A warlock should be able to have ALL of their children with this new thing

I love when Bungie is backed into a corner forced to cook gourmet

prismatic is basically how in-lore guardians are so im pretty excited

The Witness is out here thinking "damn, why did I give them darkness powers again?"

Prismatic has created lore accurate guardians

"If my video was the first You've seen, get out of here right now!" *Sigh* I'll be back for you Byf! Mark my words!

This made me realize Destiny is a lot like Oryx, *”I have died many times, but these deaths were only temporary.”*

Middle school to second year of university, Destiny has been a part of my life even when i stopped playing. Glad to hear byf and actually enjoy destiny again.

Worth noting the nomenclature of ‘Prismatic’? Shining light through a prism (pyramid ship) at the correct angle gives the full spectrum of visible light. (i.e. all the subclasses)

The husk is an amalgamation of fallen and hive if you look close. The corruptied hive worm is what flys out and attacks you. Very cool. The voice sort of sounds like Maya Sudaresh.

the speed of light < Byf when he finally sees good content

The new voice has ghost sound effects. I think it’s the travel taking though our ghost personally. It could be also cayde’s ghost as he is a guide.

I know it's a very minor detail, but I do really appreciate when Bungie does minor enemy faciton reskins, like with the purple colored Scorn in Witch Queen or the orange tinted Taken in Final Shape (and the many other minor factions like the Sol Divisive or Hidden Brood). Most people might roll there eyes, but I see it as an effort to show an important story difference between these subsets of factions. The purple Scorn represent a cultural divide in the Scorn as a whole, between the mindless husks of the Witness and Fikrul's loyal followers with a bit more of a soul remaining. And now we have these orange Taken which I presume represents not necessarily a divide in the Taken, but instead it's almost as if this is the Witness flexing its special abilities, like its saying "You Hive gods thought you could Take, no THIS is how you TAKE!" Obviously much like the Scorn there likely isn't a gameplay difference, but just seeing a legion of enemy dawning a certain color goes a long way to tell you a lot about what's going on.

I LOVE the concept of just going all-out, hog-wild, who-gives-an-eff-if-it's-broken for the final expansion. Can't wait to just go nuts with prismatic. And you are right Byf, this is ssoooo much more than just a new red subclass.

Bat with a gun? No, no....Bat with the gat? Yes.

We’re so back

I want to know how prismatic works with the Tessalation 👀

Bungie on life support and then going super saiyan to carry the next few years

Speedrunners are gonna have a field day combining well skate with blink at the same time

Perhaps Ulan-Tan is finally vindicated, by the balance of Light and Dark in "Transcendence"???

Feels so good to be excited about Destiny again, especially after such a rocky year.

Duuuuude! Rift Void Child + NTTE Bullet Buddy + Getaway Artist Arc Soul = PROFIT!!

Warlocks walking into the Traveler to kick the Witness' ass with Solar, Arc, and Void Souls: *Patrick Bateman walking meme*

I have taken a long break from destiny and all contents getting back into it today and I am so happy to hear your intro again

My prediction for the idea Byf posits at 6:44 is that the reason this voice sounds distorted is because it’s the Gardener speaking to us through our Ghost, like the Witness did in Shadowkeep and Beyond Light (however, using its own voice instead of modifying our Ghost’s). Very exciting stuff from a lore perspective!

I really really really like this subclass mixing feature. It now feels like every exotic is no longer locked behind a subclass, just locked behind a skill or super.

I've been Helldiving for the past month and a half, and gotta say I think it's time to get back to some Destiny 2!!!

Something I didn’t notice while watching the gameplay reveal. They completely redesigned the hud! It looks like weapon buffs live underneath the abilities bar while subclass specific buffs are where they have always been. It all looks so clean! I’m getting to the point where I can’t deny it and feel the need to preorder which is crazy! I think the last time I felt that was Taken King. Looking forward to hopping into Into the Light now but really going to find it hard not to tell my buddy. Not going to but gods does it feel like they took the extra time and work in something truly revolutionary for Destiny.

The symbols on the 'faces' of the dread. That seems to be the Symbol next to the three Precursors on that wall i the video about them broken up, which means that each part of that overall symbol has meanings when broken down, and collectively read.

Wow, started at 2x for no reason and just thought you were rushing your intro to get into it XD

I was hoping that a hybrid style thing for destiny would end up being class hybrids. But prismatic is easier design and lore wise to do and looks pretty alright

To quote my GM for DnD when a player dies. "Their story is coming to a close....But yours is just beginning."

When Byf uploads within 3 hours of a reveal of some kind, you know it's gonna be good o7

we have seen light and dark together in one being, but it didnt go well. Nezarec in Root of nightmares had a twisted form of the two at the same time and it caused him nothing but agonizing pain I think the guardians are the only ones who can use both at the same time, and I think the only way is by passing into the pale heart and learning the lore is gonna go so hard dawg I cant wait

That voice comes from either a representation of the traveler, the gardener, OR most likely, the one precursor who escaped the merging of the witness. I am betting that’s the entity speaking, the last of the precursors.

i was pumped and finally have some hope for destiny again.

Bungie is going all in on this expansion. We shall Witness.

WE are the Final Shape!!!! Like, THIS was our Destiny.

The crystal that was in the Sludge in the EDZ alluded to Prismatic years ago.

BTW Byf, The Witness cinematic is now in the Timeline section of the director. Not sure if its just been added with Into The Light but its on the far left of the timeline node. Just below the Red War

The prismatic gear appears to be philosophically themed. Stoicism/solipsism etc, those are philosophical themes. Makes sense as we are having a philosophical fight with the witness.

I always hoped and thought the “Final Shape” should be a mixing of light & dark, just makes sense….and it looks awesome!

They gotta explain how The Witness has Strand, let alone all these Dread. (I think they’re golems for the Pyramid Spirits to inhabit)

Theres no way the first time we hear the traveler speak to us is a raspy voice over a radio

Could that mystery voice be the precursor who got away and helps us to beat the witness.

Solar gets countered by Stasis, Void gets countered by Strand, Arc gets countered by what? The idea of combining Subclasses is good? but idk man i have weird feeling abt it. sure its supposed to be lore accurate Guardians but i rather have Light Subclasses combined... same for Dark Subclasses and the 3rd should counter Arc which could be Resonance - Rhulk's Darkness abilities from the Pyramid/Witness.

I'm happy that we finally get to see the darkness race that's been teased since D1

The voice is more then likely Sundance, female voice, modulation that sounds like a ghost voice, and it's very likely she will be there if Cayde is

To say we are so back is the greatest understatement of all time

after seeing that in the stream oh boy this is gonna insane the fact the guardians are now wielding the ultimate power of light and dark combined, I think with this kind of power Guardians have officially become Legend

I guess we've reached the end of the main story arc at this point, just wanted to say thank you for being a mainstay of my regular viewing for the past 10 years (has it really been 10 years???) There have been ups & downs over the years, a result of which is that I'm unlikely to buy TFS until quite some time after release, but I'll be watching your content all the same to fill the void created by life, responsibilities and general dissatisfaction with gameplay. The story is so rich and well-crafted, and you've been providing me that when I've not been able to play. Thanks so much for all the work you've put in over the years. It's been greatly appreciated by many

This reveal stream made me so hyped up for the game again lol and my head is like overloading already thinking about the combinations I want to do in terms of mixing abilities, and the exotic class item :D

LORE ACCURATE GUARDIANS! FINALLY!!

I also find interesting that in the livestream they let it slip a couple of seconds a couple of times but also in the trailer it looks like we fight the Lucent Brood....which is Savathuns crew and thus not under the Witness control.. unless it is. So she's either coming in with us or is double crossing again. That'll be an exciting story line.

I think that might be Cayde's ghost. Where as her and Cayde are summoned by the Gardener as a sort of spiritual guide both literally and figuratively through the Pale Heart

Wild to think before all the drama happen we were only going to get one new enemy type

We really bullied Bungie into making the best Destiny content they've ever created, huh? I mean damn... The simple fact that they're embracing the lore and letting us be how the Guardians always were in the lore is absolutely MENTAL. I mean, we can now become what the Guardians always were in the lore, being able to mix Light abilities, but now on top of that, we are able to mix DARK abilities? And this power COMES FROM THE GARDENER HERSELF? I never ever thought we'd get to this point in the story where we'd be doing so many things in game that we've only ever heard about in the LORE. WHAT IS HAPPENING???

6:08 At first, I thought it was Eido speaking through a terminal. But then its distorted sound reminded me a bit more of a mechanical being (maybe recalling to the traveler’s shell design?)

The grim remind me of the buggers/yanme'e from halo

Wonder if intellect will help the transcendence bar fill quick

The unknown voice around the middle of the video it sounds like a very badly wounded ikora talking to you though a radio

Not sure if already mentioned but that first scene with prismatic reminds me of the tutorial fight that eases you into a subclass since it has those fill-your-super-to-full patches

*Sigh* Let me go and catch up on all the lore since Season of the Witch....thanks Byf for Chronicling things while we were all away.

CANNOT BE MORE STOKED

I heard several people predict Prismatic months ago, and while I kinda thought they were huffing copium I thought it was an awesome idea and it's something I've wanted almost since I started playing last August. Needless to say, I'm incredibly hyped and already trying to figure out the best possible combinations for my playstyle

Keep in mind that you owning Beyond Light and Lightfall will be a requirement if you want to use this new subclass to its full potential. This means it will be locked behind 3 paywalls if you do not have any of the DLC’s and are interested in having the full experience.

Taox is the unidentified voice, Otzot is the campaign final boss, calling it now.

Perfect video length 👌

its great to be excited for more byf and D2 lore again. Excited for the future content and where the story might take us.

hi early birds

something I only just noticed and that I don't see anybody talking about, you can see the reworked buff UI in the gameplay sections, cascade point ready above the super bar and new icons for stuff like radient, seperate from what look like weapon/ability buffs like knockout and facet of protection. looks pretty nice though I hope the 4 buff limit is finally changed

I believe it's the traveler, maybe the lady from the cut opening in d1 she might be the gardener, I want mommy traveler so bad and I want her to fight the witness in an epic cutscene all anime smashing and destroying things, doing things beyond what we could ever imagine in some crazy duel.

The voice was that other precursor the witness is searching, hiding inside the traveler. It's also the woman in white from early game art from D1.

I feel like the new enemy type are usual enemies converted by the witness: the psyons as officially stated are Weaver and Attendants, then the Husks are hive accolytes (the thing that comes out of them is theyr worm), the Grimms might be war beasts (this are the ones that look least like their counterpart) while the subjugators might be some fallen unit. This theory would also connect to (for what I remember) the Tormentors also being modified psyons

I May have missed a video, but did you ever do an examination of the paintings at the end of “No Time Left” in Lightfall? It looks like it shows the witness’ race holding ghosts?

most excellent video length

Such a great video man! Thanks so much !

I remember commenting about 2 years ago saying: what stops us from merging subclasses? we saw Ikora do something similar.

10:12 "...and what we do with that Power is going to be a very important question..." Guardian leans over to Eris and whispers: "Think we can make it into a cool new gun?"

Warlocks getting a massive W with the prismatic subclass

6:08 I just assumed that was Ikora talking over a radio of some sort

I think the Mystery Voice is actually a deceased Guardian. I think we merge with her Light in an event that contrasts with the Witness's own genesis. That's howv we create the synergy between Light and Dark.

6:35 I think the voice is Eido

For the voice talking about our powers it has to be someone in the lord tied closely to the traveller. Or it’s a brand new character that is truly the voice of the traveller. I think it’s gotta be some obscure character that’s been close to the traveller and is teaching us how to use all the new power.

I wonder if tesselation is going to have some unique interaction with prismatic, also that trace that’s supposed to have the power of the traveler imbued in it may even have some tricks you can only pull off with prismatic

Between Hive Guardians and the Dread, I really do think part of what has been missing from Destiny *usually* has been these more fantastical and actually compent and scary enemies. I'm still sad we didnt get some kind of Stolen Light enemies in the Red War campaign

Byf, if you look at the gameplay trailer. The shot shows cayde shooting something and in the back you can see what appears to he Zavala limping. This appears to be him either ghostless or lightless as GUARDIANS DONT LIMP. He’s also being assisted by someone. You mind checking this out?

It’s like a whole new game release… i am a day 1 D1 player and have ridden this ride since 2014 I feel like this will be seeing destiny again for the first time. High hopes for sure and looking forward to it!

I think one misconception others might have about Prismatic is that it seems like something that Guardians can already do before. There are guardians that had been using both Light and Darkness simultaneously before (like that Exo Warlock who can let his ghost control his body). But prismatic isn't really just wielding both simultaneously. It's combining them together as shown in the special grenades of each subclass. Hunters don't throw a stasis grenade and then follow it up with a solar one, they're literally throwing a grenade that explodes into stasis and Solar. Both elements, light and dark, merged together into a single thing. If I have to guess, this might be an indirect result of Season of the Witch when we had to weave Hive Magic with Light. We were using both darkness and light together back then. And now we finally managed to achieve what the perfected version of that looks like.

This harkens back to D1 during one of the strike missions Osiris hints that light and dark required balance. That they were two sides of the same coin. Now we're seeing it in action on top of the ability to weild multiple powers at once. Then you look at the Tormentors. I always had a feeling they were different and felt like a new race. This just confirms it. So Witch Queen to Lightfall we were beign drip fed a new enemy race. Then the weapon perks kept having bonuses for light *AND* dark. It's like they planned this or it's all one big coincidence lol

Even though he’s gone, Mtashed’s influence still remains

Hunters throwing knife teleport is like captain boomerangs traversal mechanic😂 he throws something and then teleports to it.

Thanks for covering the spoilers for us who have quit the game for good, Byf.

So I have a question how many situations do you think will happen of people falling off ledges after using transcendence once final shape comes out?

6:25 I think it sounded a lot like lakshm/maya sunderish. We got an Ishtar logo after the wish keeper mission maybe she found a way to get into the traveler with us

Wow BYF I never thought that I would be speechless by one of destiny videos but Wow

10:12 under wintermoon's name "Episode: Echoes", leaked episode maybe? And what's the seasonal artifact supposed to be? is that a tome of some kind?

I’m super excited for prismatic. It almost feels like an amalgamation of the skills we mastered and a refinement of everyone’s own unique play style along the way through the saga. The builds that come out, the possibilities seem insane. Just wonder if they’re power scaling the activities too so it requires creative build creating to even survive the fight against the witness.

So mind you I haven't played since beyond light AND this is talking about vanilla d2 but was the voice reminiscent of what is heard when we supposedly hear the traveler on io?

What is wild is the new brave decals on the brave green ns look like byfs logo ❤