Snkfanatic
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What? What are you basing this on lol
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Destiny 2 PC to have meaningful bespoke features
- Thread starter Nirolak
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What? What are you basing this on lol
wesleyshark
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Lol destiny 2 is going to be fucking massive
sixteen-bit
Member
That's encouraging to hear.
Marvel
could never
Yup lol
franklyshankly
Member
But PC is 0 dollars a month.
He has to if he wants to play the game thread is about lol?
Hazardous Metal
Member
It's been one of the top games on twitch for 3 years already
PC will obviously help a lot though!
It's still in the top 20 most viewed games on Twitch but it's been falling off pretty hard for a while now. Not that it's surprising, considering the lack of content and console exclusivity. I'm just saying that with it releasing on PC + all of the things I mentioned it's going to be a complete juggernaut. I'm gonna be upgrading my GPU just for it.
The Salt Life
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If you have friends on every console you do that, that's um...9 different chances for gear every week in the raids.
Sad Affleck
Member
Vulkan support would be pretty sweet.
That it would
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
When are they allowing digital deluxe pre orders for PC? It is not available on the Destiny 2 website
AllIsOneIsNone
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I think it will be extremely healthy under a few conditions.
-good launcher platform (and it will likely be on Steam right? So we're good there)
-variable framerate, FoV slider, other graphical options
-hard to cheat (this one is super important as cheating will pretty much ruin the game, both pve and especially pvp)
-appropriate UI changes.
If it's a good port, I don't think there is anything to worry about.
I'm guessing this will just be dynamic scaling support, input device support (mouse and keyboard) and FOV slider but limited like Overwatch due to competitiveness as they take it quite seriously. (hopefully it allows more and proper 21:9 support).
I can't see them adding too much more to PC as it is probably a sister studio focusing on PC support and compatibility rather than Bungie themselves and I think they will be quite strict about competitiveness and will focus more on anti cheat/hacking than feature sets.
I'm hoping to see uncapped fps, 21:9/multi-monitor, proper raw mouse input support, fully adjustable fov and maybe a few graphic tweaks like dynamic scaling, extra shadow draw distance, decent AA etc.
I can't see them adding too much more to PC as it is probably a sister studio focusing on PC support and compatibility rather than Bungie themselves and I think they will be quite strict about competitiveness and will focus more on anti cheat/hacking than feature sets.
I'm hoping to see uncapped fps, 21:9/multi-monitor, proper raw mouse input support, fully adjustable fov and maybe a few graphic tweaks like dynamic scaling, extra shadow draw distance, decent AA etc.
if it sends data to and from the server.....which it will being online, it will be hard to cheat via character modding or giving yourself tons of loots. Aimbots will always exist in a small form or another. But I think requiring a connection at all times will alleviate most issues. Problem will be what will be kept client side that can be changed, which other than player input won't be much
The decision between Destiny PS4 and Destiny PC will be rough. Destiny PS4 GAF are my people, but this game could be insane on PC. I wonder how if they will vary the encounters at all. I think a M/KB would have made some parts of D1 a lot easier.
Obliterator
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This game is going to be huge on PC as long as the port / version is good. Very confident in that
AllIsOneIsNone
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With the amount of aim assist on consoles? I think it'll be pretty comparable.
Should switch to monthly subscription /s
while i am not a fan of recent fps, i do love the idea of destiny. maybe the setting, the whole mmoish aspect of it. so yes, i am hyped about it being on pc.
sturgboski
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While I am getting the PS4 version, I do hope there is some sort of universal account such that I can take my PS4 character to the PC if I want (though I guess exclusive gear would be locked from use until it is out on the other systems). It isnt going to happen, but it would make me double dip.
Wasnt The Division a hackers paradise?
Wasnt The Division a hackers paradise?
Abilidebob
Member
Because Ubisoft did something that every single other MMO developer on PC stopped doing years ago, having a bunch of client-side stuff in an always online game.
Obliterator
Member
Comparable games like Borderlands and The Division sold huge numbers on PC. The PC community eats these types of games up and with Destiny having more of an MMOish feel to it that just lines up even stronger.
Unless they fuck this thing up its gonna be massive on PC
While I appreciate the fact that it's easily affordable, it doesn't mean it isn't any issue when there are other platforms that won't charge for online access. It's certainly a con when comparing the two versions of the game.
Hazardous Metal
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The Division was and still is to a much lesser extent a hacker's paradise because they naively stored most character data client side instead of server side. Most MMO's/online games don't do this so The Division is the exception to the rule as far as AAA games go.
CarbonFire
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Implicitly trusting the client is common in PC ports of console games. Destiny 1 initially was also easy to hack on the last gen consoles before they put more server checks in place.
I have little confidence Bungie will get this right on their first pass. I'd love to be proven wrong, but they haven't really touched PC development since Halo 2 PC, so I'm not holding my breath.
Muskieratboi
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I am *so* glad i just bought a 4K Screen
Blizzard would have advised Bungie on this area already so I'm not worried about that.
Sad Affleck
Member
Unless something goes catastrophically wrong with the PC version Destiny will be huge on PC.
Hazardous Metal
Member
We'll see how it goes but I'm not concerned about cheating/hacking. It's too much of an obvious thing for them to fuck up imo.
Masterspeed
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Obliterator
Member
Yeah from everything we've heard Blizzard and Bungie have a pretty close relationship now days. I'm sure they've been communicating a lot on how to tackle PC and are hopefully learning from some of the mistakes Blizzard made in the past.
Like one of the reasons The Taken King turned out as well as it did is Blizzard met with them and discussed things they did to improve Diablo 3 through Reaper of Souls expansion. Likewise Bungie consulted / helped Blizzard with figuring out how to tackle aiming / fps control on console with Overwatch.
Because they ignored some of the very fundamentals of game networking which have been known and implemented for literally 20 years. I don't think Destiny 2 will have that issue.
Other people commented on this but I want to clarify that it's not a "recent" or "MMO" thing. Quake 2, released in 1997, had a fully server-authoritative networking model.
Obliterator
Member
Or the 1.2 million people who bought The Division on Steam (likely 2 million or so with UPLAY included given For Honor splits) and the fact it still had over 100k players in the last 2 week on Steam alone. And Division is plagued with problems on the PC.
A good Destiny 2 will be plenty healthy on PC. It's all just on Bungie on whether they deliver or not, because the community is there.
This right here if the game is missing either the uncapped fps or fov it's no buy for me
PedroLumpy
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I have lots of confidence in Bungie as a console developer, but do they have much of a track record (recently) on PC? I would also like all the nice features people are mentioning, but we're talking about stuff that even seasoned PC developers don't always deliver.
They're showing it off alongside the PS4 version on the 18th so they must be confident about it.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
I hope it is not a ghost town I got blops 3 on PC and it was almost impossible to find a free for all match. I had to get it on PS4 instead as free for all was my favorite mode
Primarily a PC gamer here, but I finally buckled and bought Destiny on Xbox One. I loved it, and since Destiny 2 is coming to PC I will definitely be switching to PC once it hits. I've got a buddy planning the same as well. The community is definitely there. Can't wait for the reveal.
Diablohead
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I would love to see destiny 2 run with medium spec gpu's at 1080 60 with some clean visuals but in reality I also expect to cap the game to 30 on my gtx950, I did that a lot with my old 260 back in the day and had no problem with most games.
lets be real they're going to slap text chat in here and call it a day.
I'd be shocked if a 1060 didn't net you high settings at 60 unless your CPU is a major drawback.
Diablohead
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i'd love to see a locked vsync 60 with my setup but if it's going to skip around, i'll take a solid 30 and maybe chill with a controller for patrols.
60 > Vsync
Obliterator
Member
It'll be interesting to see what spec recommendation will be, as the rumor is significant visual improvements to Destiny 2 over 1 as well as vastly larger more densely packed play spaces