Outdated: There are at least FOUR Player Classes in Destiny.

[quote][b]Warning: A lot of the speculation of this thread is outdated and wrong. Proceed with caution, I'm not planning to update it for the sake of chronology.[/b][/quote]As you might have noticed when reading IGN's Article on Destiny, they offhandedly mentioned a 4th Vanguard Class when describing the Seven Core Pillars of Destiny: [quote][url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams][b]Pillar #2: A Bunch of Fun Things to Do[/b] Staten proceeded to tell a story about a possible gameplay scenario in Destiny, in which Staten’s Warlock class character and [b]Jones’s Vanguard[/b] (Staten explained that every Guardian wields some of the Traveler’s power: “You can call it magic, I guess.”) head off on an adventure together.[/url][/quote]That would be enough to prove that Bungie isn't showing all of their cards with regards to class, but wait! There's more! I was looking through the new avatars and themes and such on Bungie.net and I came across some new Destiny-Themed Private Group Themes. In stark contrast to the Profile Themes that are simply named Destiny 1, Destiny 2, Destiny 3, ect. the Group Themes had slightly more descriptive names which allowed me to discover what some of the symbols we've seen mean. Below are all the new group themes organized by subject:[quote][url=http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab249/Hylebosaiden/WarlockGroupThemes_zps4dd82f4d.png]Warlock Themes[/url] [url=http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab249/Hylebosaiden/TitanGroupThemes_zpsae280aa3.png]Titan Themes[/url] [url=http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab249/Hylebosaiden/HunterGroupThemes_zps4f014fef.png]Hunter Themes[/url] [url=http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab249/Hylebosaiden/EnemyFactionGroupThemes_zpsdbb9ae43.png]Enemy Faction Themes[/url][/quote]The enemy Faction Themes are a topic for a different thread and a different time. Instead, I want to draw your attention to the first image in each of the Hunter, Titan, and Warlock Themes. You'll notice that each banner contains a small geometric symbol which I believe represents that particular class. If you looked at the image embeded at the top of the thread, you'll see an annotated screenshot from the Pathways out of Darkness Vidoc which depicts a Character Selection Screen. You'll notice in each of the upper left corners of each character's panel there is a watermark symbol which matches the different class symbols, save for one that doesn't match anything else we've seen, which either represents the Vanguard or a different class! A Vanguard is a unit that you stick at the head of your Army and they are a unit that leads the rest of the Army into Battle. Perhaps the Vanguard Class would function as a tank, or it would be some sort of Leader Class? We've seen Mass Effect's take on the Vanguard Class, which is a Biotic Close-Range fighter, but I can't imagine that Bungie would so closely copy someone else, if they had a close quarter combatant class, they could easily name it something else. Your thoughts? [quote][b]Update:[/b] In his [url=http://www.bungie.net/7_The-Vanguard-is-a-subclass-of-the-Titan-maybe/en-us/Forum/Post?id=60109495]thread[/url], Wurstsalat has noticed some similarities between some recent Concept Art of Titan Armor and the character which I believed might be a Vanguard, and the Aesthetics match up strikingly, particularly the belt buckle. This seems to indicate that despite having a different symbol than the private group themes on Bungie.net, that character is a Titan, not a Vanguard, assuming that armor is class specific, and assuming that the Vanguard isn't a subclass of the Titan.[/quote][quote][b]Update 2:[/b] It turns out that IGN misquoted the Joe Staten anecdote, Eurogamer elaborates with far more detail than IGN did: [quote][url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-17-destiny-bungie-unveils-its-shared-world-shooter]Here Staten meets Jason Jones, who plays as a Titan class, described as a "serious, straight up soldier". He's wearing a Vanguard plate. Staten is a Warlock class, a magic user of sorts. Jason greets Joe with an emote and both players head for the hangar. Here we see Jason's space ship, a black scout class built by the Dead Orbit Foundries. Joe paid for his ship by finishing every bounty the Queen of the Reef had to offer. At the press of a button both players are flying up into orbit and outer space[/url][/quote]So it is very unlikely that there will be a Vanguard Class.[/quote]