So, the mission, "The Archive" - when you have to go into the Ishtar academy to secure data and Grayliks infiltrates, leading to a fight.
You pass some skeletons when you initially enter the doors - the ones locked with the Radial A encryption, remember?
Well, years of Fallout have taught me to pay attention to the objects, particularly skeletons, that are placed in a scene, because they often tell a story. The particular story here I wasn't sure about - there are some skeletons strewn about, one looks like the decedent was sitting at the time, another couple are entwined on the floor, another lies clean, facing upward to the ceiling.
I figured they might be research crew or engineers or some such, locked in there when The Golden Age collapsed suddenly around them.
But then I noticed [i]none of them have hands or feet[/i].
That would paint a far more grisly picture, but I'm having trouble putting together a plausible narrative. If the archive were infiltrated, why not just kill them? Clearly they had time to themselves after being maimed, left to bleed out. It's unlikely they did this to themselves, since one would expect a tool nearby and at least one hand among them.
Or, ya know, someone was a little sloppy with the geometry assets and just forgot to toss some hands and feet in there. But I like to think this was intentional.
Any ideas?
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"Carl why are his hands missing?!" "My tummy had the rumblies" "Caaaarl!!!" "That only hands could satisfy"
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Hands and feet will be coming with future DLC for a nominal fee
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Actually, they probably ate them. When the collapse happened the doors locked and they were trapped inside to starve to death. That's what the design guy said in the ride-along...so yea...Pretty metal.
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Pretty sure bungie just can't make a decent game anymore and you are probably reading into nothing.
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Edited by Villainous: 3/1/2015 5:10:59 PMAnyone know why eris' symbol is on the floor of the archive??
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It's a metaphor for destiny: the idea is there and it looks good, but it's missing a few vital parts
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Its doctor shin and his lab assistants
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"Ted, we're maxed out on memory in the Ishtar Academy, need you to clear some assets out of that space." "Alright, I'll cut some limbs out of the skeletons laying around. People will see skulls, get the gist of it."
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its an ancient metaphor for the video gaming- developers industry. its latin for 'we don't finish our games'
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Think there Will be an hand/feet DLC in a few months...
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Edited by LTLRA: 2/17/2015 10:54:02 AMThe One about the Limbs It has come to our attention of an exploit being used to cheat the game. The hands and feet of skeletons are missing, and players are misusing this glitch. We plan on patching this as soon as possible. This is not how we meant our game to be played. Eyes up Guadians -Bungie
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feet and hands are locked content. - you'll get them when comet comes out.
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All skeletons are like that sadly
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All the skeletons in the game have no hands or feet
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Feet and hands are hard to map. Mystery solved.
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What happened to those people is in the grimoire cards under Vex. And yes there were a research crew.
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I would assume that the fallen came in and killed them and consume their flesh tearing off their limbs and leaving the body
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This is Destiny. There is no deeper meaning to anything. In order to have a deeper meaning to the storyline there would need to be a storyline to begin with. There isn't one. My best guess is they simply almost finished putting the skeleton in and then just stopped halfway. Much like the rest of the game
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Edited by Lord Exodus: 2/18/2015 10:36:46 PM[b]Bungie[/b]: "These be ruins, add things to make them look ruin-y" [b]Bungie[/b]: *Adds debris, cracked floors, overgrown vegetation, and skeletons to make place seem ruin-y* [b]Bungie[/b]: "Perfect! Looks like old ruins! Ship the game!" [spoiler]They were really only placed there for ambience and to let you know that many humans died in the "collapse", here are their bones[/spoiler]
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Larry, don't touch that. Larry, I said don't touch that. LARRY! *doors lock them in* What did I just say Larry?
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Well one thing we would need to know is exactly how they died. But without that information there are a few plausible ways the hands and feet are missing. Just some fun theories! 1. Hands and feet can actually literally 'fall off' of the body first as it decays. This is why often bodies found after major disasters like tsunamis often are missing their hands and feet. 2. Also because hands and feet will separate first with decay, they make easy pickings for scavengers who will take them away to chew on. 3 If the fallen were involved they may have taken the hands right after death or as they found the skeletons. The hands could make good trophies. 4. Fallen may have taken them for their bones to fashion some of that bone jewelry they seem to have on them (I am pretty sure I saw that on some of the concept art). Points 3 and 4 can be seen today in some cultures with a tribal nature (for better lack of a term). I can go into more since I study bones and bone tools but if I were to make a story I like the thought that the fallen took the hands and feet either as trophies or to make decorative jewelry.
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The feet and hands were cut from vanilla destiny .... to be released later as dlc.
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how long does it take for skeletons to become dust?
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You know what I noticed? [i]Ishtar[/i] Sink. [i]Marik Ishtar.[/i] We need the Pharaoh.
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Noticed this as well. While I want this to be some kind of easter egg or hidden clue, I know it was just lazy programming. It's literally every skeleton you can find.
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Fallout. Skeleton hands and feet. 2 hands and 2 feet on a person. 2•2=4 4 letters in "Fall" The next Fallout should be Fallout 4. Fallout 4 confirmed?