As promised in this week’s TWAB, we’ve got the artist behind those spiffy new Arbalest Exotic ornaments that are now up for community voting in the spotlight as our latest Community Focus. Here is where we, as a community, can learn a little more about a fellow Guardian and their journey into the world of Destiny and the ever-expansive universe of art.  
From Halo to Destiny 2, from aspiring artist to working alongside the studio behind some of their favorite games—meet the creator behind the art: StellarStateLogic! 
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Welcome back!  In part one of this series, you read about Bungie’s history of in-office and remote collaboration.  In this post we’ll lay out the core remote work dilemma that we faced in our planning for a new normal.
Disclaimer: This series presents a story from the perspective of a single discipline, Engineering. In fact, many groups at Bungie were simultaneously grappling with these challenges, with lots of independent experimentation and cross-pollination of thinking. In particular, “we” here generally refers to Bungie as a whole, unless explicitly discussing engineering.

Leading up to COVID, we were already straining at the seams of our existing facilities and were looking for solutions.  We took advantage of our COVID-abandoned offices to make more am... Read more

Now that we’re back from Shanksgiving, we’ve got a few more things we need to wrap up before the new year ahead. Not only are we talking about our latest adventure into unknown lands, this time channeling incredible characters from one of Ubisoft’s most iconic franchises, we’ve also got a sneak peek at even more weapon tuning ahead, a fresh look at some new gear, and the community weapon ornament voting has begun with a special sit-down with the artist herself to talk about the process coming later this week.  

Just like the previous TWAB, here’s a qui... Read more

On December 6, 2022, the Bungie Foundation kicks off its annual Game2Give fundraising campaign. The fourth edition of the campaign will feature a two-week streaming marathon from Destiny 2 community content creators, a slate of brand-new exclusive donation and fundraising incentives, and some very special Dawning-themed streams. 
This year’s edition is extra special as the Bungie Foundation is officially announcing that their flagship iPads for Kids program has a new name! Introducing... Little Lights! To celebrate this community-inspired change, they are also launching the Little Lights mobile app to provide an even more robust patien... Read more

Remote, hybrid, return-to-office, oh my. Many people have strong opinions on what the future of work should look like, or how all the unknowns in the broader world are going to shake out. I don’t have all the answers, but I’d like to share how we’ve approached this tangled web for Bungie engineering.
Disclaimer: This series presents a story from the perspective of a single discipline, Engineering. In fact, many groups at Bungie were simultaneously grappling with these challenges, with lots of independent experimentation and cross-pollination of thinking. In particular, “we” here generally refers to Bungie as a whole, unless explicitly discussing engineering. 

Since this is a tech blog, I feel totally comfortable kicking off with…

Definitions

• Work-from-home (WFH): An arrangement where employees work anywhere other than an official company office.
  
• Remote (a.k.a. fully remote): Employees who are e...

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Howdy howdy! I don’t know why I started with that. That was weird, but welcome back to an all-new Community Focus where we feature different Guardians from the Destiny 2 community and chat game-age whilst learning more about their own journeys out in the real world. This week, we’re featuring an incredible streamer that offers her community chill vibes, a safe place to hang, and a genuinely good time hanging out there in the great unknown (or, you know, just the game itself) with space magic.  
Meet Liv, but you may know her as LockandLoadLiv. 
Thanks so much for hanging out with us today, Liv! Let's just dive right in and introduce you to the rest of the Destiny 2 community. So, who the heck are ya, and how did you get your start becoming a Guardian?  

Hiya! I’m Liv, but for my content creation, I go by LockandLoadLiv. You might also know me as the girl who has an unhealthy obsession with the Crow or the gi...

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This week at Bungie, we’re talking Crucible.  
Welcome to another TWAB, Guardians. Time is flying by, and we’re once again on the doorstep of another Destiny 2 Season. We can’t believe we’re saying this, but we’re already over halfway through November, which means we’re just a few weeks away from Season of [REDACTED]. This week, we’ll be running through a few fun topics with you all. 

• In the immediate timeframe, it’s Trans Awareness Week! 
• We have some wonderful words from the Trans@Bungie Inclusion Club. 
• Next week, we’re kicking off the Eliksni Quarter community event. 
• While Spider has a sweet space, we think it’s time to make some improvements for our friends. 
• We also have some news on narrative bug fixes, and a few changes to Scallywag Seal requirements. 
• We have a short and sweet update from our Game Security Team. 
• We’ve introduced a few new dete...

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Activities 

Seasonal 

• Fixed an issue where players were not able to acquire Scallywag Seal due to being blocked by the Semaphore Signals Triumph. The Semaphore Signals Triumph is no longer needed for Scallywag Seal. 
  
• Players can still unlock the Semaphore Signals Triumph for Triumph score and hear that sweet, sweet narrative radio content by proceeding on their Sails of the Shipstealer quest. 
• If players have a character that has finished the quest but are blocked by this issue, they must progress on characters that have not yet finished the quest. 
• For maximum efficiency in unlocking radio content, we don’t advise progressing on this quest on multiple characters. 

Beware: only one radio entry can be played per-visit to Eliksni Quarter. If players have made significant progress through the Sails of the Shipstealer quest such that they have multiple radio entries avai...

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So now it's my turn! For anyone that may not know me, my name is Basti or better known as Timonx25, and I am one of the international Community Managers here at Bungie on Destiny 2. This is my first Community Focus ever, and I couldn't be happier to do this with a creator from my home country Germany. Please welcome xT1dusx. xT1dusx is a creator who has been with Bungie and Destiny from the beginning. But he can explain it much better to you!  

Hey, xT1dusx super nice to have you here! One of the first things we usually ask Community Focus creators is to introduce themselves in their own words, so... Hau rein! (Let´s go)!  

I am xT1dusx, and I am a Destiny creator from Germany. I live in a rather small but beautiful town in the north of Germany called Osnabrück. When I am not playing Destiny, I work as a controller at a logistics company.  I also love going to the cinema, watching soccer (football), and going on walks in the forest close to my home. ... Read more

Telesto’s... [cough, cough, clears throat] We mean, this week at Bungie, we’ve got Iron Banner changes to discuss.  
Last week we went over the changes coming to abilities in the next Season. This week we are hanging out with a few final notes to answer some community questions and sharing some changes to Iron Banner.  

Winning Trials Map 

[Whisper singing the word Anomaly on repeat] 



Attention Guardians, this week’s Trials of Osiris will be on... [drum roll] Cauldron! I personally was hoping for Anomaly (kidding, but I do have fond memories on Anomaly as a self-rez Warlock back in the Destiny 1 days) so get on out there and try and take a trip to the Lighthouse. 
One thing to call out if you still are struggling to get your Bungie.net emails,... Read more

Gameplay and Investment  

Armor 

• Fixed an issue were certain shaders applied textures incorrectly to some pieces of the Festival of the Lost mech-themed armor ornaments.   

Weapon Balance 

Linear Fusion Rifles 

• General 

• Increased the flinch received from player damage. 

• Flinch magnitude from players has been increased to 4x that of Sniper Rifles to make up for the lower zoom and higher aim assist. 

• Increased the flinch settle time by 60%.  

• This change is the same as the one recently applied to Sniper Rifles. 

• Significantly reduced the flinch received from non-player combatants damage by 80%. 

• Arbalest and Lorentz D...

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This week at Bungie, we have a little chat about Guardian abilities and the next step of evolution. With a little side of candy, naturally. It is the last week of Festival of the Lost, after all. 
  This week, we’re diving deeper into what’s next for abilities with the arrival of Season 19 next month. It’s good to reflect sometimes, but it’s also important to not stay in the past. So come with us on a nifty little journey, if you will, into the world of abilities and where they've been, where they are now, and where they're going in the near future. We’re also teasing a new dungeon that’s ready to rock for next Season, a message to our console players, and another shot at shaping the next weekend of Trials of Osiris.  
But before we dive into what’s going on in the world of Destiny, we did want to take a moment to talk about recent events. Both the crowd crush in Seoul, South Korea, and the terrible bridge collapse in Morbi, India, resulted in tragedy and loss ... Read more

Activities  

Raids and Dungeons 

• Fixed an issue where dungeon solo flawless Triumphs had the incorrect description.
• Now clarifies that players need to do it in a single activity session (Note: This has always been the behavior for all flawless related Triumphs, but it wasn't explicitly mentioned in these Triumph until now) 

Gameplay and Investment  

Weapons 

• Fixed an issue where Lord of Wolves was increasing ability damage in addition to its own. 
• Fixed an issue where the extra 20% bonus to aim assist fall off was not removed from Rangefinder. 

Eververse 

• Fixed an issue where Angel's Gleam and Flower Child shaders had incorrect sources listed in Collections. 

Before we dive in, please join us in sending Mara Junot (English voice of Ikora Rey) well wishes and hopes for a speedy recovery.

Could use some extra prayers today, family. Currently in the ER, about to be hospitalized. Docs found multiple clots in my lungs. SO incredibly grateful we found out before the flight we were scheduled to get on in just a few hours! 🙏🏾 All positive vibes welcomed.
TY, friends ❤️

— ꓟꓯꓤꓯ JUNOT 🏳️‍🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️ ˢʰᵉ⁑ᵗʰᵉʸ (@maraJunot) October 26, 2022...

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Activities 

Crucible  

• Fixed an issue where Iron Banner: Eruption was awarding Crucible medals instead of Iron Banner medals. 

Seasonal 

• Fixed an issue where players were prevented from placing Ships of the Shipstealer relics in the H.E.L.M. 

• Fixed an issue where the week-seven Seasonal Challenge "Shaper II was significantly harder to achieve than other Challenges that are required in order to gain Repute. 

Raids and Dungeons 

• Fixed an issue where players sometimes didn’t teleport to reward location after completing final encounter.
• Fixed an issue where certain raids and dungeons were not progressing the Masked Mayhem Triumph for gilding the Ghost Writer Seal.

Gameplay and Investment  

• Fixed an issue where Enhanced Repulsor Brace was not stronger than the base perk. 

• Fixed an issue where Mindbender's Ambi...

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It really warms my heart to be writing this, my first Community Focus about a Spanish creator. Meet Daykyri, a veteran content creators in the Spanish-speaking community. He has been there since the beginning and probably helped a new generation of New Lights more than anyone around. I'm not exaggerating, he is a great guy, and we are here to know a bit more about him.  

Thank you for chatting with me today, Daykyri! One of the first things we usually ask Community Focus creators is to introduce themselves in their own words, so... ¡Vamos, vamos, vamos! (Go, go, go). 
Hi, everyone. I'm Daykyri. I'm from ... Read more

This week at Bungie, we are getting spooky, babyyyy. 
Every day is Halloween if you’re brave enough. Or obsessed enough. OK, that’s enough judgment. We can feel it from over here. Yeesh. As we were saying, the spooky season is officially in Season, which means it’s time to dust off those chicken masks and get out there to take on some haunted activities with Festival of the Lost. But why leave dress-up to just our Guardians when we can have a little fun in real life too? More on that in a bit, but we also have a heads up about what’s leaving the weapons pool in the coming weeks and more on how you can put those tucked-away cosplay ideas to good use. Since the last two TWABs had some beefier info, this one is going to be lighter so Guardians can just get in there and give Space Grandma all of the love she deserves without delay. And Saint-14. Please give Saint-14 some treats. He deserves them...   Anyway, let’s kick things off with Festival of the Lost, shall ... Read more

Activities 

Crucible 

• Fixed an issue where Crucible and Iron Banner Seasonal kills and deaths were only being updated at match complete, rather than continually during the match. 

• Fixed an issue where Guardian eliminations did not progress the Seasonal Greetings Triumph. Fixed an issue in Rumble where some incorrect voiceover lines were playing. 

• Shaxx apologies profusely. 

Iron Banner: Eruption 

• Fixed an issue where Crucible medals were awarded rather than Iron Banner ones. 
• Fixed issue where shutdown bonus points were awarded multiple times if more than one player contributed to the shutdown.  
• It will now only award points to the team once. 
• Fixed an issue where the game type icon did not display on the activity intro screen.  

Expedition: Plunder 

• Ruff...

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If you couldn’t already tell, we adore a solid lore video from Guardians! There are so many incredible content creators out there pouring their hearts out to share their love of Destiny 2 lore and its infinite potential. Among them is our latest Community Focus! 
Meet PsalmLab: content creator, storyteller, and all-around kind human being. He’s an incredible Guardian, always showing others by example exactly what it means to be brave enough to be kind and your true, authentic self. From phenomenal lore breakdowns to the occasional tin foil hat theory, let’s jump right into chatting with our latest Guardian taking the stage.  
First things first: How the heck are you? Go ahead and tell us a little bit about yourself and what you bring to the Destiny 2 community!  

PsalmLab: Hello! My name is Psalm Lab, also known as Smart (yes, it’s my real name). I am a narrative writer and YouTuber. I dedicate a lot of my time to cr...

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