New Forsaken info from GameInformer cover story. (Destiny)

by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Wednesday, July 04, 2018, 14:48 (2411 days ago) @ cheapLEY

Well, this was interesting to parse through. I skipped over anything that seemed even remotely enemy based, plus anything that looked like this. All I really want to know about right now is the upcoming quality of life stuff and things that will change this games backbone, for lack of a better way to put it. Instead of quoting it, I'm just going to bold this stuff.

• Ammo type is no longer directly tied to weapon slots.
  
  Which we know.
  
  
• Many weapon archetypes are moving out of the Power slot.
  
  Such as...?
  
  
• Hawthorne's Field-Forged Shotgun is now Kinetic.
  
  Wait. What! Thats it? Just put in Kinetic now? No tweaks? I mean... that's a pretty good shotgun. Hmmm. Why is this the exception to the rule?
  
  
• Primary/Secondary using White Ammo: Auto Rifles, Bows, Handcannons, Pulse Rifles, Scout Rifles, Sidearms and SMGs.
  
  Tasty!
  
  
• Primary/Secondary using Green Ammo: Breech-Loaded Grenade Launchers, Fusion Rifles, Shotguns, Snipers and Trace Rifles.
  
  If all Breech-Loaded Grenade Launchers use Green Ammo now, then how is Fighting Lion still a unique exotic? Does it use White ammo now?
  
  
• Power using Purple Ammo: Drum-Loaded Grenade Launchers, Linear Fusion Rifles, Rocket Launchers and Swords.
  
  Toasty!
  
  
• Main Ingredient is now in the energy slot.
  
  Again, why is this the exception to the rule?
  
  
• Forsaken moves the Level Cap to 50 and the Power Cap to 600.
  
  Wow. That's quite a jump.
  
  
• "The Dreaming City is the most picturesque work the developers have produced."
  
  Just form the little I've seen, I can tell. Look forward to it.
  
  
• Does the Expansion Pass mean no more Story Content? "No, lore, story and characters are always important to experience in Destiny, the expansion pass is about moving away from the one and done nature of the story campaigns from DLC's past. It focuses on replayable experience and content that extends the game.
  
  I like the concept idea at least.
  
  
• Barrett: "We wanted to shift the tone of Destiny to be a little bit darker. We want the tone of the story and the cinematics to actually reflect that. And that doesn't mean that comedy or humor doesn't have a place in Destiny, it absolutely does, but it can't be every time a character speaks or every time the Ghost talks that they're trying to do a one-liner joke.
  
  Thank you.
  
  
• Director has been redesigned to provide an intuitive guide to meaningful content (Flashing destinations when things are happening) and less focus on milestones.
  
  I would love a visual preview of this. If anyone comes across this in some imagery, could ya ping it here?
  
  
• All [Vanguard, Crucible and Gambit] activities as well as Flashpoint now refresh every 4 days, with Raid still being on a weekly reset.
  
  Keeping track of this in a 7 day week is going to be... interesting, as it will keep changing.
  
  
• Individual Strikes are now on Destination maps rather than only being accessible through a playlist.
  
  Cool.
  
  
• Ships, Sparrows, Ghost Shells, Emotes, Shaders, Emblems, Exotics and Y1 Armour and Weapons can be retrieved from the collection.
  
  So in other words, everything we have right now gear wise will be going into collections, do I have that right? Does that include the things I've masterworked?
  
  
• Year 1 Armour & Weapons won't get random rolls.
  
  Yep.
  
  
• Vault is expanding to 500 slots (up from current 300).
  
  Yep-Yep. In a way it'll be expanding even more on the initial once I get to delete everything.
  
  
• Mod overhaul features less conditions such as subclass or specific weapon requirements, but rather allow for more specialised gear, so adding a mod that increases in-air accuracy or increased damage against vehicles.
  
  And hopefully will be less of a Cancer on my vault space.
  
  
• Triumphs are an evolution of the Record Books from Destiny 1. Out of the gate there are sections for Character, Destinations, Events, Gambit, PvP, Vanguard, Lore and Timeworn Labours, which are Triumphs only achievable during certain time periods.
  
  Collect them all!
  
  
• New Lore, readable in-game such as Awoken Sacred Texts. 10-15 new stories to discover.
  
  I look forward to Ragashingos write up. :)