Luke Smith is a fruit cake.

Dark Souls influenced the game. In that series, cycles (and broken cycles) are very important. I believe that the Traveler and the Darkness has played out the ascension / collapse game many times. I think the Traveler ascended the Fallen, the Cabal, the Vex, the Hive (and there may be more). In each of the cases - the Darkness has come and the Traveler has fled. Not the most noblest of acts on the Traveler's part. In the game, the Traveler didn't flee bought instead fought and was damaged by the decision. One of the Grimoire Cards suggested that he did try to flee and then returned. [quote]You have lived as invisibly as possible, flicking from solar system to solar system, making grand plans, overseeing the culturing of civilizations, before leaving in a blink. But you have no recollection of ever wanting worship or even thanks from those blessed by you. But memory is heavy now. It feels like lead and neutronium and electroweak matter fashioned into a moon-sized ball that you must carry as you move. Now, your flight is rapid, your vast mind infected with such dread and toxic doubt that you find yourself afraid of the simple act of thought. And it is your children you must turn to now, in time of need. [/quote] I think these ideas carry forth in other elements of the game. Dregden Yor = Hive (the reveling in the death and hate of the Darkness) Future War Cult = Cabal Dead Orbit = Fallen Another key influence is the Arthurian Knights - which is interesting with the New Monarchy and the Kell of Kells elements of the game.

This tells me that Luke Smith was probably trying his hardest to bite back a REALLY snarky comment, while trying to figure out how to answer the question.

in the original story line for Destiny the Traveler IS evil. Not so much something new, as something old revisited and re-integrated

The original story was you side with the crow and all that, but the end was you going into the traveler and killing it. The end of the game we know is going to the heart of the darkness and killing it. Merge em together and what do ya get? You going into the traveler to kill the black garden.

The traveller is a gypsy and has parked his caravan above the city. The darkness is the council trying to move the travellers on.

Interesting that he says the "official" Bungie solution for block moving equipment when not in the tower is "Tower Ghost"! If they think Tower Ghost is so good (it is) then why don't they simply build the same functionality into the game? If I could just press "option" and then "move my usual loadout to Hunter" I would be very happy indeed.

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According to every other piece of information in the game and in grimoire, no.

he dosnt know yet, there making the story up as they go lol

Some of the questions in the interview were funny and were thrilling But there is 2 questions that should've been ask and answered. Will the Stranger make a return? Is Toland, The Shattered alive?

A crippling Death Star. Quite evil I dare say

The Grimoire about the Traveler implies that it is well-intentioned. There's more cryptic stuff, too, however, that implies it is being forced to do something or possibly being controlled. I think the reason he took so long to answer was because the Traveler itself isn't evil, but it may be doing something evil, and in any case he can't be spilling the beans.

If this is true, then the speaker must publicly apologize to everyone wearing the trinary star cloak, wear yours with pride!

He could tell you But he won't Just like that damn speaker

He could simply be saying good and evil are subjective depending on your viewpoint.