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Destiny Alpha Thread: Impressions from the wild [Code Begging=ban]

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tokyostomp said:
Apparently I pre-ordered back on October 10th, 2013

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Actually, now you mention it, wasn't there supposed to be more of those Destiny Collector Cards out at E3 this year? I'm sure someone earlier said that there was more to come.
 
Thanks to a kind Gaffer in the key begging thread, I managed to play a few hours last night and this morning. Might try to play a bit more before it all comes down tonight.

I must say, Bungie and Activision are not fucking around with this game. The production values are through the roof. Considering how polished this thing already feels, it comes across as a bit disingenuous to call it an Alpha.

I haven't seen too much of it yet, but the gameplay seems quite fun. I love the visuals and the generally dream like atmosphere to the whole thing. They definitely have my interested in the setting and story.

With that said, and I hope this doesn't come across as port begging, but I sure would love to play this at 60 fps on a PC. The controls felt a bit sluggish in some of the more frantic combat scenarios due to the frame rate and that is a damn shame. Either way, I'll probably break down and pre-order to get Beta access. Very excited to see more of this game.
 
Been a great weekend with the alpha will be a ittle sad when it ends in a few hours. Although the Beta isn't too far away.

Hanging around online for this event though.
 
Yeha I can't seem to get into a Tower that has people in it. Just got done with a couple of Strikes in a row, entered the Tower and empty. Left and came back, still empty.

Trying over and over but it never seems to load into a Tower with others in it.
 
Just got in a few Devil Runs before I went into work. First 2 ones were with groups that wouldn't work as a team and got stuffed on the Spider Tank. 3rd run I got grouped up with a solid team and dropped the Spider Tank in like 5 minutes. The Devil didn't stand a chance. Shit was real fun. Titans are still over powered as hell IMHO. Kinda wish I played more PvP but eh I'll save that for the beta I guess. I gotta figure out a voice chat solution for PS4. I wanted to tell my team mates that we shouldn't all be grouped together while fighting the Spider Tank. I mean shit i'd be in the tunnel working his leg and they would follow me in. I'd move to the other side and work on him from behind that pillar and my team would follow as well.
 
I just witnessed one of those Fallen vs Hive battles. I went through that building you go in during the story mission. The area it leads to is where it happened.
 
reKon said:
So good
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Surprised how great remote play worked. Binding Sprint to the down on the d-pad seemed like a horrible idea, but in practice, works really well. I have to adjust how my thumb sits on the stick a bit, but other than that, its easy enough to hit sprint without taking my thumb of the movement stick.

I really hope the characters are stored server side on one set of server so i can play the same character on XB1 and PS4. My friends all have XB1, but i really want the option of playing remote play why my GF catches up on crappy TV.
 
Yeah getting annoying I can't get into a Tower session that loads in others.

Turned the game off and back on. Came back from a Strike and went into the Tower, etc.

It seems to be so random as to when you are loaded into a Tower session with other people around.
 
Well, I made a character on an alt account since I still can't get in on my main. Currently hanging out in an empty Tower instance =( but playing with the purple balloon-like ball that has amused me greatly throughout the alpha lol.
 
I think the fact that their planning 4 games for this is going to be overwhelming. I'm going to end up still playing Destiny 1 while friends may end up playing Destiny 2. I would rather them do two releases in total and both having a ton of DC. Activision is going to exhaust this series a bit if they do the 4 separate games.
 
IAmRandom31 said:
Yeha I can't seem to get into a Tower that has people in it. Just got done with a couple of Strikes in a row, entered the Tower and empty. Left and came back, still empty.

Trying over and over but it never seems to load into a Tower with others in it.
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Me either, i'm just there on my own playing with the balls.
Like real life i suppose.
 
FYI on the Tower map there seems to be an "Event" marker on the top of the tower near the class vendors. Don't know if its related for the event coming or not but still... it is marked as the bronze world rotating thingo.

Also since my Tower has always been empty would appreciate if people added me so i might be able to get into a populated tower: CmdrN7Shepard
 
I've been in the Town for the past hour and 45 minutes waiting for this event. It's fairly populated. It's the first time I have seen so many people there.
 
Namikaze1 said:
I've been in the Town for the past hour and 45 minutes waiting for this event. It's fairly populated. It's the first time I have seen so many people there.
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I've only ever seen people in town once. WHY DO I ALWAYS GET THE GLITCH >:|

Looks like I'm gonna miss out on this event.
 
I'm planning on getting this for my PS3, but i'm slightly concerned that the game is going to chug on the old hardware. Do we know nothing about the old-gen versions?
 
CmdrShepard said:
FYI on the Tower map there seems to be an "Event" marker on the top of the tower near the class vendors. Don't know if its related for the event coming or not but still... it is marked as the bronze world rotating thingo.

Also since my Tower has always been empty would appreciate if people added me so i might be able to get into a populated tower: CmdrN7Shepard
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Adding you.

RoboPlato said:
Damn, not seeing anyone at the tower right now. Was hoping for a big dance party.
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That's what I did earlier with a bunch of strangers. More male characters joined in than females. :(
 
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