during the lead up to D2, a lot of people were worried that there would be too much Cayde due to him being singled out in the promotional material,; D2 was looking to be too cheesy.

for those of you that were worried about Cayde fatigue, how do you think Bungie did?

I didn't think Cayde was really an issue at all. I think there was a good balance between humor and drama.

I thought he was perfect. Silly when he could be, but serious when he needed to be. Maybe a little silly, but I was still okay with that.

I thought they done did good. Cayde didn't ruin it for me, he was funny and entertaining, maybe a little more "shtick" on the spectrum than I would prefer, but they didn't take it to the point that it ruined it.

during the lead up to D2, a lot of people were worried that there would be too much Cayde due to him being singled out in the promotional material,; D2 was looking to be too cheesy.

for those of you that were worried about Cayde fatigue, how do you think Bungie did?

I didn't think Cayde was really an issue at all. I think there was a good balance between humor and drama.

I was a bit let down by the amount of the whole Vanguard in the game (for reasons that I've discussed), and Cayde was no exception. I think he wasn't as annoying or as hammy as D1 and the marketing was making him, but at the same time, he wasn't in it enough for me to really get to see a distinct character, or what strengths separated him from any other rogue Hunter. Isn't the Vanguard made up of the best representatives of their classes? What makes Cayde special other than a penchant for jokes and quips?

Basically, I wish we had had more Cayde, but specifically more meaningful scenes with Cayde that would help us care about who he is...

But then, that's what fan fiction is for, no?

I was never disappointed in Cayde-6's appearances. His dialogue and synced gestures were perfect in every way.

Give me more Cayde-6, just like we've seen.

I'd have been fine with more, honestly. Love Nathan Fillian's voice acting.

The only character I wish there was less of is the rep guy on Io. That whole character is awful and the voice actor is chewing the scenery.

I was worried Failsafe would annoy me, but she's actually my favorite behind Cayde-6 now. So great!

during the lead up to D2, a lot of people were worried that there would be too much Cayde due to him being singled out in the promotional material,; D2 was looking to be too cheesy.

for those of you that were worried about Cayde fatigue, how do you think Bungie did?

I didn't think Cayde was really an issue at all. I think there was a good balance between humor and drama.

I found Cayde unbearable most of the time. It's not "the amount of Cayde" in the game that was the problem, per say. It was the "type of Cayde" that we got. Cayde in TTK was actually mostly serious, with little moments of levity here and there. Cayde in D2 is cracking wise with every. Single. Line. Which is already a problem, and made far worse by the fact that almost none of it was funny in the least.

Bungie did avoid one pitfall I was worried about: they didn't treat Cayde as the only source of humour in the game. Unfortunately, the other sources of humour (Ghost, Failsafe) were just as poorly done as Cayde.

So in short, I think Destiny 2 is generally full of bad attempts at humour, with Cayde being the most obnoxious example (all just IMO of course).

He had one or two lines that actually made me laugh. Most of it fell pretty flat for me, but it didn't really hinder my enjoyment of the game. He still seems way too silly and over the top for my tastes. He's Mal Reynolds dialed up way passed eleven. But Mal has real depth and Cayde is super one note. To be fair, so is literally everyone else in the game, but it's way more grating to see a character played solely for comic relief and that character isn't funny.

I largely enjoyed him. His lines and actions on Nessus were pretty amusing. I liked his "no time to explain" joke and his lines when the Hydra appeared and as you fight it. I also loved his various dialogue in the Strikes.

In the Failsafe one, he gets cut out of the feed but hacks his way back in and, in some variants, even eventually gets Failsafe to agree that he's actually all right. My favorite one, though, is the Arms dealer Strike. The first few times it was Zavala handing off control of the Strike to Hawthorne with Cayde-6 helping while complaining that Zavala had promised he'd get to run the Strike.

Then I start it one time and Zavala immediately hands it off to Cayde-6... and he wasn't ready! Got a real LOL from me. I'm not sure if the different Strike variants play in order or if they are randomly chosen, but it worked perfectly the way I experienced them!

I do agree I wish we got to see a bit more of Cayde-6 being actually awesome to go along with his humor, but I still loved him all the same.

I thought it was an acceptable level of Cayde. He wasn't involved with every little part of the game.

Amount of Cayde was fine. However, at times I felt like I was listening to Cayde play Nathan Fillion, not the other way around.

I thought it went pretty well? I could have used some more of all the characters, really, but I'm perfectly pleased with how it went, and how they handled Cayde.

Also Failsafe. Oh my god, Failsafe. She's easily my new favorite character, honestly. She strikes a good balance between humor and serious content, for me? I'm relatively easy to please, but while I can get why some people think Cayde never acts like there's any real stakes, and I had one or two moments like that, once you've spent centuries on a random planetoid by yourself with all of your friends dead irreverence just kinda makes sense.