Every Destiny 2: Edge of Fate Change and New Feature For…

For both newcomers and longtime players, there are some major changes coming to Destiny 2 to get excited about throughout the coming year. Things kick into high gear on July 15 with Destiny 2’s The Edge of Fate expansion, and two major updates as well as another expansion will arrive by the end of 2025. Not only will there be all-new content for players to dive into throughout each of these new updates and expansions, but some of the changes and new features coming to the game will forever change buildcrafting in Destiny 2.

After being teased for a while now, Destiny 2’s Armor 3.0 system will finally arrive in the upcoming The Edge of Fate expansion. More specifically, every new legendary armor and weapon in Destiny 2 from this point onward will have reworked stats, new set bonuses, and gear will be categorized by a new loot-tier system.

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Breaking Down Destiny 2’s Armor 3.0 Changes and The Edge of Fate's New Gear and Loot Features

Reworked character stats for armor, and new, unique benefits for stats that exceed 100.
Gear set bonuses will be available on all new legendary armor.
New gear tiers for all new legendary weapons and armor.
Armor Energy (mod slots) will be fully unlocked immediately upon obtaining a piece of armor.

Destiny 2’s Reworked Character Stats Explained

In The Edge of Fate expansion and beyond, the character stats that come from players’ armor in Destiny 2 will be completely reworked to provide new effects. The hard cap of 100 in each character stat is being raised to 200, so players will be able to take advantage of further benefits and additional, enhanced benefits from any character stats that exceed 100.

New Character Stats:	Benefits:	Enhanced Benefits (unlocked by exceeding 100):
Weapons	Weapon reload and handling Weapon damage against minor and major enemies	Chance for ammo bricks to contain additional ammo Weapon damage against bosses and Guardians
Health	Amount of health gained from collecting Orbs of Light Flinch resistance	Shield recharge rate while in combat Max health
Class	Ability cooldown Amount of Class ability energy provided by all sources	Class ability grants an overshield
Grenade	Ability cooldown Amount of grenade energy provided by all sources	Increases grenade damage
Super	Amount of Super energy provided by all sources	Increases Super damage
Melee	Ability cooldown Amount of melee energy provided by all sources	Increases melee damage

Destiny 2’s Legendary Armor Set Bonuses Explained

The gear sets shown in Destiny 2’s The Edge of Fate reveal offer bonuses for wearing two and four matching pieces from a specific set of legendary armor, which leaves room for players to take advantage of a four-piece bonus or mix and match two two-piece bonuses, while still wearing an Exotic armor piece. However, one of the set bonuses revealed so far has a four-piece set bonus that requires activating the two-piece set bonus in order to work, so some armor sets are better off being used as a full set or not at all.

Destiny 2’s New Armor and Weapon Loot Tiers Explained

As players grow accustomed to the difficulties of exploring the new planet, Kepler, and other endgame activities in Destiny 2, higher tiers of legendary gear will become available. So far, there are said to be five tiers of gear available in The Edge of Fate expansion, though this may expand in the near future.

On weapons, higher-tier weapons will generally be stronger, and tier-five weapons will be distinguishable via a unique shader system and a visual on-kill effect. While it hasn’t been confirmed yet, higher tiers of weapons will presumably be more likely to have multiple random weapon perk rolls available in each column. For armor, higher tiers will correlate to the armor having higher overall character stats, and more energy for armor mod slots.

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