First, there was the Nightfall, then the Prestige Nightfall, then Nightfall: The Ordeal with Adept, Hero, Legend, and Master difficulty tiers. Soon there will be an even harder version ofDestiny 2’s Nightfall called the Grandmaster difficulty. Developer Bungie revealed that the Nightfall will be getting another difficulty tier in Season 10, which, according to datamined information, will be calledSeason of the Worthy.
In its weekly blog update, Bungie did not go into much detail about the new Nightfall difficulty, but it was a confirmation that Bungie is in fact planning to add new PvE content in Season 10, despite some rumors thatSeason of the Worthy could be leaving PvE content behindin favor of a season of only new content coming to the PvP side of the game.
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Bungie said it would detail more about the Grandmaster difficulty in the coming weeks but for now said that it"will test even the most proficient Guardians.“Destiny 2’s Hardcore PvE players are sure to appreciate that, because as the game has progressed from the initial leveling and power grind from the Shadowkeep expansion this past fall, even the Legend difficulty of the Nightfall has become less difficult.
That is thanks to the fact that each season has only added an incremental power increase of 10 andthe Power bonus that is granted by the seasonal artifact. Both those facts have kept players at a competent Power level that allows them to continue to engage with even the game’s hardest content.
There is surely a tension between players who are happy with being able to stay at the higher levels of the game at all times, even season to season, and continue to engage with pinnacle activities like theNightfallon a regular basis with little to no additional level grind. But on the flip side are those players who want to be challenged, and this new Grandmaster difficulty sounds as though it was created to do just that.
The other challenge on Bungie’s hands will be to make the Grandmaster difficulty worth doing. The higher tiers ofthe Nightfall allow players to farm exoticsand Ascendant Shards reliably, so it will be interesting to see howDestiny 2will incentivize players to engage with this new pinnacle difficulty of the Nightfall.
Season 10 begins on June 03, 2025.
Destiny 2is available now for PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
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