Iron Banner is here this week from June 28th - July 4th

Iron Banner is here this week instead of its initial 'supposed' release last week. Iron Banner this week will be running from June 28^th till July 4^th, so basically till the next weekly reset.

Although Iron Banner is here, things aren’t all going as smoothly as they can. Some people, myself included, have received the ‘Contacting Destiny Servers’ message on more than one occasion. There have been complaints about lag and poor matchmaking connections as well.

However if you are lucky enough to find yourself in an Iron Banner Match here are a few things to take a note of:

This week’s Iron Banner game mode is Clash so just straight up Team Deathmatch and the Team with the most kills wins.

The rewards for this Iron Banner are also especially good:

Helmets – Helmets are up for grabs both from Lord Saladin after you reach Rank 3 in Iron Banner as well as from post-match rewards. Helmets can drop up to 335 Light Level depending on your own Light Level. I’ve seen items in Iron Banner drop anywhere from 1-5 levels above your current Light Level. So the Closer you are to being Light Level 335 the higher chances of 335 drops. This is not only for Helmets but ALL Iron Banner post game drops. Obviously the gear sold by Lord Saladin himself will only be 280 Light Level as before. Keep in mind that buying a Helmet from Lord Saladin will cost you 75 Legendary marks.

Class Items – Class items are also up for grabs from Lord Saladin after you reach Rank 3 in Iron Banner as well as from post-match rewards. Just like the helmets Class items can also drop up to 335 Light Level depending on your own Light Level. And again as with the helmets the class items sold by Lord Saladin will only be 280 Light Level as before. As it can sometimes be hard to get 335 Class items in Destiny, Iron Banner is an amazing way to nab a 335 Class item either to finally reach Light level 335 or infuse your other awesome class items to 335 Light Level. Keep in mind that buying a class item from Lord Saladin will cost you 40 Legendary Marks.

Bretomart’s Stand – This is Heavy Weapon(Machine Gun) you can buy from Lord Saladin after reaching Rank 4 in Iron Banner and is also available as a post-game reward but probably only as you reach a higher Iron Banner Rank. As with everything else if you get this from a post-match drop then you can get one up to 335 Light but the one you can buy from Lord Saladin will only be 280. Again keep in mind that buying this from Lord Saladin will set you back 90 Legendary Marks. However, this is one of the better machine guns in the game and will probably be worth it even if you have to buy one using Legendary Marks.

Colovance’s Duty – This is a Primary Weapon (Scout Rifle) you can buy from Lord Saladin after reaching Rank 5 in Iron Banner this week. You can also get this gun as a post-game drop but only if you are higher rank in Iron Banner. As with the everything else if you get this from a post-match drop then you can get one up to 335 Light Level but the one you can buy from Lord Saladin will only be 280. Again keep in mind that buying this from Lord Saladin will set you back 90 Legendary Marks. However, much like with the machine gun this is one of the better Scout Rifles in the game, more so than the machine gun, and will probably be well worth the Legendary Marks if you have to buy one.

If you are a PlayStation user Iron Banner is usually slightly better for you as there are PlayStation Exclusives Iron Banner armor that you can also get both from Lord Saladin himself as well as from post-match drops. Even the PlayStation exclusive gear can drop at Light Level 335. Some of the PlayStation exclusive gear such as Helmets only have minimal changes from its regular counterpart but changes in class items are much more noticeable in the PlayStation exclusive Iron Banner gear so keep your eye out for those as well.

While Iron Banner is one of my favorite game modes to play in Destiny these days, this week’s Iron Banner seems to be riddled with bugs thanks in part to whatever Bungie are trying to fix. The deal was that were supposed to be fixing major match-making issues but that update was supposed to be rolled out over the weekend even before trials started. There seems to be some lingering issues or after effects however making this Iron Banner less that fun to play.

Regardless of the issues if you can get a few games in you definitely should as Iron Banner is one of the methods you can Level up especially quickly to Light Level 335. Most of the times drops between 1-5 Light levels so you can level up especially quickly using this method over the course of the week. The Rank 5 packages from completing Iron Banner also do give you guaranteed 320 Light Level Ghost Shell and potentially anther 335 Light Level item at random. Keep in mind that these rewards are also directly related to you CURRENT Light Level so don’t expect 335 Light Level items while being 320 yourself. 

To maximize your chances of getting a character to 335, you might want to focus playing Iron Banner with one character even after you hit Rank 5 in Iron Banner with that character because that's when the chances of getting better drops is at its highest. 

This might also seem obvious but as you get higher Light Level gear don't forget to infuse your current gear so that the next time you get post-match drops you can get even higher Light Level gear.

Happy Iron Banner to you guys and I hope that Bungie are able to fix these annoying issues as quickly as possible so we truly enjoy the rest of the Iron Banner in peace.

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