Bumping a thread from 2015.

For inputs, whatever you prefer. Either is as good a feeling version of that input as in any FPS game out there.

The removal of content is something that still rubs me raw. The vanilla campaign, Cusre of Osiris and Warmind, and the Forsaken campaign are all gone - as are the Titan, Io, Mercury, Tangled Shore, and Hellas Basin patrol zones. 

The current campaigns are:
Shadowkeep - not great but the reprised Moon is very cool.
Beyond Light - average in all regards.
The Witch Queen - very good campaign and decent patrol zone.
Lightfall - decent shooting and QoL updates but fucking lol at that shitshow of a story and lame patrol zone.  

There's also a 7th Anniversary pack you can buy that should have been free that gives you access to a very fun dungeon and some other stuff.

Besides all the campaigns and the old core activities, the gameplay bread and butter is the seasonal stuff. Four times a year you get new story beats and an activity or two plus a bunch of weapons to grind for. The seasons now stick around 'til the next expansion drops so you don't have to worry too much about missing stuff as long as you're semi-regular.

Then you've got the dungeons, raids, and secret exotic missions. These are legit great and despite all the shit Bungie pull, I maintain that if you simply distilled the entire game down to just the dungeons it'd still be the best FPS ever. 

It's a hard game to recommend getting back into and it's a perfect example of wasted potential, BUT... there really is nothing that fills the same hole, and what it does well it does very well indeed. The gunplay and movement, the art direction, the fucking music, the lore, all are absolutely top tier.

Right, I'll just plug away until I get the hang of the perplexing systems. The gunplay is terrific and it looks amazing in 4K on a big telly. The framerate never skips a beat.

Stormy will be much better placed to comment on the end game and dungeon stuff, but I'd just say that there's a number of activities, even below raid/dungeon that are excellent.

If you're not down with pvp, find a few game types you dig and they're generally pretty repayable.

Strikes still have some gold even though there's a lot of repetition and there's some outright duds in between the good uns.

Defiant battlegrounds are very cool imo. Nice 3 player with randoms with enough going on that you have to pay attention.

If you're actually partying up and such, I can only imagine the raids and dungeons are mint these days.

When I got shit for wanting a game to be better. Damn 2015 was a vibe.

I fired it up earlier in the year and yeah, it did feel quite overwhelmingly new.

Destiny 2 is in the best overall shape it's ever been in, but anyone starting new/restarting from ages ago is going to have to accept that the near total lack of onboarding is part of the fun. Bungie are the ARG promo guys, right?

Taking away so many toys is a bit of a disappointment. I know the SP campaigns aren't really the point but it'd be a nice way to experience the overall plot given the amount of fucking lore. Still, it is SO pretty and the shooting and collection stuff is really solid. 

They've done the custom combat stuff really well and I can see why people keep going. Some of the stat boosts from armour and mods are subtle and it's going to take a while to get to know my own character to really differentiate how one little stat/mod from another will suit my style, whatever that turns out to be. I get it though. 

At the mo it's just higher numbers yes please, but I'd imagine if you're so familiar with your own setup then little changes are noticable.

SpaceGazelle wrote:

At the mo it's just higher numbers yes please, but I'd imagine if you're so familiar with your own setup then little changes are noticable.

Yup. For long time players the numbers thing isn't really an issue apart from the first few weeks of an expansion, and with no power level increase for the rest of this expansion you'll hit cap soon enough. At least as far as power/light levels go.  

For weapon numbers, it's the same kinda deal as it ever was but with a few more abilities that affect weapon damage in various ways. The real fun lies in builds, and the synergies that now exist between abilities and weapon perks is nothing short of glorious.

Added to that, being part of an active clan (and Discord) will give you benefits for very little effort. I have recently set up a new one of both to help out with sherpaing at the very heart of our ethos.

Needless hostility aside, drop me a f/r in-game @SpaceGazelle if you need help. I’m Olimite#5584

See you out there hopefully!

Olimite wrote:

Needless hostility aside, drop me a f/r in-game @SpaceGazelle if you need help. I’m Olimite#5584 See you out there hopefully!

Will do. Also, what's the deal with common, legendary etc gear if it seems to make no difference to the stats. I get you can dismantle legendary gear to get legendary shards that do stuff but is there anything else?

Cool. Thanks.

Considering trying Destiny 2 again BUT it looks like I’d need to buy Shadowkeep, Beyond Light and Lightfall? Need I buy all 3? Or would it be worth doing so? Says I own the Witch Queen…must be the last time I tried it.

Verecocha wrote:

Considering trying Destiny 2 again BUT it looks like I’d need to buy Shadowkeep, Beyond Light and Lightfall? Need I buy all 3? Or would it be worth doing so? Says I own the Witch Queen…must be the last time I tried it.

You don't need them but you'll come across gear and quests that require them. You can always do other stuff until you get hooked.

You can play the first mission of each iirc.