Bungie’s multiplayer first-person shooterDestiny 2has a lot of weapons, but an exotic rocket launcher known as the Wardcliff Coil has become infamous — enough so to be mentioned bySeth MacFarlane’s cartoon sitcomAmerican Dad. A fan of the sci-fi game has used that weapon as a basis to design a custom-built PC they built with “surplus parts” last summer.
Reddit user Thresh_Keller uploaded photos of his PC build to the r/DestinyTheGame subreddit, saying most of the mounts and brackets had to be made by hand in order to facilitate the various parts they collected working together. TheDestiny 2-inspired device has a scratched-up prototype look with plenty of exposed wiring, a faded yellow frame, bright blue lights, and a matching keyboard and mouse with RGB illumination.
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In the comments of the post, Thresh_Keller says this project was the second device they made over the summer after a previous PC build left a lot of parts over, and they were “so surprised when it turned on” considering how little planning they put in. They say they “slapped together” the idea after being inspired by one ofDestiny 2’s many exotic weaponsand its lore, drawing comparisons to custom motorcycle shops in the way they used the Wardcliff Coil’s aesthetic.
InDestiny 2, the Wardcliff Coil is “an experimental axion emitter,” with every perk and in-game description emphasizing the risk vs. reward nature of using a rocket launcher that fires a volley of projectiles with a high possibility of killing its “desperate” user. In 2017 it was used byDestinyplayer Datto and his friends to solo the Leviathan raid.
The Season of the Worthy update released today inDestiny 2, players are swarming Bungie’s free-to-play title to figure out everything that’s new in theDestinyuniverse.Patch notes released for Season of the Worthyhave outlined a number of new and returning features, as well as rebalancing to different abilities and weapons.
In the midst of that chaotic scramble to find everything “new” it’s nice to return to something classic like the Wardcliff Coil, introduced in Season 1 of the game, taken to an impressive new place. Thresh_Keller says theirDestiny-inspired computer is “safe, I think,” and hopefully it will continue to serve them well as games likeHorizon: Zero Dawnprepare to jump to PC.
Destiny 2is currently available for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
