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[Haines]

How do I play coop with people? Do I have to add people on pan first?

I don't have any friends on my new gamer tag.

 

[Thug Larz]

I played some multiplayer for the first time, and it was good... it was damn good.

Only problem I can see is not being able to tell if an opponent is supercharged to do their ability or not? Pretty much a one hit kill if they can, although I myself enjoyed tossing the Nova bomb to unsuspecting victims so maybe that balances out

Glad I enjoyed the beta because I was not sure of the game, I know we're meant to be "testing" but I enjoyed it.

Hey, it's Lars here from Bungie. You can see when both friendlies and enemies have their Super charged through the nameplates above their head. It will be pulsing yellow when their Super is ready. You do have to target an enemy to get this information, but we felt like that balanced out the ability to tell if they could one-shot you.

You're welcome.

 

[Trickster]

Is there one zone per planet? How many planets? someone posted we'll go to venus, earth, mars, moon, saturn and jupiter?

I mean the full game wouldn't have you go on five misisons in old russia, that would be awful. and i hope the lvling is accelerated or something. Generally it was a good taste of the final game but really has me anxious if the lvl cap isn't above 20.

I mean there should be vendors and stuff on other planets.

We know for certain that we will go to Earth, The Moon, Mars, Venus and some place called The Reef.

Unfortunately, Bungie has have been incredibly secretive and vague about what we can expect there to be in the game beyond that. So we don't actually know for certain if there will be multiple zones per planet.

 

[Fehyd]

Do we know if the only difficulty on the final game will be Normal and Hard?


I want Extreme pls

In the Alpha there was a "Legend" difficulty as well, from what I remember.

 

[Diprosalic]

not sure if i enjoy PVP, they tacked to much CoDs and Titanfall BS that the Bungie Halo's always avoided and 343 tried to implement in H4. :/

 

[Snoshado]

This "transferring game content" crap is so annoying. What the hell is it even doing? I've been waiting for almost two hours and it's still not even 50% done.

I dunno, probably downloading the 11GB Beta?

 

[Trouble]

Is today the day Dinklage takes the lead?

 

[Fehyd]

Hey, it's Lars here from Bungie. You can see when both friendlies and enemies have their Super charged through the nameplates above their head. It will be pulsing yellow when their Super is ready. You do have to target an enemy to get this information, but we felt like that balanced out the ability to tell if they could one-shot you.

You're welcome.

Oh crap. Hello Lars! You're about to get a billion billion messages from Gaf'ers . LOL

 

[Kinitari]

Has anyone gotten and equipable blues yet?

 

[Gaz_RB]

Is today the day Dinklage takes the lead?

I like to think that he's siphoning votes from Titan, and without him, Titan would be in the lead.

 

[Fehyd]

I like to think that he's siphoning votes from Titan, and without him, Titan would be in the lead.

I actually like to think that endgame Titans will be in demand due to the class breakdown, which makes Titan players all the more awesome.

 

[J-Skee]

Haven't seen it yet, but does anybody know if it's possible to switch classes?

 

[Fehyd]

Haven't seen it yet, but does anybody know if it's possible to switch classes?

At the moment you just roll a new character. Some stuff is shared between your characters though, and you can transfer weapons using your bank.

 

[toastyToast]

Rare items being unusable again is just mean. Got Hunter to 8 tonight, think I'll do Titan as well and leave it at that (maybe a little Crucible too). Don't want to overdo it.

 

[Trickster]

Haven't seen it yet, but does anybody know if it's possible to switch classes?

Do you mean subclass? I mean you can't create a hunter, level it to lvl 8, and then change that hunter into a titan.

 

[J-Skee]

At the moment you just roll a new character. Some stuff is shared between your characters though, and you can transfer weapons using your bank.

Cool, thank you.

 

[Shrike_Priest]

Sounds like a quiet fireteam. Did you try talking to them to see if they could hear you? Voice chat was working fine for me last night.

So the icon in the lower right corner is not an indicator that I should be getting audio from them?

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

So Crucible is pretty bad, right? It feels like a really broken and mediocre Halo deathmatch. I can't tell if I just need to get better at it.

 

[The Lamonster]

Hey, it's Lars here from Bungie. You can see when both friendlies and enemies have their Super charged through the nameplates above their head. It will be pulsing yellow when their Super is ready. You do have to target an enemy to get this information, but we felt like that balanced out the ability to tell if they could one-shot you.

You're welcome.

Lars, my muscle memory cries when I can't melee with circle. Please give us a "recon" Halo-esque control scheme!

 

[Dominator]

Finally got to play some regular missions with a fireteam of friends, and this game just became so much better. I liked it by myself but damn, this is awesome with buds.

 

[Trouble]

I like to think that he's siphoning votes from Titan, and without him, Titan would be in the lead.

Sorry I missed your invite earlier. I get a bit tunnel-visioned sometimes when I'm playing.

 

[J-Skee]

Do you mean subclass? I mean you can't create a hunter, level it to lvl 8, and then change that hunter into a titan.

Or at least make a new character. I just wanna try the other classes out. I don't wanna marry myself to a particular class just yet.

 

[matthieuC]

Is there one zone per planet? How many planets? someone posted we'll go to venus, earth, mars, moon, saturn and jupiter?

I mean the full game wouldn't have you go on five misisons in old russia, that would be awful. and i hope the lvling is accelerated or something. Generally it was a good taste of the final game but really has me anxious if the lvl cap isn't above 20.

I mean there should be vendors and stuff on other planets.

There are multiple zones per planet. On Earth, these places are confirmed: Old Russia (obviously), Swamps of Chicago, Mumbai Push, Eastern Flood Zone, and the European Dead Zone. Also the city, tower and the wall. Plus maybe some others.

Confirmed locations on the Moon: The accelerator, the hellmouth and the moonbase. Likely more that are unknown.

The only confirmed location on Venus is the citadel, again, there are likely more.

There is no information on mercury locations, but the planet has been seen in trailers.

Mars locations so far: Dust Palace, Charlemagne's vault and the Mars' exclusion zone.

Nothing has been said about Jupiter, but it has been shown in an E3 trailer. However there is some concept art of Jupiter's moon Europa. Also since Jupiter is gaseous I doubt we'll play on it but idk.

Not much is known about Saturn except for the face that there are derelict spaceships floating around its rings.

Nothing has been revealed on Uranus, Neptune or Pluto. Maybe they're in the launch game, maybe they're DLC, idk.

I think this game is going to have a TON of content with plenty to do. I'm very excited for launch and for the 360 beta next week.

 

[PrivateWHudson]

MOAR

This in a similar bright orange instead of green would make me very happy.

 

[T.O.P]

Oh god the pvp is so much fun

 

[VanCityGamer]

I hear what you're saying. For me personally, I found that the story, while it didn't wow me with quality VA, left me wanting to know more. Like who is this Rasputin warmind and what is it that he is protecting in the cosmodrome? What exactly is the Traveller? Where does it come from? We know so little. The game just basically says hey, you were dead, the ghost brought you back to life. The Traveller helped bring about a golden age and humans spread across the solar system only to have the Darkness, which we know nothing about, nearly wipe humans out. Now you have been brought back to life to help reclaim what was lost and stop the Darkness from finishing the job it sent out to do however long ago. That premise alone gives me a nerdy boner. I think it also sets the stage for a lot of really cool stories about the past lore to fit into the games narrative, like who you were in the past and why you are so important, were you a soldier during "the collapse"? Who knows? I feel they have done a good job just giving us a basic idea of whats going on without spoiling too much of the story. But to each his own I guess. I can see where you are comming from too though I'm more in the happy with what Ive seen so far camp.

Yeah, that's a totally fair viewpoint. And don't get me wrong - I'm very excited to play the full game, and feel the premise has huge potential for great stories to be told.

I was just disappointed by how the beginning was executed. I feel they could've done a much better job of introducing the world in an engaging way. The character is just told to do a sequence of tasks, and then goes about doing them without showing any regard for the significance/craziness of the situation he finds himself in.

Go get yourself a ship: OK, here's one...kill a few guys to get it. OK, now go chat to some dude who can very briefly tell you about a huge war against some Darkness. Brief cut scene. Sure, I'll join the fight against some Darkness...why not. Now let's go upgrade our ship so we can travel to other planets. Not that we've even outlined any immediate reason/objective for needing to go to other planets right now. It moves from one objective to the next without much narrative flow. It doesn't help that I found the missions to be rather mundane. And it felt like you were just kind of plopped down in locations without much context.

When I compare it to other games I've played over the past year: The Last of Us, Infamous: Second Son, AC4, South Park, etc...I never got the same sense of lacking context in those games and of feeling like the plot just kind of plops around.

Very much agree and some of the set-up/storytelling may have been abbreviated for the beta. We don't know.

Yeah, it's possible. In my first post on the topic, I asked if anyone knew whether or not things have been cut from the introduction sequences. Because that IS what it feels like....which is the problem I have with it. But there isn't any real evidence at this point to suggest that what we have in the Beta isn't the complete first couple of hours of the actual game.

 

[Nyteshade517]

So I finally reached level 8 with my Titan. I just finished story mission 5 and I guess that's the last one because I can't access the Moon.

Do you get good gear from Exploration? I'd like to gather up before I head into the Crucible.

And what is the fastest way to earn some Glimmer? I wanna buy myself a new ship or Sparrow. :T

easiest way to get a new Sparrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakRwAUprY0

 

[Hoodbury]

So the icon in the lower right corner is not an indicator that I should be getting audio from them?

It is. Doesn't mean the audio it was picking up was them talking to you. Seems like some people have their mics plugged in but not up on their head so you are just picking up background noises.

 

[Fehyd]

Yeah, it's possible. In my first post on the topic, I asked if anyone knew whether or not things have been cut from the introduction sequences. Because that IS what it feels like....which is the problem I have with it. But there isn't any real evidence at this point to suggest that what we have in the Beta isn't the complete first couple of hours of the actual game.

Well, we also don't know how old this build of the Beta is either. Its been in testing with family and friends for a bit, and we don't know from what internal version it was culled.

The Alpha was several months old at least when it was released to most of us, so there's really no telling how far ahead the general build of the game is from this point.

 

[VanWinkle]

Do you think each planet will have their own plants and items to mine, like Earth has that metal plant thing (blanking on the name). Or, do you think each planet will have the same items?

There are multiple zones per planet. On Earth, these places are confirmed: Old Russia (obviously), Swamps of Chicago, Mumbai Push, Eastern Flood Zone, and the European Dead Zone. Also the city, tower and the wall. Plus maybe some others.

Confirmed locations on the Moon: The accelerator, the hellmouth and the moonbase. Likely more that are unknown.

The only confirmed location on Venus is the citadel, again, there are likely more.

There is no information on mercury locations, but the planet has been seen in trailers.

Mars locations so far: Dust Palace, Charlemagne's vault and the Mars' exclusion zone.

Nothing has been said about Jupiter, but it has been shown in an E3 trailer. However there is some concept art of Jupiter's moon Europa. Also since Jupiter is gaseous I doubt we'll play on it but idk.

Not much is known about Saturn except for the face that there are derelict spaceships floating around its rings.

Nothing has been revealed on Uranus, Neptune or Pluto. Maybe they're in the launch game, maybe they're DLC, idk.

I think this game is going to have a TON of content with plenty to do. I'm very excited for launch and for the 360 beta next week.

Oh man, I had no idea! I was HOPING for multiple locations on each planet but I didn't know there definitely was. That's awesome! Hope we get a city-like environment (even if it's sort of in ruins) in the Chicago location.

Oh, and MY GOODNESS! That Jupiter's moon concept art! I want that location so bad!

 

[PrivateWHudson]

Or at least make a new character. I just wanna try the other classes out. I don't wanna marry myself to a particular class just yet.

There's a new slot right below your character when you go to load the game.

 

[Tekku]

easiest way to get a new Sparrow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakRwAUprY0

Oh thanks! I didn't know that. Gonna go ahead and search for those treasures now.

Can you reach the end of Devils Lair without entering the Strike?

 

[doctordoak]

not sure if i enjoy PVP, they tacked to much CoDs and Titanfall BS that the Bungie Halo's always avoided and 343 tried to implement in H4. :/

I'm with you. I just can't get into Control at all.

 

[IAmRandom31]

guys i have made a topic on bungie feedback forum about how useless hipfiring is, if u feel the same way please support the suggestion to make hipfiring more accurate. really want bungie to change this

http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/66443246/0/0

Hip firing with fusion rifle or pistol or shotgun is all I do. No support. There are also weapon skills that increase hip firing ability

 

[majik13]

anyone know whats up with the black smoke doorways, is that just how they are blocking off access to other areas in the beta, or something else? Is that the darkness?

 

[Nyteshade517]

Oh thanks! I didn't know that. Gonna go ahead and search for those treasures now.

Can you reach the end of Devils Lair without entering the Strike?

I have no idea. I got the first 4 chests then did that one last once I went on the Strike.

 

[Hedrush]

It is. Doesn't mean the audio it was picking up was them talking to you. Seems like some people have their mics plugged in but not up on their head so you are just picking up background noises.

I thought the icon bottom right was the mic for yourself. It flashes when YOU talk I'm sure. Disconnect your mic and see if it goes away.

 

[trance-ecj]

There are multiple zones per planet. On Earth, these places are confirmed: Old Russia (obviously), Swamps of Chicago, Mumbai Push, Eastern Flood Zone, and the European Dead Zone. Also the city, tower and the wall. Plus maybe some others.

These are NOT confirmed locations, minus Old Russia. Those other places only had a brief concept art slide from some panel with Bungie, and when they popped up in the talk, at no point were they mentioned as actual confirmed locations. People just saw the artwork and automatically assumed them to be places to visit. I would not get your hopes up for places like Old Chicago.

Hey, it's Lars here from Bungie. You can see when both friendlies and enemies have their Super charged through the nameplates above their head. It will be pulsing yellow when their Super is ready. You do have to target an enemy to get this information, but we felt like that balanced out the ability to tell if they could one-shot you.

You're welcome.

Wow! Super awesome of you to post that information!

 

[Twilight Gap]

anyone know whats up with the black smoke doorways, is that just how they are blocking off access to other areas in the beta, or something else? Is that the darkness?

theyre monster closets/enemy spawn hives

 

[Haines]

Finally got to play some regular missions with a fireteam of friends, and this game just became so much better. I liked it by myself but damn, this is awesome with buds.

I'm playing it solo and I feel it would be way more fun with a fireteam. Is there a way in game to meet up with people or do I hav to add people off forums

 

[Twilight Gap]

Hey, it's Lars here from Bungie. You can see when both friendlies and enemies have their Super charged through the nameplates above their head. It will be pulsing yellow when their Super is ready. You do have to target an enemy to get this information, but we felt like that balanced out the ability to tell if they could one-shot you.

You're welcome.

thanks for stopping by. would you mind explaining how weapon damage in pvp works?
there were some questions earlier

 

[IAmRandom31]

I just found a badass blue rarity shotgun but it is lv. 10! It is so badass! Bungie whhhhyyyyyyyyyy

 

[majik13]

theyre monster closets/enemy spawn hives

ah, so essesntially the creeping darkness. Kinda lame, but oh well.

I'm playing it solo and I feel it would be way more fun with a fireteam. Is there a way in game to meet up with people or do I hav to add people off forums

there is a way in game I beleive, but I have never done it. ithink when you are looking at a player, "R3" icon pops up to inspect them. ithink maybe in that menu you can join them, or send an invite?

 

[Trouble]

theyre monster closets/enemy spawn hives

It's odd that you can go into some monster closets (and maybe find a chest), but some have the black smoke.

 

[Dany]

There are multiple zones per planet. On Earth, these places are confirmed: Old Russia (obviously), Swamps of Chicago, Mumbai Push, Eastern Flood Zone, and the European Dead Zone. Also the city, tower and the wall. Plus maybe some others.

Confirmed locations on the Moon: The accelerator, the hellmouth and the moonbase. Likely more that are unknown.

The only confirmed location on Venus is the citadel, again, there are likely more.

There is no information on mercury locations, but the planet has been seen in trailers.

Mars locations so far: Dust Palace, Charlemagne's vault and the Mars' exclusion zone.

Nothing has been said about Jupiter, but it has been shown in an E3 trailer. However there is some concept art of Jupiter's moon Europa. Also since Jupiter is gaseous I doubt we'll play on it but idk.

Not much is known about Saturn except for the face that there are derelict spaceships floating around its rings.

Nothing has been revealed on Uranus, Neptune or Pluto. Maybe they're in the launch game, maybe they're DLC, idk.

I think this game is going to have a TON of content with plenty to do. I'm very excited for launch and for the 360 beta next week.

This is really good to hear. Thanks.

 

[daffy]

So Crucible is pretty bad, right? It feels like a really broken and mediocre Halo deathmatch. I can't tell if I just need to get better at it.

how in the world does it feel like deathmatch.. The only available mode is zone capture. And how is it broken, you can do well with the beginner weapons. Explain yourself

 

[VanWinkle]

These are NOT confirmed locations, minus Old Russia. Those other places only had a brief concept art slide from some panel with Bungie, and when they popped up in the talk, at no point were they mentioned as actual confirmed locations. People just saw the artwork and automatically assumed them to be places to visit. I would not get your hopes up for places like Old Chicago.

You just crushed my hopes.

 

[ThirtyPlus]

Guys.

Guys!

Why did no one tell me about handcannons before now?

Sooo good.

 

[Liu Kang Baking A Pie]

how in the world does it feel like deathmatch.. The only available mode is zone capture. And how is it broken, you can do well with the beginner weapons. Explain yourself

Because I'm shooting at people.

The main game's guns feel good. In deathmatch, everything feels like garbage.

 

[majik13]

so is everyone just assuming now that we will in fact not be able to explore the huge expanse outside the wall(where the game begins), like what was suggested in the first Destiny reveal.

i actually havent even tried to explore it in the beta, but I am guessing its no different than the alpha, since no one has mentioned anything.