Destiny new Crucible game mode: 2v2 skirmish

[wittyscorpion]

From Bungie's weekly update: www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---01222015/en/News/News?aid=12516

Looks like this is going to be a one week only trial run to begin with.

Dual Duel

If you don’t Raid, we still have you covered with fresh challenges. The Crucible is always there if you don’t have an appetite for a prolonged mission against seemingly impossible beasts. This week, you don’t even need six friends. All you need is one.

Have you ever wanted to dial down the Space Magic and see who would win a good, old-fashioned gunfight?


While this was a soft opening, back in December we did forecast some theoretical game modes. Doubles is the first experiment.

Design Lead Lars Bakken describes this engagement as “a slower burn with more explosive pockets.”
-- Two Guardian Fireteams
-- Heavy ammo appears once a match
--Revives enabled



It’s a gun game. Lars advises you to rely more on your wits, your weapon, and a strategy shared with only one other player. “Your Supers will come back more slowly because you’re not getting as many actions per minute as you would in a game of Control.”

Space Magic will be at a premium. Use it wisely for the big plays. The most you’ll ever score is a Double Down, so make it count.



“The goal here was about taking the rules we already have and mixing them up to create a fresh experience,” Lars says. "Each player has the full weight of winning or losing placed squarely on their shoulders and nobody to blame but themselves... or their teammate. No pressure."

Find your best wingman and give it a try. Let us know what you think.

[wittyscorpion]

I am intrigued by this. If you are a loyal reader of my constant "spam" on this forum, you may remember my opinion on "Crucible experience can be more interesting without the super & even heavy". Well, this new game mode is as close as it can get to that.

There are several traits about this game mode that I like:

1) Less BS supers to stop streaks;
2) Because of the far less frequncy, when to use Super can be an important tactical decision;
3) With heavy ammo appearing only once, fighting over them through map control is finally a real possibility. Unlike today, where anybody can get heavy if they really want to (Ideally I think the heavy ammo should be placed in neutral location in the middle of the map, not on 2 locations each close to a home base, but that's another whole new topic to discuss);
4) Revive is enabled, this adds more tactical depth into the game. It also makes the exotic armor pieces that enhance revive useful, rather than collecting dust in my vault;
5) 2v2 always offers an uniquely interesting experience that no other game modes can provide;

All of these may lead to some compelling game experiences that the vanilla crucible can't provide. Skills, tactics, and team work can finally play more important roles.

Any bros on XONE want to do this together? Let me know . I still have the PvP part of Bad Juju and Thorn bounties to complete, this game mode is a good vehicle and excuse to get them done.

[mannon]

This sounds interesting to me... especially with my Starfire Protocol... heh heh heh I got one for each of yas!