Destiny 2 has been offering multiplayer emotes for some time now. While previously, only 2 players could participate in an emote, it seems that with Shadowkeep, whole fireteams can celebrate together.
What are multiplayer gestures anyway? Destiny 2 offers a wide range of emotes that allow your Guardians to perform all sorts of funny actions in special animations. Multiplayer emotes are special gestures that two Guardians can join in – at least so far. They were introduced in the game with the Winterfest “The Dawning” at the end of 2018.
Both Guardians do not even need to own the gesture. The one who has equipped the emote can execute it, and within that framework, a second Guardian is prompted to interact with the executing player. If they respond, the multiplayer gesture will then be executed together by both characters.
These currently include, among others, fist-bumps, high fives, hugs, and more.
What’s up with the new gestures? In a recently released video, observant Guardians discovered a new multiplayer emote that has not existed in this form before.
For the first time, there is a gesture shown in which a team of three Guardians participates. Soon, entire fireteams may be able to celebrate their heroic deeds together.
Here you can see the fireteam gesture: A glimpse of this new emote type was shown in the reveal trailer for the Destiny 2 move to Steam. You can view the gesture starting at 0:22.
Three Guardians can be seen, joining their hands together and then raising them up together.
When could the new emotes arrive? This is not exactly known, as Bungie has not mentioned this new gesture type yet. However, some speculate that this emote could come with the Shadowkeep expansion in the fall.
On one hand, because the Guardians in the trailer wear new Shadowkeep armor during the gesture. On the other hand, the in-game shop Eververse, which has previously offered such emotes, will be revamped with Shadowkeep and Bungie has announced many cool new contents in this context.
However, it is also pointed out that it could just as easily be 3 Guardians performing the same emote simultaneously – even if this is not considered very likely.
How are the MP emotes being received so far? Although some multiplayer gestures such as the Connection referencing Dragon Ball Z are well received by many fans, the MP emotes are also criticized.
According to many fans, the “hitbox” for interaction with most of these gestures is currently really bad – it is anything but easy to respond to the gesture and interact with the executing partner. It rarely works on the first try or without annoying fiddling.
If the shown material is indeed a new emote type, then the legitimate question arises as to how an emote for three (or possibly more) Guardians should work when there are already such problems with MP gestures for 2 players.
What would you think of an emote for entire fireteams or even raid teams? Cool idea or unnecessary gimmick?
