First and foremost, I just want to say that these are my thoughts on Bungie's approach to the lore in D2 more than a discussion of actual lore. If you'd like to read actual lore stuff by me, you can check out my [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/226603797?sort=0&page=0]Muzzy Archive[/url]. Hey everyone, Muzzy here. I'd like to give my thoughts on the matter of Bungie making the decision not to continue the Grimoire for Destiny 2. I love Destiny and I love the lore. It's the primary reason why I've stuck with this franchise. It's the thing that cemented my loyalty to this game was the day that I discovered the Grimoire and began reading about all the cool backstories and making the connections between different places, characters, and missions. The Grimoire was the reason that I truly was able to connect with the community, the reason that I found my clan, The Ashen Conflux. I feel that by removing the Grimoire, Bungie has taken away the chance for another Muzzy to pop up. Don't get me wrong, I'm elated that Bungie is taking the extra step and adding the lore into the game, but I feel that removing the auxiliary deep lore is also a step back. Gone are the deep epic stories telling of the legendary Guardians performing extraordinary feats and the tales of a tyrant rising to power. Instead, we get spoon-fed information via Ghost scans and dialogue. While this is nice, it isn't enough on it's own. What if we aren't able to find all of the pieces? Then we wot be able to put the story together correctly. A Grimoire card had everything you needed right there. The lack of an omniscient point of view removes the crystal clear understanding of the lore. With Ghost scans or NPC dialogue, Bungie, whether they know it or not, has instead given us fallible narrators. Now, we can't ever be certain of what we're told is correct because the narrator may have some sort of bias, or might not know all of the information. And lastly, as someone who writes lore posts, I feel that this change makes it incredibly difficult for me and other lore enthusiasts to put together the pieces. When the article that there would be no Grimoire in Destiny 2 came out, my clan had the collective thought of "Is this the end of the lore? Are we done?" What Bungie is doing with the story-telling is a good thing, but I think that the Grimoire may be necessary to bridge gaps between all the little breadcrumbs of lore out there. Anyways, this is just my little rant about my feelings of the removal of Grimoire in Destiny 2. I could be completely wrong about all of this; this may be the best thing Bungie could have done. I hope I'm wrong, but I can't help but have a new level of apprehension about the story of the game leading up to its release. If you haven't already, please watch the video I've linked above. Mynameisbyf did a much better job expanding and summarizing exactly what I was thinking, but I still needed to write this out for myself. I'll continue to write lore posts for you guys after Destiny 2 releases, but they may be less frequent depending on how this all plays out. Let me know your thoughts on this in the comments. [b]EDIT: [/b]You guys seem to be misunderstanding what I'm trying to say. This isn't about an in-game Grimoire codex or anything. They aren't going to be writing Grimoire cards at all for Destiny 2, and I think that's a mistake. [b]EDIT 2:[/b] I'm [i]not[/i] saying lore shouldn't exist in game. I'm saying that Destiny's lore is way too vast and complex that without a codex, in-game books, or the grimoire system there is no way we get half the lore we did in D1 without hours upon hours of exposition.