In the MMO shooter Destiny , Bungie still has a lot planned for the weapons. This is revealed in an interview with Bungie Raid expert Luke Smith.
The US fan site Planet Destiny conducted an interview with Luke Smith on the sidelines of E3. He is a former journalist and now a developer, who designed the first Raids in Destiny so well with his team that it probably earned him a promotion, and he is now stepping more into the spotlight with “The Taken King”.
Pistols have a future in Destiny
In the interview, Smith explains that they will definitely continue the category “pistols” introduced in “House of Wolves”. In “House of Wolves” the two pistols there only gave a taste of the weapon category. They have some “cool” ones planned and want to expand the “pistol” weapon category in the future.
The Spring of the Shotgun
Regarding the balance, or how strong individual weapon types are, Smith says, they will continue to regularly adjust the balance, so that some weapon types are in vogue while others are not. Smith speaks, in a metaphorical sense, of the “era of a certain weapon category” that then shifts.
It’s likely that at the beginning of Destiny we had the “Autumn of the Auto Rifle”, later the “Winter of the Hand Cannon” and perhaps just now the “Spring of the Shotgun,” but Smith does not elaborate on this too much.
Weapon Brands, Manufacturers, and the Subclasses of Destiny
Smith indicates one more thing for the future of weapons: manufacturers and weapon brand names will play a larger role. Players should be able to recognize just by looking whether someone is firing with a SUROS or an Omolon weapon. This “background story” with the weapon manufacturers and their specific brands will be further developed. In “King of the Taken”, large weapon manufacturers like SUROS, Omnolon, or Hakke will each have their own collection of weapons that share common traits and clearly identifiable design elements.
Apart from weapons, Smith suggests that they will introduce the subclasses for the three Destiny classes separately through a quest. Here, players should also learn quite a bit about their class in general.
