Destiny's story in 4 minutes (give or take 10) (Destiny)

by Speedracer513 , Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, October 07, 2014, 16:44 (3937 days ago) @ dogcow

Watching that, I think the major problem with the plot is that the side missions have absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the main plot, and there's very little indication that they're even "side" missions when they first appear. Or at least, I didn't get that until I was playing through with my second character.

Perhaps I will help to illustrate your point, but... I'm not exactly clear on what the side missions are vs the story missions. Patrols & Strikes?

There are story missions that are not part of the main story. I can't remember their names exactly, but I think both Venus and Mars have one or two missions that open up to you along the way but don't really follow the main storyline. I remember being confused when the game told me that the final task was to go to the Black Garden, but I still had two missions I hadn't done yet. I think the reason Bungie probably did it this way was to help with the problem of not leveling up fast enough to keep pace with the main story missions -- but I'm not convinced that was the best way to handle it. I definitely would have appreciated if these "side" story missions only unlocked after I worked my way through the story.