The DLC That Saved Destiny (Warmind) - Destiny 2

[@evanf1997]

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[@NCamico]

Man, I was such an Escalation Protocol addict back in the day.

[@JessieTheFox]

Same! It was a fantastic activity.

[@starkraven1148]

It was really fun to start it then have other ransoms join up

[@giannicolamatteo8155]

II gott everything twice except the SMG, the weapon that got me to start grinding escalation protocol. And I get everything except the smg

[@Red_Azul]

I completely forgot about EP. I miss this so much

[@Forcer69]

I said this years ago and I still believe it. Warmind was the best $20 for PvE players, and House of Wolves was the best $20 for PvP Players. Edit: Also since there’s a chance I’ll get top comment and “The DLC that Escalated my Protocol.”

[@evanf1997]

he just keeps taking top comments 😭

[@lordpumpkinhead265]

​@@evanf1997You gotta change the title now.

[@Klodhvig]

We got 2 strikes, we don't even get that from expansions anymore.

[@Olgod2004]

Honestly 20 bucks for house of wolves era PvP was goated. I liked the weapons and stuff but the PvP experience kept me for months.

[@GeezyLoves420]

Holy crap I miss when DLCs weren't $70

[@davidhines7592]

that 'concierge' is Stephen Fry, who is pretty famous here in the UK. he did QI, and Jeeves and Wooster with hugh laurie AND was involved with the Blackadder comedy series with him. Laurie also was the doctor in the series 'House'

[@duncasaurus_]

"Generic AI Butler" he says talking about STEPHEN FUCKING FRY

[@richardbarry4140]

Almost word for word what I was about to say.

[@xAbsynthex]

Zavala coming out of the Warmind will always be so fucking funny to me. “ *HELLO, GUARDIAN* 🤨”

[@m3tr0id86]

Ana Bray: Awww Shanks!....

[@justfn14]

fax lolol

[@andrewshrader6454]

Kinda reminds me of Phil waiting in the closet for Vito 😂

[@xinfr4z893]

I miss this DLC so much, i wish they would reintroduce elements from it, bring Hellas Basin back, Escalation Protocol and the Warmind arsenal (heavy frames, valkyries etc). Even though Rasputin is dead, it's power source (seraphite) should still exist.

[@UncleScorch]

Agreed @xinfr4z893 - Warmind (esp. Escalation Protocol) was the most fun I’ve ever had in this franchise.

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

I miss Rasputin. My favorite character by far :(

[@Mermiam]

Maybe ask if they can delete your paid content so you can pay for recycled content again? Got you this far.

[@Mister_Puffins]

What if the Curse of Osiris is him being bald and you having to carry on that curse for the rest of eternity? Thoughts Egg?

[@Matheus-ki9zo]

I think Osiris' curse is just... being Osiris, at this point.

[@darkbooger]

I fondly remember lagging out a lobby during Escalation Protocol before Orpheus Rigs got nerfed. There was no floor left to stand on that wasn't covered by orbs and I may be partially responsible for the nerf to one of my favorite pairs of pants.

[@peat7334]

"clovis bray wasnt voice acted" ? yes he was, it was voiced by Stephen Fry

[@tensedart3470]

I think he meant officially debut in VA form. Beyond was technically his actual debut

[@josephstalin7044]

One of the dlcs bungie forced players to buy at the launch of forsaken, then removed the requirement of having to own those dlcs, then took out most of the content from those dlcs out of the game and recycled those weapons under 2 season passes for 10$ each. So glad I never bought this dlc and just licensed share with my friend but bungie seriously needs to compensate players.

[@inoob26]

Yeah about that, if it didn't happened years ago fat chance it will now

[@jermainemorales7875]

Warmind was when Destiny "clicked" for me. I started with Destiny 2, and didn't "get it". With Curse of Osiris, I lost everyone who hyped me up to play with them. This expansion was the one that hooked me to this game.

[@windmaster9]

House of wolves and taken king for me after that witch queen was when I came back to it regret playing lightfall and hype for final shape for me died after the second week

[@thrilla72]

You would've been better off going back to play Destiny 1 at that point. D2 Y1 was absolutely dire

[@windmaster9]

@@thrilla72 thinking about going back now at least you could replay the campaign missions

[@richardcarson3596]

i started playing during arrivals. i remember getting the last escalation tier 7 boss hit for the worldline zero on the last week before beyond light dropped.

[@windmaster9]

Damn you lucky I only played season of plunder I missed everything else my plus ran out at the time and I came back after witch queen and when the seasons were done moving on to final shape I got the taken king suit after beating final shape outbreak perfected before that and now didn't get any help from my clan doing warlords ruin or the other dungeons heh especially grasp of avarice anyway I left my clan and just had it with the game

[@oxsila]

​@@windmaster9 The main thing you missed out on was the Forsaken campaign and the Red War campaign. Everything else is extremely overrated. I was there for it all.

[@windmaster9]

@@oxsila my bad I was too the red war campaign took me by surprise because I didn't think they would follow up from the mission in the first game the distress signal ask for forsaken I genuinely believed at that time nothing would go down boy was I wrong after that bad ass cutscene with cayde

[@sooperspeedy]

Somehow even 6 years later this is still my most played season. Something about Warmind just scratched that itch. I don’t think it’d feel the same now, but for the time it was great.

[@noorz1163]

It’s a SHAME you didn’t put the most iconic line in the expansion (and in the whole game imo): *I am Rasputin, and i have no equal.*

[@robertbartley2409]

That’s because that line is a lie

[@carterlist5766]

RIP my Orpheus Rig Hunter for the Escalation Protocol challenges, definitely carried those runs before the nerfs. Loved hanging out on Mars with dozens of Orbs dropping for all the players I got queued with.

[@thatguy4320]

Oh my gosh yes!! That was when i got hooked to Orpheus Rig tether, all you saw was super after super 😂

[@Poopertrooper597]

I distinctly remember nova bombs carrying the boats on insta nuking bosses…good times

[@ammod4827]

the warmind dlc was the first time we saw knights carrying shields, not just a shield that appears as an ability

[@xrstevenson]

Im a simple man. I see Ana Bae, i simply simp

[@Smokymountainhike]

Really wish we could still play the old content.

[@norsefirefighter]

It’s mind blowing we can’t to be honest.

[@oxsila]

@@norsefirefighter They don't have the resources to bring the content into the current sandbox. It's not just as simple as bringing it back. Think of all the new guns and abilities they have to make work for that old content. 100s and 100s of things that could break the game

[@norsefirefighter]

@@oxsila and think about how it’s mostly reused assess.

[@Truds]

The Warmind era meta is still strong! Polaris Lance and Whisper never really left!

[@Shapes_Quality_Control]

Also Sleeper has always been a consistently good weapon.

[@davidhines7592]

i enjoyed the story of curse but mercury was too small, though i liked the public event and knew how to make it legendary. warmind was too short but... escalation protocol felt insane. except for those who would kick or DDoS you so you disconnected and their final friend could join on them. i got the sparrow, and sleeper simulant i think. pretty sure it was that. i miss titan though, got outbreak perfected there.

[@Karronic]

I love these "timeline" videos, make more pls

[@evanf1997]

entire series is still happening no matter the state of Destiny

[@veilmisk]

I'm pretty sure Warmind added the Knights with shields and Adherents (snipers), and I believe frozen Thrall slowed you on hit.

[@zlarsen]

The xol fight lives on in my memories, it was one of the most epic strike bosses this game has seen to date

[@Excaliber807]

Don’t forget, Trench Barrel for the Ikelos shotgun originally worked on a timer rather than just the first 3 shots fire. And Boxed Breathing for the sniper rifle originally stayed active so long as you remained scoped-inz

[@thatguy4320]

I was a new light back then before Warmind I’ve only heard of Destiny but never played it, I was hooked immediately as soon as I made my first hunter

[@zackphy]

Box breathing also didn't go away immediately like it does now, they changed that when it became a special weapon. But during Warmind Whisper overshadowed it as they were in the same slot so it never really had it's time to shine.

[@GalenLeRaaz]

The Solstice armour from the Warmind era is still unavailable, for some reason...

[@zackphy]

Sleeper Catalyst increased charge time and added 2 shots to reserves increasing both dps and total damage making it the best catalyst released at the time and the only one that was basically required to use the weapon efficiently, followed by the Whisper caty.

[@triocastlaw1208]

Warmeme: How The Brays Got Their Groove Back and Saved Destiny.

[@ScottJMayer]

I still remember the feeling when the ikelos shotgun dropped for me for the first time

[@Kevlar020]

They should have kept escalation protocol and menagerie and change/make more loot. EP: Add new warmind style type of weapon. (Pulse, Auto Rifle, Sidearm, Glaive, Bow etc) that drop at the end of wave 7 boss. Menagerie: each week, a different set of seasonal weapons available to focus with the goblet of opulence to a better way to farm those once the year is over.

[@HisFlynessSTU2]

Warmind was cut content from the first expansion for D1, Taken King. Same with the EDZ and Europa, with EDZ getting cut from the original D1. Crazy how so many of that first D1 build got spread out over expansions for years to come.

[@reg3y]

“The war that minded destiny”

[@AshleyRobinson-os1xb]

Yep we are going back, theirs a big exo in Choirs quest. Damn it's called Echoes.

[@Eskittyyy]

The Turd That Saved Destiny

[@ethanhensley9355]

Wrong dlc 😿😿

[@evanf1997]

if youtube will let me hahaha

[@jugdar13]

The OG clovis voice, afaik, was Stephen Fry (or a bloody good impression of)

[@ocularcavity8412]

Warming was ONE OF MY FAVORITE DLC and I was SO MAD when they VAULTED the Location Strikes and Activities

[@VIZ178]

COO made me appreciate the grind and warming for the story and what it led to.

[@yuuki2467]

I remember thoroughly enjoying Warmind back in the day

[@xiiguardian]

I started playing right before Warmind came out. I finished the red war and coo then had a few weeks to Warmind.

[@irrelevantnamehandle]

warmind was always a pretty good expansion, spire of stars was a great raid lair and the whisper was one of the best missions bungie has made. while I think the story was weak to a degree and a lot of cool ideas were wasted (xol a strike boss along with nokris, and then just feeling a bit wasted on a weak story imo) but I think warmind was a pretty good dlc and it had a very good lead-up into forsaken.

[@johnalbone30192]

Oh man. I don’t miss trying to get in the same instances and getting 2 groups together lol

[@raz0rbladeapolo]

I never got the original SMG. I pout around 200-250 hours between Warmind/Forsaken(I had almsot 900 hours in the game when Forsaken launched). Got the full armor set, more snipers and shotguns than I could ever need, but never THE one weapon I wanted. Warmind gave me my favorite exotic in D2. It has literally been on the character I was playing ever since I got it. The Polaris Lance is beauty and efficiancy personified for me. I get it, im a weirdo. I also loved Curse of Osiris, and never minded double primaries. I enjoy it more now of course, but I just spent hours running around whatever planet tickled my fancy. Nothing left to do in the game because I olayed so much , but it was comfort for me. IO will forever be my favorite Destiny locatiom.

[@epicponedge1177]

Fun fact: Xol would die from 2 Anarchy shots stuck to him when you destroys the tunnel. It would even work during Nightfalls.

[@Ushiokoroni]

Dam you, now i want to go back to the old campaings and play them.... I liked the Red War and Warmind myself and now im really sad i can't go back to just play them for fun.... Bungi really fell from grace, haven't they....

[@oxsila]

You'd play the first 2 missions of warmind, maybe enjoy the first mission, realise how monotonous it's starting to get, how not that special it actually is and then move on. Trust me. My memory of this period is vivid.

[@guilhermefonsecaribeiro1561]

The Warmind that saved Destiny

[@TheGreatPanicker]

A simple but exciting way to liven the game up would be to allow players to pick up downed enemy's weapons and even make them craftable with perks that have that enemy's theme, i.e. cabal, hive, fallen, etc. And it would great to look like a hive or cabal and so on, so have items drop as transmogs that you can equip on any character and look like an enemy! If we are gonna be crafting potions in Episode 2 in October, then go all in like that.

[@oxsila]

That kind of takes away the shine of the times where we get exotic weapons like the cabal scout rifle, the ex duris hive boomer gun etc. If you can just pick them all up, the exotics never need to be made and I like that exotic have that special thing about them.

[@NickZ-w7j]

Wish they would add the raid back from this. As well as all the sunsetted raids. Think they added those, made the loot fully upgradable. Maybe updated GOS weapons. The game would have a lot of great endgame content.

[@noahedenborg4221]

me seeing sunset stuff just wishes i had gotten into d2 earlier

[@Zyrnor]

In hindsight the frozen hive would've been a cool introduction to stasis without actually getting our hands on it.

[@SparkyShepard]

I do wonder what happened to the work gods. Bungie doesn't really touch that subject anymore just like the Nine. Xol was the only one we directly killed. Akka was killed by Oryx off screen. Xita was later on added as the "worm mother" and indirectly killed when we killed Rhulk. And Ahsa is basically a Proto-worm who has escaped aged ago. So what's up with Eir,Ur and Yul? I just remember that we had a cutscene of a worm god cornering the Traveler(Season of the Lost) but thats about it. Hopefully we get more info about them in Episode 3.

[@antonprokhorov8769]

Worm gods are Seth Dickinson 'inventions" (along with the sword logic and huge chunk of Savathun's lore) and he no longer works for the Bungie, it seems that WQ was his last contribution. So, other writers doesn't want to touch this stuff (along with the Nine, Concordat, warminds and other D1/D2 2017-2019 topics), only more modern ones like Witness.

[@RONNIE5579]

I always thought clovis bray was Stephen Fry in warmind

[@Oron_The_Massive]

The (warmind)cell that shelled destiny

[@lastd0ct0r74]

Stephen fry if I remember rightly was casted as clovis

[@SyntheticHuman01]

The javelin must make a comeback, make it a heavy weapon

[@Floatanims]

Thank you for telling me for what was going on during d2 I stopped playing before curse so never played warmind

[@DarthSpiderMario]

“Generic AI butler-sounding concierge” Bruh don’t disrespect Stephen Fry like that, he was in Sherlock Holmes, Hitchhiker’s Guide and the Hobbit, among others.

[@Otaku_Hakuu]

I personally loved warmind i loved the Xol fight despite it being well kind kd a let down but the worm god boss was something i had been waiting for, then the escalation protocols were so fun and i wish i could go back and play them again, solid 6/10 for me

[@Cfish79]

It literally had the best soundtrack of all the DLCs.

[@Exile_Timelost]

I loved Warmind (As a lore addict). The story wasn't the best but I don't think it was that bad, I could see it executed better but thankfully it wasn't as bad as Curse of Osiris. The activity that was Escalation Protocol, I couldn't stop playing it for fun!! Dopamine every time my tether hunter brain got my super and spammed it with Orpheus rig.. I missed playing the game for fun :')

[@seanraines8459]

Warmind was a good dlc luckily I have the emblem for completing it even though I was like a talk to ikora ray away from completing the curse of osris but never did

[@ryanbeatty3022]

Idk i never understood why people thought EP was “nearly impossible” we would just ask people in the instance to see if they would give us their spot or join the event & completed it regularly

[@cheeseboi3169]

Watched 5 seconds of the video (Amazing like always)

[@Grassdia]

22:55 sCREEEEEEEEE drix (red-rix btw)

[@masterxsoldier3596]

Osiris curse was to see his loved one in an inescapable cycle of death, season of dawn was the true ending and the current episode (Echoes) makes me feel this curse theory might be correct.

[@daddyzback_54gaming82]

Idk if i missed something. i was in the store, and i saw the wildcard collectible. Who is that supposed to be?

[@Hydraxonthetracker]

I see three Warmind-related alternatives to the title: "The DLC that Escalated Destiny," seeing as it saw the devs commit to making then-existing D2 a better product than what it had been in Red War and Osiris. "The DLC that Resurrected Destiny," as Warmind is what brought D2 back from the brink after it was, as your previous video is titled, "killed" by Curse of Osiris, and Nokris' main trait is that he was a heretic for practicing necromancy, i.e. resurrecting the dead. "The DLC that Heralded Destiny," as Nokris' full title is "Nokris, Herald of Xol," and the improvements brought in Warmind could be considered a preview for the Destiny 2 golden age that Forsaken would usher in. (Sidenote: IMO you should've gone with "the DLC that Cursed Destiny" for Curse of Osiris, as though it just about did kill the game, I think "killed Destiny" may be better suited for Lightfall, given how its failure is directly responsible for the layoff-laden tailspin Bungie has been in for the past year, a tailspin which threatens to be the end of the franchise as we know it)

[@eriksievert2755]

I liked forsaken better because of the new supers and the two new awesome locations. But I still very much remember the warmind dlc in contrast to curse of osiris.

[@KingGlorp]

Do you ever restock old items in your merch shop?

[@giannicolamatteo8155]

I still have to og midnight exegent armor for my titan, i still main it with outbreak perfected, the ikelos sniper, and a fancy grenade launcher that i never bothered to read the name of because i never use it, slap on the metalic crucible red shader and i look like i was made by rasputin using siva

[@lewisbooth198]

i still really wish they bring bk red war campaign and forsaken

[@begformiuiruma257]

the sleeper simulant quest back in the day though... WAY too long. also the catalyst being locked behind spire of stars was a damn shame

[@Canuovea]

Just remember that they (probably) ended up firing some of the people who made that great music! Pretty sure Salvatori was involved, and they treated him like garbage.

[@TheGrace020]

i really liked Warmind and Forsaken They where so fun 😻

[@theangryotaku3361]

i will forever be pissed that they sunset the leviathan. not only was calus such a fun character (until they ruined him in Haunted) but menagerie and the raids were fun and easy to teach to new players that were just starting out out

[@Sifu_Chris]

The DLC that wormed its way into destiny's heart.

[@juleslab14]

RIP Warmind's cells :(

[@icarusrising2787]

Warmind would be a lot better of a new light experience than what we currently have

[@mayhem-z9y]

The cream pie that filled destiny

[@pxevo2418]

Warmind was good. D2 players that never got to experience it, I wish you could. It wasn't the Forsaken moment, but this was when I knew D2 was going to turn it around after launch.

[@random75491]

I would say Forsaken saved Destiny but Warmind was the turning point. Warmind was a breath of fresh air to those that played from launch and stuck with the hollow shell that D2 was up until that point.

[@terminatedtag930]

The DLC That Stockholm'd Destiny (Warmind) - Destiny 2 and if this is acceptable , The Head That Saved Destiny (Warmind) - Destiny 2 would be hilarious , add a little blush effect to his head

[@LONEWOLF_FYCN]

The curse of Osiris was him having to deal with disciples who he didn't want and created a prophecy in his name

[@ragersonly]

another day another “the ____ that ____ destiny” video

[@jennifahjennii5023]

Fire video

[@TrepidDestiny]

Warmind was my favorite. Forsaken was good, don't get me wrong, but from an aesthetics and theme Warmind did it for me.

[@TheArtificialGaming]

Osiris was cursed with the loss of saint.

[@Sleepestwarrior]

Seeing Bungie now giving up is wild. This is insane seeing the what we had/took for granted

[@ammod4827]

the blank that blanked destiny

[@Inuremna]

So evan, what about solo oryx?

[@MegaAdams00]

Warmind was dope

[@HurgleBurges]

with sunsetting gone in d2 i really wish they brought these back. dare i even say bring back gambit prime or just remove it entirely from the game, that had its fun

[@danieldacorte8000]

Man, I wish I had started playing my freshman year of college. I played the very beginning of the Red War campaign, got confused and bored. Then COVID happened the very next semester and I got addicted to One Piece.... Actually, nvm I have no regrets

[@doozer3297]

What’s gonna save it now?

[@7472wayne]

I thought we were done with destiny videos?

[@Jokevyne]

The Destiny Killer that goes the hardest still is bungie themselve lol (Or at least the leading, decision making part)

[@wispyz0]

i stopped playing right after curse came out and came back on and off with shadow keep. stayed off for lightfall and i think TFS finally won me back for good. warmind (and shadowkeep) were both expansions i really liked the idea of and wanted to play-through, but i never really got to play warmind since i never really put more money into the game past curse until TFS. always wish i actually got to fight a worm god

[@SushiJuice]

The [Blank] that [Blank]ed Destiny

[@CDMEJIA_]

IO was supposed to be Mars