Owl Sector is ARG (Alternative Reality Game) event released before the Rise of Iron expansion. During the event, players can be infected by 5 types of viruses that give them an EXP buff.
Viruses are: Brilliance 3.2, Glory 2.1, Splendor 2.6, Magnificence 2.0, Fortitude 3.1.
How to obtain the viruses / buffs
- Enter a PVP match (public match or private match) and pick up orbs from a teamate infected by at least one buff (preferably all 5), then kill an enemy.
- You will receive the buffs that teamate had and only those buffs. You getting the buffs will appear in the kill feed and then you can see them on your character screen. You can then complete the match or leave and will retain the buffs either way.
- After the match is over, the buffs you have received may be locked and you may not receive any additional buffs on that character. There have been both reports of people being able and unable to get additional buffs.
- Buffs are separate per character and not per account (having them on one character will not automatically transfer them to another character).
- There may be other ways to obtain buffs (including in PVE), but the exact method to get buffs in PVE is unclear.
- The bonus experience from having one buff vs having all 5 buffs does not seem to be different
- You do get bonus reputation from bounty turn ins
- Bonus reputation from this buff does not appear to stack with vanguard / crucible / house of judgement boosters.
Keys to Names in Chat Logs
Key to names in the log:
- SHU = Shun
- QUI = Quist
- BER = Berriole
- RAM = Ramos
- IR = Ikora
- CY6 = Cayde-6
- ZAV = Zavala
Brilliance 3.2 Chat Log
Part 1
Owl Sector Internal, OS-I6 1 SHU: How long since we last convened? QUI: I can still recall the Dawn Calamity, so not long enough. BER: I've got consistent and strange reports coming in from across the system. SHU: Try me. BER: A few Guardians in the field report being swarmed by some kind of electronic mite. The first few after visiting the Dust Palace on Mars, but the rest from all over. SHU: How bad? BER: Fantastic, apparently. At least, that's what they're yelling over comms. Is happy shouting a medical issue? Do we take this to the Vanguard? QUI: Ikora first. The Hidden might know something.
