The Destiny beta kicks off on Sony platforms tomorrow, giving fans a little taste of what’s to come in September. The beta is said to be bigger and more expansive than the previous Alpha, with Bungie wanting to test a host of different features. One of them is player progression, but you might want to avoid getting too attached to your new, shiny Guardian.
That’s because Bungie hasn’t really decided on whether or not they’re going to allow beta progress to carry over to the final game. The main reason being that the beta is a test, with features and calculations that might need to be heavily tweaked before the game goes gold. Bungie community manager David “Deej” Dague spoke about the possibility of progress being carried over, but was cautious to make any real promises.
“The beta is a test. It’s extremely unknown as to what the outcome will be. So, it’s certainly not a promise or an announcement that we’re making at this time. It all depends on what we learn and how things shake out. So, we’re certainly not telling players they can carry their progress over, but we haven’t made any announcements either way.”
Bungie is using this beta as a serious testing ground, gathering information that will help them make the Destiny launch extremely smooth. That doesn’t just mean they’re looking at server information and online stability. Class and weapon balance, progression speed and enemy difficulties are just some of the things being taken into account, making this a “true beta”.
“We’re launching our most ambitious project ever on September 9, and we certainly don’t want that to be the first time anybody gets hands on with this game. Every time someone plays a build of Destiny we learn something about what we create. We learn how it can be better. We learn how we can better support it behind the scenes.”
With online launches usually being a mess for a few weeks, it’s easy to be sceptical about how well Destiny will do out of the gates. Bungie expects the launch to go smoothly considering all the work they’ve put in to ensure it, but we’ll only know if that comes true on September 9th.
Last Updated: July 16, 2014
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 10:34
[insert another sigh about not being on pc]
Sageville
July 16, 2014 at 10:35
[Rubs sighing PC peeps shoulders] There, there bru, there, there..
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 10:41
I really think this game is going to be cool, so not dissing the game 🙁
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 16, 2014 at 10:50
Let’s all buy PS4’s just for Destiny!
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 10:50
Yay!!!! Oh wait…. sarcasm XD
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 11:00
LOL That’s sounds like a plan!
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:01
…and while I’m buying this pee-ess-fawr I’ll pick up the eierdoosEEN to complete the fall
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 10:52
It will come to PC eventually one has to believe
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 10:37
How could you get attached to any character with THAT colour coordination.
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 10:37
Lacist!
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 10:37
A little worried that Destiny is getting to little attention these days. What’s happened to the hype train?
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 10:39
You know what will be funny, if the same guy who got Titanfall banned manages to get Destiny banned as well.
Sageville
July 16, 2014 at 10:48
Don’t Jinx it dood, I will lose my shit if that happens!
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 10:51
Same here, at least I can say I called it.
Admiral Chief Fairburne
July 16, 2014 at 11:12
It would be a shame if a certain PC enthusiast would spoil it…
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 11:14
XD
DarkWave
July 16, 2014 at 11:02
Wont happen.
Alien Emperor Trevor
July 16, 2014 at 10:40
Don’t know what you mean…
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 10:43
Also between this and cabbage games what would you choose?
Rince&pop
July 16, 2014 at 10:44
I’ll get on it, I mean 0_O
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 10:50
I’m so thick today, probably most days as well……
Sir Rants A Lot Llew
July 16, 2014 at 10:50
That’s what…urrr…. he said?
Hammersteyn
July 16, 2014 at 10:55
hahahaha
Sk3tz0
July 16, 2014 at 22:38
Hypetrain is delayed.. can view new schedule on MetroRail website..
Jonah Cash
July 16, 2014 at 11:54
I really don’t want to lose my cool loot again!!! C’mon!!!
But I understand of course!! Maybe I should use this opportunity to test out the other classes???!!!!
Nikola
July 16, 2014 at 12:34
Yip since beta is 10 days I am just gona try level all 3 as far as I can as seen with which one I am going to be dominating:)
Wraith
July 16, 2014 at 13:15
I really want to go with the Warlock, but I wish they had a proper double-jump ability instead of just gliding. Makes getting to those hard-to-reach places so much more difficult.
Jonah Cash
July 16, 2014 at 15:12
It was a bit of a pain to get use to, but in the end I think I had it down quite well. I also struggled sometimes to get on to stuff from a little further away. Felt like the idiot had to stand next to something to get on it!! Hahahaha
You playing on PS4?
Wraith
July 16, 2014 at 16:19
Just a lot easier with the Hunter and Titan classes with that extra bit of height they get with their jumps.
Yeah, also playing on PS4. Just waiting for Bungie to release the codes before I queue up the download (I ordered from BT, not PSN).
Sageville
July 16, 2014 at 13:43
I’ll be rolling a hunter, it looks wikkid and appears to have a decent double-jump mechanic.
I may give the titan a go, both look fun to play.
Hey, Was there any weapon restrictions wrt class? e.g only hunters use sniper rifles etc?
Jonah Cash
July 16, 2014 at 15:10
I actually don’t know if there were restrictions…. I played the crap out of my hunter!! I know the warlock has the blast, the Hunter has the knife to throw and the titan has this jump and smash the ground and everyone around him takes serious damage!!
But I never checked if there were different weapons for each…. Guess we will have to check tomorrow!!
Sageville
July 16, 2014 at 16:30
Are we there yet?
Jonah Cash
July 16, 2014 at 19:56
Feel the same way!! Can’t wait anymore, worked my ass of today so that tomorrow will be better… But I guess we will only get in tomorrow night!! I feel like I’m 12 and tomorrow is Christmas!!
Wraith
July 16, 2014 at 16:27
There are no weapon restrictions.
SunJester
July 16, 2014 at 14:55
20 mins into the Alpha I knew I was in love, I stopped immediately. Knowing nothing carries over, I’m just going to eagerly await the gold release and enjoy the ever living heck out of it.