[GameSpot] - Destiny 2 Beyond Light Gamescom Trailer Gives More Details On How You'll Wield Darkness

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While Destiny 2's Beyond Light expansion is going to shake up the game world by removing some planetary destinations and introducing some new ones, arguably the biggest change is the new Stasis ability. We got another big look at the Stasis powers and their related Supers during Gamescom's Opening Night Live show, which give a sense of how you'll freeze and shatter enemies.

The new trailer shown at Gamescom gave us a little more detail about the three new subclasses Stasis will bring to the game. For Warlocks, there's the Shadebringer, which looks like it fires a lot of long-range freezing bolts at enemies. Hunters get the Revenant class, which seems geared at controlling the battlefield with freezing fields and storms. Finally, there's the Behemoth for Titans, which is all about sending ice ripping through the ground to freeze enemies and then using Titans' big melee hits to shatter them. We also got the sense that you'll use Stasis crystals to instantly create defensive structures like walls, which can help you close the gap on enemies to deal punishing blows.

The Stasis abilities are a big wrinkle in Beyond Light, and not just because they give you new options for killing your various foes around the solar system in exceedingly cool ways. Stasis is the power of the Darkness, the nebulous big bad enemies that Destiny Guardians have been worrying about since the original game's first day. In the current season of Destiny 2, the Darkness has finally arrived, but it's not attacking--it's handing out gifts. Stasis seems to be one of those gifts, and its appearance should have a big impact on the story.

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