Destiny 2 Officially Announced

[TheMysteriousGX]

So, let's see...

-Am I a philistine for thinking that the logo would look better with a Roman numeral instead of a "2"?

Goddamit, that's what's been bugging me. Thank you!

-Do exos actually need to drink? I notice that Cade doesn't actually drink any of the stuff.

-Destiny can't seem to decide on its tone, as it swings from serious to silly on a by-trailer basis.

I believe it can be conclusively said, in canon, that Gaurdians are absolutely bonkers. Like, in universe. Remember the bit right before the Rise of Iron expansion, when Guardians were giving each other techno-magic STDs? A lot of the ARG fluff was very serious scientists lamenting that the Guardians they were trying to help were deliberately breaking quarantine and trying to infect each other at dance parties in the middle of crucible matches.

-Nathan Fillion is, at this point, playing Nathan Fillion. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing.

Zavala and Ikora are really gonna have to step up their game if they're gonna be competitive.

 

[bastardofmelbourne]

And if you're really that worried about your old sparrows and stacks of Reciprocal runes, you can just boot up Destiny. It's not going anywhere for awhile.

It's not that controversial for a guy playing an MMO to want to keep the cosmetics and souvenirs he's amassed throughout the MMO's entire run. People are nostalgic like that. They like the armour they're wearing, the shaders they've got, the sparrow and the ship they spent ages grinding for. I played SW:TOR for about six years and I kept my starting lightsaber that entire time, just adding and removing mods to keep it up-to-par. I hadn't changed my character's outfit in three years because I'd gotten it exactly the way I wanted it, and I sure as fuck would've been pissed if they'd wiped everything out in 2014.

And Bungie said that Destiny was on a ten-year-plan. Whether they intended to or not, they told people there would be ten continuous years of Destiny. Not "We'll run it for three years, then wipe everything and release a sequel."

I understand exactly why they're doing it - it's got nothing to do with "feeling like a sequel," it's because Destiny's proprietary graphics engine was a tremendous hassle [https://www.kotaku.com.au/2015/10/the-messy-true-story-behind-the-making-of-destiny/] to work with, requiring a minimum of twelve hours to compile even minor changes. Destiny 2 will have a refined engine [http://wccftech.com/destiny-2-receive-major-engine-sony-still-super-vested-sequel/] without those basic problems.

What bugs me is that they're not even making cursory efforts to carry over graphics assets from the first game to the second. I mean, they could've made it a PR event - go on Bungie.net and vote for what Exotics, ships, and Sparrows you want to see revived in Destiny 2. They're not even trying to do that. And it shits me, you know? I mean, they're doing this big Age of Triumph "victory lap" event right now, and all I can think is, what's the point in an emblem that says "I was here in Year One" when it won't carry over to Year Four?

I believe it can be conclusively said, in canon, that Gaurdians are absolutely bonkers. Like, in universe. Remember the bit right before the Rise of Iron expansion, when Guardians were giving each other techno-magic STDs? A lot of the ARG fluff was very serious scientists lamenting that the Guardians they were trying to help were deliberately breaking quarantine and trying to infect each other at dance parties in the middle of crucible matches.

Look, if you were an immortal zombie-angel with superpowers who flew a cool ship around in space and killed gods and doesn't afraid of anything, you'd do silly shit too.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

What bugs me is that they're not even making cursory efforts to carry over graphics assets from the first game to the second. I mean, they could've made it a PR event - go on Bungie.net and vote for what Exotics, ships, and Sparrows you want to see revived in Destiny 2. They're not even trying to do that. And it shits me, you know? I mean, they're doing this big Age of Triumph "victory lap" event right now, and all I can think is, what's the point in an emblem that says "I was here in Year One" when it won't carry over to Year Four?

From their blog:

We know that, just like us, you have grown fond of the Guardians you?ve created, so we do plan to preserve your character personalization. We are going to recognize the dedication and passion you?ve shown for this world. Specifically, the class, race, gender, face, hair, and marking selections for all characters that have achieved Level 20 and completed the Black Garden story mission will carry forward. We also plan to award those veteran accounts with honors that reflect your Destiny 1 accomplishments.

Now, I don't know what that means, and you don't know what that means, but it doesn't necessarily mean nothin. After all, they took Year One fan favorites and re released them with Year Two design principles in mind. I'm certain they aren't going to definitively deep-six their most popular stuff forever.

I believe it can be conclusively said, in canon, that Gaurdians are absolutely bonkers. Like, in universe. Remember the bit right before the Rise of Iron expansion, when Guardians were giving each other techno-magic STDs? A lot of the ARG fluff was very serious scientists lamenting that the Guardians they were trying to help were deliberately breaking quarantine and trying to infect each other at dance parties in the middle of crucible matches.

Look, if you were an immortal zombie-angel with superpowers who flew a cool ship around in space and killed gods and doesn't afraid of anything, you'd do silly shit too.

My problem is a lack of imagination. Like, I would be able to think of new silly shit to do, but I could take the silly shit you're doing and crank it up to 11.

...you ever think there's a black market meat shop selling bits o' Guardian to people? From all those corpses that rain down from the Tower every so often?

 

[bastardofmelbourne]

...you ever think there's a black market meat shop selling bits o' Guardian to people? From all those corpses that rain down from the Tower every so often?

I'm not even sure Guardians are edibile. I mean, what are they made of? Light? Programmable matter? Random bits of hydrogen that got Doctor Manhattan'd by their Ghost?

Some of these people have been dead for centuries, for Space Christ's sake. I mean, the existential dread that would come with not knowing for sure if you're you or if you're just a simulacrum of "you," a warrior-homunculus manufactured by a flying robotic bezoar with magic powers to fight aliens and robots and moon wizards in the name of a broken cue-ball the size of the Moon...it's no wonder Guardians spend all their time dancing and teabagging one another. They're desperately grasping at any form of facile entertainment that could possibly distract them from the gaping maw of unfathomable angst that looms above their very existence and shadows their every move, casting every heroic act they achieve in the ambiguous light of moral uncertainty.

I mean, shit, I'd dance too.