The Final Shape is bringing a whole lot of adjustments to Destiny 2 when it drops on June 4–so many, in fact, that Bungie is detailing them over thousands of words and multiple blog posts. One of the biggest is an overhaul of the Well of Radiance super ability for Warlocks: one that players have relied on in Destiny 2’s toughest content for years on end.
Bungie detailed a whole lot of changes to various subclass abilities in an extensive blog post, mirroring another big one it dropped last week focused on weapon adjustments. Well of Radiance is likely to have the biggest effect on the game, though. It drops a round location that a whole team of up to six players can stand in, boosting their weapons, healing them, and providing major defensive bonuses. That means that at least one Warlock character running Well of Radiance has been essential to basically every team playing high-level content since the super ability’s introduction in the Forsaken expansion in 2017.
In The Final Shape, Bungie is looking to reduce the reliance on Well of Radiance so that it’s an option in high-level content, but not a requirement–and therefore, players will have more options for how to approach tough fights, without some players being stuck filling a certain role. But that means that Well of Radiance is getting some adjustments and some nerfs; Bungie is altering the well so you don’t have to stand right inside it quite so much, and making it less powerful, so that it doesn’t effectively render players invulnerable, the way it does right now. The changes are amplifying Well as an offensive option but downgrading it as a defensive one.
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