when I walk on the streeT I like to put my mp3, I dont wanna heard people conversation, Why Because I dont care, I want to jog, to skate do more then underwhelmed by someone who can piss Farer then anyone.



put chat in fire team. that it. and change the stupid EMOte. By voice and waypoint interface.


HELP ! (make on range a waypoint to you)
UNDERFIRE !

Dance, Point, Sit Its pretty useless

No, this is just spin. Sorry.

Let me try. 

First of, the insanely amount of replies you have on this thread.  I understand that you created the thread, but look at all the opposition you face and how much you defend.  "the lady doth protest too much Othello."  Clearly you are in the minority here, my friend and you go out of your way to stand up for nothing that really matters in the long run.

Second, you take this GAF thread and post it here cruisading your opinion based beliefs about social gaming.  It would be one thing if you were to argue points this game does that individualizes the way it makes the game social, but really it's from your point of view that it does and not easily sway other gamers from a first view perspective.  You know, like when you see how good icecream is, you must try icecream.  If you're explaining why yogurt tastes good, but others say it pales to icecream, then you didn't really go sell yogurt as much as you've expressed yogurts fine points.

Third, you mention Text Chat as if it were old and useless technology, but really, it works just the same, better, or a little worst than voice chat.  In leagues of legend, text chat is all I can stand.  Hearing annoying voices I've never heard is just too arbitrary for me.  And that's opinion based. 

Fourth, there are far better games that get you to be more social.  Wow, Minecraft, hell even facebook games.  As for shooters being social games, it's hard to blend the two things together.  It's too face pace to really develop much of a comradary.  Sure, it is possible and more than likely spawned a whole mess of budding bromances, but it's not really social.  Not like you and the person on the other end will go out for icecream.  Now I want some icecream.   

Sorry, but bungie when making this game, you were the perfect Mark they were looking for to go about the internet describing their game as a marvel of modern gaming, when really Destiny falls flat at most of their intended targets.  You're their Manchurian Candidate. 

Before you go up and arms and reply to this, ask yourself this:  Will I be playing this game side by side when the next big shooter(COD) or any other game, comes out? Longevity is the true standard of which we place merit. 

First your question...

Yeap... I already said here I expect to be playing Desitny for years yet and I have money on PSN but I don't wish to buy anything this year... maybe Bloodborne next year... I had plans to buy a lot of games this year (including others shooters) but I realized that I will be wasting money in games that I won't play because I want to play Destiny... I don't know if I explain in the best way.

Now your points.

1) I don't think I'm minority here... most people that fast replied NO was talking about the social features in the game when it is clear it is lack it... they missed the OP point that is the fact that Destiny is making (not matter the way) people to socialize more than others MMO/games in the market... people are talking more about it with random because they need too.

And the OP was about people that is playing the game... of course not for these guys that didn't like or played the game... how you will start to have a more social gaming life due a game if you don't play the game or hate it?

If you take a look at the comments you will see there is a tie in replies... that is why I created the thread after see in GAF the opinions are 50% for each side.

2) The thread here and GAF are about the people that already are tasting the Icecream... if you playing Destiny noted some change in your social gaming life that didn't happened with others games... and yes a lot of guys are reporting that... and a lot others not.

Of course it won't be equal for everybody.

3) I really wish more games incentive voice chat over text chat... IMO when you use text chats you just talk the essencial to do that task and anything more... you don't laugh or make jokes with eachother... there is no interaction.

Voice chat is the complete oppostite... you start to have feelings with eachothers and make friendshipts... the interaction hearing the other voice make you fell more close and opened.

That is the social I mean in the games... start to make friends and talk with them.

4) I agree with you in some point... if you look like that playing game will never be social... but the social I mean is not to meet each other in real life or anything like... it is to grow relationship via gaming with others players because the common intereste... you will talk with new people, make friends, etc... this is a kind of social to me... and Desitny is doing that (even if caused by a bad social system).

5) Yeap... Bungie target me and millions of others... the guys that are being upset with the game are the ones that guessed Bungie was targeting Halo users... Destiny will suppose to be bigger than that and have a bigger audience too... time will tell of course.

I played roughly 6 hours of Crucible & strikes etc. Not a single person had a mic.

So to answer OP. No.

Any non-matchmaking activity? This is where is happening the social part.

All I know is last night I did the raid for the first time and it was the most I've talked to people since getting my PS4 by a long shot. No one talks online and it's downright annoying. I realized they need to make more games or at least add modes in games that force people to talk to each other.

For instance BF4 should without a doubt have a server that requires you to have a mic plugged into to even get in. This should have been day one stuff.

Destiny should also have the option to join crucibles,strikes, etc and click an option that says MICs only so your only matched with people who have MICs.

Looks like this new game evolve may force people into talking to. Talking with people while playing a game is way more enjoyable. For some games anyways don't get me wrong I love putting in a demon souls type game and going solo every now and then to.

Not a big multiplayer guy so good PvP usually does it. Acquiring items after events, missions, PvP is cool too but I just wish the grinding rewards you better.

This thread is kind of weird. It's sort of like asking "Has not drinking Water made you really thirsty and appreciate Water more?"

You have met more players in your life because the lack of social options in game forces you to do this! Okay you met 120 + more players? Do you really game and talk to ALL THOSE players you friend requested?? Tell you the truth, WoW had me meeting people from California in PERSON, befriended a young girl that lives in Australia, I dated a Girl I met on WoW, had dinner with other gamers in RL that traveled from NJ, made friendships all over the 5 boroughs in NYC with other WoW players, and the seeds of how all this started? TEXT CHAT! I still talk to my ex (married now), still game with the guy I met in California, and the young Girl from Australia I gamed with is a young adult now and adapted a nickname I used to call her (her name was Linda, but I named her Lyndis or Lyn for short, after my favorite Fire Emblem character at the time) and we keep in touch on FB.

Before I used Vent, it was all TEXT! Even that nickname wouldn't be as memorable when she saw that "Y" instead of the "I" in her name if it wasn't for text chat.

Reasons why I gave all those examples is because I wanted to prove the power of a simple thing like text. It would only amplify social interaction with gamers in Destiny. You talked about politics in voice chat with fellow Brazilian players? Okay... On WoW, they used to talk about this on the trade chat so everyone can see it, and people would join in (I'd be annoying since Trade Chat is only supposed to be used for TRADING but I didn't mind). Also, people would talk about stupid Miscellaneous but funny things (I remember when the movie 300 came out, their was a craze in my WoW server and EVERYONE was spamming movie quotes, and during raids, they would quote Leonidas quote after slaying the boss). This was epic! Everyone was connected and involved, and although I didn't have a list of 120 fellow WoW players in my friends list, I had about 30 that I would consider REALLY close.

This is not even mentioning the Impact it has on finding Groups for raids, stages, and other gameplay features. Also guild chat? Where you can connect with your whole guild and have discussion with 500+ something members? And you say this would make Destiny less social??

Tell you the truth I don't think you have been Brainwashed. If you truly adore Destiny, cu-dos to you, finding a game you truly love and can't wait to play after a hard days work is certainly a great feeling. But to say that Text chat or other social mechanics would make this game LESS social is like saying a car won't run better with premium gas so it's best to stick with unleaded.