Destiny 1 was released in 2014 and actually replaced by its successor in 2017. How is the original doing today, despite Destiny 2?
This is how Destiny 1 was: The original in the Destiny universe was released by Bungie in 2014 and initially faced several challenges. The community was particularly frustrated with the lack of content and the strange story.
The content was expanded with the two DLCs “The Dark Below” and “House of Wolves” as well as with the expansions “The Taken King” and “Rise of Iron.” The storyline surrounding the “Taken King” Oryx in “The Taken King” marked the peak of Destiny 1.
At the end of the game cycle, the developers released the final update Age of Triumph, which added new items and rewards, as well as revamped activities.
The Age of Triumph was very popular and gratefully welcomed by the players. Destiny 1 was on track to become the shooter that the Guardians had always wished for.
This is how the release of Destiny 2 was: When Destiny 2 was released in September 2017, players particularly struggled with the differences from its predecessor: The Guardians were less powerful, the PvP was too slow, and the vault was a complete chaos.
To make matters worse, there were no more random rolls – random perks that made weapons unique. Particularly, the hunt for a so-called “God Roll” had kept the Guardians busy in Destiny 1 for a long time.
With the first expansion Forsaken, Destiny 2 became more similar to its predecessor again, bringing back random rolls and even collectible lore objects in the world.
This is how Destiny 1 is doing today
Here’s why Guardians play Destiny 1: The US site Polygon spoke with several players from the Destiny community for an article who still cling to Destiny 1 and are reluctant to transition to its successor.
One of the reasons is the lack of endgame content at the launch of Destiny 2, which became particularly noticeable after the Age of Triumph. One Guardian stated that he could always fall back on Destiny 1 when there was nothing to do in Destiny 2.
Even today, the community is vibrant, especially since everything is playable in Destiny 1, except for the holiday events that have been discontinued in favor of Destiny 2.
The community is quite healthy. It is held together by an intense dislike for Destiny 2. I can hardly join a party without someone (quite rightly) complaining about D2 because it is a bad game and inferior to its predecessor.
Andromolek, Destiny subreddit
What is the appeal of Destiny 1? Even after the release of Forsaken for Destiny 2, some Guardians still cannot separate themselves from Destiny 1. For example, there is the Destiny Legacy subreddit, which is solely focused on Destiny 1 and is still well visited.
Some players from this subreddit still enjoy looking back at Destiny 1 and hunting for items that are only available in the original. Others play both games and enjoy the established world in Destiny 1 while there are new things to discover in Destiny 2.
Guardian morphine_sulfate, for example, says that the raid Crota’s End has brought him back to Destiny 1 more often to collect the items he has not yet obtained in the game.
Some players claim that the legacy community of Destiny died with the release of Forsaken. Others counter that they have no trouble finding a group to do a raid in Destiny 1 or to shake things up in the crucible.
What about you? Do you still visit Destiny 1 or have you completely transitioned to Destiny 2?
