Destiny 2’s Renegades Exotics are kind of mid, except for the cool new jetpack
Today's Destiny 2 teaser for the Renegades expansion showed off a slew of guns and gear debuting next month. The new Exotics stole the show—more specifically, the upcoming Titan chest piece, which seems to work like a jetpack.
The new Praxic Vestment chest piece gives Titan an "advanced tactical air move," according to its official description in the trailer. In practice, this seems to translate to a limited but respectable air lunge that allows players to cover a decent distance, both horizontally and vertically. It also counts as moving for the purposes of lunging melee attacks, such as Shield Bash, Hammer Strike, and Seismic Bash.
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The other two Exotics almost feel bland in comparison. The Deimosuffusion Exotic Warlock helmet causes your Rifts to suspend enemies and makes this affliction deal damage over time, while the Fortune's Favor leg armor for Hunters seems to only let your shield fill up into an overshield.
Though it's easy to imagine the Titan as the stalwart, anchored shield that staves off the assault, Destiny 's take on the subclass also offers some mobility—with the Twilight Garrison Exotic armor piece in the original game, plus the Thruster ability added to the sequel with Arc 3.0 in 2022.
Of course, the functionality seen in the teaser may not always be exactly how it plays out inside the game, and there's always the chance of an interaction not shown in the description. But so far, Titans seem to be the big winners from the teaser.
Barring any yet unadvertised synergies with overshield for Hunters or an extra-strong layer of protection to stack with other sources of damage reduction, the new leg piece seems almost skippable at first glance, more likely appearing in PvP modes than in PvE. Hunter mains have called for buffs to the class, which may not feel as powerful as its counterparts using certain builds, and this Exotic may not shift the needle in that regard.
Warlocks may also get a couple different options for Suspend with Deimosuffusion, especially with Strand. It'll be hard to replace a well-rolled Solipsism for Prismatic builds, however, given a build with the upcoming helmet will also require a strong investment in the Class stat and giving up on Phoenix Dive.
The video also showed a set of weapons inspired by Star Wars , which is the theme of Renegades when it launches on Dec. 2. Among the ranks, you'll find new hand cannons, sidearms, pulse rifles, and even a heavy sniper rifle—hopefully a Legendary one this time.
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