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Destiny 2 Faction Rallies return date confirmed, and there’s changes inbound

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Bungie has announced that the next Destiny 2 Faction Rallies event will kick off next week on November 7, and will conclude on November 13.

As with the previous Faction Rallies event, players will be able to pledge their loyalty to one of three factions: Dead Orbit, Future War Cult, or New Monarchy. 

You then head out into the world and collect as many reward packages as possible for your chosen faction. 

The winner will then be able to grab some powerful weapons at a discounted price. If you’re aligned with the faction, they’ll cost you just 1,000 Glimmer, whereas if you aren’t, they’ll set you back a whopping 50,000. Last time around, Dead Orbit emerged victorious. 

Bungie has also outlined a number of key changes for the second Faction Rallies event. Senior Designer Tim Williams revealed in a blog post that the studio poured over feedback from the first event to consider "how the activities motivated gameplay.”

With feedback in mind, Bungie has made the following changes to the Faction Rallies.

  • Strikes now reward faction tokens at a range of 5 to 9 faction tokens per completion (up from 3 to 7)

    • Nightfall now rewards 10 to 18 faction tokens on first completion per character
  • Completing Heroic Public Events now rewards 5 faction tokens (down from 8)
  • Destroying enemy resources no longer rewards faction tokens

    • Opening Lost Sector Chests now rewards 3 faction tokens for each fireteam member

"We noticed that players felt Lost Sectors were useful, but disliked the fact that they couldn’t enjoy them with a fireteam, so we moved the faction tokens from the destructible items to the chest at the end of the activity," Williams said. "The destructibles will still be featured as a daily milestone and are still available to help your fireteam clear out the Lost Sector.”

"We’re all excited to see which faction the players will help to win this faction rally. We’ll be watching and looking to improve the Faction Rallies over time, so please keep the feedback coming!"