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3/2/2022 10:52:11 PM
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Mixing Forms of Light?
Hi, lore noob here with a few questions for those more well-versed.
1) I know gameplay-wise it makes sense not to be able to mix any of the three forms of Light, but is there anything lore-wise saying it can’t happen?
Or, to push the idea further, is there anything so far saying Guardians can’t mix a form of Light and Dark? Like, imagine summoning a Golden Gun infused with the inevitable Corruption Darkness energy we’ll be seeing in the future?
2) Also, is there a reason lore-wise for why Guardians shape their Light into specific shapes? Or can we technically shape our Light into whatever we can imagine?
3) Final question, is there a reason most Guardians choose a class? I can’t imagine there’s any benefit from it lore-wise, only serving to limit Guardians in how we manifest our Light.
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For 1. I haven’t seen anything that says we can’t mix different kinds of light, so I imagine that could be technically possible (definitely not in gameplay though) 2. Guardians can make their light into anything they desire, and the subclasses we have are just the most popular ways they manifest. I could be wrong but I believe it’s stated in the lore at one point the reason there are so many gunslingers is because they all wanted to be like the legend of the man with the golden gun, Shin Malphur. 3. Guardians today choose a class again because of convention and accessibility. Hunters had to learn blink from warlocks, and Titans figured out shoulder charge because they couldn’t learn how to blink at all. Guardians just naturally fluctuate towards one of them, but back in the dark age there were no “classes” and light was more person by person. We see this with characters like the drifter and the warlords, who didn’t really match the way we use light now. As drifter puts it, “Dark age was wild times!”
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2 RepliesEdited by KannibalKlown: 3/3/2022 1:22:31 PMEdit. I guess I was wrong. I just watched thr clips I remembered incorrectly . At most we see Cayde using Blink in Red War (which was arc) and solar in forsaken . And in forsaken he uses multiple solar supers (blade barrage and golden gun). And in vex assault on tower, Ikora uses nova bomb and nova warp.
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[quote]Hi, lore noob here with a few questions for those more well-versed. [/quote] I think Witch Queen might be the perfect time to catch up with the direction the story is going in. [quote]1) I know gameplay-wise it makes sense not to be able to mix any of the three forms of Light, but is there anything lore-wise saying it can’t happen? Or, to push the idea further, is there anything so far saying Guardians can’t mix a form of Light and Dark? Like, imagine summoning a Golden Gun infused with the inevitable Corruption Darkness energy we’ll be seeing in the future?[/quote] As far as I know, the elements have never been mixed before but I’d imagine that only really wise and experienced guardians can do it. [quote]2) Also, is there a reason lore-wise for why Guardians shape their Light into specific shapes? Or can we technically shape our Light into whatever we can imagine?[/quote] I’m pretty sure light can be shaped into anything and the subclasses available in the game are just the most popular. [quote]3) Final question, is there a reason most Guardians choose a class? I can’t imagine there’s any benefit from it lore-wise, only serving to limit Guardians in how we manifest our Light.[/quote] Same reasons the players do I’m guessing. Just their preferred “play style.” I have a theory that the light or something about a Guardian’s brain makes them prefer to fill the role that the individual classes and subclasses fill.
