Only the Brave Survive
Into the Light Stream 2 Recap
Hall of Champions
- New social space
- Shaxx's space inside tower
- Main hub for Into the Light
- Redeemable chests called "trophies of bravery" similar to 30th anniversary
- Chests include new armor set (influenced by D2Y1)
- Gear drops at powerful cap for new players
Shaxx's Brave Arsenal
- Shaxx is the event vendor
- Superblack key 1 is the rank 17 reward to unlock superblack shader
- Arcite is the quest vendor for the event
- Arcite also has bounties and a quest to get Superblack key 2
- Quests reward weapon drops curated version of weapons
- Limited edition weapons are random chance during drops and include unique ornament and double perks
- Limited edition weapons only available till the Final Shape (regular drops still available)
- Attunement is an unlock that you can use to increase drop chances of certain weapons using Shaxx statues
Brave Arsenal Details
- "Greatest of" set of weapons
- Story wise, these are forbidden weapons Shaxx is releasing to help defeat the witness
- Free to all players even if original weapon was locked behind DLC
- Weapons have new perk pools
- Origin trait Indomitability: Final blows grant grenade energy for light subclasses and melee energy for dark subclasses
- New perk in pool called Desperate Measures: Weapon final blows grant increased damage, and ability kills grant higher stacks
- Desperate Measures is like Golden Tricorn but has higher uptime, more stacks, and less overall damage initially
- All weapons can get their perks enhanced in the new Final Shape system
- Six weapons available at launch, with one new weapon being added to the active pool each week (BOOOO!!!!)
Arsenal Weapon list
- Mountain Top (rocket jump added as base behavior)
- Blast Furnace (no longer has scopes, has barrels)
- Hung Jury
- Succession
- Midnight Coup (can roll explosive payload/fire fly and kinetic tremors)
- Recluse
- Luna's Howl (Magnificent Howl reworked as kill stack type perk)
- Elsie's Rifle (formally Stranger's Rifle from D1)
- Forbearance
- Edge Transit (buffed to be useful, cascade point in left column)
- Falling Guillotine
- Hammerhead (can roll rampage and killing tally)
- Full rolls and details here: https://www.bungie.net/7/en/News/article/dev_insight_brave_arsenal
Onslaught Rewards
- Each set of 10 waves drops weapon chest
- Bonus chests available for legend difficulty and for completing all 50 waves
- Each weapon drop reacts to your attunement and has chance to be limited edition
Final Shape tease
- Vault space going up 100 slots!!!
Next Week Livestream Preview
- Two classic Exotic missions returning
- Preview of the 3 new PVP maps coming in May
- New PvE challenge called Pantheon
Known Issues
- The Permeability perk on The Slammer Stasis Sword will always change the Sword's element type to Strand.
- Gilding the Guardian Games title Champ does not increment the number of times Gilded counter.
- The Season of the Wish versions of the Dreaming City weapons are not dropping the Burnished and Blueshift Dreams shaders.
- Defeating the Tormentor too fast in the Arms Dealer strike can sometimes result in the elevator door not unlocking, blocking progress to finish the mission.