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While the [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwOUi4JDC4o]Pathways out of Darkness Vidoc[/url] gave us a good introduction to the basic premise for Destiny's Universe and the guiding vision for its gameplay, it did a wonderful job at dancing around any kind of the nitty gritty core gameplay information that I was hoping to hear about. There are a lot of questions in my mind that can truly only be answered with time, but for the present, the trailer has given us a wealth of topics that we can discuss. Today, I plan on covering my current thoughts for how Classes might be implemented in the Destiny Universe.
Currently we know of at least four different Class Archetypes in Destiny. The original three are the Hunters, the Warlocks, and the Titans, pictured above at the top of the post. The fourth class, Vanguard, was offhandedly mentioned in an anecdote from Joe Staten that appeared in an IGN Article, some discoveries about that can be read [url=http://www.bungie.net/en-us/Groups/Post?id=59840076&groupId=19148]here[/url]. Despite all this, we do not know what impact classes have on gameplay, or what role each class is supposed to fulfill on the battlefield, or how classes can evolve and become customizable as the character grows in strength. Here is where our Speculation begins.
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Since there can only be three man/woman fire teams this should lead to some very interesting strategies that players can use. The hunter can stay at long range and snipe, yeah nobody saw that coming. The titan can be the leading player into the fight, going in hard and striking as so. While the warlock can follow behind the titan at mid-range and attack the enemies that have their attention focused on the titan.