For as long as we've had TTK on the horizon, even before it was called TTK, we've all been hoping that it WOULDN'T be based around the Hive. I was in this camp as well. Until now. I've called upon my years of completely unrelated military experience (I did IT work in combat, and had ZERO strategic training), a little common sense, and a large amount of pulling out of my buttocks to come up with a good reason why TTK should be about the Hive, and why we should feel good about it. To do this, let's take a look at what each of the enemy factions were up to during Vanilla, TDB, and HoW. We'll start with [b]Vanilla:[/b] [i]Fallen:[/i] Present on - Earth, Moon, Venus History - Major Battles at Birth of Last Safe city, most notoriously Twilight Gap. Fallen repelled. Current Status - Broken into Houses. Decentralized. Fighting Three different ongoing wars on all three destinations. [i]Hive:[/i] Present on - Earth, Moon History - Major Battle on Moon. Moon Taken, Guardians Repelled. Current Status - Invading Earth [i]Vex:[/i] Present on - Venus, Mars History - Took and Terraformed Mercury Current Status - Black Garden (possible Vex Home?) Taken. Darkness Shard Defeated. Atheon Defeated. [i]Cabal[/i] Present on - Mars History - Took Mars. Unknown? Current Status - Leadership of a single Cabal Force Assassinated. [b]The Dark Below:[/b] [i]Fallen:[/i] As above [i[Hive:[/i] Beginning - Greater Presence on Earth and Moon, Crota (Hive God) returns Ending - Crota Defeated, Major Blow dealt to Hive, Major Foothold established on Earth. [i]Vex:[/i] As Above [i]Cabal[/i] As Above [b]House of Wolves:[/b] [i]Fallen:[/i] Beginning - Fallen House of Wolves back in action. Skolas successfully unites Winter and Wolves, enters talks with Kings. Wolves obtain Vex technology. Ending - Wolves successfully scattered. Skolas dealt with Permanently. Kings Baron Assassinated, Devils unwilling to join Wolves. Fallen as potential allies? [i]Hive:[/i] As Above [i]Vex:[/i] As Above [i]Cabal:[/i] As Above In short, The Fallen have been thrown against the City and Guardians and broke. They respected the Darkness as something that cannot be stolen or stolen from, but the Guardians took the Black Garden from it. The Vex have been dealt a major blow and need to recover. The Cabal are still the furthest threat from Earth. The Hive are present. They have a foothold on Earth. They control the Moon. They're here now, and they are the most immediate of threats as the Fallen dwindle. Strategically, if the City doesn't do something about the Hive, they are the most likely to be at our doorway first. It makes sense that the Hive would be the focus of the first Destiny game; of Year One and Two. Imagine the possibilities for the next couple years, though. Fighting the Vex off Mercury and sending them packing. Meanwhile, over the next 4 years the Cabal pick up strength and bring themselves to Earth, and then we've got an Army of Guardians fighting a Second Major defense of the City and the Traveler. Imagine the possibilities, and make them known to Bungie, and maybe we'll get a chance to see some of the things we want. Humanguy30, out.