Destiny 2's The Final Shape expansion heads into the Traveler's "infinite, vast, unknowable" Pale Heart
Bungie has given Destiny 2's next expansion, The Final Shape, a thorough unveiling, confirming it'll whisk players to the «infinite, vast, unknowable» Pale Heart within the Traveler when it launches on 27th February next year.
As per Bungie's info-heavy reveal livestream, The Final Shape — which is described as «the last expedition of Destiny's first saga» — will see players entering the Traveller via the portal opened at the end of this year's Lightfall expansion, for a showdown with current big bad, the Witness. It's an adventure Bungie says will «answer questions on a grander scale» while also giving players the opportunity to connect with familiar companions on a more personal level.
That, of course, includes the formerly deceased fan-favourite Cayde-6, played by Nathan Fillion, who appears to be making a return by way of the very nature of the Pale Heart itself. The gist appears to be that the Witness is attempting to use the Traveler's reality shaping power to refashion the universe in a vision if frozen perfection — the Final Shape of the title — but, as the Guardians enter the Pale Heart, it simultaneously begins shifting to reflect their experiences too.
As such, the expansion's story campaign kicks off in something like a «place of safety», among verdant fields of green in the shadow of Destiny 1's Tower. However, as players push onward through the Pale Heart — described as the «first linear destination in Destiny's history» — and draw closer to the Witness' monolith, things get considerably weirder and wilder, with familiar geometry being pulled apart and reassembled in strange new ways.
Within the Pale Heart, players will encounter a new enemy type known as the Subjugators. These come in two new variants
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