Destiny

[Flawless]

Re: Destiny

Ultimately, there will be a beta and it will tell all.

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Bungie's Luke Smith:

There's a lot of confusion here, and we haven't done the best job ever of explaining the game or its structure.

I'm Luke, and I'm one of the lead designers on Destiny.

First, Destiny is structured into Activities.

We've attempted to build a suite of activities that can suit a variety of moods (I want something challenging! I want to chill out with my friends! I want to see where the story goes next! I want to shoot other players!, I want the game to be a cruel dominatrix! et cetera)

These activities come in a bunch of flavors:

• Story missions - soloable activities (you can still play them in groups of up to 3!), often with ties to the main story arc of Destiny (the campaign). These activities appear at various Levels (numerical, relative to the player) and choosing a higher level (relative to you) means you're opting in for some additional challenge.

• Strikes - 3 player activities, with bosses and loot at the end. Their goal is a highly replayable activity that will - at higher levels - lead you into the loot game.

• Explore - cruise around the surface of a planet in Fireteams of up to 3, taking odd jobs and tasks for the City. You can find minerals and resources out in the world that you'll have some use for as you find weapons in Destiny that you want to stick with. This is a lower intensity activity

• Raids - 6 player, cooperative required, communication required gameplay. High challenge. We haven't talked much about this yet and I'm not going start that conversation here on NeoGAF

• Multiplayer This is for the "shoot other players" mood.

Now, the second part is how the world has been built.

We've structured Destiny's world to have places where you will probably intersect with other players, and places where you won't. We're not going to have players drop into the climax of a mission, but the common landing zones for a given planet? That seems like a great place to see other players running amok in the world.

EDIT: Regardless of what activity you're playing (PVP aside), you'll see players on their own activities, i.e., players beginning a Strike might see a guy collecting Relic Iron on Mars, and a Public Event begins and suddenly everyone is distracted to take down a key Cabal target for a chance at powerful gear and materials to upgrade your best weapons and armor.

A bunch of folks are playing the Alpha now and we're already seeing all kinds of opportunities for places to improve Destiny. I have no doubt that in the Public Beta, we will learn even more from your feedback and experiences.

I'm not going to get into any of the recurring activities or gearing or class stuff today, but I imagine we'll start to try and explain stuff more soon.

[Pezell04x]

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I'm excited for it. I pre-ordered to get the beta in July.

[Pezell04x]

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Registered for the alpha this weekend

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[The_Wise_One]

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I can understand why people are iffy with this game right now based on gameplay footage. But for me, Bungie just can't disappoint. They poured all of their assets into this. I feel strange for saying it but Destiny is going to surprise people.

[Boltman]

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I feel the opposite, Bungie can disappoint and ain't surprising anyone.

I hope it turns out well, but right now in my eyes it has huge flop written all over it.



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[Brandwin]

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Where do I sign up for alpha?


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[Candyman5]

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Where do I sign up for alpha?


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http://playstation.greatnessawaits.com/

[Methlab]

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All this footage would be like playing Phantasy Star Online by yourself with no communication or teammates...It would look dull and boring.

As someone whos in the alpha right now, this game is great when playing with people while communicating. When you see the realtime hub with other players, character/weapons crafting, along with an actual next-gen UI, it'll be like the first time you played Phantasy Star Online.

All the borderlands comparisons are lazy.

If this game is like PSO except it has MP deathmatch, then sign me up. I freaking loved that game.

[Pezell04x]

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nice little gameplays from the alpha - shows off two of the classes.

http://kotaku.com/we-finally-got-to-...ium=Socialflow

[areobee401]

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The more I see of this game, the less I wanna play it.

[DTX3]

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http://playstation.greatnessawaits.com/

do you receive an email right away? I signed up last night and still haven't received anything


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[The_Wise_One]

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A ton of vids from this IGN piece. I'm even more excited now.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/06/10/e3-2014-a-date-with-destiny

[Chrisksaint]

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It intrigues me a lot mainly because I used to like shooters(interest died after MW2) and this seemingly has the RPG/MMO concepts I love in games. Will give the Beta a shot to see if it's something that'll hold my interest, haven't watched many videos or read much info.

[Brandwin]

Re: Destiny

Bleeding red and blue: Destiny's competitive multiplayer cut wide open

I find Destiny's competitive multiplayer wholesome and reassuring, with notable twists on the Halo experience. But I expect there will be some who ask, where's the innovation? I remember when Respawn's Titanfall burst onto the scene. It was so exciting because it looked like it would move the FPS genre forward. The Pilots with their every which way movement and mobility, versus the Titans, these powerful mechs that could dominate a map all on their own. Titanfall was so interesting because, at least on the face of it, it was so refreshing. And in the age of ballooning triple-A budgets and risk averse publishers, refreshing is hard to come by. Destiny's PVP doesn't spark the same reaction - yet.



I could point to the fact that everything you do in PVP feeds into your persistent character progression. PVP takes place in The Crucible, which is its own faction back at The Tower, where Crucible vendors, such as Crucible Handler Lord Shaxx, sell weapons and armour you can only get if you have a high enough Crucible level and enough Crucible Marks. You have a level of reputation with The Crucible, too, as you do with the Vanguard and the other factions in the game, although I'm not sure how reputation is used just yet. And there are Crucible-specific bounties, such as 'defeat 25 Titans', and 'defeat 20 Guardians with your melee attack', that carry their own set of rewards.
So, you play PVP, earn Crucible Marks then, when you're done, head back to The Tower and see what you can get. In the alpha there's not much going you can use (the level cap is set at eight). But you can see higher level gear, legendary level 20 Crucible chest pieces, gauntlets and all the rest. They're enticing. They spark you into playing more.
And that's exactly what I want to do with Destiny - play more. Even at this early alpha stage, and with most of Destiny's PVP still hidden from view, I'm having loads of breezy, fast-paced and familiar fun. Control is just one of the game types in The Crucible menu screen. I counted five others. I look forward to finding out what they are.

[Pezell04x]

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