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Destiny 2 |OT| Here We Go Again

GinoFelino said:
Can you preview shaders though?

It'd be borderline criminal if you can't even make an informed decision on whether to equip
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You can preview them press triangle or Y on when you're looking at a shader. I can't wait to wear my max level clown suit because they wanna go whaling by selling shaders.
 
The shader thing needs to be fixed immediately. Terrible terrible terrible system.

How did a single person at Bungie think this was okay?

- Give us shaders.

- Let us mix them in different armors.

- Fin.
 
So I just had an entire PVP match 3v4. That wasn't fun. Game didn't try and find a single teammate. You might as well just stop playing if you're down a man, I'm good at Destiny PVP but with the recovery speed so much slower now good luck 3v4, can't carry that no matter what you try.
 
This is so good. Calling it a night after hitting level 8. I'm going to accomplish nothing when I wake up. Gonna play this all day
 
Loving this so far.

Only played a couple of PvP games and I'm not 100% convinced, but, it plays better than I thought it would.

Definitely more tactical. Will be interesting to see how it plays out when everyone is maxed out.
 
Damn, these sky boxes are insane. I'm only a couple hours in but this is pretty much what I thought D1 was gonna be. This feels like the bungie I remember from halo. I love it
 
Holy shit I hate what they've done with shaders now. Consumables with 5 charges that you can apply once to a gear piece AFAIK
 
Finally caved after watching various streams and reading good comments about the game.
Got the standard edition (gotta be convinced more before buying expansions etc).

Very excited to play this later tonight, my friends list is all D2 atm.

A-One said:
Surprisingly pretty well. Hated the idea at first, but now I like it for multiple reasons.
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Thanks.
Was one of my bigger worries but nobody in this OT has brought it up in 50+ pages so its clearly not a problem.
 
HelloNewman said:
If it has five charges that's less scummy but still pretty dickish.
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Nah that's still scummy. You can't swap in swap out like the first game. Once you paint 5 pieces of armor tough luck find a duplicate to paint other pieces if you swap armor or use another shader.

This is from Tess Everis' shader she gives you as a gift shortly into the game. I hope it's just the way certain paid shaders work
 
EDZ sure is pretty, blows my mind how much more alive this feels compared to the other zones in D1. Hopefully the rest are just as good.


I've noticed a few bad textures but no Maggie's, playing on a Pro though.
 
Yo, exploring with a friend and you can totally climb/jumping puzzle your way up the Salt Mines area in the EDZ, the one you go to during the 3rd or 4th mission.

There are Fallen symbols in a few places with easliy mantle-able ledges. Get high up enough and your flashlight turns off, and you can navigate to the high scaffolding. Right now we're jumping around on the elevator cable boxes because I think you can get up to the next layer up of scaffolding. No idea if it's a secret or just some cool let-people-explore-the-level stuff, but I'm having mad Halo 2 skull exploration flashbacks. Love you Bungie.
 
Pretty scared about these reports of crashes when you have a PS4 Pro and 1080p TV. I have that setup. Hopefully this doesn't affect me and will be fixed asap.
 
Yeah everything about this so far is perfect but that shader decision is just nuts. Why break something that had nothing wrong with it. The Shader system was perfect as is.
 
I played all night on my Pro via 1080p, no issues. I would have liked to use the 4k TV but it's a glorified Netflix box 😭 and since the girls outnumber me, that's how it stays.
 
Dalek said:
Yeah everything about this so far is perfect but that shader decision is just nuts. Why break something that had nothing wrong with it. The Shader system was perfect as is.
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If enough people complain online, esp on the subreddit, I imagine they might change it
 
What's the hub called nowadays?
 
It's very good. Played 1.5 hrs and there was loads of characters, cut scenes, set pieces. They've really turned the story up to 11. Music is epic also

Gonna have a long session tonight.

It's been a while since I've had destiny red-eye
 
Everything about this game I LOVE. Cannot get enough. But this right here pisses me off:
Carn82 said:
almost. You 'consume' the item when you use it. So you get a shader; you 'use' it, the new shader gets applied and the previous shader is gone.
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Shaders were perfect in D1.
 
Dalek said:
Yeah everything about this so far is perfect but that shader decision is just nuts. Why break something that had nothing wrong with it. The Shader system was perfect as is.
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i'm not gonna wade too far into this as I don't know all the intracacies yet and it sounds like maybe there are problems with it, but you can use different shaders on each piece of gear (i.e. mix and match) when that wasn't even an option in D1. You only could change your whole set. I think it is an improvement in that regard in terms of the cosmetic endgame. But it could be they are too hard to get or it's too punitive for them to be consumable, dunno yet. I just think that respect at least is an improvement so I wouldn't call the old one perfect in comparison.
 
ValfarHL said:
Seems to apply only for a few people. I've started a thread about it.
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According to reddit some people who experience these crashes had the same issues during the beta and Tomb Raider also caused issues. I didn't have any problems during the beta or when playing TR so I'm hoping that I'll be fine.

One reddit post says it only happens when you look at fire and some suggest it is a problem with their PS4 Pro being defective and that it's not a bug in the game.
 
Overall, not the best first impression. The main sticking point is gameplay/gunplay which feels radically different to Destiny.

I don't seem to be 100% in control of my Hunter anymore. Perks include Mobility but I feel less mobile. The jumping mechanic feels like I'm aimlessly floating and less purposeful. A strange sensation but it completely changes the way Destiny 2 feels to play.

I'm only level 9 but so far the weapons are...boring. Worse still they are all the bloody same. I've got an Exotic Gauntlet but that's nothing special either. I know they got rid of random weapon perks to level the field but that system should have stayed. These weapons are just a dime-a-dozen. Completely throw-away. No affection for them whatsoever.

Played 4 matches in PvP. What the fuck happened there? First two inauguration matches were OK but that Competitive mode was awful. I can't stand round-based multiplayer. Aligned with the changed Mobility and the super boring weapons it didn't feel half as good as Destiny.

So disappointed.

Generally there's a distinct lack of character to Destiny 2 so far. Storytelling is much improved but I'm still gauging how much impact it has on my overall experience.
 
Unlocked the Gunslinger. That's a pretty cool mission Bungie put together; reminded me of the missions to unlock the third subclasses in TTK, but with a surreal atmosphere in the "Dark Forest" instead of recycling multiplayer maps.
 
Citizen_Insane said:
How do you get more landing/fast travel zones for the EDZ? Still only got the Trostland and it's time to move on to Titan.
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Curious about this too. I thought I saw some text further down the area where it told me a new waypoint was available, but I was in mid battle and missed it.

In any case, taking my time with EDZ even though the new area opened up to me. Game feels great. The adventures have been pretty enjoyable overall, and I'm enjoying the overall exploration for chests and lost sectors. Everything feels like a significant improvement for PvE in the few hours that I've played so far.

I'll have to give the PvP a try out later.
 
Whew... played all night to morning, made it to Titan.

EDZ reminds me a little of Fallout. It's taking some getting used to, but I like the open world and social structures. I still haven't
gotten the sparrow
and it sucks that all of my dances purchased are gone.

Decent game to solo, though a lost sector on Titan will kick your ass and I feel I've missed a lot of chests. I'll play with my brother tomorrow.

What's the deal with clans? Are they deactivated at the moment?
 
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