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GamesFPSDestiny 2Destiny 2 is so back? The Final Shape stream just showed a completely OP new subclass, an entirely new race of enemies, and a wild new type of exotic armorWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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Going into today’s livestream showcase of new gameplay from The Final Shape, most players were expecting a retread of the new Light subclass powers revealed last year, and maybe a walkthrough of a campaign mission.
What we just got wasnothinglike that. With Bungie’s backs against the wall amidstlayoffs,pressure from Sony, and missed financial targets, the Destiny 2 studio needed to come out all guns blazing in order to reignite interest in the climactic expansion of its decades long saga. What it actually did was nuke expectations from orbit. Here’s what they just revealed:
The Witness has an army of new enemies called The Dread
Any one of the announcements above would have been massive news to a playerbase that has grown cynical and burned out. Hell, I was wondering when we would ever see a new type of enemy and, like many people, felt pretty disappointed that the closing chapter was going to see us battling largely the same enemies we’ve been vaporising for a decade. The new race is called the Dread, and features flying units for the first time. In addition to Tormentors and Subjugators, the enemies shown also included Weavers and Attendants, which are Strand and Stasis twists on Psions, and Husks, which are melee units that if you crit shot the latter in the wrong place spawn a Geist that immediately attacks. So, try not to do that.
Visually, The Dread are themed similarly to Rhulk from the Root of Nightmares raid, and the Tormentors from the Lightfall expansion. You can see the models in the gallery below.
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Primsatic combines Light and Dark subclasses in one
Honestly, my slim hope going into the showcase was that we could see a new subclass, as these have been the highlights of the previous big expansions like Beyond Light (Stasis) and Lightfall (Strand). But before today, Bungie had only said it would be making slight reworks to our existing Light subclass. So the announcement of Prismatic, which frankly looks absolutely busted in a good way, is about as big a needle drop imaginable.
Prismatic differs from the other Subclass in that you have two super bars to fill—one Light, one Dark—after which you can activate ‘Transcendance’, which grants you what Bungie describes as a new level of power. Whilst in transcendant mode, you’ll have a new unique grenade that combines two elements. Hunters get Solar/Stasis, Titans get Strand/Arc, and Warlocks get Stasis/Void. During Transcendance you also have a weapon damage bonus that stacks with other buffs. We were also told you get more fragment slots than usual.
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New exotic class items ‘steal’ two perks from other exotics
If you haven’t been on this decade-long ride with me, that new type of exotic armor might not sound like a huge deal. But in terms of build crafting and power fantasy, this is absolutely game-breaking stuff. Being able to equip two exotic armor perks on a single item is, in itself, nuts. The fact the combination of perks is random, and can even be drawn from exotics that aren’t available to your class normally, is going to make the hunt the perfect OP synergy for your build a new white whale to chase.
You can see the models for the new class itemes below. My assumption is that the pool of possible perks with exclude things that wouldn’t make sense. For example, you wouldn’t be able to get something like the Briarbinds perk on a Hunter class item, as you don’t have access to Child of the Old God’s. But something more generic like the double melee perk from Claws of Ahamkara would be an obvious one to make available to everyone.
[Update]: These new class items willonlybe equippable on the new Prismatic subclass according to Bungie’s accompanyingblog post:
It’s also interesting to note the phrasing “parts of” rather than the entirety of an exotic perk.
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Speaking of which, Bungie actually began the stream with a rare message from executive creative director Luke Smith, who confirmed that Destiny 2 very much isn’t ending after The Final Shape. (Which frankly, wasn’t a shock given that studio had already announced a suite of three ‘Episodes’ to come in its wake.) He did however add that once the forces of The Witness have been defeated, Bungie will “confirm what’s coming next to Destiny 2 and beyond”.
The Final Shape will be released on June 4. The free Into The Light update went live today, adding a new horde mode called Onslaught, the return of The Whisper and exotic mission (Zero Hour will follow next month), and 12 reworked weapons called the ‘Brave Arsenal’. And I’m off to play it right now.
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