Bungie previews new weapons in Destiny: The Taken King

SUROS

"This is my sword. Function is a given; it must be given form. Design is honed, precision. Every curve, every line, every chamfer speaks to the Suros philosophy. Suros is elegance amidst brutality."

– Design Pillars provided by Lead Artist Raj Nattam

Suros offers highly customizable weaponry for Guardians. Each weapon can be changed from close quarters combat to ranged with a swap of a few nodes. The talent grids for the weapons offer two columns of two stat perks. It's the everyman of weapons.

AUTO RIFLE

Concept: Joseph Cross

3D Model: Mark Van Haitsma

SCOUT RIFLE

Concept: Joseph Cross

3D Model: Matt Lichy

ROCKET LAUNCHER

OMOLON

"Experimental, bordering on irresponsible. Powered by barely understood technology. A fusion of the mad scientist and product engineer of the new frontier. Hallmark is the liquid ammo displays and Omolon power cells. Omolon is the future returned"

Design Pillars provided by Lead Artist Raj Nattam

Omolon looks past typical combustion ballistics and brings energy weaponry to the forefront. The weapons offer base states to build from and are the only weapons that offer Legendary talent grids with three perks: one as the first non-scope upgrade and two as a binary choice in the final column.

Omolon weapon perks typically favor energy based perks and/or perks that affect the weilders abilities or status.

SCOUT RIFLE

HAND CANNON

SNIPER RIFLE

HAKKE

"Hammers, not scalpels. Relatable design harkening back to a lost era. Häkke is not about exciting form, it is about exciting function. A weapon's weapon. Häkke is the instrument of the people."

– Design Pillars provided by Lead Artist Raj Nattam

While Hakke designs might not be the flashiest, their weapons prefer function over flair. The Hakke brand in Destiny builds a solid bas for weapons, a reliable base — the weapons stats aren't all over the place. On these weapons you'll find simplified scopes, front-loaded perk nodes (with stat upgrade options) and perks that are focused on offensive actions as well as combat tactics.

Let's look at the weapons!

AUTO RIFLE

Concept: Jesse Van Dijk

3D Model: Raj Nattam

SHOTGUN

Concept: Adrian Majkrzak

3D Model: Raj Nattam

PULSE RIFLE

Concept: Adrian Majkrzak

Bungie is looking to bring the biggest arsenal of weapons that Guardians have ever seen in the upcoming expansion for Destiny. According to Bungie, The Taken King expansion will be well-worth the price as it contains plenty of items.

The Taken King will be adding a ton of items weapon manufactures Hakke, Omolon, and Suros. Bungie has decided to offer us a preview of what is to come, but not everything. The Tower will offer more weapon choices, Factions will have their own guns, classes will have their own guns, quests will lead to you specific gun and the Gunsmith with be adding to your personal arsenal.

All this gun talk makes sense, the game may have you doing a lot of things – but running around shooting things is what you do most. If you want to surround yourself with all things Destiny, you can start with Xur (it's friday after all) and get some new items or check out the special Destiny: The Taken King PS4.

Over the next few pages we will be spotlighting weapons from Hakke, Omolon, and Suros – in that order.

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