merritt k

merritt k

merritt k is Content Manager at Fanbyte, covering Destiny 2 and other live games.

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The Best Hunter Build for Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy

The Season of the Worthy is in full swing in Destiny 2, and while it may not be living up to everybody’s expectations, there’s still plenty of fun to be had. One of the best features the...

Destiny 2 Best Shotguns Guide - February 2020 Meta

Shotguns have long been a dominant force in Destiny 2 PVP. They’re beautifully simple weapons, requiring you to simply close the distance with your foe and unleash a one-shot kill b...

A Humble Proposal for the Next Season of Destiny 2

We’ve got about a month and a half left in Destiny 2‘s Season of the Dawn, and players are starting to look back at what we’ve gotten thus far and forward to what might come next. Person...

Destiny 2 Best Sidearms Guide - February 2020 Meta

Sidearms have never been particularly meta in Destiny 2, but that’s changed a little in the Season of the Dawn with some buffs to the archetype and the addition of some powerful new Lege...

Destiny 2 Best SMGs Guide - February 2020 Meta

There are a lot of SMGs in Destiny 2 — So which are the best? We set our top scientists to work on this question, locking them in the lab for weeks until they emerged, haggard and f...

Destiny 2 Best Machine Guns Guide - February 2020 Meta

Machine guns are some of the most flexible Power weapons in Destiny 2. From clearing adds to taking out other Guardians, there’s not much they can’t do. Here are our picks for the best m...

A Very Punchy Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy Titan Build

Well, I started playing a Titan in Destiny 2. What began as a way to get more Warmind Bits has blossomed into a full-on love affair with this most pugilistic of classes. And in playing a...

How to Get Warmind Bits Fast in Destiny 2 Season of the Worthy

The third — and presumably last — Seraph Bunker is now open to Guardians on Io in Destiny 2. If you haven’t been keeping up with the Season of the Worthy, you might be looking at three b...

Destiny 2 Best Combat Bows Guide - February 2020 Meta

Added back in the Forsaken expansion, bows have never been a dominant force in Destiny 2. That said, they’re unique weapons that appeal to players looking to go a little more tr...

One Simple Tweak Makes Destiny 2 Into Joker Simulator

I was in a bit of a downer mood this past weekend. Maybe you know the feeling, since there’s a lot of it going around lately — listless, bored, and a little snippy. Lacking any better ideas, I booted...

Destiny 2 Best Rocket Launchers Guide - February 2020 Meta

What weapon type better embodies the Power slot than rocket launchers? These hefty bois are some of the most satisfying weapons to use in Destiny 2 — there’s just nothing better than blo...

Chaos Reigns in Destiny 2's Iron Banner This Week

Can I interest you in trying to capture control points while a guy with a 20 point power advantage on you really tries to give it to you, but good? If so, load up Iron Banner, which is back in 

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot Tips - 7 Things the Game Doesn't Tell You

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot is kind of rough. Part of that is because of how many systems the game throws at you without doing a great job of explaining them. So if you’re a die-hard 

Ranking the Enemies of Destiny by How Bad I Feel For Killing Them

I’m well and truly back into Destiny 2 this month, which means I’m back to grappling with the weird dissonance between the game’s lore and its mechanics. It feels like the two are a...

The Vainguard, a Destiny Fashion Column: Season of the Dawn Edition

Happy Dawning, Guardians, and welcome back to The Vainguard, a Destiny fashion column. It’s a new season and a new event, and I can already see the styles changing in the Tower. People are actually we...

What's Up With Osiris and Rasputin in the New Destiny 2 Cutscene?

Guardians who logged on to Destiny 2 today after the weekly reset were treated to something unexpected — a brief cutscene featuring Osiris and the Warmind Rasputin. In it, Osiris en...

13 Pokemon Who Just Destroyed Your Priceless Ming Vase But Know You Can't Prove It

In the Pokemon justice system, vase-based offenses are considered especially heinous.

Destiny 2 Best Auto Rifles Guide (August 2020 Season of Arrivals Meta)

Coming in hot from Season of the Worthy, auto rifles continue to dominate in Destiny 2. These weapons are hugely powerful picks across any kind of activity, to the extent that they’ve crowded...

While You Were Donating Fractaline, Bungie Studied the Blade

Of all of the weapon types in Destiny, the least practical has historically been swords. In a game about ranged combat, using a sword is literally bringing a knife to a gunfight. Sure, t...

You Can Finally Complete the Secret Festival of the Lost Triumph in Destiny 2

Ever since the Festival of the Lost started in Destiny 2 a few weeks back, players have been blocked from completing one particular triumph. That’s because the item required to unlo...