Future 2’s latest growth dropped its first main secret on Tuesday. Following the sport’s weekly relaxation, gamers found clues within the European Lifeless Zone resulting in a brand new unique quest. I completed it earlier immediately, and might verify it’s a licensed banger.
Spoiler warning: As with all new Future 2 secrets and techniques, this mission is greatest skilled contemporary. Merely go to the “Gulch” within the EDZ and begin puttering round and also you’ll finally discover your first clue. However for those who don’t care about spoilers and wish assist with the mission, please proceed.
Shortly after the primary weekly reset since Lightfall launched, gamers found a brand new mission, information of which shortly unfold on Twitter and the the Future subreddit. It’s referred to as //NODE.OVRD.AVALON// and revolves round diving into an unstable Vex community to research the supply of an odd message: Avalon. Bear in mind Asher Mir, everybody’s favourite grumbling Warlock from IO? As beforehand teased on the finish of Season of the Splicer, he’s nonetheless alive and desires our assist.
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The brand new unique mission is actually a Season of the Splicer Expunge mission crossed with the outdated Pyramidion strike from again when Future 2 first launched. You’ll platform by a Vex community, struggle a ton of harpies and minotaurs, resolve some mild puzzles, and finally take down a bizarre corrupted model of Brakion, the boss from the unique Pyramidion strike.
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Succeed and also you’ll obtain the craftable glaive Vexcalibur, which provides allies void overshields and makes cool noises. I’m nonetheless feeling my method round simply how good the brand new unique is, however the secret mission to get it’s glorious, particularly when performed as a three-player fireteam. Right here’s how to try this.
Go to the Gulch within the EDZ and acquire the six Vex cubes
This half is simple. When you land head to the little island throughout the way in which the place the Cabal are stationed to seek out the primary dice. From there you’ll have 30 seconds to seek out every subsequent one till you’ve grabbed all six and decoded the coordinates. As soon as full, a passage will open up in your map right here:
Go inside and comply with the trail till the tip, the place you’ll discover the Blue Harpy and unlock the search node on the map, to start on at any time.
The mission says the really helpful Energy is 1800, however it’ll make everybody who performs it at the very least 1790, so that you don’t have to grind earlier than trying it.
Simply know that you just’re in for a troublesome time for those who attempt to go in solo. No matter loadout you select, you’ll need a whole lot of crowd-control and close-quarters-clearing weapons like a shotgun, fusion rifle, or grenade launcher. A lot of the Vex enemy shields are void.
Find out how to enter Vex keys
After beginning the mission you’ll encounter a really transient labyrinth-y space that you just’ll finally discover your method out of to succeed in the primary foremost encounter. That is the place you’ll study the central mechanic of the mission, which revolves round discovering patterns of shapes and destroying the Vex shapes that seem within the corresponding order.
The Vex nodes will all the time spawn a pyramid, diamond, or dice, and a smaller sequence of pink nodes within the setting close by will let you know the order to destroy them in. In the event you’re enjoying alone you’ll must do all of the work, however for those who’re in a gaggle it’s greatest if one particular person finds the sample and enters the code whereas the opposite two gamers kill enemies. There are three rooms of this adopted by a wave of enemies earlier than you head into the second part of the mission.
Be careful for the Deletion Protocol
After a brief platforming part you’ll attain one other area stuffed with Vex enemies. This time sure ones will drop purple motes you’ll be able to acquire and deposit within the central Vex node. Doing so will launch the pressure discipline and allow you to cover under the ground whereas the Vex community wipes all the things above.
You’ll have to do that a bunch of instances, but it surely’s not too unhealthy. At one level you’ll struggle a Hydra mini-boss. With three gamers it went down fairly simply.
Comply with Asher Mir’s cries till you get to the boss
After the Deletion Protocol part you’ll must do some extra platforming. The one actual problem right here is taking it sluggish and preserving an eye fixed out for the ledges that may carry you deeper into the community. Ultimately you’ll attain the ultimate fight area the place you’ll meet the boss, the large hobgoblin Brakion answerable for Asher Mir’s Vex assimilation..
It begins out similar to the Pyramidion encounter, however this time round every harm part can be punctuated by having to enter extra Vex codes. Whereas the boss sits up on his platform encased in a protecting barrier, you’ll have to seek out the image patterns within the wells on the precise or left of the world after which enter them within the central Vex node.
In the event you’re alone, good luck. However for those who’re a part of a gaggle, I once more suggest one particular person be in command of getting into the codes whereas the others clear the room. A ton of Vex spawn within the struggle and issues can get uncontrolled in a short time. As soon as the struggle is over it’s time to go again to the HELM and acquire your prize.
Use Vexcalibur to kill extra Vex
After grabbing Vexcalibur, you’ll be able to unlock its sample and begin farming the remainder of the unique quest. To unlock further crafting choices you’ll want to make use of the glaive to kill a ton of Vex. Thankfully, the brand new patrol zone Neomuna is ideal for this. In the event you haven’t been farming the Terminal Overload exercise there, now’s the right time.
That’s presently the place I’m at. I’ve by no means been a fan of glaives, however I’m already in love with the feel and appear of Vexcalibur (and the identify). We’ll see within the days and weeks forward if it finds a spot in gamers’ arsenals or is only a good memento from an outdated pal. Hopefully this implies we’re going to seek out out extra about Asher Mir very quickly. Within the meantime, //NODE.OVRD.AVALON// is already a fantastic addition to a Future 2 growth that’s steadily rising on me.
