Destiny (PS3/PS4) Official Thread

ApolloSupreme said:
But it's a social game. Does WOW mention this on the box? That's an honest question, I don't know. When I read about the game I knew right away you would need a connection. Almost everything about the game is public oriented.For me, it's fine. I mean if I bought a COD I would spend 10hours off line for the first few weeks and a huge amount of time online after that.
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MMOS are pretty upfront about their requirements on the box and in their product descriptions on websites. So yes, it does explicitly say "Internet connection required" in big bold letters on the box.

Destiny is not an MMO. It's your standard FPS with a clever marketing team. Don't fool yourself into thinking that this always on thing is anything other than DRM similar to the Simon City always on DRM.
 
You choose a class. You do quests. You gain experience. You level up. There is a PVP battle arena. What here is really different from an MMO?

I would call this game an MMOFPS.

What is missing is massive Battles with a many players. Sort of like the upcoming Planetside 2, which I think can house 1000 player battles. Now that could be epic.
 
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ApolloSupreme said:
Wait... If I'm not mistaken, wasn't one of the big marketing gimmicks that Microsoft was pushing and a thing that they genuinely had a leg up on Sony was Kinect? So you're telling me now that the Xbone is essentially just a less powerful console with no real defining feature beyond being able to control your cable box?
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plz lets not start this garbage on here this is about destiny not fanboy chest pounding. each next gen system has pro's and cons. i have all 3 next gen systems so im a happy person for years to come.

 
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ApolloSupreme said:
Wait... If I'm not mistaken, wasn't one of the big marketing gimmicks that Microsoft was pushing and a thing that they genuinely had a leg up on Sony was Kinect? So you're telling me now that the Xbone is essentially just a less powerful console with no real defining feature beyond being able to control your cable box?
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If you're going to fanboy it up, you should know the competition a bit better.

They made it so that developers can opt to turn off the camera functions of Kinect while their game is in use. What this means is that voice commands still work (Xbox, Snap Achievements) but things like facial recognition for auto sign-ins are turned off.

TLDR; No, don't be an ill-informed fanboy.

 
I got a real Xbox 1 in the basement next to my Xbox 2. Trust me I'm not a fanboy of anything and let's not get sensitive. I was around for the beginning and the second gen.
 
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I stumbled into some side missions tonight. I started the earth mission that is at the middle bottom, and then something came down and i had to kill the enemy within the time limit, thats nothing new. But once it was done i saw this little walkie talkie thing and i held square and it gave me a mission. Then i kept finding these. They were missions like kill enemies and collect samples they drop, or my ghost scanned the area and i had to kill enemies until a bar hit 100%. I never seen anything like this before the update.
 
I bought my first ship.  I wonder if the ship will play a role in any type of combat, or if I'll ever see inside of it.  I don't like the ship I bought, but it's nice to see a different ship flying during the loading screens.  

 
The 7th Number said:
But once it was done i saw this little walkie talkie thing and i held square and it gave me a mission. Then i kept finding these. They were missions like kill enemies and collect samples they drop, or my ghost scanned the area and i had to kill enemies until a bar hit 100%. I never seen anything like this before the update.
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Those side missions have always been there. After the planet finishes loading when you choose "explore," the ghost says that there are beacons all over the area that give you missions from the Tower. You can find their locations when you bring up your ghost via touchpad. :)

 
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The 7th Number said:
I stumbled into some side missions tonight. I started the earth mission that is at the middle bottom, and then something came down and i had to kill the enemy within the time limit, thats nothing new. But once it was done i saw this little walkie talkie thing and i held square and it gave me a mission. Then i kept finding these. They were missions like kill enemies and collect samples they drop, or my ghost scanned the area and i had to kill enemies until a bar hit 100%. I never seen anything like this before the update.
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Yep I was doing that today, pretty awesome. Then I went back to moon, made a fireteam and then went back and did some more of these quests. I leveled up so fast that way, up from 4 to 8 in about an hour. The last mission (with the huge tank/spider thing) was a bitch even at level 8. I thought this was pretty unique for a FPS.

I completely suck at the PVP area though. Maybe it was because too many people in over powered vehicles (tank) and I even kept getting spawn killed, oh joy. I think if I keep my pre-order I'd only do the cooperative play.

 
s0undwav3 said:
I completely suck at the PVP area though. Maybe it was because too many people in over powered vehicles (tank) and I even kept getting spawn killed, oh joy. I think if I keep my pre-order I'd only do the cooperative play.
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Vehicles are definitely overpowered, I always do horrible on that moon level because of them. I also hate supers in PVP, especially the Titan smash lol I hope theres a no supers PVP mode when the game releases.

 
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Got to play about 3 hours tonight. It definitely makes me consider buying it now.  I would most likely want it on a PS4/XboxONE but I am not ready to pluck down that money. The 360 version look very good to me and it played really well. Only thing that sort of bothered me was doing my missions alone and having random groups running around. I know that is kind of the deal but it did cause a few higher level enemies to spawn in places I had to go.  No one was being dumb but it removes me a little from the experience I want to have. Maybe I will eventually get into the social aspect of the game though.  One thing that did bug me was The Sparrow. Honestly it does not drive well to me.

 
I was playing some vs mode and was wondering why we were getting crushed and it was because it was 6 v 3 after three of our guys left. :/

I just noticed that all three of my characters share the same money. So everyone had 12,244 in currency. Ive been waiting for the iron banner to open to buy some of that stuff but now that i know all three players use the same currecny i have to get more. Each special thing costs about 2,000 each and i wanted to get both and the emblem. I dont even know if they will carry over. LOL
 
Yeah, I spent most of the beta on a Titan class but they're so slow that I found people were getting the jump on me. I think I'm a hunter but I am considering trying Warnock in the beta too just to be sure.

Right now I'm rocking a Marshal-A1 as my primary.
 
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I've tried Hunter and Warlock so far and I definitely prefer my Warlock, mostly because of his glide ability. Energy Drain is pretty cool too since I love using grenades. Definitely wanna try out the Titan though. Maybe I'll start a new character tomorrow.

 
My favorite is still the Warlock for DPS, then Titan, and finally Hunter.  :)  

 
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I've been rolling as a Hunter mainly and I think its my favorite class, I love that throwing knife. Also, Im not usually a fan of decals, but I think this looks pretty cool.

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Pliskin said:
Vehicles are definitely overpowered, I always do horrible on that moon level because of them. I also hate supers in PVP, especially the Titan smash lol I hope theres a no supers PVP mode when the game releases.
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bungie mp games have always had overpowered vehicles for some reason and this game is no diff.

 
The game seems fine. Didn't level up fully because it felt like I got the gist of the beta and didn't want it to overstay it's welcome before the full game releases.

Should be fun. Looking forward to it.

 
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Ive maxed all three characters to level 8. I think i like the Warlock class best. But Warlock has the smallest class armor which i dont like much, just an upper arm band. Where as the Hunter has the long cape, and the Titan has some small cloth hanging from his belt. I do like the throwing knife, reminds me of playing black ops. :) The Titan has a cool ground smash, i know ive been killed more than enough times from someone coming around the corner and just flying in with that move. But i think i like Warlock the most.

As for dance moves, im thinking Exo male or Human male have the best. I dont know how many different dances there are, but i know human male and female have different moves. I never tried Exo female or female blue species, i forget what they are called.

I have three armor items on my warlock that help discipline, and i have 93% effect to help cool down my nades so i get them faster. Thats pretty nice to have. ;)
 
I like dancing when I'm capturing checkpoints. :)

It's even more hilarious when I'm dancing at the checkpoint and somebody tosses a nade killing me. lol
 
[quote name="The 7th Number" post="11952550" timestamp="1406216573"]Ive maxed all three characters to level 8. I think i like the Warlock class best. But Warlock has the smallest class armor which i dont like much, just an upper arm band. Where as the Hunter has the long cape, and the Titan has some small cloth hanging from his belt. I do like the throwing knife, reminds me of playing black ops. :) The Titan has a cool ground smash, i know ive been killed more than enough times from someone coming around the corner and just flying in with that move. But i think i like Warlock the most.

As for dance moves, im thinking Exo male or Human male have the best. I dont know how many different dances there are, but i know human male and female have different moves. I never tried Exo female or female blue species, i forget what they are called.

I have three armor items on my warlock that help discipline, and i have 93% effect to help cool down my nades so i get them faster. Thats pretty nice to have. ;)[/quote]
The Hunter's Do-rag vs. The Titans hand towel, I think the Do-rag wins. :lol:

In terms of dominating the leader board, I think the Hunter wins.
The terms of dominating the catwalk, the Warnock has some nice fashion sense.
The Titan is pretty balanced. The red lvl. 8 armour provides a nice accent to the digital blood going everywhere.

Speaking of the Titan smash. I'm unsure it can even be survived by timing a jump. I've been killed now multiple times from it while in the air.
 
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[quote name="4thHorseman" post="11952296" timestamp="1406208805"]The game seems fine. Didn't level up fully because it felt like I got the gist of the beta and didn't want it to overstay it's welcome before the full game releases.

Should be fun. Looking forward to it.[/quote]
Playing now can help the final release by helping to find the glitches. Also, honestly, this beta is better than more final release games on PS4 right now... I can't wait for all the games starting in August.
 
Argh.

So, I got a PS Vita today.  I mainly play on my Xbox One, but I have a PS4 / PS3 / 360 also.  Figured the PS Vita would be something fun I could mess with while at work, and maybe do some Remote Play of PS4 / PS3 games.

Now, I originally was planning on getting Destiny for Xbox One because of my massive friends list versus the PS4.  But then I did the Remote Play on the PS Vita for shits n' giggles . . . and fuck.  It works.  It's a little clunky, but the damn thing works and does so pretty well.  Now I'm considering getting the PS4 version . . . or both . . .

Seriously need cross-platform play to become a thing of this generation, or there will be no reason for me to even own a wallet.  I'll just be signing my checks away to game companies . . .

 
If you have two DS4 controllers there is a trick where you can pair a DS4 with the Vita. Get a DS4 phone clip and you're rocking because some of them are big enough to hold the Vita.

Without a legit controller I'm not bothering with PVP via the Vita. You'll just get annihilated. In campaign mode though, the Vita by itself would be good for level and resource grinding.
 
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ApolloSupreme said:
If you have two DS4 controllers there is a trick where you can pair a DS4 with the Vita. Get a DS4 phone clip and you're rocking because some of them are big enough to hold the Vita. Without a legit controller I'm not bothering with PVP via the Vita. You'll just get annihilated. In campaign mode though, the Vita by itself would be good for level and resource grinding.
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Yeah, I wouldn't do any PvP on it, but grinding out levels / gear? Definitely do-able. I am interested in the using a DS controller though . . . that'd be pretty stellar.

 
I think the hooded cloak is the best looking class armor, Warlocks got shafted with the armband lol. Also, is there any way to play story missions with randoms?

kill3r7 said:
Both versions look fine which is a good thing.
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Xbone version is crushing blacks again, you lose a lot of detail when that happens.

 
ApolloSupreme said:
The Hunter's Do-rag vs. The Titans hand towel, I think the Do-rag wins. :lol: In terms of dominating the leader board, I think the Hunter wins. The terms of dominating the catwalk, the Warnock has some nice fashion sense. The Titan is pretty balanced. The red lvl. 8 armour provides a nice accent to the digital blood going everywhere. Speaking of the Titan smash. I'm unsure it can even be survived by timing a jump. I've been killed now multiple times from it while in the air.
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Yeah i always see Hunters with their do-rags and think they look like assassins creed characters lol.


Pliskin said:
I think the hooded cloak is the best looking class armor, Warlocks got shafted with the armband lol. Also, is there any way to play story missions with randoms?

Xbone version is crushing blacks again, you lose a lot of detail when that happens.
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I dont think there is a way to play with randoms. Only the devils lair mission searches for two other people. All the other missions ive played are solo unless you randomly run into people doing the same mission. But then sometimes when you get to the areas where you dont respawn like normal, the randoms sometimes just vanish.
 
[quote name="The 7th Number" post="11952970" timestamp="1406225774"]Yeah i always see Hunters with their do-rags and think they look like assassins creed characters lol.



I dont think there is a way to play with randoms. Only the devils lair mission searches for two other people. All the other missions ive played are solo unless you randomly run into people doing the same mission. But then sometimes when you get to the areas where you dont respawn like normal, the randoms sometimes just vanish.[/quote]
They always vanish when you enter in no respawn zones. If they didn't you might be able to piggy pack off someone else's boss fight or have to wait around for the boss fight to respawn.

 
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Supplice said:
I'm not worried, later they have holographic images. :)

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It shouldn't take until Legendary quality for it become something that looks decent. Everything before that is pretty bland, uninspiring and not even noticeable unless you know what to look for and the Warlock is basically standing still. Hell there are plenty of other legendary quality Warlock bonds that look just as bad as white/green ones.

I think the biggest issue is just ability to notice them. It wouldn't hurt for them to be bigger on the arm.

 
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Iron Banner Event Times, not sure what time zone they are, im guessing Pacific time.

Friday, July 25th
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Saturday, July 26th
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
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Pliskin said:
Some comparison shots between the PS4 and Xbone versions.

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the xbone beta is only running at 900 p so lets not compare until game is out running at 1080 p :D

Xbone version is crushing blacks again, you lose a lot of detail when that happens.
i never seem to get crushed blacks on games on x1 that at times has to do with system settings and tv settings. Alot of people keep video system settings on defaults like the color output and rgb settings.

 
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The 7th Number said:
Iron Banner Event Times, not sure what time zone they are, im guessing Pacific time.

Friday, July 25th
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Saturday, July 26th
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Awesome! Also, if you play on Saturday you get in-game rewards when the game releases.

 
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TimboSliceGB said:
it's best this way puts stress on servers before release. Lets hope unlike titanfail this game don't have issues at launch.
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Yeah I am not mad about them doing it. It makes sense to stress the servers. I mostly find it funny how the entire marketing campaign revolved around this beta for a pre-order but now everyone can try it.

 
i might actually jump in now, what is the   download size of the beta for ps3 ?

 
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