Almost every part of Destiny 2 is getting a tune-up once the Lightfall expansion goes live on February 28, and sublcass abilities haven’t escaped Bungie’s attention. With all three Light subclasses receiving a 3.0 upgrade throughout 2022, Bungie plans to scale back the amount of ability regeneration that the discipline, strength, and class ability stats provide.
“Our goal with ability uptime in both PvE and PvP is to get back to roughly where we were when the 30th Anniversary Pack launched in December 2021,” Bungie explained in a blog post. While this will see organic options for abilities dialed back, the good news is that the revamped buildcrafting system being introduced in Lightfall will still reward players for properly investing in their Guardian build.
Combined with the right Aspects, Fragments, Exotic armor, armor mods, and weapon perks, a well-planned loadout will still be a force to be reckoned with according to Bungie. Some of the changes that the studio has planned for Lightfall include the following tweaks to passive cooldown gains: