Destiny 2 Tossing Away Old Story Content Is Making It Harder To Keep Up

When I lurk around the various Destiny forums, subreddits, and social media communities, I often see players offer a response to people asking for old content or story info with an answer that boils down to “Watch some YouTube videos.” That’s not a good solution, even if there are some content creators creating excellent summaries and lore videos. Many people would love to play through some of those older campaigns and missions, to experience the story themselves in the correct order. But that’s not possible.

Bungie does say that all of this old and removed content, which now is part of the Destiny Content Vault, could one day return to the game. But so far, only a couple pieces of legacy content have returned, like “Vault of Glass,” which is itself nice. I enjoyed that raid a great deal back in the day. But I also hope more pieces of Destiny 2’s narrative return in the future, even if this content comes with no rewards or new gear and is totally optional to download. While I know many players are just trying to max out their light levels each year, I’m here to enjoy the full game, including its story-focused missions, regardless of whether I’m increasing some numbers or not. It would also be lovely to finally let newer Destiny 2 players get a chance to work through the Red War and other bits of vaulted content.

The upcoming expansion, The Witch Queen, is connected to many past (and now gone) Hive-related plot points, some from the first Destiny. Having more context around it for new players or returning folks would be extremely useful and helpful, such as the Taken King campaign or Crota-related missions from Destiny 1. This would help players, regardless of their Destiny experience, wrap their heads around the often messy and strange lore that fills Destiny’s universe. Plus, it would mean you could actually get caught up with the universe without having to read a wiki page or watch a YouTube video. Imagine, being able to play the game to learn about the game’s story. An interesting concept that Bungie should try.