ethomaz on 04 August 2015
Game Informer
Destiny: The Take King
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Magazine Leaks (Lnkn52@GAF)
- progression has been reworked entirely since the game launched. Leveling from 1 to 40 is now based entirely on your own actions.
- A new behind-the-scenes reward system pays attention to the gear and weapons you already have, and not only attempts to avoid giving the same reward multiple times, but targets you for new loot that will be valuable for progression.
- You can carry more bounties at any one time, and turn them in without returning to the bounty giver.
- the Cryptarch more reliably provides rewards that match the engrams you give him.
- Quests provide meaningful story progression, and clearly trackable paths through all the game's content, thereby lessening the grind.
- The Crucible has improved matchmaking, and a mercy rule ends matches early when any given contest is dramatically misbalanced.
- Crucible heavy and special ammo drops and economies have been reworked to be more understandable and useable.
- Weapons have been balanced across the board, with the aim to eliminate the dominance of just a few weapons, and make every weapon type a compelling choice.
- Whether your gauge is number of Crucible maps, exotic weapons, or playable mission, Destiny now has more than twice as much content as the original release. While Taken King introduces the first fully explorable new gameplay area, the new story mission zones, raids, and arena add substantial real estate to uncover.
- Intelligence, Discipline, and Strength abilities now have numbered tiers to strive toward. Tiers are digital thresholds that you cross to reduce the cool down on your core three powers. Instead of a percentage, we want to tell you the time in secnds that your ability is going to come back in.
Magazine Leaks (border@GAF)
- gain weapon upgrade materials by dismantling old weapons (sounds like an enchanting/jewel-slotting type system, or maybe just the replacement of Ascendent Energy)
- No more class based armor materials (Hadronic Essence, Plasteel Plating, etc). There will be one armor material that can be used by all classes
- Special vendor that lets you pick up any shader or emblem you have already acquired on your account (no more wasting vault space on shaders). Further vault/storage solutions on the way
- Green/white weapons will be more powerful than your current legendaries
- Details about Exotic Weapons -- auto rifle that shoots chain lightning, sniper rifle that blinds enemies on a headshot, pulse rifle that reloads magazine when you land precision shots, fusion rifle that counts as a heavy weapon and acts as a portable rail gun
- Exotic items now have their "defining perk" immediately unlocked (eg You can do a blinding bubble as soon as you acquire Helm of Saint 14, no need to level it up)
- Crucible will have questlines that introduce you to Shaxx and the various faction leaders
Magazine Leaks (Namikaze1@GAF)
- auto rifle that shoots blast of chain lightning
- a sniper that blinds nearby enemies on precision hit
- Pulse Rifle called No Time To Explain
- exotics come with an intrinsic perk upon acquisition
- many are tied to involved quest lines
- one such quest line has you explore the Dreadnaught and looking for hidden pieces sorta like Dead Ghost Hunting.
- Sleeper Simulant, a fusion rifle that takes up heavy slot. Quest Line exotic.
- story missions are spread across a core campaign, subclass focused events, exotic quests, and additional tasks that open up later
- eight lengthy story missions frame the opening arc of the narrative, tracking your Guardian's infiltration of the Dreadnaught and assault against Oryx
- one sequence include a vertigo inducing platforming sequence in the Cosmodrome
- another moment is you fleeing a horde of Taken in underground passages of the moon
- you'll come across a marauding group of cabal and their crashed ship as you infiltrate the Dreadnaught
- raid is called King's Fall
- new post story missions
- many around an event called the Taken War.
- difficulty is ramped up for these
- one such mission takes you into the Vault
- you'll learn more about Praedyth.
Magazine Leaks (captscience@GAF)
- Captains have a solar shield. Throw blinding orbs.
- Knights have AoE scorch.
- Centurions fire tracking shots that track around corners.
- Wizards summon thralls.
- Psions split in two.
- Vandals have a bubble shield they can shoot out of.
- Phalanxes have an AoE that push you backwards.
- Thrall can teleport.
Magazine Leaks (lt519@GAF)
- ToO bounties
- Week long Crucible bounties (with a 6th for completing the first 5 and a big reward, legendary/exotic)
- Eight new PvP maps
- Zone Control (control without kills for points)
- Rift (steal the bacon game type)
- Playstation exclusive map has platforms in center to create jumping gun battles
- Vex map with a one-way teleporter (hah)
Magazine Leaks (Darryl M R@GAF)
- Opening Cinematic is narrated by our new Ghost (Nolan North)
- Cinematic shows the Awoken waging war against Oryx with both Prince Uldren and the Queen involved in the fight.
- Taken enemies wield brand new effects such as Taken Captains wearing solar shields and throwing out orbs of darkness that blind,
- Knights fling aoe scorch, Centurions shoot tracking rounds, Wizards summon thralls, Psions split into two, Vandals deploy defender like shields that allow them to shoot out and heal, Phalanxes shoot projectiles from the shield, and thralls teleport on the battlefield.
- New world objects exist that can be scanned by your Ghost and give useful information and lore, can even start a dialogue between your ghost and the Vanguard, things like statues, weird worms, etc.
- All items will offer perk customization including weapons, armor, class items, and even your ghost!
- Crucible has improved matchmaking and a new mercy rule that will end a match early when misbalanced.
- New system in place that allows you to sacrifice pieces of gear to empower others from the same slot, may be some kind of transmog system (very few details)
- New quest lines, Eris Morn gives a quest that leads to the rediscovery of a forgotten weapon type.
- New class quest lines, including quests for the new subclasses and added quest lines for the older sub classes that introduce you to them and give some back story.
- Gunsmith has his own reputation meter now, lets you test prototype weapons in the field, with higher rep you can order a weapon once a week that will be delivered on Wednesday with a random set of perks.
- Crucible and Vanguard Marks have been consolidated into "Legendary Marks".
- Class armor materials have been removed, consolidated into one source that is shared between all three classes.
- Can now pledge allegiance to a crucible faction, one at a time only. No longer requires wearing a class item. Can also turn in Motes,
- Weapon Parts, Armor Mats, synths, etc to gain reputation.
- New computer console near the outfitter that allows you to pick a shader you want, and also displays all the shaders you have yet to acquire and how to get them, same system is in place for emblems.
- Vault space is still an issue, Luke Smith is quoted saying "We are exploring options for getting stuff out of players inventories via these kiosks that we've played around the tower, but we're still working towards a solution that we're excited about."
- At least a dozen new exotic weapons, and at least a half dozen armor exotics per class.
- New Auto Rifle exotic shoots blasts of lightning, sniper rifle that blinds nearby enemies on a precision hit, or the new pulse rifle called "No Time To Explain" that fits the role of a high level strangers rifle that refuels bullets directly to the magazine on precision hits.
- New exotic called Sleeper Simulant, Fusion rifle that sits in the heavy slot and acts as a rail gun, over penetrates and bounces off walls, upgrades improve the bounce count.
- Many exotics are tied to quests, one example requires that you explore the dreadnaught and find hidden pieces throughout.
- Vanguard Mentor gives you your new subclass quest
- New Crucible Modes are Rift, Mayhem, and Zone Control which is just control with kills not counting towards the score.
- New dedicated quest line that introduces players to the Crucible and the respective NPCs like Shaxx.
- Simpler bounties have been made, with more difficult bounties being available and even fireteam based bounties for pvp. Trials now has bounties associated with it as well as new weekly bounties for the crucible which upon completion give access to a sixth weekly and challenging bounty that can reward a legendary or exotic.
- First act of the story is 8 "Lengthy" story missions, with the second act includes additional story missions, strikes, exploration, triggered public events, weapon quests that all lead to the introduction of the new raid called "King's Fall".
- Quests in act 2 revolve around the Taken War, includes quests line Unsealed Paradox which returns you to the Vault of Glass and reveals the fate of Praedyth.
- Presence of "raid-light" mechanics in strikes, Bungie is hesitant to make strikes too complicated due to griefing.
Leaked Sumary (recks@GAF)
- Bungie retooled nearly every Vendor in the Tower
- Lots of new quests that unlocks thoughout progression
- Some quests only unlocks after finding mysterious items or from dismantling certain weapons
- One quest comes from Eris Morn to rediscover a forgotten weapon type
- Each quest step is noted on a dedicated page of your character screen
- Quests reorganizes older contents. Sword of Crota leads to TDB, Vestian Outpost opens after meeting the Queen for the first time etc
- There's also quests for every subclass (old ones included) that explains their uses
- You can now earn reputation with the Gunsmith
- You can borrow weapons from the Gunsmith to do certain challenges, like Sniper Headshots in the Crucible, killing enemies on the Dreadnaught etc
- After hitting a certain reputation with the Gunsmith you can order a legendary weapon every week, and on wednesday it arrives with random perks
- Crucible bounties are much simpler and faster to complete
- One bounty specific to your class everyday
- Two of the daily bounties are for the daily playlist so players don't miss on the rewards
- You can also expect one challeging bounty to complete, like the IB ones
- Trials of Osiris have 3 new bounties every week
- Crucible also has a 5 weekly bounty, completing all of them leads to a sixth bounty, which can rewards you with legendary/exotic weapons
- Matchmaking system redone
- Trying to find a way to deal with lagswitchers
- HoW Crucible maps will be available to everyone
- 8 new lengthy story missions for the "first act"
- And the "second act includes numerous additional story missions, strikes, exotic quests etc"
- Going into the endgame feels way better
- The raid is called King's Fall
- Several new quests opens when the main story arc is complete
- One of the missions is called Unsealed Paradox, and give answers about the fate of Praedyth
- Four new strikes
- "The Fallen Saber" is located on the Seraph Vault and puts you against a super Shank
- "The Shield Brothers" is located on the Dreadnaught, where you fight two Cabal leaders, one with a "devastating melee" and the other has a mortar cannon strapped on his back
- "The Sunless Cell" you hunt a Hive Darkblade named Alak-Hul, who rebelled against Oryx
- "Echo Chamber" is a PS exclusive strike on Venus, that you seek the Restorative Mind, a Vex machine trying to revive the Nexus
- New strikes aim for replayability
- Enemy fights can rotate, on one run you can face against the cabal on the other against the hive etc
- Multiple narrations been recorded for that
- Old strikes like Dust Palace, Undying Mind and Cerberus Vae also have been reworked
- Boss fights now focuses on strategies and team work
- GI says that they played the final version
- White and Green that you find early on are more powerful than the existing legendaries
- "Bungie wants Year Two to reinvigorate the collection and experimentation experience of the game, and that can't happen if everyone is still using Vision of Confluence"
- You can improve an item by sacrificing another of the same slot
- Intellect, Discipline and Strenght now have tiers to improve
- Equippable emotes now available below your emblem
- Holding L2 on the pause screen now shows the energy type of your weapons
- You now earn levels with exp past 20
- Wants the level system to be "streamlined and consistent"
- While you explore you may find scannable places, which can trigger conversations
- Three new Crucible modes, Rift, Mayhem and Zone Control
- You only earn points by taking and holding the zones on "Zone Control"
- Eight new Crucible maps
- New quest lines specific to Crucible
- Quest line for every new subclass
- Titan quest line revolves on finding a rogue mercenary Tiyan clan named Sunbreakers
- Hunters focus on "tracking a lone wolf hunter who has gone missing"
- Warlock follows a ritual which "indocrinates you into the power of the storm"
- These quests tries to show how to use the new classes
- Legendary Marks replace Crucible and Vanguard Marks
- Universal armor upgrade material
- No need to use a class item to earn rep to your faction
- Can also trade Motes of Light, Ammo Synthesis, Weapon Parts etc for reputation
- A computer that lets you get any shader that you already obtained on your account
- Same system available to emblems
- Still having technical problems with Vault Space
- Still working towards a solution that they're excited about
More to come.
The GOTY 2014 is getting even better.
