Destiny Inferno mode coming to the Crucible next week

After all the rumors and speculation, Bungie has finally revealed the mysterious Inferno mode. Coming to Destiny's Crucible on March 3rd, Inferno is describe das "a PvP experience that's more about basic gunplay and achieveming more with less."

"PvP modes should give you the opportunity to flex new gameplay muscles you didn’t know you had," teased senior designer Leif Johansen.

To that end, Inferno will introduce — or rather, remove — certain features that are a staple in Destiny's PvP. For example, the tracking radar that warns you of nearby opponents will be removed.

"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," Johansen said. "Lack of Tracker should also indirectly reduce the effectiveness of Supers and Heavies, and make the mode more about basic gunplay."

Scoring is also being simplified and there will be less Heavy Ammo drops. Check out some of the major changes Inferno will bring below:

• 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 will make its debut as a Control gameplay mode, and will use a "mix of old and new maps." Look out for Inferno mode to arrive on March 3rd.

[Bungie]