Destiny Alpha Thread: Impressions from the wild [Code Begging=ban]

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It's honestly astonishing how much fun I've had in a Alpha build that essentially only has one campaign zone.

The mission distribution makes you run around a bit to much to get to objectives, but the gunplay and environments are just lovely.

If the whole pie tastes like this first bite then I'm going to love it...
 
Lucent said:
The characters look so good in the character creation. Especially the girls. I've made some really cute ones. But in-game, the characters don't look like that at all. =/ Really sucks. lol
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I've noticed that too. They look good in the creator but not so great in-game.

I made a Asian Titan with one eye and scars but in game he looks like a an allergic reaction or something.

Creator:
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In-Game:
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Dax01 said:
You have to be in a Fireteam to hear people, through invites.
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Thanks for answering, Dax! You can only form a team at the Tower? Or if you're in Explore mode, can you somehow select the person and join up? I'm guessing the former and you'd just have to stick together if in Explore mode.
 
orthodoxy1095 said:
I read people talking about a level 20 cap. Are people supposing that to be the total level cap for the game, or for like the beta?
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there's references to exp earned past level 20 being turned into motes of light. Also all of the pvp gear and token gear requires level 20 suggesting that 20 is the cap in the game overall. Currently the beta is capped at 8 meaning all my leet hax lvl 9 and 10 items are unusable.
 
Squall ASF said:
Thanks for answering, Dax! You can only form a team at the Tower? Or if you're in Explore mode, can you somehow select the person and join up? I'm guessing the former and you'd just have to stick together if in Explore mode.
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You can form a team in free-roam mode, the tower, or while you're at the main menu screen.
 
Gaz_RB said:
The highest level equipment we can see, called "Legendary", has a lvl 20 req., which is why a lot of us are assuming the cap is 20.
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Also, the ?? enemies are level 20, or at least some are. It's displayed when you're killed by one x.x So there's reason to assume it. But I feel like I saw them say 30 at some point. Either way, it's lower than people might expect.
 
Seil said:
Also, the ?? enemies are level 20, or at least some are. It's displayed when you're killed by one x.x So there's reason to assume it. But I feel like I saw them say 30 at some point. Either way, it's lower than people might expect.
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Someone earlier said they saw lvl 50 armor, so who knows! Hopefully we get word soon.
 
Dax01 said:
You can form a team in free-roam mode, the tower, or while you're at the main menu screen.
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You can? Awesome! Thanks! Sorry to ask so many related questions but if you'll humor one last on this subject, how do you join up in free-roam? Do you get someone in your reticule and then an option will pop up?
 
Just finished the Strike.

Damn. DAMN. I get it now Bungie, you win.

That was amazing. And afterwards heading to the Tower to recoup/check out all of your new gear... it's all coming together.

Just for clarifications, the boss fights (Spider Tank, Septimus Prime) are supposed to take like 5-10 minutes right?
 
Squall ASF said:
You can? Awesome! Thanks! Sorry to ask so many related questions but if you'll humor one last on this subject, how do you join up in free-roam? Do you get someone in your reticule and then an option will pop up?
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Your friends can join your free-roam mode or you can invite players already in the mode. It's in one of the menus by pressing Options.
 
welp, in my quest to explore everything, i ran into the high level hive. that was painful. still can't find the cars, but, i've got 2 days.
 
Espi said:
ok, is it just me or are vehicles op?

i haven't seen one taken out except by another vehicle. heavy ammo seems to barely show up on the map so that's not even really an option
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I took one out with a heavy rifle and a warlock super, but then again he was stuck trying to reverse away from me.
 
RoKKeR said:
Just finished the Strike.

Damn. DAMN. I get it now Bungie, you win.

That was amazing. And afterwards heading to the Tower to recoup/check out all of your new gear... it's all coming together.

Just for clarifications, the boss fights (Spider Tank, Septimus Prime) are supposed to take like 5-10 minutes right?
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It took me, another GAF. Both level 8. And my friend level 6. Took us 10 mins. Apparently you can beat it faster.

Though I'm guessing 3 people at level 8 would be adequate enough to beat it. Maybe when you're level 10 or higher. It would be a lot easier.
 
Espi said:
ok, is it just me or are vehicles op?

i haven't seen one taken out except by another vehicle. heavy ammo seems to barely show up on the map so that's not even really an option
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The Moon level sucks, just keep getting killed by vehicles. Why can't you rodeo them? There doesn't seem like enough options available to properly dispatch them.

I love the other map, though.
 
Dax01 said:
Why would Bungie change it? Is it really that bothersome? Besides, in the final game, maybe ten percent of your play time will be in the tower.
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Not change, but give an option as I previously intimated. It breaks immersion every time you do one of the special moves, that will be a lot more than 10%.

In any third person game that has an option for first person, I'll stay in first person all the time. Just my preference.
 
Phanatic8390 said:
I've played for at least 90 minutes in free roam and the tower and I've not seen another person
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Try logging out of your playstation account and relaunching the alpha. The team just deployed some fixes and you might not have the latest.

If that doesn't work, you can check your NAT settings too.

@bungiehelp is also up and running on twitter if you run into any other issues.
 
antitrop said:
The Moon level sucks, just keep getting killed by vehicles. Why can't you rodeo them? There doesn't seem like enough options available to properly dispatch them.

I love the other map, though.
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Use the turrets. They destroy like crazy. I killed 3 shooting vehicles in one match easily.
 
Destiny + Remote play = system seller for vita. Controls really well all shooters should adopt their scheme. I personally wouldn't play pvp on the vita but the easier mission and exploring is really fun.
 
RoboPlato said:
I haven't seen it yet :(
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Go check it out!

Gaz_RB said:
How to get to the cool car area, by Gaz_RB:

1) Spawn in Explore mode.

2) Head to the right for awhile until you see a building on the edge of the area that leads to the next area.

3) Walk through the linear connection hallways until you get to the next area, The Divide, which is sort of a wide open area with lots of enemies around.

4) Head to the right from where you entered again, towards the edge of the area once again. The cliff/water should be on your right. You should see burnt out tanks. On that far wall to the right by the burnt out tanks, there is a sort of cave entrance thing that's kind of hard to spot. Head through there and it's just a linear connection to the car area.
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So is the Attack number sort of the end all be all stat for telling a weapons damage? The bars underneath just detail what sort of weapon it is?
 
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