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5/8/2026 4:14:28 AM
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I'm probably the only player here who misses Escalation Protocol lol
It was such fun for me and just killed time. If it ever comes back (which I know it won't) hopefully they add more weapons or something
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Good times getting that Ikelos shotgun.
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Menagarie, Forges, Escalation Protocols, all fun :(
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Yeah it was my favorite when a heroic public event would pop of during escalation protocol. Good times.
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3 Replies[quote]It was such fun for me and just killed time. If it ever comes back (which I know it won't) hopefully they add more weapons or something[/quote] A lot of people miss it. Though it also happens to be something that if released now people would complain endlessly about. No matchmaking, one of the most difficulty activities and has rare powerful drops.
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Wish it was still around hell take it put it in a playlist with a few maps it would be great
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I aways liked it. Maybe bring it back for certain days a week to keep it fresh longer or something like that.
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I loved it. I may be the only one who misses Override, though.
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[quote]It was such fun for me and just killed time. If it ever comes back (which I know it won't) hopefully they add more weapons or something[/quote] I actually really enjoyed it. Love the armor and weapons. I just wish they added more weapons.
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Oh no you are not! If EP came back I'd be playing everyday instead of a couple minutes a week now. I LOVED EP, especially at the first when we'd work hard(ish) to get 12 people in to run it. But I loved the play, I loved the weekly rotation, I loved thee rewards, I still play with some of those rewards! Heck we got more than just weapons, we got armor, shaders and more! Then came the seasonal activities which, for me, were vastly more miss then hits. And all paled to EP. We've asked for EP back and what did we get we got fishing. Don't get me wrong give me a pole and I'll got back to fishing but I'd prefer it in the shape of a huge Knight or Ogre! [b]EP was the king![/b] Menagerie was the Heir Apparent but still lost something special EP
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You are definitely not alone. I mentioned it several times since we lost Mars. One of the best and most entertaining exercises and for sure one capable of bringing a lot of people together in a public event. I am also missing Io and its strikes. Titan with its special little lost sectors. European Aerial Zone (gimme a 24 player Control map...). Bottom line a lot not utilized potential.
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I think I'm the only player that misses the Reckoning
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I don’t know why they don’t do something similar on the other planets, but yes ep was fun and yes I’d like Mars back too.
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I loved escalation protocol omg bring it back !!
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2 RepliesBiggest problem with EP is that you basically had to have a fireteam going into it or you'd never have enough players to get very far. It was a fine event but really demanded you have a full or nearly full zone of players all working on it to progress it far enough to be worth the time.
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1 ReplyThat's the thing with Bungie. They know that Escalation Protocol from D2, Court of Oryx and Archon's Forge from D1 were fun popular activities that people would like to see inD2(but on new destinations) but Bungie are too stupid to realize this. I have always thought that the Witch Queen expansion should've had a Court of Oryx activity that could've taken place on Savathun's ship where you fight the first hive guardian in the first mission. An Escalation Protocol mode in the Moth yards or Forgotten Shore areas of the Cosmodrome would be cool too.
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1 ReplyOne of my few good d2 memories! A fun grind for a heat weapon. That shotgun was a beast before they nerfed it!
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Edited by Northern: 5/8/2026 6:21:06 PMEscalation protocol was excellent content and I didn't mind grinding for the shotgun with trench barrel. If memory serves it was Activisions in house game studio Vicarious Visions that produced Escalation protocol. The franchise definitely suffered when Activision bailed. The split was more stupid from Bungo. Look at where the game is now. 🙄
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2 RepliesNah it was a lot of fun . We haven’t really had anything like it since I can think of .
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Second only to the Menagerie for me. I’d even say 1A and 1B. Great times
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I just wish Public Events were more rare but more rewarding. Like, get rid of the minimap beacons, and have the Rally Flags only appear a minute or two before the event, so that players can enter a region, see the Flag, and stop for a short while for the Public Event to start. For more significant activities like Escalation Protocol, they should have such markers, especially given the length of the activity, but something like a Warsat Event shouldn’t be so announced.
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1 ReplyI started D2 quite late (last quarter of Beyond light) Forsaken was still available but I had month or so to compete it before it got sunset. Probably will never experience all removed content prior to that but would love to see it back.
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Definitely not alone, it was a fun activity and the Ikelos weapons were excellent. Too little content were you just band together with random guardians for a world activity these days. That's partly why the game isn't as much fun.
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it was also fun to get escalation high level then abandon it and watch enemy wreck randoms in the world walking around lol
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The good ol' days of trying to get 9 friends in one lobby by praying for a random player to be around to taxi players was always a fun time 🍻🫡
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Nah that 💩 was fun. Good times having the game crash because too many orbs of light were on the ground
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1 ReplyWould you pay for it 😉
