Bungie Responds to Destiny Fan Theories About Cut Content

Bungie's Luke Smith, the creative director for Destiny's Taken King expansion, has spoken out to address fan theories about the game regarding supposedly cut content and more.

On NeoGAF, Smith responded to a long list of theories, including claims that there were originally supposed to be three Cryptarchs and that Bungie originally planned for players to have three AI companions accompany them on missions. There are many more claims listed here.

Smith says most of this is codswallop.

"Love you guys, but sorry to wet blanket," he said. "Almost all of this is fan fiction mixed with some hopes gleaned from ViDOCs from when Destiny was in development infancy in the forever ago."

He did address one claim in particular regarding the Vault of Glass raid. Below is the theory and then Smith's response.

Theory: "Vault of Glass consisted of rescuing Kabr and fighting along side him against Atheon, he would then sacrifice himself and forge Aegis Shield, allowing your team to finish off Atheon. But after the rework of the story of the game, this was scrapped and made into a Grimoire instead."

What Smith had to say: "E.g., That was literally never a plan for VOG. I wrote the high level story for Vault (Kabr, Praedyth), named the armor sets/AI/bosses and wrote the weapon/armor descriptions and gave that to the writers who wrote the deep lore for the Grimoire."

Destiny is changing today with the new 2.0 update, which you can learn more about in GameSpot's roundup of everything you need to know. The Taken King, meanwhile, arrives on September 15. For more on Destiny, check out some recent stories below.

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