In Destiny 2, a new origin story awaits players starting in Year 4. This is intended to make the entry easier for newcomers while allowing veterans to indulge in nostalgia.
This will soon change: Destiny 2 is heralding the start of its 4th year with the major expansion Beyond Light. Bungie has now announced that this will also come with a new introductory story for the Guardians.
The start for new players will take place in the Cosmodrome but is set to be significantly expanded. Bungie aims to enhance the experience so that freshly minted Guardians will be “introduced to the world and mechanics of Destiny and prepared to play the action MMO.”
By the way, the origin story will be rewritten for all Destiny players. Even veterans can experience the new story entry and pretend they just awoke as Guardians.
Why does Destiny 2 get a new origin story?
The new backstory serves two purposes:
- The start for “New Light” players is to be improved. New Light is the free-to-play version of Destiny 2, which offers a plethora of content. Unfortunately, all the possibilities and quest markers often overwhelm new Guardians – they often don’t know what to tackle in which order. The new and expanded start is supposed to finally provide more clarity and structure the key experiences for newcomers.
- The original start campaign will disappear from the game and will no longer be accessible. Thus, a new intro is needed.
Not only will the “Red War” story depart, but many quests and even entire planets will no longer be playable starting November 10. The content will be vaulted and replaced by new material as well as highlights from Destiny 1 – vaulted content may also return in the future.
MyMMO has summarized here how the system works and what will disappear:
This is what the start looked like 3 years ago: Originally, the beginning of Destiny 2 was as follows: The Cabal attack Earth, stealing the Guardians’ superpowers and capturing the mysterious Traveler. Subsequently, players had to fight their way back up as a broken “mortal” and end the reign of terror of the red turtle aliens.
During this campaign, players learned how to handle their abilities and weapons, how to complete quests, and which mechanics are necessary for later successes, such as in Raids. All of this will be completely removed.
What about the other old campaigns? These campaigns will also disappear (including the locations):
- Curse of Osiris – Players encounter the famous time traveler Osiris and help him confront the Vex on Mercury for the first time.
- Warmind – Together with the new ally Ana Bray, players meet the Warmind and machine god Rasputin on Mars and repel the Hive.
Both expansions offer relatively short campaigns and are currently available to all Destiny players for free. Those who want to experience the stories still have about 3 months left.
Bungie also confirmed that you can play the campaigns of the two major expansions Forsaken and Shadowkeep effortlessly in Year 4 – provided you own the DLCs.
What do you think of the rewritten start for all Guardians? Especially for the newcomers out there, this should be good news. How did you feel about the original story about Ghaul and the loss of your super abilities?
You don’t have to miss out on the special weapons from the retiring content: Destiny 2: How to get Exotics from missing content starting this fall
