Warmind is, amongst Destiny 2's campaigns and honestly the whole series, the low point. The only thing of value to the story in my opinion is the introduction of the Bray Exoscience team as antagonists of the past, and gameplay-wise bringing Mars back to Destiny 2. I honestly think that, besides some of the seasons, Destiny 2 is great at structuring it's story content, but this and Curse of Osiris have a big issue in dumbing down huge lore characters for the sake of easy antagonists for short stories. Worst of all, I believe that Ana Bray will likely never come up again, and that the hive Worm God we kill here is not actually dead, meaning all of it's consequences are for naught.
Even bigger of a mistake is this new focus on public events over unique Raids or Dungeons (the latter would be a later invention that rectifies this issue). You revisit the Leviathan here, facing a much smaller enemy than the fucking Worm God you fight at the end of a basic story mission here. How very....blase? Destiny's power scaling has never reflected the actual power of the enemies, the cinematic quality and the stage you face them on does that part of the work, but to make the most canonically powerful foe we know of a two phase boss fight in a solo mission is very dull.
Not to mention, this is the worst take of Leviathan we've had so far, both from a gameplay variation standpoint and a lore standpoint. I do like the missions where we work for 'enemy' species a lot, Variks in particular as a mission giver in D1 was always fun, but Emperor Calus is a weird situation. I'm not sure how I feel about working for the ex-communicated Cabal leader, though I suppose I shouldn't bolster such qualms with optional content.
Still, the little bits of lore we get about the Brays is interesting. Ana and Elsie's implied relationship, which one remembers and wants to forget and one has forgotten but wishes she remembered, is a unique tale of tragedy I'm surprised they stuffed into all this. Plus, you get Polaris Lance outta all this discovery, an excellent weapon that I wish I could still use in the game....alas, these Content Vault updates have stopped me!
Even bigger of a mistake is this new focus on public events over unique Raids or Dungeons (the latter would be a later invention that rectifies this issue). You revisit the Leviathan here, facing a much smaller enemy than the fucking Worm God you fight at the end of a basic story mission here. How very....blase? Destiny's power scaling has never reflected the actual power of the enemies, the cinematic quality and the stage you face them on does that part of the work, but to make the most canonically powerful foe we know of a two phase boss fight in a solo mission is very dull.
Not to mention, this is the worst take of Leviathan we've had so far, both from a gameplay variation standpoint and a lore standpoint. I do like the missions where we work for 'enemy' species a lot, Variks in particular as a mission giver in D1 was always fun, but Emperor Calus is a weird situation. I'm not sure how I feel about working for the ex-communicated Cabal leader, though I suppose I shouldn't bolster such qualms with optional content.
Still, the little bits of lore we get about the Brays is interesting. Ana and Elsie's implied relationship, which one remembers and wants to forget and one has forgotten but wishes she remembered, is a unique tale of tragedy I'm surprised they stuffed into all this. Plus, you get Polaris Lance outta all this discovery, an excellent weapon that I wish I could still use in the game....alas, these Content Vault updates have stopped me!