Summary
One cleverDestiny 2player has discovered an interesting fact about the height of Cayde-6, the deceased former Hunter Vanguard. A key tool in the discovery was an officialDestiny 2Nerf blaster, based on Cayde-6’s favorite weapon and released to celebrate the franchise’s 10th anniversary.
Thehistory of Cayde-6 inDestinydates back to the very first moments of the franchise. As the Hunter Vanguard, Cayde was a major presence throughout much of the story of both games untilDestiny 2: Forsaken, when he was killed. His irreverent personality and sense of humor made for a sharp contrast with the more serious manner of most otherDestinycharacters, including Commander Zavala, Ikora Rey, and Eris Morn. As such, his absence was keenly felt, and all throughoutDestiny 2in the post-Forsakenera, tributes to Cayde’s legacy and character appear in the game.
It’s no surprise, then, that some players might want to find out more about their fallen mentor, especially sinceCayde-6 reappeared inDestiny 2: The Final Shapeto act as a guide of sorts. User eitherism on theDestiny 2subreddit took the debut of the newDestiny 2Ace of Spades Nerf blaster as an opportunity to calculate Cayde-6’s height based on visual references. They came to the conclusion that Cayde-6 is extremely tall, standing approximately 6 feet and 8 inches (about 203 centimeters).
Destiny 2 Fan Uses Nerf Blaster to Show That Cayde-6 Is Extremely Tall
Eitherism used the measurements ofDestiny 2’s somewhat controversial Ace of Spades Nerf gunas a scale model for the “real” Ace of Spades as seen wielded by Cayde-6 in the officialDestiny 2: ForsakenCG cutscenes. Based on its length and height in Cayde’s hand, they concluded that Cayde stands at just past four times the length of an Ace of Spades, or about 6 feet and 8 inches. That’s quite a bit taller than the average human male height of between 5-foot-6 (170cm) and 6 feet (180cm) in developed countries.
FellowDestinyplayers were quite amused by the observation because almost all Guardians in the game, players and NPCs included, use the same model height, thus making almost everyone as tall as Cayde-6. The one exception isDestinyCrucible handler and player spouse Lord Shaxx, who has an enlarged standard model that allows him to tower over all comers.
Considering the impressive height of most Guardians, some players cracked jokes about the Traveler’s Ghosts only selecting tall people to become servants of the Light. Others implored Cayde-6, Lord Shaxx, and every other player Guardian to take up a new line of service by joining the NBA.
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