Also take note of the way the Traveler is turning black (being drained?):

vs.

Maybe they're coating it with a thin candy shell

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Also take note of the way the Traveler is turning black (being drained?):

vs.

Ok so it looks like indeed, the trailers and beta have more enemy dialog (and character) than Destiny vanilla. That's a great sign and it looks like no matter how hammy it is, there will actually be a solid story grounding our next several years of adventures.

Also the bump up in framerate from the PC version makes it so they can make much cooler action trailers.

This definitely got me hyped.

I kind of want D2 to fully ham it up. D1 vanilla was so self serious. Destiny is a game about shooting monsters in the face while wearing their ass as a hat, this isn't deep meaningful stuff, just go and be silly and lean into that.

Yeah, this has raised the stakes up from, well nothing, and sure, Cayde is going to crack jokes. One of the best parts of the story missions in TTK IMO.

As was the Invective quest:

1. Talk to Ikora Rey to obtain A Request from Ikora Rey Part I.
3. Return to Ikora Rey to obtain A Request from Ikora Rey Part II.
5. Return to Ikora Rey to obtain A Request from Ikora Rey Part III.
7. Return to Ikora Rey to obtain Invective [Uncharged].
9. Return to Ikora Rey to finally obtain Invective.

I got it in year 2 when it was just an engram drop. I missed all that, cool :)

1. Talk to Ikora Rey to obtain A Request from Ikora Rey Part I.
3. Return to Ikora Rey to obtain A Request from Ikora Rey Part II.
5. Return to Ikora Rey to obtain A Request from Ikora Rey Part III.
7. Return to Ikora Rey to obtain Invective [Uncharged].
9. Return to Ikora Rey to finally obtain Invective.

-Disciple

Ok so it looks like indeed, the trailers and beta have more enemy dialog (and character) than Destiny vanilla. That's a great sign and it looks like no matter how hammy it is, there will actually be a solid story grounding our next several years of adventures.

Also the bump up in framerate from the PC version makes it so they can make much cooler action trailers.

This definitely got me hyped.

I kind of want D2 to fully ham it up. D1 vanilla was so self serious. Destiny is a game about shooting monsters in the face while wearing their ass as a hat, this isn't deep meaningful stuff, just go and be silly and lean into that.

Ok so it looks like indeed, the trailers and beta have more enemy dialog (and character) than Destiny vanilla. That's a great sign and it looks like no matter how hammy it is, there will actually be a solid story grounding our next several years of adventures.

Also the bump up in framerate from the PC version makes it so they can make much cooler action trailers.

This definitely got me hyped.