TWAB Summary:

• Artifact Mods

• Armor Affinity

• 30th Anniversary Content

• Weapons Masterwork Orbs

Artifact Mods

Starting with The Witch Queen, ALL 25 artifact mods in the seasonal Artifact can be unlocked. This changes my plans.

I wasn’t going to save bounties leading into the new season. But now, I’m going to so I can fully unlock the Artifact’s mods faster.

That means:

• No more resetting the Artifact

• No more picking mods you don’t want to get to the final column

• Experiment with every mod at the same time

Your first 12 Artifact mods will require about the same amount of XP to complete. The remaining 13 will require increased XP.

Confirmed Returning Mods

• Anti-Barrier Scout Rifle

• Anti-Barrier Bow

• Unstoppable Glaive

Armor Affinity

Change the armor affinity of fully-Masterworked armor easily.

• Legendary cost: 10,000 Glimmer & 1 Upgrade Module

  • From 1 Ascendant Shard

• Exotic cost: 20,000 Glimmer & 1 Upgrade Module

  • From 3 Ascendant Shards

My first thought is how Veteran players will have fewer ways to get rid of capped Ascendant Shards.

For everyone else, this is great! Everyone can now stockpile materials.

30th Anniversary Content

Confirmed: This content will stay in-game for at least the remainder of 2022. 2023 and beyond, who knows?

Weapon Masterwork Orbs

Masterworked weapons (including Exotic catalysts) will no longer create Orbs of Power.

Armor mods will have to be slotted into your Helmet for weapons to make Orbs.

This is a really weird change. Only the newest of players have issues getting Masterworking materials. Very quickly though, you start to stockpile materials as you use less and save more.

It sounds like Weapon Crafting may require higher Masterwork costs than what we’re used to. If so, that really doesn’t help newer or more casual players at all.

I can’t think of why I’d want to build into Orb generation with how little Super energy weapon Orbs give now.

Does the news of an uncapped Artifact change your plan of (not) saving bounties? I think I’m going to save bounties now so I can fully unlock the Artifact faster.

Have a great weekend!

~☕Legionless