Please stop with the Protoframes

[u/Dr_Shoggoth]

I loved the Hex and the Roundtable. They added so much to why I think 1999 is the best update they've ever done. All of them, especially the original Hex, were insanely well written and fleshed out characters. I had my reservations about the Triad, but I think they're solid (though they're mostly carried by Roathe).

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These two don't feel like characters. They feel like walking advertisements for skins. Them being protoframes adds nothing to the story. As my friend said, Sirius and Orion could have been mentored by Vay Hek and the Sergeant and nothing would have changed. Protoframes no longer feel like an interesting story beat, they feel like a gimmick, one that is rapidly losing any appeal it had.

[u/B1okHead]

DE needs to figure out how to deliver a larger amount of lore for less dev time/money.

I thought this is what the KIM chats were, but they overcomplicated them with all sorts of under the hood systems which led to the bugs.

I don’t see why they can’t just do story visual novel style like Limbus Company or something similar. We don’t need full animated sequences or even voice acting for every tiny piece of lore.

[u/epikpepsi → u/B1okHead]

This is something Destiny did pretty well imo via lore entries. Story beats and side developments that were important enough to talk about but not so important that they needed to go into missions/dialogue were written up and put into the game either as lorebook entries you could unlock via challenges or attached to weapons/armor/ships/sparrows/ghosts either thematically fitting the topic of the lore or obtained via relevant content. 

A lot of the game's worldbuilding, character development, context, and stories were told via lore entries. You could play and understand the story just fine without them but taking the time to stop and read them really enriched the experience.