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Destiny |OT3| Oh sweet a Legen- wait never mind, it's a rare.

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Conkerkid11

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DeadManWalking said:
I think i have already said it, but i honestly think that story in destiny is probably most baffling attempt at some sort of campaign and telling an actual story in recent memory.It is so bad...they couldn't make a half decent one. And that last cut scene...holy shit..how could it be so bad???
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It's unfortunate because there seems to actually be a decent story being told by the cards we collect.
 
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Uthred

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Onlythisfar41 said:
I am having a ton of fun with this game so far, but like others have said, I have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on in the story. Like literally no idea.

All I know is that I pick a destination and I shoot some stuff. The shooting feels great, but even when there is a cutscene (which are few and far between) I still can't follow what the hell is going on.

Does this get better as the game goes on? Right now Im on on Mars doing level 11 story.
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I cant certainly see why people might not like the story, or would prefer more exposition and what have you. But the complaints about people not understanding it I find a bit baffling, I mean the story is super bare bones and fairly straightforward. While it certainly leaves lots of questions the actual core narrative is simplistic (at best).
 
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DJ88

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There were tons of people doing nexus farming while I was at work last night, now nobody is haha.

Anyone up for some nexus farming?


PSN ID: MusiqueDJ
 
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Raxus

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Woo. Legendary rocket launcher. That brings me to all legendary weapons and one legendary armor piece :-/ I needs me my legendary armor.
 
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Waaghals

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God, this game is fun and addictive.

The story is a mess though.
Even the obvious stuff like who our enemies/the darkness are is left unexplained, while it seems that everything that gets on the towers bad side is called "The Darkness".

More infuriatingly is the fact that everybody else seem to know what's going on, but they can't be bothered to tell you.

In addition, the game has virtually no real characters, not even two dimensional ones.
Sure, there's the Stranger, The Speaker and the Queen but notice that those are just titles, not names. We hardly get to know anything about them.

Player interactions with these are very limited.

The game has a story: A Guardian travels the solar system and shoots up various aliens that threatens to wipe out the human race. That is pretty much it.

While there are hints of a deeper storyline, we never get to see any of this.

I have always found the slight mystery Bungie surrounds their stories with appealing.
This time they got high on their own supply.
 
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ta155

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You'd have to imagine that matchmaking across all modes will eventually get patched in.

Did one of the Halos not include matchmaking for Firefight mode at launch for some inexplicable reason, too? Think it was ODST (great game).
 
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DeadManWalking said:
I think i have already said it, but i honestly think that story in destiny is probably most baffling attempt at some sort of campaign and telling an actual story in recent memory.It is so bad...they couldn't make a half decent one. And that last cut scene...holy shit..how could it be so bad???
Back to playing the game.
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Like most of this game (except the core gunplay, which is why I keep playing, it's awesome), there is something good under there but it's buried underneath a lot of crap

I guess I'm about halfway through the campaign right now and some of the dialogue is pretty much parody at this point - most of it is just random words with little to no context. I guess decent storytelling has never really been the Bungie way, in Halo CE you're really just dumped straight in to "you're some guy in green armour on a spaceship and look there's a cool giant ring" - it took years to flesh that out into a coherent world. It sucks because it really feels like there is a great world and story to this game, just out of reach.
 
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MAX PAYMENT

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DeadManWalking said:
I think i have already said it, but i honestly think that story in destiny is probably most baffling attempt at some sort of campaign and telling an actual story in recent memory.It is so bad...they couldn't make a half decent one. And that last cut scene...holy shit..how could it be so bad???
Back to playing the game.
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I want to go to the black garden!
Why?
To kill the darkness that's hurting the light!

That's the game's story.
 
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MrDenny

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DeadManWalking said:
I think i have already said it, but i honestly think that story in destiny is probably most baffling attempt at some sort of campaign and telling an actual story in recent memory.It is so bad...they couldn't make a half decent one. And that last cut scene...holy shit..how could it be so bad???
Back to playing the game.
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The story feels so disjointed.
You hardly meet any npcs that are significant.
A lot of the game feels rushed and missing key features, but at least the gameplay is good.
 
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kittens

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tempest3 said:
Wait, alts as in your other characters? I didn't know they had that available.
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Yup, just toss it in your vault and you can access it from any character.

BraXzy said:
Salvage is a hell of a lot better with fireteam members and voice chat coordination. Its a shame you cant communicate with randoms when you're not in a team.
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Seriously. In-game chat for PvP would be an easy addition (I imagine) and would make such a huge difference.
 
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Byron Bluth said:
Anyone have details on which faction is better for what?
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  • Dead Orbit: Strength and Discipline
  • Future War Cult: Intellect and Discipline
  • New Monarchy: Strength and Intellect

Intellect: Decreases cool down of super
Strength: Decreases cool down of melee
Discipline: Decreases cool down of grenades
 
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Where's the PvP mode that doesn't create level parity ? That'd be interesting to see how much gear and level actually effects your guardian
 
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fritzo

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some explain the FACTIONS to me please. if i wear a hunter cloak for Future War Cult or whatever, I get to use faction bounties? Can I switch between factions?
 
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kittens said:
Yup, just toss it in your vault and you can access it from any character.
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Wow. Good to know :) thanks


Also, is there some explanation for the accolades in MP? Some are obvious like "best around" or "nail in the coffin" or "double down" but I have no idea what something like "hazard pay" is.
 
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names2hard4you

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So I ordered Diablo 3 on a whim since I was starting to feel bored of destiny. After playing for a bit, I thought to myself, I already played diablo before on other platforms and this game just came out, I need to give it more of a chance before I drop it. Both of the friends I play with are moving over to FIFA next week sadly so I'm gonna be left alone, but I thought, I have GAF peeps still. I went and canceled Diablo. Or I thought I did, I just got a delivery message from Amazon saying that it was sent.

I feel like this is the gaming gods giving me a hint and telling me to move on. Destiny needs time to change. Lots of time. Simple things like A CHANCE (not even for sure) of getting random engram's that might turn into nothing, given to random players, is just bullshit, bosses need to be tweaked, etc, etc.

I will be leaving, for now. I hope Bungie turns things around, and that when I come back, it is an awesome game.
 
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Cheddahz

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...well, I just defeated the final boss in Destiny (I didn't even know it was the final boss until the final cutscene rolled) and wow, what a disappointment
 
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Namikaze1

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I just need one more damn kill for this stupid Crucible Bounty. 15 sniper headshot kills. Ugh. The damn bounty led to some terrible perfomances. On the bright side, I'm close to Crucible level 2 so that chest piece is almost mine.
 
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Raide

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DeadManWalking said:
I think i have already said it, but i honestly think that story in destiny is probably most baffling attempt at some sort of campaign and telling an actual story in recent memory.It is so bad...they couldn't make a half decent one. And that last cut scene...holy shit..how could it be so bad???
Back to playing the game.
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They have a really interesting story that they just did not flesh out. They wrapped up everything into a few basic cut-scenes and left the rest to Bungie.net. It feels like they are either rushing stuff or they are holding loads of content back for DLC and expansion packs.

I am unsure if Bungie should have just gone epic SP game with the MP component as it is, or just go full MMO and do it right. Somd of it feels like they did not play a single MMO or loot game in the last 10 years.
 
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nib95

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Can someone explain Nexus farming? And yea I'm down for it! PSN is NIBZY! I'm level 20 though, not sure how much that affects things. Most of my gear is blue though.
 
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Cudder

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What are the Materials for in my inventory? And what are Vanguard marks? And how exactly do you go above level 20 once you hit it? There are so many systems in the game that aren't explained.
 
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backflip10019

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Anyone else's achievements super wonky on Xbox One with Destiny? When I'm playing, a lot of the time achievements won't unlock. But when I start up the game I'll randomly get six or seven. It's weird.
 
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HT UK

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So I've hit level 20 and completed all story missions and strikes at least once.

In terms of PvE, is all thats left for me just replaying the strikes on increasingly harder difficulties? As far as I'm aware, you do the strikes to earn better gear, allowing you to do the same strikes, but even harder.
If so, then I think that's me done for a little bit :(
 
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