Destiny 2's Skimmer Grind Proves Guardian Games 2025 Needs to Make a Change

Seasonal Events have long since been a highly divisive topic among Destiny 2’s community. Normally, the main topic of complaint is the monetization of the Seasonal Event Passes or issues within the activities themselves. However, the new Exotic sparrow has stolen the spotlight of the latest Guardian Games Seasonal Event in Destiny 2, except not everything about the new vehicle is praiseworthy.

In particular, while the vehicle itself is quite fun to use, an element of the new quest to obtain the Skimmer vehicle in Destiny 2 is highly problematic. Given how popular this vehicle has become, the long grind to get this vehicle is arguably something that future Seasonal Events in Destiny 2 should learn from and avoid.

Destiny 2’s New Skimmer Sparrow Is A Must-Have Item

From its cosplay and fashion potential to new game-breaking opportunities provided by the new Skimmer, this vehicle has quickly become a new must-have for Destiny 2 players. The skimmer is also one of the few new things for this year’s Guardian Games, so it’s become many players’ prime motivation to play the 2024 Guardian Games. However, it can be extremely difficult to obtain this vehicle, which has put players in a tough position.

Exclusivity and FOMO in Destiny 2 has always been a major issue for the game. Yet as much as it gets criticized, Destiny 2 continues to feature content that promotes FOMO as an effective strategy to motivate its playerbase. With the grind to get the new Skimmer, things have reached an all-new extreme. Instead of setting a troubling precedent, future Seasonal Events in Destiny 2 should learn from this opportunity and avoid making this mistake with future items in the game.

Destiny 2’s Skimmer Grind Should Be A Learning Opportunity

There are multiple ways to obtain the new Allstar Vector Skimmer vehicle in Destiny 2, with all of them currently being limited-time opportunities. For the Skimmer specific to the Guardian Games 2024 Seasonal Event, each of the methods for obtaining this particular Skimmer requires players to compete in the Guardian Games activities. While this is fairly standard, in hindsight, one of the possible ways that players can obtain this skimmer is far too demanding of a task. Specifically, the objective to get a top 10% competitive Nightfall score is arguably an unrealistic task.

For players who jump in immediately after Destiny 2’s weekly resets, this is the best window of opportunity to get within the top 10% of Nightfall scores for the week, as there will be fewer scores to compete with. As each week goes on though, especially into the weekends, the top 10% score for the Guardian Games Nightfall playlist quickly skyrockets into ridiculous scoring thresholds. Even following a step-by-step guide at this point, attempting to get the score required to obtain the Skimmer through Nightfall Strikes inevitably reaches the point of being beyond the reach of most players.

Instead of requiring players to reach a percentile threshold of the global Nightfall scores, future Guardian Games should rework this quest objective into a static score threshold. This could still require players to coordinate for a high score while making it more accessible for players to earn the new Skimmer vehicle. Even outside the Guardian Games, other Seasonal Events in Destiny 2 should also avoid competitive quest objectives like this going forward.