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>Episode 2 (autumn-winter) themes will be about strained relationships between parents and kids
>Mithrax - Eido where Mithrax is losing himself and has to be rescued by Eido from the corruption of Nezarec (daughter saves father)
>Crow - Fikrul where Crow has to rescue Fikrul from the corrupting power of the echo (father saves son)
>finale is inspired by Lord of the Rings, the echo being the ring and Mithrax will fall for it
>Eramis will act as the Zero to Mithrax’s Megaman and will be the one to sacrifice herself to destroy the echo
>this releases the light trapped inside the relic and ends up reviving her, fulfilling the Kell of Kells prophecy (doesn’t get a ghost)
>Episode 3 (spring-summer) is about the anomaly Crota discovered in the new Necrochasm lore
>the Dreadnaught is being repurposed by Savathun as her new base of operations
>this pisses Xivu off and is seeking power from the anomaly
>the anomaly turns out to be a member of the nine given a physical body thanks to the echo and is planning to take over the dreadnaught as well
>meanwhile the corpse of Oryx is slowly being reanimated thanks to the light bleeding from the Traveler in a similar way to Nezarec
>Dual Destiny is an experiment by Savathun to convince her sister to accept the light
>eventually Xivu cracks and allows herself to be killed but gets taken by the Nine in the last moment
>the Nine anomaly tries to take Savathun as well but she gets rescued by Mara
>the main theme is accepting change (or liberalism vs conservatism)
>the finale is about us powering the dreadnaught using a black hole created from the Nine anomaly, which we can then use to leave the solar system and hunt the remaining echoes
>Frontiers is the codename for 3 mini expansions (think D2 Y1 season pass) set in different solar systems and episodes are just an early version of that model
>Bungie is currently gathering feedback from Echoes to make the first mini expansion better received
>So far the Y8 expansion skeleton is looking like this: 8 story missions, 1 exotic mission or 1 reprised raid or 1 dungeon, a repeatable activity (3, 6 or 12 people), prismatic updates, 1 reprised gambit or crucible map
>expansion 1: 8 time gated story missions, an exotic mission, a 6 man activity, 8 total weapons, new darkness subclass fragments (the red leaked icons) exclusive for prismatic, 1 reprised map
>expansion 2: time gated story, a reprised raid from D2 (haven’t settled on one yet), a rougelite activity, 6 weapons expansion weapons, 4 returning ones with the raid, plans to make prismatic free with the goal to phase out regular subclasses, more is discussed
>expansion 3: story, activity, 1 new dungeon, 1 reprised map, more stuff still getting figured out
>Bungie is trying to move away from the big expansion model now that the first saga is finished
>Sony is pleased with the general reception of The Final Shape but will keep a closer eye on the leadership throughout the year
>teams felt proud of the raid race length, will try to implement more puzzle mechanics like verity for other activities like dungeons and exotic missions
>Riot is currently trying to get a Valorant collab going
>PvP team feels encouraged by the recent positivity around crucible
>are currently testing out a mode for fun where weapons are disabled and you can only use abilities (think mayhem but instead you get your class item, melee and grenades instead of the super)
>more skimmers to come in episode 2