Bungie has announced that the launch of Destiny 2: Shadowkeep will boost everyone to Power Level 750, which is a massive deal considering it’ll take you some time to grind your way up to the highest level in the game’s current form. Hell, I’m still slogging it out in Power Level 500, although admittedly I haven’t played the game as much as I’d have liked recently.
Destiny 2 Power Level Boost For Shadowkeep Launch
The bombshell comes from Destiny 2 director Luke Smith, and follows on the heels of confirmation that Bungie will be expanding the shared-world shooter’s microtransactions component. It’s all for the greater good, though, as it’s using Eververse purchases to fund new content for Destiny 2. Read more about that here.
Smith says that the plans to bump up the Power Level to 750 is so that everyone can jump on board Shadowkeep at launch.
We want to get new players and veterans colliding quickly. After Black Armory, we made a deliberate choice to try to do this with each Season. Both Season of the Drifter and Season of Opulence had bounties to boost up players’ Power levels. With New Light and Shadowkeep being bigger moments of collision, we’re continuing that philosophy, but optimizing the mechanics to fit the moment.
At D2 launch, we shortened the Power climb, over-simplified the game, made it too easy to get items, focused on bringing new players in, and hoped that players would pursue looks alone as their endgame (we were wrong!) while we continued to build features like what would become Forsaken Triumphs. During that period, we also democratized Power so that players didn’t need to raid or play Nightfall to reach max Power. They could kind of just do any weekly.
In wake of this news, Smith suggested that Guardians keep hold of their items used to infuse gear, as everything will be boosted soon. That is, unless you absolutely need to bump up your Power Level right away and can’t wait.
The Destiny 2: Shadowkeep release date was recently delayed, and will now turn up on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on October 1.
This will also be joined by Destiny 2: New Light, the free-to-play relaunch of the Engram-farming shooter.