like adjusted Supremacy scoring and better spawning rules.
Better incentives for completing Crucible matches (and penalties for quitting competitive games).
Continued improvements to Iron Banner and Faction Rallies, including uniqueness of rewards.
Changes to make the mod economy more interesting and impactful.
Ongoing improvements to Exotics, including adjustments to reduce instances of duplication.
New ways to spend surplus currency and materials (looking at you Legendary Shards).
An emote interface that allows players to equip Salty, Spicy Ramen, Six Shooter, and Flip Out all at the same time.
There's more we're working on. We'll talk again soon.
-Barrett
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No point in having private matches in this current pvp setup. Slow ttk isn't fun at all in pvp. Camping corners isn't fun at all. Using only mida isn't fun at all. This weapon load out isn't fun at all. Private matches are going to go something like this. Equip mida, run to any corner on any map. Tell your friend to stop camping and come out already while you stay camping. Repeat. The new content that is coming looks like gear from destiny one last event they had. Lame. Times like these. I hope they are working on a emote where your guardian pulls a table out and starts beating their head on it, until red fire works start going off. Another I'd like to see is your guardian pulling out a chair, sitting down and your guardian starts throwing money at a 1990's computer monitor.