The Preyhunter's Journey in Midnight Season 2
PREY
Added catch-up mechanics to increase renown gains. Players below rank 3 will receive 4000 Journey progress (a full rank) per hunt, which takes precedence over and does not trigger the Journey progress earned from your first four hunts a week. Players between ranks 3 and 8 will receive 2000 Journey progress from each of their first four hunts a week.
Developers’ notes: We want to make it easier with the 12.1.5 update for new players, returning players, or those who simply didn’t invest heavily in running Prey so far during Season 2 to engage with the content without feeling like they wouldn’t be able to catch up. These changes make it substantially easier for a player to complete their Prey Journey and receive the associated rewards, including decor and Hero track equipment in conjunction with Delves.
Each Prey renown track requires 4,000 Preyseeker's Journey to unlock, with 1,000 awarded for each of the first four hunts of any difficulty completed each week. Although it is possible to get ahead, subsequent hunts beyond those initial four only award 50 progress each, severely restricting the ability to grind out levels quickly.
Naturally, this encourages diligent players to complete four hunts and gain a single level of renown each week, which would place them towards the end of the Season 2 renown track by the time Patch 12.1.5 arrives... unless they fall behind. The bonus progress awarded in Patch 12.1.5 compensates for that, halving the number of hunts required to reach rank 8, after which those players can finish off the final two ranks normally.
While not everyone is crazy about Prey and its power progression is quickly outscaled by other activities, the activity does open up a wide variety of cosmetic rewards, including weapon and armor transmog, mounts, pets, decor, and even a title, all unlocked at various levels of renown. So, even if you've neglected the activity over these past four weeks, you should be able to catch up and finish in short order.
Surely there's something to strive for!
