I feel the same, pal. This was a dickmove from Bungie, it is so obvious that they did it just to sell the dlc (which was clearly gonna sell itself bc of really good things in it w/o Cayde’s death if you ask me) it is so disgusting it makes me wanna vomit, but, hey, it might sound naive and stupid, but Cayde is still alive in the fandom. We don’t have to accept his death bc it was just a cheap klickbait. I’m not gonna drop the fanfiction I started recently so hope you won’t give up d2 drawing too
My first thought when finding out about them flaunting his death was they were doing it to sell the dlc. Then they kept showing off his death, solidifying they’re killing him just to sell copies. I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s an incredibly good tactic, it’s just cheap. Plus like, none of the other characters have as much time as he does in the game. He’s one of the only fleshed out characters. So it’s gonna be awkward when they try to fill his comedic relief role. Because no matter who gets the role, they’re never going to be as good as he was and they’re going to feel forced in *cough* Failsafe *cough*
They can say it’s to make the story darker, but I seriously don’t buy it. If they wanted dark, they’d have killed off more characters at the start. Show off these powerful characters to new comers, and remind vets that the Vanguard has their position for a reason. Then show them being broken and beaten. Show that the universe isn’t safe for even the strongest. For me it’s too late in the game to make things “dark”. The universe is still going to feel safe because we all know we can’t die. An with the way the game is set up, they can’t really kill us off. Unless they pull off a Dying Light the Following. In which case, go nuts. Sorry to Cayde, but yeah. His death doesn’t make the series more dark and edgy like they wanted it to be. At least to me. Plus like, I never saw Uldren or the Barons as a threat? They’re just a little miffed, not anything like Ghaul or even Oryx were. Where they were actual threats, these guys really don’t seem to be. Yeah, they’re dangerous, but at the same time, they’re not out to destroy everything. So just get a hoard of Guardians and take them out. Not that hard. They’re just some overgrown undead bugs
It’s a good idea in the short run for profit, but the long run? I really don’t think so. They have to keep him dead now. There’s no going back. They bring him back and we all know that there’s no point to anything then. They’re fucked honestly. Can’t put a serious character in his place, we already have the other two Vanguard. Can’t really put a funny character there, because everyone will hate them and they will feel forced as all hell. They’d have to go for a happy medium that everyone is going to hate either way. Holdin’ out for my boy Shiro, but even he’s a little more on the serious side. I know a few people who got D2, and still play specifically because of Cayde. So what’s making them want to get D3 if the whole reason they still played the game is dead?
Honestly if you remove his death, it’s basically the same. Uldren is still being whiny, and the Baron’s would still be doing whatever they’re doing. I get Cayde was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but still. It really doesn’t add anything to the story. Realistically we’d still be sent after them anyhow. They’re a group of dangerous assholes, the Vanguard would request we put them down
I accept his death, but it’s not gonna stop me from drawing weird shit (or the shitty story I started writing out of boredom). He’s not dead if you don’t play the dlc on your other characters. I still like Destiny as a whole, just not a fan of the way they decided to go about this dlc. The dlc itself looks like a ton of fun, but the fact that we have to go after Uldren and his new friends for “revenge” is eh. It’s going to be awkward for people like me who honestly couldn’t care less at this point that he’s dead, and didn’t get all ‘I’m gonna stab Uldren!’ an all that when Cayde’s death was announced. Uldren is pretty cool, and rightfully hates us. Me personally, I don’t have a reason to hate him. Except for maybe that line about dark and Light. That was just cringy. It’s going to wear on me real quick if every minute I’m reminded of the fact that they killed Cayde. I feel really bad for my Fireteam if that’s the case lmao. Gonna get my ass muted
They took too many misteps and now have to kill off their poster boy to make sure the game doesn’t die. Like you said, the dlc looked fucking rad without the forcing of Cayde’s death. Too bad Bungie kept dropping the ball with this series