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[MechDX]

just speeder bike to the area and do it solo

The other two guys were racing there as well. lol

 

[ComputerMKII]

The Halo rings not only played a key part in the story of Halo, but they were also heavily relied upon as symbolic imagery used in advertising and branding. I believe that around 2013 when the PR was about to ramp up for Destiny, Activision latched on to the symbolism of the Traveler and decided to use this as the main theme for the game. So they plastered it on box art, posters and all over marketing material.

They wanted to keep the "feel good" idealism of the Traveler being a unified symbol for the game, but that didn't mesh well with the current story so they had all of the elements of the Traveler being bad removed. This is why when you sneak up on a member of the Hive you can hear them say "The Darkness!".

Because you, as a Guardian, were actually supposed to be the "Darkness" but when the story got changed around they sold it as Guardians being heroes - which is why the narrative for the always online MP seems to weakly focus on the idea of supposedly "creating your own story".

I believe that the games tone was originally centered around a first-person narrative, with a coherent conflict - similar to a single player FPS. However, for some reason (or many), they removed many of the first person narrative aspects to the story in order to force the idea of you creating the story as you played through with your friends.

This is why we always hear PR speak from Bungie about this story being "YOUR" story instead of "a" story. There seemed to be an actual story there at one point, but it was gutted most likely due to a change in the marketing appeal of the game.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...s_content_completely_changed_over_the/ckv8v4s

Well, shit.

 

[casmith07]

It seems that people are quick to blame Activision for the changes at launch... How are you not sure that it was a change in philosophy at Bungie?

Because we've seen this happen with Activision before. The Infinity Ward lawsuit kind of put their publisher/corporate strategy out in public.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Omg lee7 haxx0rs

Jesus. I just went to play destiny!

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

 

[rObit]

Don't think it's just Destiny. Watch Dogs can't hit it's servers either on my ps4.

 

[cpp_is_king]

This is a DDOS attack, not maintenance. And Bungie is pretty good at giving a heads up when there's actual maintenance. There's an in-game pop up when you launch.

How long do these games usually take to recover from a ddos?

 

[Mr.NiceGuy]

Was trying to finish the weekly strike at lvl 28 with the help of Luchashaq and mike hawk, were at the end boss and then..... network error.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

Finally decided to rent this and dig in a bit. Servers go down. >_<

DDos attack

 

[darthbob]

Can't they get someone on twitter so say something.

It's 8:20pm on a Sunday, so I wouldn't expect much.

They have been known to post updates at odd times though.

 

[Sizzle55]

FIFA 15 is fried as well!

 

[Somnium986]

Finished the Raid and Nightfall today. Feels good.

Congrats. Get anything nice for your Titan?

Looks like i'm not alone. Down for me as well. :/

We could always play TLOU.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

This is a DDOS attack, not maintenance. And Bungie is pretty good at giving a heads up when there's actual maintenance. There's an in-game pop up when you launch.

I had not seen any of those. I was not able to play much during the last couple of weeks, but I had been kicked without any notice in that short time. Yep, this definitely seems like an attack. The main site is not working.

 

[Bsigg12]

How long do these games usually take to recover from a ddos?

Kinda varies. Could last for hours could be a few minutes.

 

[Hupsel]

Can't Sony do anything? Can't they hire someone to go after these fucking 15yo kids? They just let it go down, dont say anything and think everything is well?

 

[enzo_gt]

it sounds like this isn't Bungie's fault though

Does this Lizard group DDoS things often?

 

[Marcel]

Fix your shit, Rasputin.

 

[Bunta]

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

How does this crap continue to be legal? That part genuinely confuses me. I mean if I were to go up to a company and take a giant dump on the front door that would be considered an illegal action, yet somehow to attack whatever the hell you want through DDoS is legal somehow. Essentially it's cyber vandalism and there should be some way to punish people so that there's an actual deterrence.

 

[Kanyon]

Anyone else having trouble with PSN as well? Getting Errors across the board.

Yeah I'm getting PSN errors too, as well as getting booted from Destiny. Wasn't even playing any online multilayer, doing some strike missions and I get booted. So much for our digital future.

 

[BeforeU]

Speaking if luck, did anyone ever test if the emblem sold by the Speaker actually helps the engram decryption?

huh? Those two things are related? I am using the emblem that I redeemed it from those codes.

 

[Bsigg12]

Does this Lizard group DDoS things often?

It seems to be a weekly occurrence at this point.

huh? Those two things are related? I am using the emblem that I redeemed it from those codes.

There was a theory floating around that the emblems sold by the speaker actually offer buffs. They cost 7 motes of light so they're not cheap.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Can't Sony do anything? Can't they hire someone to go after these fucking 15yo kids? They just let it go down, dont say anything and think everything is well?

Why on earth do you think this has to do with Sony? Activision's servers are down, period. XBL included.

How does this crap continue to be legal? That part genuinely confuses me. I mean if I were to go up to a company and take a giant dump on the front door that would be considered an illegal action, yet somehow to attack whatever the hell you want through DDoS is legal somehow. Essentially it's cyber vandalism and there should be some way to punish people so that there's an actual deterrence.

It is not legal.

 

[Judderman]

Fuck these stupid kids man. I really hope they are caught and repeadly raped in jail.

Wow. That's a bit harsh.

 

[sheamus]

the queen will not be pleased

 

[Sola Scriptura]

I don't know much about DDoS attacks. Can this sort of thing be prevented?

 

[Super Stardust]

Noooooooo we were downing atheon and then we all disconnected :'(

 

[nib95]

Congrats. Get anything nice for your Titan?


We could always play TLOU.

Not bad. Legendary sniper and white shader.

 

[Jest Chillin]

Does this Lizard group DDoS things often?

They've hit Destiny like 3 or 4 times already. Various other games as well.

 

[Seventy70]

I'm going to laugh so hard the day these people are caught.

 

[darthbob]

I don't know much about DDoS attacks. Can this sort of thing be prevented?

Not really.

 

[ComputerMKII]

How does this crap continue to be legal? That part genuinely confuses me. I mean if I were to go up to a company and take a giant dump on the front door that would be considered an illegal action, yet somehow to attack whatever the hell you want through DDoS is legal somehow. Essentially it's cyber vandalism and there should be some way to punish people so that there's an actual deterrence.

Source? I'm not sure you know what you're talking about.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack#Legality

 

[CLBridges]

Damn, just tried to connect MP for The Last of Us and couldn't connect to server, gonna try FFXIV I guess. Really wanted some Raid time in Destiny tonight smh.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Holy shit. They even managed to sneak in an insult in the error message.. "search for: cattle"

Fuck.

 

[Hurley]

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...s_content_completely_changed_over_the/ckv8v4s

Well, shit.

The more I read about this the sadder I get.

What happened at Bungie?

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

 

[Orayn]

How does this crap continue to be legal? That part genuinely confuses me. I mean if I were to go up to a company and take a giant dump on the front door that would be considered an illegal action, yet somehow to attack whatever the hell you want through DDoS is legal somehow. Essentially it's cyber vandalism and there should be some way to punish people so that there's an actual deterrence.

It's not so much that it's specifically allowed, there have just been relatively few cases where the offenders actually get caught and go to court, so it's hard for them to establish a precedent.

 

[Marcel]

Fuck these stupid kids man. I really hope they are caught and repeadly raped in jail.

You'll be okay man. It would have just been ascendant materials or a shader anyway.

 

[malfcn]

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...s_content_completely_changed_over_the/ckv8v4s

Well, shit.

I don't want to read unless it's spoiler free.
Safe to read or save it for later?

Haven't started Mars yet.

 

[BeforeU]

Does this Lizard group DDoS things often?

Yeah quite often recently. and those fucking assholes think they are doing noble work. Jerks.

 

[Gr1mLock]

No more loot room and no more loot red box. 40 second timers on everything.

Gives you time to dismantle all the greens you accidentally picked up.

We have now realized the error of our ways. Legendary engrams will now have a chance to decrypt into greens.

Rare Engrams won't decrypt into legendaries.

Getting a legendary now is befitting of its name.

That 20 to 26 grind becomes real.

 

[Alucrid]

if only ddos attackers were as easy to stop as blade dancers

 

[Jest Chillin]

I don't know much about DDoS attacks. Can this sort of thing be prevented?

Not that I know of. The way I've had it explained to me is it's basically a bunch of traffic directed to hit the servers all at once overloads them.

 

[The Lamonster]

Damn, right after I got my ugly queen robes.

 

[RoboPlato]

I don't want to read unless it's spoiler free.
Safe to read or save it for later?

Haven't started Mars yet.

There's pretty much no story. You couldn't spoil anything even if you tried.

 

[bGanci]

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...s_content_completely_changed_over_the/ckv8v4s

Well, shit.

What the game use to be sounds incredible but what we got is crap. (Excluding the basic shooting gameplay) Still hooked...what is wrong with me.

 

[Sergoes]

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...s_content_completely_changed_over_the/ckv8v4s

Well, shit.

This is just depressing to read. It just seems to be true since there's so much untapped potential. Anyone who plays Destiny feels like there was something substantial there that isn't anymore. I hope the whole story somehow gets leaked about what really happened, but I have a feeling so many non-disclosure agreements were signed that it will never get out.

 

[Computron]

I don't want to read unless it's spoiler free.
Safe to read or save it for later?

Haven't started Mars yet.

the whole point is that there is nothing currently in the shipping game to be spoiled and they are trying to find reasons why.

 

[rdrr gnr]

I don't want to read unless it's spoiler free.
Safe to read or save it for later?

Haven't started Mars yet.

There really isn't a story to be spoiled.

 

[RespectThySole]

Right when I get a full squad for Atheon on XB1 these fuckers take it down. I don't think LizardSquad has taken down a game on XB1 before so I'm new to this. How long does it usually last PSN users?