We’re approaching the twenty second Season of Future 2 very quickly, so it’s secure to say we’ve got rather a lot to go off of. With 21 Seasons come and gone, the sport has seen many adjustments and changes with them—some good, some nice, and a few that might have been higher. So immediately, we’re rating the highest 10 Seasons of Future 2 from worst to greatest as of the Lightfall DLC and Season of the Deep.
PSA: Whereas we are saying “worst to greatest” within the opening, this solely refers back to the high 10, as people who make it into the listing are all excellent and a lot better than people who don’t.
10. Season of Daybreak
Kicking off the listing is the second Season in the course of the Shadowkeep period, the Season of Daybreak.
The story revolved round Osiris making an attempt to make use of his “time journey” machine, often called the Sundial, to stop the Purple Legion from altering historical past and successful the Purple Warfare fairly than us. Alongside the way in which, our paths collide with probably the most well-known Titan in historical past, Saint-14, who paid the last word sacrifice ages in the past. In the end, we prevented the Purple Legion from altering historical past and even prevented Saint-14’s loss of life, bringing him to our time.
The Sundial changed into a six-man seasonal exercise the place gamers have been despatched to numerous timelines the place the Purple Legion hid themselves, and it was our job to defeat them. It was a stable improve over the Vex Offense exercise we had within the earlier Season, Season of Timeless.
That stated, the principle spotlight of the Season was the hidden Unique mission, the Corridors of Time. The occasion had hidden codes that made the participant base band collectively to be able to decrypt it. Ultimately, the Unique Fusion Rifle Bastion was the reward.
General, the Season of Daybreak wasn’t a major improve over the Season of Timeless, nevertheless it gave us some stable loot, an incredible seasonal exercise, and a incredible Unique mission.
9. Season of the Haunted
Season of the Haunted was not met with pleased reception when it was first unveiled final 12 months, however gamers shortly mellowed out with the content material it supplied.
The story revolved across the return of the Cabal Emperor, Calus, and his now-infected ship, the Leviathan. The Emperor had shaped an alliance with The Witness and now seeks management of the Lunar Pyramid. In the meantime, the Lunar Pyramid is sending Nightmares after Zavala, Caital, and the Crow, who should battle their interior demons to fend them off. Ultimately, the Guardians have been in a position to assist them suppress their Nightmares and thrust back Calus earlier than he may take management of the Pyramid.
Whereas the story wasn’t as engaging in comparison with different Seasons, the content material was fairly stable. The seasonal exercise took the type of a Public Occasion that allowed Guardians to freely roam the corrupted Leviathan Ship to thrust back Nightmares. This was a pleasant present for lots of gamers who weren’t in a position to take part within the Leviathan Raid when it was nonetheless accessible earlier than the Past Gentle DLC sunsetted it.
On high of that, Guardians have been in a position to check out their newly powered-up Photo voltaic talents with the Photo voltaic 3.0 adjustments, permitting them to burn every little thing they see in new and thrilling methods.
Nevertheless, the icing on the cake was the addition of a brand new Dungeon, Duality. Guardians traversed into the mindscape of Emperor Calus to seek out his personal Nightmare, which took the type of his daughter, Caital. Gamers have been very keen on the high-difficulty the Dungeon introduced, together with some superb weapons.
General, Season of the Haunted was one of many weaker Seasons in the course of the Witch Queen period, nevertheless it supplied Guardians with some stable content material to maintain them busy till the Season of Plunder.
8. Season of Plunder
Revealed in the course of the 2022 Lightfall Showcase, the Season of Plunder gave us a pirate-themed Season for Guardians to take pleasure in.
The story revolved across the return of the ship-stealer, Eramis, now free of her Stasis jail due to The Witness. Eramis is making an attempt to re-gather her outdated pirate crews within the hopes of recovering historical Darkness artifacts for The Witness. Ultimately, we cease Eramis from recovering the artifacts, and even used them to revive Osiris from his coma. Sadly, Eramis escaped, so it’s probably we’ll see her once more in a future Season.
The seasonal actions positively weren’t a spotlight of the Season. Expedition was a chronic three-man exercise the place gamers needed to anticipate a cache to maneuver throughout an space to dig up treasure. It was very slow-paced, which the participant base didn’t take pleasure in, to say the least. Nevertheless, the second exercise, Ketchcrash, was a six-man journey throughout Fallen ships the place gamers needed to defeat waves of enemies and ultimately defeat the ship’s captain. The enemy density was an enormous spotlight, permitting Guardians to stretch their limbs and go all out with their {powerful} builds.
Talking of builds, gamers had an abundance of recent ones to check out with the Arc 3.0 adjustments, bettering their Arc talents to new heights. Particularly, Arc Titans shined the brightest with their buffs and builds.
Nevertheless, the principle spotlight of the Season was the second “reprised” Raid, the return of Oryx, The Taken King, and the King’s Fall Raid. It’s secure to say the King’s Fall Raid made the Future franchise so well-known, and it didn’t disappoint with its return to Future 2. With up to date encounters, the return of the Contact of Malice Unique Scout Rifle, and craftable Raid weapons, gamers have been consuming good, to say the least.
General, with the King’s Fall Raid, Arc 3.0 adjustments, and extra, the Season of Plunder was a stable addition to the Witch Queen period.
7. Season of the Forge
The primary “Season,” however technically Season 5, Season of the Forge, had rather a lot on its shoulders after the success of the Forsaken DLC. Whereas it didn’t have as a lot content material as future Seasons did, the standard of stated content material was a serious step-up.
The story revolved round assembly the final of the Black Armor Forgemasters, Ada-1, who requests our assist restoring the Forges so she could grant us weapons and armor. Ultimately, the entire Forges have been restored, and Ada-1 stated she would help us in any means doable shifting ahead. Sadly, although, she hasn’t carried out something of significance since then, and is now the principle vendor for transmog bounties.
Alongside the way in which, a brand new Raid was unveiled, Scourge of the Previous, which was a large success with the participant base.
Nevertheless, the principle spotlight of the Season got here with the Niobe Labs occasion, the place the neighborhood banded collectively to try to work out sure codes to decrypt a hidden vault room for an Unique weapon. The featured weapon took the type of the Unique Sniper Rifle, Izanagi’s Burden, a strong Sniper Rifle that might be utilized in each Raid loadout for the foreseeable future till its eventual nerf in a future Season.
General, Season of the Forge did a stable job of sustaining the hype of the Forsaken DLC and retaining gamers entertained till the arrival of Season of the Drifter.
6. Season of the Misplaced
It’s truthful to say many gamers weren’t prepared for the six-month lengthy Season, Season of the Misplaced. Bungie had introduced prior that the Witch Queen DLC could be delayed from November 2021 to February 2022, giving the gamers probably the most prolonged Season the sport has ever seen.
Normally, Seasons earlier than a DLC drop are fairly jam-packed, and whereas Misplaced did a stable job total, it wouldn’t be rated so excessive if it wasn’t for the thirtieth Anniversary occasion that occurred halfway round Christmas 2021.
The story revolved across the return of the Awoken Queen, Mara Sov, whom we haven’t seen since she entered the Ascendant aircraft in the course of the Forsaken DLC. Mara duties the Guardians with discovering her Techeun Witches earlier than they’re killed by the Hive Warfare God, Xivu Arath, who needs management of the Ascendant Airplane to ship her armies wherever she pleases. In the meantime, we additionally work together with a captured Hive God, the Witch Queen Savathun, who stole Osiris’s physique throughout Season of the Splicer. On the finish of the Season, we have been in a position to repel Xivu Arath and her forces at the price of liberating Savathun, thus main into the Witch Queen DLC.
Within the meantime, Guardians have been left with two new seasonal actions, Astral Alignment, and the Shattered Realm. Astral Alignment didn’t seize the participant’s hearts just like the Shattered Realm, because it was an ever-changing expertise with new weekly secrets and techniques. Bungie has said they’re engaged on extra actions just like the Shattered Realm for future Seasons.
Transferring onto the spotlight of the Season, the thirtieth Anniversary occasion gave gamers every little thing they wished. A brand new Dungeon, new six-man exercise within the type of the Dares of Eternity, and distinctive Bungie-themed loot like Halo weapons, emotes, and extra. It was an enormous success and positively the saving grace for the six-month lengthy Season.
5. Season of the Splicer
Season of the Splicer had a smaller introduction than different Seasons did, nevertheless it made positive to go away its mark with distinctive experiences and extra.
The story revolves across the Vex casing a simulation on the Final Metropolis, forming an Infinite Evening. With the assistance of recent allies within the type of Mithrax, the Kell of Gentle, the Guardians dive into the Tron-like Vex Community to cease the Vex and put an finish to the simulation for good.
The participant base fell in love with the Vex Community nearly immediately, because the distinctive aesthetic and nice leaping puzzles made it a incredible expertise for the Season.
Subsequent, the Season launched the primary “reprised” Raid, the return of the Future 1 Raid, the Vault of Glass. Evidently, many veteran gamers have been pleased to see such a beloved exercise return in its full glory to Future 2.
The Seasonal loot and actions have been additionally wonderful, including to the “techno” vibe of the Season.
General, Season of the Splicer did an incredible job sustaining an entertaining storyline whereas retaining Guardians busy with appropriate seasonal actions and the return of the Vault of Glass Raid.
4. Season of the Deep
Reeling within the newest Season, Season of the Deep is a wonderful addition to the combination. A lot of the participant base is uninterested in the usual seasonal format we’re accustomed to, however that isn’t to remove from how good Season of the Deep is.
The story revolves across the mysterious return of Titan, the moon of Saturn that was as soon as misplaced to the Pyramid Ships in the course of the Season of Arrivals. When it got here again, we additionally noticed the return of Commander Sloane, who has some dire information ready for the Guardians. The Hive Warfare God, Xivu Arath, has now set her sights on a mystical creature, a Leviathan, who can “predict” the long run. This Leviathan, later often called Asha, is making an attempt to speak with us to assist us type a plan on find out how to cease the Witness. Sadly, her phrases weren’t what we have been in search of, as she tells us we should search assistance from the Hive Witch Queen, Savathun, whom the Guardians slayed in the course of the Witch Queen DLC.
Transferring on, the Season launched a brand new Dungeon, Ghosts of the Deep, the place the Guardians traversed the ruins of the sunken Dreadnaught ship and found the Lucent Hive making an attempt to revive Oryx, the Taken King. The Ghosts of the Deep was a large success with top-tier loot, good mechanics, wonderful aesthetics, and an total incredible PvE expertise.
We had a brand new seasonal exercise, Deep Dives, the place gamers would struggle via waves of enemies to make it to the ultimate boss. Nevertheless, gamers have been allowed to extend the issue by talking with Toland all through the exercise. This was an incredible addition, as the issue spike was unbelievable, permitting gamers to go all-out and slay a whole lot of enemies with their builds. On high of that, there was even a secret Unique mission throughout the Deep Dive, which rewarded the mysterious Depraved Implement Scout Rifle. Bungie additionally made Final Want Raid weapons craftable, giving Guardians a “Raid” expertise for the Season.
General, Season of the Deep was a stable Seasonal expertise that’s solely hampered by the neighborhood’s exhaustion with the format itself.
3. Season of Arrivals
Wrapping up the Shadowkeep period and the ultimate Season earlier than the Past Gentle DLC, Season of Arrivals had many twists and turns that permit it sit so excessive on this listing. For starters, the Season lasted a whopping 5 months, one of many longest within the sport’s historical past. This was primarily as a result of delay of the launch of the Past Gentle DLC, primarily due to Covid on the time.
The story revolved across the first arrival of the ominous Pyramid Ships, touching down on numerous places within the sport. With Eris Morn’s assist, the Guardians may make the most of the Tree of Silver Wings to assist repel the Pyramid Ships. Nevertheless, it might find yourself failing because the Ships have been in a position to swallow planets akin to Titan, Io, and Mercury into the darkness, eradicating them from the sport. This was attributable to Bungie’s upcoming plan of “sunsetting” parts of the sport, as they said the sport was turning into too huge they usually wished to do a “arduous reset” of the present sandbox.
With that in thoughts, many weapons, armor, and different loot have been faraway from the sport with no date as as to whether and once they would return. As such, Bungie launched the “Moments of Triumph”, a send-off celebration permitting gamers to earn an abundance of loot earlier than being sundown. Examples included making the entire Raids on the time farmable and introducing new loot for them, akin to emblems and shaders.
On high of that, the Season additionally launched the Prophecy Dungeon, a quickly to be fan-favorite PvE expertise. Wonderful aesthetics, nice weapons and armor, a troublesome ultimate boss struggle, the Dungeon did an incredible job bettering upon its predecessor, Pit of Heresy.
General, whereas many gamers weren’t happy with the concept of sunsetting a lot of the sport, they may always remember what Season of Arrivals gave them, as there was nearly all the time one thing to do due to the Moments of Triumph.
2. Season of the Seraph
Just a few Seasons in the past, Season 19, or Season of the Seraph, was unveiled. At this cut-off date, Future 2 gamers have been fed up with the standard format we’ve seen for the previous couple of years, so that they didn’t initially go in with excessive hopes. Fortunately, Season of the Seraph supplied greater than sufficient content material to maintain participant curiosity excessive till the Lightfall DLC arrived a number of months later.
The story revolves across the return of Ana Bray, a Hunter beforehand featured within the Warmind DLC who shares a detailed reference to the omnipotent AI, Rasputin. She has desperately been making an attempt to convey Rasputin on-line once more after he went offline in the course of the Season of Arrivals. In the meantime, the Hive Warfare God, Xivu Arath, is attacking numerous Warmind stations to manage Rasputin’s weapons arsenal. All through the Season, we see the return of an abundance of fan-favorite characters, akin to The Stranger, Clovis Bray, and extra. Rasputin was ultimately introduced on-line once more, however made the last word sacrifice on the finish of the Season to cease Xivu Arath from summoning her armies to put siege to Earth.
Throughout this time, gamers have been gifted with a stable three-person seasonal exercise often called Heist Battlegrounds. We’ve seen “Battleground” actions earlier than. Nevertheless, Bungie made good on their promise to make seasonal actions more difficult, they usually didn’t disappoint. Not solely did the enemy density skyrocket, however they even launched a modifier to maintain the participant’s energy stage decrease than the exercise; that means, it might all the time really feel difficult. To make issues higher, the seasonal loot was price grinding for, in contrast to earlier Seasons.
The present saved on giving with a brand new Dungeon, Spire of the Watcher. Whereas the Dungeon was initially met with some backlash, primarily attributable to the way it was alleged to be accomplished, the general reception was stable. Extra importantly, the Dungeon’s loot was well worth the bother, because it featured superior Cowboy-themed armor for all lessons to take pleasure in.
Normally, that might be the extent of what earlier Seasons provided when it comes to content material. Nevertheless, Bungie had another present in retailer for Guardians to take pleasure in. The Deep Stone Crypt Raid weapons grew to become craftable to commemorate the theme of the Brays and Rasputin. This gave gamers a “Raid” expertise for the Season, because the up to date Crypt weapons grew to become top-tier choices for nearly each exercise within the sport.
General, Season of the Seraph blew participant expectations out of the water with a really profitable send-off of Yr 5. Nevertheless, just one can sit on the high.
1. Season of Opulence
The highest spot shouldn’t shock most veteran gamers, as most would agree the Season of Opulence was undeniably the most effective Season the sport has ever seen. The Season began by re-introducing Calus, the ultimate boss of the Leviathan Raid, whom we found to be a robotic on the time, as the principle “antagonist.”
He invitations the Guardians on board his ship to play the Seasonal exercise, the Menagerie, a six-player match-made exercise that might go down in historical past as the most effective seasonal exercise the sport had ever seen. Gamers had been asking for a six-player exercise to really feel like a Raid concerning problem and puzzle mechanics for a very long time, and boy did the Menagerie ship. Not solely did it seize what it feels prefer to Raid, and extra, it even featured a top-tier loot pool the place gamers may choose which reward they wished.
Talking of Raids, the Season then launched the subsequent Raid lair, the Crown of Sorrow, a soon-to-be fan-favorite expertise that many gamers want to see return someday.
General, whereas the story was just a little missing in comparison with different Seasons, the Season of Opulence gave gamers an incredible Raid expertise, a top-tier Seasonal exercise, incredible loot, and the return of a fan-favorite character in Calus. We’ve come shut, however no different Season has replicated what the Season of Opulence introduced within the Forsaken period. Hopefully, Bungie’s upcoming adjustments to the seasonal format will make future Seasons extra engaging, like Opulence.
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