Destiny 2‘s Raids sure are cool. Predictably enough, Bungie’s decision to port Raids from Destiny to its sequel was extremely popular, though one of the most notable old Destiny Raids is nowhere to be seen. As it turns out, the Wrath of the Machine isn’t even on the docket.
This information comes from Destiny 2‘s Global Community Lead, Dylan Gafner, who is also known by his dmg04 moniker. As seen via the XCancelled web app, Gafner posted a cheeky call for fans to ask him anything with the caveat that he wouldn’t respond to any of the questions. It didn’t take long for Gafner to respond to one particular comment from comedian2008, who tried to get some information on the potential launch window for the Wrath of the Machine Raid from the original Destiny. According to Gafner, the port isn’t happening “any time soon,” which isn’t great news for series veterans.
Destiny 2’s next Raid is a mystery, but we do know it’s not Wrath of the Machine
As you may already know, the original Destiny only had four Raids in total: Vault of Glass, Crota’s End, King’s Fall, and the Wrath of the Machine. It just so happens that all of them bar Wrath of the Machine have already been ported over to Destiny 2 to immense satisfaction from the community. All three returns have been widely acclaimed by virtually everyone, and served as excellent pit-stops in between entirely new and original Destiny 2 Raid content.
To provide more context to Gafner’s partially off-hand comment, Bungie is currently working on new Destiny 2 Raid content. We’ve known that there’s something cooking in the oven for a while now, since at least August 2024, though we obviously don’t have any details on the what, why, and how of this mysterious new Raid. The obvious expectation was that Bungie might wish to once again tide the community over by porting Wrath of the Machine, but that’s not the case.
One of the main reasons why the Destiny community has historically rallied around Raids is that their respective releases are celebrated with competitive racing events. Those have instead been relegated to the new Dungeons, such as 2024’s Vesper’s Host and the upcoming Sundered Doctrine. This isn’t a bad approach, but Dungeons are obviously smaller-scale and substantially less complex than full-fledged Raids.
With all of that in mind, even though we do know that Bungie is working on all-new Raids, we don’t have the faintest idea of how and when they might be coming out. Presumably, they’ll be released as part of the new Destiny 2: Frontiers content pipeline, but the whole thing is a real mystery beyond that. The fact of the matter, though, is that Destiny lives and dies by its endgame content, and it’d be downright blasphemous if Bungie just gave up on Raids as a concept. Guess we’ll just have to stay tuned, at least for the time being.
Published: Jan 27, 2025 05:08 am