EDIT: I AM TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS REASON FOR BUNGIE TO DO THIS, NOT THE LORE REASON. NOT THE STORY, OR NARRATIVE, OR WHATEVER YOU CALL IT. Stupid people keep saying “bEcAuSe XiVu ArAtH-“ Okay, WHY did the story have to be made so that Xivu Arath could only be defeated by Rasputin killing himself? I MEAN THE ACTUAL REASON THAT PEOPLE WORKING AT BUNGIE DECIDED THAT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA AND HAD TO BE LIKE THIS.
WE GET IT. You people at bungie killed off SIVA, so it’s dead. WHAT WE DON’T UNDERSTAND IS WHY. Same thing for Rasputin and Warmind stuff - WHY THE HECK WOULD YOU REMOVE ALL THAT? SIVA and Warmind stuff are the ONLY things appealing to certain people such as myself who love the “Tech” aesthetic. Do you people at Bungie seriously not understand that? I HATED it when Rasputin died. I was RIDICULOUSLY excited for Season of the Seraph, only to find out that my favourite and the coolest character in the game is being killed off by Bungie, MAKING THE ENTIRE WARMIND AESTHETIC UNUSABLE EVER AGAIN. Ditto for SIVA - no more SIVA weapons, ever again. No more IKELOS weapons, ever again. No more stuff like Hierarchy of Needs either. Now, in Heliostat, there are pointless voice lines repeating that SIVA is dead. Not to mention, you keep putting us into abandoned Warmind facilities for ZERO REASON. It feels like you people are laughing at us, assuming we don’t understand and rubbing in our faces that you want us NOT to enjoy the lore. When I heard about Heliostat, i was hoping, PRAYING that the new Warmind- themed exotic mission would show us recieving one last weapon from Rasputin or making something with SIVA. Nope. So why is it EVEN IN A WARMIND FACILITY, IN THE PLAGUELANDS? WHAT WAS THE POINT OF BRINGING PLAGUELANDS BACK AT ALL? Bungie has a serious problem with removing ANYTHING PEOPLE ENJOY from the lore. I just wish i understood WHY they did this. We want the REASON, not “HAHA, YOUR FAVOURITE STUFF IS ALL DEAD.”
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You are asking Bungie to be creative, come on, we both know they won't ever overdeliver on anything after Forsaken. D1 Plaguelands had a similar feeling to me to the Quarantine Zone in Halo 2, evil mutated aliens with weird tech trying to kill you. Sure we get D2 Plaguelands but without the Plague, I guess its just the Lands now. Quicksilver instead of SIVA because Bungie likes to reskin things and retcon anything else to make the story worse over time. I liked in the Grimoires when there was mention of other Warminds, Rasputin being the last.