5. Cabal
The problem with the Cabal isn’t that they lack a rich culture or design, but that Destiny has never taken the time to properly explain their history. Sure, this militarized foe has popped up in a multitude of expansions and strikes, but they’ve never had the spotlight shown on them. What has resulted from this is a vague, somewhat explored culture based around honor, war, and serving their Emperor’s commands without protest.
While this is cool, we don’t know much beyond these base concepts and it turns the Cabal into just an army of dumb armored brutes we need to shoot. This is a shame given they are one of Destiny’s four main races introduced and yet users know so little about them outside of their impact on Mars and brief skirmishes in Oryx’s Dreadnaught.
In terms of combat mechanics, the Cabal are nothing special outside of being frustrating bullet sponges that will make you waste entire clips killing them. They lack original attack patterns, which is surprising for a militarized alien race who seem to only know how to jump high in the air and run forward at players. This trickles into their boss design as well, with the majority of them lacking anything new or exciting in terms of gameplay. As it stands, the Cabal are really just known for soaking up as many bullets as humanly possible.
