INSIDE OUT ON THE DESTINY 2 RENEGADES
The unexpected release of a new trailer has given a jolt to the community since it tantalizes an oncoming legendary and exotic gear with the forthcoming Destiny 2 RENEGADES DLC. Heavily science-fiction-themed right down to its core, it's eventually poised to actually alter the sandbox meta through intro-ducing other unique weapon archetypes, unexplored armor perks, and unheard-of movement capabilities. This analysis delves deep into the most stunning reveals, hidden gameplay mechanics, and build synergies potentially contained in the Destiny 2 RENEGADES DLC.
New Archetypes for Weapons and the Overheat Mechanic
Several new Exotic and Legendary weapons are revealed in the trailer, most of which show a feature of an Overheat mechanic that seems to point towards a new family of weapons, potentially called Blasters.
Hand Cannons and Pulse Rifles
Civil Discourse (Hand Cannon):
Scopes grant this firearm accuracy much above standard Hand Cannons.
Most relevant feature being visible Overheat—weapon is red, with Guardian performing a scorched-hand animation. That would indicate that continued firing forces it to pause temporarily (a nontraditional reload state) rather than near instantly, from all other weapon types.
Modified B7 Pistol (Hand Cannon):
This is probably a status weapon (likely relative to the Light or Dark subclass element) because of the VFX on enemies.
Low recoil suggests this weapon may be the Precision Frame implementation, rewarding accuracy for shots.
All or Nothing (Pulse Rifle):
By the green projectiles, this might be a Strand-oriented weapon.
It remains to be established whether this Pulse Rifle also uses the Overheat mechanic common to other new weapons.
slot heavy revolution
Introduced by the expansion are highly-damaging weaponry that does indeed challenge prescriptive Heavy slot expectations:
Refurbished A499 (Heavy Sniper Rifle): This one is visually reminiscent of one of the most famous disintegration rifles. It shows a clip that briefly displays swapping to reload animation immediately after a single shot. If this is a real one-shot reload weapon, its association would include items such as Whisper of the Worm or Darci with disintegration-worthy damage provable purely Gold.
Heirloom (Crossbow): This weapon fires high explosive bolts. The gameplay footage shows it primarily targeting larger vehicles, suggesting it may possess a significant damage multiplier against major and boss-tier enemies.
Destiny 2 RENEGADES DLC: Exotic Armor Synergies
The Destiny 2 RENEGADES DLC will define class utility, adding two armor pieces that will bring completely new functionality.
Mobility and Defense Revolutionized
Fortune's Favor (Hunter Exotic): The description says, "Shield recharges over time into an Overshield."
If this were simply like turning on an Overshield, passively, while out of combat, that is unprecedented baseline defense.
Even if interrupted by damage, being able to get free Overshield before stepping into PvP or a hefty PvE encounter would be unbelievably powerful.
Proc Vestments (Titan Exotic): This armor provides an advanced tactical maneuver that is visually a straight-up Jet Pack.
Titan movement technology changes fundamentally by this exotic and in terms of travel possibly nullifying existing movement exotics.
This will provide completely unimpeded flight control, which could shake things up in terms of verticality and sequence breaks within activities such as the new Raid or dungeons.
Deimos Infusion (Warlock Exotic): This item focuses on enhanced crowd control, stating that the Warlock's Rift suspends enemies and applies damage over time (DoT). This creates a potent Suspend synergy build. These could include Suspend grenades and the New Malphus Pulse Rifle, which focuses on Suspend-centric weapons and allows Warlocks to specialize heavily in area denial and sustained damage.
The Kinetic Exotic Sword: Lightsaber Mechanics
Most probably the most awaited ignition for Destiny 2 RENEGADES is the Practice Sickle Blade, which confirms the addition of a lightsaber into the game's arsenal.
The Practice Sickle Blade (Kinetic Exotic Sword)
Gaining confirmation as a Kinetic Exotic Sword opens up 2 powerful possibilities:
Heavy Slot (Kinetic): Keeping it in the Heavy slot would give its Kinetic energy type an interesting synergy with both Light and Dark Transcendence energies, making it promise a fair bit of versatility when building with mixed subclasses.
Special Slot (Kinetic): This may be a special ammo weapon similar to Eriana's Vow or Arbalest. If this strong weapon indeed requires special ammo, it would be an immediate choice for driving the meta.
The in-game functionality is equally groundbreaking:
Projectiles reflect: Block mechanic differs, allowing the user to block any incoming melee and ranged attacks and actually reflect projectiles back toward the attacker.
Ranged Attack: The trailer hints at a throwable ranged attack, in which the Guardian throws the sword and catches it upon its return, dealing damage along its route.
Just pure reflection and defense, coupled with powerful melee attack and a possible ranged throw, define one of the most exciting additions to the sandbox: what the power fantasy promises with Destiny 2 RENEGADES DLC.
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