Destiny 2 reveal TODAY!

[usmctanker242]

With any big online game, toxicity is inevitable. I've found 99% of lfg games to be filled with really cool and fun people but there's always that douchebag try hard lurking somewhere. I've never experience anything close to some of those Overwatch/Dota 2/LoL toxic youtube videos.

We'll see how this "new" network structure works for PVP. My cynical, hatin' ass thinks pvp groups got reduced to 4v4 to lessen red bars, they didn't want to pay for dedicated servers, and possibly they just didn't have enough time to completely rework their network code.

I'm not a network engineer and by no means am I saying I understand everything involved in netcode, but Bungie did like an hour presentation on this and most of the "people in the know" seem to think what they are doing is the best overall solution. They also did a massive write-up on it not so long ago.



https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/45919/7_This-Week-At-Bungie--05252017

If you have a chance give this presentation a good read and I think you'll be amazed at how much work and thought Bungie has put into the netcode for Destiny 2. Dedicated servers are great but a P2P-style connection CAN offer a better experience for all involved if done properly. Anyways, again, I don't know much about network architecture, but this consensus is what I have gathered from talking to those who do.

Edit: the presentation I linked was for D1. Anyways, the weekly update I linked goes into more detail about how Bungie is going to utilize P2P in an enhanced manner.

 

[usmctanker242]

People are freaking out about the weapons right now and I can see the apprehension, but I'm also curious about the new "upgrade" system or whatever they're going to end up calling it. No point in being outraged right now... the beta is rapidly approaching and we can all freak out after that if it ends up being a poor experience.

I'm excited for D2 but I'm also working hard to manage my expectations.

 

[tru3f4n]

This weapon thing doesn't bother me at all. To me it always seemed retarded to have the same gun drop with different stats and perks. I mean, we are living in a age where you can fly from planet to planet and fight alien races, but you can't put your favorite sight on your favorite gun?
It never made sense to me at all.

I think it will be better, personally. The only thing I don't like is that people who ONLY play PvP or who ONLY play PvE could run the risk of never getting their hands on some sweet weapons if they're not made available in both game modes.

I hate fix perk guns it's one thing if it's raid weapons where they have special perks for that raid like oracle disruptor or firing through a hive knight wall of darkness. It's another thing where it would've been nice if the Fang of Ir Yut could've came with Firefly instead of Third Eye if you had the knucklehead radar. Even with the Fatebringer why do the Vault of Glass hoping you get one when you can try to farm the Imago Loop to get one with TrueSight IS/SureShotIS, Rangefinder, Rifled Barrel, Hidden Hand/Firefly/Luck in the Chamber. I farmed the shit out of the Vex strikes to get a Imago Loop with the roll I just listed and both of those strikes and tedious as fuck if the Imago Loop had fixed stats I wouldn't have. The year three Fatebringer isn't a gun I'd use due to it's low range. They better have a shit ton of guns in Destiny 2 because I don't see myself playing it as much as I did part one with fixed rolls on guns and armor.

 

[D3THRONED]

However, I did hear a YouTuber find something interesting about the guns in d2. Apparently there was modded slots for the weapons, this could be the new way of getting perks on guns. Would be a great idea.

 

[StabbyMcHatchet]

I farmed the shit out of the Vex strikes to get a Imago Loop with the roll I just listed and both of those strikes and tedious as fuck if the Imago Loop had fixed stats I wouldn't have.

Which just reinforces my opinion, that it's better. I farmed for the God-roll Imago loop too, spent countless hours, trying countless times, and I never ONCE got a decent roll.

Omnigul? I farmed that bitch for the pulse rifle too, and NEVER even got a crappy one to drop ONCE, until they brought in Skeleton keys. Even when I used keys to get one, the rolls were shit.

If the rolls were static, I wouldn't have bothered at all, unless I really wanted that particular gun. You said yourself, it's tedious.

And no one will be able to justify to me why we can't choose our own Optics. (Both scope and reticle)

 

[tru3f4n]

Which just reinforces my opinion, that it's better. I farmed for the God-roll Imago loop too, spent countless hours, trying countless times, and I never ONCE got a decent roll.

Omnigul? I farmed that bitch for the pulse rifle too, and NEVER even got a crappy one to drop ONCE, until they brought in Skeleton keys. Even when I used keys to get one, the rolls were shit.

If the rolls were static, I wouldn't have bothered at all, unless I really wanted that particular gun. You said yourself, it's tedious.

And no one will be able to justify to me why we can't choose our own Optics. (Both scope and reticle)

how much hours you put into Destiny 1? I'm pushing 2700 I was hoping to get that much maybe a bit less in Destiny 2. Yes the grind is tedious yes I get pissed when I get shit rolls but it is chasing after those rolls that kept me playing. I stopped caring about getting exotics because I had all the ones I wanted and stopped giving a shit about armor once I got to ll 400 with max discipline & intelligence. I can give a fuck less about shaders, emblems, ships, sparrows, class items, or ghost shells. The only reason I play is to get decent primary to use in pvp that will work in pve too. Seeing how all the guns are having fixed perks in part 2 I just hope there is alot of them to chase after with a wide variety stats for them.

 

[tru3f4n]

However, I did hear a YouTuber find something interesting about the guns in d2. Apparently there was modded slots for the weapons, this could be the new way of getting perks on guns. Would be a great idea.

or just a way to change how they look

 

[StabbyMcHatchet]

You can see the stats for all three of my character on timewastedondestiny.com

Bear in mind I took 8 months off after year the House of Wolves and quit again this year after hitting max light with all characters. I still have thousands of hours in total I'm sure.

I won't miss farming for perfect weapon drops at all.

 

[tru3f4n]

You can see the stats for all three of my character on timewastedondestiny.com

Bear in mind I took 8 months off after year the House of Wolves and quit again this year after hitting max light with all characters. I still have thousands of hours in total I'm sure.

I won't miss farming for perfect weapon drops at all.

1961 with zero deleted. I'm just hoping that weapon mod will atleast allow you to boost one of the stats

 

[fdswer]

Are they going to release a full game this time not just a demo

 

[tru3f4n]

Are they going to release a full game this time not just a demo

I doubt it but it should be more then when Destiny 1 came out hopefully.

 

[tru3f4n]

So the lead director of Destiny 2 thinks the clever dragon is the current meta in Destiny pvp it's nice knowing the guys in charge are so up to date.

 

[ThulsaDooom]

Are they going to release a full game this time not just a demo

My guess is the exact same amount of content as D1 plus some partol stuff sprinkled in. 4 strikes + 1 PS4 exclusive one, 5~6 PVP maps, one raid, a 10 hour campaign and that's that.

I saw that IGN First of the new social space and even the Bungie guy sounded bored out of his mind. Lol.