Destiny Alpha Thread: Impressions from the wild [Code Begging=ban]
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Fried Food
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They need more character face customization options. They talk big about the scale of the game but don't give us that many options for characters.
Okay, now I know something's up. I literally cannot kill anything in the PvP. My bullets are doing exactly zero damage. The only kills I'm getting are through my super, grenades, and the occasional melee. This can't be client-side, can it?
I'll post a video as soon as it uploads.
I'll post a video as soon as it uploads.
Maybe restart the game ? I know in pvp weapon damage is normalized.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
You don't. You just run away or he's having you for breakfast.
mohsinkhan
Member
How does one join the gaf clan?
IISANDERII
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You're not limited to 2 weapons, thank ponies some developers are coming to their fucking senses.
QuantumBro
Banned
Still have time to get to level 8 with the other classes.
Nyteshade517
Member
or maybe invite him to breakfast...share some pancakes...talk about the fighting between the Hive and the Fallen
and then he'll kill you
No, this has happened over the past two days now, with my PS4 being shut off in between.
bigbaldwolf86
Banned
Be thankful it's not a main and a pistol as well. I have an assult rifle, sniper rifle and rocket launcher equipped. Feels gooood
JetBlackPanda
Member
when does the Alpha end?
And I assume your landing alot of shots ? Do you even damage their shields ? (The tiny white bar above their HP)
QuantumBro
Banned
Sunday, no idea what time.
The Librarian
Banned
Do those guys down in the tunnels con at level 8? Is 8 the cap for the alpha? If it is I might dig back in and try to figure out the best way to get there so I can do another quest or two
Check the OP
Next time I'll just put a period in the post.
2:59 EST. 23h59 PST
Yeah but that power/skill system is really limited, you had more spells in Mass Effect 3 Multi...
A.Romero
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OK so I played an hour so far (Very little) mostly on my own. I only played the first mission (twice by accident) and visited the tower so I haven't seen all the environments.
I'm not a big sci-fi fan, I played Halo (only Halo 2) but didn't finish it. I played it online for a while because a friend of mine did but never found it to be great. I always prefer to play FPS on PC.
That said I really like what I've seen so far. The graphics don't seem that great but they are not bad either. The art direction is pretty good in my opinion. Gameplay is fun, I really like the concept of unlimited grenades controlled by cooldown times. There is a lot of auto aim, so much that is evident the first time you shoot an enemy so this is no place for competitive FPS players.
I choose a hunter class and stabbing people is very satisfying. The golden gun concept is very cool as well. Shooting feels as I remember Halo felt so if fans will feel right at home.
The environments are pretty well designed, the UI is pretty good. The voice acting is good in general with the exception of some of the Ghost lines ("I have baaaaad feeling about this"). It does have a pretty good presentation.
The little bit about the story reminded me a lot about Halo as well with the concept of the Hive and all that. At this point I think it could go in either direction.
I liked having random people arriving on my game. After launching the game for the first time I was dropped in Earth doing a story mission, after testing the controls a little bit I started advancing and killing a few enemies and suddenly a huge ship appeared on the sky and a message about an event starting appeared. A second human player also appeared on the map and together we tried to beat 3 waves of enemies that appeared to be extracting some kind of resource.
After 5 minutes or so the event was over and the other player and I continued walking towards the story objective but later he wasn't there anymore.
I finished the story mission and went to the tower expecting to find other players but no one was there at that time.
I checked the map and it got my attention that at least one mission was exclusive to Plus players...
I wasn't interested in this game at all but now I believe I will get it day one.
If anyone is interested in playing later today and during the weekend please add me: Weymasta
I'm not a big sci-fi fan, I played Halo (only Halo 2) but didn't finish it. I played it online for a while because a friend of mine did but never found it to be great. I always prefer to play FPS on PC.
That said I really like what I've seen so far. The graphics don't seem that great but they are not bad either. The art direction is pretty good in my opinion. Gameplay is fun, I really like the concept of unlimited grenades controlled by cooldown times. There is a lot of auto aim, so much that is evident the first time you shoot an enemy so this is no place for competitive FPS players.
I choose a hunter class and stabbing people is very satisfying. The golden gun concept is very cool as well. Shooting feels as I remember Halo felt so if fans will feel right at home.
The environments are pretty well designed, the UI is pretty good. The voice acting is good in general with the exception of some of the Ghost lines ("I have baaaaad feeling about this"). It does have a pretty good presentation.
The little bit about the story reminded me a lot about Halo as well with the concept of the Hive and all that. At this point I think it could go in either direction.
I liked having random people arriving on my game. After launching the game for the first time I was dropped in Earth doing a story mission, after testing the controls a little bit I started advancing and killing a few enemies and suddenly a huge ship appeared on the sky and a message about an event starting appeared. A second human player also appeared on the map and together we tried to beat 3 waves of enemies that appeared to be extracting some kind of resource.
After 5 minutes or so the event was over and the other player and I continued walking towards the story objective but later he wasn't there anymore.
I finished the story mission and went to the tower expecting to find other players but no one was there at that time.
I checked the map and it got my attention that at least one mission was exclusive to Plus players...
I wasn't interested in this game at all but now I believe I will get it day one.
If anyone is interested in playing later today and during the weekend please add me: Weymasta
Crucible looks good tooI'm experiencing this glitch. Creepy.
Edit: Have I told you about how gorgeous the typography is in the game?
I got something like that, but it was only my hands and part of my helmet
On my end, it looks like I'm landing shots. No damage is being indicated. Like I said, the most reliable things that kill enemies are my super and grenade, which have been practically all post-mortem.
Dang, that was cool.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Did Bungie scale back the loot for the alpha? Also the speed at which you level? If not, it takes a long time to level at the lower and, and there isn't much loot to find. (especially compared to Borderlands or something).
The Librarian
Banned
The level cap being 20 wouldn't bother me all that much. I much rather have the game be focused on finding cool weapons and abilities than doing a grind to god-knows-whatever level.
it's not like an MMO, although sometimes you can find other players in the world, the Strike Mission is like a coop mission, so PvE I guess?
Oh wow I figured the epic gear you saw at the tower being lvl 20 I was under the assumption that they'd swap out for higher version when you reach lvl 20. I'll reach the cap very fast as well if it's 20. Devil's Lair alone give a ton of XP.
IIRC, in the E3 experience trailer for Destiny (The recent trailer that shows Jason Jones explaining the game), there's a clip of a Cabal at level 24. So it's very possible that the level cap won't be 20.
ok, this is awesome
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Anyone else have connection issues?
IISANDERII
Member
Nod. And wasn't it Bungie that popularized the 2 weapon limit? Clever bastards poisoning the well for everybody else so they can jump in with a storming come back.
Good, I don't like playing Mass Effect.
20 is probably just the overall cap. Rare weapons fan be leveled separately and subclasses can be customized.
Or you stay at 20- but to be effective against him you have to stack some Light stats (I think it's Light that up your damage on target wich are higher level than you)
I played. Reached level 8 and now I'm sad. The level and content limit is too low.
It was great even with unknown people. Alone a bit less so I'll drag my friends into it.
The coop stuff was muuuuch better than the "collect random shit" missions. I can definitely see the potential in this game. Will buy but whyyyyyy did I try this now!!!??? Now I want more and Bungie won't give me more. Why do you hate me so much Bungie, why!? Give us a taste then take the cocaine away behind the wall of September. Give meeeeeeeee! Rraaaaaaaagh!
It was great even with unknown people. Alone a bit less so I'll drag my friends into it.
The coop stuff was muuuuch better than the "collect random shit" missions. I can definitely see the potential in this game. Will buy but whyyyyyy did I try this now!!!??? Now I want more and Bungie won't give me more. Why do you hate me so much Bungie, why!? Give us a taste then take the cocaine away behind the wall of September. Give meeeeeeeee! Rraaaaaaaagh!
I don't know, it seems im enjoying the game because I have too. I mean its Bungie...big time hype surrounding this game.
But from what I have played ( most of the missions and im lvl 8 ) it seems like its kind of boring and repetitive. There needs to be more weapons available, more cosmetic changes available to them and more "flair" with how they operate. I didn't feel the need to search the area or hunt down new equipment- something that should be a staple in a game like this.
I find its just missing some magic that makes me not want to put the controller down. Which is a shame because before I felt this game was made with me as its target audience.
But from what I have played ( most of the missions and im lvl 8 ) it seems like its kind of boring and repetitive. There needs to be more weapons available, more cosmetic changes available to them and more "flair" with how they operate. I didn't feel the need to search the area or hunt down new equipment- something that should be a staple in a game like this.
I find its just missing some magic that makes me not want to put the controller down. Which is a shame because before I felt this game was made with me as its target audience.
does anyone here still hasn't received the code from Soony/Bungie ?
I've signed up properly but still no sign of code
Make sure you're checking the email address associated with your PSN account (the one you use to log-in to PSN). I have to use an old email address that gets flooded with spam because Sony won't let me switch my email to the one I currently use because the email is the same as my username, I'm sure there are other people out there signing in with emails they never check as well.
I'm experiencing this glitch. Creepy.
Edit: Have I told you about how gorgeous the typography is in the game?
That's not a glitch, that's the Rayman skin
until Sunday
Monday, I believe. Then it's the long wait until the 17th of July for the start of the Beta.
I dearly hope the Beta has more content than the Alpha.
Kocolino67
Member
I haven't even applied for the alpha and received a code anyway. Awesome. See you online and now it's a good time to read this thread.
Oh hey. That sounds like what I did. In fact, I'm pretty sure if all the bolded are true, it was you. Hi, nice meeting you (again). Yeah, that was a PITA. Never has my moral sunk so low after dying. I felt like quitting and going to sleep after every respawn (sitting down before heading out to doom). The damn Sentinel just spawns super powered Fallen captains out of his arse. But nah, it gets easy. We were just all severely underpowered. A squad of 3 with decent weapons can do each boss in about 10 minutes. And there's an AI glitch that keeps the Fallen spawned from the Sentinel downstairs if you stay on a platform upstairs.
Beta starts on the 17th.
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