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[The Lamonster]

To be fair, a good portion of Halo Reach's MP maps were taken from SP.

And it watered down both SP and MP in that game. So I think it's a valid question.

 

[a916]

To be fair, a good portion of Halo Reach's MP maps were taken from SP.

Because Halo Reach did precisely that?

Singleplayer levels were repurposed as multiplayer levels.

Which is what I said in my original post. The map design itself is built from the ground up for the purposes of MP in mind. But the setting itself is taken from the single player mode along with art assets. Which makes it seem as if it's from the same world, but at the same time work for competitive MP.

 

[Gaz_RB]

On a side note, it's weird the system censors my current FB pic, which is an X-ray pic of my skull:

I'ts beyond me how that's supposed to offend someone.

Definitely a penis.

 

[WJD]

I imagine this has already been answered but just in case:

What time do the codes go live in the UK?

 

[DesertFox]

Got my beta locked in (for Xbox 360)

Would any kind soul here be willing to give me 1 of your 3 Xbox One beta keys once they're sent out so that I can experience the beta in all it's glory?

 

[Melchiah]

Definitely a penis.

Time for a new profile pic then.

 

[JonnyKtyler]

I was able to use the 'set playstation clan' button successfully just now if anyone else has been waiting for that bug to be fixed.

 

[WITHE1982]

Can't wait to start using my warlock glide correctly. I spent the entire alpha waiting til I was at the top of my jump to press X again.

Doing it right makes a ton of difference to your height.

 

[GringoSuave89]

I was able to use the 'set playstation clan' button successfully just now if anyone else has been waiting for that bug to be fixed.

Ditto for "set Xbox clan".

 

[GhaleonEB]

Which is what I said in my original post. The map design itself is built from the ground up for the purposes of MP in mind. But the setting itself is taken from the single player mode along with art assets. Which makes it seem as if it's from the same world, but at the same time work for competitive MP.

This is essentially the approach Bungie used for the earlier Halo titles, pre-Reach. I'm glad to see them go back to it, solves a lot of issues. I recall that being of their big learnings from Reach.

 

[GavinUK86]

Anyone here watching the IGN stream?

 

[TheOMan]

So, does anybody know how spawning works in in Control?

I guess what I'm really asking is, will there be CoD style spawn camping/trapping?

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

I was able to use the 'set playstation clan' button successfully just now if anyone else has been waiting for that bug to be fixed.

Still having an issue over here. Using Chrome.

 

[WITHE1982]

Anyone here watching the IGN stream?

Yes. DeeJ getting pummelled in MP. Looks fantastic again.

 

[MWS Natural]

Requested to Join DestinyGAF!

PSN: MWSTheNatural
Bungie ID: The Natural

 

[LtOrange]

I was able to use the 'set playstation clan' button successfully just now if anyone else has been waiting for that bug to be fixed.

I am still getting the error message. What browser did you use?

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Requested to Join DestinyGAF!

PSN: MWSTheNatural
Bungie ID: The Natural

Wrong thread. Please apply in the destinygaf application thread and the Bungie pagw. Link in op.

 

[Tekku]

All the members on his Fireteam seem to have different banners. Is it possible to choose these yourself?

 

[Jblanks]

All the members on his Fireteam seem to have different banners. Is it possible to choose these yourself?

It is.You gotta purchase them for glimer at a vendor in the tower, somewhere in the West part of the tower IIRC.

Maybe some will be unlocked via other stuff , which would be cool .

 

[bigDave]

i didn't see devil's lair strike... maybe there will be another one?

 

[blamite]

All the members on his Fireteam seem to have different banners. Is it possible to choose these yourself?

Yeah, you can get different emblems from vendors and class/faction reps. You also get one for playing on the last day of the beta and one for buying one of the LEs.

 

[Nibel]

Ghost voice sounds like 500% better (I did the math). Nice!

 

[SocksAndShoes]

Still having an issue over here. Using Chrome.

Yep, same here.

 

[MWS Natural]

Wrong thread. Please apply in the destinygaf application thread and the Bungie pagw. Link in op.

Ah just saw it thanks.

 

[Llyrwenne]

For those joining us late;

We're going to the Moon!

 

[Sealtest]

Did i just hear deej say only the ghost edition is getting the red ghost skin?

 

[Reluctant-Hero]

Did i just hear deej say only the ghost edition is getting the red ghost skin?

Hmm... I thought it was any special edition that received the red skin. But the ghost edition having it exclusive would make sense...

 

[Ephemeris]

Three Bungie guys at level 8 and no XP gain so far. I really hope they up the cap tomorrow.

when i hit it yesterday it gave me a message saying it was at max. moved on to a titan in hopes it changes


I miss my space magic though

 

[a916]

This is essentially the approach Bungie used for the earlier Halo titles, pre-Reach. I'm glad to see them go back to it, solves a lot of issues. I recall that being of their big learnings from Reach.

Was that not the case with Reach? I don't remember those exact layouts being the same as the SP locations.

 

[Netherscourge]

At a quick glance that looks like a dong

...covered with spider webs...

Love life not too busy these days?

 

[Netherscourge]

Still having an issue over here. Using Chrome.

Same. I try every hour. Won't let me select it.

I tried on Chrome, Firefox and IE. Still getting error (3).

 

[WITHE1982]

when i hit it yesterday it gave me a message saying it was at max. moved on to a titan in hopes it changes


I miss my space magic though

Know thy enemy. Use your time with the Titan to find out their weaknesses.

Thanks for the info. I'm actually fine with level 8. Gives me lots to look forward to in September.

 

[SJRB]

It's just so surreal to see them engage in a heavy gunfight and then turn it into a dance off hahaha, amazing.

I'm REALLY hyped for this beta, everything I've seen so far is super cool.

 

[daedalius]

Is there going to be any way to pre-load the beta before access begins on One/360?

It will literally take me the entire first day just to get it downloaded if not.

 

[ComputerMKII]

I've missed the story mission(s). I wanted to hear the updated voice of Peter Dinklage

 

[Ephemeris]

Know thy enemy. Use your time with the Titan to find out their weaknesses.

Thanks for the info. I'm actually fine with level 8. Gives me lots to look forward to in September.

and np

I promised not to spill any beans, but I see this question a ton on here and simply by watching other players you can pretty much figure it out.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Was that not the case with Reach? I don't remember those exact layouts being the same as the SP locations.

The geometry was the same. Some had a few spaces blocked off, or set at night vs. daytime maps, but all the MP maps were directly integrated into the campaign.

 

[Einchy]

I thought people were saying you could already download the beta which I figured that meant you could get the code from bungle.net already.

Is that not the case? Still says to come back on the 17th for the code.

 

[Melchiah]

I thought people were saying you could already download the beta which I figured that meant you could get the code from bungle.net already.

Is that not the case? Still says to come back on the 17th for the code.

You can, at least when you've bought it from the PSN store.

 

[Einchy]

You can, at least when you've bought it from the PSN store.

Oh, I see.

Thanks.

I guess no pre-load for me.

 

[WizzNARD]

So this is a dumb question, but how does the cool down on melee work? What I mean is, is it one punch and then you gotta wait, or do you get a couple before you have to wait?

 

[The Lamonster]

So this is a dumb question, but how does the cool down on melee work? What I mean is, is it one punch and then you gotta wait, or do you get a couple before you have to wait?

From the videos it looks like the cd is activated when you land a hit, but not when you miss. I could be wrong though.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

So this is a dumb question, but how does the cool down on melee work? What I mean is, is it one punch and then you gotta wait, or do you get a couple before you have to wait?

You have a melee attack you can use as much as you want. Titan has a melee ability that uses a cooldown but you can still do your normal attack while its recharging.

 

[RoKKeR]

Bummed about the level cap, but I guess it gives us something to look forward to in the final game.

Super excited to go to the moon in single player/Explore (?) though.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

The Official BETA withdrawal thread is going to be epic.

 

[Ice Lightning]

Is there going to be any way to pre-load the beta before access begins on One/360?

It will literally take me the entire first day just to get it downloaded if not.

Nothing is known yet. Did notice that Bungie.net code page states to come back on July 22 to get the code, but that could be because the Xbox beta options were (Global) and not (US)/(Europe) like PS3/PS4 were.

 

[WizzNARD]

You have a melee attack you can use as much as you want. Titan has a melee ability that uses a cooldown but you can still do your normal attack while its recharging.

Thank you! I thought it was something like that, wasn't really sure though. Just curious, how do you activate it? I know for the Titan there is the running charge, is it the same for other classes? Sprint and melee, or something else?

 

[Competa]

You have to have a flux capacitor then enter the konami code on the the destiny page then pick up the capacitor and spin around in a computer chair really fast and say hi ho hi ho off to the beta i wish to go then a code should appear to you in a vision.

Spoiler

Just preorder(no cost)then wait for an email with the code then cancel the preorder

Ok, I did what you said, and it seems that the Capacitator wasn't really necessary, i may return it tomorrow to CERN.

But, now I have one more question, since its weird. I pre-ordered the Xbox One edition, got the Beta code, went to B.net and redeemed it and it was a success, UNTIL, I went to my code page, and theres nothing !

I wondered to youtube, to see if I was doing something wrong, but I dint! Is it only me that has this issue?

 

[blamite]

So this is a dumb question, but how does the cool down on melee work? What I mean is, is it one punch and then you gotta wait, or do you get a couple before you have to wait?

You can melee whenever you want, but there's a secondary melee ability that's on a cooldown and is automatically used when you melee when it's charged. Warlock has an energy drain that speeds up your grenade cooldown when it lands, Hunter has a throwing knife, I think the Titan's ability is just a stronger melee but I don't actually know for sure.

 

[broony]

You can melee whenever you want, but there's a secondary melee ability that's on a cooldown and is automatically used when you melee when it's charged. Warlock has an energy drain that speeds up your grenade cooldown when it lands, Hunter has a throwing knife, I think the Titan's ability is just a stronger melee but I don't actually know for sure.

Is the titan's the flying knee maybe?