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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I'm just waiting for them to bring back Rasputin with a 'possessed' Archie. It's going to happen eventually. Maybe Archie takes over some red-jacks from Shaxx, and uses them to rebuild a body. Then takes that body to Rasputin' s secret SIVA stash, and uses it to build a new bunker, and a new body. And the feeling will be that Rasputin will have to face the Conductor. My only hope is that the voice for this version of Rasputin is the voice of Clovis, putting on a bad Russian accent. Imagine the in-game content to make that story happen - bring back the D1 strike on Mars, bring back the Warsat launch activity. So much to bring into it. Could you imagine the new Rasputin Exo going as 'Rasputin Fellwinter'.....