Blaise Markley

@KhanOnTwitch While playtesting, I didnt tell the team what I did. Just that there was a "suprise during DPS". He also just had some terrible taken shader i just slapped on him at the time. But the team loved it and Glenn Gamble (legend) made an actual shadow shader that looks WAY cooler.

@bmarkley99 Ok that’s insane.. Shadow Rhulk sits at top 10 reveals/surprise moments in the entire Destiny franchise for me and my favorite Pantheon encounter all time.

this always felt emblematic of mismanagement in D2. yes, things that were developed could be revisited but there were a ton of game mechanics that you just had to be there for or you’d never experience them. it was a step further for something like Pantheon 1.0 (ie Shadow Rhulk)

@ZachMorris5 Obviously can't answer the specifics but we were definitely a fair bit along on RaD content before it finally came in that we needed to pivot to the final update. Not a satisfying answer I know but thats just how it is.

@bmarkley99 I don't know if this is something you can answer or not, but how far ahead were you guys working on things in D2 before everything happened? This final update was perfect but I wish the franchise could continue even still 😭

Pantheon 2 is the last thing I will have worked on at Bungie. Despite everything it has been an honor to work on Destiny 2. Please know with deep sincerity that we wanted more than anything to make you smile. See you starside, Guardians

@bioluminosity @KhanOnTwitch We had a few other ideas but I didnt think any of them would have been as exciting and we really wanted at least one "wtf" moment in each encounter. 2 unstable lights in golg, fire tornados on the triangles in planets, etc.

@bmarkley99 @KhanOnTwitch oh my god. my GOAT 😭 what would they even have had yall do to the encounter without extra rhulk??

@SneakyBeaver @KhanOnTwitch After Pantheon, it became a running gag during mechanic discussions of future raids/dungeons to just add a shadow version of the boss of whatever encounter we were talking about. Shadow Witness could have been a thing! (no it couldnt)

@bmarkley99 @KhanOnTwitch Please tell me you thought about putting in something like 2 oryx's to mess with people 😭

@justaddwatter Ad clear is extremely important in that encounter! Don't let the haters tell you otherwise!

ITS MY FUCKING TIME (EPIC)

@cryptobdragon I got some bad news for ya pal...

@bmarkley99 Please let the team know the game has been broken since the Tuesday patch. FPS is shot and game performance has been decimated.

@thejamiest I had direct ownership over the Argos encounter, but with the extent of the project, all the designers ended up working in basically every other encounter to some degree

@bmarkley99 could I ask what you worked on within pantheon? this has been my favorite activity by far over the years, that and prophecy.

@ShawTheHunter WoW and FF14 definitely come up a lot during ideation for sure, a lot of other more far out there inspirations as well! Our main goals tend to be to shake things up and make something that will continue to be fun to execute even after players have inevitably powercrept it.

@bmarkley99 This raid seem focused alot more on tighter combat focus. Is there new development focus on more player responsibility now. As doing this raid requiring people to bait out attacks. Was FF14 and WoW used as inspiration?

Obligatory professional account tweet stating that I worked on The Desert Perpetual raid and huge shoutout to the RAD team for helping this whole thing together!

@HatedDesign We used to do raid-along dev commentary content but it's not something I get a say in - but I hope we can again sometime!

@bmarkley99 desperately wish we could get a "behind the scenes/in the making of" videos for the raids. its basically the first thing i wonder about anytime a new expansion is announced

Congratulations to our podium finishers for the Vesper's Host Dungeon Race! 🥇 Tides 🥇 Pine 🥇 SpecialHero 🥈 柠柠 🥈 事没有与愿违 🥈 jingxinyo 🥉 Dragon 🥉 Grumm 🥉 Soto

VESPER'S HOST DUNGEON WELL RECIEVED, CONGRATS RAIDS AND DUNGEONS!! TRAILER HIT 1M VIEWS IN 4 DAYS!!! TAYLOR AND I'S FAVORITE COLLAB TRAILER FOR CAPTURE SUCCESSFUL!!! WHAT A GREAT WEEKEND RAHHHHH

@Ebontis There are reasons, ones that aren't necessarily the kind I can discuss openly - but I will say that this conversation comes up often during development. Sorry to be vague, that's just how it is haha

@bmarkley99 The question is from a Solo player perspective. Is there a reason the health pools on bosses don't scale to fireteam size? If a solo player can manage all the mechanics (say Vesper final boss rotation), couldn't the health pool for a solo player be smaller to balance things out?

Huge congrats to everyone that cleared contest mode of Vesper's Host! I'm so happy with how it all played out and it was a blast to see everyone's reactions and triumphs. You guys are awesome!

@Ebontis Can't promise I'll have the answer (or be allowed to answer) but you can give it a shot.

@bmarkley99 Have a curiosity about the dungeon if you mind me asking?

Congratulations to our first place podium finishers for the Vesper's Host Dungeon Race! 🥇 Tides 🥇 Pine 🥇 SpecialHero Second and third place podium finishers are still being validated by our security team. These will be announced next week.

Happy to have had the honor working on the Vesper's Host Dungeon! It was an awesome race to behold, huge congrats to the winning teams!

We have received reports of three fireteams completing the Vesper's Host Dungeon on Contest Mode. Our security team is currently validating all fireteam members. Podium winners will be posted after verification is complete. Normal mode in Vesper's Host is now available.