I am so tired. I have spent the night playing The taken king, and it is awesome. Destiny has definitely got its excitement back, the real excitement of new things. I have taken my Titan to level 40 and unlocked the Sunbreaker subclass. Getting to fire up and throw flaming hammers that explode is amazing, it makes me feel like Fire Thor.
And this is just one of the new subclasses, I have yet to play my hunter or warlock, but I am very excited to bring them forward as well. Speaking of the excitement of new things, I haven’t felt so excited over getting a legendary engram for quite some time, it actually means something again. This does mean however; Dismanteling all my hard earned legendary loot from house of wolves and the dark below, I will of course be keeping special ones like Murmur and all of the iron banner gear, just for nostalgia. But in a game where the new common gear is just as strong, if not stronger than the old legendary gear, it’s time to let go, no matter how painful.
However, there is a bright side. So far I have collected a Legendary shotgun and Chestpiece, and I just want to jump in again and collect more, I must admit it is strange seeing blues and greens equipped, the urge to find more purples is strong.
Look at all those colors!
Playing through the storyline is really fun, the cut scenes are amazing, and the story! there is a story!
The interactions the story characters have with each other is fantastic, all the quests we can do are exciting and fun. And challenging, once again things are challenging, it’s not just a run through and do this simple thing and you are done, it’s run through annoying and powerful enemies and claw your way through to the end.
What I have been really enjoying is the new dynamics brought in with taken. From warping around to shooting massive balls of shadow energy at you, each one proves a different challenge, and when you throw a whole bunch of them together, a really fun time.
The Dreadnought
It is huge, I have had a great time exploring all the little areas. Through hidden tunnels, across invisible bridges. Finding secret treasures. All the while fighting a mix of Taken, Hive and Cabal. Wandering through this place is new and exciting, I can’t wait to dive back in. All the new Patrol Beacons are fun too, from the ‘Energy Spike’ missions to taking care of a patch of Taken, they add more excitement to the usual ‘go here and scan this’ or ‘kill all the things’
All in All the Taken King has been a great experience so far. Bungie has really upped their game, This is what destiny should have been from the beginning. I cannot wait to see what else they will surprise us with.
Thank You Bungie
and as always
Tune in – Geek out
-B
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