Destiny Beta Thread: Moon wizards make Pet Sounds with space magic in a bottle
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DoomGyver
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Looks like I'm not gonna be spending that much time with the beta.
Damn my work schedule! Whatever, still getting the game day 1.
I have to work 36 hours this weekend.
hypotc
Member
I have to work 36 hours this weekend.
I feel your pain. I'm working 0 hours this weekend, hope this helps!
I'm sorry
Admiral Woofington
Member
The colonies are not pleased.
Sorry, beating this drum again, but I'm just getting clarification, because this literally determines if we can play this game at all (zero interest in PvP).
On the Destiny site, under "Explore", it never once mentions a 3 player limit. This would be the "Free Roam" mode from the alpha.
However, under "Strike", it very specifically says "three guardians strong".
This really is misleading if it is 3 players max in Explore... and pretty much a hype killer for us. =\
ComputerMKII
Banned
An employee in my new workplace is leaving so we're all gonna have a drink and maybe even a party on friday evening I said I'd be there because it's good to get to know your colleagues better, but still...
Let me play the goddamn beta D:
I said I'd be there because it's good to get to know your colleagues better, but still...Let me play the goddamn beta D:
names2hard4you
Member
I'm working only a few hours, since I work for a University and we are running under summer hours... Regardless I'll only be getting home around 6-7PM, after which I will be Golden until I'm knocked out. Looking forward to seeing you all out there!
PS: Has Bungie already started emailing out the beta codes? I've been kind of busy, but I checked my inbox and there's still nothing there.
PS: Has Bungie already started emailing out the beta codes? I've been kind of busy, but I checked my inbox and there's still nothing there.
Yep, 404 for me too
All classes breakdown in action if you are still undecided:
http://youtu.be/gjUpbeN9sQg
http://youtu.be/gjUpbeN9sQg
mine works fine
Ephemeris
Member
I realized I've only ever played as the Warlock . :/
I may go as a Titan, not sure why it got the least amount of love in the Poll.
edit
I like how I missed this post lol
Will watch at break-time.
I may go as a Titan, not sure why it got the least amount of love in the Poll.
edit
I like how I missed this post lol
Will watch at break-time.
DoomGyver
Member
I feel your pain. I'm working 0 hours this weekend, hope this helps!
I'm sorry
I'm working 0 hours next weekend.
Yu Narukami
Member
Some people were speculating level 8 again earlier.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I know almost nothing about this game and don't know what class to play as in th-
SWEET
SWEET
I suspect 12-14 as it would give us access to Blue (rare) weapons and next level of super.
I think Bungie would want to give us extra treats for sharing/playing the beta experience.
Plus this thread would go insane, like Smash Brother Thread insane.
Hmm mixed experiences here then with the website. Are you in the EU or US?
I can see that the code is redeemed on my companion app but I can't see the actual code :/
Nyteshade517
Member
CHROM CONFIRMED AS 4TH CLASS?!?
(Did I do that right?...I've never been in that thread before...lol)
Maybe the Vanguard Armory Pack
http://www.destinythegame.com/wheretobuy/vanguard-armory
lol pretty much but add that reply times 1000 every second plus shulk stuff.
the website was down for quite some time this morning whilst they applied the update, so I would expect high traffic and errors for at least part of today as people who are trying to redeem their codes hammer the site, be patient it'll soon smooth out.
We still have 1 day 3 hours and 58 minutes until we can start panicking about codes.
I think that is like the key that'll apply once the beta is open to unlock it.
Jest Chillin
Member
There can be 3 players max in a Fireteam in Explore, however you can come across other players while in Explore and you can play together but they can't be in your Fireteam and once you move from one area to the next, they'll just sort of disappear.
They want players to be able to run across other Guardians but they don't want the world to feel overrun with Guardians. It's still supposed to feel like a Frontier and like the Guardians are severely outnumbered by deadly foes.
Free Roam is 1-3 players. A strike requires exactly 3 players. You cannot do a strike on your own. If you enter it solo, the game will assign you two other people who are also in the queue.
edit: beaten like a Hunter who tries to mess with a Warlock...
edit2:
Where are these from? O_O
I need my code now man! I know it ain't playable yet but it's a start!
*insert dave chapelle crackhead gif*
As someone who has a fully installed beta on my PS4 it's even worse, seeing it, having the little 10 second sound clip and then a failure message when trying to open it.
Jest Chillin
Member
Yet I am a Hunter. ;p
Vinterbird
Member
(I'm unsure if this is even interesting to people, so sorry in advance if this is old news or really fucking boring)
So, as we are on the verge of having the beta come crashing down on us all. I thought it would be worth a moment to take a look back at what we know about Destiny, and more specially all the stuff we weren't supposed to know about. Especially the future of Destiny and the business side of all of this.
During the lawsuit between Activision and West & Zampella during 2012, we got something that rarely happens: An actual contract between an game publisher and an game developer.
Specifically this was the contract for Destiny, or Tiger.
The Bungie and Activision collaboration that would span an decade.
And in this soon to be beta world, I thought it would be interesting looking at the contract and what we know today, in order to see just what changed and perhaps a look into the future of the franchise.
Important stuff
It's important to note that some stuff has obviously changed between the time the contract was written and what actually happened - such as consoles, launch plans and timing. But I still believe that this contract gives us an honest look into Bungies plans, and what the business side of game development is actually like.
The contract this is taken from is dated back to April 2010, more then four years ago. Which is also why, the contract states things such as Xbox 720 and PS4, which was nicknames given to the current generation consoles long before they were known quantities for Bungie and Activision.
I find all of this stuff incredibly fascinating, and I hope that others will as well, and as a side benefit get an deeper understanding of all the work that goes into creating a video game, franchise and how far ahead all of this crazy stuff is actually planned.
If you want to read the contract in its entirety, and you should, it's available here - http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/357988-bungie-activision-contract.html#document/p1
What Bungie and Activision planned orignally
Originally Bungie and Activision agreed on the following:
- Four retail Destiny games
- Four digital expansions
- DLC releases inbetween retail and expansion releases
(Source: Page 1, section 1 - "Products")
Destiny release timing
The original release date for Destiny was, as of the contract writing, Fall 2013, which we now know was pushed by a whole year.
So something slipped at some point between 2010 and 2013 where they decided to move the game. This could either have been an decision based around the arrival of the new consoles or old fashioned delay of things taking longer then originally anticipated.
An theory as to what happened could be Bungies original plans to have Destiny release only on Xbox 360, with an PS3 version coming the year after. Ramping up to launch on four platforms on the same day would require a much large time investment, and ressources.
The future of Destiny
Bungie and Activision is planning to bombard us with Destiny for the next decade.
This will happen with sequels and expansions planned to come every other year. So one year has an retail game while the other year the big focus is an expansion. So it would go like this (I've changed the years to reflect current release timing for Destiny 1):
Fall 2014 - Destiny 1 Retail
Fall 2015 - Comet #1 Digital
Fall 2016 - Destiny 2 Retail
Fall 2017 - Comet #2 Digital
Fall 2018 - Destiny 3 Retail
Fall 2019 - Comet #3
Fall 2020 - Destiny 4
Fall 2021 - Comet #4
(Source page 2, Section 1A - Release Plan)
But what are these expansions (Comets)? As an online connected game, it would make sense to have them be large DLC packs, but that would also mean Activision loosing retail awareness for an entire year.
So what are their plans?
The contract might give os an look into this. As it explicitely says that the expansions are digital only:
This could mean for the future, that we might see either physical download-cards come to retail next year or an GOTY like thing, with both the main game and Comet #1.
In terms of content, these Comet releases will be larger then the DLC planned to sustain Destiny between the yearly releases:
Which leads me to the big question:
Whether the currently announced "Expansion Pass" from Bungie, is what we can expect to be the Comet #1 release, or if that plus smaller micro-DLC releases will be what will tie users over until Fall next year when Comet #1 releases.
Right now that is anyones guess. Personally, I expect the two currently announced packs to be released within the games first six months, and then we will get an Comet #1 announcement come E3 2015.
In regards to actual production, it's worth noting that for all the releases, whether being digital or physical, everything is set to be developed by the Licensor, which is stated as being Bungie. So there will be no outsourcing to Raven or similiar Activision studios for creating DLC releases.
It's also worth remembering that since this was back in 2010, Bungie would already at this point have some part of their game ready to show Activision, and with an well documented ten year plan, we should probably expect that a large part of Bungie is as of now deep into development of Comet#1 and Destiny Game#2.
Destiny and the PC
As of now, Destiny is not announced for the PC, but we should expect an eventual PC release. Looking at the contract, it's stated that we can expect Destiny Game #2 to be avalable on PC.
I would say that this will probably hold true for the future, as I can't imagine Bungie doesn't have their hands full at the moment.
So, as we are on the verge of having the beta come crashing down on us all. I thought it would be worth a moment to take a look back at what we know about Destiny, and more specially all the stuff we weren't supposed to know about. Especially the future of Destiny and the business side of all of this.
During the lawsuit between Activision and West & Zampella during 2012, we got something that rarely happens: An actual contract between an game publisher and an game developer.
Specifically this was the contract for Destiny, or Tiger.
The Bungie and Activision collaboration that would span an decade.
And in this soon to be beta world, I thought it would be interesting looking at the contract and what we know today, in order to see just what changed and perhaps a look into the future of the franchise.
Important stuff
It's important to note that some stuff has obviously changed between the time the contract was written and what actually happened - such as consoles, launch plans and timing. But I still believe that this contract gives us an honest look into Bungies plans, and what the business side of game development is actually like.
The contract this is taken from is dated back to April 2010, more then four years ago. Which is also why, the contract states things such as Xbox 720 and PS4, which was nicknames given to the current generation consoles long before they were known quantities for Bungie and Activision.
I find all of this stuff incredibly fascinating, and I hope that others will as well, and as a side benefit get an deeper understanding of all the work that goes into creating a video game, franchise and how far ahead all of this crazy stuff is actually planned.
If you want to read the contract in its entirety, and you should, it's available here - http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/357988-bungie-activision-contract.html#document/p1
What Bungie and Activision planned orignally
Originally Bungie and Activision agreed on the following:
- Four retail Destiny games
- Four digital expansions
- DLC releases inbetween retail and expansion releases
(Source: Page 1, section 1 - "Products")
Destiny release timing
The original release date for Destiny was, as of the contract writing, Fall 2013, which we now know was pushed by a whole year.
So something slipped at some point between 2010 and 2013 where they decided to move the game. This could either have been an decision based around the arrival of the new consoles or old fashioned delay of things taking longer then originally anticipated.
An theory as to what happened could be Bungies original plans to have Destiny release only on Xbox 360, with an PS3 version coming the year after. Ramping up to launch on four platforms on the same day would require a much large time investment, and ressources.
The future of Destiny
Bungie and Activision is planning to bombard us with Destiny for the next decade.
This will happen with sequels and expansions planned to come every other year. So one year has an retail game while the other year the big focus is an expansion. So it would go like this (I've changed the years to reflect current release timing for Destiny 1):
Fall 2014 - Destiny 1 Retail
Fall 2015 - Comet #1 Digital
Fall 2016 - Destiny 2 Retail
Fall 2017 - Comet #2 Digital
Fall 2018 - Destiny 3 Retail
Fall 2019 - Comet #3
Fall 2020 - Destiny 4
Fall 2021 - Comet #4
(Source page 2, Section 1A - Release Plan)
But what are these expansions (Comets)? As an online connected game, it would make sense to have them be large DLC packs, but that would also mean Activision loosing retail awareness for an entire year.
So what are their plans?
The contract might give os an look into this. As it explicitely says that the expansions are digital only:
This could mean for the future, that we might see either physical download-cards come to retail next year or an GOTY like thing, with both the main game and Comet #1.
In terms of content, these Comet releases will be larger then the DLC planned to sustain Destiny between the yearly releases:
Source - Page 2, Section 1A - Release Plan.
Which leads me to the big question:
Whether the currently announced "Expansion Pass" from Bungie, is what we can expect to be the Comet #1 release, or if that plus smaller micro-DLC releases will be what will tie users over until Fall next year when Comet #1 releases.
Right now that is anyones guess. Personally, I expect the two currently announced packs to be released within the games first six months, and then we will get an Comet #1 announcement come E3 2015.
In regards to actual production, it's worth noting that for all the releases, whether being digital or physical, everything is set to be developed by the Licensor, which is stated as being Bungie. So there will be no outsourcing to Raven or similiar Activision studios for creating DLC releases.
It's also worth remembering that since this was back in 2010, Bungie would already at this point have some part of their game ready to show Activision, and with an well documented ten year plan, we should probably expect that a large part of Bungie is as of now deep into development of Comet#1 and Destiny Game#2.
Destiny and the PC
As of now, Destiny is not announced for the PC, but we should expect an eventual PC release. Looking at the contract, it's stated that we can expect Destiny Game #2 to be avalable on PC.
I would say that this will probably hold true for the future, as I can't imagine Bungie doesn't have their hands full at the moment.
A little confused here. I have two preorder codes, both from an X1 preorder.
When I go to Choose Platform, I'd like to have one download for the X1 and another for the ps4. I don't see an option for this though.
When I go to select X1 it asks if I'm sure and I won't be able to change.
Will I be cake to Select Platform again for the second beta code I already entered?
Any ideas?
When I go to Choose Platform, I'd like to have one download for the X1 and another for the ps4. I don't see an option for this though.
When I go to select X1 it asks if I'm sure and I won't be able to change.
Will I be cake to Select Platform again for the second beta code I already entered?
Any ideas?
There should be two separate drop downs for you to select a platform. I may be remembering wrong, however.
SocksAndShoes
Banned
Yeah same here.
Yeah I get the same message. Maybe we have to wait until the Beta starts? There are ~100 people in the group who have already set it as their clan though
Nyteshade517
Member
It worked last night...guess there are still some bugs they have to work out with the site
As a Warlock I must admit this stings a little.
Nice find! I agree with you. The currently announced DLC seems too small to be
Comet#1 (according to my ass). I expect them to add new planets with every Comet release while the DLC seems to add some more missions / strikes / loot / PvP maps.
And the circle is complete. I've been hyped for Destiny for so long that I've actually forgot content of the early footage which seems completely new and mindblowing to me now. They never have to release the game. I'll just gradually cycle through the released footage and enter a never ending hype state.
Dat 500 million Dollar marketing. Well played Bungie / Activision, well played indeed...
I know that's not the actual marketing budget.
can you possibly screenshot it? I will take a look...
Sent ya a PM Skel. Lol not sure how to upload screenshots from my phone. Thanks for the offer btw.
names2hard4you
Member
Same thing here. Bungie is probably doing some maintenance for tomorrow.
everyday math
Banned
Kinda weird that Bungie left out imputing codes in the mobile app.
Dude, I don't have a day off till Monday. By that time, people would have already maxed out their Guardians.I have to work 36 hours this weekend.
Well I suppose that it isn't really going to be a perm feature I guess..
Although that rules out them making a trading card game with redeemable codes....
At least for now that is...
I can see that I have it redeemed, I just can't view the code so that I can enter it. You can see redeemed codes at the account settings tab.
Super frustrating
BigEvilTurtle
Banned
Unbanned, finally! The alpha was awesome and I'm stoked for the beta. I joined the group on Bungie; add me buds!
Bungie: BigEvilTurtle
Gamertag: BigEvilTurtle (Xbox One)
I'll be a hunter of course. The best class.
Bungie: BigEvilTurtle
Gamertag: BigEvilTurtle (Xbox One)
I'll be a hunter of course. The best class.
Xplatformer
Member
Wait,
Do I need to be added to DestinyGAF again?
XplatformJEDI
playstation clan
please.
Do I need to be added to DestinyGAF again?
XplatformJEDI
playstation clan
please.
Nyteshade517
Member
and sucks more because the Beta is down Monday and Tuesday for maintenance
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