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Destiny 2 On PC Is A Lonely Experience

Might as well play with bots.

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EatCrow3139d ago

I wasnt aware there was no chat option... I was pretty sure you could voice chat in the previous destiny or am I imagining it.

InTheZoneAC3139d ago

There's always been voice chat, you just need to join it or set to auto join. But on consoles most are in their own party. Even if I'm solo I never join voice chat. Unless it's a raid I typically don't want/need to talk to players that are helping

JaguarEvolved3139d ago

If you're a pc gamer then you know this happens a lot.

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EatCrow3139d ago

That is what I thought. So I'm confused by the article.
Regardless...with friends I would use Team Speak anyways.

TankCrossing3139d ago

Tis a Destiny problem, not a PC problem. Both Destiny 1 and 2 are the most anti-social multiplayer games around. You can't even talk to your clan within the game, it's ridiculous.

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JonnyBeoulve3139d ago

It's kind of baffling, really. It seems Bungie didn't want to add any additional layers to the game on PC to prevent any unique issues. That'd be my guess.

mochachino3139d ago

Yeah, that's my problem. I feel like I'm alone in the universe in Destiny. Needs text chat all and more voice chat. Sure, may people will troll but the solution to a problem with a system is not to eliminate the system entirely.

freshslicepizza3139d ago

The game just came out so whatever concerns is being dramtized in this topic. There are options there and the game will get popular. I just received my copy in the mail yesterday, played some last night. The game looks and runs incredible, not a single frame rate droped for me below 60 which i set my vsync to. No lag at all online either.

Michiel19893139d ago

what does performance have to do with the supposedly lacking social features?

I just made some nice eggs, not a single one of them dropped even when i set the heat to max! (ill random fact drop u back my friend)

On a serious note, they are saying play with everyone, its an open world where you can meet people and make friends and play with them. There is no excuse for no chat then.

spreadlove3139d ago (Edited 3139d ago )

Michiel1989,

How long did you cook the egg for?

I suggest 8-9 minutes on roiling boil for a nice moist middle. That of course confirms that the game is incredible. Your fault if you can't see that.

freshslicepizza3138d ago (Edited 3138d ago )

@Michiel1989
"On a serious note, they are saying play with everyone, its an open world where you can meet people and make friends and play with them. There is no excuse for no chat then."

If you have the game then these are your options,

Sound
Voice chat on or off
Push to talk on or off
Team voice channel on or off

Text chat
Profanity filter on or off
Background opacity
Whisper text firends+firetam+clan or everyone
Team chat on or off.

What's missing?

mochachino3138d ago

@moldybread

Despite those options you can't text or voice chat with people unless their already on your friends list or on your fireteam. There's no public chat so in a game designed around making friends, you have little opportunity to do so. You can't just ask someone if they want to team up to do some challenges, etc. like in WoW and other community based games. People have met their spouses and made good friends in WoW due to public chat, no chance to really meet new people in D2.

freshslicepizza3138d ago

@mochachino
"Despite those options you can't text or voice chat with people unless their already on your friends list or on your fireteam. There's no public chat so in a game designed around making friends, you have little opportunity to do so. You can't just ask someone if they want to team up to do some challenges, etc. like in WoW and other community based games. People have met their spouses and made good friends in WoW due to public chat, no chance to really meet new people in D2."

Wasn't that always an issue with Destiny and the way Bungie does matchmaking? I never played the first game but I recall people not liking the way randoms get matched together and voice chat being the same way.

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EatCrow3139d ago

I can understand it though. They're deathly afraid of all the "toxicity" chat could create, gotta love progressives.

The_KELRaTH3139d ago

Thats quite incredible. PC chat is practically in every single PC mp games.
Its one of the main feature that sets it above console chat systems.

How to kill a game off eh

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roadkillers3139d ago

Team speak... You literally do not need chat in a game.

The_KELRaTH3139d ago

And IRC chat for text, best format I have ever used.

OffRoadKing3139d ago

Isn't there outside programs like vent or whatever?

The_KELRaTH3139d ago

Yes there are but theyre aimed at clans, teams and not for open ingame chat. IRC chat in game was very effective compared to jumping to a 3rd party IRC chat.

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PlayStation Scales Back Expectations for Bungie as Live-Service Risks Come Into Focus

PlayStation has scaled back expectations for Bungie after reassessing Destiny 2 development costs, highlighting the risks tied to live-service games.

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isarai_lee116d ago (Edited 116d ago )

Honestly Thank Goodness!! Yet another good sign of a possibility of returning to what made them great and undoing Jim Tyans trend chasing love service gamble. Still gotta wait and see just what direction they're going but this is a good sign in my book that they're not betting it all on live service anymore

S2Killinit114d ago (Edited 114d ago )

Not sure what you lot are talking about anymore. They need to cover all range of games. Im primarily a single player gamer, but even I cannot be daft enough to ignore the fact that we need all manner of games including live service games. Everyone here seems to be a market expert.

isarai_lee114d ago (Edited 114d ago )

Yes "all manner" not just exclusively live service like Jim was doing, but you also shouldn't be forcing devs to make games they not only have no experience making, but also flatout dont want to do.

S2Killinit114d ago

Assuming that anything like that is actually the case and not just a perception of n4g commenters of course.

Redemption-64114d ago

@isarai_lee
Yes "all manner" not just exclusively live service like Jim was doing.

I don't understand why you people have to keep making up lies. You can say you don't like some or most of their focus being on live service games, but to say they were exclusively focusing on live service games is pure copium. At most half of their games were live service and the rest were single player games. Seriously why lie about something so obvious?

isarai_lee113d ago

@Redemption-64

You say that as if we don't have word directly from Jim Ryan and PlayStation stating they wanted at least 12 live service games released within a year. Followed by tons of official word of those Live Service games being cancelled after he was pushed out. All studios combined at the time PS had 15 studios, 12 is a hell of a lot more than half of 15, and it was definitely their primary focus evident by the fact that a huge portion of their studios have taken uncharacteristically long to release or announce anything since, hell some studios have yet to release anything this gen almost 6 YEARS LATER! The only one making stuff up is you.

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Relientk77116d ago

It may take a while but maybe they are finally learning. Good! Now stop with the live service crap.

ABizzel1114d ago

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a live service here or there, but to have many of your studios start focusing on it when there has been little to no experience among them was wild.

Christopher115d ago (Edited 115d ago )

They say this and then immediately release news of the Horizons co-op game that will definitely be a Live Service game.

isarai_lee114d ago

I feel like they knew that given the fact that the very furst thing they say in the trailer is to reassure they still make so games 😆

isarai_lee114d ago

I feel like they knew that given the fact that the very first furst thing they say in the trailer is to reassure they still make so games 😆

vTuro24114d ago

Bet they're regrettings spending those billions pretty hard right now.

S2Killinit114d ago

Destiny has been a huge success.

Redemption-64114d ago

They will not. Destiny has been popular for over 10 years, something most games can never hope to achieve. Most people, including myself those Bungie was going to make a D3 after the final shape DLC. Marathon looks to be a hit and a D3 announcement could break records.

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Destiny 2 Update 9.5.0.5

Patch notes for Update 9.5.0.5, the one about Equilibrium fixes and more, are now available.

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Destiny 2 is considering adding Sparrow Racing League, unvaulted campaigns, more, new survey reveals

A new survey shows Destiny 2 is considering adding Sparrow Racing League, unvaulted campaigns, NPC sidekicks, new PvP and Gambit modes, and much more.

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