Yet, true to Destiny’s history, while there were some significant improvements this Banner, there was far more backpedaling. And that’s if you decided to return, let alone stick around. Lord Saladin’s grand tournament has gone from something to win to something to finish, to get out of the way and move on from. With unique weapons and visually striking armor on the line, why not play a few (dozen) games of Control? Besides, it’s always a chance to flaunt your highest Light level, meaning even die-hard raiders can find glory.īut with the most recent Iron Banner, everyone came up empty. It all comes down to participation, and in the past most players-both types of players-have had no problem participating. It’s certainly something to be won, but won by everyone. It’s a tournament, but one so open that its bracket system and ostensible competitiveness become invisible. Iron Banner, or as it is correctly known, Iron Banana, is an oddity. With that said, both camps have usually agreed on one thing: the Iron Banner is worth playing.
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But for many players, other Guardians are last on their list of targets, so they rightly resent rewards being locked behind PvP activities with no PvE equivalent available.
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Bungie can push all the Crucible bounties and rewards they want as far as I’m concerned. For players like me, who ogle stability perks and high-Intellect armor for their usefulness in Crucible, that’s never a problem.
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To the dismay of many players, Destiny has always had a penchant for PvP, for its beloved Crucible.