Destiny 2 Needs The Tribute Hall Now More Than Ever

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Destiny 2’s Season of the Haunted is off to a great start, but I can’t help but feel like something is missing. The return of the (now derelict) Leviathan was a welcome surprise for long-time fans, and the opportunity to craft four of the most beloved weapons (including Beloved) from Season of Opulence is driving a lot of the excitement for the season. But all of this nostalgia has also reminded me of a significant piece of Destiny content that’s been missing for quite some time. With Bungie putting a greater emphasis on build crafting than ever before, we need a new Tribute Hall, now more than ever.

Season of Opulence’s Tribute Hall was an interactive firing range and weapon testing room that made experimenting with loadouts a breeze. It was a private space where fireteams could go to infinitely summon enemies and practice killing them with different strategies, and for a time it was the most valuable tool in the game. You can see it, in fact, during the opening of the new dungeon, Duality. As a static space with limited variables, players could easily collect data, compare notes, and find new, optimal strategies. It took so much of the guesswork out of build crafting and accelerated the speed at which metas were established. When Shadowkeep launched we lost the Tribute Hall, and there hasn’t been a real replacement for it yet.

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We got a new firing range of sorts this year, but it hardly compares. Down behind the weapon crafting relic at the Enclave is a tunnel of floating plates that takes damage when you shoot them. This space is not without its uses. If you need to test out a weapon’s range, reload, or stability, this is a great firing range. But there’s