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 assault rifles and pulse Rifles. The secondary slot is for specialty weapons that are highly situational such as shotguns, hand cannons 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.[6]
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.[7]
Rarity of the weapon as well as armor is color coordinated into four tiers: Basic (white), Uncommon (green), Legendary (purple), and Exotic (gold).[8]
Certain weapons are infused with different energies - thermal damage, arc damage, and void damage.[9]
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.[10]
Primary Weapons
Assault Rifles
- Monte Carlo (exotic)[11]
Auto Rifles
Pulse Rifles
Scout Rifles
Special Weapons
Shotguns
Sniper rifles
- Closing Time (exotic)[12]†
- Calcutta-LR2A [13]
- Hieracon-LR2
- Trajan-B
Fusion rifles
Hand cannons
- Duke MK. 10[13]
- Searcher MK. 20
- Duke MK.44 (superior)[1]†
- Hawkmoon (exotic)[11]
- Rambler MK.33[14]
- Thorn (exotic)[15]
Heavy Weapons
Machineguns
- Gravesend MK.28
- Super Good Advice (exotic)
- Thunderlord (exotic)[1]†
- Darius-B
Rail guns
- TBA[16]
Rocket launchers
- Gjallarhorn (exotic)[12]†
- Butcher-SA/3 [13]
Grenades
Melee Weapons
Uncategorized weapons
- Cudgel of Xanthor[17] (Uncategorized weapon)
- Fate of All Fools (Uncategorized exotic weapon)
- Hardlight
- Last Word
- Red River Mk. 24
† - Shown in the Destiny Drawing Board, and thereby subject to being changed or removed in the final game.
Gallery
List of appearances
- The Law Of The Jungle (First appearance)
- Destiny
References
- ^ a b c d e f IGN - Destiny Behind Closed Doors Demo - E3 2013 Cite error: Invalid
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- ^ First-person view
- ^ IGN: How Halo Got The Star Wars Treatment
- ^ Destiny News - Armor, Weapon Upgrades, Player Customization - Analysis
- ^ Game Informer January 2014, page 54
- ^ IGN: How Weapons Tell the Story in Destiny
- ^ Game Informer January 2014, page 59
- ^ The Guardian: how the makers of Halo plan to change the future of shooters
- ^ Ausgamers: Bungie Talks Destiny Networking, Loot and Customisation, Community, Vehicles and Much More
- ^ a b Playstation Blog - Destiny’s PlayStation-Exclusive Content Detailed
- ^ a b c d e f g h DattoDoesDestiny - Destiny Guns! Exclusive Gun Images From E3!
- ^ a b c d e f g Bungie (2014-6-12), Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.
- ^ Bungie Weekly Update - 10/11/2013
- ^ IGN - Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams
- ^ Destiny the Game: Game Master July 2014 Destiny Cover Issue & PlayStation UK Magazine June 2014 Destiny Hands-on: Breakdown
- ^ Destiny ViDoc 2: Out Here In The Wild
