#purely speculation ofc. he himself is unclassified and will probably remain as such

[thefirstknife]

OK so. Dumb question maybe. Are the three light classes, like, hardbaked into being a guardian? By which I mean like, would pre-city lightbearers be sorted into Titan, Hunter and Warlock even jf they weren't labelled that way yet? Cause Hive Lightbearers seem to have the three classes too

There's... some indication that classes are somewhat hardbaked, but they're not 100% inherent. A lot of early Lightbearers didn't classify themselves strictly and didn't behave strictly within class boundaries. Felwinter would be the best example; he was a Warlock, but Jolder taught him how to shoulder charge like a Titan. This indicates that a lot about these abilities is learned and not inherent, as well as depending on the personal skill and affinity of the Lightbearer.

Drifter is also a good example; he is one of the oldest Lightbearers and he does not abide by the class boundaries. He effectively does not belong to any class specifically.

A lot about classes is about belonging to an order and being trained which was hard to do in the Dark Age. So while some like Drifter may have more leaning into certain abilities, since he refused to join and be trained with others, he does not have a class. He never really committed to develop his abilities in any specific way.

It seems that Lightbearers don't have very strict definitions of classes but some are more naturally attuned to use the Light in certain ways and then gravitate towards it and fit into classes that have been better developed over time. I suppose the same happened with Lucent Hive, only over less time (and possibly affected by what Savathun was able to observe from Guardians).

It also looks like the Light manifests in certain ways based on the person's physiology; while not fully consistent, Titans do end up being bigger and Hunters smaller, for example. That would also explain why there's a distinction between Hive knights, wizards and acolytes; a knight would naturally be more attuned to the way Titans use the Light due to their physical build.

Most stuff about this is not fully or clearly defined and there are exceptions. And also, I suppose one of the reasons for the Hive currently being as they are is the gameplay reasons. But overall, the Light is definitely not as clear cut between the classes. A lot of it now is just the established use that can be trained for and the Hive inherited a lot of this stuff from Savathun's observations of Guardians.

#destiny 2 #hunter #titan #warlock #felwinter #drifter #hive #ask #i personally think that drifter leans into being a warlock. we only ever saw him using solar and he once used it to try and heal someone #purely speculation ofc. he himself is unclassified and will probably remain as such #i'd like to see the hive eventually develop their own uses for the light #it would be really cool