There were so many possibilities but it all felt so rushed. I would have liked to see this fleshed out a little more as well. It all felt very easy and a little underdeveloped. I was thinking that something should have went wrong and we become corrupted while trying to return our light. We would wake up with a new subclass based on the darkness instead of the light. We could have things like life steal, mind control, necromancy and so on. We would eventually get our light back but after it was all said and done we would have a new subclass based on the darkness to explore.

I've talked to my clan about this back at launch; it'd be really cool IMO! I thought the story moved too fast, especially when it came to retrieving the Light back. I thought it would've been a great opportunity to go through several missions (heck, even up to the first Strike) without the Light. It would've felt a little challenging, perhaps, and furthermore it could've been a way to teach players how to play a first-person shooter on a tactical level; so by the time you reached the first Strike, a big appreciation for the Light as well as a strong tutorial from the likes of Hawthorne and Devrim would've influenced skill over power even further. That is what makes a true Guardian: the choice to fight and protect. With or without the Light. * * * On another related note, it seemed only our Guardian was able to receive the power from the Traveler again. It would have been great to have our Vanguard mentor's flashback moments as not only monologues but playable missions on what it takes to be the particular class you chose. Each playthrough of story depending on the class chosen determined the respective alternate path. Ikora for Warlock, giving meditation lessons and flashback missions to not only learn about her journey but [i]why[/i] she is part of the Vanguard and so on. Storytelling is such a vital thing. It's how we learn things and carry on information. [i]How[/i] it's told is also important, as it can captivate or straight bore someone! (I think that's my cue to stop lol)

With all of the promotional material saying stuff like "welcome to a world without light," it really gave me the impression that we would have had more than one mission where we had no light.

I generally do not like this plot device/mechanic in games. The "you lost all your stuff periodically" deal just feels more like an annoyance than an actual time of struggle. But in this case I agree. I can't be certain, but uh, I am fairly sure that most of us were thinking something along the same lines when we got our powers back at the shard. "What, already? I think that kinda stems from the problem they have with the RPG vs FPS elements. Bungie's always been a FPS crew, and I think are still figuring out open world, storyline, and stuff like that. That sounds irrelevant but it really is not. In an FPS, this is how the campaign would typically play out. You'd lose your stuff, but only for like a split second, or maybe a couple of missions. The [i]pacing[/i] is different in an RPG. In open world RPGs especially, because devs usually use the open world and the NPCs within them to tell the story. So it's a story that's sort of drawn out over a long period of exploration. Which is better, and the way I'd have preferred it. I mean, the fall from grace should have been this epic memory. They had the EDZ to work with, the farm, characters like Hawthorne and Devrim Kay, the survivors and clans that Hawthorne had gathered. As it stands, you limp out of the city. You see time stamps. You shoot some dogs. You see a hawk. Hawthorne finds you when you fall, you go to the farm, you find the shard, bam. Powers. That fast. Doesn't even feel like we lost anything. (Especially since the tower NPCs ALL survived, including that bastard Rahool.) It could have been a time where we are lost and struggling for a long time in the EDZ. Finding weapons, blues that actually matter so much now. Armor that actually matters for its protection value. Working with Hawthorne's people to go on missions to help survivors, lightness guardians that give info on the City, the shard, etc. Side missions that tell about the history of the EDZ. Such as High Value Target sniper missions from Devrim Kay that have you scouting Cabal and Fallen forces to fight back little at a time, while learning about their commanders and tactics. And it wouldn't even just have to be completely without Light. Those "shard stories"? Well, that could have been turned into long Shard of the Traveler quests. Challenging "training" type missions that basically taught you to be each subclass. Wanna be a Striker again? Here's a mission called "Fists of the Frontline". After uncovering a lost audio diary from a legendary Striker (Saladin) it starts a mission with dialogue something like: [i]Queue deep raspy voice[/i] "As a titan... I learned long ago that idly defending against an onslaught can never... ever be the only way. There are times when we have to take the fight to the enemy, when they need to [i]feel[/i] the shock and awe and utter havoc. And that can't always be done with simply a firearm. I never thought I would charge at a wall of invaders with nothing but a pair of fists... until I did, and sent them scattering like shrapnel. Sometimes, the fists are the better way to send a message from the Traveler... that we will bring them the fight." Then you have to basically go on a mission in the EDZ where you're constantly being swarmed with enemies, and progression to the next section might only happen if you've killed enough enemies with melee attacks, or if you've broken X amount of Arc Shields on captains using Melee. You'd not be empowered by light yet, but you'd essentially be [i]learning[/i] to be the subclass the mission is themed around. Learning about epic Strikers or Voidwalkers, learning about the history of the art, the tactics, the idea. Then finally, through investigation and exploration in the open world, you'd find a small shard of the Traveler. After many, many, [i]many[/i] hours of play. [i]That[/i] would have been memorable. It would have felt like having to build yourself from the ground up, and when you finally found the shard, it would feel like you'd been through so much to get there. It would have helped PvE in general, the campaign, the story, the lore, and the fun factor of playing beyond the opening hour of the game. [i]Sigh[/i]. But nah. We have a FPS story just kind of tossed into an open world, and power levels that mean shit, and skill trees that are too easily obtained. C'mon Bungie. RPG this shit already.

Sorry, but that's just stupid. D2 was nerfed to death already, but you think people would have liked running around at half speed, stuck on the ground, and weak for a longer time? That mission without the light was just garbage we had to get through before we could play Destiny. Here's an idea...if you want to play a game without power fantasy, try COD, BF1, or any of the other numerous garbage war games. Destiny is SUPPOSED to be different from that trash, and the reason D2 sucks as bad as it does is because of the influence of people like you who just want the same old trash COD has been putting out for years.

Or or have the 2nd mission be longer and better. But a SUPER missed potential. Why not have us walk around the last city and learn about it? Wow what fkn luck did we have that our ghost was a few yards away? Why not let us search for the ghost and hide from the cabal or something? But no we leave the city after 5 mins. Man I would like to explore out side of the city walls beacuse I want to see how big it is. But no Luke Smith happend

We want to feel "powerful!" or We want less "power!" Make up your mind!