In Destiny 2 , Guardians are plagued by numerous questions: Where are the Ghosts in the trailer? Why can’t Guardians use their powers anymore?
With Destiny 2 there will be a “hard reset”: Guardians will not carry over weapons from part 1. In the game, it is explained that the Cabal have overrun the Last City and destroyed the Guardians’ arsenal.
But it goes even further. This “disempowerment” at the beginning of Destiny 2 is not only limited to weapons: The Ghosts and the powers of the Guardians could also be gone.
In any case, no Ghosts are visible in the trailer – and there is only one application of a “power”: Warlock leader Ikora Rey uses the Stormcaller melee.
Destiny 2: Without Ghosts, without weapons, and without powers? Those damn space turtles!
Besides the loss of equipment, there are two further questions that are currently troubling Guardians:
- In the trailer, it is stated: Guardians have died. But they can’t die as long as their Ghosts are with them. However, no Ghosts were visible in the trailer, what’s going on? Are the Ghosts gone?
- Where is our Space Magic? How could the Cabal defeat us? Why don’t we nova bomb and smash their turtle faces like we always do?
Even in the announcement for the game, Bungie directly states: “Ghaul has taken the power away from the Guardians of the City.” How the hell did the top turtle manage that?
Are the Cabal hunting our Ghosts?
YouTuber “My name is Byf” has dealt with these questions and comes to interesting conclusions: The Cabal are much cleverer than they appear and may have actually managed to disempower the Guardians in this way. He justifies this with “lore hints” found in the game.
But first: We do not know whether the Ghosts are truly gone – just because they were not seen in the trailer. The English voice of “our Ghost,” Nolan North, will definitely be heard again in Destiny 2. The award-winning voice actor has announced that he is back.
Nolan North CONFIRMED for #Destiny2 — here’s the clip. pic.twitter.com/Ue9bKu2WLS
— ETC Show (@ETCShow) March 30, 2017
But now to the core:
- It could really be that the Cabal have figured out the “trick of the Guardians” to become immortal through the Ghosts. In the Grimoire card “Ghost Fragment Cabal 4” it is clear that the Cabal know about the power of the Ghosts to resurrect the Guardians. The Cabal may have specifically destroyed the Ghosts in an attack to finally defeat the Guardians. The space turtles are much cleverer than they look.
- In this context, the damn clever Cabal could also have figured out that our “space tricks” come from the Light. The Light was granted to us by the Traveler. The Cabal are very familiar with the Traveler. The Cabal may have found a way to attack the Traveler and thus strip us of our power. They could have taken the trick from the Hive.
- In the trailer, it can be seen that the Traveler is surrounded by a kind of “energy shield” that, upon closer inspection, looks like Cabal technology. Did the Cabal cut us off from the “space magic” this way?
- Since the Ghosts are connected to the Traveler, they could be separated from us this way. Or the Ghosts have formed the shield around the Traveler and therefore cannot stand by the Guardians.
- In any case, a targeted attack by the Cabal on the Traveler would be a “logical explanation” for why the Guardians are less powerful than they were during Destiny 1.
The Guardians would then need to learn new powers in Destiny 2 that do not directly come from the Traveler and the Light or “free” the Traveler in the course of Destiny 2’s storyline.
Hopefully Bungie is really that clever
Mein-MMO says: It’s funny. The reason for starting anew with Destiny 2 is actually: Because it’s a new game and you start “weak” and not already all-powerful. Because getting stronger is the appeal of Destiny.
But justifying it lore-wise is tricky as you can tell. With the reasoning “All your stuff is gone!” like in the trailer, the Guardians are not satisfied. They immediately say: Wait! My stuff was in the “Reef” – that should still be there.
One must be curious whether Bungie is really as clever as My name is Byf believes, and whether Bungie will provide a coherent justification for this “disempowerment.” It would certainly be an interesting approach for the story of Destiny 2.
With the strange state that fans of Destiny are currently in, we are dealing with here:
Destiny 2: “Wake me up at release” – Fans in emotional turmoil
