#and theres likely much more from d1 lore that was brought to d2 that im forgetting

[wolfwarrior142]

I just pulled the biggest Warlock Big Brain move to finish the final boss fight in the goddamn Starcrossed mission. This was the most aggravating fucking mission I've played in Destiny in years and I could only beat the fucking final boss fight by using big brain warlock skills to wittle away at the boss. Cuz otherwise if I went in there like was intended, I very quickly got curbstomped because of the stupid "enemies are 5 power over you no matter what" bullshit. Took me like, 40 minutes to kill the boss, and it was a very weird way to do it, but I FINALLY did it after getting SO mad and done and I'm actually pretty proud of myself.

The cutscene at the end was worth it tho. I knew it was gonna involve Riven's mate, I just didn't know it would be that...breathtaking. Very cool to see an Ahamkara that actually seemed to be good at heart, protecting those he worked with. There's something so bittersweet about a massive, universe-twisting, manipulating dragon being unlike the rest of Ahamkara kind. Taranis not only protected those he bargained with, he also sacrificed his own life to protect his eggs when his mate became corrupted beyond repair until after death. Just hits hard that seems like the only Ahamkara to not die by the hands of Guardians only didn't because he cared so much about protecting his eggs after essentially losing his mate. Riven was fuckin lucky to find a fellow Ahamkara who had a much better heart than her.

Also, god. It was so cool to see the sketches of them running around, actually acting like wild dragons. It's been basically impossible to see the whole of an Ahamkara in action in game (as far as I've seen) because of how utterly massive they are. So seeing the sketch art of them frolicking was very pretty. Love stuff like that. Some (kinda toxic imo) fans are mad that more and more small cutscenes are made in that style. But they're mainly used for stories being told, memories of a time long gone for the character speaking. They're perfect for that kind of dialogue, and makes it so resources that would have been used for a cutscene like that can be used elsewhere. All while still giving us a visual story with honestly beautiful graphics.

So that exotic mission fuckin SUCKED, but at least the cutscene at the end was just beautiful and breathtaking. A story about the strength of romantic and familial love that I wasn't expecting to get. Very, very well done on bungo's part. I may be biased cuz I tend to be soft for that kind of shit, and cuz the art for this one especially was just beautiful, but yeah. Fuck that mission, but the reward at the end was great.

[soft-butch-cassidy]

lots of complaining about d2 under the cut i just gotta get this outta my system

d2 has its share of bad writing, and while its an improvement over d1, im just like,,,, 1st of all i didnt even realize the government was set up as it was until i did my own lore digging. like theres p much nothing in game saying “ya this is the government structure, its three faction leaders and the vanguard” like i didnt even know that the factions were the fuckin government until i did reading outside the game. thats also an issue for d1 too but i feel like. in the wake of literal, actual war that destroyed half the city there would be more in-game conversation or something about “oh fuck we need to make sure the government is working so we can rebuild and protect people and make sure society doesnt collapse.” and 2nd if the speaker is dead whos the new speaker. the govt works by making a decision and then sending it to him like “yo we thought we should do this” and he goes “yea cool” or “nah fix that shit” but if hes dead?? which im like 99% sure he is? what is gonna happen. who is the new speaker. do we need a new speaker? are we going to have a new govt system set up? and THEN what the fuck was osiris doing while all this was going on?? were he and sagira just sitting around in the infinite forest playing craps bc they were like “o fuck the light is gone thats Problematique” or like,,, had osiris yeeted sagira through the gate before the red war and was just fucking around on his own praying he didnt die for however long it took for us to wake up the traveler? what does he think now that the speaker, who banished him, is dead? he doesnt even fuckin mention his entire cult following which would be cool, like if he interacted with vance and vance lost his shit. the dlc is cool but feels so,,, removed from the vanilla story. even in d1 the dlc still fit the vanilla story, yknow? taken king went along great with the story, and knocked it out of the park with pretty good writing. house of wolves developed some characters people liked. people LOVE being friends with characters that are by default enemies. why cant there be friendly eliksni in d2? where the fuck is variks and can he be my warlock’s bf? where in the goddamn is savathun and when is she coming to kick ass and drag her brother’s corpse outta saturn bc, yknow, he brought her back from true death, dont see why she cant do the same for him. theres so much wink wink nudge nudge about things bungie COULD elaborate on but they wont and its frustrating!! i kno some shit can be mysterious, like the collapse and the golden age, thats fine, thats understandable. a little mystery is good. a little wonder is great. but when its thing that are pointless or should be clarified its just annoying.