Different weapons in Destiny use different elements to inflict different damage on your enemies. There’s 4 different types of weapon damage: Arc, Solar, Void, and Kinetic. Arc Damage – This elemental damage type is related to electricity and has an area of effect. Blue shields are weak to Arc. Solar Damage – This elemental damage type is fire damage and has a chance to ignite enemies. Orange shields are weak to Solar. Void Damage – This elemental damage type is related to gravity and dark energy. Kinetic Damage – This is the default (physical) damage type of most weapons and does not correspond to an element. Elemental weapon damage didn’t
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Attack vs. Impact – Weapon Damage Explained
Attack vs. Impact. What’s the difference? What do they do? Attack determines how much damage enemies will take, and a higher attack rating allows your weapons to damage higher-level opponents. Impact increases the damage inflicted by each shot. DattoDoesDestiny takes a closer look at these weapon modifiers and gives us his take on how these stats will affect your weapons.
Everything We Know About Raids
MoreConsole dives into Raids, going over what we know so far about them, including Raid Bosses, The Vault of Glass, Expansion Passes, Matchmaking, Raid Location and More!
Epic Beta Montages
4 videos each with incredible editing and gameplay! TeamVibe Snabobo Neenkin EgoGone
The Art of Destiny Book
A new book from Bungie is available for pre-order on Amazon – The Art of Destiny (December 16) This elegant, collectible book presents the powerful concept art created for Destiny, featuring breathtaking imagery that captures the cinematic feel of its universe. Covering everything from the earliest sketches of the Guardians’ armor to dilapidated cities on distant planets, this exploration of the art behind the year’s biggest new gaming franchise details the incredible artistic development of each class, vehicle, and planet. With hundreds of stunning sketches, character illustrations, pieces of concept art, environments, and more, The Art of Destiny will explore the game’s sweeping world, grand scope,
PS4 vs Xbox One vs PS3 vs Xbox 360
This comparison videos shows what the Destiny beta looked like on each console. VideoGamerTV reacted to raw, uncompressed HDMI feeds to a 42″ TV, but the video below via capturing, editing and uploading, has been compressed and re-compressed using different methods at least three times. [yframe url=’http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHwtcmwA_xc’] Remember that the final version of the game will have better graphics on every platform than was shown in the beta.
O Brave New World
This documentary largely covers the studio’s past. It’s a few years old now, but is really interesting and entertaining to watch again, and it’s a good way to refresh your knowledge about Bungie’s triumphs and early development.
Forums Are Back
… And better than ever! Not only have our forums got an incredible upgrade, but DestinyNews.net as well. To celebrate, we’re giving away a free $20 – which anyone can win as long as you’re an active member of the community. Thanks for hanging with us through that downtime. We ended up completely changing hosts, and also upgrading to a VPS. What this means for you all is a big improvement in site speed and responsiveness. There shouldn’t be any slowdowns or hiccups from now on. If you haven’t already joined, now is a great time to. It literally takes