Despite everything I am extremely thankful for Marathon and am loving the game. This past month has been an absolute blast and I can't remember the last time I genuinely felt like waking up and grinding a game day in and day out passionately the way I have been in a long time.
@pushsquare I wish people would just stop listening to the negativity and just try the game for a day! It would change so many minds smh this game is really good!
A 4 month delay for an *Update,* not even an Expansion is... very alarming. This reads to me that you pulled a lot of Devs off Destiny to work on Marathon in order for it to launch on time.
Most of the stuff you listed was discussed over a year and a half ago, and quite frankly, it isn't going to be enough to bring players back in the numbers you're hoping to see.
The fact that there's been no State of the Game, and the Community not been given a clear vision of Bungie's vision for the future of this Franchise BY NOW... is actually scary, and players have every right to be worried.
The next 4 months are going to be absolute hell for the Community, and this Franchise.
Godspeed.
Our next Major Update, Destiny 2: Shadow and Order, is undergoing large revisions and will be delayed.
This update is being changed and expanded to include sizable quality-of-life updates and as a result, will also be renamed. This update will now launch on June 9, 2026. We will provide exact details closer to release covering previously announced Weapon Tier Upgrading, but also additions like expanding Tiered Gear to all Raid and Dungeon activities, Pantheon 2.0, Tier 5 stats for Exotic Armors, and more.
Through June, we will continue to have routine bug fixes and stability improvements, continued portal modifiers, Guardian Games (March), and the return of a more frequent Iron Banner cadence (April).
In terms of communications, we will be focusing on providing you with updates about our live game content, community activations, and general upkeep through the TWID and our Destiny social channels.
Thank you for your continued patience and support. We will have more information on our next major update and future plans for Destiny 2 closer to launch.
See You Starside.
@MacticsG1 Fair this is a take I made after one of the bad twid's and the silence : the problem is staying silent will backfire imo because the part of the playerbase that wants to play both or just destiny will be sour towards marathon
After thorough investigation, we have identified the cause of an issue where Lobby Balancing has been re-enabled in Trials of Osiris.
This has been added to our known issues list and a fix is being planned for January.