Firstly, this short shelf life means that Lightfall newcomers will not be able to get Revision Zero for a long time. It could eventually become available again at a high price from the Kiosk in the Tower, but this is not a desirable situation for those who want to experience all the content the game has to offer. This also applies to veteran players who didn’t play through Season 19 and missed out on every part of the Revision Zero Exotic questline in Destiny 2. Unfortunately, this kind of practice by Bungie has happened before, and players worry it won’t stop.
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Why Bungie Shouldn’t Vault Repeatable Exotic Missions That Players Enjoy
Operation Seraph’s Shield and Revision Zero are being praised by players, and it would be a pity that they could be vaulted so quickly after their inception. This is because, historically, Destiny 2’s expansions typically take away all the seasonal content from the previous year’s bundle. While this is sometimes common practice in the gaming industry, it has the downside of giving players a limited window of opportunity to accomplish their in-game goals. While Bungie doesn’t want its game to bloat in size with content players won’t be interested in after a while, it would benefit from keeping its best content long-term or permanently.
Understandably, game developers want to keep things fresh and introduce new content for players to enjoy, which may be part of the reason why Bungie shifted toward the live-service model. However, deleting Destiny 2’s Operation Seraph’s Shield and Revision Zero in just two months seems excessively short, especially for a game that has had players skip one or multiple Seasons regularly. Some players don’t have the time to religiously play every week of every Season to have the privilege of consuming that Season’s prime content.
Destiny 2 Would Benefit From Randomly Generated Content That Doesn’t Need Vaulting
One solution is to add these items to the Kiosk in Destiny 2’s Tower permanently, and at a heavy discount. This would allow players to purchase whatever weapon they missed easily even after they are no longer available through regular gameplay. Another potential solution would be for Bungie to invest in the technology and design teams needed for randomly generated content. Warframe’s procedural content is a prime example of this practice where its developers have created systems that allow for massive amounts of level creation—on top of a selection of hand-crafted worlds. The result is a live-service game that isn’t multiple hundreds of gigabytes large and still has meaningful content at all times.
Regardless of the potential solutions, Bungie shouldn’t delete Operation Seraph’s Shield and Revision Zero in just two months. The weapon and its quest location are well-received by players and deserve to be enjoyed for as long as players desire. By allowing players to experience all the content Destiny 2 has to offer, Bungie’s looter-shooter can continue to be a successful and enjoyable live-service title for all players. Ultimately, Bungie’s promise not to vault major expansions or bits of content should maybe apply to seasonal missions like Operation Seraph’s Shield, especially if they also award an all-new Exotic.
Destiny 2 is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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