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Bungie is hosting the Destiny 2: The Final Shape Developer Gameplay Preview on April 9 at 9:30 a.m. PT / 12:30 p.m. ET.

You will be able to watch it on YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok.







The broadcast will share an update on what Bungie has been building for Destiny 2 expansion “The Final Shape.”

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If you watch on Twitch you get some exclusive drops:

• Those Held Dear, unlocked by watching 60 minutes (1 hour) across any of the Into the Light streams and this one
• Echo Diamond, unlocked by watching 180 minutes (3 hours) across any of the Into the Light streams and this one
• Tigris Fati, unlocked by watching 15 minutes during this stream specifically

 

[OverHeat]

To little to late…the ship as sail…not giving Bungie my hard earn cash.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Heck yeah!

 

[LordOfChaos]

I do hope it manages to have a satisfying conclusion to the 10 year darkness saga, and not just another case of the latest cosmic level big baddie becomes just another dude up close and we're on to yet another one.

 

[Ribi]

And the addicts go mild

 

[Dynasty8]

Blown away, that looked great. Fuck the haters who were never gonna play it regardless.

 

[Punished Miku]

What were the previous shapes?

 

[envyzeal]

I do think it looks fun.

Spoiler: Well...

(Maybe the clown makeup means something)

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I will NOT be watching the trailer on anything. There's nothing they can do to lure me back into that toxic quagmire.

 

[LordCBH]

 

[Raven117]

Sigh. I'll hate play this to the end. I just want to see the 10 years through. If anything, just to look back on my life 10 years ago when I first picked this up.

 

[clarky]

From an Beta D1 player to quitting during the Witch Queen, I just can't be arsed anymore. I should be excited for this but I dunno i might get it just to run through the campaign to put a full stop on everything.

Game had some awesome highs for me, but i don't think ill be back full time, if at all.

Also LOL at that new subclass, that will fuck the PVP even more than Stasis did.

 

[clarky]

What were the previous shapes?

Circles and Squares. This will be a triangle.

 

[Valt7786]

I'll be playing it because i've put too much time into it to stop now and I do want to see how they flub the ending.
But that prismatic subclass and "loltwoperk exotic armband" just scream lazy af to me. Nothing new, just repurposing whats already there? Unless i'm missing something.

 

[Wooxsvan]

nope. nice try

 

[HoodWinked]

That is really fucking stupid to combine classes like this. Strand was borderline powercrept but this seems way worse.

 

[tmlDan]

i'll be there, i need to end this journey

 

[Negotiator101]

The Final Shit more like.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Yep that’s Destiny alright…

 

[NEbeast]

That is really fucking stupid to combine classes like this. Strand was borderline powercrept but this seems way worse.

It looks so much fun. How tf can you cry about it?

 

[Big Baller]

What were the previous shapes?

 

[SCB3]

Looking like a lot of fun, it feels like with this being an End of sorts they don't mind the powercreep and breaking of the game, however the ability to combine classes kinda ruins the whole point of having seperate classes, like why wrun Solar alone when I can run a Fire and Ice build thats simply better all around?

 

[Bry0]

Looking like a lot of fun, it feels like with this being an End of sorts they don't mind the powercreep and breaking of the game, however the ability to combine classes kinda ruins the whole point of having seperate classes, like why wrun Solar alone when I can run a Fire and Ice build thats simply better all around?

Idk Luke Smith said it’s “not the end of d2 or destiny” so they have some idea for milking this thing further

 

[splattered]

Looks good, but i just cant bring myself to play it anymore... bought this current expansion and played just the beginning stuff. HATED Neomuna it was just so terrible. I will get a summary from my kid who still plays it a bit i guess.

 

[TommyCronin6969]

Such is the cycle of "It looks good now finally this is the one" begins again.

 

[SCB3]

Idk Luke Smith said it’s “not the end of d2 or destiny” so they have some idea for milking this thing further

Thats why I said "of sorts" its the end of the Saga but theres more to come, I mean already after Final Shape we have:

So that's likely to take us to the next expansion or whatever

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

Not gonna lie, really liking the current mindset of Bungie which is basically "screw the rulebook, lets just have fun". New game mode is a lot of fun, and the new subclass and enemy type will add quite a bit. Most people who jump into any thread discussing Destiny are people who were never going to play it in the first place, which is par for the course on the internet for pretty much anything.

 

[Mortisfacio]

I want an RPG FPS type game so I always keep looking back on Destiny, but every time I gain interest I check the subreddit/community forums and nope out.

 

[The_Observer]

The final shape means the content that was removed will be added back? Serious question. Or will this never happen?

 

[SnapShot]

so basically no point in switching subclasses with this new subclass?

 

[Robot Carnival]

and Warlocks will still be force to run Well even with this new "subclass"

 

[tmlDan]

The final shape means the content that was removed will be added back? Serious question. Or will this never happen?

Won't happen, you're likely SOL.

But maybe you can ignore D2 and wait for D3, cause there was a rumor its another project they're working on.

 

[Robot Carnival]

I imagine this new subclass would likely be a PvE only kinda thing, at least at first. there's no way they'll be able to balance it for PvP.

 

[Pop]

Yup thats Destiny alright

Rinse and Repeat, same trailers every time

 

[PonyStation4]

No interest at all. Come out with Destiny 3 on a modern engine like UE5, not one modified from an engine made in 1997.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

so basically they bring back the weapons they removed with their sunsetting? So now people have to grind for them all over again?

Cool trailer though

 

[Warnen]

I imagine this new subclass would likely be a PvE only kinda thing, at least at first. there's no way they'll be able to balance it for PvP.

Depends if it’s just the abilities with a new set of prism aspects and fragments, would be easier.

 

[Arsic]

To little to late…the ship as sail…not giving Bungie my hard earn cash.

Isn’t this free?

Edit: Oh nope this isn’t that update this week. This is the expansion.

It’s the final one. They got my money: I wanna see how this all ends.

 

[The_Observer]

Won't happen, you're likely SOL.

But maybe you can ignore D2 and wait for D3, cause there was a rumor its another project they're working on.

That’s a shame as I loved the first game but the sequel seemed just more of fhe same but I still wanted to play it through for the story and content eventually. Anyway, I hope the next game will have a killer new engine as the first game was a real nextgen experience for me, even though it was a crossgen game.

 

[tvdaXD]

I jumped in with Destiny 2, stopped playing when it became free to play or whatever, kinda felt stupid after spending like €100,- for some edition and basically getting nothing back for it.
Think I jumped back in after a long time to see how things were going, but so much was changed I just didn't even know what I was doing lol.
Seeing how everyone comments here, and having watched some video's about how bad the battlepass system or whatever they call it is... I'm glad I haven't played since, though it always looks flashy and fun.

 

[Pegasus Actual]

I don't know how I feel about Destiny 3.... Destiny 2 was pretty much the same as D1, except they lost content and had missteps that took years to correct. Can't help but think that a content-starved Destiny 3 that will also be missing all the QoL that D2 has built up over the years would be.... a fun experience for like a week and then once again years of sadness.

 

[tylrdiablos]

I haven't touched Destiny 2 since a few days before Lightfall released (and I didn't buy).
If reviews for The Final Shape are good I might hop back in because I yearn for a good FPS.
If the reviews are middling or less I'll buy Atomic Heart.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

The final shape means the content that was removed will be added back? Serious question. Or will this never happen?

Most removed content has returned improved.

 

[The_Observer]

Most removed content has returned improved.

So what is missing? My biggest problem was that entire planets and storylines were removed

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

So what is missing? My biggest problem was that entire planets and storylines were removed

Well story content hasn't returned except pieces of them via Nightfalls and exotic missions.

 

[TheThreadsThatBindUs]

So a new enemy faction (good) and a sub-class that will now invalidate all other sub-classes... How did Bungie think Prismatic was a good idea?

I'm sure they were short on time to create a brand new set of powers and so instead just created Prismatic as a mishmash of the existing stuff. Typical Bungie, re-hashing the same re-packaged content from the game and selling it to you as a "bold, new" expansion.

Glad I turned away from D2 after LightFall. This certainly did not convince me to return. In fact, quite the opposite.

 

[nikos]

Hopefully it's better than Lightfall. I haven't played since finishing that expansion's story.

 

[gothmog]

I played for the first time in months last night and had fun. Onslaught is fun. The rewards are generous. And Bungie finally just breaking the game and having fun with Final Shape sounds good.

I guess the player counts are rising as well so good for Bungie.

 

[Arsic]

I played for the first time in months last night and had fun. Onslaught is fun. The rewards are generous. And Bungie finally just breaking the game and having fun with Final Shape sounds good.

I guess the player counts are rising as well so good for Bungie.

I tried the other day and felt overwhelmed with 9 million things the game wants me to go see and do.

Said fuck it. Edited my character then uninstalled.

I’ll wait for the expansion to just do the story missions then that’s a wrap for me.

The game is a bloated mess.

 

[gothmog]

I tried the other day and felt overwhelmed with 9 million things the game wants me to go see and do.

Said fuck it. Edited my character then uninstalled.

I’ll wait for the expansion to just do the story missions then that’s a wrap for me.

The game is a bloated mess.

It is but that's what years of expansion and bringing back old content did. Also people threw a fit when they tried to slim the game down so I'm not sure it's all Bungie's fault.

Maybe try a new character? I haven't tried any of the new player content they talked about but that might help? Or just focus on the into the light area exclusively. I was overwhelmed as well until I just started ignoring the old stuff. They definitely cleaned up the quest/activity screens to hide the massive amount of shit you can do and focus on the new stuff.