The Destiny 2 Veil quest leaves us with more questions than answers

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The Destiny 2 Veil quest ‘Parting the Veil,’ newly rolled out in Destiny 2 Season of the Deep, is causing Guardians to question Bungie’s choice to timegate essential narrative story elements. A previous TWAB promised answers regarding the Veil in Destiny 2 Lightfall would be coming as part of a quest in season 21, but, as many players have noted, Bungie didn’t mention that this questline would be extended over a matter of weeks. Lore enthusiasts are now frustrated they will have to wait even longer for the FPS game to reveal what’s driving one of Destiny 2‘s major plot points.

While Bungie never explicitly stated whether the quest would be self-contained or would continue over a matter of weeks, the implication seemed to be it would model most non-seasonal storyline content. As such, this would mean players would be free to complete the entire quest at their own pace when it dropped.

Bungie’s choice to extend such non-seasonal content (it is open to anyone who owns Lightfall, not just players who have paid for Season of the Deep content) via timegating feels to some within the community like a ploy to force players back into the game over a matter of weeks as a way to increase time-in-game metrics.

The Destiny 2 team’s decision to withhold answers about the Veil, a paracausal object once used by the Witness to create a portal of both Light and Darkness but never fully explained in detail, caused controversy among players with the launch of Destiny 2 Lightfall. The game teased its existence but didn’t provide enough depth to give players clear motives regarding its significance in the game’s overarching narrative.

Plenty of Guardians weighed in with their frustrations regarding the Lightfall story, stemming from the lack