The community is furious and even many loyal fans like Aztecross and lore expert Byf are disappointed with the ending of the Destiny 2 expansion “Lightfall”. Our Destiny author Christos shows you what the community thinks of the ending.
SPOILER WARNING
In the following post, we will discuss the story of Lightfall. If you don’t want to be spoiled, you should click away.
Why are many players dissatisfied? Lightfall provided many adjustments in its update that were meant to change Destiny 2 in a positive direction:
- Many well-known mods were revamped or removed
- You can now save your builds
- Ability cooldowns were drastically nerfed
- Guardian ranks were implemented, with a new interface
- The Tower has been upgraded
- Strand, the 5th new subclass, has been implemented
These were just some of the biggest changes and although they need to be absorbed first, many Guardians agree about the campaign of Lightfall. They say it is bad and do not understand what Bungie was thinking with this choice of story implementation.
The story explains nothing, leaving players only with question marks
What do the fans say about Lightfall? No matter where you look, you see the pitchforks and torches of the community spreading their discontent across all available social media channels. YouTube, reddit, Steam, and also Twitter are being flooded by players with question and exclamation marks.
The biggest problem is the story of Lightfall, because this expansion is supposed to herald the end of the Light and Darkness saga. It does that, but without enlightening the Guardians on what is happening.
The problem is so severe that one of the most loyal fans of Bungie, lore expert My name is Byf, couldn’t even find words for the ending of Lightfall. He commented on Twitter as follows:
OK … I have a video in the works about the story. First impression … I hate to say this, but without a shadow of a doubt there is some massive blundering … No comments on the thread, as spoilers are still a thing, but damn. So many promises remained unfulfilled.
Byf commented on the story of Lightfall (via twitter.com)
In his video (via YouTube.com) he goes into detail about what Bungie actually messed up:
- The Guardians were constantly kept in the dark
- No information regarding the Veil and how it works was revealed, even though seemingly everyone around your Guardian was well aware of it
And even the long-time Guardian Aztecross has an opinion about the story that is not any better:
Somewhat disappointed by the delivery of the Lightfall campaign. It started super strong and then seemed to rush from the middle to the end. Disappointment for me given the setup of this (DLC).
Aztecross commented on the ending of Lightfall (via twitter.com)
However, many Guardians criticize not only the story but the overall picture of Lightfall (via reddit.com).
- The story is weakly told.
- Nimbus, the vendor in Neomuna, is even worse than Shaw Han in the Cosmodrome
- He has no depth and was inappropriately developed for the serious situation of Lightfall
- Strand is weak and not as cool as Bungie marketed it
- The new mods have messed up Stasis and existing builds
However, keep in mind that this is just the first week of Lightfall. Changes and new features are always hard to digest at the beginning. A raid is still to come and there are four more seasons to enjoy. So be surprised if Bungie can and will resolve the questions that have arisen there.
Has Bungie reacted to this outcry? So far not yet, but the discontent is still on everyone’s lips and Bungie could, especially since this sentiment is visible across almost all channels, react to it. Either it will clarify what the Veil actually is, or Bungie will reassure you for the upcoming seasons that will deal with this issue. However, it is also possible that the raid will reveal an important story detail.
These options offer enough opportunities to unveil many secrets.
What do you think of Lightfall? Do you find the expansion as bad as the majority of the community or can you not understand the discontent? Let us know in the comments!
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