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June 9 Crucible Update

hasn't completely hit me that tomorrow (June 9th) will be the last life service update to Destiny 2. I've been playing Destiny since I was 16 (do the math, i'm old) and it was my first real experience with a looter/console shooter. I couldn't get into borderlands at the time and I basically only used my console for things like Ratchet & Clank, Kingdom Hearts, and other single player experiences. I didn't grow up with Halo or COD either, I found myself playing Tribes/Quake/TF2 more at the time. Summer of 2024, I was watching ProfessorBroman stream the D1 beta on twitch. He was doing the devil's lair/servitor strike and I fell in love instantly. Had no idea if I'd even like the game or when it would release, but a couple days after it released, I ended up getting it for the PS4. I was blown away, it was an incredibly unique experience at the time, but I found myself wanting to quit super early on because progression after completing the story/level 20 was... rough. I had no idea what to do, I wasn't even high enough for the nightfall, didn't know what strange coins were, definitely couldn't do a raid and didn't know about lfg, and so I found myself playing pvp every now and then. Streams like poshy, aegabriel, triplewreck, and others were the main places I'd frequent and while I was terrible at the time (1.3KD), it was fun. It wasn't until my childhood friend, Talha, basically took me through vault of glass in lfg a week before dark below released. If it wasn't for him, I'd probably just go back to playing MMOs, but it pushed me to get a mic, start lfging, investing more and more into the game and trying week after week to get Gjallarhorn & Hawkmoon.. which famously I didn't get until HoW from the free exotic in prison and a silver tier reward package from Vance/Trials first week. I took a lot of breaks from D1. HoW, TTK drought, and end of ROI (especially with OW coming out), but I only have fond memories of the game. If it wasn't for Talha, I probably wouldn't have invested as much as I did into the game, and by extension, I probably would've gone back to overwatch shortly after D2 dropped on PC, but I'm really glad I didn't. He ended up passing away late 2024, and it sucks that both of the games we enjoyed playing are EoS, but I'm really glad I gave the game a chance. Never expected to be here 12 years later, never expected to be playing as long as I have, to meet the people I did, to pursue content creation, to.. do a lot of things. Lots of strong opinions over the years, but I will never take away from the fact that Destiny changed my life. I will miss this game.

side note, if we ever had beef or I said something on stream (or anywhere) that irked you, please DM! I'd rather talk things out than pointless grudges being carried this late into things. back when panduh and i played together, y2 loadout, spire, and my first god roll mindb

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