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sze5003

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Also I watched the actual interview in question. DeeJ was asked a leading question about is there only one area to explore on each planet and he said "yeah, we call them destinations...you have earth, the moon etc" like he was pushing the question aside and changing the subject. He never actually confirmed anything there. He did say that most of the moon was walled off. So everyone in those threads claiming to see the whole map in 15 minutes don't know what they are talking about.

The internet strikes again.


Do remember too that they were able to open up the iron banner at will. It's entirely possible for Bungie to suddenly add some new mission for people to do, at any time. Special events and the like.

He also says they showed everything there is in the first version of the game. Not sure what that means but I think he's talking about old Russia.
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
Dec 12, 2001
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How does this game look on ps4? I'm playing on ps3 right and frankly find it rather ugly. Also mildly annoying I can see certain enemies, but the bullets won't hit them if I'm too far away. Otherwise enjoying it, but I might like it better on PC. Fps games with controllers have always given me issues.

On PS3 it's ugly...I tried it. I guess because of the open world and the PS3's lack of memory, but the PS4 version is pretty nice IMO. The weapons have different ranges. Some of them just can't hit enemies very far.

This is on PS4 just to give you an example.
 

cmdrdredd

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He also says they showed everything there is in the first version of the game. Not sure what that means but I think he's talking about old Russia.

I think one of the main problems is people hear or read that something will be big and expect miles and miles of terrain. Not taking the caves, overrun facilities, underground strongholds and bunkers etc into account or the detail of each location you see. There isn't just an old building off in the distance, there are remnants of a time before the destruction. It's easy to make a map seem like you walk 30 miles but have empty space. Lots of games do this like Skyrim and GTA. Actually if I remember people said the same thing about Skyrim, that it wasn't as big as they said. Go into one of the caves you find, that area is pretty damn huge (but it has to load). This game has no loading between each explorable area.
 

sze5003

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I think one of the main problems is people hear or read that something will be big and expect miles and miles of terrain. Not taking the caves, overrun facilities, underground strongholds and bunkers etc into account or the detail of each location you see. There isn't just an old building off in the distance, there are remnants of a time before the destruction. It's easy to make a map seem like you walk 30 miles but have empty space. Lots of games do this like Skyrim and GTA. Actually if I remember people said the same thing about Skyrim, that it wasn't as big as they said. Go into one of the caves you find, that area is pretty damn huge (but it has to load). This game has no loading between each explorable area.

I've heard the moon was pretty big but I didn't get to play it. There are also locked areas that will be available at release. So as far as earth we have seen it except for the locked areas. Hopefully the missions will be engaging. I know the raids will be. Having one explore icon on each map though will let you explore the whole map if you want. So I don't know what people mean by only one area per map.
 

zerocool84

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I don't know what people are crying about. It's a beta not a demo. Stuff is purposely locked. Meh I enjoyed it and really looking forward to the release. The beta even hooked some people I know that usually hate RPG's, all they play is CoD/BF and I always tell them to check out other types of games.
 

Phobic9

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I've heard the moon was pretty big but I didn't get to play it. There are also locked areas that will be available at release. So as far as earth we have seen it except for the locked areas. Hopefully the missions will be engaging. I know the raids will be. Having one explore icon on each map though will let you explore the whole map if you want. So I don't know what people mean by only one area per map.

I thought the Moon mission in beta was one of the better ones, though it could be cause it was completely new content to try. I wasn't even able to play all of it (had to work) but from what I've read most people are saying there's plenty to explore. Some people even found some lv 20 enemies in a few of the tunnels (which there are a lot of).
 

sze5003

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I thought the Moon mission in beta was one of the better ones, though it could be cause it was completely new content to try. I wasn't even able to play all of it (had to work) but from what I've read most people are saying there's plenty to explore. Some people even found some lv 20 enemies in a few of the tunnels (which there are a lot of).

Yea I'll be getting the game regardless. I had fun with the beta and haven't even found all the best weapons or armor yet. With each planet having an explore mode we should be fine. They never said you can only go to other planets for a mission or two. I'm sure you will be able to travel through them.
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
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What gets me is people dissecting DeeJ's words to fit their propaganda against the game. He said "we have a raid in the game called Vault of Glass" during an e3 interview and people are saying "so we only get one raid" which has no basis. He could have been talking about that single raid specifically only and not saying "we have only one". Even if there is just that initial one at launch, they can add more at any time and you are going to be rewarded for each time you complete it and can probably choose harder difficulty too. People are saying on some threads that we have seen every story mission on earth and every story mission is only 5 minutes anyway. What makes them think that every time you do a story mission it will be 5 minutes long? Many games start you out with small fetch quests that don't take much time. Later on you have to do much longer tasks. I don't know what they are drawing these ideas from that brings them to that conclusion. There was even a map shown during their e3 presentation that showed missions available on both the moon and earth at the same time. So we will likely have to go back to earth for story missions later again and the story might branch off a bit as well as we go along. It just makes me wonder sometimes. People are ok with paying $60 for a game with much less than Destiny is offering. Then they toss out the $500mil budget quote totally forgetting that the figure is a total that includes publishing, marketing, voice acting, and server infrastructure. Not to mention the fact that the entire sum isn't dedicated to one game. It is the franchise...over 10 years time. Doesn't stop some people from tossing out misinformed ideas and assumptions as hard fact.

Oh well
 
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chimaxi83

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Yeah, the Internet trolls basing all their BS on a limited beta are ridiculous. Meanwhile, I'm mad that I missed the beta emblem. Boo.
 

cmdrdredd

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Yeah, the Internet trolls basing all their BS on a limited beta are ridiculous. Meanwhile, I'm mad that I missed the beta emblem. Boo.

I was logged in during that time, but I wasn't able to do anything so I missed the moon. No idea if I get the emblem or not.
 

Qbah

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I was logged in during that time, but I wasn't able to do anything so I missed the moon. No idea if I get the emblem or not.

Seems the emblem is received only when playing the moon mission? I was logged in too... Maybe they'll unlock it again today? Who knows...
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
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Seems the emblem is received only when playing the moon mission? I was logged in too... Maybe they'll unlock it again today? Who knows...

Found a tweet by bungie that said you need to be doing an activity. Either in the tower, explore, story, or strike. I don't know if just being logged in at the tower counts. Supposedly nobody gets it until release. Again Bungie is pretty cryptic heh.

https://twitter.com/Bungie/status/493159561348390912
 
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Anteaus

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I was logged in during that time, but I wasn't able to do anything so I missed the moon. No idea if I get the emblem or not.

Yeah I'm a little confused about that. Bungie told us to all log in because they were load testing the servers and in exchange you get an emblem. If it was actually tied into the moon mission then it was misleading. I fell just under the level requirement so I couldn't do it, yet I was logged in and playing the entire hour. Hopefully we get some clarification. I haven't seen anything either on Bungie.net or in game that verifies that I received anything.
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
Dec 12, 2001
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I just downloaded an update.

Weird, I just got a message when starting the application that said "Installing Destiny" but nothing about an update.

booo...booted off the server when we got to Sepkis Prime
 
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Rage187

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Weird, I just got a message when starting the application that said "Installing Destiny" but nothing about an update.

booo...booted off the server when we got to Sepkis Prime

Yeah, lame.

If it keeps giving you a server error, kill the application and start fresh.
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
Dec 12, 2001
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Yeah, lame.

If it keeps giving you a server error, kill the application and start fresh.

gonna try that now and see. I bet they're taking servers on and offline today and we happened to be on one that was going off.

keep getting "Attention: contacting destiny servers"

Dunno about everyone else but I can't get in even after restarting my PS4 heh. Gonna give up. Was fun while it lasted and in a little bit more than a month we will all be back to hunting. I think this one is done.
 
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KentState

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Seems the emblem is received only when playing the moon mission? I was logged in too... Maybe they'll unlock it again today? Who knows...

I got an actual in-game popup for the emblem award. I would expect that is how you know you actually got it.
 

mnewsham

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I got an actual in-game popup for the emblem award. I would expect that is how you know you actually got it.

It was for something else, I was logged in for 2 hours before 2pm PDT, and stayed logged in (except when the server shit out a few times) until an hour or two after the event was done. Didn't get any emblems or anything (besides the ones I bought or acquired on my own).
 

cmdrdredd

Lifer
Dec 12, 2001
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Oh well, it looked cool so I kinda wanted it but I'm sure after about a month or so I'll buy or earn one I like more if I don't get it.
 

Anteaus

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Yep. Time to wipe it off my XB1. I'm looking forward to getting my white PS4 in September.
 
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