Bungie’s Destiny: New Mercy Rule Added To One-Sided Crucible Matches

Senior designer for the Crucible game mode, Andrew Weldon details the new rule






As fans of Activision Blizzard Inc.’s (NASDAQ:ATVI) Destiny gear up for the upcoming update titled Destiny Update 2.0 and the much-hyped expansion pack “The Taken King,” Bungie recently announced yet another change that is going to be made to the game’s crucible competitive multiplayer mode.

The game’s senior designer for the Crucible multiplayer mode, Andrew Weldon, recently talked about the new “Mercy Rule” that will be introduced with Update 2.0, on Bungie.net. What this rule is going to do is, when the difference between the two teams playing in a match gets very large, Shaxx will call off the game and grant victory to the winning team automatically.

Mr. Weldon explains that the matchmaking settings will be changed to “Joining Disabled.” Also, when the Mercy Rule kicks in, the game’s timer will automatically be turned down to 10 seconds from whatever time is remaining, and then the match will end the way it normally ends. After that, the players will get their rewards the usual way and then return to matchmaking.

Mr. Weldon went on to say that the Mercy Rule will be enabled when Update 2.0 releases on September 8. The rule will be enabled for all crucible game modes except Elimination and Trials of Osiris. He also said that the company will listen to feedback from the players and fine tune the Mercy Rule accordingly, as player feedback is what has shaped Destiny up till now.

According to Mr. Weldon, the Mercy rule is being brought in to improve the overall experience for the players, especially for those “caught on the receiving end of a massive blowout.” As for the winning team, it is not forgotten as it has a new Gold Tier medal to chase called “No Mercy.” You can check out a picture of the medal and some more statistics from Bungie on the crucible multiplayer mode at Bungie.net.

Destiny: The Taken King launches on September 15 for Sony Corp.’s (ADR) (NYSE:SNE) PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Xbox One and Xbox 360. What do you think of the new Mercy Rule? Do you think it is fair and provides more balance to the game? Let us know in the comments below!