Destiny 2: Season of The Haunted Recap and Closing Thoughts

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  • @LifeXM
    @LifeXM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +777

    Story with Sever missions was phenomenal, seasonal activity loop left me bored after 30 runs.

    • @pluto3194
      @pluto3194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Weekly mission was also not great. No hard mode was very unfortunate

    • @garagegames2555
      @garagegames2555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Yeah we needed a better way to passively earn umbral energy doing literally anything other than containment

    • @Hog333
      @Hog333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@pluto3194 I loved the weekly missions the fist time, but repeating them for bound presence sucked

    • @atomic_wait
      @atomic_wait 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The seasonal activity bored me pretty quick, wouldn't have been so bad if they didn't require us to do it like 50 times.

    • @InfernoPhilM
      @InfernoPhilM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Counterpoint: the story could be summarized in one sentence and didn’t move the plot forward enough to justify a whole season.

  • @Mark___Zuckerberg
    @Mark___Zuckerberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    Imo, I feel like we could’ve used a new strike for this season.
    A corrupted Leviathan Strike as the final mission would’ve felt really good because I felt like doing the last mission alone made it anticlimactic.

    • @cammydwhammy
      @cammydwhammy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Oh, and then it could’ve been a GM. That woulda been sick.

    • @Mark___Zuckerberg
      @Mark___Zuckerberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@cammydwhammy yeah, we would’ve had to push up the final mission to be released right before GMs. (Unless it came out beforehand, I can’t remember)

    • @Mark_106
      @Mark_106 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      hey whats up Reptilian.

    • @egronomia1067
      @egronomia1067 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They don't going to do strike for leviathan because it gonna be deleted again. But it's what I feel last 2 years with new content.

    • @traolin5877
      @traolin5877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love your metaverse selfie. Really makes me excited for N64 VR

  • @endrollcurtaincall
    @endrollcurtaincall 2 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    I had a pretty good time with season of the incandescent personally, the story was great and solar 3.0 was mostly positive, though that might change with classy restoration gone. The leviathan coming back was exciting but ultimately left me wanting more with the activity there. Overall, good season!

    • @MarkBradley145
      @MarkBradley145 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Nightmare containment's only changes being the 3 rotating bosses was kinda annoying, it'd have been cool if they found away to rotate the activity in a different part of the leviathan (gardens/pools) but I understand that game developing is a lot more than just "hey this would be cool"

    • @Mark___Zuckerberg
      @Mark___Zuckerberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah, I’ll say that if we got a Strike on the Corrupted leviathan as the final mission, instead of the one solo mission we got, it would’ve made a for a more replayable season. Especially if bungie kept the strike a secret.

    • @wood5596
      @wood5596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am pretty worried for gunslinger once classy resto is gone. It's going to have 0 survivability unless you run healing grenades, which of course takes up your grenade slot. Maybe it'll make gunpowder gamble more useful though, as a replacement

    • @Mark___Zuckerberg
      @Mark___Zuckerberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@wood5596 before Solar 3.0 we had no way of healing ourselves. If your that scared of classy resto going away I’d recommend wormhusk crown.

    • @SuperAdventureR1301
      @SuperAdventureR1301 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wood5596 Yea once classy is gone i feel like it's just back to omni/void for GM's and Master Raids, don't really see solar being viable. But to be fair maybe 2% of my game time is spent in GM's or master raids, so who really cares. It'll still be plenty strong enough for regular connect, master NF and normal raids.

  • @ultima8229
    @ultima8229 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Weirdly enough I enjoyed Containment more than most seasonal activities, even though there was objectively not much to it. I think it came down to the fact that the enemy density and spawn patterns were pretty satisfying, and the whole area felt like a great trial ground for Solar builds. Quality over volume, I guess?

    • @BatDad-qu4fo
      @BatDad-qu4fo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I loved that aspect of the event, but didn't like the inconsistency of being able to complete it. Felt like half the time I'd load in there wouldn't be anyone there.

    • @ryderfurpaw4201
      @ryderfurpaw4201 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@BatDad-qu4fo Yeah, if it was similar to override in matchmaking I would be more inclined to grind it.

    • @bilbo9730
      @bilbo9730 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      i really liked the sheer amount of enemies, but mainly i liked the minibosses, i love a high HP target where i can dump my damage and it doesnt die in 2 shots

    • @BatDad-qu4fo
      @BatDad-qu4fo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ryderfurpaw4201 Yep. Felt like I had capped vestiges at all times since I couldn't use them fast enough.

    • @mohbius2
      @mohbius2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      compare it to all the other public event stuff we got it was so much weaker. imagine trying out Solar 3.0 on the scale of Escalation Protocol

  • @Edman459
    @Edman459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I hope we get something involving the Bray sisters, considering they haven't been a major player in any season since BL launch. Also hoping for more Mithrax and Variks.

    • @nikoclesceri2267
      @nikoclesceri2267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Apparently next season is focusing on house salvation so maybe we will see more of the bae sisters

    • @StoinksJay
      @StoinksJay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@nikoclesceri2267 We do love the bae sisters

    • @Demigodking
      @Demigodking 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ana Bae resurgence plz

    • @blucorsa_
      @blucorsa_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      When Eramis unfreezes, they're almost certainly going to become main characters for that season.

    • @c4sualcycl0ps48
      @c4sualcycl0ps48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m kinda hoping if SIVA ever comes back up, we learn what happened to the third Bray sister, Willa, who was a big part of that and was easily the apple closest to the tree in terms of morality.
      (If she attempted to follow in her father’s footsteps and became a machine but with SIVA instead that might be cool)

  • @SimonPetrikov12
    @SimonPetrikov12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The Leviathan coming back but being all corrupted really reminded me of High Charity in Halo and I loved it.

  • @sneakysnakesullytv8444
    @sneakysnakesullytv8444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    I think my main problem with this season was that after the story was over, there was little to do. I hope they add more to the end of the season this time around

    • @EggyWeggyIII
      @EggyWeggyIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I’d say that’s fine though. Not every season has to have things to do every week. Especially because seasons with things to do every week for every week leave people burnt out by the end as well as a huge amount of relatively boring activities reused week after week. At least this season had good story with a variety of story missions that take us around the leviathan.

    • @sneakysnakesullytv8444
      @sneakysnakesullytv8444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@EggyWeggyIII I’m fine with content not being every week, but this season in particular felt like its weekly grind got old much quicker than others

    • @EggyWeggyIII
      @EggyWeggyIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sneakysnakesullytv8444 I didn’t mind it. It essentially boiled down to doing a public event then a story mission. I thought the story was good and I always had weapons to level or builds to make that I could test out during the public event so it never really got old for me. All about finding things to supplement the surface level content.

    • @slmped8598
      @slmped8598 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You must be new to destiny 2 if that’s the case you’re going to be let down *LMFAOOOOOOO*

    • @sneakysnakesullytv8444
      @sneakysnakesullytv8444 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@slmped8598 no I’ve been playing since taken king lol. I just think this season had an especially bad last stretch

  • @nadirbaitsaleem7270
    @nadirbaitsaleem7270 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Love these recaps, they're a nice reminder of the previous season and help me get excited for the upcoming season!

  • @mr.3rdparty356
    @mr.3rdparty356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    As this being my first season playing destiny 2, (new player ish) I thought it was really phenomenal, so much stuff to do and grind for, duality was my biggest gripe but after you learn, it becomes so much better because of the difficulty and learning to build craft was fun with solar 3.0. High marks for me!

  • @Nailfut
    @Nailfut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm just gonna say that Destiny needs a more "laid-back" season per year, especially in Summer.
    Not saying it was bad, I loved the stories, the Dungeon was awesome etc. I just enjoyed not feeling overwhelmed by the game. I did everything and still had much free time to spend doing whatever I wanted, other games, vacations, studying, hanging out with friends.
    Destiny isn't a second job, if it required non-stop dedication I'd quit playing. Instead, this season I could experience it all while being able to live my life ahah

  • @Jakepopper01
    @Jakepopper01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    11:18 actually tunnel vision activates when it auto refills the mag on kills, although yeh it’s still a much more pvp-oriented catalyst

    • @bespeckledcephelapod2265
      @bespeckledcephelapod2265 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Came down here looking for this, in the right hands, Trespasser is a monster in pvp once it gets going.

  • @FallingOutTheSky
    @FallingOutTheSky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Decent season, nothing more nothing less. I think people had a lot more free time so it was easier to burn out on than normal. However, I am very excited for next season and the showcase tomorrow is gonna be amazing!

    • @yol_n
      @yol_n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We havent seen the showcase yet, how can you tell?

    • @richie6793
      @richie6793 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@yol_n just seeing anything to look forward to at this point is exciting

    • @yol_n
      @yol_n 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@richie6793 lol, we are opposites

    • @anemuman
      @anemuman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yol_n alot has been leaked

    • @Alckee6904
      @Alckee6904 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "decent" is generous af.
      Lazy season, one of the worse.

  • @cammydwhammy
    @cammydwhammy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    15:27 the thermite grenade activating the bell is such a painful thing to see

    • @YuriG03042
      @YuriG03042 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      this was from his first solo flawless too, he had no idea what caused it and was quite confused why he missed a third DPS phase

  • @lucaswickmansound
    @lucaswickmansound 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I joined the season very late, so I had the story missions back-to-back-to-back, which was pretty great having so much story

    • @sleepythemis
      @sleepythemis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same, I came back with maybe 15 days left in the season, and it felt great having something like a mini-campaign, even if I was REALLY confused at first. Last time I played D2 was before Forsaken launch, so... 😬

    • @uzan6893
      @uzan6893 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sleepythemis forsaken and you just jumped to the haunted wow😭 you got alot of lore waiting for you

    • @lucaswickmansound
      @lucaswickmansound 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sleepythemis oh yeah there’s a *lot* that happened since then lmao

  • @Saint-8
    @Saint-8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The seasonal glaive is definitely going to pop off next season, it's arc and will work with feedback fence so you'll get hyperspeed too, it'll be so wild

  • @JustSomeBrazilian
    @JustSomeBrazilian 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Season of the haunted truly was one of the seasons from the popular online multi-player videogame commonly known as destiny 2

  • @DJock93AF
    @DJock93AF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Totally agree with taking time off.
    I was burnt out by level 50 on the season pass. Did all the story stuff and was over it.

    • @TerraTheWise
      @TerraTheWise 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Level 50 you've barely even played. Sounds like you just didn't enjoy the game.

    • @DJock93AF
      @DJock93AF 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TerraTheWise ? My brother in Christ I have 1200+ hours in destiny 2. Level 50 on THIS season pass. I did the seasonal stuff plenty. Had no motivation to grind out 100 levels this season.

    • @Alckee6904
      @Alckee6904 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TerraTheWise fund the bungie fanby

    • @heboric6136
      @heboric6136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TerraTheWise
      Dude... Not cool

    • @TerraTheWise
      @TerraTheWise 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DJock93AF Yea and I have 3000+ hours so 1200+ ain't much especially when I tend to take pretty frequent breaks from D2 myself. I was talking about this season in particular not the life of the game. For a single season level 50 BP is so easily obtainable you don't even have to try to get it so for burnout to happen so fast you weren't enjoying this season or game was my point.

  • @frankdewayne
    @frankdewayne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Regarding the comment about too many patterns, I would push back on that since last season when crafting first came out people were saying there wasn’t enough to craft. I’d rather too many than not enough. I think feeling like there’s too many patterns is more a problem with the crafting system and not so much dropping too many craftable weapons

    • @YuriG03042
      @YuriG03042 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he made the very point you described on his latest crafting video

  • @StatusCalamitous
    @StatusCalamitous 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally agree. This was the first season that I actually took a real break in a long time. I'm excited for tomorrow, partially because I did take that break. But I didn't even finish all my red borders. Normally, I'd have totally completed everything by now... but the grind was intense, and the Discourse over trials was... a lot.
    Still a great season, looking forward to getting back into things, but yeah.

  • @tysoncrosby3915
    @tysoncrosby3915 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hit pinnacle cap midway through the season and pretty much sat the rest of it out. I hardcore grinded and reset my crown of sorrow rank twice in like the first couple weeks.
    Did duality, did vow. Got the weapons I wanted crafted, then took a step back for line a month.
    Now I'm excited to get back into a new season.

  • @DJ_Biotanma
    @DJ_Biotanma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was very invested in this season's story. I went through a break up during the beginning of this season and, as sad as it is to say, was met with a lot of nightmares and difficult nights. Luckily, I had my clan and cousin to help me through the season's story. It's funny to think that the traumas experienced by each character helped me have a better understanding of my own emotions, but I am very glad I did

  • @Collin_J
    @Collin_J 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I feel like this as the low water line for seasons moving forward would be great for the game. If everything beats Haunted, I'll be stoked

  • @tylerrondeau
    @tylerrondeau 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “Just doing very similar feeling stuff” I have never had a more difficult time and love what you said… take some time off. I have been so burnt out and took almost the whole season off for the first time since launch. Actually feeling excited for arc 3.0 and next season due to a much needed break

    • @egronomia1067
      @egronomia1067 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @glago93
      @glago93 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I played just enough this season to complete all sever missions, get to level 100, and get my Titan to the Pinnacle Cap. I don't think I did a single raid this season, and only did the dungeon a handful of times... So yeah, I took about a 6 week break from this game and I hope that was enough to help me enjoy this new season. I'm not sure though. Arc 3.0 is gonna have to really impress me

  • @Creamworks
    @Creamworks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Season of the Haunted definitely was one of the seasons ever in Destiny.

  • @ltoctavious
    @ltoctavious 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me an my friends have a running joke that crow is essentially the main character of destiny to fill the void that is our mostly silent gaurdian. He is a new light, has amnesia because of it, gets his memories back and finds out he was a villian in his past life, has the classic family relationship to an important character, and has shown signs of mastering friendship no justsu with zavala and Saladin.

  • @BlueBlur86CP
    @BlueBlur86CP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Video starts at 0:54

  • @ForgieDusker
    @ForgieDusker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    of note about Tresspasser, and correct me if this was a newer change after initial reception of the catalyst, is that Tunnel Vision procs on every time the gun auto-reloads as well. i was very pleasantly surprised by that, and knowing the catalyst perk isn't antithetical to the weapon design (cough cough black talon cough cough ruinous effigy) puts it much higher on my personal tier list, not that i have one organized or anything.

  • @ethany3904
    @ethany3904 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    datto is getting so poetic about the fact that veterans are learning that we need to take breaks. and how it was just a season, nothing different- just samey

  • @vVex_
    @vVex_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The sponsor knows datto’s audience very well

    • @The_Worst_Warlock
      @The_Worst_Warlock 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They’ve sponsored literally every big Destiny TH-camr lol

    • @stevem.9340
      @stevem.9340 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@The_Worst_Warlock I'm surprised he didn't get a Genshin or Tower of Fantasy sponsor for his vids

  • @dkeyes125
    @dkeyes125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Solstice made me come back to D2, target farming armor is a dream come true. honestly hats off to bungie on that one

  • @thedeathofaman
    @thedeathofaman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was great having a whole different patrol zone for the seasonal activity. Would love to see more of that.

  • @MrShawtywannaplay
    @MrShawtywannaplay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    From a PvP perspective, I'd say I was let down. Classy and the healing meta in general combined with the AE changes really hurt Crucible.

    • @Mark___Zuckerberg
      @Mark___Zuckerberg 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I found ways to play around it. DMT puts them down quick

    • @adamchu2001
      @adamchu2001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Disjunction is my least favourite map for the same reason as Widows court, fuck open maps where DMT and Scouts just dome in nonconfrontational gameplay. And unlike Eternity where its player choice to go for the open space its just the map.

    • @YuriG03042
      @YuriG03042 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@adamchu2001 skill issue to be honest. you are supposed to change your weapons based on the map. you are supposed to use scouts and pulses and snipers on long lane maps. switch your shit or get outplayed, your choice

  • @rickfsu22
    @rickfsu22 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hadn't played destiny since last wish and I was overwhelmed at first but once back in the swinging things I was shocked at how much I enjoyed coming back to the game. Revamped sub classes were overdue, but thoroughly enjoyed grinding to max level and theory crafting builds for each character while chasing gear. Gotta give it to bungie for this return for me, I'm now actually excited from the next arc 3.0 update this week. 😄

  • @KingNoNamer
    @KingNoNamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Took this season off and only hopped on last night to see what I potentially could have missed. Solar 3.0 was cool, but I’m glad I took a break.

  • @howardatlas4543
    @howardatlas4543 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely agree with the take a break advice. Last 2 weeks this season was me getting on, doing the GM or raid, and then playing a different game. It's what we all did back when D1 was in a content lull (January-September), and it is definitely healthy for the game and the players.

  • @HybridSnake
    @HybridSnake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My only issue with the duality dungeon is the grind for its 2 weapon patterns, particularly the machine gun being stuck in the last encounter where every single weapon and armor drops

  • @BeezlyJackal
    @BeezlyJackal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played pretty casually last season until solstice came. Got the gilded triumph in the third day. Got a bunch of GMs and raids done. It was great to take a break

  • @zorak9379
    @zorak9379 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm honestly impressed I've watched videos from Datto, Aztecross, and Fallout today that were all sponsored by The First Descendant

  • @istalkkP
    @istalkkP 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Once again, thanks for being one of the few D2 content creators who tell people to take a break. People burning themselves out in this game is a real problem and it’s usually exacerbated by constant “GET THIS GOD ROLL GUN NOW OR YOU WILL FOREVER REGRET IT” that most channels stuff down people throats.
    It’s real simple. Start getting bored? Play something else for a bit. You are responsible for your own burnout.

  • @Aj-py8en
    @Aj-py8en 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The season was good overall, but it felt too samey from week to week. That combined with it being a summer season and taking place on a returning location made people burn out much faster and more often.
    Solstice feels much worse after the removal of the elemental orbs gameplay loop. It was just running the EAZ more than previous years, without the unique gameplay it had.
    The story was good, but the gameplay around that story suffered from the same thing every seasonal story mission does. It's just not a challenge and you completely stomp through any combat encounter making the stakes in the story feel meaningless. Why should I care about fighting Calus when I just had to swing a scythe around a little, when Savathūn had such a challenging boss fight in the legend campaign? The intro and finale missions need to be on the level of witch queen story missions, and all the intermediate story missions need to be more challenging as well. Give us legend difficulty for story content.

    • @WhitishSine8
      @WhitishSine8 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My god I forgot about the elemental drops

    • @bibleotaku
      @bibleotaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree on there being no dificulty on gameplay compared to last seasons (risen). But you cant really expect something climactic for a season compared to an expansion, escpially to the caliber of Witch Queen

    • @Aj-py8en
      @Aj-py8en 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bibleotaku I don't think it's unfair to ask for 1-2 good missions a season since witch queen had 9

    • @bibleotaku
      @bibleotaku 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Aj-py8en I agree, but we're missing a piece of the pie that is Bungie's reason if good or bad. Mabey they didn't have time or something

  • @jetwayjesus
    @jetwayjesus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was the first ad I legit watched and was intrigued

  • @97ajg
    @97ajg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I haven't really played a lot of d2 since witchqueen launched as most of the people i played with stopped playing but I came back about halfway through the season and really enjoyed it and am really excited for the reveal.

  • @Fartmastaman
    @Fartmastaman 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Trespasser got shelved immediately when anti barrier sidearm went away. I was gonna use it for everything and then by the time it was fixed I was building for a nezeracs whisper. I did use Chain of Command as my heavy with my StarLock build though and it was tons of fun.

  • @seanslaysean7097
    @seanslaysean7097 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like that they brought back Calus’ old voice, was more sinister and intimidating

  • @DarkKosmic
    @DarkKosmic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I do believe Tresspasser’s tunnel vision trait reactivates on an unrepentant kill

    • @Zantam70
      @Zantam70 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are correct sir

  • @wittmann05
    @wittmann05 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was the first season in a very long time that I didn’t do much past the main story. It’s been weeks since I’ve logged in for more than a few minutes. Hopefully next season brings a more enjoyable loop.

  • @Crowald
    @Crowald 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I pretty much quit playing somewhere in week 6 and came back on the VERY LAST DAY to rank up from 51 to 104 to get all my shit from the pass. Not getting on to do those weeklies really burns me when I have to do as many as possible before the pass dies, I just wanted to make sure I got as much Bright Dust and all of the cosmetics possible from it.
    Sever missions were great, in terms of story arcs. I just wish I had any fucking clue who the hell Zavala was whining about all season long, Crow and Caiatl's stories felt very much relatable and humanizing to them. A man afraid of a previous life, scarred by indecision and a festering, torrid fear of the pain he once caused, and behaviors he believes are innate. An empress being crushed by inordinate pressure to lead a broken people who have only ever known militant organization and war, to peace and allegiance with once-mortal enemies.
    I appreciate that the story and its functional properties were leveraged as a means to interrogate the cast in a much deeper and personal context than is usually present. We saw Eris in Shadowkeep, how she is haunted by loss. We get to see Zavala's unshared history, a very distant, rigid and somber person marred by tragedy involving his family (which makes Cayde's death as the Hunter Vanguard, his other, "found" family, very prescient); his decisions to abstain from seeking vengeance for Cayde's death must not have been an easy one, even more difficult to accept Crow into the ranks as a Guardian wearing the skin of his former friend's scheming murderer.
    We even got a much closer look at Calus' motivations and interrogated his intentions during this season as well. Where Calus intends to make us his allies, his approach does nothing to solve our immediate problems and his solution is pretty much just "Party until the lights go out." The lights being the universe, in this case.
    Ultimately I am a sucker for character growth and the myriad changes in both this season and last season (don't get me started on Bracus Forge, what a nuts but awesome idea) give me hope that the story isn't just stagnating. Now if we can just have Ada become relevant again...

  • @magetsalive5162
    @magetsalive5162 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I actually enjoyed this season, and miracle of miracles, I actually achieved the Title before end of season.
    I also kinda liked Nightmare Containment.

  • @starcraftyschannel1926
    @starcraftyschannel1926 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didnt even bother with Solstice this year, its good if you want some high stat armor - but after dealing with EAZ every damn year, no, I won't do it anymore lol glad to hear they got rid of the chest hunting at the end. What you said at the end is correct, I took a break during solstice and I really appreciated the game more after a couple weeks not loggin in

  • @AJ-gk7bn
    @AJ-gk7bn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As someone who is a d1 veteran who took a entire year off of destiny and just came back a few weeks ago.. I’ve been loving it.
    So yeah I’d agree, take some breaks people.

  • @caljam82
    @caljam82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    man the first descendant just sponsors every destiny tuber

  • @Wolfblur
    @Wolfblur 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Will say, the Nezarac's Whisper was surprisingly welcome for me, and has become a staple in my kit as my go-to GM glaive. Having enhanced Lead from Gold + Adaptive Munitions has really opened me up to feeling comfortable playing with double special weapons, especially this season with Forerunner. Incredibly fun to act as a tanking/aggro role in GMs so my friends can do their thing much more safely.

  • @-Alpeter
    @-Alpeter 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how epic datto sounds, when explaining/ talking about ads or sponsors.

  • @mr.gameandteach7197
    @mr.gameandteach7197 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I learned that a long time ago datto. Destiny has always been a game that you take a break from until the new content comes out. I reached the highest rank I've ever reached in a season (218). But I got the season title and the dungeon title and I felt that was enough. I saw little point in continue playing. I set goals and I achieved them. Once the story was done, I checked out the last 4 weeks. I'm refreshed and looking forward to the new season tomorrow.

  • @konnen7354
    @konnen7354 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how the underlying theme for the season was Ghostbusters.

  • @bonesofeao3968
    @bonesofeao3968 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For me personally ive been enjoying the game more when i play a ton during the story weeks, then take a break until the last couple weeks of the season

    • @asaabed4200
      @asaabed4200 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      massively agree, my favourite d1 exotic. It lets people that can play a lot during the ‘main’ weeks enjoy all the new things, and have a nice break at the end, just at the point where burnout might start to kick in. Also allows those who have to/want to take things a bit slower to do so and have plenty of time to do things

  • @snowboundwhale6860
    @snowboundwhale6860 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the resilience buff coming at the same time as classy restoration bumped the mod up in significance; I've heard a lot of "go all in on resilience, recovery doesn't matter as much" this season because of how much access to cure & restoration we got, which substitutes recovery well enough.
    With healing no longer being tied to all class abilities & the flavour of the season shifting away from solar and it's healing grenades, I suspect there's going to be some people struggling with their stat distribution early next season. Recovery is going to become important for all classes again, while Resilience won't be declining without a nerf, and Hunters in particular care about Mobility on top of that.

  • @max-a-million9428
    @max-a-million9428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This may sound overly negative but this was my 2nd least favorite season I have ever actively played in. I got back into Destiny around Beyond Light. As someone who actively enjoys the endgame in Destiny, it has never felt so blatantly barren and pointless since Y1. Duality is a nice dungeon but since they are now charging 10 bucks per dungeon now, that no longer counts as seasonal content in my eyes. There is nothing in Master Duality or Master Vow of the Disciple worth chasing aside from MAYBE Artifice Armor which just doesn't feel all that exciting. Crafted weapons are better than Adept weapons and are obtained in marginally easier ways. Why would I get a Silicon Neuroma when I can just go into a patrol space and get the literal best PvP sniper in the game. I want there to be a reason to play the endgame but right now it just feels like they throw us a bone every now and then.
    And then don't even get me started on PvP.

  • @yellotoaster9368
    @yellotoaster9368 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    19:14. I did just that. I came back yesterday to do the rest of the seasonal story missions (took me about 2 hours) and then I found myself staring at my level 27 season pass and at all those cosmetics that I paid for and never gonna get

  • @BurgundyRedd
    @BurgundyRedd 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In terms of Destiny 2 really laying into the games as a service mentality I think they did an amazing job this season. I personally like how this season felt like a good book, and its broken up into a bunch of memorable moments throughout the season (seasonal story, dungeon farming, iron banner grinding, solstice armor searching, craftable weapon farming etc). On top of all the QOL additions I truly believe this is the best Destiny has ever been and its only getting better.

  • @Zantam70
    @Zantam70 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Couldn't agree more on the point you made about Duality. I really wish there was more end-game pve content that wasn't dragging around the chain and ball of champions/matchgame/burn. Activities where we can let buildcrafting off its leash.

  • @oceanshome5119
    @oceanshome5119 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just came back to d2 after a year and a half away. Although there’s many new “things” in the game, it quickly felt very similar to a year and a half ago. Couldn’t agree more with the strike playlist, it needs some love

  • @_imago
    @_imago 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hear me out: New "Gambit" mode, equivalent of Nightfall for Vanguard. 4-player wave based defence focused on combat, in Gambit maps, PvE only. Legend mode: you get ammo and different positive and negative modifiers each round. Master mode: Locked loadout, you start with random green rarity stuff and baseline subclass features, and upgrade a couple slots to whatever you have equipped each round. I think people crave combat challenges like duality without the commitment and linearity of a dungeon/raid.

  • @DaveyPitch
    @DaveyPitch 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I totally agree about taking a break. I played the first day or two of this season and then left, and only came back last week. Managed to complete all the seasonal storyline stuff, and played a bit with Solar 3.0. Having the break has reenergized me and I feel excited for tomorrow and Arc 3.0, plus a returning raid. Would love to get some more strikes though, as well as strike scoring back, to really help out the strike playlist.

  • @ShadyLoPe
    @ShadyLoPe 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That’s how I felt this season. Played in the beginning doing the new dungeon and then took a summer break. I Golfed on weekends didn’t play after work and grinding to level and completing the GMs for my guilded this last week was actually fun

  • @LastRookie
    @LastRookie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I may have started D2 back in season 12 (D1 is a different story), but it has felt oh so good to take this last week off from the game. I may have popped in to ready my anti-champion weapons, but I've been out of it for the most part. Feels good.

  • @stoicrobot395
    @stoicrobot395 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved the story. Hated Containment at the end. Took a week off and realized that I play for the wonder, the fantasy, and my clanmates's camaraderie!
    Bring back heroic story missions, heroic strikes. Perhaps those reward weps drop with more perks, armor could be focused but only if done solo.
    Why? I've found the new lights in our clan need sharpening as to where enemies spawn from, loadouts to handle said spawns, and armor set ups.
    What helped me the most was solo play.
    Also, why gave all the triumphs for a seal be linked to mostly 1 activity? Containment, done 280 times, is just boring.
    However, grade the season A+ as I had so much fun until the containment grind burnout. Came back from time off able to help new lights in clan get conquerer, finish all weapons, except fixed and Ep. (not a single drop in 30+ runs!)
    But that's RnJesus, Bungie style.
    PvP...more cheaters than ever. If Bungie can't fix then maybe it should just be legal to use chronus?
    We still get ddossing on PS! I'd be Fabled if not for this. Early on, H3, we had 3 matches in a row that someone from our team didn't land with us! Yesterday, a guy was running and shooting through rocks. We have the video. Also, his teammate switched lag on and off. Why play? My buddy needs 1 more to get Unbroken.
    Next season will be POG! Why? Cuz Bungie has the template. Make the game a bit harder with solo game more than lost sectors and I'll be happy!
    Datto, thanks for helping me and Mr. Fruit get a handle on armor and vault cleaning!

  • @firstlast6437
    @firstlast6437 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    As someone who never did anything on the leviathan except menagerie I loved season of the haunted

  • @BlackKaiserDrake
    @BlackKaiserDrake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved the season. It’s the second season I’ve fully done the season pass and gotten the title for (the only other being Arrivals). Solar 3.0 was loads of fun with hammer spam Titan.

  • @jonnynihil8121
    @jonnynihil8121 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Damn! Literally came from one video with The First Descendant being advertised, straight into another video with The First Descendant being advertised! Already getting Rad: Shady Leg Ends vibes all over the place

  • @ObcasusINL
    @ObcasusINL 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This “The First Descendant” ad campaign must be paying you all very high, this is the third ad I’ve seen on a D2 video today. Let’s ignore the ghost thing they have lol

  • @nerv8454
    @nerv8454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Season of the Haunted truly was one of the seasons in Destiny 2

  • @adelynn3501
    @adelynn3501 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    On dawnblade 3.0, they REALLY need to combine icarus dash with heat rises and give us a healing focused aspect. Touch of flame should also get a secondary effect

  • @endlessein
    @endlessein 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I 100% agree with the Dungeon. I had a blast soloing it with Titan Hammer strat 😂

  • @InTheMistByTheHills
    @InTheMistByTheHills 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I would like to see matchmaking for dungeons as a way to freshen up the game. I totally understand why matchmaking for raids isn't happening, but dungeons are less of an ask when it comes to coordinating

  • @corruptVz
    @corruptVz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    heavy Anthem vibes from that sponsor lol. Hopefully they do it right.

  • @deKahedron
    @deKahedron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I could see Resilience and Intellect having their mod costs swapped.

    • @deKahedron
      @deKahedron 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The Legs of Rhulk I didn't say I want it, but it makes sense considering how the value of resilience has ballooned shortly after intelect tanked.

  • @monkeyflip2025
    @monkeyflip2025 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was my first solstice! I never ever want to participate in another one!

  • @luk4aaaa
    @luk4aaaa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I loved the story and how it touched on more personal and emotional themes with the characters, one of the best ones by far.
    The seasonal activity could get boring, but doing one each week was fun since the enemy density was pretty high, so there was a lot to sink your teeth into.

    • @davida1229
      @davida1229 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not only the density, there are enemies with SO MUCH health lol
      This is great imo, they let you actually try your builds with enemies that don’t get one-shotted at first sight...

  • @seanoconnor3164
    @seanoconnor3164 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I took a month and a half off and I'm amazed at how much of the season I managed to get through. You're right, 6 weapons that are craft able are more than enough since all but one or two will be valuable that season.

  • @c4sualcycl0ps48
    @c4sualcycl0ps48 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Containment was probably the closest I’ve experienced to the good old escalation protocol in terms of players just laying into enemies.

  • @JMonkey222
    @JMonkey222 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Disagree with Classy Resto not being important for builds specifically for hunters. Because we need mobility for our dodge, we would ideally be able to spec into all MOB, RES, and Rec, but that's not possible. Solar for hunter is going to be a bit more difficult once we can only pick two of the top three to spec into.

  • @MikhailHudon_ZerithFarron
    @MikhailHudon_ZerithFarron 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hard disagree on the volume of patterns made available. More is always better IMHO. Even if we can't complete all of them in the season they're introduced I'm not interested in more than 2-5 guns anyway so it all works out eventually.

  • @saltyjello_
    @saltyjello_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i took a break for about two months during this season, a bit sad im missing out on all the season ranks/the armor ornament sets but im actually excited season 18 to come out

  • @foist101
    @foist101 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I did the bare minimum during Risen so I wasn't burning out on the game and really quite enjoyed it. Destiny can't stay mysterious and unknown forever and I think they're doing a pretty good job of unraveling everything including the characters. I also didn't get bored of the containment stuff but I also don't grind just to get everything (like patterns), I think the open arenas with lots of dudes to kill was good.

  • @TheMcK777
    @TheMcK777 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Now I want someone to get Darin De Paul to just call out "For the love of God, just join forces with me, *PLEASE* bro!" in the Calus voice

  • @benjaminaltube8731
    @benjaminaltube8731 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The story felt like a kingdom hearts one, sacrificing overall congruence for sentimentalism
    Which is okay if it's your cup of tea. Like I don't even think Bungie themselves know what nightmares exactly are and how they work and it's behavior contradicts whatever was said they were before in order to get a point across at all costs. That and retreading old story threads that were better off closed. Or just changing core attributes of a character in order to fit the current plot, despite said character not showing any hint of this new attributes before this season. Making it feel like it was made on the go.
    Still I kinda felt it was kind of preachy. Presenting issues clearly talking to the player in real life, and giving answers straight up as the correct choice rather than make the player make themselves questions so they can answer them.
    Besides from that, story beats are getting a little too predictable.
    Something happens each Tuesday, you do it and then wait till next week for the next thing to happen, until it stops for two or three weeks, then a "plot twist" (not really a twist if it's expected) on the final week. Rinse and repeat. Bungies writers are too enslaved to the "seasonal model" or "live service" Chronogram and the pacing sometimes suffers because of that
    Guess that's why I like the expansion more than any seasonal content this year

    • @mgthejoker8367
      @mgthejoker8367 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      120% agree with every point made here, these are thoughts that I've been having about the story the entire season and am glad to see I ain't insane and others have thought the same.

  • @Double0hTater
    @Double0hTater 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    On the eververse comment, i get what you mean, but im fine with that as long as they continue to deliver decent content, if people are funding them through cosmetic purchases enough to maintain a decent flow of good content& story telling, im fine with that, plus the brightdust store generally has some quality stuff to grab from simply just playing the game & completing seasonal challenges

  • @zeik101
    @zeik101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I imagine the only reason we had so many seasonal weapons is because they had to reprise a number. I imagine future seasons which don’t strongly follow a previous one will have fewer, while those that do will have more because of reprised and new weapons.

  • @tobias-hastings
    @tobias-hastings 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only thing I disagree on is the weapon patterns. I'm happy that we got so many and now find it frustrating to realise a weapon isn't craftable because I enjoy creating my weapon, levelling it up and tailoring it to my build.

  • @showmethemoney8583
    @showmethemoney8583 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Grinded the shit outta last season and was looking forward to this one, but I ended up taking a few months break when it dropped instead and can say it felt a lot better coming back later on

  • @AshleyDarling_
    @AshleyDarling_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Took a 5 month break, excited for the next season now!

  • @vesperizm
    @vesperizm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the only reason i was playing week to week, was the story missions because i was so captivated by them. once they stopped releasing, i stopped playing until the second to last week and it was only to hit rank 100

  • @aaronburridge2259
    @aaronburridge2259 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was my time away I played the first week and dipped for a long time then came back to finish my season pass

  • @jackellis8433
    @jackellis8433 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What you said about leaving for a while I did just after the realise of witch queen than came back about a month ago and fell in love with the game again

  • @frozenalpha6942
    @frozenalpha6942 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chain is my baby for my Warlock "Chewy Grenade"(devour focused) build

  • @guyguy7923
    @guyguy7923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was in a game of iron banner with you on the other team once. Immediately mercy ruled

  • @AliAdam80
    @AliAdam80 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I played week 1,2 6 and last week of the season. A break was soooo needed

  • @TheRockemsockm
    @TheRockemsockm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hunters want max primary stats. You can only get mobility and resilience or recovery due to the way armor rolls. It's a massive sacrifice where Titans and Warlocks have no worries.

  • @ryanjackson1340
    @ryanjackson1340 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Shout out to first descendant for supporting like every D2 TH-camr lol