Destiny 2's Arc 3.0 Makes it a Marriage of Light and Darkness Subclasses
Destiny 2's August showcase today revealed more about Season 18, the various new items that players can look forward to obtaining, and a lot of what the Lightfall expansion is truly about both story-wise and gameplay-wise. Bungie stated in the past that it was working on a whole new element of damage to introduce further down the line, but these plans shifted at some point during development, and The Witch Queen became the herald of the 3.0 subclass updates rather than introducing something entirely new. However, Lightfall is coming in 2023, and with it, Destiny 2 fans will be able to wield the powers of the new Strand subclass.
Strand subclasses are movement-themed, and each class gains access to its own set of abilities, including brand-new Aspects, Fragments, and Supers. This is a great juxtaposition to Stasis, which instead is all about slowing and freezing others in place. Much like the well-established identity of Darkness subclasses in Destiny 2, the reworks for the Void and Solar subclasses too were about redefining the themes that made them what they were and what they are now. With Season of Plunder, Arc is getting a similar 3.0 update that helped Void and Solar improve, and the way its gameplay loop works could make it the perfect marriage of Light and Darkness subclasses.
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Like the newly announced Strand, Arc 3.0 is about moving around and perfecting a playstyle that promotes awareness of the players' surroundings. Arc subclasses don't have fancy grappling hooks to do that, but they do use the sheer power and speed of lightning to allow Guardians to jump right into the action. This is something that the base Arc subclasses didn't really have in Destiny 2 until
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