Laid-off Destiny 2 dev\u2019s \u201camazing\u201d idea proves no one was safe BungieDestiny 2 players have lamented the loss of Bungie employees after one shared their experiences working on The Final Shape. On July 31, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons released a statement confirming that the studio would eliminate 220 jobs. Former senior narrative designer, Robert Brookes, shared one development story they were particularly proud of during production of what could potentially be Destiny 2\u2019s last-ever major expansion. In their post on X\/Twitter, Brookes said: \u201cBack in the early design on the TFS Lost Sectors, activity designer and certified mad lad Sang Kim pitched me an idea: \u2018I\u2019m gonna put a friendly Wizard in here fighting the Taken. Does that work?’\u201d Referring to Luzaku, a friendly Lucent Hive Wizard who helps the player\u2019s Guardian secure a hostile Taken den during The Final Shape\u2018s campaign, Brookes continued: \u201cI immediately realized this could be a Mithrax moment. I talked to Sang, got the Wizard changed to a Lucent Hive Wizard, and started to ideate more on it.\u201d Detailing how the spontaneous idea almost didn\u2019t materialize due to budgets already being finalized, Brookes revealed that Mara Sov voice actor, Kirstin Potter, was brought in to voice the character, \u201cthrilled to take on a new role.\u201d Brookes\u2019 anecdote was subsequently shared on Reddit, where users lamented the loss of his talent. \u201cThis just makes me so angry that he was laid off, it\u2019s like a dev went above and beyond to make something fans love, and what was his reward by management?\u201d came one response. \u201cThis is amazing. It\u2019s also frustrating both of these individuals were let go. They did more than was needed, over-delivered, and made something everyone loved.\u201d said another. How these layoffs will affect the future of Destiny 2 remains to be seen, though subsequent reports have suggested that content could be smaller in scale going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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