Destiny - 9/9/14 (PS3/PS4/X360/XB1)

[Kuya]

Sent a request. I'll be on PS3 for the time being.

[Goldencarnage]

Sent a request. I'll be on Xbox One.


Edit: I joined the group with the wrong account lol. My GT is linked to another one so I requested to join again. Thanks.

[Serra]

First off, thanks for the soundtrack -- I know what I'll be listening to for the next 5 weeks.

Second, why so many warlock fans? >.>; I'll admit, I only got warlock to 8, but that jump is so much worse than the other two, that alone would make me not want to be a warlock.

[Yimoa]

Hunter is going to be so kickass, upgradable to triple jump and a short teleport upgrade for PVP.

[Moss]

First off, thanks for the soundtrack -- I know what I'll be listening to for the next 5 weeks.

Second, why so many warlock fans? >.>; I'll admit, I only got warlock to 8, but that jump is so much worse than the other two, that alone would make me not want to be a warlock.

I put the most time on Warlock but the double jump and knife throw were enough to make me choose Hunter over it. Barely played Titan.

[Kuya]

Playing Titan is about smashing pussy

[Serra]

So nothing I'm posting is new information, all of it is just my impressions of the three classes (I was planning to save it for the official BG review of Destiny, but, since it might change (and because I doubt I'll be capping Warlock and Titan), figured I'd get it out of the way now). These are impressions based on taking all three classes to level 8 and around forty hours in the crucible. Hunter was the only job I capped, so my experiences with many aspects of the other two classes are based on being on the receiving end. (Much of this was from notes I wrote during the beta, so it's not as fresh as it was then..)

Warning -- Wall-o-Text incoming~

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Thoughts on the three classes
Personal Favorite – Hunter
“Objectively” Best – Titan

Hunter
Pros:
Best Jump -- Double jump alone is great, but its speed is really what sets it apart. The later parts of the jump tree look even more impressive (high and triple jump).
Best Mobility -- While I appreciated this while initially leveling Hunter, I didn't realize how much it excelled til I leveled the other two classes to max.
Two solid Grenades -- Personally, prefer the first one, but I think that might be due to my playstyle. I can see the benefit of the second, but I did not like how the "explosives" could go after multiple targets.
Melee -- Knife Throw is the best melee in terms of flexibility. As someone who lives by headshots, the knife throw won me a ton of contests. Knife Juggler is going to be my bread and butter.

Cons:
Special -- Definitely the worst. Even with penetration, you'll be hard pressed to have the same offensive impact as either Titans or Warlocks.
Defense (Iron Banner) -- it's not great, but really, anything but the Titan is not great.


Warlock
Pros:
Special -- A smaller, projectile version of the Titan's.
One solid grenade, one that was kinda meh -- I preferred the vortex grenade and felt the scatter was a combination of both the Hunter's, but worse.
Surge -- I liked surge for what it was, but it's definitely no knife throw.

Cons:
Worst jump by far -- As I said earlier, I consider the severe lack of mobility compared to the Hunter and Titan to be reason enough to not play as warlock.
Melee -- this is a personal thing, but I kept expecting it to be an AoE..


Titan:
Pros:
Best Special -- Hands down. Undoubtedly you've seen the videos. The upgrade to it though, takes a good special, makes it better. And the stuff from the level 29 video makes it look even better.
Best Grenade -- while the other two classes have solid grenades, I felt the titan's flashbang was exceptional. It was OP in PvE and great in PvP. The pulse was a solid choice too (reminded me of vortex), but why use it when you have the flashbang?
Jump -- Not as quick as the Hunter's, but it's still a better option than the Warlock's.
Melee -- It's a good close range boost, but I'm not sure how much it really helps (in PvP at least).
Great defense -- Titan's defense was definitely a major boost in the Iron Banner.

Cons:
Jump -- You're pretty helpless while using lift. On the Venus map, it was especially noticeable when people would use lift to get into territory B.
Low mobility, it’s definitely noticeable if you switch between hunter and titan

[Qalbert]

Playing Titan is about smashing pussy

[Yimoa]

Golden gun was awesome for choke points. I found it works best holding corners both in PVP and PvE. I'm sure later skill tree bonuses will help even it out a bit better.

[Cantih]

I can't really speak to PvP, but I had some titan armor pieces that caused a synergy between punch and grenade timers.
Which is why you saw me dive in and start punching things at times.

[Serra]

Part of my problem with golden gun comes from my playstyle. Especially with PvP, I'm not the type of person who's going to stop shooting when I think an enemy is dead. I'll stop when I know they're dead -- IE, when I get the notification. The problem is, with golden gun, I can get off a second shot (or maybe even a third) before getting that message. Combustion is the one ability that I think can really improve it, depending on the size of the explosions. Depending on the size, seems like it could become a more precise, multishot version of the warlock's special.

[Yimoa]

I agree, it did feel sloppy at times, hopefully bungie noticed that. Close quarters seemed to dumb it down enough.
I supposed dead eye would help, even a little.

[Moss]

I liked destroying vehicles on the moon with nova bomb

[Squah]

The Temple of Crota BGM is boss as fuck

[6souls]

Walmart & Best Buy are canceling pre-orders of limited editions

Destiny fans hoping to get their hands one one of Destiny’s special editions are likely to be disappointed.

It’s not just that most retailers are completely out of stock of the very rare Ghost Edition; the more common Limited Edition is now also in short supply on all platforms.

Even if you think you beat the rush you might be have your hopes crushed; following on from Walmart’s cancellation of many Destiny Ghost Edition pre-orders, Best Buy has also begun notifying purchasers that it will be unable to fulfil orders.

A quick browse of the /r/DestinytheGame today turned up at least half a dozen such disappointments; here’s one example of the email Best Buy is sending out.

Destiny has three special editions. The least expensive and most easily obtained is the Digital Guardian Edition, which is only available via the PlayStation Store or Xbox Live Store and includes an expansion pass and various in-game goodies.

Next up is the Limited Edition, which comes with all the digital content plus a steelbook case and a Guardian Folio packed with paper materials. Finally, the most rare and most expensive is the Ghost Edition, including all of the above plus Golden Age relics and a Ghost replica.

http://www.vg247.com/2014/08/06/dest...lled-best-buy/
http://www.vg247.com/2014/07/24/dest...ing-cancelled/
http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGa...elling_orders/

Ghost editions going for $300 - $2k+ on EBay

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_saca...edition&_sop=3
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=867677

[Serra]

Activision has said the Destiny beta was so successful that the full game will be largely unchanged when it goes live on September 9.

Small alterations are being made, but, Activision publishing boss Eric Hirshberg said in a financial call, “I would describe this as tweaks and not major changes, as we saw the fundamentals of the game to be very strong.

http://www.vg247.com/2014/08/06/dest...before-launch/

Strange that it's coming from Activision and not Bungie, but whatever..?

[Serra]

The limited edition is back up for preorder for 360 on Amazon -- doesn't look like it's available for any other platforms though.

Also, it wasn't said earlier, but if you guys have any friends who are going to be playing Destiny but don't have clans, feel free to forward them the link. Figure it'll help increase our eligible numbers for raids.

[Wulfgang]

If I buy the digital edition from the PSN store, can I pre-download any updates and be ready to play as soon as servers are up? I don't really care for most of the extras; it's the immediate access I'm after.

[Adajer]

PSN store maybe. I bought digital from Amazon and have to wait for 12 am est launch day for code.

Server crash is promising.

[Takiwaki]

If I buy the digital edition from the PSN store, can I pre-download any updates and be ready to play as soon as servers are up? I don't really care for most of the extras; it's the immediate access I'm after.

Pre download is definitely available from psn version.