Tell your Legends! (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, October 27, 2014, 15:23 (3919 days ago) @ Kahzgul

Wow. Either your definition of legend is seriously broken or you had exactly zero good times in Destiny... Let me see if I can do this right.

1. The very first time I played Destiny in the beta I was running along with a random. We fought through the Fallen at the crashed Jumpship and he invited me to his fireteam. I accepted since co-op play was what Destiny was supposed to be about. When we got voice chat he told me something like, "Thanks! I was almost dead and you saved me back there!" Too this day I suspect Bungie secretly planted that guy and had him say the exact right thing to give me the perfect first impression.

2. Early on, playing through the story I got to the Wizard that came from the moon. I was battling and doing all right but I got pinned down on the back wall and trapped in the Wizard's poison bubble with nearly no health. I was done for! And I died. But the mission didn't restart! ZackDark had joined me, completely unrequested, just in the nick of time and saved the day.

3. There was the first time I used the Titan's Death From Above super on a trio or enemies beneath a Ward of Dawn bubble. I'd started my high, hanging jump somewhere along the path from B to C on Shores of Time and nailed the landing right in the middle of the bubble centered on C. Felt completely awesome.

4. There was the time that my character called my Ghost, "...Little Light." in a cutscene. Besides the fact that I happened to write a two part piece of fan fiction where I called a character Little Light, I was impressed by the creative animation when my Ghost replied, "Don't do that." and used the upper part of his shell to accentuate his deadpan response.

5. There was the time Malagate and I were playing regular games of Crucible and as the match ended I saw the kill ticker say "Malagate found Gjallarhorn." He was excited and I was excited for him. A few minutes later we realized that it'd take a long time to upgrade, but in the moment the random find was awesome for both of us even though I'd gotten no significant rewards that game or play session.

6. There's that time, every time, where I get a throwing knife kill in the Crucible and feel bad ass.

7. There was the time that I (a level 26 Titan at the time) came across a poor lone low level Guardian trying his best to fight a Spider Tank public event on the Moon. He was playing well, but it was obvious he was far under leveled to win. I fired up Ward of Dawn giving him some safety and we proceeded to kill the Fallen Walker together. He waved when we finished then zoomed off to seek further adventures.

8. One time five DBOers and I got together and fought our way into a Vex stronghold and spent some six hours fighting against the best, most fairly designed co-op experience I've ever played in a video game. We failed and failed at each task many times before getting it right but everyone was pleasant, there was almost no cussing, certainly nobody whined, and I think we all had a blast.

9. Just today I checked my Vault and saw that I had happened to have acquired enough shards to do another upgrade on one of my Titan's two exotic helmets (I use one for Striker and one for Defender). I grabbed the right resources from the vault, pressed the button, and smiled as I hit level 28. It wasn't reaching the level that had made me smile, it was the fact that now my Titan would not drop to 27 when I switched helmets.

10. Just a few minutes ago I was patrolling on Mars and spotted a chest that another Guardian had walked right past. A quick wave then a couple of pointing gestures were enough to bring him back and spot the chest. We opened it together and he wave and I waved back and we went on our separate ways. It was the perfect example of how Destiny could bring two players together without voice chat or even a common mission. I felt pretty proud at having helped a fellow Guardian out.