Destiny

[Matt S]

Proximity chat would have been a great option to have. Worst case scenario, you'd have a MUTE button.

I am pretty much playing with clan members so everyone's been cool to play with. Great fun

For those wanting to be in a clan or just play with cool people that are there to have fun and been (yup) cool, check out Starside echos.

[Grim Reaper]

that will be 5pm est.

[UNCMT9]

I've reached level 8 as a Titan and I just can't get any weapons that have any firepower. I've got the ground smash, but the standard weapons seem to be all assault rifles. When I play MP, I get absolutely murdered. Anyone have any insight that's played as a Titan why you can't get weapons (or I can't find) that are heavy duty and cause substantial damage?

[Harlock415]

I just started my Titan character today.

A few comments earlier someone said that the AI seemed to be tougher and I'm starting to believe that. I don't remember any Honored Knights being in the end of the Level where the ghost is activating the array. And there seems to be more Stealth Vandals wandering around too.

[Brady_2_Moss]

Originally Posted by partridge

They haven't confirmed either way whether beta progress will carry over, but I'd expect them to reset everything as it would mean on day one there would be a lot of players way ahead of those who haven't played the beta. Also, they might make changes to the final release that won't be compatible with the beta? They can easily compensate beta players by giving them a code that unlocks a special customisation?

i hope

[Edword]

I'm loving this Beta so much so far. I can't wait to play the full game in a couple months.

[RJ MacReady]

Originally Posted by Edword

I'm loving this Beta so much so far. I can't wait to play the full game in a couple months.

Same here. Honestly I wasn't impressed with Destiny at all from previews—it looked like a generic sci-fi shooter. But now that I've played it it's shot up near the top of my most wanted list of games this fall.

This has the potential to be a bigger time sink than Borderlands 2...

[jsteinhauer]

When you think about this, this beta is really a version of a F2P model (at least market research regarding such). Signs of things to come, maybe? They've pretty much made it available to anyone who wants it free of any cost. They provide you with a very basic single player/co-op campaign and a basic multiplayer component. In both areas, they expose you to stuff (tease) that is only accessible at levels higher than you can achieve in this build, such as tough enemies and gear that is overlevelled. They also show you parts of maps (Moon and Venus) that are not in the campaign of this build. And there are areas of the Towers that are functionally limited. I think it would actually benefit them more to allow those who played the beta to keep their stats/gear/progress. It's probably an incentive to some to buy the full game. It's no harm to let them keep playing what they already have access to, as it won't remain interesting for long.

Even with the current build, they could easily set up shop in the Towers to sell access to more missions, more MP maps and modes, and anything else they want to sell. Sell the whole package for $59.99, higher for the premium versions, and sell them piecemeal for those who might only want MP or campaign. The beta version is pretty polished, and the game design is quite addiciting. It's feasible.

With all of the codes they gave out, knowing which ones are linked to users who preordered and those that are not, they will know now many users took the bait and bought the game only after trying the content already shown to them.

Those who want to keep your progress, how much would you be willing to pay for that? $2.00? $5.00?

[i007spectre]

Haven't played the beta since it came back, is there anything new? If not I probably wont play it again until the 26th to get the reward.

[dyne]

Originally Posted by jsteinhauer

Those who want to keep your progress, how much would you be willing to pay for that? $2.00? $5.00?

To hell with this noise. Devs don't need any more ideas to nickle and dime players. If you're willing to pay I have to say you're accepting a very dangerous slope.

Originally Posted by i007spectre

Haven't played the beta since it came back, is there anything new? If not I probably wont play it again until the 26th to get the reward.

Which they've confirmed is just a decal.

[jsteinhauer]

Originally Posted by dyne

To hell with this noise. Devs don't need any more ideas to nickle and dime players. If you're willing to pay I have to say you're accepting a very dangerous slope.

I don't think they need me to give them ideas on how to squeeze coins out of gamers. LOL! You know there are plenty who would pay a nominal fee for that, too.

But my point is really that it's not a stretch to go from this beta build to a F2P model. We have in hand, free of any obligation for nearly anyone who wants to participate, a very slick piece of game that looks good, plays well and is fun to play (and just as importantly, it's addictive). For what it cost, there is a lot of high quality content here, and I will argue that this beta on its own is a better piece of work and a more finished product for the nothing that I paid for it than quite a few things that I have paid full price for as new releases in the last year. It's more than most demos I have tried. How often do demos have persistent audiences, or get "maintained" or tweaked to keep you interested. I would say, If you were one of the users who had not already preordered or who had not already intended to buy this game, and now you plan to have it on day one, you have succumbed to the free-2-play scheme, in a sense. Tease you with something, get you hooked, get you to pay for the rest. It's a brilliant move by the publisher or developer, whoever made the decision.

[Harlock415]

Some troubling news for those who pre-ordered the Ghost Edition:

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/...pply-shortages

Walmart is emailing some customers to cancel pre-orders of the Destiny Ghost Edition due to stock shortages.

The below email (via NeoGAF) has been sent to some people, offering to switch pre-orders from the Ghost Edition, which comes with a number of exclusive items, to the less replete Limited Edition.

It's currently unclear how widespread the issue is, and what's the course. We've reached out to Activision to see if there's been a problem with production, in which case other punters may need to expect their orders to get changed too. We'll update you when we know more.

[musick]

I'd say Bungie is doing the self created shortages routine to create pent up demand

no reason the Limited Edition should have been in such short supply for the PS4 either

[Harlock415]

Originally Posted by musick

I'd say Bungie is doing the self created shortages routine to create pent up demand

no reason the Limited Edition should have been in such short supply for the PS4 either

They weren't numbered or anything, were they? Then no reason not to manufacture at least enough for the initial demand or pre=orders.

Supposedly my order for the white edition bundle is limited. But hey, that's just a color scheme, if they don't have enough I won't be missing out much, well maybe a savings of a few bucks...

[Grim Reaper]

what you start with.


what you get after finding all 5 golden chests.

[Harlock415]

I only just now discovered acceleration on it! And only after visiting the shipwright when I created my second character did I find out I could buy other ships or speeders.

[volcomsocal]

Originally Posted by Harlock415

I only just now discovered acceleration on it! And only after visiting the shipwright when I created my second character did I find out I could buy other ships or speeders.

I haven't yet gotten a new speeder, but I'm in the process of getting the 5 golden chests to get one as we speak. But I have gotten a new ship...yet the different ships you can buy in the beta are strictly asthetically different.

[Grim Reaper]

Destiny Beta - How to Find All Five Golden Chests | PS4 - YouTube

[Jafo]

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[volcomsocal]

Just got my faster speeder after getting all 5 golden chests.