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ethomaz on 09 October 2014

First of all I need to adreess some points.

  • The game lacks social features/tools like clan support and proximity voice chat.
  • The original thead started on GAF and I found really a interesting discussion to put here too.
  • Yeap again we know it have issues with social tools but the points is how is it making you be more social and meet/talk new people.

Fist the original headline on GAF.

@TheExorzist

Ever since the launch I've been pretty much addicted to this game, never really understanding why. I mean, even as someone who loves the game I will not deny that it's pretty bland. You are basically doing the same shit over and over again. So why am I loving it so much?

Yesterday evening I realized. This game is giving me huge "early 360 online MP" feels. You know, the time when there was no party chat and people were actually talking to each other during the games. Ever since party chat was introduced and my old Gear of War crew scattered, console multiplayer gaming has been a very lonely experience for me. For me it became like playing against/with bots and I lost all interest in it.

Now while I do admit it's shitty that Bungie hasn't build in some kind of public chat for the strikes, the game still forces players to build groups and I think Bungie isn't getting enough credit for it.

My PSN friend list exploded since Destiny released and I've met, played and talked to countless new people. I have an on-going group chat open with over 60 people in it, so even if no one of my main buddies is around I can just write "Doing nightfall right now, feel free to join" in this chat and be sure that someone will join to assist. Sometimes people would just offer help into the blue, writing "I'm around tonight, if anyone needs help with anything, chat me up." in this group chat.

I haven't felt this sense of community for a very long time in the console gaming space - and since we already have OT7 here on GAF I guess many others here feel the same. Only thing left to do is to implement public chat for the strikes without going into a fire team.

Really think this had to be said.

 

Now my honest opinion.

 

I already said Destiny changed my gaming life and it come to how it make me more opened to talk more on voice chats and unknown/random people. I never had meet/talk with so many gamers in my life like I do in Destiny... in others social games I just did text chat or talked in private party chats with friends... Destiny changed that.

My friend list almost doubled after this game and I'm in talk with random/new friends everytime even about things not related to Destiny... it is all the time with different guys, cultures, timezones and languages.

My English improved a bit (I guess) and even the Brazilians are massive using voice comunication now.

The game even lacking social tools made you became a more social gamer.

It is crazy and wonderful at the same time.

 

BTW after think a lot about... I"M IN THE TEAM OF NO TEXT CHAT EVEN IN DESTINY.

At first I thought the lack of ingame text chat was a issue and needed to be fixed but now I believe ingame text chat should never be added while the lack of social tools needs to be fixed with voice chat features like proximity chat, ingame clan support, etc.

 

And you? What do yo thing?

 

For me it is a BIG YES.



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ethomaz on 09 October 2014

If anybody wants to see the replies on GAF.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=909185



ethomaz on 09 October 2014

Text chat, matchmaking in Weekly/Nighfall/Raid can kill the social aspect of the game IMO.

I didn't realized that until early this morning.



LudicrousSpeed on 09 October 2014

lol, no.

Fucking PSO on the Dreamcast on 56k modems is more social.

They have a long way to go. Text chat in a game like this would be a huge start. Why it shipped without it, Idk.



Azerth on 09 October 2014

nope for a game that wants everyone to be social it has the least amount of social features available in game



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ethomaz on 09 October 2014
Azerth said:
nope for a game that wants everyone to be social it has the least amount of social features available in game

And at the end it makes you more social.

The lack of social features didn't change that like it was posted in the first part of the OP... it forces you to be more social opened.

The question is not about if it have the social features that Bungine promised but if it makes you more social like Bungie promised... and in my opinion (and others if you read the GAF thread) it makes... and it well successful in that part.



NobleTeam360 on 09 October 2014
ethomaz said:
Azerth said:
nope for a game that wants everyone to be social it has the least amount of social features available in game

And at the end it makes you more social.

The lack of social features didn't change that like it was posted in the first part of the OP... it forces you to be more social opened.

The question is not about if it have the social features that Bungine promised but if it makes you more social like Bungie promised... and in my opinion (and others if you read the GAF thread) it makes... and it well successful in that part.

That spin though



ethomaz on 09 October 2014
LudicrousSpeed said:
lol, no.

Fucking PSO on the Dreamcast on 56k modems is more social.

They have a long way to go. Text chat in a game like this would be a huge start. Why it shipped without it, Idk.

IMO text chat will kill the way the game make people meet and talk with each other.



ethomaz on 09 October 2014

NobleTeam360 said:

That spin though

I can change the question to "Did the lack of social features made you more social?"... that is the point of the OP... I just wanted to matain the original text like it was.



ethomaz on 09 October 2014

A GAFers made another good point/question...

"How many time did you make friends from matchmaking in WoW ?"

You are making friends in Destiny, talking with them, having fun with them due the lack of matchmaking in Raid/Nighfall/Weekly.