Bungie Mail Sack Thread

Was this posted? Bungie had another mail sack this week. Not much, but a few interesting tidbits.

In response to "What's your favorite sound in Destiny?"
Rocket fly-by: the sound of survival.
Derek Carroll, Senior Designer

So, rockets as a weapon likely confirmed.

The ambient sounds of Venus.
Reed Shingledecker, Artist

And it sounds like we'll be going to Venus.

I also love the acronym BNGFPS.
 
My main question at this point is whether or not Destiny will support spilt screen co-op for two players. Getting my wife to play is primarily dependent on that.

I also want to see the hover bike thing in action (the "Pike"?) soon.
 
I thought Venus was confirmed as a destination in the initial reveal?

Kempolazer You have told us a little bit about the Fallen over the last few weeks, can you tell us anything about the Cabal?
Not today, but we’re pretty excited to peel back all of the layers of information about each race of enemy combatants. (Actually, we’re more excited about allowing you to do the honors, but that’s also a discussion for another day.)


WAT. Possibly open beta or are they just cryptically alluding to the final release?

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I hope next week someone asks them about always online and how that works next week.
 
I might have missed discussion on this in the Destiny reveal thread, but has there been a big budget game like this that requires an XBL Gold subscription to play? The only one I can think of is Shadowrun, at least in the US.
 
I thought Venus was confirmed as a destination in the initial reveal?

Kempolazer You have told us a little bit about the Fallen over the last few weeks, can you tell us anything about the Cabal?
Not today, but we’re pretty excited to peel back all of the layers of information about each race of enemy combatants. (Actually, we’re more excited about allowing you to do the honors, but that’s also a discussion for another day.)


WAT. Possibly open beta or are they just cryptically alluding to the final release?

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I hope next week someone asks them about always online and how that works next week.

Probably another alternate reality game.
 
http://www.bungie.net/7_The-Ides-of-Mail-Sack/en-us/News/News?aid=10337

Some of my favorite bits from this weeks sack...

What do you guys plan on showing at GDC?
The GDC is really more of an industry affair than a marketing venue. If that’s what you’re after, we’ve got some thoughts about what we might share from the proceedings. When last we checked in with Joe and Barry, their presentation was a whopping 157 slides long, and bursting with Bungie secret sauce.

In Destiny, can we play as the aliens or are we locked to the human race? And if we are, why are we locked to the human race? What's the reason?
Not all of the aliens in Destiny are evil, just like not all humans are good. We’ve barely scratched the surface on the character and customization options you’ll have access to in Destiny, but we’re not going to dig in any deeper today.

How big are "levels" in Destiny compared to the levels from your past Halo games?
The scope and scale really don’t tell half the story. At a high level, we now have what we call World teams. As the name implies, they’re less concerned about atomic “levels,” instead focused holistically on each world’s visual themes and the various destinations and activities you’ll find when you set foot in an LZ. It’s a bit more nuanced than that, of course – there are a number of teams that fall outside the umbrella of World teams whose contributions are equally instrumental – but ultimately our grand and overarching goal is to make Destiny feel like a world you visit, not just a disc in your drive.

Which planet do you guys most enjoy adventuring on and why?
I personally love the Moon (yes, I realize this is not a planet). There is a spark of childhood wonder looking on the horizon and seeing the Earth in the distance. Just call me Neil Armstrong.

Will there be another trailer soon?
Are we there yet?

Trailer soon?
 
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