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[The Librarian]

There's only one story mission. And btw, those beacon missions are just fetch quests and nothing more.

Beacon quests are really just something for you to do while you're in free-roam mode – they're not the point of free-roam mode. When I was exploring Old Russia for the first time, I didn't touch the beacon quests because I was having too much fun looking around.

 

[Reckless Onion]

Man i wish this was 60fps

 

[Shadownet]

Last I asked we could not. Someone might ask the mods again. Maybe now that alpha has come and beta is coming maybe they'll let us now.

Yeah, hopefully theyll let us. Its kinda tiring to keep answering people on how to join the clan. Would be better if we have an OT for it.

Plus we should lock the clan. Promote a couple of people to head of the clan, and if you want to join.

Then you have to state your Gamertag/Username in the OT or PM the heads of clan. Then send a request on alpha.bungie.net with your NeoGAF name in the request. Then someone higher up will let you in after confirming.


That's what I think anyway.

 

[Karl Hawk]

Beacon quests are really just something for you to do while you're in free-roam mode – they're not the point of free-roam mode. When I was exploring Old Russia for the first time, I didn't touch the beacon quests because I was having too much fun looking around.

Touche. For me, explore mode is roaming around the zone exploring it, not doing those beacon missions.

 

[SeanR1221]

So far I'm loving what I've played.

I have a feeling this will be the next big thing.

 

[Ark]

There's only one story mission. And btw, those beacon missions are just fetch quests and nothing more.

Ah that kinda sucks. Oh well.

The mission you got dropped into when you started was the only story mission in the alpha. You're just doing free roam stuff. Once you hit level 6 grab a couple others and run the strike. It's awesome.

I'm level 7, almost 8, how do you get to the strike? Is it in Old Russia? Honestly I'm completely lost.

 

[The Librarian]

Man i wish this was 60fps

Bungie may have the game at 30fps because some encounters later on in the game are pretty huge. It's not fair to say you "wish" the game was 60fps when you don't know the scale of the gameplay the developer is going for.

 

[Xibalba]

One thing in particular I love is the atmosphere. The music, art style, setting and voice acting make everything seem... eerie, unfamiliar. All the voiceovers sound a little 'off' but I believe that was a conscious decision - these are AI's and people who have been living for well over 100 years, they shouldn't sound 'normal'. I love it.

And Dinklage is a beast - I really hope they keep him as is and don't listen to people who think he sounds bored.

Also, who's the lady voicing the Future War Cult gal? I'm sure I know that voice...

Shohreh Aghdashloo. She's an incredible actress, (major TV shows and movies) she's stunningly beautiful, and you probably picked up on her voice from hearing her in Mass Effect 2 and 3.

It put a huge smile on my face to stumble across her in The Tower I have to say!

PS: Agree about Dinklage. Although this is not end product yet, so could simply be dry placeholder vox.

 

[RoboPlato]

Ah that kinda sucks. Oh well.



I'm level 7, almost 8, how do you get to the strike? Is it in Old Russia? Honestly I'm completely lost.

From Orbit, set your Destination to Earth and when the world map comes up choose Devil's Lair in the center region.

 

[Xibalba]

The not so good stuff is the explore mission stuff either needs me to spend more time with it, or it just needs more work to explain to the player what the hell they're meant to do. The UI navigation is workable but must surely be a placeholder. You can't spend $500m to develop a game and have mouse control in a console shooter.

I agree about the UI. For me, it's the one thing I find really clunky. I want something that I can snap to quickly rather than dicking around dragging myself around a screen. Other than that, i've been incredibly impressed with what i've experienced - the standout component being its audio production which is just faultless in my opinion, kudos tto the audio dept at Bungie, sterling work. I can't wait to hear and experience more.

 

[Ark]

Bungie may have the game at 30fps because some encounters later on in the game are pretty huge. It's not fair to say you "wish" the game was 60fps when you don't know the scale of the gameplay the developer is going for.

It's completely fair to wish it was at 60fps, that's the entire point of wishing.

From Orbit, set your Destination to Earth and when the world map comes up choose Devil's Lair in the center region.

Awesome, I'll give that a try. Thanks

 

[keeblerdrow]

I had signed up for the alpha when they announced it. I just got an email from bungie saying I did not meet the requirements for the alpha. There were requirements? What requirements? I signed up for the thing on my browser on my PS4.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Yeah, hopefully theyll let us. Its kinda tiring to keep answering people on how to join the clan. Would be better if we have an OT for it.

Plus we should lock the clan. Promote a couple of people to head of the clan, and if you want to join.

Then you have to state your Gamertag/Username in the OT or PM the heads of clan. Then send a request on alpha.bungie.net with your NeoGAF name in the request. Then someone higher up will let you in after confirming.


That's what I think anyway.

Yea no. Nothing I hate worse then groups who try to be exclusive. As long as someone's not a dick then they are more then welcome. There are a lot of people who lurk gaf but love it just as much as any of us. There are also a lot of former gaffers who were banned for some reason or another but are good folks. With this criteria they would not be able to get in.

So basically as it is now it's open to anyone as long as they are cool. If anyone sees someone being a dick then they'll be removed. Now come retail yea we might limit it a bit more. They may have to PM here or leave a message in their request explaining how they know about dGAF, might have to know a gaffer but even then as long as they aren't assholes why not welcome them?

Bungie may have the game at 30fps because some encounters later on in the game are pretty huge. It's not fair to say you "wish" the game was 60fps when you don't know the scale of the gameplay the developer is going for.

Hell I look for raids to be pretty insane. We haven't seen those yet.

 

[Sesuadra]

I'll probably go with the setup I am running in past builds I played. Human Warlock, Exo Titan, and Awoken Hunter.

I just love playing all 3 so much that I have to have one of each. My warlock shall be my main though.

exo m titan, awoken f warlock and human f hunter

hunter as my main i think
i love that game so much, i'm already sad that the alpha ends soon.

 

[SDCowboy]

Have they fixed the bug yet where other players don't show in the tower?

 

[Flo_Evans]

Man that tank is kind OP in player vs player.

One match I went 20-1 in kills and I kind of suck. No heavy ammo till the end of the match makes it kinda unfair... Just hang back where no turrets can kill you and boom!

 

[Simo]

The restriction of 3 per Fireteam and not 4 is the only thing that irks me about Destiny from playing the Alpha. It says you can create a fire team of up to 6 players but then you can't do the story mission and you can't do free roam so whats the point? I hope in the beta and final retail you can.

 

[Xater]

I've yet to try the Titan but Hunter is my favorite thus far so I'll go with that in retail.

Now I'd like to ask which race do you prefer guys? I'm Exo.

Retail will probably be a robot space wizard because who doesn't want to be that?

I'll probably run some kind of Titan in the beta to feel that one out more. From the Alpha population if fear there will be too many Warlocks and Hunters.

The restriction of 3 per Fireteam and not 4 is the only thing that irks me about Destiny from playing the Alpha. It says you can create a fire team of up to 6 players but then you can't do the story mission and you can't do free roam so whats the point? I hope in the beta and final retail you can.

The 6 player fire teams are only for bigger Strikes. So no story and free roam will always be just 3 people.

 

[The Librarian]

The restriction of 3 per Fireteam and not 4 is the only thing that irks me about Destiny from playing the Alpha. It says you can create a fire team of up to 6 players but then you can't do the story mission and you can't do free roam so whats the point? I hope in the beta and final retail you can.

Six players are for raids (coming later) and multiplayer. Strike/Story/Free-roam are three players.

 

[Trumpet909]

Have they fixed the bug yet where other players don't show in the tower?

Around 1am EST this morning I was in the tower and saw about 20+ people. Before that I would be lucky to see 1-2 others. So they may have but I haven't been on recently.

 

[Xater]

Six players are for raids (coming later) and multiplayer. Strike/Story/Free-roam are three players.

Ok they are calling the 6 players ones raids. I assume they will be pretty similar though just bigger and more difficult.

 

[tanooki27]

gosh i'm sick of 30 fps. it may be blasphemy (blasphemy!) but it feels soooo much better playing the battlefield hardline beta (which is 40-60 fps according to digital foundry) compared to the destiny alpha. so sick of choppy scenery and less-than-snappy controls.

whither next gen?

 

[Simo]

The 6 player fire teams are only for bigger Strikes. So no story and free roam will always be just 3 people.

Six players are for raids (coming later) and multiplayer. Strike/Story/Free-roam are three players.

Well....shit. That just seriously dampened my whole thoughts and hype for the game.

 

[Kajiba]

Played for like 40 minutes.

What a beautiful looking game.

 

[The Librarian]

Well....shit. That just seriously dampened my whole thoughts and hype for the game.

Care to expand?

 

[Xater]

Care to expand?

He always has exactly 3 other friends at hand. lol

I like the smaller teams. Makes it much more likely that I will more often get a complete team going with people I actually know.

 

[GReeeeN]

Anyone else feel the game is a little "sluggy" control wise

I got my sens up at 5, and the initial turning is okay, but the sensitivity feels really inconsistent, maybe the sensitivity is tied to the frame rate, and the frame rate is dipping? or maybe the auto aim is really off?, not sure what it is, but doesn't feel that responsive and consistent at all...

 

[Painraze]

Fun game so far, feels like halo mixed with borderlands.

 

[Minamu]

Damn, pvp is so difficult It went fine yesterday but I'm screwed today xD Is it true that you can bring in any kind of weapon into the fight without any restrictions? Because it certainly feel like my weapons are doing very poorly today compared to yesterday.

Also, where can I read up on the Grimoire cards thing? Bungie's site is weird.

 

[everyday math]

Damn, pvp is so difficult It went fine yesterday but I'm screwed today xD Is it true that you can bring in any kind of weapon into the fight without any restrictions? Because it certainly feel like my weapons are doing very poorly today compared to yesterday.

Also, where can I read up on the Grimoire cards thing? Bungie's site is weird.

All weapons do the same damage.

Damage of coarse depends on what class. Shotgun does more up close etc.

 

[Xater]

Anyone else feel the game is a little "sluggy" control wise

I got my sens up at 5, and the initial turning is okay, but the sensitivity feels really inconsistent, maybe the sensitivity is tied to the frame rate, and the frame rate is dipping? or maybe the auto aim is really off?, not sure what it is, but doesn't feel that responsive and consistent at all...

Feels fine to me. Very much like Halo.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Help!!

So is explore just doing small missions to grind ?

What is Strike ?

I am really loving this!

 

[SMOK3Y]

Victorian here, on iinet. Perfect latency for PVE and nearly flawless PVP. Shadow Fall is a disgrace in comparison to this. Amazing tech, regardless of anyone's opinions on the game. I expected it to be virtually unplayable down under, but it works basically flawlessly for me.

Ya Brisbane here bigpond cable have had no issues while being on

 

[Xater]

Help!!

So is explore just doing small missions to grind ?

What is Strike ?

I am really loving this!

Explore is what it say, your opportunity to xplore the world and you can these smaller but more repetitive missions.

Strike are small raids with 3 players. They are more difficult, have bosses, better loot and more XP payout.

 

[RoboPlato]

Haven't tried Crucible yet but damage is normalized, right? So if I make my heavy weapon a rocket launcher then it'll function like any other rocket launcher?

 

[Miggytronz]

DOUBLE EYEBROW

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

So, I managed to run all the way from Northern shores to the Refinery via the Forbidden Grotto. Had my balls in my mouth when whole bunch of wizards and knights with ??? level were chasing after me.

Does anyone know why the grotto has those enemies we can't kill? I couldn't see anything special in that area.

 

[Simo]

Care to expand?

For myself and my close friends there's always 4 of us online playing at one time either on GTA Online to Battlefield 3/4. Cutting down and restricting fire teams to 3 means that one of us can never join or partake for the bulk of the game with the other three.

 

[manfestival]

playstation plus is required for crucible... that blows

graphics arent all that impressive but I guess that comes with the MMO territory

 

[Reckless Onion]

gosh i'm sick of 30 fps. it may be blasphemy (blasphemy!) but it feels soooo much better playing the battlefield hardline beta (which is 40-60 fps according to digital foundry) compared to the destiny alpha. so sick of choppy scenery and less-than-snappy controls.

whither next gen?

it's crazy how much more responsive the controls are in hardline, i think i'm done playing 30fps fps's.. it's putting a big damper on my enjoyment, maybe i'll wait for the pc version.. i dunno man

 

[H4r4kiri]

Absolutely I'll PM you

IF you want to PVP you can add me too

 

[ACIDTITAN]

This really is just the same old mmo game design with higher production value
somewhat dull being honest.

something also feels odd i don't know what it is but its a dullness.

Like
Get Mission go kill 10 dudes
Get Mission collect 10 items
Get Mission Examine object

Over and over.

New Place

Get Mission go kill 10 dudes
Get Mission collect 10 items
Get Mission Examine object

Again.

 

[Nyteshade517]

it's crazy how much more responsive the controls are in hardline, i think i'm done playing 30fps fps's.. it's putting a big damper on my enjoyment, maybe i'll wait for the pc version.. i dunno man

There is no pc version

 

[Gartooth]

I recently had a crash. The audio got all messed up, and the video image stuttered with black +white "tears" in it. Really sucked as me and my co-op partners were halfway through this grindy tank boss.

 

[Vodh]

Shohreh Aghdashloo. She's an incredible actress, (major TV shows and movies) she's stunningly beautiful, and you probably picked up on her voice from hearing her in Mass Effect 2 and 3.

It put a huge smile on my face to stumble across her in The Tower I have to say!

PS: Agree about Dinklage. Although this is not end product yet, so could simply be dry placeholder vox.

She is. Never played Mass Effect - know her from House of Sand and Fog and that episode of House MD.

 

[cresto]

This really is just the same old mmo game design with higher production value
somewhat dull being honest.

something also feels odd i don't know what it is but its a dullness.

Like
Get Mission go kill 10 dudes
Get Mission collect 10 items
Get Mission Examine object

Over and over.

New Place

Get Mission go kill 10 dudes
Get Mission collect 10 items
Get Mission Examine object

Again.

It's only alpha...

 

[The Librarian]

Haven't tried Crucible yet but damage is normalized, right? So if I make my heavy weapon a rocket launcher then it'll function like any other rocket launcher?

Yes, I think. If you look, the game gives you details about the mode when you hover the cursor over it.

For myself and my close friends there's always 4 of us online playing at one time either on GTA Online to Battlefield 3/4. Cutting down and restricting fire teams to 3 means that one of us can never join or partake for the bulk of the game with the other three.

Ah, that stinks.

DOUBLE EYEBROW

I've never encountered this problem. Maybe this is only a problem on male characters?

 

[Reckless Onion]

There is no pc version

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ac...-destiny-on-pc-is-a-natural-fit/1100-6420475/

i'm guessing there will be one at one point in time

 

[ACIDTITAN]

It's only alpha...

Feels like a Dull Borderlands 2.

Just feels so dull to explore and do anything even with high production value.

feels like step backwards from the halo shooting mechanics.

 

[TEH-CJ]

just pre-order it! beta starts in july i think.

edit: yes. july 16th.

Thanks man.

Damn I just got out of hospital and I did not get to play much tonight. Any chance bungie can extend the Alpha for a day?