Anyway to "upgrade" Destiny 2 purchase?

[Z00MBIES]

Only just recently got into Destiny and I'm hooked. I bought Beyond Light + S14 and now find myself wishing I had S12 -13. 

The only way I can see to access these is via the Deluxe edition. I imagine there's no way to purchase the content I'm missing but not repay for BL and S14?

[AndroiFy]

Hi @Z00MBIES 

Unfortunately, once the season is ended, you cannot purchase a previous season. Could you clarify me which content you would like to have?

[Z00MBIES]

I'd like to do some of the exotic weapon quests from the past season. The Deluxe edition says it offers access to S12-15, was just wishing I could buy that specific part of the package since I already own Beyond Light

[Ivan]

@Z00MBIES unfortunately in this case the only way to access previous season's content is to purchase the deluxe edition which contain all season passes. If you just want the bonus exotics you can wait until they're available in the monument of light, but who knows when that will be.

This is not only for Stadia btw, and currently is one of the most common requests to purchase previous season individually across all platforms.

Hopefully the system will change in year 5

[Ivan · Accepted solution]

@Z00MBIES Just a bit of correction. It looks like that at least on Steam and PSN, there's a way to purchase just the Deluxe Edition upgrade (not including Beyond Light expansion). I can't find this option on Stadia.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1438630/Destiny_2_Beyond_Light_Deluxe_Edition_Upgrade/ 

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP0002-PPSA02409_00-D2BLDLX000000001 

I'll try to do some digging why it's not available on Stadia.

[AndroiFy]

Thanks for the reply @Z00MBIES , as mentioned by @Ivan , you cannot find the previous activities (maybe some of them because still available). However, the seasonal one, vanish after a new season, some still available like Presage, battlegrounds trials, harbinger (but I'm note sure it these depends on the seasons purchased or not).

[Ivan]

@AndroiFy So Bungie actually changed how seasonal pass works starting beyond light. If you have the season, then seasonal activities will be available until the launch of the next expansion. Which means that past activities like presage, harbinger, battlegrounds, they will be playable if you have the respective season pass until the next major expansion is released.

The problem now is that if you miss a past season, you can't just buy that particular season to access the activities. You need to upgrade to the Deluxe edition, which contains all of the seasons passes. If someone already buy it for the current season, they'll be paying double for the current season, but that's not so bad compared to rebuying the whole Deluxe edition (which contains Beyond Light, which a lot of people already have).

[Ivan]

@Z00MBIES we haven't heard back from you, and I'm not getting much luck trying to find out why the deluxe upgrade is not available on Stadia. At this point you have two options:

1. Wait until there's a sale for the Deluxe edition, and purchase it to access all season pass. You will be double dipping on Beyond Light expansion 

2. I can't test this, so please take it with a grain of salt, but in theory it should work. If you have PS4/5 or a PC that can run Destiny 2, you can install the game, enable cross play, then buy the Deluxe edition upgrade on one of these platforms. Unlike expansions, seasonal passes actually transfer between platforms, so you'll be able to access the content on Stadia. 

What I'm not sure is if you can access the previous season on a platform where you didn't purchase the expansion from (current season works, as I'm able to access content on Steam and Stadia right now). I can't test this since I've always had season passes from beginning.

Anyway, just laying out several options for you.