TangentialShark
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I hope they add more awesome looking space ships in the game. I loved staring at them for minutes while waiting for a match to load.
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Destiny 2: Fall 2017, new geographies/audiences, for core/casual players, story focus
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Night Angel
Member
I doubt another publisher would've given them as much rope as Activision has. It's on Bungie if they choose to hang themselves.
Smokey_Run
Member
Exactly how many publishers do you think are cool with footing a bill for 1000+ employees while missing not one, but two, holiday releases? I'd say zero.
Why would you be worried about that? PC is probably the platform I most associate with being willing to continue shelling out for more content in a single game. Freakin' EverQuest still gets a yearly expansion I think. Paradox has been doing great by making drip-fed expansions their entire development business model.
Toni
Member
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy as well for Fall 2017 release.
Its a full game release with all of Naughty Dog's glory.
This game sold over 7.6 million copies on PC: http://store.steampowered.com/dlc/218620/
Into the Light
Banned
This is the best post of the day. I really laughed.
Lunafreya Nox Fleuret
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GodParticle
Member
Really hope they expand on enemy variety. Seeing so many recycled enemies was really off-putting
And many people, like me, bought everything (-_-)
CraigerGamer
Member
Lord have mercy, how much money is Valve going to make off Destiny sales? Its going to be yuuuuuuge.
Thursday War
Banned
but it's not a rush job???? why do people keep saying this shit
it already got delayed for a whole YEAR and before that it'd been in development for a good 2-3 years with over 1000 people and MULTIPLE studios working on it
it's not anything close to a rush job
Abilidebob
Member
To be fair I can see see Activision launching Destiny with a standalone launcher, bypassing Steam. They're big enough for that, and most of the top earners of PC gaming aren't even on Steam at all.
Compsiox
Banned
League of Legends, Blizzard games, what else?
EA with Origin
Compsiox
Banned
Ah yes of course.
QuantumSquid
Member
PC release please
One Eyed Willy
Member
Will probably bite on a PC version.
MissCauthon
Member
Going to be full of cheaters on PC
ultrazilla
Gold Member
I'll stick with the home console version for PS4 Pro, Xbox One S or Scorpio and possibly Switch.
Poimandres
Member
Usually I'm all about that KB+M for FPS games, but Bungie games get the controller feel just right.
Minecraft
Abilidebob
Member
2015, but still
Only 2 of these are Steam exclusive. The rest has been doing that well without Steam at all. Activision could easily launch Destiny 2 without Steam.
Abilidebob
Member
Only if Activion is stupid enough to do a MMO with client-side scripting. Dozens of other PC MMOs have been doing fine for decades.
You're out of your element. No one who actually understands Destiny raids wants this, and it won't happen.
Mass Appeal
Member
I don't see them doing raid MM but I can see them doing in game LFG or something like that. They want to be more casual with D2 so they will copy other MMOS with in game lfg. Maybe something at the tower or another social area where people can team up with ease.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Yeah, lfgs take no time to use. They only people that want this are those that underestimate how incompetent the average player is.
GlamFM
Banned
Not sure if already posted,
here is the Destiny part of the call:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1U1-Inu5sc
here is the Destiny part of the call:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1U1-Inu5sc
just as I can hop on destinylfg and find a ragtag group of players for a random raid, I can theoretically use a matchmatking system. nothing prevents the existence of matchmaking AND the possibility of putting together your group with your friends. just like in World of Warcraft, it started without any kind of matchmaking and now there's matchmaking for dungeons and raids. there's no need to be elitists.
FingerBang
Member
Thanks for the link. They say it should release this fall, like everyone expected. Probably September.
Focus on Story, made it more accessible for casuals without sacrificing the core game. More contents.
I am in indeed.
Bullshit. Give me matchmaking INSIDE the damn game. I don't want to wait for my friends to play, I want to be able to play with random people without having to go on an external website. You people who "get the game" should stop speaking for everyone else. I have hundreds of hours in Destiny and it's ridiculous I need to stop playing to find random people to play with. This does not only affects raids but all the other activities as well.
Matchmaking should just be an option you can turn off, so everyone is happy.
Smooth Operator
Member
I understand Destiny raids (And also HL raids in WoW), and i want some kind of raid matchmaking ingame.
GlamFM
Banned
Also proven to be working very successfully.
Lord of Castamere
Member
A LFG board (with filters, level listings, times completed, etc) in your pause menu is one thing. Matchmaking is another. I'd support the former.
Nydius
Member
Ditto.
Bungie would do well to take a page out of Blizzard playbook and implement a LFR system, maybe even with the same design as Blizzard's LFR, meaning tuned slightly easier for matchmade groups with slightly less powerful light level loot. It's about getting the most amount of people to experience your content as possible to keep them interested and engaged, not excluding people based on a narrow set of circumstances.
If they say they want to be more social then matchmaking of some sort for raids has to be included.
Aztechnology
Member
The Firsts highlight was VoG. I'm not sure what broaden audience means. But I hope it doesn't mean a lack of focus on end game content.
Laurel_McFang
Member
I really hope Bungie makes that deadline I would hate for Activision to enslave the makers of Myth and Marathon. Still love what we learn from these earnings calls. It really amazes me investors will accept this little bit of information I mean if I had say 5% share in Activision I would demand like playthroughs of their latest I.P.s at shareholder meetings or exclusive alphas or does that actually happen? Anyone high up there with shareholder politics in video game companies? Should we start pooling a buy out of Activision so we can leak news faster?
Interficium
Banned
anothertech
Member
I used to raid in Destiny almost every week. The lack of in game group functions is utter bullshit.
Matchmaking in raids would be ideal. There would be nothing stopping the destiny 'hardcore' to continue grouping on websites like they currently do.
For some odd reason, a very vocal minority of the fan base wants to force everyone to do it the hard way though, and feel the need to Defend Destinys lack of raid matchmaking because it would 'just be too hard' for the casuals and would somehow ruin the game for them.
Matchmaking in raids would be ideal. There would be nothing stopping the destiny 'hardcore' to continue grouping on websites like they currently do.
For some odd reason, a very vocal minority of the fan base wants to force everyone to do it the hard way though, and feel the need to Defend Destinys lack of raid matchmaking because it would 'just be too hard' for the casuals and would somehow ruin the game for them.
Smooth Operator
Member
Like you said, it's a vocal minority, Bungie will probably add raid matchmaking / LFG tools in Destiny 2.
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