Dude, I got through the entire non-competitive part of the beta in about 2-3 hours. That's once sixth of the map? I was expecting the game to be at least ten time bigger to be honest. They've been making it out to be such a massive and expansive game, and the beta with this knowledge proves that it's really not all that big. I'm incredibly let down by this information. I had a ton of fun with the beta, and I was really excited with the expectation that I was going to be able to get so much more content. They were acting that Earth was absolutely massive though. After I finished played the beta, I had a 70% chance of buying this day one. Now with this info, I'd say my chances of buying this at launch (or at all) are below 50%. 

I hope you're getting it for PS4, you sound a lot like someone i want to fireteam with.

There's people saying "hurdur i can complete the story missions in the beta in a few hours" yes you can, and you can complete most games in a few hours if you blaze through, you can beat the latest mgs in minutes, but thats if you ignore everything else, the leveling, the exploration, the public events, the strike missions, the coop, and everywhere else in the beta you couldnt access before, all of the items, upgrades, features etc that have yet to be unlocked, then ignoring the immense potential for new areas to be added, new worlds to explore etc.

People say a few hours, and yet I logged over 70 hours in the beta alone, on just one of my characters. (my Titan, i put about 20 hr total in to my other two chars too), and that was just for the frigging beta.

Fuck the haters.

people scoffed at me in my other post but then a guy with a Halo avatar and Halo sales bets in his sig says something like this... thank you.

I atleast hope they'll take the MMO route and add more content down the line, I know the 7 areas together are probably huge when put together, but it feels like it needs more considering how long the dev cycle was, and how costly.

yup ps4 forsure,   you can add me to psn if you want,   same name as on here(just let me know its you in the invite).   Im ussually playing with the other guys over at vizioneck.  I think i logged around 40 hours,  but some of that was in orbit while i smoked lol  I played as a hunter and liked it enough to stay that way when the game comes out.   I really hope they have an IB that is level sorted.   So the 20's can all play together, but also have one set at 15, 12, and 8.  so you can see how you stack up against others around your level. 

Yup, fuck the haters, most people i know have loved it, and i know people who decided to buy ps4's and get in the beta after just getting a taste playing at a friends house lol

Will add shortly and leave in a add-request comment to let you know

It does bring up another good point though,I've made so many great friends during the beta, who have all been epic fun to play with.

People will shit on it no matter what.

I honestly expect more from a level-headed mod.

"Well the missions were somewhat short and straightforward"

It's a beta.

" it wasn't the biggest map I've ever seen either"

Again, a BETA.

"It's just the cost and the dev time which I don't get"

It cost less to make than people seem to think. Standard AAA budget. The $500M number includes marketing and expenses on future titles in the series. You should know this?

"no doubt much of it will end up as DLC "

There was just a thread about how games in 1996 cost $60. Considering that those games cost PEANUTS to make compared to what it does today for a identically priced game (it's actually cheaper today if you take inflation into account - which you should), then you realize that we are getting A LOT more for our money than ever before. So if they want to add even more, optional content after that then WHY complain?

People would have pissed themselves with excitement if they had the option to download more Mario 64 content back in the day. What to speak of Mario Kart 64 online. But noooo, we are so spoilt that we get used to all these things after a few experiences and then demand more. 

Well just look at it this way. I spent close to 12 hours on a BETA....a BETA with one zone open. And this zone had multiple places i COULD NOT explore. So what im getting to is that the amount of content should be fine.

i was thinking about skyrimlike huge after the comments on how huge the game will be, but its just tiny...