Haven’t played much destiny since Forsaken but I plan on returning for the Final Shape. (Since then I’ve passed on the account to my younger brother). The story since then seems interesting but it’s a jumbled mess of quests that lack the context of seasons that are no longer in the game. Also going over the red war, and forsaken quests again would be nice to refresh my memory.
The impact of The Final Shape won’t be the same for many new and returning players if they don’t understand the stories leading up to it. It’s crazy to me that there isn’t already some kind of campaign playlist or something. If bungie plans on adding more content to destiny 2 they’ll eventually have to find a way to keep the current content in the game without removing it.
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I would love to have the old campaigns back, even the terrible Curse of Osiris one, so that I could play them at will. Even the seasonal story missions as well, I barely remember the early seasons and could use a refresher. But this also isn't about what I want, consider a brand new player (that poor soul) who hops in to a broken mishmash of a story. Who is Devrim Kay and why is he important to the story? Mithrax? Aren't we at war with the Fallen I just killed in my New Light missions? Who in the world is this Sloane character? A Hive lady telling me to give her tribute? This Awoken queen and an awkward npc Guardian are siblings? That's just this past DLC. I fell in love with the lore after playing the old campaigns and learning more in the seasonal content. Looking back at what we have now, I would never have given this game a second thought. That is a huge loss when it comes to new player retention. There really has to be a better way to let players experience the old content, they got so close with the Timeline Reflections but haven't touched it since. Bungie needs to keep adding to that, much more than they currently are.