Destiny

1993 readers

1 users here now

A community for Bungie's FPS looter-shooter MMO Destiny/Destiny 2

Rules:

Keep things civil. No hate speech, NSFW content, personal attacks, witch hunting, etc.
Do not discuss or share any leaks, datamined information, etc. No spoilers
Keep things on topic
No low effort posts, self-promotion, ads, or spam

Please report any comments or posts you think violate the rules. We regularly check reports and will take action if needed.

Resources:

Bungie.net for official forums, patch notes, blogs, and more
The official Destiny 2 Companion app for both iOS and Android
D2 Checklist to track weekly content
light.gg, a database of weapons and items
Destiny Item Manager to manage your vault and inventory
Destiny 2 Armor Picker to manage armor and stats
Destiny Tracker to track player stats
Trials Report to view player stats for Trials of Osiris

Creators:

Datto for guides, general and PvE-focused gameplay, and discussion
My name is Byf for in-depth lore videos
CoolGuy for in-depth weapon and armor reviews
Aztecross for general gameplay, builds, and more
ninjy for weapon damage testing

Other Lemmy Destiny Communities:

Destiny 2 Builds for character builds
LowSodiumDestiny for a salt-free Destiny community

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

oryx@lemmy.world

rae@lemmy.world

jontree255@lemmy.world

Destiny 2 Showcase 8/22 Megathread (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by oryx@lemmy.world to c/destiny@lemmy.world

18 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Eyes up, Guardians.

It's finally time to see what Bungie has in store with The Final Shape, the conclusion to Destiny's Light and Dark saga, as well as Season 22, which also launches today. Use this thread for all discussion related to the event.

The event will be live streamed at 9 AM PST (12 PM EST) today, August 22. The showcase is expected to be 40-45 minutes long.

You can watch the stream via YouTube and Twitch. You can also visit Bungie's official showcase page for schedule information.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Now that the actual showcase is over I have some thoughts:

Pros:

New supers are always cool. Very glad Titans are getting a hybrid range/melee super.
New Support AR looks really sick. I always want to be hard support but I don't like Lumina.
The Pale Heart area looks incredible. I love the MC Escher type stuff Bungie does where nothing obeys the laws of physics.
The Premise of Season of the Witch is really neat. Kind of weird that Eris can just turn into a Hive like that though.
Nice to see some returning exotics. Looks like the solar rocket got reworked (it needed it).
Subjugators look really cool. I want more threatening/fast enemies like this in the game.
They brought back the hologram armor for Crota's End.
Deck building could be cool? IDK it's not my jam but people love those games.
The in game LFG actually looks good. I was honestly expecting just a reskin of the mobile app LFG.

Cons:

No new subclass is a major letdown. I know it was kind of expected we wouldn't get one but this feels like a missed opportunity to go all out for the final expansion of D2.
If we weren't getting a new subclass, then Stasis should have gotten a major overhaul. The subclass NEEDS help. Why are the Light subclasses getting another super variant?
Warlock and Hunter supers are uninspired. Arc Hunter is just a melee version of Gathering Storm you can cast 3 times?
I get they want to save stuff for the actual campaign but I have no investment in the story of TFS and I don't feel threatened by the Witness. It's been so behind the scenes and its goals so esoteric. Xivu is much more interesting and a direct threat IMO.
Until we get more details. Episodes are just longer seasons IMO. Not enough to get me to keep playing the game. They did nothing to sell me on them besides "it's more stuff". I do think it's good they're switching to 3 a year instead of 4 though.

Overall I'm not super impressed. Like yeah it looks good but Bungie didn't wow me like they have since Beyond Light. It feels like they COULDN'T show enough to get me interested. The fact that nothing beyond the 3 Episodes was announced and no details about the episodes was discussed doesn't bode well.