Game Director Luke Smith told PC Gamer in an interview that the fan-requested feature would not make the cut for “the September launch.” It appears, however, that Ranked could be in the cards for the future of Destiny 2:
Smith is very careful not to commit here, using similar language that fans have heard Bungie use to answer questions in the past such as if matchmaking would ever be implemented for raids or if Year 1 raids would ever make a return to current Light levels.
For the record, one of those never made it in the game (matchmaking) while all the raids did in fact make a return to the game just this past spring in Age of Triumph. So there’s really no way to judge if Bungie will implement Ranked playlists in Destiny 2, although it’s clear that the developer understands the demand for it from its playerbase.
It’s a bit curious that Ranked games (something that was very popular in Halo 3 back when Bungie was developing it) would be left out, especially considering Destiny 2’s PvP is already being segmented and focused down into a more casual Quickplay playlist and more hardcore Competitive playlist. That seemed to signal to fans that Destiny 2 was also headed the way of Ranked games, but apparently it’s not on the cards for Bungie’s sci-fi FPS at launch. At least, those competitive PvP players can hope that the feature will come eventually, and sooner rather than later.
Destiny 2 will launch on PS4 and Xbox One on September 6, 2017 and on PC on October 24, 2017.
Source: PC Gamer
