It’s hard to believe that it’s been nearly a year since the reveal of The Witch Queen at last year’s Destiny showcase, but time movies quickly when you’re grinding and it’s only two weeks until the 2022 show. As we twiddle our thumbs in anticipation, we here at Twinfinite are keen to speculate, do let’s talk about our 10 Destiny 2 2022 showcase predictions.
1. Lightfall Story Information
Last year, two different trailers were released for the Witch Queen DLC during the showcase, the first of which regarding the nature of the upcoming DLC’s story would be. It gave us our first look at the Witch Queen, Savathun, in all her glory, while also revealing that, somehow, Savathun was able to steal the Light from the Traveler and merge it with her hive soldiers to create Hive Guardians. This would lead to the eventual battle of Guardians versus Guardians for the first time in franchise history (if you don’t count Ghaul, of course).
We finished off the Witch Queen DLC after defeating Savathun and immediately cutting to an in-game cutscene. The cutscene finally gave players their first look at the leader of the darkness, The Witness, and revealed he had arrived in our solar system. Whether or not the Lightfall DLC will allow players to square off against The Witness remains to be seen. Nonetheless, we likely will see another trailer drop giving us information on what The Witness will do now that he has finally arrived.
2. Lightfall Gameplay
The second of the two aforementioned trailers showcased Witch Queen Gameplay. With that particular trailer, a tremendous amount of new information and gameplay updates were revealed. We saw our first in-game looks at the Witch Queen DLC, including the new destination, Savathuns Throneworld, as one of many new examples we’ll discuss later. It would also give us an official release date for the Witch Queen DLC, which was February 22, 2022. It is also when we can roughly expect the Lightfall DLC to drop next year.
3. Subclass Update/New Subclass Revealed?
One of the most significant updates revealed in last year’s showcase was the announcement of the Light subclasses all getting revamped and upgraded, which would come to be later known as Void, Solar, and Arc 3.0. Since then, two of the three light subclasses have gotten their revamps in the last two seasons. Arc 3.0 is the last to get its revamp, so unless information/gameplay is unveiled beforehand, we will likely see it drop during the 2022 showcase.
However, what happens next with all of the Light subclasses finally revamped and upgraded? Speculation leads us to believe we could see a new darkness subclass revealed as the Stasis subclass was a couple of years ago with the Beyond Light Showcase. But until the time comes that official information is shown off, it will continue to be mere speculation.
4. Returning Raid for Season 18
Season 18 is a highly anticipated season for Destiny 2 players as they have been anxiously awaiting the return of a Destiny 1 raid. It was, however, recently revealed in a TWAB that players would have to wait until the 2022 showcase on August 23 to find out which returning raid it would be.
There are three raids from Destiny 1 that could make a grand debut in Destiny 2: Crota’s End, Kings Fall, and Wrath Of The Machine. Of these three raids, Kings Fall or Wrath Of The Machine seems to be the most likely candidates, as Crota’s End was a much smaller raid than the other two. We’ll be sure to let you know which raid it ends up being when the information drops.