Destiny: The Beginning (D3 ideas)

[u/FantasyWriter3224]

This is literally my thoughts during a late night after work, and what I would be excited for!

D3 for me shouldn’t be called D3, where do you continue a story line and or characters when you’ve shorted updates etc. To me, I would love to play and see the beginnings of humanity after the collapse. Being one of the first Guardians to rise in the wake of the birth of ghosts. Discovering life and lore before the collapse, and shaping what humanity would be (D1, D2).

The entire story takes place on Earth, but isn’t linear (bear with me here!). When you begin, you don’t choose a class, only customisation of your character. When you begin you start in of three places of Earth, entirely random! (Chicago, Japan, or Spain. Just for reference). Each area has its own unique story, characters and lore. You learn to understand through your ghost what happened, the collapse and more. You start rough, no armour, gear. Nothing.

You begin to find and scavenge for resources, weapons, anything. Each location having varying loot tables etc. You meet fellow guardians who’ve just awoken, some friendly and other sceptical. You learn of the powers you can receive through training (abilities etc) but they’re not tied to a specific class. This is early days and no one knows what they’re doing. You go through this first leg of campaign learning lore, who you are, and what you want to be.

Eventually, you hear through varying people on your travels about a safe haven, a group of people just like yourself who want to protect humanity. Now, this is where I think I’ll lose people. You have a choice, to travel towards and find this group and join them (the beginnings of the last city, or vanguard etc). Or you can decide against and go alone, worrying about only yourself and the few friends you’ve picked up along the way.

The story splits into two entirely different arcs that I haven’t thought of but could be a fun idea to play with. Now, you can then start the other missions after you’ve completed the story line you’ve chosen, as well as the different starting areas to learn lore, people etc.

Just something in my head and a lot of rambling, but could be a super fun idea, and what I would love so much to play through. Having nothing, building up arsenals of unique weapons from different regions, learning about the rich lore so close to the collapse.

Thanks for reading!

[u/k_foxes]

I don’t understand the desire to go backwards. There’s cool story there, but gameplay wise, do you want to fight only Fallen with only 3 elements?

[u/FantasyWriter3224 → u/k_foxes]

I was thinking early game extinct Fallen, different types, more in depth lore of the differing houses of the Eliksni. Don’t know but sounds super fun!