Destiny 2 has been out for over a week now, and while many players have run through everything it has to offer so far--including the Raid--it's something that we'll be playing for months, if not years. It makes numerous improvements over its predecessor, and yet there are still a variety of areas where it could be even better.
We know Bungie is in this for the long haul, with multiple DLC expansions and other free updates on the way--Activision has even enlisted additional studios to help ensure new content arrives on a more routine basis than in Destiny 1. That's good news, because in addition to more content, there are other tweaks, adjustments, and refinements we want to see. In the gallery above, we run through 16 such items on our wishlist.
Destiny is out now on PS4 and Xbox One, with a PC version slated for release on October 24. You can read our thoughts on the game in our Destiny 2 review diary, with our full review coming soon. To get the most out of the game, check out our roundup of Destiny 2 guides, tips, and tricks.
Fix the Challenge Display
Challenges are a welcome change over the first Destiny's Bounty system. It's nice to have specific goals to complete in any given map or location every day without first having to manually pick up those tasks, but the way in which they are displayed could use some work.
For starters, I would love to see my Challenges in the Director without first loading into a map or mode. This is particularly important for Crucible ones, where I can't equip the right weapons or subclass to complete Challenges until I'm actually in my first match of the day. It would also be helpful in cases where you forget that you've already completed the Challenges in a specific place for the day, sparing you the trouble of loading in only to discover you've wasted the last minute of your time.
Just as importantly, please, Bungie, I'm begging you: allow Challenges to display without delay. Pulling out your Ghost can lead to an indefinite wait before Challenges show up, because they refuse to pop up if there's anything in the UI being displayed on the right side of the screen. If you're playing in a Fireteam, the notification showing the Glimmer you're earning from your teammates' kills can mean a maddening wait before you're allowed to check on your progress. -- Chris Pereira
Let Me Dismantle in the Vault
Inventory management is such a huge part of Destiny 2, but it's not like it's something we actually want to spend our time on. It's just a part of the game that's necessary to play. So it should, in theory, be as streamlined as possible. In Destiny 2, that's mostly the case, but there's one exception: I'd like to be able to dismantle gear while I'm looking in my vault. It's a small thing, but it's irksome having to exit the vault and re-enter the menu just to hold the button and dismantle. -- Mike Rougeau
Show Fireteam Members on the Map
If you spend any time playing with friends in a Patrol zone, you'll likely drift apart eventually. Maybe you need to track down a Servitor to kill, while your friend wants to seek out one of Cayde's chests, or one one of you takes part in a Scan or Survey quest that takes you far away.
Whatever the reason, actually meeting up again without fast traveling to the same point can be something of a hassle. Beyond your Fireteam members' names being shown on the screen, there's no easy way to see how far away you are from each other. This forces you to rely on vague descriptions by bringing up the map, which can be difficult if one player needs help and is under attack. Why not just allow players to see an icon on the map to save players the trouble of playing this obnoxious game? -- Chris Pereira
Tell Me Where My Shaders Came From
Some players have made a big deal out of Destiny 2's new shader system, which lets you apply shaders to individual guns, armor pieces, and even ships and sparrows. The issue is that shaders are now one-time-use items, so you have to keep finding more if you want to change your gear up now and then. My issue is having to turn to Google to find out where I can get more of that frabjous fuschia Dawn and Dusk (or whatever my favorite shader of the moment happens to be). Simply adding a word or two to each shader's description when you hover over it ("Nessus," "Eververse," "Crucible") would solve the problem. -- Mike Rougeau
Fix NPC Notifications
There are few things more satisfying than flying into a Destiny 2 social space and seeing a ton of notifications indicating that various characters want to talk to you. Thanks to this game's new rewarding economy, that usually means you're about to get a bunch of engrams or gear. There's only one hiccup, and it relates to Destiny 2's interface.
The problem is that the icon that indicates when a character wants your attention is the same one that pops up when you simply get near them, or when you take your ghost out. So if you're standing next to a vendor, there's no way to tell if they actually have something for you, or if you're simply positioned too near them. -- Mike Rougeau
Add A Photo Mode
Destiny 2 has a bigger, more beautiful, and fully realised world than the first game. I have stopped on numerous occasions to stand by and admire the scenery, including once during a Crucible match where doing so led to my swift and embarrassing death. I very much hope that Bungie introduces some kind of official photo mode for Destiny 2. I am playing on PS4, and the Share functionality is fine to quickly share images of fun things I saw or did, but it would be nice if Bungie added a more involved camera system that lets you select different angles and use filters, as well as a more easily accessible option to remove the HUD. -- Eddie Makuch
Add Optional Waypoints to the Mini-Map
As someone who finds himself staring at the mini-map constantly in games like Grand Theft Auto V, I'm actually glad that Destiny 2's is fairly limited. While I don't want it to become filled with every Patrol, resource, player, and other landmark that it could show, I would like slightly more information. Specifically, being able to set a waypoint on the map that shows up on the mini-map would be much appreciated. Bringing up the full map repeatedly as you inch your way toward a Cayde chest just isn't fun, and being able to mark a Fireteam member to more easily track them down would cut down on what can otherwise be a tedious process. Even something as simple as an indicator as to which direction is north would be a major improvement. -- Chris Pereira
Remember My Equipped Gun After Supers
Gunplay is crucial to Destiny 2, and choosing which of your three weapons to equip at any given second is one of the great thrills of playing. You always want to have the right tool for the job, whether it's a scout rifle for distant snipers or an SMG for those pesky Cabal.
As a player, my brain is constantly making these tiny calculations to decide which gun to hold in my hands, including when I pop my super. I case the room, check out where I'm going to land when I'm done going nuts, and ask myself what I want to have equipped when I do. That's why it's so irritating when Destiny 2 resets me to my primary gun after my super runs out, instead of leaving me in shotgun town. Hopefully it's an easy fix? -- Mike Rougeau
Fast Travel in the Social Space
Slight spoilers with post-game details below.
The second social space in Destiny is cavernous! You get to explore an industrial, well-detailed representation of the reclaimed city, but getting from one end to the other is an unnecessary hassle. Especially since most of what you need to do in the city post-game is just turn in quests and claim rewards. The space loses its luster after dozens of trips back and forth from Cayde-6 on one end of The Tower to Ikora Rey on the other. I'd appreciate either grouping everyone you need to talk to in one place, letting you fast travel between the three small areas, or putting all of the content in a single menu you can quickly sort through. -- Justin Haywald
Let Me Equip More Emotes
It's great that Destiny 2 so readily hands out new emotes to players through Bright Engrams without asking them to fork over real-world money. And some of the new ones are especially terrific. But why are we limited to only using one at a time? I want to be able to remap all of my emotes to ones I would actually use--I just don't care about being able to take a knee when the Down button could instead be another emote for mocking my friends. At the very least, allow dance emotes to be remapped to the default dance button. People should be able to express themselves through the magic of dance however they wish. -- Chris Pereira
Provide More Vault Space (Yes, Already)
Any original Destiny vets know the familiar struggle of having too much gear and not enough space in which to store it, even as Bungie kept increasing our vault space over and over again. It may feel OK in Destiny 2 now, but with only 200 spots for all the weapons and armor across as many as three separate characters, I'm already dreading the day I once again run out of space. Why not nip this one in the bud, Bungie? -- Mike Rougeau
Tell Me How the Power Level of My Drops Is Calculated
Many Destiny 2 players are hitting a wall once they reach around 265 power level, which is normal for Destiny--there always comes a time when leveling up and increasing your power becomes more difficult. The problem is that drops in Destiny 2 don't appear to make much sense.
Part of that may be down to the way Legendary mods that add +5 to your gear's power level are artificially inflating your overall power number. So well I appear to be at 279 thanks to all my mods, the loot I get from most sources drops at just 269. Is that because of my mods, though? Or does loot from some sources simply drop 10 levels below your current one (which kind of sucks)? Is Destiny 2's loot system really working as intended, or is there something here that needs fixing? If nothing else, Bungie could at least explain what's going on. -- Mike Rougeau
Add a Firing Range to the Social Space
Destiny 2 offers an even wider array of weapons than the first game, but there's still no easy way to test them out. If the inhabitants of The Farm could be bothered to set up a soccer field, they should find the time to set up a firing range where you can try out each of your weapons. Sure, you could jump into a Patrol zone and rely on the mobile app to move items from your Vault, but there's always the chance that you could be attacked or that another player comes along and kills the enemies you're targeting. Having a spot in the social space where you can cycle through weapons in your Vault on consistent targets would make it a lot less painful to keep your weapon stockpile a manageable size. -- Chris Pereira
Fix Infusion and +5 Mods
Infusion is a crucial aspect of leveling up in Destiny 2 while continuing to use your favorite gear, as it lets you feed higher-powered stuff into your lowered-powered armor and weapons to bring the latter up to the former's level. But there's one new system in Destiny 2 that has caused a lot of confusion because of how it affects infusion: mods.
Legendary weapon and armor mods can add +5 to your gear's power level, which is great for getting an extra boost in combat. But that number isn't taken into account for infusion. For example, if you infuse a 250 gun with a 265 that has a +5 mod on it, the gun will only go up to 260, because that's the actual power level without the mod factored in. To solve this Bungie needs to show the gear's actual power level, not its mod-increased level, in the infusion menu. -- Mike Rougeau
Swap Clan and Roster Locations
With the current menu layout, your Roster (letting you see friends online) and your Clan screen are in two separate locations: one is on the same set of screens as your inventory, while the other is next to the Director. I constantly find myself either opening the wrong screen (old Destiny 1 habits die hard) or being forced to close the one I'm currently in to jump over to the other to check on my friends' status. Ideally, the Roster would also be accessible from the main options screen, or the Roster and Clan screens would simply be switched. It's a small complaint, but one that would go a long way in making things smoother for players. -- Chris Pereira
Center the Map on Me
I'm thrilled that Destiny 2 actually has functional maps for its various exotic locales, but I'd love it even more if the map would actually center on me instead of defaulting to the middle when I open it. It's a small gripe, but I'm reminded of it every time I waste a second or two hunting for my icon while taking fire from pesky Psions or Hobgoblins. -- Mike Rougeau
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