<Startup>|<Post>|<Category:Lore> <INITIATE> So, each enemy race, despite the countless number of people saying they are reskins (when only a few are actually true) each changed from D1 to D2. And each actually have a lore reason for doing so. Let's start with the easy ones. Taken have had no physical change, so this is a reskin. It makes sense because the Taken haven't changed since D1. The main difference between D1 and D2 Taken is that D2 Taken have improved eye graphics and are much darker, with the white only coming in at the feet instead of starting at the lower leg. Cabal. Simple, new Legion, new tech, new armor. Hive. New brood, new look, new Wizards that still -blam!- you even though they're across the map and new Knights that still -blam!- you over with Boomers. Shriekers also have a physical crit-spot while it was just an orb of Void energy in D1. It looks much more like an eye now. Fallen. New House, new gear and markings. So... why less armor? Perhaps they needed the cloth or maybe they wanted to distinguish themselves. Maybe they wanted to remind themselves of their older selves... or perhaps we simply took too much of their gear. Maybe the Splicers did a number on their supplies. Vex. This one is tricky. Besides their chestplates, shoulder pads, and thighs, their really isn't much of a difference. Also, with the reintroduction of the Precursors and Descendants, they have been made to fit the new modern Vex models. So... this one is more speculative as the outside-lore reason may simply be just to distinguish D1 models from D2 models. So... maybe they simply upgraded. Maybe they found their older models obsolete. Perhaps the older ones couldn't put up with us as much as the newer ones can. Maybe they found the Cabal to be an enemy worthy of a chassis upgrade. However, none of this explains why the Vex look worse overtime. Now that we know that CoO's storyline is based off a Vex-supreme future caused by their newfound ability to see and possibly simulate Light, why do the Descendants still look... rusted... worn... Granted they look a lot smoother than they did in D1, at least from the footage I saw, but why downgrade? Why not stay Pristine White and Gold? Leave your thoughts below. <Lore Post>|<Completion>|<100%> <END SEQUENCE>