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[Xieldos]

Stopped playing a few months after TTK and at £24.99 I think this has enough content to draw me back in

 

[janoDX]

Okay, I'm hyped. I need this.

 

[Obliterator]

Well looks like I'm coming back to Destiny. This expansion sounds really good and I'm happy its $30

 

[matmanx1]

I find it to be overpriced personally. TTK was never worth £40 imo.

That's your opinion but definitely not mine. I more than got my money's worth out of TTK especially since if I logged in today I would still technically be doing TTK content.

 

[Static Veins]

Hooray! Activision finally learned $30 =/= £30!

Haven't played in a long while, but this will get me to jump back in for sure. Still, I would rather we were getting Destiny 2 this year.

 

[El_Chino]

Are they any new classes?

 

[xplicitone]

I really need to know everything that relates to pvp. I also hope they don't drag out the information on 3 (or worse, more) streams prior to release. That's one of my biggest pet peeves. Do a 1 or 1.5 hour stream and show all the necessary information instead of splitting it to a 15+ day span.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

Excited to finally discover how the fallen, who are aliens, know what wolves are and how they know wolf idioms.

 

[Slermy]

I was really hoping that they would end the stream with something like, "We know that September is a long ways off, so here's SRL to keep you busy this summer!" . I don't know what to do in Destiny until then. The maintenance got me hopeful that they're doing something.

I think we'll get SRL again, but I'd imagine that'd be during a non-streaming weekly update. Hopefully this month, as that puts us six months out from the original SRL offering.

 

[firehawk12]

Wait, you don't actually get a Gjallarhorn, just a quest to get one. That seems like skeevy advertising just to get pre-rders.

 

[Z3M0G]

Wonder how much that is on the Canada store...

My guess is $40. Although we could get lucky and have it be 30, never know.

Watch closely for it on day they add it to the store (if we get a heads up some how), and you may catch it before they adjust the CDN price...

I had a chance to buy No Man's Sky for $60 CDN this way... but didn't pull the trigger... :/

 

[Static Veins]

Wait, you don't actually get a Gjallarhorn, just a quest to get one. That seems like skeevy advertising just to get pre-rders.

I understood the explanation as everyone can get the Year 2 (well, I guess it'll be Y3 weapons at that point?) Gjallarhorn via a quest, but pre-orders get the black Iron Gjallarhorn just given to them.

 

[celestial body]

Some new images and new page up at the Bungie website.
https://www.bungie.net/en/pub/RiseOfIron

 

[Hesemonni]

I must have dozed off, but did they say how they are going to handle PS3/X360 playerbase?

 

[SaganIsGOAT]

Excited to finally discover how the fallen, who are aliens, know what wolves are and how they know wolf idioms.

I've seent this a few times now. What is this from?

 

[Klyka]

So what exactly is the Iron Gjallarhorn?

Your Destiny.

 

[KodaRuss]

I understood the explanation as everyone can get the Year 2 (well, I guess it'll be Y3 weapons at that point?) Gjallarhorn via a quest, but pre-orders get the black Iron Gjallarhorn just given to them.

I thought everyone has to do the quest to get it. Preorders get the new skin when they complete the quest.

Regardless the quests for exotics are pretty cool from TTK, so count me in

 

[Lnkn52]

https://www.bungie.net/en/pub/RiseOfIron

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[Kaiken]

New faction armor please. FWC for life!

 

[GlamFM]

This is expanding on what I like most about Destiny.

Always loved the IB gear look.

Happy I brought my IB set to 335.

 

[Gordon0Freeman]

YES can't wait. Hopefully we get a Destiny 2 trailer at e3

Spoiler

60 FPS PLZ!

 

[Z3M0G]

So my plan is to NOT play this until I have played ALL the content I want from TTK...

I hope that will still be an option for me after this launches...

 

[GlamFM]

YES can't wait. Hopefully we get a Destiny 2 trailer at e3

Spoiler

60 FPS PLZ!

Would assume no for both.

 

[Jonboy]

The value proposition offered by the first three DLC's varied, but I thought TTK at $40 was a better value than the shipping game was at $60. It wasn't just the volume of content, but also the quality. The new strikes were far and away better and more replayable than the old strikes; the new story missions were a huge improvement of the prior, etch. And it was a much larger expansion than 25% of the base game, despite just one new destination: there were ~18 total missions, 8 PvP maps, three new subclasses added to the six Destiny shipped with (+50%). The 2.0 overhaul to the base game was a huge as well.

But ultimately, the answer is people who like the game get that much value from the new stuff added. I've put hundreds of hours into the expansions since they came out, so $30 for this seems like good value for the money to me. Especially since the quality bar has, generally, been going up as Destiny has progressed.

This.

Dollars to time spent, Destiny is the best gaming value I've ever purchased. It's really not even close. Maybe Smash Bros Melee rivals it (again, for me personally).

 

[FinKL]

I must have dozed off, but did they say how they are going to handle PS3/X360 playerbase?

The 360 players can log in to their characters on XB1 and the PS3 players can log in to their characters on PS4, same as now.

 

[pantsmith]

Excited to finally discover how the fallen, who are aliens, know what wolves are and how they know wolf idioms.

Or how Oryx, an undead bug god, can speak perfect English.

Or how Han Solo knows what a falcon is.

 

[PaNaMa]

They said it will be addressed in more detail later, but hinted at better upgrade paths for those on last gen. It will probably just be branched off from the next gen versions.

Thanks. I remember reading about the many drawbacks of being "tethered" to the old consoles, which allegedly included many interface and inventory/storage management limitations, but also things like on screen enemies, zone population limits/scope of dynamic events etc, the infamous "seeing your fireteam members arrive by ship, to your location while on patrol" ... too many things to list really. I just wonder if they would even bother retooling any of this at the end of the game's life cycle.

 

[GlamFM]

Thanks. I remember reading about the many drawbacks of being "tethered" to the old consoles, which allegedly included many interface and inventory/storage management limitations, but also things like on screen enemies, zone population limits/scope of dynamic events etc, the infamous "seeing your fireteam members arrive by ship, to your location while on patrol" ... too many things to list really. I just wonder if they would even bother retooling any of this at the end of the game's life cycle.

Probably not, except for the inventory size.

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

Well. Those pictures may have sealed the deal...the question is do I come back??? UGH. It destroyed me last summer and I don't want hat to happen again...

 

[firehawk12]

I understood the explanation as everyone can get the Year 2 (well, I guess it'll be Y3 weapons at that point?) Gjallarhorn via a quest, but pre-orders get the black Iron Gjallarhorn just given to them.

Hrm, really? I took it to mean that pre-ordering allows you to obtain the Iron Gjallarhorn via the same quest that everyone else has.

 

[AaronMT86]

This week's weekly update @ https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/44820/7_This-Week-at-Bungie--06092016 explains a brief bit about how the legacy console will split

 

[TheWorthyEdge]

What are the big selling points on this DLC?

Sell me.

 

[Carn82]

Hrm, really? I took it to mean that pre-ordering allows you to obtain the Iron Gjallarhorn via the same quest that everyone else has.

thats also how I see it. You`ll just end up with a black version, compared to the 'regular' version.

 

[chronic_archaic]

What are the big selling points on this DLC?

Sell me.

What the pr said I guess, I don't think anyone knows much more.

 

[firehawk12]

thats also how I see it. You`ll just end up with a black version, compared to the 'regular' version.

Maybe everyone will complain about how they lied in their reveal and they'll just give everyone the iron version a week after launch. lol

 

[Lord Phol]

Ohh PS4 and XB1 only? That bodes well for Destiny 2. No more last gen holding it back. I'm more excited about these news than the actual expansion.

 

[XAL]

What are the big selling points on this DLC?

Sell me.

Watch the reveal stream. Let them sell you on it.

 

[Havoc2049]

The Rise of Iron content looks pretty sweet. I just ordered the cool 8-bit t-shirt.

 

[Kyoufu]

I'm in but I probably won't play seriously until January when I'm done with other games. This is out 3 days before Deus Ex and a week before FFXV.

 

[Compsiox]

The cinematic was probably the original character introduction for the Iron Banner guy.

 

[E92 M3]

Hope Bungie is changing their philosophy about letting players feel powerful in PVE.

 

[DCX]

Preorders up yet on PSN?

 

[Compsiox]

Ohh PS4 and XB1 only? That bodes well for Destiny 2. No more last gen holding it back. I'm more excited about these news than the actual expansion.

But then with Neo and Scorpio we'll be stuck with XB1 and PS4 holding it back.

 

[Lnkn52]

Preorders up yet on PSN?

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en...iron/cid=UP0002-CUSA00219_00-DESTINYRISEIRON1

 

[GhaleonEB]

All those images of new gear has made me realize I am no longer really motivated or excited by how the loot looks - I want them to do new things. New effects, weapon classes, perks, abilities, etc. I think that's why I was not drawn back to the game after the April update, as the return of all the older gear meant there were no new ways to play.

 

[Kyoufu]

Preorders up yet on PSN?

Yes. You get this with it:

 

[Wishmaster92]

Since it's current gen only that means the graphics should improve right Bungie??

 

[Feorax]

All those images of new gear has made me realize I am not longer really motivated or excited by how the loot looks - I want them to do new things. New effects, weapon classes, perks, abilities, etc. I think that's why I was not drawn back to the game after the April update.

Yep. As I said in the community thread, the game is very sterile right now. Far too much "no fun allowed" from Bungie in Y2.

 

[Mixolydian]

Since it's current gen only that means the graphics should improve right Bungie??

More than that, I hope loading times are improved.

 

[Acidote]

All those images of new gear has made me realize I am not longer really motivated or excited by how the loot looks - I want them to do new things. New effects, weapon classes, perks, abilities, etc. I think that's why I was not drawn back to the game after the April update, as the return of all the older gear meant there were no new ways to play.

I just want new encounters. New raid mechanics. The rest is filler.