Just before the launch of the Warmind DLC, the Destiny 2- product page of the Playstation Store also received an update and has recently listed the upcoming 2nd expansion. In the accompanying visuals, fans have found hints about the return of a popular exotic weapon from Destiny 1, the return of the Sleeper Simulant. What’s the truth?
The release of DLC II, Warmind, is approaching quickly. More and more details about features of the Warmind expansion are becoming known. Fans are analyzing every little piece of information in hopes of more clues about potential content. Now the community has discovered something interesting. Is another popular exotic weapon from Destiny 1 making its return in the 2nd DLC?
Does the Playstation Store show the Sleeper Simulant?
In the new visuals on the product page of the official Playstation Store for the Warmind expansion, fans have discovered a detail that is currently causing hot discussions among the Guardians.
The character on the left in the background is holding a weapon that, upon closer inspection, resembles the Sleeper Simulant from Destiny 1.
The Sleeper Simulant is a fusion rifle for the heavy weapon slot in Destiny 1. Similar to the linear fusion rifles in Destiny 2, the Sleeper fires a single, bundled laser beam after a short charge. This deals enormous damage, can penetrate multiple enemies, and additionally ricochets off walls. The Sleeper was among the most popular heavy weapons in Destiny 1.
Now many fans are sure – the Sleeper Simulant is coming back. Several factors support this. Most obviously is the appearance of the shown weapon. The resemblance to the Sleeper cannot be denied.
Furthermore, the muzzle of the weapon glows blue, which in the Crucible is an indicator that it is a linear fusion rifle. This weapon class is considered to be power weapons in Destiny 2, which would also include the Sleeper in a potential return.
The function of linear fusion rifles in Destiny 2 is mostly similar to the firing behavior of the Sleeper Simulant, which supports the idea that they would likely belong to the same weapon type. Since there is currently no exotic representative of this weapon class in Destiny 2, it is quite conceivable that Bungie is now providing replenishment in the form of the Sleeper.
Further hints at the return of the Sleeper Simulant
Further hints about a possible return of this weapon come from Bungie itself. Chris Barrett, the Game Director of Destiny 2, posted some mysterious lines in the stream chat during a recent stream of the popular “Destiny Down Under” podcast.
These code lines apparently come from a sub-routine of Rasputin from Warmind and show some similarities to the code structure in the Grimoire card of the Sleeper Simulant. The interesting thing is the designation POLARIS.
When players searched for a possible meaning of this term, they immediately came across another possible hint at the Sleeper. Because Polaris is not only a code fragment from Rasputin.
POLARIS also stands for Petawatt Optical Laser Amplifier for Radiation Intensive ExperimentS. This is the world’s only fully diode-pumped high-performance laser system, with which the Physics-Astronomy Faculty of the University of Jena and the Helmholtz Institute conduct experiments on laser-particle acceleration.
This hint also argues in favor of a likely return of the Sleeper Simulant in the eyes of the community.
What do you think? Will the Sleeper Simulant actually return? Would you be happy about a return of the weapon?
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