As mentioned in the Destiny Year End Update, today marks the return of the Iron Banner and the end of the Sparrow Racing League event which ran for the last 3 weeks. Destiny developer Bungie launches the competive Iron Banner play mode right on the heels of the racing event, in an effort to keep an ongoing rotation of fresh activities for players. New activities means new loot and what Destiny fan could argue with that? Here are the changes to Iron Banner for this go around:

The game mode for this period will be Control and playing the mode will give players the opportunity to earn some neat looking endgame gear. Some will be available for purchase from Lord Saladin, and some will be available as loot drops during gameplay. Here’s a preview of the new gear coming:

In addition Playstation players are also getting access to some exclusive gear:

The Iron Banner battles will rage on for the week and bring us into the new year, where Bungie will begin the event rotations anew. There are undoubtedly some brand new events in the works, seasonal activities and we should see the return of some old standbys with the usual gameplay tweaks. There has been no word on any major expansion plans for the coming year, so it’s entirely possible we may see an events only model for the new year. How do you feel about a rotating carousel of events and activities, very similar to what we see in MMOs? Sound off the comments!

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