Destiny 2 's developer Bungie has talked for quite some time about how the game is continuing to grow in size and that the game cannot continue to grow infinitely. While Bungie had not explained how it plans to solve that problem previously, the studio was finally willing to discuss removing content as part of the reveal of the Beyond Light expansion reveal stream.
Using what Bungie calls the Destiny Content Vault, or DCV for short, Bungie will remove older Destiny 2 content to make way for new content. But in the interest of making sure that it doesn’t only take away, Bungie will also cycle content back in from both Destiny 2 and Destiny 1 throughout the game’s future years.
With that announcement, Bungie detailed five destinations that will be the first to be “vaulted” come September 22, 2020 when Beyond Light launches. Those destinations are Mars, Io, Titan, Mercury, and Leviathan. That means that any campaigns or content tied to any of those locations will also be put into the vault.
Those rumors about Titan being destroyed and removed from the game were not very far off, but players may not have expected so many of the game’s destinations beyond just Titan and their associated content to be cycled out this fall. Players might not have expected the Cosmodrome from Desitny 1 to make a return either, but it will be brought into Destiny 2: Beyond Light along with the new destination, Europa.
The caveat to the unvaulting of The Cosmodrome is that some of its content will not make the transition to Destiny 2 on September 22. The Devil’s Lair strike, for example, is confirmed for Season 12, but the other two strikes make have to wait arrive to until Season 13.
While some players will dislike any content going away and becoming inaccessible, Bungie shared stats about how a destination can take up a significant portion of the game while only a small percentage of players actually interact with that content. Bungie says that maintaining legacy content is holding back developers from being able to make new content and innovate, especially when it comes to testing new systems and content across the entire game. And with at least three more years of Destiny 2 announced, it is clear that some content has to go.
Plus, judging from the past two seasons and all their bugs and instability, Bungie has struggled to fully test its seasonal launches. So while some content will be missed, hopefully, it results in a more stable game and allows for new and better content for players to enjoy in the ever-evolving world that Bungie is hoping to create in Destiny 2 .