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6/14/2021 10:22:39 AM
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Shaxx is a reservoir of untapped potential, he has had basically zero in-game character development. I would love for next season, or any future season, to be centred around him. We've seen that even bit-part characters like Lord Saladin and Amanda Holliday can be made to feel much more relevant with just a bit of seasonal dialogue. The exchanges between Drifter and Eris during Season of Arrivals were incredible, the writing of Mithrax this season is top-notch and the task of vilifying Lakshmi was accomplished with great ease.
There is even a tangential reason why it [i]should[/i] involve him. It is well-known, from Season of Dawn, that Shaxx is very talented at singing, but the tune itself is Savathun's Song, as noted by Eris in Season of Arrivals and suggesting that he remove the skull that hangs above him in the Tower. This didn't happen, now more and more people have been infected by the song. Perhaps we could work with Shaxx to free people from the viral chant, ahead of Savathun's arrival? Just an idea.
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Remember when Shaxx helped us forge our first sword? Where's stuff like that??
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I might be mistaken but I think that might actually be the last time he had a major involvement in a story quest.
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I wanna say that there was something in Forsaken as well... But I might just be thinking of Lunas Howl. There's definitely not many things. Which is unfortunate. I liked getting quests from a variety of NPCs, not just Vuvuzela and Banshee
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Edited by Astartes Marine: 6/14/2021 1:02:03 PMShaxx does have occasional character development, just in lore. Read the page for the handcannon "Survivor's Epitaph". Gave me a whole new respect for the Crucible Master.
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Not an energy hand cannon But you are still right I don’t know why I even cared enough to comment this lol
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No it's okay, you're right...but I blame lack of coffee!
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That’s fair lol
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That's part of my point. Lots of characters have many lore tabs about them, think how much we've read about characters like Aunor, Shin Malphur, Sola and many others without ever actually meeting them or really interacting at all. On the flipside, I can't think of any major character that we can interact with who has had less screentime than Shaxx. Even Tyra Karn has been involved more recently than him. You're right that the Survivor's Epitaph lore tab is excellent. So too are the lore tabs for Wing Discipline, Wing Contender and Wing Theorem, that describe how he lost a bet to Cayde and had to play dodgeball with the children of the City. The Devil's Ruin quest is the only time we really got to hear Shaxx speak anywhere outside of the Crucible, when it would be so much more effective and impactful to hear him speak about these stories himself.
