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Beta Scope, 4 Story Missions, 4 Crucible Maps, 1 Strike (reply)

General Vagueness — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 06:12:14 +0000

Hmmm, story missions are cool. Not as replayable as the strikes though. Was hoping for one more strike at/near the level limit of the Beta.

I imagine 1-2 of the story missions are the early/tutorial missions that take place before the Wizard mission in the alpha, with one after?

Guessing the Crucible maps are the ones announced on IGN, hopefully with new modes!

Wonder if the explore mode is more fleshed out now, or if some of those secret, empty places from the Alpha will be more populated now.

Hopefully there are still some secret empty places in the final game, for reasons I'm sure other people can articulate (or think up) better than me... anyone?

Beta Scope, 4 Story Missions, 4 Crucible Maps, 1 Strike (reply)

CaneCutter — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:47:23 +0000

Guessing the Crucible maps are the ones announced on IGN, hopefully with new modes!

I'm fairly certain that in one of the IGN videos they said that Control would be the only MP mode.

- CC

Which one, I heard him dodge the question in the Moon one I think?

It's the Rusted Lands video at about a minute in. Lars states that Control is the one gametype that we'll play in the beta.

- CC

Stage left, I hope? (reply)

SonofMacPhisto — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:43:51 +0000

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I apologize for pushing you over the edge! (reply)

kidtsunami — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:59:12 +0000

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Beta Scope, 4 Story Missions, 4 Crucible Maps, 1 Strike (reply)

kidtsunami — Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:58:48 +0000

Guessing the Crucible maps are the ones announced on IGN, hopefully with new modes!

I'm fairly certain that in one of the IGN videos they said that Control would be the only MP mode.

- CC

Which one, I heard him dodge the question in the Moon one I think?

Did you happen to record that? (reply)

rhubarb — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:51:17 +0000

That sounds awesome! I'd like to see stuff like that.

It was a exaggeration... (reply)

RC — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:21:37 +0000

...for the average person.

I managed to do it in 1:56 on Legend. Race past everything, shotgun a few badguys, rocket the Wizard in the face with an upgraded RL.

Playing more casually it's more like 10 minutes.

Pursued by a bear. (reply)

Kermit — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:39:01 +0000

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The one in the Alpha took 2 minutes (reply)

Kermit — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:26:46 +0000

4 story missions may not be a lot in Destiny.

2 minutes, for real? Are they a bit like an episode of Spartan Ops in scope/content?

That's a bit of an exaggeration. It was more like a strike mission with more Ghost dialogue.

Beta Scope, 4 Story Missions, 4 Crucible Maps, 1 Strike (reply)

CaneCutter — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:18:34 +0000

Guessing the Crucible maps are the ones announced on IGN, hopefully with new modes!

I'm fairly certain that in one of the IGN videos they said that Control would be the only MP mode.

- CC

We'll sure miss your enthusiasm, bro ;) (reply)

ZackDark — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:56:08 +0000

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The one in the Alpha took 2 minutes (reply)

yakaman — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:52:23 +0000

4 story missions may not be a lot in Destiny.

2 minutes, for real? Are they a bit like an episode of Spartan Ops in scope/content?

And with that, Grim was gone.... (reply)

yakaman — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:50:50 +0000

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Do you C what I C? (reply)

INSANEdrive — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:29:36 +0000

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Grim III, come back! (reply)

bluerunner — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:25:22 +0000

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No, not yet! It hasn't even started! (reply)

uberfoop — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:22:35 +0000

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Exiting! (reply)

GrimBrotherIII — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 17:09:46 +0000

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True enough. (reply)

Kermit — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 16:02:14 +0000

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The one in the Alpha took 2 minutes (reply)

RC — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:55:42 +0000

4 story missions may not be a lot in Destiny.

Beta Scope, 4 Story Missions, 4 Crucible Maps, 1 Strike (reply)

Kermit — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:32:12 +0000

Hmmm, story missions are cool. Not as replayable as the strikes though. Was hoping for one more strike at/near the level limit of the Beta.

I imagine 1-2 of the story missions are the early/tutorial missions that take place before the Wizard mission in the alpha, with one after?

Guessing the Crucible maps are the ones announced on IGN, hopefully with new modes!

Wonder if the explore mode is more fleshed out now, or if some of those secret, empty places from the Alpha will be more populated now.

All baseless guesswork based on an unreasonable level of excitement. I didn't get bored of the Alpha in the 3 days we had it, but might burn out if the Beta content is 90% the same. Or maybe it will force me to get better at MP.

I'd never bet against Bungie, but I didn't pre-order until the Alpha feedback (and then a charitable alpha access key) sold me. Cannot wait!

This might sound weird in that I'm a huge story fan, but I wish there was less story. With new Bungie games, I prefer to immerse myself in the story first, and have it unfold in one long arc, over as a few sessions as my schedule will allow. I don't really want to have a big chunk of the game be a replay when I finally get it. But maybe four missions won't be that big of a chunk. :)