Beginner question : Am i playing the game wrong ?

[shotgun enjoyer]

Hello everyone.

Picked up the game yesterday with what i hoped would be the latest expansion.

But it's really different than any game I've played, just got a serie of cinematics with characters i don't know with little to no context.

It seems like i'm skipping all the story. Did i do something wrong ?

What's "the veil", who the hell is callus ?

Did i bought a story skip on accident ?

I'm so confused.

[ArcaneLunaX]

A lot of the story from previous stuff has been removed lol. The Veil is not explained at all in the story, I think there's more info in future missions post-campaign but I haven't played them. Calus is the old leader of the Cabal, and allied himself with the Witness, who is basically the looming big bad for the Final Shape, which is meant to be the last expansion in the current story arc for Destiny. You didn't buy a story skip, the whole expansion was just... not well accomplished IMO.

I can't really go much more in depth on the story, Bungie has never been great at making the actual story missions explain anything, especially since moving to the seasonal model, so I gave up caring about it. There are youtubers like My Name is Byf or Myelin Games who have videos explaining the story, so if story is a major draw for you they're probably your best source for catching up.

[evermoor]

There is no real intro, you are just dumped into it. It is awful. You have no idea whats going on, where to go, what you are supposed to do, or WHY you are doing these things, or how things work. This is now total rubbish compared to what it once was.
Honestly, you'd be better off with a refund and a better game.

[Ixamesh]

The game launches some missions automatically because they are crucial for progression, even though they don't make sense for new players.

The story moves on even without your participation, and devs removed old seasons and campaigns, so the only way to get answers is to look outside of the game, e.g. Byf and Myelin as mentioned above or
https://youtu.be/NHaq0EbeHHQ
https://youtu.be/O6N7h1F92Qs
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd4COL1ReBDz9qn5nW02hQ9mIlI9nhij3

The Veil story is partially revealed through Lightfall campaign, Vexcalibur exotic quest, Veil Containment audio records and Season of the Deep story.

[Snow Miser]

Originally posted by Punky:

It seems like i'm skipping all the story. Did i do something wrong ?

What's "the veil", who the hell is callus ?

Did i bought a story skip on accident ?

I'm so confused.

The veil is supposed to be a paracausual entity, like the traveler. The traveler provides its light magic through the ghosts, whereas the veil (from my understanding) is a vehicle for understanding & using the darkness. This game has been really bad lately about making players understand all the terminology included in Dialogue. The veil only recently got a cutscene explaining a minute chunk of its history.

Calus, as stated above, is a Cabal Leader who at this time serves the Witness. Prior to this, he held the position of being emperor of the cabal; being one of, if not the, most prevalent antagonist you faced. That was prior to sunsetting. Now, he just acts on behalf of the Witness. Btw, that "Caitul" (forgive the spelling) is his daughter. And if they refer to somebody named "Ghaul" thats can old D2 villian who died.

At this point, i'm kind of just as confused as you are.

[76561198088409502]

i cant tell if this is sarcastic or actually real

[Comrade Pickles]

Try going to youtube and typing in Destiny 2 story.
Live service games tend to keep moving with content whether or not you play them.

[shotgun enjoyer]

Why did they do that? It doesn't make any sense

Why do I have to go outside of the game to know the story?

[Kylito]

Originally posted by Punky:

Why did they do that? It doesn't make any sense

Why do I have to go outside of the game to know the story?

You don't, the game has a timeline listing the order in which story events happened. It's just less complicated if you watch videos lining it up.

[Williamchen343]

Why do I keep getting a verification code for my phone number, I tried many times on my mobile phone Malaysia player

[Armitage Shanks]

Yep, new player experience is absolutely terrible in Destiny 2, Bungle are too busy designing silver surfer Jar Jar Binks characters to be bothered to make new player on-boarding make sense. At least you didn't get error coded midway through the first mission you got plonked in, because when you log back in chances are you get shoved into a completely different mission, or worse you'd be in orbit with literally no idea what to do next.

[GK | Leviathan]

If it helps, the veil is just a USB.

[Bloodyboo12]

Devs dont care about the game anymore, its just a cashgrab

[Kylito]

Originally posted by Bloodyboo12:

Devs dont care about the game anymore, its just a cashgrab

Why in the world would Bungie stop caring about their most popular and profitable game?

[🥤ʑ ɨ ł 🌊 ✡🔯☪ bȍgъdȃrъ 👌]

The narration of the Souls series is very similar to D2s. Its one of the reasons I love d2 so much. Doesnt force you down and regurgitate information in your face. Would be nice if the game pointed to the narrative better tho.

[GK | Leviathan]

Originally posted by Kylito:

Originally posted by Bloodyboo12:

Devs dont care about the game anymore, its just a cashgrab

Why in the world would Bungie stop caring about their most popular and profitable game?

Lad if you think how they're acting with updates and DLC dating back, in fact you can pick how long, is care you're being silly.

Its relatively clear its made up on the spot. you could argue maybe this community is a lil needy and I'd totally agree, upsetting this community is so easy.

But to mess up so many basic routine things and clearly mug off the player base with certain dlcs and such is a joke ting to say they care.

Unless you're chatting about them caring about the profit (which ig makes sense its a business)