Surprise, Guardians. Destiny 2: The Final Shape will be getting a new subclass after all, plus a whole lot more features that Bungie has been keeping secret until now.
After announcing The Final Shape last summer, many players were disappointed that an all-new subclass would not be included in the expansion. After its delay, however, Bungie has just announced a new one will be coming when the DLC drops in June.
The new Destiny 2 subclass is called Prismatic, and it allows Guardians to combine different Light subclasses to create unique combinations of destruction. For example, the Warlock will get a grenade that combines Void and Stasis. It’s all about combining powers to create new ones, and there’s going to be a lot of possibilities. The video showing off the new subclass demonstrated all kinds of combinations, and it includes the ability to fully customize classes to use multiple different ability types from each Light and Dark subclass to create fun and expansive builds.
Bungie also revealed Exotic class items with two perk columns that take aspects from two other Exotic armors, including abilities from the Exotics of other classes. “We want it to feel a little broken,” a Bungie dev said in the reveal, and it certainly looks that way.
And for the first time in franchise history, Destiny will add a completely new enemy race: a faction of The Witness’s army called the Dread. Featuring multiple enemy types, just like with existing races such as Hive and Cabal, they all have their own unique look and abilities, but are inspired by and similar to enemies seen in Lightfall called Tormentors.
It’s apparent that The Final Shape’s delay may have been necessary to refine all of these new features, because these additions alone are making the expansion sound like the most transformative in the franchise’s history.
Destiny 2: The Final Shape releases on June 4.
