In the MMO shooter Destiny , they want to improve storytelling with “The Taken King”. The new story is said to last six or seven hours. Bungie has accepted that Destiny has RPG elements.

A new interview has been released with the developers of Destiny, Luke Smith and Mark Noseworthy. This time the focus is on storytelling.

Dinklage was replaced as the voice of the Ghost because he is too busy

In the interview, it became clear why they parted ways with Peter Dinklage as the voice of the “Ghost”. It was not due to his work, but because Dinklage simply didn’t have time due to acting commitments. Nolan North, on the other hand, is a professional video game voice actor; he can be called and told, “Next week – this and that!” and he would have time, he would be available.

The now more frequent “Ghost-time” is intended to be used for a new gameplay mechanic where players can have the Ghost analyze an interesting object in the world and say a few lines about it. That will be completely optional, just a bit of background about the world, similar to the Grimoire cards, but in-game.

Gameplay mechanics for raids remain the same, but are presented differently

Bungie sees such smaller changes as the key to improved storytelling. For example, they now indicate who the voice belongs to that is currently speaking with a small icon in the upper right corner.

They have changed the approach. Although they are still essentially an “action sandbox,” they have also accepted RPG elements now. A year ago, they would have been afraid of that.

They would have listed everything as “raids”, but now they are making quests out of them, with an interface, quest givers, and story elements. The gameplay mechanics don’t change much, but it feels completely different.

They will be using characters from year 1 as personnel, to whom players, even if they had little text, have already established a relationship and gotten to know.

Cayde-6 will become more important because Bungie is fond of Nathan Fillion

One of the most important characters will be Cayde-6, the contact person for Hunters in the Tower. He is voiced by Nathan Fillion (Castle, Firefly) and Bungie is thrilled with him: “Nathan Fillion is just awesome.” In the base game, Cayde-6 whispers to a Guardian, “Take me with you.” And this tiny whispered line is the basis for Cayde-6’s larger role in “The Taken King.” He is someone who longs for action again.

In “The Taken King,” Cayde-6 is supposed to play a “laid-back, daredevil” counterpart to the more somber Eris Morn. Both are Hunters, but they approach their job in very different ways.

About six to seven hours of story from beginning to climax is promised by Bungie in the interview, with cinematics and a rounded story. The actual interview is backed up by plenty of gameplay material that fans and Destiny experts are already analyzing on Reddit, focusing on every little detail, especially hints about new exotic weapons.

You can watch the interview directly on Game Informer.

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In Destiny, there are again 6 bounties from Petra Venj starting the week of 11/8. You will be going against Drevis, Skoriks, and Mecher-Orbiks-11. With these video guides, you will find the way.

This week, there are again 6 bounties in Destiny, all starting with Petra Venj, but they differ in their nature.

The bounties for the Queen in Destiny in the week of 11/8.

There are two bounties for the Queen this week, you take the bounty from Petra Venj, then go to the Public Event we are presenting to you, and wait there for the message “A wolf pack is on a hunt.” Now you participate in the Public Event, complete the objective you are there for, receive an aether key, and open an aether chest with it.

Drevis, the Wolf Baroness

The first objective leads you against Drevis, the Wolf Baroness in Destiny. She is located on Earth, at the Forgotten Coast.

Mecher-Orbiks 11

The next bounty in the name of Her Majesty for you to Mecher-Orbiks-11. He is at the Ishtar Cliffs on Venus.

The wanted bounties from Petra Venj in the week of 11/8 in Destiny

The wanted bounties are significantly simpler. They also start with Petra Venj, here it’s just about tracking down and eliminating enemies.

Skoriks, the Archon Slayer

It starts with Skoriks, the Archon Slayer. You will find him on the Moon, where he has his own story mission.

Queenbreaker Captain

The Queenbreaker Captain (yes, the German localization with another shining moment) can be found on Earth, in the under-zone Dock 13.

The Silent Rippers

The least favorite bounty: The Silent Rippers are also active this week. Unpopular because you have to kill them three times and restart the mission for that. Annoying.

The Howling Raiders

And the last bounty this week takes us to the Hall of Whispers on Venus. We are going against the Howling Raiders.

We hope that with these bounties at a glance, we have hit your taste. If you still have bounties from last week, 4/8, that you want to complete, take a look at this article.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny there is a new rotation on Tuesday, August 11th, and a patch might also be coming.

It seems like there could be the patch today on the 11th, which is supposed to bring the “Husk of the Pit” back into the game. Other changes are also expected. This could lead to maintenance tonight. However, there are no exact details yet. Currently, it is running under “If everything goes well.”

There’s a lot going on in the world of Destiny at the moment, with new information coming out almost every day. This afternoon, we plan to publish an article about the new, improved storytelling with The Taken King. But for now, let’s get to the bread and butter of Destiny, the weekly reset.

Weekly Nightfall Strike against Aksor

Archon Priest Aksor is up again. This is now the third time in four weeks. The modifiers are Solar Burn, Sidearms, and Arc Burn. Fatebringer seems to be a good choice.

Heroic Weekly against Omnigul

Omnigul, about whom not even Bungie knows her stance on Crota, is active. The modifier is Brawler, Guardians deal increased melee damage.

All about the Prison of Elders in Destiny for the week of August 11

Say “Hello” to Qodron in the 32 Prison

Qodron and his buddy, the silver Goblin, are waiting for the Guardians in the 32 Prison of Elders. We have prepared a guide to Qodron here.

1. Vex/Jump – Grenades have a significantly lower cooldown
2. Vex – Void Burn
3. Fallen/Brawler – Guardians deal increased melee damage
4. Vex/Sidearms – Primary weapons deal double damage
5. Vex/Chill – All ability cooldowns are increased

Kaliks Reborn graces us with his presence

In the 34 Prison of Elders, Kaliks Reborn is hanging around with his “I annoy you by healing myself” gimmick. We have revealed how to take Kaliks down in this guide.

1. Cabal/Specialist – Special weapon damage doubled
2. Fallen/Switch – Enemies deal increased melee damage
3. Fallen/Airborne – Players deal more damage when in the air
4. Fallen/Exposure – Guardians’ shields are increased, but do not regenerate
5. Fallen/Grounded – Players take more damage when in the air

What can Skolas do this time?

In the 35 Prison of Elders is once again the Kell of Kells, Skolas, imprisoned.

This week, these modifiers are active: Catapult and Angry.

1. Hive – Exposure/Brawler – Guardians’ shields are stronger, do not regenerate/Melee damage of Guardians is increased
2. Vex – Grounded/Airborne – Guardians deal more damage while in the air, but also take more
3. Cabal – Catapult/Arc Burn – grenade cooldown is reduced, Arc damage significantly increased, also for the enemies
4. Fallen – Specialist/Juggler – Special weapons deal double damage, enemies do not drop ammunition for the weapon they were defeated with
5. Fallen – Chill/Sidearms – Abilities have an increased cooldown, damage dealt with primary weapons is increased

What does Variks have this week?

Variks is selling a machine gun and gloves this week.

The machine gun “Chains of Orbiks-Fel” comes with Void damage, Perfect Balance, and has a chance to stun Fallen Captains.

The three gloves from Variks have the following stats in addition to 42 Light:

• for Titans 56 INT, 53 STR
• for Warlocks 100 INT
• for Hunters 53 DIS, 57 STR

All three pairs of gloves have the following perks: A chance to generate Orbs of Light when defeating Fallen in melee, increased grenade range, faster reload speed for special weapons.

Are there tips, tricks, videos, or guides for the challenges in Destiny this week?

Throughout the day, we will present you with some video runs against this week’s challenges in Destiny.

Nexxoss is tackling the Nightfall, also not overly exciting: three times in four weeks Aksor – with the current burns it’s a quick, but also dangerous round.

The challenges are designed for teams of 3 people. Automatic matchmaking is not supported, except for the weekly heroic strike. Therefore, you will need to find your fireteam yourself. Tips on how to find players for Destiny on Xbox 360, PS 3, PS4, and Xbox One can be found in this article.

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In this week’s MMO shooter Destiny, a satirical video has been crowned. We are contributing two Crucible clips from the German community.

Bungie shows humor, since the new Community Manager took over and selects the videos.

This time there is a fun review of the pulse rifle Heaven-and-Hell-Pilgrim, which makes it to the video of the week. Because everyone knows, to be a real Destiny YouTuber, you need videos about loot (Xur), videos on how to get the loot (Nightfall rewards, engram openings) and reviews of that loot (weapon reviews!).

This time the YouTuber tackles the testing part. The reviewer first checks whether the weapon shoots straight on all planets (Yep!) and how easily one can blow oneself and a Sparrow up (Not bad, but Gjallarhorn does both better!). The source of the yellow numbers when firing is only briefly a puzzle for him: Of course, it’s a hidden bonus that Bungie has built in to allow the hopelessly outmatched Hunter to deal at least a little damage. Otherwise, he would be completely humiliated compared to Titan and Warlock.

Only during the test against a blade of Crota does it fail because it has a really big sword and the reviewer is scared.

After so much irony, we are humorlessly contributing this Crucible montage by Nexxoss, who was out with Falkenmond and Felwinter . It is quite uncompromising and impressive what we get to see.

This video reached us from our community: A sniper montage from the Crucible, featuring some impressive shooting streaks. So, the best homemade fare.

Did you see a special Destiny video this week that you would like to recommend to us? Then let us know in the comments. If you also managed to create a special video in Destiny and want us to feature it: Send it to us via the contact function, we will check it out. Promise.

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In the MMO shooter Destiny there is currently one weapon dominating: the rocket launcher Gjallarhorn. But that won’t stay the same.

In an interview with IGN, Community Manager DeeJ spoke about “King of the Taken.” One of the main topics was the upcoming nerf of the cult rocket launcher Gjallarhorn. DeeJ explained that they don’t want a new Destiny game to come out and players to think first, “Great, more aliens I can take down with my Gjallarhorn!” Then they would certainly accuse the developers of sloppy design.

In Destiny, it’s about developing a character. Using the same weapons for 10 years doesn’t fit with that idea.

Base game Destiny, on 10/15, Atheon dies in record time – 4 of the players used Gjallarhorn:

Gjallarhorn was too often the logically only right choice

The problem with Gjallarhorn right now is that it is often “the logically only right choice” for a specific activity. As developers, it is our task to always give players several equally valid options to choose from, to present them with decisions.

Players should match their weapons to the circumstances: Who am I fighting against, who is fighting by my side, what tactical scenario am I entering? What are the appropriate tools for that? And if the only answer to that is “Gjallarhorn,” then we want players to think about it.

Darkness lurks, on 1/2, the command against Crota is: Gjallarhorns out!

Destiny should not become the Gjallarhorn Simulator 4.0 in a few years, but players should say: “Hey, a new Destiny game is coming. What weapons will I use this time? What will be my favorite piece?”

Players in Destiny no longer thought about other weapons

There will still be missions where Gjallarhorn is the best option, but there will also be new weapons that players will like and catch their attention. Right now, Gjallarhorn casts too much of a shadow over the other weapons.

They didn’t even think about alternatives. Players didn’t give other weapons a chance because they spent the first year of Destiny blasting things with their Gjallarhorn.

House of Wolves, final boss Skolas on 5/19 – Solar Flare is active, Gjallarhorn is on!

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