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Iowa visits her younger sister, Battleship USS New Jersey (BB-62), in Camden, NJ!

Having not finished the Lightfall campaign yet, but having played all of Bungie’s games, from Marathon to Myth The Fallen Lords to Halo and now Destiny, it’s heartening to read a somewhat more balanced interpretation of the current installment. This is not the first time there’s been a disconnect between stated intention and game implementation, and it will not be the last.

(I’m willing to give Bungie props to getting around to fixes and explain actions eventually, but I can understand the frustration that they do not appear magically on our doorsteps as soon as we point them out.)

The destiny reddit is an absolute warzone right now. Do yourself a favor and avoid it like the plague

Oh no. I saw a lot of negative comments overall and while I understand where they're coming from, I think at some point, some people should calm down.

I mentioned some of the issues I had with the campaign and I stand by them, I think some of this stuff definitely felt rushed and that we're sorely lacking basic information to understand the plot. But I can get over that if it's fairly reasonable to believe we'll find out eventually (and it is) and if the rest is solid. And to me, the rest is solid.

I know people have issues with strand taking too much time from the campaign, and I get it. But also to me, strand being such a huge part of the story made the campaign feel more personal and invested for US, the Guardian. To me, that was the point. I do wish the campaign was a bit more expansive, perhaps another mission or two would've been perfect imo. An extra mission could've delved into the history of the Veil and what it means. It's a legitimate complaint that I share, but also some people online have been expressing it... rather explosively.

I'd also add a counter to my own complaint; when it comes to the plot about the Veil and the Witness and the Traveler, it's clear that this isn't the end; it's a setup. Everything that happened here we can learn about retroactively in a month or six months or a year. It may suck because it's content for THIS expansion so we want to know now, but it CAN be explained later.

But strand? Strand can't. We have to learn it NOW. We can't get strand and then have a really cool personal discovery quest about mastering it in a month or six or a year. So if they didn't have time to fit another two missions into the campaign, it's fairly obvious what is being cut.

Is it clumsy? Yeah, definitely. I definitely feel like some crucial information has been deliberately cut away and removed, possibly waiting to be delivered during the year to prepare us for The Final Shape. I'm not a fan of that method, I would prefer a solid chunk of lore about the current story to be delivered in the current story. If anything, then for clarity. Especially because the majority of the players will not be waiting around to read 15 lore tabs during the year to figure out what's the Veil. A major expansion should be self-contained.

But for the love of god, some of what I've seen online is basically some players acting like we have E.T. (1982) on our hands. Like, I agree that there's issues and I've spoken about them and I can do it again at any point, but at the end of the day, I had fun and the good stuff was good. Literally my only true complaint is that it feels like a mission or two are missing. Pretty much every problem I have would've been solved with that. But that's an unknown amount of extra time of work so I cannot make a comment whether they could've done that or not. I will assume they couldn't so they didn't. Generally don't like assuming that they did it maliciously because then we go into dev harrassment territory.

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Murderbot cosplay, Katsucon 2023.

A quick picture of Aerianne, ready for a night of Crucible.

You do commissions, so any price list?

No, I don’t do commissions, sorry.

A WIP Valentine from Aerianne Connor, courtesy of @magnetic-terp-output and @edwinhuang ! Happy Valentines Day!

(Artwork by @edwinhuang , colors by @magnetic-terp-output, Aerianne created by Philip Moyer )

OCtober Day 04 - “Sibling OC’s” - Juillet Gabrielle and Kevin Ichabod DuMarque!

OCtober Day 03 - “Friend’s OC” - Kallisti, The Dark Goddess!

(Kallisti created by @arconius )

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Natasha Romanoff, The Black Widow, by Alex Saviuk (Lineart) and Philip Moyer (Colors)

(Natasha Romanoff, The Black Widow © Marvel)