Second Destiny Beta Thread of 'SMiLE! The Beta's back up! Welcome Everyone!'

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I'm assuming/hoping we'll get a mission or two on the Place Where Wizards Come From and maybe a slightly raised level cap. The fact that there is a reasonable amount of Lvl 9 gear seems conspicuous.

Alpha was littered with lvl 9 / 10 gear, I wouldn't read into it.

Although, the Moon map is visible this time, so that I'd read into....

I dunno!
 
This is my hunter at the moment.

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That's what I'm thinking. Getting more balancing done before xbox people play and see what new issues arise with the new balancing. Maybe the moon mission as well. But there's no reason to add the other maps to vanilla crucible since they put iron banner quite often.

Maybe different Crucible game modes, I can't imagine they'd let them go untested? :P
 
I seriously seriously hope they unlock the moon when the Beta comes back online. Raising the level cap would be nice but I'm just itching for some more content.
 
How many game modes will there be in the final game? The selection shown in the beta seems very low.

I am horrible at PvP. First, people have much better guns than me. Second, people keep running up behind me and I die before I even knew they were there. Reminds me a bit of Halo when some players spend their time hiding in corners waiting to pull off a sneak attack.

Yeah I had a really bad match of campers crouching everywhere with shotguns. I would rather not have players show up at all on the radar to be honest, it just becomes a distraction.

I don't like conquest type game modes though, so I probably won't play this mode in the final game.
 
I'm hoping the moon mission gets unlocked and the 2 other maps get added to vanilla Crucible. I'm getting really tired of the Venus and Moon maps.

Yeah, they should really add those maps now that we've seen them. The Mars map has a nice layout and is pretty damn fun if you have a team that knows to just go for B and C and forget A. The alpha map is pretty balanced and decent enough too.
 
Reminds me of the orbs in Crackdown and the underwater treasures in Wind Waker.

Woah, never knew this.

Oh really?! I wasn't aware of that xD Maybe next week I'll have a better chance xD

Yea, I noticed that when I was searching for more chest. They make a sound similar to how the spin metal sounds. You hear that sounds, its either spin metal or a chest.

Makes it feel like im actually treasure hunting because those chest spawn in random locations periodically. Exploration really pays off. Can't wait to explore in the full game and all the other areas.
 
Yeah, they should really add those maps now that we've seen them. The Mars map has a nice layout and is pretty damn fun if you have a team that knows to just go for B and C and forget A. The alpha map is pretty balanced and decent enough too.

I really, REALLY like Rusted Lands (the Earth map). Feels really balanced and has a nice flow.
 
The best thing about the hunter isn't the fancy cloaks or the golden gun. It's that throwing knife. So satisfying.

And the sound effect it makes. That little oscillating "whooshwhooshwhoosh" on the lead up to a kill notification is pure heaven.
 
So what does "Your place in the queue: 6376" mean? They're going to put it back on in waves or something?

Queues like this are typical of MMOs. I'm sure it's just part of the Destiny infrastructure and not having anything to do with the beta. What you're seeing is basically a placeholder. I'm sure when it goes live again we'll all be able to log in at the same time.

Queues are for when the server is full during peak times.
 
I really, REALLY like Rusted Lands (the Earth map). Feels really balanced and has a nice flow.

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easily the best of the maps so far

Rusted Lands > Blind Watch > Shores of Time > First Light*

*I still think the vehicle/turret balance is... off, to the point where if you grab the interceptor and avoid the turrets' field of fire, it's very easy to completely dominate
 
my friend just started downloading the beta on ps4 , its at about 30 % , now i'm hearing the beta is offline ,. what the ???

when does it get back online ?

can i create a character while waiting ?
 
Hope the Vita controls are not final. They need to map sprint to the rear touchpad. Down on the d-pad is very awkward.

I just literally played this game about 25 miles away from my house outside on a balcony connected to an xfinity wifi hot spot. Roaming around on my Sparrow searching for loot and tackling optional events. Remote play tech is amazing. Sure there is latency but damn I was able to get my Destiny fix while my GF slept. How awesome is that ?!!!!
 
Since I have been a member I have never seen someone go fully postal and loose it... YET....
Come back here during e3 season. E3 season sees massive bannings. And I've only officially been in one lol though I've heard stories of previous ones.

Also go to any thread about anime looking games. It quickly devolves into people on the offensive and defensive and also results in high volumes of bans.
 
The FOV and frame rate are a legitimate issue. The tight frame, low frame rate, and joystick aiming makes me feel like I'm playing under the influence of DXM. Especially in PVP. It says a lot about the quality of Destiny and how much I like it that this isn't so much of an issue to me once I've gotten used to it.

The image quality is excellent and the art is beautiful but the motion fidelity is C-grade at best. It's just a hard truth.

I wonder why it isn't 60fps on the PS4, I look at it and I don't get it. PS3 version has a super solid framerate and asset construction between the two is really similar, main difference that I see is texture quality. It must be able to run at 60fps on the PS4. I can only come up with two explanations: either the game is CPU bound for some reason, or they want to keep a uniform framerate for the entire series, for when the current-gen only sequels hit.
 
I've got a feeling they might open up the moon with this maintenance at let people play on there. Or increase the level cap to 20 so we can test the level 20 stuff.
 
Hope the vita controls are not final. They need to map sprint to the rear touchpad. Down on the d-pad is very awkward.

I just literally played this game about 25 miles away from my house outside on a balcony connected to an xfinity wifi hot spot. Roaming around on my Sparrow searching for loot and tackling optional events. Remote play tech is amazing. Sure there is latency but damn I was able to get my Destiny fix while my GF slept. How awesome is that ?!!!!
I need to get a Vita.

I absolutely love off-TV play using the gamepad on my Wii U.

I wonder why it isn't 60fps on the PS4, I look at it and I don't get it. PS3 version has a super solid framerate and asset construction between the two is really similar, main difference that I see is texture quality. It must be able to run at 60fps on the PS4. I can only come up with two explanations: either the game is CPU bound for some reason, or they want to keep a uniform framerate for the entire series, for when the current-gen only sequels hit.

I wouldn't call PS3 framerate super solid. Go visit Lord Saladin and look at that flaming gong while the Iron Banner is available ;)

That said, PS3 performance is quite impressive.
 
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