Do you have to own Lightfall to fully use the prismatic subclass?

[hammertime4234]

Watched a few videos that came out today about The Final Shape but none of them answered this question. I own all the DLC's besides Lightfall but noticed there were strand abilities in the prismatic subclass in the videos. If you don't own Lightfall, are you still able to play the new subclass at its full potential? Or is Bungie forcing us to buy all the other DLC's if we want to fully enjoy this new one?

[NationX]

Prismatic is its own subclass like Stasis was BL and Strand for LF. All the fragments tied to it are new so no you wont need LF to be able to play it to its full ablility. The abilities Bungo have given each of them will be tied to TFS. Aspects like Banner of War etc will be tied to the DLC they came from i.e LF.

[hammertime4234]

Ok that makes sense, thanks! Didn't want to pay another $20 for an old DLC on top of the $50 they're charging for TFS.

[Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical]

Originally posted by hammertime4234:

Ok that makes sense, thanks! Didn't want to pay another $20 for an old DLC on top of the $50 they're charging for TFS.

Lightfall's still useful, since it'll have stuff like Exotics and Strand, along with some context as to what the hell's going on in the story.

[Mez Koo]

Originally posted by Dosbilliam, Boring but Practical:

Lightfall's still useful, since it'll have some context as to what the hell's going on in the story.

Does it though? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Honestly though the entirety of the past year could be cut out from when the the Helm's blast shields close to when they re-open and nothing would've changed and it plays seamlessly like it never existed: https://youtu.be/XQFKhwnkok0?si=6t8MxQDcX0T1wJxV