


So… how does Bungie recapture the excitement of actually getting it? And why bring it back at all - surely it’d be better to have Gjallarhorn live in infamy as a legend within the game itself. However, Rise of Iron is bringing the weapon back for everyone to enjoy (you actually reforge it during a set of story missions), and it has been balanced too.

Well, that and the over-powered nature of the beast. The scarcity of the weapon, coupled with the completely random nature of its acquisition is what made Gjally so desirable. “One friend of mine started playing Destiny five months after launch and managed to get one from his third Nightfall Strike and, although his reaction wasn’t your typical YouTube fodder, there was certainly a lot of maniacal laughing my friends and I were routinely, jokingly told about how it was ‘well deserved’ and how he’d be ‘carrying us’ for the foreseeable future.” Despite repeated attempts to unlock the weapon from random Exotic Engram drops, Mark waited months to get hold of Gjallarhorn, whereas his friend unlocked it after just a handful of Nightfall Strikes. It was an incredibly special moment as it coincided with my first completion of the Vault of Glass,” says Mark Chamberlain, aka WoolyMammoth, who has sunk more than 1000 hours into the game. “Not only do I remember my first Gjallarhorn drop vividly I also have the image of it being awarded saved away.
