Destiny Beta

[cmdrdredd]

I thought so too...rumors were lv15 so we could see the other subclass that is given a sneak peek of in the beta. Ah well, the story missions are quite good and you get 5 of them. Also I haven't attempted to explore the map but it is supposed to be a little bigger than the alpha. I'll spend some time looking around. With more time available to play the beta I am looking forward to seeing some of the upgraded abilities.

 

[sze5003]

I thought so too...rumors were lv15 so we could see the other subclass that is given a sneak peek of in the beta. Ah well, the story missions are quite good and you get 5 of them. Also I haven't attempted to explore the map but it is supposed to be a little bigger than the alpha. I'll spend some time looking around. With more time available to play the beta I am looking forward to seeing some of the upgraded abilities.

You now can go to the moon too as we discovered since there are 6 missions I believe. Or it could be mission 5 that just requires you to be at least level 6.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I'm actually gonna check that now...totally forgot

edit: nope Level 6 Story on the moon is locked and when you click on it the following message pops up

Destiny Launch Coming Soon
Activity Unavailable
The full version of Destiny will be available on 9/9/2014. See you then!

 

[purbeast0]

if anyone has an extra code they are giving away, feel free to pm it to me. i'll have time to check it out a bit tomorrow evening.

 

[Qbah]

Seems the game has been downloading in the background during the night So it doesn't need to be running. Almost done - just a gig or so remaining

 

[cmdrdredd]

Yeah when I opened the game up it said it had downloaded 7GB or so

 

[sze5003]

That's odd because when I started the remote download via my phone it was done in about 30 min. When I got home 2 hours later it didn't need to download anything else.

 

[Bman123]

Does anyone have a spare beta code? I'd like to check this out but don't want to pre order to get in the beta

 

[mnewsham]

Does anyone have a spare beta code? I'd like to check this out but don't want to pre order to get in the beta

Sent you a PM

 

[KentState]

I see 3 Beta codes on my bungie.net page. I assume that means there are 2 to give away.

Started playing last night and like the way the beta introduced the story a little more. Alpha seemed to dump you in the environment with little explanation. Now I just need to find more time to play

 

[sze5003]

Yea I have 3 as well I just saw it in my email today. If anyone needs one let me know.

 

[gizbug]

Maybe the beta will leak online for XB1 a few days early =)

 

[gorcorps]

Yea I have 3 as well I just saw it in my email today. If anyone needs one let me know.

I was going to leave the codes for people who wanted into the beta more than I do, but if they're giving out multiple codes like this there's probably a surplus. So I'd like to try it out if you have extras.

 

[sze5003]

I was going to leave the codes for people who wanted into the beta more than I do, but if they're giving out multiple codes like this there's probably a surplus. So I'd like to try it out if you have extras.

I think everyone got 3 codes although the website said 4. I've sent you a PM.

 

[KentState]

PM me if you want a Beta code also. Will only give it to forum members with 500 posts or more.

 

[Squeetard]

I've read a bunch on this game. Mostly Alpha impressions. Still can't figure out if this game is primarily an FPS twitch shooter or an RPG with targeting? I'm interested but can't stand playing twitch shooters with a controller.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I've read a bunch on this game. Mostly Alpha impressions. Still can't figure out if this game is primarily an FPS twitch shooter or an RPG with targeting? I'm interested but can't stand playing twitch shooters with a controller.

It is both in a way. The exploring and story are like an RPG FPS and the PvP is similar to other competitive fps games.

The PvP is tied a bit into the lore of the game but is totally optional.

 

[KentState]

I've read a bunch on this game. Mostly Alpha impressions. Still can't figure out if this game is primarily an FPS twitch shooter or an RPG with targeting? I'm interested but can't stand playing twitch shooters with a controller.

More Mass Effect type feel than BF4. Much better controls though than ME.

 

[zerocool84]

I've read a bunch on this game. Mostly Alpha impressions. Still can't figure out if this game is primarily an FPS twitch shooter or an RPG with targeting? I'm interested but can't stand playing twitch shooters with a controller.

It is definitely not a fast paced twitch shooter like CoD. If you've ever played Borderlands, it's similar.

 

[sze5003]

It plays like an rpg in the sense of how you can put your class together along with the items you get. There are plenty of unlocks. Graphics are great and the game play is very fun. Think borderlands open world but it's more fun than that since I wasn't a big fan of borderlands.

 

[Rage187]

This 8 level cap is killing me. They could have at least done 10.

 

[mnewsham]

This 8 level cap is killing me. They could have at least done 10.

Some people were saying it will go up to 15 once the xbone and 360 beta arrives next week.

 

[sze5003]

Some people were saying it will go up to 15 once the xbone and 360 beta arrives next week.

Why would that make any difference? I figure some items stats will change for full release.

 

[mnewsham]

Why would that make any difference? I figure some items stats will change for full release.

Since the PS4 only alpha was capped at level 8 I could see them capping the PS4/PS3 Beta stage at level 8 then opening it up to level 15 for the "full" beta. But honestly it was just speculation I saw on 4chan, as I said "some people were saying".

 

[sze5003]

Since the PS4 only alpha was capped at level 8 I could see them capping the PS4/PS3 Beta stage at level 8 then opening it up to level 15 for the "full" beta. But honestly it was just speculation I saw on 4chan, as I said "some people were saying".

Yea I just read an article saying the max in game full level will be 20 and can be reached in hours. Another page on n4g also says beta is still capped at 8. Wonder why they decided to stop at 20 if they have some crazy items you can buy/pickup.