User blog:Ridley Wright/Ways in Which Bungie Has Worked on Iron Banner Within Destiny

Bungie has done quite a few tweaks that are significant for the Iron Banner, including making the benefits of level more apparent, providing some sweet new gear, and working on the bounties to make them more...well, delicious.

First we've seen that Green (Lead designer) said that Bungie will make one's level in Iron Banner considerably more of a point between players of extensive variation regarding their respective levels. This changed recognized that the separation in power was overly conservative the very first time through.

Bungie has also powered up the armour benefits for Iron Banner, making players more interested as they are currently only using raid equipment in Destiny with some exotics. This is actually a big reason why I worked on the guide I did around exotic armor on PowerOnPub.com. For the Iron Banner, new armour that is exclusive saw an increase to level 30, however just this was only in two specific slots. There also was some new weapons shown (growing from two to four) that are awarded for winning matches as well as being a purchase option with Lord Saladin.

As far as the bounties for Iron Banner, Bungie thinks they were overly demanding the very first time through. As such, they've since been toned down a tad.

Other changes coming for the Iron Banner in Destiny contain incentives to ensure that folks don't stop playing all while losing matches and being able to make use of a twelve hour tempered buff for a nice increase in rep. Having said that, Green said many alterations continue to be under testing at Bungie, and a number of them therefore, might be postponed.