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Destiny 2 - General Discussion Thread

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No expense spared. Hype!

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my pc also didnt have any problems at 1080p + High settings and wow it was butter smooth. im so jelly for those who can run this in 4k/hdr settings..
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Nice to see all these positive reactions to the PC release here and elsewhere. Sounds like it's a very technically solid release and though I didn't care much for the first game, if this gets good reviews I'll probably buy it to support the PC version being well made
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Another good experience with the PC Beta.

System is a Haswell i7-4770K, 32GB DDR3 Memory and GTX 1060 6GB.
1080p at a mix of High to Ultra-High settings with MSAA enabled; 75 FPS average.

I will probably lower some settings and use SMAA instead for a better FPS.

The game feels very smooth - no noticeable mouse or input lag, solid control and fluid movement.

I have never played Destiny before, so this is all new to me :)
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Quick console question - my local walmart has the disc copy (not pre-order boxes, the actual game) on shelves now for XB1. I'm wondering if I pick it up will it be playable?
Definitely a mistake on their part as it's not going to be released for another 7 days. I was going to hold off on Destiny 2 until a deal or sale - but the thought of playing the full game a week early is really appealing.
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Quick console question - my local walmart has the disc copy (not pre-order boxes, the actual game) on shelves now for XB1. I'm wondering if I pick it up will it be playable?
Definitely a mistake on their part as it's not going to be released for another 7 days. I was going to hold off on Destiny 2 until a deal or sale - but the thought of playing the full game a week early is really appealing.
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bituerbo wrote: Quick console question - my local walmart has the disc copy (not pre-order boxes, the actual game) on shelves now for XB1. I'm wondering if I pick it up will it be playable?
Definitely a mistake on their part as it's not going to be released for another 7 days. I was going to hold off on Destiny 2 until a deal or sale - but the thought of playing the full game a week early is really appealing.
Either you can't play, or if you do you'll get banned. It's only obvious.
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thegr8testone wrote: I played D2 PC Beta on my shit laptop and I still think it ran decently! Frame rate was good but texture quality was just ok. Either way, I connected my DS4 controller to my PC and I was off to the races!

I would say pull the trigger and get it. I have sunk over 2.5k hours into D1 and do not regret it. This game is truly a social "loot-scapade"!
I feel like a casual with my 500hours on Destiny.
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bituerbo wrote: Quick console question - my local walmart has the disc copy (not pre-order boxes, the actual game) on shelves now for XB1. I'm wondering if I pick it up will it be playable?
Definitely a mistake on their part as it's not going to be released for another 7 days. I was going to hold off on Destiny 2 until a deal or sale - but the thought of playing the full game a week early is really appealing.
It won't be playable as the servers won't be live.
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B0000rt wrote: Either you can't play, or if you do you'll get banned. It's only obvious.
Bullshit. I've never been banned from playing a game before launch. It isn't the consumers fault that a retailer broke street date. I'm surprised you would pass along such false info when this has been answered by Microsoft and Sony for years.
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bummer for those planning to play it on the pc (like me).. we'll have to wait for october release and gets spoiled on everything...
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I don't mind waiting another month to get the better version. It's day and night between 30fps and 60fps+
I'll play something else in the meantime.
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even you have the D2 disc to play, you will not be able to login as your profile will be authenticated with bungie servers.
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followup: walmart wouldn't sell to me as it wouldn't scan - it's not in the system. The clerk then checked the release date and pulled them from the shelves.
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standinginrain wrote: I keep following up with my local EB Games about a midnight release for my physical copy of D2 but they still don't have answers.
Anyone hear anything about any midnight releases?
Thunder Bay will have one at the Inter City Mall. Doors open to line up at 11 PM Sept. 5th for a midnight opening...
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bituerbo wrote: Quick console question - my local walmart has the disc copy (not pre-order boxes, the actual game) on shelves now for XB1. I'm wondering if I pick it up will it be playable?
Definitely a mistake on their part as it's not going to be released for another 7 days. I was going to hold off on Destiny 2 until a deal or sale - but the thought of playing the full game a week early is really appealing.
Here's the *real* answer.

Bungie servers go live at the very least when it's midnight Sept. 6 in New Zealand. New Zealand is 14 hours ahead of us (the time the game unlocks in North America). The only thing stopping anyone from playing right now who has a digital copy (mine is preloaded as of now) is that the game is locked and unlocks when it's midnight here.

Anyone with a physical copy of the game will be able to load up and play at that time (new zealand midnight), regardless of where in the world they are. Bungie does not check where you are in any way, all they care about is that you have a legit copy of the game and they bring up the servers for anyone, anywhere who has a legit copy.

If you attempt to play before that time, you definitely run a risk, but it's probably very small.

We do not know when they will actually bring up the servers - I actually expect it to be at least a day or two prior to the first midnight unlock in NZ.
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Wondering if anyone's pre-order (ps4 copy) with amazon has shipped yet, or started processing?
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JimToronto wrote: Here's the *real* answer.

Bungie servers go live at the very least when it's midnight Sept. 6 in New Zealand. New Zealand is 14 hours ahead of us (the time the game unlocks in North America). The only thing stopping anyone from playing right now who has a digital copy (mine is preloaded as of now) is that the game is locked and unlocks when it's midnight here.

Anyone with a physical copy of the game will be able to load up and play at that time (new zealand midnight), regardless of where in the world they are. Bungie does not check where you are in any way, all they care about is that you have a legit copy of the game and they bring up the servers for anyone, anywhere who has a legit copy.

If you attempt to play before that time, you definitely run a risk, but it's probably very small.

We do not know when they will actually bring up the servers - I actually expect it to be at least a day or two prior to the first midnight unlock in NZ.
Nobody's getting banned for attempting to play early because some retailer broke their embargo...the servers won't be line, and you won't be able to play, but nobody is sending out the video game police or banning you from playing something you've paid for. It won't happen.
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Not sure if i'm the only one, but all of my Bungie.net records are currently missing...anyone see theirs differently? I click on my profile-> bungie activities and it's just blank
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SuckaB wrote: Not sure if i'm the only one, but all of my Bungie.net records are currently missing...anyone see theirs differently? I click on my profile-> bungie activities and it's just blank
same for me. I think this is all part of D2 launch

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