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Destiny's New Subclasses Detailed During E3 2015

Titans: It's hammer time.

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Destiny is getting a new expansion this fall called The Taken King. One of its biggest new features is a trio of subclasses being added to the game, and developer Bungie's website has revealed some details on their new moves and skills.

Warlocks, Hunters, and Titans each have two subclasses which code for different elemental powers at the moment. These affect the way the character plays, from its grenade to its super move. Since each character only has two subclasses, they all are missing one elemental subclass. The Taken King completes this by adding a subclass of the missing elemental power to each character. The Warlocks get an Arc subclass, the Titans get a Solar moveset, and Hunters get a Void subclass.

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The Warlock subclass focuses on using lightning to destructive effect. A trailer showed off a Warlock using a super move to cast lightning bolts from its hands. According to Bungie's website, it is called the Stormcaller class.

Hunters, on the other hand, get some void moves in a subclass called Nightstalker. The reveal trailer showed a hunter ripping through several enemies with an ethereal bow, which is the Hunter's new super move called the Shadowshot. The website's description states, "All hunters master the frontier, but none claim territory quite like a Nightstalker." This suggests that the subclass may also provide some boost toward speed or agility.

Finally, Titans will receive a subclass called Sunbreaker. It's a Solar class that adds a ranged option to Titans' arsenals. Not much is known about the operation of the Titans' new super move, but it comes in the form of a massive hammer of fire that appears in the player's hand.

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Recently, publisher Activision announced that the Taken King will be bundled together with the base game in either the Legendary or Collector's Editions. The latter includes several real-world items, such as a replica Strange Coin.

The new expansion was announced during Sony's E3 2015 press conference. Check out the rest of the news from the conference here.

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I've only just started playing Destiny on PS4, and whilst it's not the best MMOFPS it's a damn site better then most of the other games on PS4. At least it has a progressive story.

I play on the PC mainly with Steam, over 300 games in my library since 1999, consoles lack choice by a factor of hundreds. It's a shame the new Steam box will only support a handful of Steam games, thanks to Valves stubborn mistrust of all things corporate, ironic for a distribution platform. The streaming steam box however will support most games, but you need a PC to stream from.

If you want to step away from the console monopoly on inflated game prices, go Steam and get games worth $40 for a dollar. FTL case in point. Steam in your living room will give the market leaders a run for their money.

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Screw you Bungie!!! $40 just for that?!? I could buy a discounted game for that. It should be added on to the expansion pass people bought. I know nobody barley plays that crap anymore because every expansion was just so easy and then boring and monotonous afterwards. Probably what this one will be too. Bungie just wants to fill their pockets by screwing gamers and desperately trying to get most people to come back to playing their crappy game. Screw you Bungie!

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@eric5268: i agree also the subclasses should be free cause when your playing crucible you will encounter a person that has that subclass and you wont unless they make a completely separate crucible

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Destiny never offered a "season pass"! It was appropriately labeled an expansion pass, which offered way more than other games season passes. All of you complaining, I will see you online in Sept.

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Good god. I've been away for 6 months and come back to everyone STILL whining about spending a few measly bucks on Destiny DLC. Y'all must be some broke SOBs.

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meh, meh, meh

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New subclass for a scrub game. How exciting.

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@silversix_: A scrubclass? No, that's Bladedancer. They've got that covered already. : p

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Probably the only game where I have felt regret over buying a season pass, fool me once

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@commas: Exactly :) and how about that new steelbook Ltd edition. ...lol Halo 5 is looking more like the game Destiny wanted to be :)

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Destiny is fun to play. I love the grind, loot, and multiplayer. No bugs, no glitches, and runs smoothly. It is repetitive, but as long as the enemies have smart AI, I don't mind killing the same ones over and over again. I don't see why people hate it so much. While I do agree the DLC is a rip off, it doesn't bother me because it's the only game I'm playing. I used to play several games at once back in the day (I'm 35), but nowadays games like destiny are multiplayer focused, so the replay value is extended tremendously. Most people I talk to have one game they play, and they play it for months. So either way I spend money. It's either money for a new game or money for DLC. If I'm enjoying only one game, then I don't see the problem in spending money for extra content. Destiny should last me until halo 5 comes out. Then I'll probably play that for a year.

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@centethomas: Well said. In some ways, games like this SAVE me a fortune by not buying 1-2 new games every month. That adds up WAY more than paying for the occasional DLC.

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For how much game"Destiny" I got for $90 I will NOT be getting this $40 stand alone game(expansion)! What a rip off!

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@Darkangel2154: :) I agree

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I've played lots and lots of Destiny, have three chars nearly maxed out, but there is still... one... thing... missing.

FOUR player fireteams. Like almost every other game offers. Specifically because I have 3 buds from college days I still play with. And Bungie sorta started this by allowing us all to get on to play Halo together. Then loads of others did it.

Bungie sticks with THREE. Which is silly. Allow scaling for 3-6 person fireteams, and I'll lose my one complaint. The rest is actually a lot of fun, regardless of what the whiny hip-to-hate-on-Destiny-BS peeps continue to spew.

Oh, and cut out the timed-exclusivity crap on multiplat games. It helps nobody, and only hurts gamers.

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this here is the game's make or break expansion. if its like the first two, it will destroy the game and any chances of a sequel. however if its anything like the world of warcraft expansions where this one have content of a full game, then they might have potential.

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@jr240483: I'm sure a sequel is already in the works, the game sold millions despite the negativity it received after the fact. I'm done with it, never bought anything but the base game and never will, but people keep throwin money at them so I'm sure there will be a sequel already in the making

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Looks like I need to get back into Destiny

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They better fix their servers before I spend another dime on this game!

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... Again sell us the second half of a. Game and again $40 isn't £40 stop this dog shit pricing

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"you are not prepared".....

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@simonbarfod: Considering Destiny only just recently got a handle on it's grind vs. content problem, and this doesn't come out until September ... I'm pretty sure I'll be real prepared for something new to do when The Taken King drops. : p

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LOL I want to see how many suckers there is gaming and this game will suck them all in.

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This proclaimed non-MMO, non-shooter is becoming more like an MMO all the time.

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All of this extra content, dlc and raids should have been in game since day one.

Destiny should have been released with all of this AND more planets, sadly this is not enough :l

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People still play this trash?

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@flyincloud1116: Yes, about 16 million of us..

for about 3 hours a day.

Yes, it's WAYYYY more popular/ successful than your favorite game.

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@timoteo2k1: What's my favorite game? Also, popularity doesn't mean a game is great.

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@flyincloud1116: truth :)

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@flyincloud1116: Welp, in the time it's been out, unless you're a COD fan, it's the most successful game on the market.

When millions love to play it, it sells more than anything else and all the gaming press who trashed it jump to post new stories because it draws the most viewers it must be pretty great.

By contrast I'd say that just because some of the gaming press and gaming site hipsters hate on it, doesn't mean it's not great.

For me and 90% of those on my PSN friends list, it's a great game.

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@timoteo2k1: By that logic Driveclub is better than Forza 5 and FH2, because it sold more and adored by millions that bought it.

I have seen the light!

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@flyincloud1116: Want do you think? Everyone knows Destiny is crap but we are still playing it. At this point, it doesn't matter, it's a hit or miss to gamers.

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@flyincloud1116: Every time a Destiny article gets posted, somebody thinks they're the first one to come up with this super witty criticism. Every. Single. Time.

No, Flyincloud1116, no one plays Destiny anymore. It's not popular at all.

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@Mogan: Every time someone post a super witty criticism, somebody think's they're the first one come to criticize that criticism. Every Single Time.

No Morgan, no every bought into the hype. It can be criticize.

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@flyincloud1116: Asking a stupid rhetorical question because you think it's witty and cool is not criticizing Destiny, it's just asking a stupid rhetorical question. No one said Destiny was beyond criticism, and the straw man is still a logical fallacy.

And my name isn't even Morgan.

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@Mogan:

Making a stupid rhetorical answer because you think it's witty and cool is not criticizing my thoughts on Destiny, it's just making a stupid rhetorical answer. You act like Destiny was beyond criticism, and the straw man is still a logical fallacy.

And my name isn't even flyingcloud1116.

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@flyincloud1116: Great. I've been replying to a 12 year old. -____-

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@Mogan: Then you are the fool.

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@flyincloud1116: Well, maybe, but you're the one who thought asking if, "people still play this trash?" for the millionth time would be cool and edgy. So I'd say we're both on par at worst.

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@flyincloud1116: hating on it only makes it stronger, more powerful, haunting your dreams.

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@rmokeefe76: Shut up!

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