TL;DR - it’s literally impossible to make Destiny operate like MCC because the latter is a bundle of games rather than one game with multiple dlcs which have intertwined assets and a shared player base.

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I see people often point to the Master Chief collection as if that’s a simple and elegant solution to the file size issue of D2, if it were to continue receiving new content.

But they miss the fact that the MCC is a series of separate (key word there) games in a bundle. It makes zero sense to compare it to Destiny or to say that expansions could be treated similarly.

Online “forever” games and MMOs do not work like that because they are singular games, you are sharing the space with other players who are using that content - so in order for you to actually be able to play the same game that requires you to be playing the same version.

A dlc becomes intertwined with everything.

Even if you don’t have access to the latest expansion, it is still downloaded onto your device so you can still play with those who do have access and its associated loot & assets.

the only reason a game like Monster Hunter can separate players based on access to dlc is because those games only get One massive expansion (+ post launch support updates), and you have to complete the base game to access the dlc, which is a lot of content.

so the player populations in those games are just Base game vs Base game + 1 DLC, which works just fine for that game.

It would not work for something like Destiny 2 or any mmo.

Howdy Guardians, I'm coming back from one of those year long Destiny breaks. Last time I played Dragon's Breath, Gjallarhorn and maybe Two Tailed fox seemed like the more popular exotic rocket launcher.

Lately I've been seeing a lot more Truth usage for dps phases. Is it actually that good and how good are the improvements. I heard some other weapons got catalysts updates.

Also I'm a void hunter main and gyrfalcon whore. If it's void Imma gyrfalcon it~

Who would take the cake and win this fight if the two were to meet either in deep space or on any planet they were both attacking/assaulting?

I took a very long break from the game since beyond light and started doing the expansion campaigns and i just started the renegades campaign but it feels so mind numbingly easy that it’s making it kind of boring and making me unengaged

In the collections tab it says that I still have to get kills with the Wavesplitter even though I already unlocked it and equipped it, and getting more kills does not move the bar, it's stuck at 9%.

Any idea how to fix this? I need to claim it for progression in guardian rank.

Made a tutorial on how to setup D2SteamFix to alleviate performance issues on Steam.
Much live to Camo over at D2Checkpoint for creating the fix!

I want hierarchy of needs, yes I know its rng, yes I understand I might be unlucky....BUT I have farmed for hours and nearly got 30 clears.

I play with 2 friends, one of which got it first try and the second got it within a few after. Is rng giving me the middle finger or has there ever been a bug where a dungeon exotic just doesnt drop because at this point it feels just wrong it hasn't dropped for me.

Does anyone else miss the lighting in pre-Beyond Light Destiny 2?

I feel like the game used to have a much more surreal, otherworldly atmosphere. Places like Io and Mercury had these beautiful, unnatural color palettes and dreamlike lighting that made them feel truly alien.

Since Beyond Light, something about the visuals just hasn't felt the same to me. The lighting feels different, and I miss the way colors and shadows used to create such a mysterious, almost unreal atmosphere.

I know the newer lighting might be technically better, but I don't think more realism always makes a sci-fi world look better. Sometimes, the strange and unnatural look is what makes it special.

Does anyone else feel this way, or is it just nostalgia?

are these just a random drop from pinnacles, or do i have to wait until it's the reward before i get a chance? is that the only place to get one with aa?

I saw that destiny content is getting unvaulted and it's coming out of maintenance mode. I also saw it's not going back to being a live game. Does that mean we are or aren't getting more expansions? Can someone explain what this means for the future of the game like I'm 5 please.

Played the first destiny and just bought all the content a couple days ago for the 2nd. Heard all the old content was going to be un vaulted. I'm glad bungie has decided to stick with destiny, I always enjoyed the first one.

Just curious as to any tips or tricks you wish you'd known when you started, coming back into this game so late I really don't know much.

I have been playing as f2p for 3 days im playing a void warlock im having a lot of fun, and im wondering besides the full campaigns, the exotics, dungeons and raids that you can do with the lfg channel, and the "new" subclasses,do you actually unlock other things? I mean like new activities or new quests in the matchmaking? Or anything else?

Hi! It's been about ten days since I have started playing this game and I am having a blast!

I am trying to play as recommended. I am still doing the campaigns, joining some public events here and there and doing some fireteam and pinnacle ops with my cousin.

But have I actually skipped some main story campaign quests? More specifically speaking the Europa activities. I can see that I have finished all Beyond Light chapters but there are still some quests down there unchecked unlike on the Moon Activities tab.

Are those main quests as well? Have I just jumped on to Witch Queen without actually completing Beyond Light?

I'd appreciate the answers. Thanks in advance

Our Guardian gets isekai'd into the world of Genshin Impact (somehow) and is tasked to turn every God they see into a gun or armor piece. How far do they make it? Or do they pubstomp? (Connection to the Light still intact and all)

Separately, what happens if we throw Ikora and Osiris (Prime) into their fireteam as well?

Anyone know where to focus and farm the last discipline armor set? Checked Zavala and it isn’t available.

His might sound dumb but I have zero clue where I left off and how to find missions or new story lines is not very user friendly…

How do I know what stories I have completed or haven’t and how do I replay them if I want to play them again.

Side note which expansions are actually worth buying

Apparently Shieldcrush gives 25% grenade damage boost when Radiant or Amplified (which is simple to maintain) and when you add the 65% damage increase to grenades that 200 grenade stat gives you, you're looking at 90% increased grenade damage. Anyone turned this into a build?

Hi, I basically havent played this game since it came out, where tf is the campaign? Just any campaing or missions that isnt just buy an item or get kills with abilities.

Currently running Beyond Light but i can only see 3 quest in the Europe, how do i find the rest of them?

I was thinking Parasite but is there any other you can shoot once and forget about?

Basically title. Is there anything that can be done with them or are they just there as foreshadowing? Or more likely, is it just good ol' asset reuse?

So this starts off as a request to Bungie. Please if or when Shadow Price is reprised, please swap it to the kinetic slot like you did with True Prophecy, changing it from kinetic to arc. I personally, and I know it’s nostalgia based, but in D1, the vanguard weapons; Shadow Price, The Comedian, and The S.W.A.R.M. was my favorite weapons to run cause i liked the feeling of em. Were they the greatest? No! But it was fun. So it’s just a basic request to bring it back to the kinetic slot so that you can use it all mg side Comedian and Plug 1! I know Origin Story exists as a kinetic precision rifle already so I’d be fine it being stasis/strand but I enjoy kinetic perks a bunch. And since they’re Nightfall weapons, having them in the pinnacle pool with the unique origin trait being possible would also really be cool! I like hunting for those with the Accelerated Assault origin cause they feel like the holofoils or uniques worth going for!

But I wanna ask if there’s anything like that other people kinda want? I hope we get everything in the pools reprised/earnable so we have a plethora and giant variety for all people to find the weapons that speak to them! But please let me know! I’d also just be happy to hear about what others want! Single handed guns or sets of em, I also would love to see changeable scopes again one day maybe in the next destiny or something!
Also thoughts on what will happen with the weapon pools when reprised raids come back too? Like Scourge since their entire weapon set is in the 6 man activities!
The weapons of destiny are my favorite things about the game so have at it! I wanna hear it all!

I keep getting told Destiny 2 servers are unavailable.