In the Destiny franchise, most weapons have more than quirky names. Destiny 2 is no exception. Mark Noseworthy and Luke Smith recently discussed how weapons in Destiny get their names, who is responsible for it, and which names are completely unsuitable for new firearms or swords.
What kind of crazy names? Bungie is probably best known for their two shooter franchises, Halo and Destiny. While the weapons in Halo, which is being developed in recent times by 343 Industries, still had quite tame names, Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 seem to have no limits when it comes to quirks.
By now, the franchise boasts more than 600 weapons with names like “Fatebringer”, “The Gourmand”, or “The Colony”.
Who is responsible for the names? Mark Noseworthy and Luke Smith provided a small insight into how the weapons in the game get their names and who is responsible for naming them. As Smith explained:
There’s no real style guide for what a Destiny weapon name is and what isn’t. But the origin really comes from that old notepad where Jason Jones (Chief Creative Officer) and Chris Barrett (Game Director) and a few others like Eric Raab (Narrative Designer) built a first library. They [these names] just have a certain feel.
So there is no randomizer or any other method by which the weapon names are chosen. Each individual name is crafted “by hand” by the writers and developers at Bungie. This includes Luke Smith, who stated that choosing weapon names is one of his favorite activities when working on Destiny and Destiny 2.
Which names are completely unsuitable? However, some names are too much for the Destiny universe, as Mark Noseworthy pointed out. Names that are too serious or too SciFi-like simply don’t fit into the rather fun or silly world.
Smith mentions that the name “Fatebringer” felt very “edgy” for him at the time. Especially compared to weapons like “The Comedian” which were released or planned around the same time.
