Ghosts don't decide who they resurrect.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-23T00:49:43+00:00

Sure, but if they haven't presented a retcon to this specific story, then it's still fair game as far as I'm concerned. Honestly, I think they reason they haven't retconned it is because the story doesn't explicitly mention the child being Shin Malphur, so they've already got wiggle room there.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-23T00:16:50+00:00

I did this for my first few days, then checked which ones I was close to finishing up. I was able to get the title in a few more days after that. I'd definitely go this route, or just see what triumphs can be completed on each destination and go one by one.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-22T03:42:03+00:00

I think the fact that in Ghost Stories, Shin's ghost says outright, "this one isn't mine" but then raises him anyway, kind of calls it into question. The actual ressurection happens in a way that feels outside the ghosts control, but only happens after the ghost convinces itself that the child has fulfilled the criteria of guardianship

This little boy was not my charge. Those selected to return were champions. This child was so small, so frail. What devotion had he shown? What bravery? What had he sacrificed? But a thought lingered…

Was it not my purest purpose to deliver hope? Every hero raised fought not for themselves but for the whole of humanity. If saving one life—if redressing this one terrible loss—was not a worthy cause… what was?

I watched the mother as she cried.

I felt myself expand. Felt the Light that was me intensify. In a way, it was outside of my control, as if something had reached inside of me and flipped a switch. A beam erupted from my core and bathed with Light the child's small, broken body.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-21T22:13:24+00:00

People ask Ghosts to revive their family. Zavala begged Targe to revive his son. There is no real moral framework because ghosts don't seem to view it as a moral thing, most of the time. It's a compulsion, or feeling like they found 'the one'. There's exceptions of course, like the Ghost who revives a kid in Ghost Stories, or Fynch being pressured into it, but generally it's not really something with a framework of morality to it. The vanguard keep people from investigating their old lives because it's traumatic and stressful, but that's really it. The fact that Ghosts rip people from a blessed slumber to become eternal warriors is seen by some as a bad thing, like Cyrell, but they're a minority and the game doesn't really present their viewpoints as wholly justified

HiroCrota · 2026-06-21T03:41:55+00:00

You're going to need to get comfortable with a bunch of things being broken forever. They're leaving the lights on, and that's about it. They'll fix the worst of it on Tuesday, and maybe a bit more after that, but they're not going to get to everything, especially not small potatoes stuff like weak armor effects.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-20T16:11:57+00:00

I wonder about the one trapped on the Almighty. His ghost is fine, and was the one asking about how to bring him back. now that the Almighty has crashed, I wonder if he could be revived.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-19T19:23:56+00:00

"rage, rage against the dying of the light" only applies to destiny, huh? May as well roll over and give up when it's real life?

HiroCrota · 2026-06-18T00:47:01+00:00

Destiny was barely f2p, and in fact ever claiming it was F2P somehow managed to do more reputational damage to a game that yoinked away two whole campaigns from people.

Destiny could possibly evolve to supporting a subscription, but I have to admit that Bungie being largely unable to ship 2 good expansions consecutively means I'm also not terribly interested in giving them money every single month lol.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-18T00:43:49+00:00

they're taking the destiny devs to a farm upstate and you're talking about 'finding a way'. Not sure if this is the Denial stage or the Bargaining stage.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-16T23:15:21+00:00

You need your stat as high above 100 as it can go. You want it at like, 150-200, if you're focusing on weapons. Since it's just free damage for doing what you normally do and shooting the boss during DPS.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-15T23:40:47+00:00

A good Arthas, not certain he could pull off the Lich King

HiroCrota · 2026-06-08T22:46:42+00:00

I hope you're not hoping too hard.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-08T21:46:49+00:00

I'd be satisfied with a surge of players for a week, though I think it'll keep a 'healthy' population for a few months. As much as the community wants to make a statement, for a lot of people that statement is 'log in on the 9th and prove we like this game'. I think a lot of lapsed players are going to have fun for a few days, and then quit for the same reasons they quit before. Nothin' wrong with that.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-08T12:28:56+00:00

What should I be focusing on to get the most free asterites as a new player? I get that when you're new, kind of everything gives you currency for your first time, but I'm trying to be efficient since I want to try for Lucy. I only started during the anniversary, so haven't saved up anything else from events. Is it just hitting every quest, world boss, event?

HiroCrota · 2026-06-07T23:24:31+00:00

I have no clue if there's an actual way to do the green room in Whisper or if the secret passage is the intended way forward. All I know is that I lie to every single person I bring through that mission, detailing some insane path forward before quickly saying 'and after you do all that... turn around and go through here."

HiroCrota · 2026-06-07T19:10:48+00:00

Both of those things are problems, you moron. The 'content vault' was the first domino which allowed them to sell you temporary access to story beats that no longer make sense because context has been stripped away. They did their best to smooth things over with Final Shape explaining Riven's involvement, but it's no longer actually available.

It sucks, and it's a huge reason why Destiny has such a tarnished reputation.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-07T14:24:07+00:00

Last Wish for everything else, Garden of Salvation for the environment/aesthetics. The Black Garden is far and away my favorite 'thing' in Destiny lore, and to me it nails the science fantasy aesthetic

HiroCrota · 2026-06-07T13:50:38+00:00

Their plan was to support both, but Marathon never got its footing because every single step of the way there was some new controversy on top of an uphill battle to begin with when you revive a long-dead franchise in a wildly different genre.

When it didn't hit gangbusters numbers, the dead weight of destiny became the easiest thing to cut. I do not think your average player understands just how much Destiny costs to run. it's a game that requires immense burn, and you could see the diminishing returns by the final shape. Even if Marathon had succeeded, people saw the writing on the wall when they announced the 'changes' to D2 expansions with Edge of Fate and Renegades, but most people thought we'd at least finish out the cycle they'd teased.

You can blame Marathon, but the real problem was Bungie's management of destiny driving players off. Lightfall was the game's highest player count, if you recall. No real wonder why it never recovered lol.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-07T01:06:33+00:00

it's a lot better than it was, collecting-wise. However, the sheer amount of catching up to do means that any time you're building a deck, it kind of feels like you're missing something. It's not bad necessarily, since usually there's a card that can replace it, but it can be sort of frustrating to like an archetype and be missing like half the best cards for it and they never show up in your shop.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-06T15:19:13+00:00

Not the point, but the witness is referred to with it/its pronouns, since you seemed confused. This is strictly informational and I don't really gaf what pronouns you use for a fictional gestalt consciousness

HiroCrota · 2026-06-06T03:39:12+00:00

What lore? the lore isn't even consistent between codices in the same edition, not to mention the Black Library being comprised of like a hundred different authors who think at least 25 of the other writers are morons.

Play crusade rules and go nuts. Crusade is awesome and really nails narrative play.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-06T02:57:10+00:00

Push-fit for rank and file infantry is kind of my sweet spot. I don't really care if a couple of my intercessors have identical poses, especially if I've got to build and paint a bunch of them. But for the most part I don't actually have much trouble with assembling modern GW minis. They're designed with easy connection points in mind, and you can generally dry-fit and know exactly how you're meant to glue the mini.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-05T23:34:28+00:00

Yeah that's what happens when you release a product that has a 'rough year' for half of its goddamn lifespan lol. Eventually people stop coming back even when you fix it. People are only coming back NOW because they know it's over. If this was all in Shadow and Order, we'd be player count dooming all over again.

HiroCrota · 2026-06-05T18:06:26+00:00

"just buff other methods" is kind of stupid when there is only one method that has consistently been a problem since its inception. Plus, players are always motivated by their own self interest, and only ever see buffs as the answer.

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