14 DAY TRIAL // The development team working on Destiny has angered plenty of fans of the video game when it announced that it quietly introduced a new matchmaking system for the social shooter to see its effects in action without having to deal with new types of behavior from the community.
The studio has acknowledged its mistake and is not willing to offer much more information about the current state of the experience and its future plans, with Lars Bakken, a design lead, explaining that his team is at the moment focused on gathering both data by tracking matches and reactions from the players.
At the moment, the matchmaking tweaks for Destiny have received a second version that is only live for Iron Banner, which means that gamers will have to get into the Player versus Player experience to see their effects.
According to Bakken, there are still some issues to work out, and there are plans to continue to offer small modifications before the system feels complete and manages to reduce latency and deliver solid matches to all those involved.
He adds on the official site that "Of course, the end goal has always been to push this out to our other playlists so they can share in the love. We’ll do that when we feel like we have a good solution we’re happy with. More to come on that once we have a solid plan. Much love goes out to the internal Matchmaking team for working so tirelessly on this problem, as well as the Guardians who have played their role in the process."
So far Bungie is unwilling to settle on a clear ETA for the modifications that it plans to make to Destiny.
In February, the shooter is celebrating Valentine's Day with Crimson Days
The occasion is acknowledged by Destiny for the first time and gamers will be able to get access to a new mode called Crimson Double, a 2 versus 2 PvP experience, on February 2, featuring a unique Broken Heart mechanic that will allow one of the partners to improve his performance to take revenge when his comrade falls in combat.
Unique rewards are associated with Crimson Days, and players can also spend real-world money to get access to more emotes from the Eververse Trading Company.
Bungie has not said whether it also plans to deliver a big patch for Destiny when Crimson Days goes live.
A bigger content update for the social game will be launched later in the spring, and sources are claiming that it will be as big as The Taken King expansion, including new strikes for groups to explore and a unique raid.
Rumors previously stated that Bungie was aiming to deliver a full sequel for Destiny in September of this year on the PC, the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 but decided to delay it into 2017 to make sure that it delivers the kind of quality that the community is expecting.
This means that the current installment of the title is getting more free content all through the year.