Bungie is bringing again considered one of Future’s most beloved armour units—the one with the wolf’s head

Future 2 gamers like to complain, and—over the previous few years—a lot of them have groused concerning the armour units launched for the game’s twice-a-season PvP occasion, Iron Banner. The oft-stated grievance amongst sci-fi fashionistas is that Future 1’s units simply seemed higher. In Future 1, the Iron Banner armour was closely impressed by Medieval knights—an acceptable fashion for the Iron Lords of the game’s personal post-Collapse darkish ages.

Future 2’s Iron Banner units, in the meantime, draw their inspirations from additional afield, such because the samurai-themed Iron Rememberance set, and lean into a number of the sequel’s extra particular armour design philosophies that—truthfully—have by no means been as celebrated by the neighborhood.

For these caught up to now, then, there’s excellent news for subsequent season. Future 1’s Taken King-era Iron Banner set might be accessible in Future 2.

The brand new (learn: returning) armour set might be among the many Iron Banner rewards in season 19, changing the Forerunner items which have been accessible for the previous 12 months. Truthfully it is nice information for Hunters particularly: that wolf’s head appears sharp.

Hooked up to the brand new rewards is a brand new mode, with Iron Banner persevering with its streak of providing tailor-made, particular variants of core PvP play. In season 19, Iron Banner will characteristic Fortress, a variant of the Zone Management mode. “The actual enjoyable begins when Caiatl will get concerned,” writes Bungie, cryptically referencing the Cabal emperor. “Let’s simply say, a couple of of chances are you’ll be dying to cap a hill.”

PvP was the primary focus of yesterday’s This Week at Bungie weblog. A brand new ranked ladder is changing the outdated Glory system on the aggressive facet, and Conflict and Management are being smushed collectively in a single playlist for informal play. There are additionally some tweaks being made to matchmaking, as Bungie continues to iterate on the skill-based matchmaking system that launched this season. Naturally neighborhood response stays combined. Future 2 gamers like to complain.