With the Season of the Forge winding down, Bungie is preparing for the Season of the Drifter in Destiny 2: Forsaken. The next premium content release is Joker’s Wild, which adds new Gambit maps, along with other content for Annual Pass owners. However, Bungie will be making changes to the core Gambit experience on March 5^th, and senior designer Robbie Stevens has outlined many of them in the recent weekly update.

The third round in a Gambit match is being changed to “Primeval rush sudden death”. It seems that the Primeval will spawn immediately without having to deposit motes. The first team to kill it wins the match. Invader spawn locations are also being overhauled, while the overall number of Invader spawn points is being increased for each map. “This should greatly reduce the chances of spawning very near or in direct line of sight of an enemy Guardian,” said Stevens.

Idle Protection is also coming, which will prevent players who remain AFK extensively from receiving Infamy points or rewards when the match ends. If that weren’t enough, changes are also being made to the Blocker types per tier. They are as follows:

• Small Blocker – Taken Goblin with less health than the previous Phalanx
• Medium Blocker – Taken Captain with more health than the previous Knight
• Large Blocker – Taken Knight with more health than the previous Ogre.

Finally, to close out Season of the Forge, Triple Infamy will be live on February 26^th at 9 AM PST. All Infamy earned from matches and bounties will be tripled until March 5^th. When can we expect a proper reveal and release date for Joker’s Wild? Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks.

Bungie is going back to the launch model for Destiny 2’s clan system when Season 6 aka Season of the Drifter rolls around. This means that daily clan bounties are being removed and players can earn clan XP from all activities. Weekly bounties with your clanmates still exist, but they won’t just be PvP-oriented.

According to Bungie’s weekly update, one bounty each for PvE, Raid, and PvP will be offered each week. They reward Legendary gear, along with a large amount of clan XP. The more your clan levels up, the higher the rewards from clan bounties. For example, rank 3 nets you mod components from weekly clan bounties, while rank 4 grants Enhancement Cores.

Rank 6 will provide a fourth weekly bounty to complete. There will be a special new perk called Tier 5 in the next season, which causes Crucible and Strike Exotic catalysts to have increased drop rates when playing with clanmates. Those who have already collected all the Exotic catalysts will have some more to chase from Year 1 as Season of the Drifter progresses.

Season of the Drifter starts in March, with the next DLC Joker’s Wild expected by then as well. Stay tuned for more information on a release date in the coming weeks.