Destiny 2: The Final Shape [PS4/PS5/XB1/XBS/PC] - Y8, The Dark Age Returns

[Qalbert]

there's a pretty big range between 'could have been better' and 'sucks' lol

[Demosthenes]

Any other stasis based exotic does it better imo in a stasis build. It could have been much better

Don't be an idiot. Every new exotic doesn't have to upend a previous bunch. It enables a DIFFERENT play style when you focus on what it allows mechanically and is an absolute banger for champions. Any better and you risk actually replacing the other weapons as this weapon would just slot into the various play styles.

[Takiwaki]

Don't be an idiot. Every new exotic doesn't have to upend a previous bunch. It enables a DIFFERENT play style when you focus on what it allows mechanically and is an absolute banger for champions. Any better and you risk actually replacing the other weapons as this weapon would just slot into the various play styles.

Im being an idiot for stating facts? There are other exotics in that slot I would rather use and does the same job as shutting down champions, like conditional. anyway I will use the scout a bit more and trust that there is something more to it, I trust you! There are also better ways of making a point and not be insulting.

[Takiwaki]

there's a pretty big range between 'could have been better' and 'sucks' lol

Everything sucks with Destiny at the moment

[Qalbert]

Everything sucks with Destiny at the moment

*looks at "connecting" and "verifying content" screens lasting 7 or 8 minutes*
Well you're not entirely wrong...

[Demosthenes]

Im being an idiot for stating facts? There are other exotics in that slot I would rather use and does the same job as shutting down champions, like conditional. anyway I will use the scout a bit more and trust that there is something more to it, I trust you! There are also better ways of making a point and not be insulting.

You we being an idiot because you actually didn't know half of what you were talking about. No amount of whining about alternative methods or play styles can change that fact. You don't have to like how I say things.

[Edit]
With regards to champs, it can shut down two out of the gates.

[Takiwaki]

You we being an idiot because you actually didn't know half of what you were talking about. No amount of whining about alternative methods or play styles can change that fact. You don't have to like how I say things.

[Edit]
With regards to champs, it can shut down two out of the gates.

You do you.

[Serra]

I should really catch up on the story.. I think I haven't really played since week 1 >.>;

[Takiwaki]

I should really catch up on the story.. I think I haven't really played since week 1 >.>;

A couple key things are happening so its worth it for that. Things that IMO should be part of a main campaign and not seasonal content.

[6souls]

https://press-start.com.au/features/...eep-interview/

The next two seasons will set up storylines that will continue after The Final Shape.

Senior narrative designer, Robert Brookes, spoke to these big reveals; “There’s so many curtains to drop, or should I say veils to part. It feels great to explore and reveal some of the story people have been champing at the bit for. We’d always planned that Lightfall would lead into a period of answers, but not necessarily answering them as it happened. The Veil Containment quest that’s available now has content that runs for the entirety of Season of the Deep’s calendar. There’ll also be entries at the start of the next two seasons. I think those are going to be revelatory – not just for the Witness, the Traveler, and the Black Fleet, but also some of the stories that will be coming up after The Final Shape. It’s awesome to be able to get that out there and see how the players react. It’s really rewarding.”

Robert was asked to expand on the idea of the seasons being a bridge between Lightfall and The Final Shape. “In a lot of our previous releases, the seasons ramp up to a major expansion which is kind of like the end of that story. The next set of seasons starts a new one. We saw this with Beyond Light and The Witch Queen. Lightfall is a bit of a different experience in that it isn’t just another ramp-up, it’s a bridge. There’s the fallout, the deconstruction of events that happened and the way characters react to it. Each season will hand-off to the next more immediately than before. We want it to be the same when we hand-off The Final Shape into what comes next.”.

[Serra]

A couple key things are happening so its worth it for that. Things that IMO should be part of a main campaign and not seasonal content.

Agreed. Especially since most of it will be removed in six+ months.

Admittedly I don't know the context around it at all, but, it's great that they're keeping the Witness' cutscene from this season, but what about everything that leads into it/follows it? Is the cutscene really the only thing that matters?

[Obsidian]

The Exotic mission is pretty neat. Thank God you can just leech off someone else who's already done all the fishing.

[Demosthenes]

With regards to champs, it can shut down two out of the gates.

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/DestinyBulletn/s...131812372?s=20
https://twitter.com/Destiny2Team/sta...947527682?s=20

[Karbuncle]

Since the game doesn't program, QA, or playtest itself, hopefully they nab whatever mischievous fey spirit deliberately programmed all these achievements and just so happened to hide the armor mods behind the tier requiring Seasonal pass activities. On their first price-increased season on less! Evil little tech faeries.

[Obsidian]

I assume by "this was not intended" they mean one person made the change to lock certain mods behind Guardian Ranks, and another person set the Guardian Rank objectives without knowing what each rank affected.

Which is still pretty idiotic.

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/destinytrack/sta...04006021365762
https://twitter.com/DestinyBulletn/s...57301759463424

[Qalbert]

[Serra]

Spoiler for the reveal next month (presumably)

Spoiler: show

Looks like we're getting a new subclass/element -- someone on Bungie's team previewed a transmat effect and it showed a new subclass icon:
https://www.veed.io/view/02493dc8-35...ingWidget=true

At this point, I just want to make it to the end of this story and want to see it wrap up well, so not super thrilled about this. If it's anything like Lightfall, a new element/subclass will take time and focus away from TFS' story.

[Qalbert]

Spoiler: show

maybe just new supers as a compromise? icon's very pointy, maybe stasis crystals or smth. obviously the red coloring seems like a new element, but hard to be sure