I remember the early days ofDestiny.
They were good days, and I was committed to all of it in my usually solo way.
It was a strong start, requiring more skill to survive the amplified risks ahead of us as players.
Is the world ofDestinyas fine as ever?
Is there room for new players to find their place?
The answer is as complicated as explaining paracausality to your cat.
Hold still, you little furry bastard.
I have a PowerPoint presentation for you.
Just attempting to summarize the setting can leave dozens of rabbit holes to fall into, but here goes.
When it arrives in our solar system, humanity is on the cusp of a golden era.
In this new era, humanity itself isnt unchanged.
On the horizon, Darkness or rather, the Witness, something worse is coming for us.
Lets unpack that problem.
WhenDestiny2launched, the goals were loftier.
Yeah, you cant play through that anymore.
Or Cayde-6s fall at the hands of an Awoken Prince.
Forget about those neat stories featuring the Warmind Rasputin, or Osiris.
The currently available story content begins around Shadowkeep, which was released in late 2019.
It attempts to thread both by giving your jamoke a reason to excel.
However, its frankly exhausting to try and catch up to todays Guardians.
That exhaustion might be the first reason you start examining that Eververse shop in the game.
At launch,Destinywas a buy-in game, with paid expansions.
Too bad,this pageis all the explanation Bungie gives.
Whats Silver, you politely ask?
1000 Silver costs a tenner, and they throw in an extra 100!
Give them your twenty bucks of pizza money, and get 2300 Silver!
Wahoo, I love the games naked capitalism plays!
Yet, there are now dungeons that are not Strikes and yes you have topay for thisbasic game feature.
Itsfunto drift, bomb, dodge, and fire off your superpowered skills in tight arenas and open areas.
So the game has that going for it!
Here lies a double issue.
First, balancing the game around multiple modes of combat is a pain in the ass.
Its a design philosophy that doesnt leave those cool powers of yours unscathed, either.
Now theyre just kinda beefy.
No unrestrained power fantasies on their watch.
Cutting-edge content is, reasonably, something bespoke groups handle.
But finding those groups?
remarks leave some wear on the soul.
Oh, and to do all of this?
You needto gear up.
Stay casual, and the game is a fun shooter you might play on your schedule.
But if you want to do it all, get ready to push the hard cap.
That means grinding weekly missions, called Challenges, that grant Powerful gear.
Get bad drops, and it may take a few weeks to push your gear limits.
These reset seasonally and will require high-level group content to master any rank that sounds cooler than Elite.
For example, that Godslayer that jerked your Strike around?
They no-lifed the game until they nailed a time-limited raid gauntlet.
So you know they can play.
And if you start the game today, youre never going to earn it.
It closed with the release ofThe Final Shape.
Ive earned a headache, at least, and I cant even take Ibuprofen for it.
Im Coming Home, Ace
I want to keep lovingDestiny,I genuinely do.
Its world-building and intricate lore are like catnip to me.
You, I salute, and I wish you the very best.
And after this story wraps up, well see.
Eyes up, Guardians, and shoot straight.
