Out of the blue, Bungie has announced that Iron Banner will be returning to Destiny on June 6th (today) at 10 AM PT. The event will end on June 13th, 2 AM PT.

The mode this time around is Supremacy wherein players must kill enemies and collect their fallen Crests. They can also pick up friendly Crests to deny points to the enemy. If it sounds like Call of Duty’s Kill Confirmed mode, that’s because it is.

Iron Banner loot this time around will include Scout Rifles, Fusion Rifles and armour for all three classes at the vendor, Lady Efrideet. Several items can also drop as post-match loot up to Light level 400. If you’re not able to raid and want a relatively quick way to hit the max Light level cap, then Iron Banner is definitely worth checking out.

What are your thoughts on Iron Banner Supremacy starting today in Destiny? Let us know in the comments.

Bungie’s weekly update didn’t carry too much new information on the future of Destiny but it did announce that Iron Banner Clash would be returning on February 23rd. Most Iron Banner events till now have been Control while the most recent was Rift. This marks the second time that Clash is the default game type.

The developer broke down the loot players can expect – from Lord Saladin, you’ll be able to purchase the gloves and PlayStation-exclusive gloves at rank 3; helm, PlayStation helm and sniper rifle at rank 4; and the rocket launcher at rank 5. In terms of post-game drops, you can expect the same loot at each respective rank (but no PlayStation-exclusive helm at rank 3).

It seems that the new matchmaking parameters, which place heavier emphasis on connection quality over skill, will be used. This matchmaking model is currently only active in Control.

Iron Banner begins at 10 AM PST, February 23rd and concludes on March 1st, 1 AM PST. Will you be taking part? Let us know in the comments.

Bungie has announced that matchmaking changes in Destiny‘s Iron Banner, a week-long PvP event, are live as of last night. Have you noticed any differences?

Posting on Reddit, community manager Cozmo stated that, “Matchmaking changes are now live in Iron Banner…Basically we have made some adjustments to matchmaking that should assign more emphasis to connection quality.”

Bungie drew much ire for its change to a more skill-based matchmaking system in the Crucible, that too without informing players of changes that had taken place (and outright lying when questioned about the same). As of now, some are sceptical about benefits provided by the new matchmaking system. Users in the comments have noted much of the same occurrences along with matches against players of the same or higher skill levels as before.

What are your thoughts on the changes to matchmaking in the Iron Banner? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned for more information.

Do you hate Destiny? Well good news because Bungie is giving you a reason to hate it even more. The week-long PvP event Iron Banner returns on January 26th, 10 AM PST and for the first time ever, its game mode will be Rift.

You know, Rift. The game mode with the wonky spawns and objective-based gameplay that encourages stomping by teams. The event will end on February 2nd, 12 AM PST so take solace in the fact that your punishment is only for a week.

Bungie has also outlined some of the drops which include class items at rank 3 from Lord Saladin; the chest piece and scout rifle at rank 4; and the fusion rifle at rank 5. Post-game drops include the boots at rank 2; chest piece, PlayStation helm and scout rifle at rank 3; and the fusion rifle at rank 4.

What are your thoughts on Iron Banner being Rift next week? Let the salt flow in the comments.

Bungie will be deploying a new update for Destiny today. It will be out at 10 AM PST and will prompt you to log back in and download the new update.

It was also revealed on Twitter that, “Iron Banner resumes 11/17 after the delivery of the NOV Update, with new reward systems.”

The update itself will make weapon parts purchasable by players with Glimmer after the last patch nerfed their drop rate significantly. It will also purportedly fix the drop rate of gear in both Iron Banner (a significant complaint last time around) and Crucible (always a complaint so who really cares anymore?).

Hunters can also look forward to using Quiver with their Nightstalker class, thus returning three shots to the class’s Super after the infinite Shadowshot glitch prompted its disabling.

Stay tuned for more information on the update and any other neat additions it brings to Destiny in the coming hours.

Bungie has finally dated the return of Iron Banner and Trials of Osiris PvP events in Destiny and also discussed several new changes that will debut.

Iron Banner will be back on October 12th and while Iron Medallions and alternate character buffs are unchanged, the Tempered buff is now automatically applied to your characters. You also stand a better chance of getting drops from playing matches though Lord Saladin will still sell gear (although for Legendary Marks instead of Glimmer this time). It should also be noted that nine new bounties with three dailies and three weeklies are also being added. Only level 40 Guardians can lead Fireteams though the required Light level is 230.

Trials of Osiris returns on October 16th and gear is now dispensed from winning matches with better rewards as you rack up more victories. Flawless passages still gain access to the Lighthouse and Brother Vance will now have bounties which net you rewards as well. Bungie will also make an effort to match teams with similar win records together rather than throwing a team with one victory against one with nine wins. That being said, it will work to provide low latency matches whenever possible.

You can read up on all the changes over at the Bungie Weekly Update. Thoughts on the return of both events? Let us know below.

Bungie’s lag-tastic week-long PvP event has returned to Destiny with the Iron Banner. Given that The Taken King, the next major expansion for Destiny, will be out in the next few weeks and effectively negating all previously earned Legendaries, is there much use to playing Iron Banner (which is often fraught with lag issues, matchmaking and an overabundance of Thorns)?

Regardless, it’s here until next week’s reset. Lord Saladin returns with Iron Breed Boots for Hunters/Warlocks and Iron Breed Greaves for Titans at rank 3 of Iron Banner Standing. The Iron Breed Mask (Hunter), Iron Breed Hood (Warlock) and Iron Breed Great Helm (Titan) at rank 4.

In terms of weapons, there’s Felwinter’s Lie at rank 4 and Silimar’s Wrath at rank 5. If you want to wreck in Crucible before all the weapon changes, then you might want to grind for the Felwinter’s Lie, especially since it has a decent perk roll with Aggressive Ballistics, Shot Package and Kneepads.

Thoughts on this week’s Iron Banner? Let us know in the comments. In the meantime, feel free to check out the Unofficial Rules of Iron Banner.

In its latest Weekly Update, Bungie has announced that the Iron Banner PvP event will be returning to Destiny on June 2nd. Unlike standard Control, Iron Banner has become renowned for offering competitive multiplayer that takes one’s level and attack numbers into account.

Next week’s Iron Banner will sport some improvements over past iterations. Along with boots, gloves, Scout Rifles and Fusion Rifles (likely to be Gheleon’s Demise and Perun’s Fire respectively), rewards will now cost less Glimmer. For those with multiple characters, there will be reputation boosts for the lower ranked characters to help get them up to speed with the higher ranked Guardians.

Lord Saladin will no longer be reforging guns, passing the responsibility to the Gunsmith, and The Dark Below’s The Cauldron and Pantheon have been added to the map rotation (along with Exodus Blue on PlayStation platforms). Finally, you’ll be able to purchase Etheric Light at rank 3 and rank 5, though how much will be available remains to be seen.

Stay tuned for more details on Iron Banner as it goes live next Tuesday and for the newest Trials of Osiris event, which goes live at 10 AM PST today.

Bungie’s Destiny has seen plenty of news in the past 24 hours. In between the new Nightfall and Weekly Heroic Strikes, not to mention the weekly refresh for the raids (with Crota’s End having been patched to fix several exploits), the Iron Banner live event has returned to the game.

The PvP focused mode involves playing Control but unlike normal Crucible modes, level differences and gear makes a difference. Opponents who are of a lower level will do less damage to you and equally levelled players will have their encounters settled by whoever has the better weapons.

Perhaps the difference between between this iteration of the Iron Banner and last month’s are the loot drops. This time around, you can pick up a level 32 Sniper Rifle or Auto Rifle as a loot drop for playing. Meanwhile, you can improve your standing in the Iron Banner and purchase a level 31 Chest, level 32 Gauntlets, level 32 Rocket Launcher and the return of the Timur’s Lash, a level 32 Hand Cannon which sports the highest impact in the game.

What are your thoughts on the Iron Banner event? Let us know in the comments.

Update notes for Destiny rolled out today and one of the biggest things worth talking about is the return of the Iron Banner Tournament, a challenge for the bes t of the best, the Cream of the crop and the players that reign supreme.

The Iron Banner Tournament is a player vs player game mode that takes your characters armour rating, their weapon damage output as well as their level into account when entering you into battle against other players, this of course means that only the high tier players realistically stand a chance in the arena.

The Iron Banner Tournament is obviously a point of contention for the Destiny community as only the best stand a chance at winning and this, of course, means that the players that already have great rewards, get rewarded more. Players that succeed in winning Iron Banner games “gain reputation” and “earn new hear as evidence of your prowess”. Are you ready for war?

Source: Bungie’s Twitter