The gameplay reveal in the livestream for Destiny 2 is just around the corner. What do we already know about Destiny 2 and which questions are particularly exciting at this time?
On Thursday, May 18th at 7 PM, the highly anticipated gameplay premiere for Destiny 2 will take place. Bungie has been teasing this event for days and weeks. There’s hardly a Guardian who hasn’t marked the day in red on their calendar. After all, Community Manager DeeJ promised that during the gameplay reveal, where for the first time in-game footage of Destiny 2 will be shown, all the Guardians’ questions will be answered.
Since the reveal trailer at the end of March, official information about Destiny 2 has been scarce. There was constant reference to May 18th. And today, at 7 PM, it is finally happening. Bungie will pull back the curtain and present what awaits the Guardians with Destiny 2.
What do we already know about Destiny 2? Essentially nothing
The official information about Destiny 2 so far can be summarized in a few sentences: It will be a complete sequel. All your items will be left behind, only the appearance of the characters will remain. Story-wise, there will be an invasion of the Cabal led by Garry Ghaul, who will stake a claim on the Last City. Additionally, Destiny 2 will have a world without Light. Furthermore, Activision has stated that there will be a continuous stream of content for Destiny 2.
It’s interesting and noteworthy: Despite Destiny 2 being such a large game, in which many people are working, there have surprisingly been few leaks so far. There has been no in-game footage to date. Destiny 2 is being well-guarded.
This article, summarizing what we want answers to at the gameplay reveal, can simply be put like this: Everything!
But we’ll pick out ten aspects.
Question 1: What powers do the Guardians use in Destiny 2?
Destiny 2 will have a world without Light. This means that the Guardians will be in some way separated from the Light of the Traveler, which represents the source of the Guardians’ power. Guardians in Destiny 2 can no longer rely on this. They may regain the Light powers over the course of the story — until then, they cannot just hit the minions of Darkness with sticks.
So what powers will the Guardians use instead?
We already wrote an article on this topic: We believe that the Guardians in Destiny 2 will not be stripped of all their powers. The three focuses that came with The Taken King might remain with the players. After all, they don’t originate directly from the Traveler, but are merely “refined” by the Light.
- The Titan traveled to Mercury to forge a hammer at a flame forge and thus become the Sunbreaker.
- The Nighthawk draws his power directly from the Void
- and the Stormcaller from the Storm. Therefore, a trance (Storm trance) is needed for this super, as it is not their own powers, but he merely harnesses them and uses them for a short time.
In addition to these already known powers, it’s likely that we will gain completely new powers. On caps to Destiny 2 are animal symbols for the classes Warlock, Hunter, and Titan, which presumably correspond to new focuses. The Titan has a lion (or a chimera), the Hunter has a snake (or a basilisk), and the Warlock has an eagle (or a phoenix). We may see these animal symbols in some form during the gameplay reveal.
There are many possibilities for further focuses, as there are numerous sources of power in the Destiny universe. One example we dealt with in “Rise of Iron”: SIVA. Then there’s the Darkness, which could be explored more deeply through Eris Morn or Osiris. The Awoken and the Nine also have special abilities.
We are excited about what is to come!
On the next pages, we will present further questions. On page 2, you will find an exciting question regarding a problem that arises in Destiny 2.
