Initial thoughts on the new season? (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Wednesday, March 06, 2019, 12:25 (2158 days ago) @ cheapLEY

I liked the new Gambit Prime mode. It felt like it took some of the slog out of Gambit and focused down on the best parts of Gambit's gameplay loop. The Reckoning step to get Gambit Prime armor felt ok for this tier 1 level, but I fear the higher tiers will pay out something like EP where there are either too few people around so you're simply doomed, or too many where you don't really have to do much. Sharing the world with other players can be nice sometimes but other times I do wish there was a way to accomplish some of this stuff using my on competence instead of having to hope against hope the Randos stop spinning in circles long enough to help me defeat a boss.

There's also this random quest to kill Taken bosses in the Dreaming City. I need 10 or so more, so hopefully this leads somewhere interesting. (No need to tell me it doesn't... I'm not banking on this being some major plot thread or anything.)

On the Lore front, there are six short-ish new books that are pretty interesting:

• Dust - Seems to reveal the true identity and some motives of the Nine. Pretty cool stuff on a hard scifi level.
  
• Ecdysis - Follows a member of the Yang Liwei's crew from leaving the Sol System, to becoming an Awoken, to becoming a Guardian, to becoming someone who is lost in grief and is completely obsessed with the Nine.
  
• For Every Rose, a Thorn - More stories from Shin Malphur about his life, The Last Word, and the Shadows... Guardians who are following somewhat in the footsteps of Dredgen Yor. This book contains quite the twist! (Though, the one Reddit thread I saw on the twist misunderstood things, I think.)
  
• The Man With No Name - Seems to be the origin and early decades of the Drifter. He interacted with the Iron Lords a good bit.
  
• Book: Stolen Intelligence - Sorta an "ongoing tales across Destiny" type collection of intel collected from across our solar system. Touches on things like the state of the remaining Eliksni, whether the Vanguard is relevant anymore, strange alien occurrences not caused by any known faction, questioning how the Red Legion were able to launch their surprise attack on The City, what Callus and the Leviathan are doing, more strange alien happenings that involve Eris Morn and frightening dreams, and the Drifter yelling at / having conversations with the Nine.
  
• The Warlock Aunor - Ongoing messages from a Warlock of the Praxic Order who is convinced that the Drifter is as big a thread to The City as the Hive or Vex or Cabal.

In general, I think this ongoing pace Destiny has established recently is a good thing. I like the ongoing flow of Lore. I do miss in-game story content, though. So much is in the air and at a pause right now, I eager to see what is actually next. But that might not happen until the Fall, after these three Seasons have run their course.