Destiny 2's Festival of the Lost 2025: Goodbye to Armor Vote FOMO! 🎃

Destiny 2 Festival of the Lost armor vote update brings quality-of-life changes, ending FOMO and ensuring all sets reach players soon.

Hey Guardians! Just when I thought Bungie was sticking to its old ways, they drop a massive quality-of-life bombshell in the latest TWID. With Episode: Heresy just around the corner and the mysterious Codename: Frontiers expansion looming on the horizon, the future of Destiny 2 is looking... well, less frustrating! The biggest news? Bungie is finally putting an end to one of the most divisive traditions in the game—the Festival of the Lost armor set community vote where the losers vanished forever. That's right, no more FOMO-induced panic voting!

For years, the Halloween event's armor vote felt like a cruel trick. 🎭 We'd agonize over two awesome themes, knowing that whichever set lost would be condemned to the vault of forgotten concepts. It created this weird pressure to vote strategically rather than for what we genuinely loved. I remember the debates in my clan chat—"Do we vote for the theme we want, or the one we think will win so our vote 'matters'?" It was messy, and it left a chunk of the community feeling bummed out every October.

But guess what? That era is OVER. Starting now, Bungie has confirmed that ALL Festival of the Lost armor sets from community votes will eventually make it into the game. The winning theme will still launch with the event itself (obviously), but the "losing" sets will be released at a later date. No more concepts lost to the void! They've even given us our first concrete example: last year's losing wizard-themed armor sets are officially scheduled to drop during Episode: Heresy. How cool is that? It fits the Heresy vibe perfectly, and it proves Bungie is thinking this through.

So, what does this mean for the 2025 vote happening right now? Let's break down this year's epic showdown:

🧛 The 2025 Festival of the Lost Armor Showdown

We've got two killer themes to choose from:

• 🔪 SLASHER Theme

  • Titan: Inspired by Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)

  • Hunter: Channeling Ghostface (Scream)

  • Warlock: A terrifying Scarecrow design

• 👻 SPECTER Theme

  • Titan: Becoming The Babadook

  • Hunter: Embodying La Llorona

  • Warlock: Transforming into Slenderman

Seriously, look at that lineup! 🤩 It's a horror fan's dream. The best part? We can finally vote with our hearts. Want to see Titans as the Babadook but also secretly crave those Scarecrow robes for your Warlock? Now you don't have to choose! Vote for your favorite, and rest easy knowing the other incredible set is coming down the pipeline.

This might seem like a small win in the grand scheme of things—it's just cosmetics, right? But for me, it's a huge signal. After the rough patches and community morale dips we've seen recently, this feels like Bungie genuinely listening. It's a direct response to years of player feedback. They're removing a pointless point of friction and replacing it with pure, unadulterated hype. It's a trust-building move, and honestly, it's working on me.

With Heresy launching soon as the final Episode, all eyes are on Bungie to stick the landing. This new policy is a fantastic first step. It shows they're focused on making the player experience better, not just creating artificial scarcity. The hype for Frontiers is real, and knowing that our collective creativity won't be wasted anymore makes the future of Destiny 2's live events way more exciting.

So go cast your vote, Guardians! Vote for Slasher, vote for Specter, vote based on which movie monster makes you smile the biggest. Because for the first time in a long time, everybody wins. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go decide if my Hunter should be a spectral weeping woman or a knife-wielding movie icon... decisions, decisions! 😉