The Destiny 2 player community is discussing some of the more unusual aspects of the game's weapon design. Players also highlighted other flaws in the guns of Destiny 2 that might make them difficult or impossible to use as real-life firearms.

Destiny and Destiny 2 are unusual outliers in the annals of military and sci-fi-themed shooter games, in part due to the game's premise, which takes its narrative closer to the realm of fantasy stories. The endlessly revived Guardians of the Last City constantly battle against supernatural threats like the Hive and the Taken, and enemies that use techniques so far removed from recognizable science that they're closer to magic. By contrast, though Guardians also use magic-like powers and occasionally wield swords and glaives, their main weapons are almost always firearms, often with designs inspired by or evoking real-life guns seen in military inventories or movie prop houses.

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One player has pointed out that those designs don't always make a lot of sense in the real world. User patrick505883 on the Destiny 2 subreddit highlighted a commonly seen design element in Destiny 2 hand cannons that doesn't seem practical from the standpoint of real-world firearm design.

Destiny 2 Hand Cannon Design Seems Physically Impossible

The element pointed out by patrick505883 has to do with the general structure of a common hand cannon visual template seen on weapons like the Fatebringer from the Vault of Glass raid or even Exotic-tier weapons like Cayde-6's Ace of Spades. Like most other hand cannons in the game, these weapons follow the rough structure of a traditional revolver pistol, such as a real-life Colt Python. However, some designs feature a barrel slung low and aligned with the bottom of the revolver's cylinder. Patrick505883 pointed out that the hammer of the Destiny 2 hand cannon is placed high enough to strike the top round in the cylinder, not the bottom one, making it non-functional in real life.

Fellow Destiny players were amused by the observation, and brought up other Destiny weapon designs that were nonsensical. Many posted a humorous image of the Conspirator scout rifle from the launch-era Destiny 2 Leviathan raid. The Conspirator's stock had a design flaw that ensured that no bullet inside its magazine would physically be able to make it into the barrel, much less be able to fire at enemies. Others pointed out that Destiny guns don't necessarily use what would be recognizable firearm technology, even if they occasionally resemble an existing gun. Some more knowledgeable users also mentioned that there are some real-life revolvers that have a low barrel and a highly placed cocking lever that merely looks like a firing hammer, like the real-life Chiappa Rhino and Mateba Autorevolver, making such designs theoretically viable, if unlikely to function as they do in the game.

Destiny 2

Bungie's Destiny 2 is an online FPS that blends single-player and multiplayer content. Constantly evolving, the shooter has established a strong following since its 2017 debut.

Platform(s)

PS5 , PS4 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S , Xbox One , PC , Stadia

Released

August 28, 2017

Developer(s)

Bungie

Publisher(s)

Bungie

Genre(s)

FPS