Weapon

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As a first-person shooter, Destiny features numerous weapons for the player to combat enemies with. Each weapon type contains exotic variants, which are given a unique name and which have additional abilities and/or effects. Such notable "exotics" include the Fate of All Fools, Thunderlord, Closing Time, Red Death, and Gjallarhorn, along with Thorn, Pocket Infinity, and Super Good Advice. [1][2] Scopes and various sights have also been seen. [3] Each Guardian will have 3 weapon slots to be able to carry a Primary, Special, and Heavy Weapon on their person, with the potential to store and access up to 12 additional weapons of each type. The primary slot is for the weapon used most frequently, such as auto rifles, scout rifles, pulse rifles, and hand cannons. The secondary slot is for specialty weapons that are highly situational such as shotguns, fusion rifles, and sniper rifles. The third slot is for heavy weapons such as rocket launchers and heavy machine guns.[4][5][1] Ammo for the weapons will be color coded by slot type; white for primary, green for special, and purple for heavy. [6] Purple is the rarest ammo to find, encouraging players to use heavy weapons sparingly.[7]

Many of the weapons in Destiny carry "implied fiction," bearing details of its creator, where it came from and the sort of person who'd wield it.[8]

Rarity of the weapon as well as armor is color coordinated into four tiers: Basic (white), Uncommon (green), Rare (blue) Legendary (purple), and Exotic (gold).[9]

Certain weapons are infused with different energies - thermal damage, arc damage, and void damage.[10]

Weapon upgrades

Weapons in Destiny are capable of being upgraded by players. Each weapon has an upgrade path that allows certain capabilities and improvements to be applied to the weapon, at the cost of a certain amount of Glimmer along with a pre-determined number of weapon kits and the application of one or more talent points.[1] Additionally, it has been revealed that while certain weapons will have a more or less "linear" upgrade tree, some weapon trees will diverge into different "branches", allowing for certain weapons to have more specialized applications as well as making it impossible to obtain all upgrades for that particular weapon.[11]

Primary Weapons

Assault Rifles

Auto Rifles

Pulse Rifles

Scout Rifles

Hand cannons

Special Weapons

Shotguns

Sniper rifles

Fusion rifles

Heavy Weapons

Machineguns

Rail guns

Rocket launchers

Grenades

Melee Weapons

Uncategorized weapons

† - Shown in the Destiny Drawing Board, and thereby subject to being changed or removed in the final game.

Enemy Weapons

Fallen

  • Shock Pistol [18]
  • Shock Dagger
  • Shock Rifle
  • Shrapnel Rifle

Hive

Gallery

  • Concept Weapons 1.png
  • Concept Weapons 2.png
  • Concept Weapons 3.png
  • Concept Weapons 4.png
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  • Destiny Character 5.png
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  • Destiny Character 2.png
  • Destiny Character 1.png
  • Out Here in the Wild Vidoc, Weapon Customization.gif

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ a b c d e IGN - Destiny Behind Closed Doors Demo - E3 2013 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Closed Doors Demo" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Closed Doors Demo" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Closed Doors Demo" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Closed Doors Demo" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ^ IGN - Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams
  3. ^ First-person view
  4. ^ IGN: How Halo Got The Star Wars Treatment
  5. ^ Destiny News - Armor, Weapon Upgrades, Player Customization - Analysis
  6. ^ Game Informer January 2014, page 54
  7. ^ a b c d e f Bungie (2014-6-12), Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.
  8. ^ IGN: How Weapons Tell the Story in Destiny
  9. ^ Game Informer January 2014, page 59
  10. ^ The Guardian: how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters
  11. ^ Ausgamers: Bungie Talks Destiny Networking, Loot and Customization, Community, Vehicles and Much More
  12. ^ a b Playstation Blog - Destiny’s PlayStation-Exclusive Content Detailed
  13. ^ a b c d e f DattoDoesDestiny - Destiny Guns! Exclusive Gun Images From E3!
  14. ^ Bungie Weekly Update - 10/11/2013
  15. ^ IGN - Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams
  16. ^ Destiny the Game: Game Master July 2014 Destiny Cover Issue & PlayStation UK Magazine June 2014 Destiny Hands-on: Breakdown
  17. ^ Destiny ViDoc 2: Out Here In The Wild
  18. ^ a b Bungie (2014-6-12), Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire Text
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