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Iron Banner

General

• Iron Banner took so long to reformat because of the Trials Hakke Casino fiasco lol
• At the tower, Bracus Forge will now stand where Eva Levante normally stands for events
• Power level now disabled in Iron Banner
• Rift coming back as the new Iron Banner mode

Rewards

• Old token/bounty system is gone
• Play matches to earn reputation
• Streak multipliers now apply to Iron Banner
• Wear Iron Banner armor, ornaments, and weapons to earn a 200% reputation bonus
• Complete daily Iron Banner challenges, each one adding a 100% reputation bonus
• Use an Iron Banner emblem for 10% additional reputation bonus
• Reputation earns ranked rewards, similar to Crucible and Trials
• Can now focus Iron Banner engrams, similar to the Trials system

Daily Challenges

• 4 challenges that unlock 1 day each (Monday-Thursday)
• If you start on Friday, you will have access to all 4

Title and Seal

• Iron Banner is getting its own Title and Seal
• Estimated to take 15 to 20 hours to unlock
• Expected most players will earn it the 2nd IB week
• Can start gilding in Season 18

Iron Banner Quest

• New IB quest will guide players through these new changes
• Account based, so no need to run 3 times
• No more seasonal Iron Banner quests will be released after this one
• Everyone, including vets, will need to complete the quest

Appearances

• Iron banner will now only take place 2 weeks of a season
• Bracus Forge is busy helping Caiatl
• This season is week 2 and week 8 (May 31, July 12)
• Iron Banner will not appear during seasonal events

Rift

General

• Rift is an objective based, rugby inspired game type
• Spark (ball) appears in middle, goal is to grab it and dunk it in the opposing team's Rift
• First to 5 (or highest score by 10 minute mark) wins
• Spark holder can use weapons and abilities, but no super
• Enemy carrier appears on map for first few seconds after picking up spark
• Drops on body when carrier dies
• Spark blows up if you hold too long
• You can revive teammates
• No points for kills so help your team out
• The Hunt now takes place when your team has the spark, which will trigger the IB origin trait

Overtime

• If carrier could tie or win the game by dunking, game continues till they score or drop the spark
• If game is tied at the end, 3 sparks appear in the middle and sudden death begins
• If sudden death timer expires, sparks then disappear on drop, ending the game on a tie if all 3 sparks dissappear

New Crucible Map

• Designed for Spark
• Largest map yet
• 3 different size combat lanes
• Called Disjunction
• Symmetrical
• Takes place in the Black Pyramid swamps of the Throne World
• Available for all modes

Zone Control

• Zone Control returning
• Basically Control, but points earned for controlling zones every 15 seconds, rather than being kill based
• Timer is shown on each waypoint for when the zone will score next
• Zone capping is adjusted to 22.5 seconds for solo, 7.5 seconds for a full stack
• Dramatic music plays when all 3 zones controlled
• Zone Control available via Crucible Labs node
• Not active when Iron Banner present

Other Crucible Tweaks

• Control reverting to D1 scoring where team gains 1 point per person capturing when a zone is captured
• Elimination timer lowered to 90 seconds to match Trials
• For Mayhem: Super kills increased to 3 points, increased winning score to 200, and descreased time limit to 7 minutes
• Increased Rumble timer to 10 minutes
• Increased Showdown win condition to 15

Gambit

• Base reputation increased from 50 to 75 per match
• Streak value increased to 20 per match
• Raises max earnings to 250 per match for higher ranks
• Should increase reputation bar completion by 25%

Ritual Streaks

• Streaks for all 4 activities (Crucible/Gambit/strikes/Dares) are now tracked independently
• Running a match of 1 activity, now subtracts 1 game streak from the other 3 activities without completely erasing them
• Example: You have a 5 game Crucible streak. After running a Gambit match, you now have a 4 game Crucible streak and a 1 game Gambit streak

Grandmaster Rejoin

• In season 17, if you get kicked out of a GM by an error code, you will now auto rejoin upon login
• This allows you to rejoin, but keeps you in a state where you cannot swap loadouts via the game or 3rd party systems

Eververse/Season Pass (S17)

• Bright dust remaining the same for bounties and challenges
• Rank purchases available starting week 3
• Adding a one time rank package for buying 10 ranks
• If you haven't bought the season yet, there will be a bundle for the Pass, 10 ranks, and 2000 silver
• If you have bought it, you can get a bundle with 10 ranks and 1000 silver instead

Bungie Promotional Email Issues

• Personal emails failing mostly for those who unsubscribed at one point and then tried resubscribing
• To attempt to fix: In your Bungie.net Account Settings, under the Email and SMS section, uncheck the first box and hit Save Settings.
• Immediately after saving, check the first box, save, and verify.
• Worst case, this gives Bungie more data on who specifically is affected