Vehicles in Destiny (Destiny)

by Leviathan , Hotel Zanzibar, Monday, June 29, 2015, 01:42 (3672 days ago) @ petetheduck

So, that turret section lasts at most 1 minute. And the heavy pike section is a drive up and hill and then you fight a spider tank--which if you have any sense you'll dismount and use Black Hammer or Ice Breaker on it instead. Immediately after that first battle there is a vehicle barrier to prevent you from bringing it further. They've added a mysterious random trigger for a cave of Venus, which I've only seen it spawn once since the world update. And I've heard they're in a single pseudo public event on Venus which I've yet to encounter.

The integration of the heavy pike was done so poorly that I have actually questioned why they bothered adding it at all. It's not even in multiplayer. It exists in such a small fraction of the content that it is negligible.

The Heavy Pike section at the start of House of Wolves was literally the funnest time I've ever had in a Destiny story mission. :/

I started the DLC and was surprised to see a new vehicle sitting in front of me. Hopped in and loved what happened next. It felt like classic Halo. I stayed in it the whole time fighting the spider tank and eventually started doing barrel rolls across the rocks as I spewed bouncing mines. I was laughing the whole time! As one Pike was destroyed I'd steal another to keep the fun going.

The way the level introduced that vehicle, the new tripmines, the rocket-launcher-thing-whose-name-I-can't-remember, and all the new enemies was great. Probably my favorite story mission so far. Didn't even notice it was a re-used area till the end. That's what I want all my future Destiny missions to be like.