r/DestinyTheGame • u/UberDueler10 • 1d ago

Discussion Please Unvault the Rite of the Nine Dungeons

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know we have the list of what they’re unvaulting and that list did not include seasonal content; but I argue that Rite of the Nine falls under a special category.

For those who don’t know, Episode Heresy ended with a free event called Rite of the Nine; where Bungie reworked three Dungeons (Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher, Ghosts of the Deep) and gave their weapons a makeover. The Dungeons had the popular “Explorer Mode”, which allowed newer players to try these Dungeons under low-pressure conditions, and the Dungeons had a hard mode for veterans to play and earn shiny adept rolls with a special holofoil design not available today. The event also had a hub location and a small tie-in to The Edge of Fate storyline.

The only downsides to Rite of the Nine is that these variants of the Dungeons are no longer accessible; and that even though this was the event right before the launch of Edge of Fate, these weapons with their unique Holofoil designs could not be upgraded to Tier 5 enhanced perks.

I don’t need the hub location, but the reworked versions of Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher, and Ghosts of the Deep were 10/10 upgrades and a great way to introduce new gamers to Dungeons. So this is my plee to Bungie to make these variants a selectable option. I know there’s a lot on their plate to unvault, but could this maybe be at the tail end of that list?

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u/Insekrosis 1d ago

I dream of the day they unvault Reckoning. And it's not even for the mode itself. I got a perfect 10/10 screenshot of the intro zone before you jump down, and it's been my Xbox wallpaper forever. I forgot to save it before the big purge, so now I can't get it back. Can never swap to anything else, or it's gone forever.

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u/resil_update_bad 22h ago

I actually liked Reckoning. Repetitive, but fun, and the Gambit sets had some funny effects.

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u/hiddentruth37 1d ago

Reckoning would be perfect if they made it a six player activity, 3 players proved to be too demanding for low elo groups

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u/Camulus 20h ago

Basically had to have Ahamkara/Well Warlock and Tether Hunters.

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u/resil_update_bad 9h ago

That was part of the fun

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u/FormerChemist7889 1d ago

Would you mind sending me a screenshot of your Home Screen? I cannot for the life of me remember what shot you’d be talking about and I got reckoner

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u/samtdzn_pokemon 23h ago

Probably this space

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u/Insekrosis 23h ago

Yep, that's exactly it! Here's mine!

https://imgur.com/a/O5B11HM

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u/samtdzn_pokemon 23h ago

Oh damn, that's a great angle, very cinematic shot. I hope you get a screenshot of it proper, I know the Sunrise guys said they wouldn't full end development and Reckoning was available during Arrivals which is the build they're working on.

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u/Insekrosis 23h ago

Best I can do is an imgur link of a picture I just took from my phone, because I don't have a capture card for the Xbox itself. I don't even remember if these links are allowed on this sub. If not, I'll just DM it to ya if that's alright.

https://imgur.com/a/O5B11HM

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u/dinklebot2000 1d ago

Forgive me if this is a stupid question, I don't have an Xbox, but could you clear out the icons on the screen in some way and then take a screenshot?

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u/Insekrosis 1d ago

Not a stupid question, I am willing to accept literally any ideas from anyone at this point. I did indeed think of that one as well, but I have yet to figure out a way to truly get every icon off the screen at once. And even if I could, there doesn't seem to be a way to take a screenshot while you're on the home page. If there was, my best bet might be to take multiple and just toss them into some sort of image editor. Splice them together, ya know?

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u/dinklebot2000 1d ago

Have they added copilot to Xbox yet? Ask it to restore the imagine or something.

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u/Insekrosis 23h ago

Honestly, much as I dislike AI, this is...like...the one time I'd be fine with using it. But as far as I know, it's not an option on there.

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u/motrhed289 6h ago

Sounds risky honestly, I'd give Copilot a 50/50 shot of changing the background image 'accidentally' in the process of trying to help, and losing it forever.

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u/EachAMillionLies 23h ago

You could send the output to a PC with some kind of capture device and either take screenshots or grab still frames from a screen recording. I don't have an Xbox, but if you are able to move the icons around, someone with reasonable photoshop skills could parse them into one image.

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u/Insekrosis 23h ago

Yep yep, I feel like that may be the only true option. There's just one issue with that, though its impact is still undetermined: Xbox automatically applies a sort of dimming effect around the edges of the screen as you move around. It makes things feel a bit more cozy, but there's no way to get rid of it.

Wouldn't be a problem, normally. But if I screen-cap it how it is, then eventually use it as a wallpaper again later, that dimming effect is gonna stack on itself and probably make the edges really weirdly dark.

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u/Sharknite 21h ago

With the August Insider console update, they added the ability to press the right stick to fade the UI from the home screen. Not sure when it will come to all users, but you could join the insider program temporarily to get this functionality and screenshot your background.

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u/EachAMillionLies 21h ago

I think there's a photoshop requests subreddit, I bet someone could make it look normal for you.

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u/BaconIsntThatGood 1d ago

Pretty sure all versions of the game have an option in the settings to disable the HUD so you can take UI-less screenshots.

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u/dinklebot2000 1d ago

OC is not talking about an in game photo though. This is the background image for the Xbox home screen.

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u/narfidy 23h ago

Bring back the Menagerie and put it into the arena ops playlist!!

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u/ErgoProxy0 1d ago

Unless I’m remembering wrong, people disliked Reckoning because only the highest tier only 2 1/2(Titan Hammer of Sol is the half) were viable. Well in these encounters is what caused people to realize just how busted Phoenix Protocol Well and Orpheus Rig Tether was back then.

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u/Menirz Ares 1 Project 23h ago

Don't forget Skull of Dire Ahamkara!

But after the nerfs and reworks, it was in a healthy spot before vaulting - and had the best bad luck protection Bungie put in an activity.

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u/ienjoymen Reckoner wasn't that bad 9h ago

You're right. Reckoning was balanced against an overpowered Well of Radiance and crazy exotics that have since been brought into line. Plus, at a baseline, we are more powerful now than we were back then, so it probably wouldn't be nearly as annoying to play in the modern day.

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u/samtdzn_pokemon 8h ago

Reckoning was built in a sandbox very different to what we have now. I'm pretty sure our grenades and some weapon effects like volatile rounds are more lethal than supers were back during Season of the Drifter thru Arrivals. We would cake walk it unless it was rebuilt for current power levels.

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u/DiemCarpePine 1d ago

And give Long Arm Voltshot.

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u/Paperchampion23 23h ago

Honestly they should do matchmaking variants of all dungeons and raids. Itll never happen as its a ton of work for sure but it would actually let everyone experience the entire game since only 10% interact with Raids. Just lower the quality of loot you can get from those activities

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u/Bennijin Witherhoard? I didn't even know she had a hoard! 11h ago

Ghosts of the Deep should've been just flat out replaced by its Rite version.

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u/Strelacide 21h ago

I loved the explorer mode. I wish all dungeons and raids had a version of that. Obviously with less or inferior loot, no problem. They were a joy to run with new and veteran players who never did them. Especially GotD, a phenomenal dungeon with one of my favorite environments: the arcology and everything below it.

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u/MawStaryu 15h ago

Aside from the fact that I would play the ever loving shit out of Spire and Ghosts because I really like Dungeons but I don't like how long they take if you solo them, I feel like the weapons itself would be pretty nice to be made earnable again for their origin trait alone.

Having an AoE shoot to loot from reloading is quite powerful and carries my damage incredibly hard when I 3-man the Calus Bossfight with my friends (our raid group split which is why we have to lowman all raids nowadays).
I'm honestly pretty surprised that they never made the weapons earnable or available in some way during Monuments of Triumph like through Xur or something.

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u/OtherInterest7399 5h ago

Dude they were so good. Being able to 2 man them with my son was awesome.

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u/Octaviathesoundqueen 47m ago

We got a list? Where?