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Destiny 2 |OT| Here We Go Again

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LTWood12

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Drizzay would've been in his prime today.
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Jest Chillin

Member
BreezyLimbo said:
Why is raid psoiler
Emperor Calus a robot. Why in the lore is he a robot. Does it even make a sense?
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No one has even cleared the raid yet to know the details. Once the raid is cleared, if the quests and everything associated don't explain, that's the time to question it.
 
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UpDownLeftRight

Banned
ryseing said:
I know this is a bit late to propose this, but I've been watching bits and pieces of the streams and getting hyped. Anyone down for a semi-blind attempt at 9 PM EST on PS4?

1) bmc811- 275 Titan
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Me if we can get some more people too. 281 Warlock. I've not watched a moment of it so it's a pure blind run for me.

Psn is Gein789
 
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Dodecagon

works for a research lab making 6 figures
GhaleonEB said:
This doesn't make any sense. I'm at what feels like the midpoint of the campaign or so, but it's the tightest narrative since TTK and far more expansive. I understand where I am and why, how I relate to the other characters, what their goals are, who the villain is and their motivation, and the plans we're forming to combat him.

Literally none of that applied to the first game, which had no story for most of its duration, though TTK added some framing text to a few of the missions to string one together. The only narrative thread begins when we go to the Reef for the first time and kick off a handful of missions to get into the Black Garden. None of the other missions in the game are tied to that thread, they are paired together or stand-alone, devoid of context outside of the opening narration. Go through the campaign right now and a large hunk of the original missions aren't even tied into quests, they just unlock as optional side missions, discrete from the story they tried to cobble together when TTK released.

Destiny 1 had a premise, Destiny 2 is telling a story.
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Did you fix your audio issues? I wonder if the stereo or mono mix isn't great or something, I'm absolutely blown away at the sound design.
 
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GhaleonEB

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BattleMonkey said:
It's sad that we are applauding the fact that they told a simple straight narrative like this. Destiny 1 was awful, the bar was super low.
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This is Bungie. They've long been excellent with lore and would building, and struggled with narrative. Halo 1/2/3 and Destiny 1 all had massive story re-writes deep into production that resulted in a choppy or incomplete story. Since Halo 1, the most coherent stories they've told were in ODST and Reach, and they were good in part because they were focused and straight forward.

So yeah, it's a low bar as compared to Destiny 1. But so far (again, I'm lagging everyone quite a bit), I think this is one of the 2-3 best they've done. There's a propulsive sense of loss and urgency behind the campaign that was lacking even in Halo 3 when much of Earth was glassed. The second mission alone was some of Bungie's best story telling, period.

Dodecagon said:
Did you fix your audio issues? I wonder if the stereo or mono mix isn't great or something, I'm absolutely blown away at the sound design.
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I positively hate the sound effects in this game. My sound is fine with Skyrim/Fallout/Destiny/etc. so I don't think it's that. The sound of the Hunter double jump has this rustling scratch to it that is like fingernails on a blackboard to me.
 
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Conkerkid11

Member
I'm kind of regretting running raid day 1. It's nice to experience it blind and all, but people get so damn toxic after just a few wipes. I'm used to playing WoW with groups that'll spend 10 hours throwing themselves at a wall. These people went into a raid knowing full well they'd have to leave 2 hours in.

Can't wait for this to release on PC and I can play strictly with friends. I've been through too many groups today and done the first two parts of the raid way too many times. This isn't fun.
 
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Smokey_Run said:
Anyone clear it yet? Goth and his group are right at the finish line.
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I think multiple groups are/have been on the final boss for a long time but nobody's cleared yet. Bungie usually tweets congratulations itself.

edit: and as i hit submit, slayerage clears lol
 
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RedSparrows

Member
GhaleonEB said:
This is Bungie. They've long been excellent with lore and would building, and struggled with narrative. Halo 1/2/3 and Destiny 1 all had massive story re-writes deep into production that resulted in a choppy or incomplete story. Since Halo 1, the most coherent stories they've told were in ODST and Reach, and they were good in part because they were focused and straight forward.

So yeah, it's a low bar as compared to Destiny 1. But so far (again, I'm lagging everyone quite a bit), I think this is one of the 2-3 best they've done. There's a propulsive sense of loss and urgency behind the campaign that was lacking even in Halo 3 when much of Earth was glassed.
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That disappeared after the first European mission for me, although i am not as invested in the gameworld as moat in here. Setting the story in the game world so heavily makes gameplay sense but kills the story, making it 'missions to main to 20', 'solo guardian woops hey guys' and the script doesn't help. It's all a bit 'oh dear, now let's fix it, boyscouts!'.
 
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GustyGardens

Banned
One thing I've learned about Goth & Co. is that they always seem to choke when it counts the most. It's all good though, it's still entertaining.

#worldsmostrecent
 
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Skeletron

Member
Dodecagon said:
Sweet, so we just need one more. 6 Hours to go! be sure to finish up them milestones if you have the time pre-raid! I'll be on at 5pm PDT if anyone needs help running anything. I'll try and watch the raid highlights from streamers when I get home from work too.

Happy hunting.
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Sounds good! I'll hop on soon as I get home 8:30-9pm PDT.

Got space for one more. Anyone down for raiding tonight at 9pm PDT?

Skeletron, 280 Titan, PSN: Traxus12
Branaghs, 270 Warlock PSN: Branaghs
Dodecagon, 282 Titan PSN: free_the_slaves
JTran2003, 272 Warlock PSN: JTran2003
Kard8p3, 285 Warlock PSN: Kard8p3
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RoboPlato

I'd be in the dick
Skeletron said:
Sounds good! I'll hop on soon as I get home 8:30-9pm.

Got space for one more. Anyone down for raiding tonight at 9pm?

Skeletron, 280 Titan, PSN: Traxus12
Branaghs, 270 Warlock PSN: Branaghs
Dodecagon, 282 Titan PSN: free_the_slaves
JTran2003, 272 Warlock PSN: JTran2003
Kard8p3, 285 Warlock PSN: Kard8p3
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I won't be home until about 9:45 but if you still need one at that point I'm in. 281 Warlock.

This is eastern time, right?
 
MastAndo

MastAndo

Member
Raid seems a bit much for my casual self (and friends), but it was definitely enjoyable to watch these streams. Congrats to slayerage and co.
 
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renzolama

Member
My last 3 powerful engram rewards have all been cloaks at the same power level as the cloak I already had, meaning no power improvements for this reset so far.

Destiny!
 
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Smiley90

Stop shitting on my team. Start shitting on my finger.
Bungie‏Verified account
@Bungie
Congratulations to Clan 'The Legend Himself' on being the World First to complete the Leviathan Raid.

Slayerage confirmed World First
 
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BlakeofT

Member
I'd really like to see some of the loot along with their perks, mostly to see if there are unique perks like past raid gear. Anyone have any info? I've seen some pics but no perks...
 
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