At the time of writing this, I am less than 12 hours from getting my hands on Destiny 2. I’ve set aside family, work, and all adult responsibilities to get me 24 hours of uninterrupted potential game time. I say potential because I will still sleep and eat, curse this weak vessel that is my body. Obviously, I am excited but since I skipped the Beta, trailers, and most articles to avoid spoilers..what am I excited about?
Certainly, it’s the unknown of just the new content. I loved Destiny, so more of it to explore and enjoy would be great. My favorite part of destiny was the weapons, specifically Thorn. In real life, I’m a collector and somewhat sentimental, so naturally by Hunter avatar is all of these things too. I find the gear I like and that’s what I use. Games that force you to constantly drop weapons for slightly better ones annoy me. It was one of the biggest weaknesses in The Division in my opinion. I think it just stands to reason that while a special operator is probably good with lots of weapons, they are going to have a preferred setup. If you are going to take the time to designed a game where the guns function and fire differently, why not let me decide which I prefer and let me stick with it. Sure sometimes different guns give you an advantage, maybe an arc sniper is the best weapon to beat a specific strike or encounter in a raid, well fuck that it’s just me and Thorn. I used lots of other weapons over the course of three years, but you get my drift. Now I’m not saying I need these exact guns in D2 or I’ll be pissed off. I think I’m most excited to find my new favorites. If Thorn comes back you can bet I’ll jump thru whatever hoops I need to and get it. But I’m really looking forward to the new stuff. Thorn, Invective, and a couple others were my go to in D1, but what will it be in D2? I don’t know and I’m so excited to find out.
