Three difficulties depending on the offering you present.įast, fun and a different way to get gear. Much like “Court of Oryx” in the “Dreadnaught” area, you are challenged with waves of enemies with a boss.
In the “Plaguelands”, which is the new patrol area on earth, are the familiar patrol missions you are used to plus one new patrol mission called “Quarantine” and a challenge area called “Archon’s forge”. And I have not encountered any bugs in the raid, yet. It’s still challenging but in a slightly different way, not so technical as “The Kings Fall” raid was.īut that is just the normal mode, as before, the hard mode is not available yet. Involving more of the fireteam members to participate in the different segments of each stage. That said I thought it was one of the most fun ones I have played. This is a little bit shorter or not as difficult as the last raid, partly because Bungie has toned down the need for specific gears and items that greatly help or are needed. The new raid is, as its previous DLC’s, in my opinion the best part of the game. New weapons and armor have been added with new perks and the ability to change the appearance of exotic items. This has always been the strongest feature in Destiny, and it still delivers fast paced and fun gameplay that demands a lot from players wanting the most sought after gear. The storyline culminates as the previous ones in a raid to take out the big boss. Unfortunately Bungie did not deliver on this part in my opinion. I can not say it is a bad story but it’s forgettable.Īnd the ten missions go by pretty fast. Without spoiling anything I can say that the story is very similar in the way it is presented and executed, much like “The Taken King”. The new threat are SIVA, a powerful life form “The Fallen” are trying to control but they do not understand its power.
The story is laid out over 10 missions and very much like previous Destiny storylines you are tasked with investigating and ending the new and dangerous threat that has appeared in the Plaguelands. Was it worth the return? Continue reading and find out my thoughts on The Rise of Iron. It’s been a week since the release of The Rise of Iron DLC and this last week I have been striking,looting and shooting my way around in the new area called “Plaguelands”.