Does Gambit Have A Future In Destiny 2?
Gambit Destiny 2  Theres a common meme which shows a child playing with a parent in the water, while a different child flounders nearby. Another frame shows a skeleton, sunken completely to the bottom. Well, these days, thats Gambit. For as many problems as PvP has in Destiny 2, its still a popular game mode and can be fun and produce worthwhile rewards. Its been neglected for a very, very long time now, shrunken and squeezed into almost non-existence, despite at one point trying to be a third pillar of the game alongside strikes and Crucible. Im wondering if Gambit really has much of a future in Destiny going forward. Heres what ails Gambit at the moment, if you ask me:  While I dont mind combining Gambit original and Prime into one mode, we lost many things about what made Prime interesting, including the roles with special powers. Bungie hinted those could come back as mods someday, but that hasnt happened. Gambit Destiny 2  Gambit no longer has unique loot, short of a scarce few playlist drops, when it used to boast a huge number of meta-relevant weapons in the Bygones era. The primeval phase of Gambit is not even close to being remotely balanced for the current PvE meta. There are a thousand ways to practically insta-burst the Primeval each season, when at least Prime made that impossible with its immunity phases. Whether its Lament or Breach and Clear or Thundercrash, current primevals are just not build for the current slate of weapons and powers. Invasion remains too easy and too frequent. Access to heavy ammo on invasion makes it a breeze unless your entire team is focused on bursting the invader as soon as they arrive. We have gone through many absurd metas for invader weapons, Queenbreaker, Sleeper, but now Eyes of Tomorrow is probably the goofiest, as you just have to aim it in a general direction and it will kill three quarters of a team. Gambit now only has four maps, down from six, which was already not a lot to start with. It seems like it lost the Tangled Shore and Dreaming City maps because they were never fitted for Prime spawns, but having four total maps feels terrible for an entire mode, and not only do the old ones need to return, but there need to be new ones added as well. Finally, theres no Gambit endgame equivalent to Iron Banner/Trials for PvP or Grandmaster Nightfalls/Raids for PvE. Prime used to sort of be like that, but it was never quite there. Nothing about Gambit is particularly rewarding past the Ascendent Shard you can get once a season as you rank up. The most relevant Gambit has ever been in the last few years was that brief period where everyone was farming for Bottom Dollars for a couple months. As you can see, theres a lot of work that would need to be done on Gambit to make it a true part of the game again. Its always been a bit off an odd stepchild, but these days, it feels more neglected than ever. I sort of understand why, and yet that doesnt make it less of a bummer, seeing how its crumbled into further obscurity over time. I have no idea, but Im not holding my breath. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Subscribe to my free weekly content round-up newsletter, God Rolls. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series, and The Earthborn Trilogy, which is also on audiobook.