Honestly, I feel as if though the Prison of Elders is going to be a breath of fresh air for destiny. The Crota raid was a disappointment and VoG got stale after the first few times. Four alternating arenas with objectives is going to allow for a constantly changing and interesting survival/arena experience. Plus there is going to be some sweet new loot drops and bosses included. It's like a raid that changes every week! Personally I wish it was 6 player survival instead of only 3... But either way I'm exited.
Features:
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FEATURES
•Three-Player Matchmaking at Level 28 Difficulty
•High Difficulty Weekly Challenges for pre-formed Fireteams
•Four, three round waves against randomly selected enemy races and gameplay modifications
•A final, fifth round where players must face a randomly selected boss
REWARDS
•Fallen-themed Weapons
•Queen's Armaments
•Exotic Gear
•And more!
LEVEL 32 ARENA CHALLENGE
•3-Player Fireteam required
•Rotating weekly challenge
•Exclusive bosses and gameplay modifiers
LEVEL 34 ARENA CHALLENGE
•3-Player Fireteam required
•Rotating weekly challenge
•Exclusive bosses and gameplay modifiers
LEVEL 35 ARENA CHALLENGE
•3-Player Fireteam required
•Face Skolas and end him forever
•The ultimate Arena Challenge
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[url=https://www.bungie.net/en/event/prisonofelders]Official PoE page[/url]
Share your opinions below.
[i]I will continually update this thread as more information about the Prison of Elders is released[/i]
[i]Original date of thread was April 14, 2015[/i]
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Its maybe a bit premature to be assuming that this is going to be a survival mode or that it will all take place in one location, they havent really said anything to that effect yet. All they've said is that its a 'brand new three player cooperative multiplayer arena'. I don't know if we should assume that they literally mean an arena (after all a brand new arena would suggest we already have one, which we don't), which is why people are assuming it will be a survival mode. Given their language in other posts, and the context I'd say their using the word arena to refer to a new game mode rather than an actual colliseum style play area. They'd probably describe the crucible and strike playlists as combatative multiplayer and cooperative multiplayer arenas respectively too. Also if you check the reef out now they've added space for four locations so hopefully their planning something a bit more ambitious than just a survival mode.