Restoking the Forge: How Destiny 2 Armed Itself for the Future

Yeah, yeah. We’ve been here before. Another year, another time where Will and Mikkel hop on the keyboard and discuss what it means to be a guardian. It’s like we’re stuck in an endless loop repeating the same activities on the same time tables with the same results as though a giant wish-granting Space Dragon has cursed a city of space elves and humanity is desperately trying to save everyone. Okay, let’s actually take a couple steps back. Let’s talk about Bungie’s Gambit. And I don’t mean the game mode. We did that already. Nah, how about September 2018… William: Let’s be clear, Destiny was dying a slow-drip death. However ironic, I don’t think it’s too far fetched to say that any developer who didn’t have a publisher the size of Activision backing them might have faded out past the Traveler’s light at this point. But kudos to Bungie, they did what fans really wanted: They took the bumpers off the bowling alley, and let folks enjoy themselves in the world. Which, let’s face it, included adding some new features, but also restoring some Destiny 1 standards. I won’t beat the dead horse on the random rolls argument too much, but it has made the constant accumulation of new gear more viable when you’re not getting the same gotdamn thing every strike. They gave us more pinnacle weapons. While it started slightly rough, the Black Armory has been enjoyable. Ultimately, they have re-instilled the chase and gotten (slightly) better with your economy of time. When I log in, I feel lik…