In his last letter to the community, Luke Smith spoke to the players of Destiny 2. A sentence evokes a hope for something many long for: a grand, united Destiny. A Destiny without a number behind it.
This is the situation: Bungie has parted ways with Activision and will continue to develop Destiny 2 and the entire “Destiny” brand independently.
In the letter to the community “This Week at Bungie”, Luke Smith addressed the fans. He is now the Franchise Director, responsible for the bigger picture.
In his post, he actually said very little concrete, but the particular choice of his words makes players dream.
These are the 2 sentences in question:
- “When I look forward and think about which direction Destiny could take, I see a bright future rooted in an unforgettable past.”
- “Not everything has been lost in the dark corners of time.”
The sentence that not everything has been lost in the dark corners of time references “The Glass Chamber”, the raid for which Smith was responsible. Elsewhere, Luke Smith reminds that the Guardian should continue to evolve, the character that players have been following since 2014.
What do players want to read here? Players want to interpret this as a hint that Bungie is working on a “united Destiny”. This would start with everything from Destiny 1 coming back to Destiny 2. Many contents were indeed left behind by Bungie when Destiny 2 relaunched.
The “united Destiny” is a wish that keeps appearing in one form or another in the Destiny community. There was even a long thread with all sorts of “evidence” that Bungie is indeed working on exactly that (via reddit).
Apart from the nostalgia, it is also a forward-looking wish: Some hope that Bungie will stop developing individual parts of Destiny and continually removing content from the game, but instead build “a great Destiny” that they will keep evolving.
This is what it means: The likely explanation for these sentences is that Luke Smith wants to remind players of their nostalgia and make it clear that they indeed have a 5-year shared history with the players and their Guardians.
However, the reactions show what some players of Destiny actually wish for (via reddit). A Destiny without a number behind it, encompassing all of Destiny.
The idea of a “unified Destiny” keeps surfacing on Reddit, showing a map with all contents from Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 together in one orbit. It is an impressive image.
Many are also skeptical about a Destiny 3: Because that would again appear without the contents of Destiny 2. Games like The Elder Scrolls Online, on the other hand, offer an ever-expanding world over the years without removing content.
This is what Luke Smith also said:
