No-Radar Destiny Crucible Mode Confirmed, New Companion Features Revealed

As part of the latest Bungie Weekly Update, published today, the developer shared a glimpse into the future of Destiny.

First, Bungie confirmed that the rumored "Inferno" Crucible mode is coming to the game March 3. At launch, Destiny users can play "Inferno Control," which Bungie describes as a mode that focuses on basic gunplay and "achieving more with less."

Inferno mode removes the tracker that warns players about nearby opponents, which could have major changes on how people play Destiny, Bungie said.

"We're hoping this change will provoke players to rely even more on certain skills like map knowledge, teamwork, good positioning, successfully flanking opponents, using jumps to set up ambushes, catching audio cues like footsteps, and using friendly nameplate UI as clues toward enemy position," the developer explained. "Lack of Tracker should also indirectly reduce the effectiveness of Supers and Heavies, and make the mode more about basic gunplay."

Here's a breakdown of Destiny's Inferno multiplayer mode:

• No Tracker
  
  • Players have no “radar” in the top left corner of their HUD
  • Super Good Advice: Please, please check your corners, Guardians
• Simplified Scoring
  
  • We’ve removed as many scoring events as possible
  • The mode is much more about getting kills and playing the core objective
• Fast objective capture
  
  • Without the Tracker, players are much more vulnerable when interacting with objectives because it gives away their position
  • Speeding up capture time keeps the risk/reward for trying to capture an objective more fair
• Less Heavy Ammo
  
  • There’s only one set of Heavy crates per match and dead players don’t drop purple bricks
  • With no Tracker, it’s much easier to flank an aggressive opponent that’s pushing for kills because they have Heavy
  • Expect players to play more conservatively with Heavy ammo to try and get more bang for buck out of it

Inferno matches will be played on the following maps:

• The Anomaly
• Firebase Delphi
• Twilight Gap
• Rusted Lands
• Shores of Time
• Blind Watch
• Asylum
• The Burning Shrine
• The Cauldron
• Pantheon

Bungie also announced today that it has updated the Destiny Companion (on the Web and the mobile app) with a new "Mobile Vault" management feature that sounds quite promising.

The ability to transfer gear to/from your vault has been "one of the most requested features," Bungie engineering lead Chris Gossett explained. Bungie also outlined a handful of scenarios for which it thinks the new functionality will come in handy.

• "You and your buddies are finally all online at the same time about to tackle the Nightfall. That one player in your Fireteam realizes there’s a Thermal Burn this week, and wants to retrieve their Ice Breaker from another character. No more waiting… tell him to grab a nearby browser."
• "You're on the bus and want to manage gear between a couple characters. Use the app to move stuff around and jump right into the action as soon as you get home."
• "Oops, you're halfway through the Daily Story Mission and realize you need that Fusion Rifle with Void. No worries, it's just a couple clicks away."
• "You're standing in front of Xûr and you're two coins short. Your Hunter just completed the Weekly Heroic Strike and he has the extra coinage you need. Tap, Tap, Purchase."

Check out the GIFs below to see how the new Destiny Companion features work.

It's been a busy past few days for Destiny. Earlier this week, Bungie released Destiny Update 1.1.1, which introduced a suite of fixes, changes, and more. Read all about it here.

What do you make of all the changes coming to Destiny? Let us know in the comments below!