Destiny 2 is my favorite game of all time, but it’s my job to play a lot of games, and that means I can’t always give Destiny the time it deserves. In another life, I’d be hunting down every last triumph, running all four raids every week, and complaining about Crucible on Twitter. Unfortunately, it’s my lot in life to be a Destiny dabbler, which is why I’m so excited for the extended Season of the Lost.
There’s a lot of understandable anxiety going around about Season of the Lost, which began last week. A typical season in Destiny 2 lasts around 12 weeks, which would have Season of the Lost end November 16. Unfortunately with the delay of Witch Queen, Season of the Lost won’t end until February 22 when the expansion comes out. While we will be getting a mini-event for Bungie’s 30th anniversary later this year, a six month season is still exceptionally long. Destiny 2 thrives on the constant release of new content, and many are expecting an extended dry period towards the end while the devs ramp up towards The Witch Queen.
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If this double-length season was happening during Forsaken or Shadowkeep, I’d also be anxious about running out of things to do. Thankfully, Bungie has done away with the seasonal FOMO of previous expansions and made Beyond Light a 15-month long experience. Aside from some specific triumphs and previous battle passes, there’s nothing from Beyond Light that you can’t do even if you just started right now.
I can’t overstate how much I hated the expiring content from the last two expansions. As someone that tends to binge games, it left a very small window for me to play through an entire season before the story and rewards disappeared forever. As much as I have enjoyed the live events, I’d happily trade them in for content that never expires.
With the release of Beyond Light, Bungie did away with expiring seasons for good. This means that at any point between now and February 2022, you can experience the full story and collect all the loot from Season of the Hunt, Season of the Chosen, Season of the Splicer, and now, Season of the Lost as it unfolds.
So, if you’re like me, you probably have a lot to catch up on. If Season of the Lost had a normal length, I’d probably do what I always do and jump in during the last couple of weeks to try to catch up and collect as much gear as possible. My dash through each season would leave me little time to farm each season, let alone go back to explore past seasons.
This is why I’m grateful for the extended Season of the Lost. Once the bulk of the season’s content comes out, there will likely still be a fair few weeks, if not months left before The Witch Queen. I’m looking at the next six months as an extended opportunity to finish all the storylines, farm some god rolls, and maybe even collect some titles for once. I don’t think Destiny 2 necessarily needs extended downtime between content releases, but it does give me some relief to know that I have plenty of time to work my way through Beyond Light and be the Destiny completionist I’ve always wanted to be.
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