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[LTWood12]

Cool article from Kirk @ Kotaku about Destiny's UI Design.

http://kotaku.com/what-destiny-s-menus-could-have-looked-like-1765527082

Yesterday at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco I attended a talk titled “Tenacious Design and The Interface of Destiny,” given by Bungie lead UI designer David Candland. Given that I’m A) obsessed with Destiny and B) obsessed with video game UI in general and Destiny’s UI in particular, this talk was as squarely up my alley as a game design talk can be.

 

[Kor of Memory]

Cool article from Kirk @ Kotaku about Destiny's UI Design.

http://kotaku.com/what-destiny-s-menus-could-have-looked-like-1765527082

This is gorgeous.

 

[optimus8936]

Me with the Highest Elo and lowest KD...

Cause that's how Ape do yah'll

Igor is clearly just a murder machine.

Spoiler

He just snipes everyone before I can get there

Tripmines yo! Great post John. Love seeing this stuff!

The funny thing is that the lowest elo team was your final boss, go matchmaking

 

[TheAquaticApe]

The funny thing is that the lowest elo team was your final boss, go matchmaking

I know right? Elo and MM is such an odd thing at times.

I still don't get how my Elo climbed so much in Y2.

 

[Kor of Memory]

Holy shit!

Is this a Cabal vendor!?

Edit:

Evidence the Grimoire was originally in-game:

 

[igordennis]

The funny thing is that the lowest elo team was your final boss, go matchmaking

Yeah that was crazy. Still happens sometimes in year 2 but its rare as fuck. Seems like that 3rd game was super sweaty though.

 

[GreyWind]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ibh3SLqwHc

Still my favorite Destiny video. The nostalgia is real. It's cool to feel like I was a part of absolutely every meta, discovery, trend and discussion of Y1 Destiny. I guess you had to be there.

I died.

 

[optimus8936]

I know right? Elo and MM is such an odd thing at times.

I still don't get how my Elo climbed so much in Y2.

My ELO has been stuck at 1499 in trials for a long time now haha

Spoiler

hqvent played trials in a little while ):

 

[GreyWind]

Holy shit!

Is this a Cabal vendor!?

That's from the GDC conference about Destiny's UI?

 

[Lnkn52]

Cool article from Kirk @ Kotaku about Destiny's UI Design.

http://kotaku.com/what-destiny-s-menus-could-have-looked-like-1765527082

Bungie did a magnificent job with the ui/ux. The Division has too many actions required to complete one thing.

 

[GreyWind]

Damn I wish I could have been there for that presentation : ( so many great stuff

 

[Night_Knight]

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[WeTeHa]

Anybody want to run VoG HM?

1. WeTeHa
2. Der_Pate
3. Light_Knight_Sky
4.
5.
6.

Can start immediately.

Edit: Night_Knight, you just signed off when I sent you a message

 

[spyder_ur]

Cool stuff on the UI - thanks for posting. One thing that's struck me after playing the Division is just how elegant the Destiny interface is, in most regards.

 

[Kor of Memory]

Bungie did a magnificent job with the ui/ux. The Division has too many actions required to complete one thing.

I don't mind the standard menu, but I really don't care for the director at all. It's not intuitive to a new player, and the different icons don't make sense. And some missions have this dotted line path, that sometimes doesn't even match up with the path you'll take in the mission itself.

I really think that thing needs a lot of work (read: massive overhaul).

 

[TheAquaticApe]

Damn I wish I could have been there for that presentation : ( so many great stuff

GDC usually puts videos of the presentations up for free later in the year. It's part of their GDC vault!

 

[Mass Appeal]

Playing the Division makes me realize just how bad raid matchmaking would be. People I get matched with have a hard enough time staying alive, I can only imagine what would happen when faced with actual mechanics. I've had people go AFK indefinitely, and I have heard of people being being kicked towards the end of the mission so that the party leader could invite a friend to get the loot without doing any of the work.

I have had pretty decent experience with MM in thr division but overall it's been successful. I can understand the complaints about MM in Destiny Raids and I agree with you, raid MM could be a mess just because Raids in Destiny get pretty complex at times but still you gotta give people options. If a player wants to use optional MM for raids, let them.

BUNGIE needs to learn how to respect the players time so incldue MM for everything in Destiny 2 so people can stop complaining abIut lack of MM. I personally would never use raid MM but NF and dailies, sure why not? The options shoulf always be there...

 

[LTWood12]

Closest to final design. Note the sniper rifle in the heavy slot. PvP would be so different.

 

[Kor of Memory]

Closest to final design. Note the sniper rifle in the heavy slot. PvP would be so different.

Hrm....

Is that a 4th element at the bottom? Or did Kinetic get it's own fancy image.

Zoom and enhance!

 

[JohnOfMars]

I know right? Elo and MM is such an odd thing at times.

I still don't get how my Elo climbed so much in Y2.

Slow & steady improvement.

See that surge in ELO in early Feb? That's from playing with me. My low ELO (~1200) lowered the team ELO and thus gave you gains for beating teams you wouldn't otherwise. I boosted Igor similarly. Guardian.gg ELO only makes adjustments based on teams, so its best not to read too much into it.

 

[Slammin_Hammon]

I have had pretty decent experience with MM in thr division but overall it's been successful. I can understand the complaints about MM in Destiny Raids and I agree with you, raid MM could be a mess just because Raids in Destiny get pretty complex at times but still you gotta give people options. If a player wants to use optional MM for raids, let them.

BUNGIE needs to learn how to respect the players time so incldue MM for everything in Destiny 2 so people can stop complaining abIut lack of MM. I personally would never use MM but the option for raids but it should always be there....

Yeah I would imagine with it being a constant discussion point that in Destiny 2 they would probably strongly consider it. I don't know though, Bungie really seems to be up their own ass at times with the decisions they make so I could see them acting as if they are doing the playerbase a favor because nobody could possibly get through the inscrutable raids without nonstop communication even though we know that isn't the case.

 

[Kor of Memory]

Hrm....

Is that a 4th element at the bottom? Or did Kinetic get it's own fancy image.

Zoom and enhance!

Hrmm...

Still can't tell.

This seems to be the current Kinetic damage icon:

Dammit... Do I need to reenable the batcave?

 

[igordennis]

It looks like kinetic for me since its white.

 

[optimus8936]

I'm curious why those are there and what the numbers are for.

 

[Kor of Memory]

I'm curious why those are there and what the numbers are for.

Probably damage resistance like WoW has/had.

 

[the_id]

Doing some PVP with Hammon. Jump in guys.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Holy shit!

Is this a Cabal vendor!?

Edit:

Evidence the Grimoire was originally in-game:

Look at all that cut content only to be added in a future expansion! Shame bungie, shame!

 

[Mindlog]

What will happen first?
Cabal vendor
Sidearm nerf

 

[Ji66a-Man]

Anybody want to run VoG HM?

1. WeTeHa
2. Der_Pate
3. Light_Knight_Sky
4.
5.
6.

Can start immediately.

Edit: Night_Knight, you just signed off when I sent you a message

I'm down.

 

[TheAquaticApe]

Slow & steady improvement.

See that surge in ELO in early Feb? That's from playing with me. My low ELO (~1200) lowered the team ELO and thus gave you gains for beating teams you wouldn't otherwise. I boosted Igor similarly. Guardian.gg ELO only makes adjustments based on teams, so its best not to read too much into it.

So I need to find a new 1200 Elo guy to start playing with I see...Kappa

 

[Kor of Memory]

Man... I just stumbled upon one of my old Plan C videos.

I really miss this thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKF_qNNG-vg

video actually gets good about 1 minute in.

 

[LTWood12]

So I need to find a new 1200 Elo guy to start playing with I see...Kappa

What if I told you I could get you a hell of a deal on a 998 ELO this very weekend?

Spoiler

I'd be AT LEAST 1,098 if not for the vita

 

[TheAquaticApe]

What if I told you I could get you a hell of a deal on a 998 ELO this very weekend?

Spoiler

I'd be AT LEAST 1,098 if not for the vita

Haha LT Yes, we need to play a few cards again...when you're not on Vita Can't you send the family on vacation and you just stay home and Destiny?

 

[LTWood12]

Man... I just stumbled upon one of my old Plan C videos.

I really miss this thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKF_qNNG-vg

video actually gets good about 1 minute in.

My god I forgot how much special ammo you used to have in PvP.

 

[phen0m24]

What if I told you I could get you a hell of a deal on a 998 ELO this very weekend?

Spoiler

I'd be AT LEAST 1,098 if not for the vita

I second this

 

[chur]

Gus the Slovenly for president.

 

[Kor of Memory]

My god I forgot how much special ammo you used to have in PvP.

I thought the same thing. I saw a 37 down there at one point... Jesus, people don't even get 37 kills in a game without major effort.

 

[LTWood12]

Haha LT Yes, we need to play a few cards again...when you're not on Vita Can't you send the family on vacation and you just stay home and Destiny?

Not until I've improved a bit. I'll make John play with me until then.

 

[WeTeHa]

I'm down.

I think we are full with that.

 

[Terrordactyl]

What's a good ELO even considered?

 

[SpecX]

What's a good ELO even considered?

I suck ass at PvP/Trials and my ELO is 950, so anything better than that I assume.

 

[JohnOfMars]

What's a good ELO even considered?

Here's the Trials ELO distribution (ignore the arrow, that was Ape pre-playing with me):

That's from Guardian.gg which is a bit more inflated. Compare Guardian.gg with Destiny Tracker ELOs:

John 1363 vs 1305
Igor 1756 vs 1448
Ape 1949 vs 1516

 

[Kor of Memory]

Here's the Trials ELO distribution (ignore the arrow, that was Ape pre-playing with me):

That's from Guardian.gg which is a bit more inflated. Compare Guardian.gg with Destiny Tracker ELOs:

John 1363 vs 1305
Igor 1756 vs 1448
Ape 1949 vs 1516

Where do you guys find this chart? I've always wanted to see mine but can't seem to find it.

 

[LTWood12]

What's a good ELO even considered?

998.

 

[TheAquaticApe]

Here's the Trials ELO distribution (ignore the arrow, that was Ape pre-playing with me):

That's from Guardian.gg which is a bit more inflated. Compare Guardian.gg with Destiny Tracker ELOs:

John 1363 vs 1305
Igor 1756 vs 1448
Ape 1949 vs 1516

So roughly 1200 is an average player in Trials.

Or as Macello would say, "Oh these guys will be easy" to which me and Icon are fighting for our very being against the most difficult players ever.

 

[Auctopus]

What is the hand cannon I'm seeing in Elimination playlists that does big damage and also seems to burn/poison me?

 

[Kor of Memory]

What is the hand cannon I'm seeing in Elimination playlists that does big damage and also seems to burn/poison me?

Destiny |OT♦22| Game of Thorns

 

[Lnkn52]

Is there a like button here? Lol

 

[Liquidsnake]

Focused Burst is a must.

Firebolt/Flame Shield/Viking Funeral/Touch of Flame is the go to on Sunsinger.

Stormcaller is better. Voidwalkers main asset is Blink, which has been ruined.

Thanks man for the set up.

 

[igordennis]

What is the hand cannon I'm seeing in Elimination playlists that does big damage and also seems to burn/poison me?

Thorn. Most annoying weapon ever. And it was WAY more prevalent in year 1 pvp.