Dungeons have been a staple PvE expertise in Future 2 for fairly a while now. As of the Lightfall DLC and Season of the Deep, seven have been added to the sport because the Forsaken DLC, the place they had been first launched. Ghosts of the Deep was the most recent Dungeon added to the combo, and we gained’t obtain one other till Season 23. With that in thoughts, there’s no higher time to go over the place every Dungeon stands on the tier checklist. So in the present day, we’re going over the high 7 Dungeons in Future 2 ranked from worst to greatest.
7. The Shattered Throne
The primary Dungeon launched to the sport, The Shattered Throne from the Forsaken DLC, is kicking off the checklist. Whereas it could be the worst ranked on this checklist, that shouldn’t take away from how good of a PvE expertise the Dungeon is.
The target of the Dungeon is to seek out the supply of the Taken invasion of the Dreaming Metropolis earlier than they will management it. This leads gamers to traverse the Ascendant Aircraft to destroy the supply earlier than it’s too late. When it comes to sheer aesthetic and design, The Shattered Throne is almost unmatched. You’ll be able to even see the top level the place you face the ultimate boss proper from the start.
Nonetheless, a scarcity of “distinctive” loot, on high of some mediocre boss fights, holds this Dungeon down so low. Since this was the primary Dungeon launched, it’s comprehensible, however there isn’t any “Dungeon-exclusive” loot in The Shattered Throne, because it solely affords regular Dreaming Metropolis loot.
The boss fights towards Vorgeth, the Boundless Starvation, and Dul Incaru, the Everlasting Return, are very easy. For Vorgeth, gamers should go round and defeat Taken Wizards to gather and deposit a buff as a way to harm him. The identical applies for Dul Incaru, however the Wizards are changed by three yellow-bar Knights.
Total, the Dungeon is a implausible first addition, however fortunately, Bungie has greater than improved upon them since The Shattered Throne was first launched.
6. Pit of Heresy
One 12 months later, the arrival of the Shadowkeep DLC introduced the second Dungeon into the sport, the Pit of Heresy. Whereas Pit of Heresy didn’t make main enhancements over The Shattered Throne, it does have a number of qualities that permit it take the following spot.
The target of the Dungeon is to seek out the supply of the seismic exercise situated beneath the Scarlet Maintain. What we discover ready for us within the sub-fortress is a mass ritual headed by Zulmak, the Instrument of Torment.
The Pit of Heresy is arguably the worst of the bunch in aesthetics and design, as most of your time is spent in caves. That stated, it does have some good photographs initially of the Dungeon, the place you’ll be able to see the overhead of the ultimate boss enviornment. Additionally, the ultimate boss enviornment itself is far grander than that of the Dul Incaru enviornment.
Nonetheless, it suffers the identical destiny of a scarcity of “distinctive loot” as The Shattered Throne, as the one loot that drops is the usual Moon armor and weapons. That stated, a major step up is the assured high-stat roll armor that drops by defeating the ultimate boss, Zulmak. To at the present time, this boss struggle is without doubt one of the greatest locations within the recreation to get high-stat roll armor, and it may be farmed if the Dungeon is featured in a given week.
The Pit of Heresy will get somewhat extra artistic in mechanics than The Shattered Throne, because it implements Hive Relics and Symbols. For instance, to defeat Zulmak, gamers should first defeat three yellow-bar enemies in a selected method. For the Wizard, it is advisable to use the Hive Sword projectile; the Knight may be broken by swiping the Sword at it, and the Shrieker can solely be broken by utilizing the Sword to replicate its incoming projectiles.
Total, the Pit of Heresy wasn’t a large step up, but it surely did present indicators of the approaching modifications that might observe in future Dungeons.
5. Spire of the Watcher
Not too long ago launched throughout Season of the Seraph, The Spire of the Watcher was not met with nice reception by the playerbase.
The target of the Dungeon is to cease the Vex from securing Golden Age know-how and knowledge and, alongside the best way, forestall them from destroying the Seraph facility within the course of. The general design and aesthetic of the Dungeon isn’t a significant improve over Pit’s, as we begin exterior the ability in a desert space, work our method up the Tower, and again down the ability itself.
Nonetheless, the loot is a completely totally different story, because it gave us superior Cowboy armor and weapons. On high of that, it additionally had an Unique Photo voltaic Bow, the Hierarchy of Wants.
Whereas the loot was a significant win, the remainder of the Dungeon wasn’t met with completely happy reception, beginning with the mechanics. The overall theme is “join the dots,” the place gamers should join electrical nodes to 1 one other to activate sure issues to progress every encounter. This theme stayed true all through the complete Dungeon, as each encounter had Guardians connecting nodes to both harm a boss or different duties. Gamers weren’t thrilled with it staying the identical the entire method via, but it surely was a pleasant twist in comparison with different Dungeons the place some encounters had no creativity to them.
The boss fights didn’t sit properly with the participant base both, as they needed to sq. off towards an enormous Harpy and, for the primary time, an enormous Wyvern boss. The Harpy boss is extremely tanky and cell, making it troublesome to break, and the Wyvern doesn’t have a correct “crit spot,” which means the one solution to deal first rate harm is to make use of Rocket Launchers.
Total, for a more moderen Dungeon as of 12 months six into the sport’s life, it undoubtedly may have had some higher execution, however there’s no denying it’s a major improve in comparison with the primary two on the checklist.
4. Grasp of Avarice
As a particular shock through the thirtieth Anniversary occasion, Bungie launched a brand new Dungeon, the Grasp of Avarice. This Dungeon provides us a pirate-themed journey the place gamers uncover the story of a bunch of Guardians who fell to their very own greed. In addition they go beat up a bunch of Hive and Fallen enemies alongside the best way.
The design and aesthetic of the Dungeon weren’t excessive, but it surely was a pleasant name again to have Guardians go beneath the well-known loot cave from the Cosmodrome to begin out. There are some good photographs right here and there, particularly the large “skull-face” of the cave gamers enter after they full the Sparrow portion.
The loot, in the meantime, was very passable, bringing again some highly effective Future 1 PvP weapons, corresponding to The Matador Shotgun, Eyasluna Hand Cannon, and the 1000-Yard Stare Sniper Rifle. On high of that, it additionally had a implausible Thorn-themed armor set, which the neighborhood immensely loved.
Concerning mechanics, Guardians needed to defeat sure enemies that might drop “treasure,” which regarded like Unique Engrams however would explode after some time. They then wanted to deposit the treasure into a close-by crystal to progress the encounter. Like Spire of the Watcher, that is how the complete Dungeon operated.
The boss fights was no totally different, and every one was the identical. Guardians had been to gather a specific amount of “treasure” to deposit into the crystal to break the boss. The primary boss, Phyr’zhia the Insatiable, is a huge Hive Ogre who may fairly simply be taken down in a single part with some Rocket Launchers. The second boss, Captain Avarokk, the Covetous, is a big Fallen Captain who offers first rate harm however who may be handled fairly swiftly.
Whereas the boss fights weren’t very memorable in comparison with another Dungeons, the general theme and loot make it an ideal addition to the checklist and a much-needed expertise on the time of launch.
3. Duality
Coming in on the quantity three spot is the Season of the Haunted Dungeon, Duality. Whereas Season of the Haunted wasn’t properly obtained for quite a few causes, the shining glimmer of hope was the looks of the Duality Dungeon.
The target of the Dungeon is to discover Calus’s thoughts to acquire any data he may need within the hopes of warding off the Nightmares on the Leviathan — all of the whereas battling his personal Nightmares alongside the best way.
The design and aesthetic of the Dungeon is fairly stable. Traversing via Calus’s thoughts is nearly as if we’re again on the unique Leviathan ship from the Raid. Though, it doesn’t have a large sense of scale in comparison with different Dungeons. That stated, the icing on the cake revolves across the mechanics of the Dungeon itself.
The principle gimmick of the Duality Dungeon is the flexibility to simply swap from the “regular” realm to the Nightmare realm. Whether or not traversing sure areas of Calus’s thoughts or defeating enemies to set off one thing within the regular realm, Guardians are always swapping between the 2. This was very properly obtained by the participant base, because the mechanics had been easy and weren’t uninteresting to do all through the complete Dungeon persistently.
When it comes to loot, the weapons had been very highly effective and value grinding for. Specifically, the Linear Fusion Rifle was immensely damaged on the time, deleting nearly each boss within the recreation simply, to the purpose the place it needed to be nerfed the next Season. That stated, the armor wasn’t properly obtained, because it was not a Cabal-themed set like gamers had been hoping for, however moderately, a Haake-themed set that basically had no place within the Dungeon.
So far as the boss fights go, we noticed the return of an notorious boss from one of many Raid lairs, Gahlran, now reworked right into a Nightmare. Gahlran serves as the primary main wall for gamers to beat, as he’s extremely tanky and cell, making him troublesome to struggle towards. Then again, Caital, the ultimate boss of the Dungeon, is much less cell however packs much more of a punch. Total, each fights had been properly obtained and nonetheless function an ideal place to farm Artifice armor.
2. Prophecy
Coming in as a last-minute shock through the Season of Arrivals, the Season earlier than the Past Mild DLC launched was the introduction of the Prophecy Dungeon.
The target of the Dungeon is to traverse via the Unknown Area of the 9 and defeat the Taken dwelling inside so the Guardians could also be granted an viewers with the 9 to ask in regards to the intent and nature of the Darkness.
When it comes to design and aesthetics, the Prophecy Dungeon is by far one of many best-designed actions within the recreation. Till this level, we’ve by no means had a possibility to hunt out the 9 in such a way, and the Unknown Area location is breathtaking, particularly within the Sparrow part proven within the picture above.
The principle gimmick of the Dungeon is to gather Mild and Darkness motes and deposit them into their respective pillars to transition the encounter. Initially, gamers weren’t thrilled seeing Gambit motes once more, however rapidly mellowed out since they weren’t utilized in the identical vogue. The mechanics had been the identical all through the Dungeon, but it surely match the overall theme of “Mild and Darkish”, which continues to be a reoccurring topic even now.
The loot for finishing the Dungeon is stable, however not the very best rewards we’ve seen. The Dungeon could be the primary to introduce an unique armor set discovered solely within the Dungeon. Nonetheless, the weapons it gave had been the re-vamped Trials of the 9 weapons, a few of which didn’t see a lot play.
In the meantime, the boss fights had been terrific. Kicking off the Dungeon is a huge Taken Phalanx, which initially gave plenty of Guardians bother as a result of its immense well being pool however served as a stable stepping stone for what was to come back with the Kell Echo. The Kell Echo struggle operates the identical because the Phalanx, the place gamers should deposit Mild and Darkish motes as a way to harm the boss. That stated, the struggle is way more chaotic, ending off the Dungeon with an ideal conclusion.
Total, the Prophecy Dungeon was method forward of its time when it was launched again in June 2020. That stated, the most recent Dungeon added just lately stole the crown of the very best.
1. Ghosts of the Deep
Wrapping up the checklist on the primary spot is the newly added Ghosts of the Deep Dungeon, launched throughout Season of the Deep. This Dungeon had plenty of blended evaluations at first as a result of sheer issue, however gamers rapidly mellowed out when correct harm methods had been carried out.
The target of the Dungeon is to traverse the sunken Dreadnought ship on the backside of the Titan sea and cease the Lucent Hive from resurrecting Oryx, the Taken King.
When it comes to design and aesthetics, this Dungeon is well on par with Prophecy, because the surroundings goes from a lush forest to an enormous ocean to the sunken Dreadnought. Newly launched this Season is the flexibility to stroll underwater on the ocean flooring. This has seen blended evaluations, as whereas the surroundings and really feel of it really captures what it’s prefer to traverse the ocean flooring, it doesn’t match with the “go quick” fantasy most gamers are accustomed to. Both method, the underwater sections are a novel addition to the sport and make for some breathtaking photographs, particularly after you struggle the primary boss, Echtar, and witness a Leviathan swimming out within the water earlier than you.
When it comes to loot, the Dungeon simply has the very best rewards the sport has ever seen for an exercise like this. A top-tier Lucent Hive-themed armor set and three of the 4 weapons featured are implausible, particularly the Rocket Launcher, which has been used to shred bosses all through the Season. This additionally consists of the first-ever Unique Strand Hint Rifle, The Navigator, which turned out to be a implausible utility Unique, and has seen much more utilization, not like the Hierarchy of Wants Unique Bow from the Spire of the Watcher Dungeon.
As talked about above, the boss fights had been initially met with blended evaluations. Each bosses, Echtar the Protect of Savathun, and Simmumah the Lucent Necromancer, have the best well being swimming pools amongst any Dungeon boss within the recreation. Specifically, Simmumah even has extra well being than the Root of Nightmares Raid’s last boss, Nezarec, the Last God of Ache. It shouldn’t be an understatement to say that each boss fights are simply probably the most troublesome amongst all Dungeon bosses. That is additionally as a result of how their mechanics work.
Each bosses function utilizing Hive Symbols, which gamers should discover and match to deal harm to them. Nonetheless, Simmumah requires much more effort than Echtar and has extra well being, making her struggle all of the extra hectic. That stated, the fights are very pleasant and may be finished swiftly when you’ve got sufficient apply studying the symbols.
Total, the Ghosts of the Deep Dungeon was a large success for the way Dungeons ought to function shifting ahead: good rewards, nice design/theme, and stable mechanics. The one challenge could be to decrease the boss’s well being swimming pools to keep away from preliminary backlash.
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