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9/10/2014 2:00:08 AM
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Destiny-The game where you feel alone...

I've got a good 10 hours or so in, and I'm really enjoying it so far. However, I'm currently lvl 14, and I've only grouped with one other person for about 7 minutes. And as far as talking or communicating with another player- it hasn't happened. This is mainly because there's no easy way to do it. There is no form of prox chat (inexcusable in my mind). Another issue with attempting to join a fireteam (PS4) is you must completely EXIT the game and go to your dashboard to do so. Even if you do that, Bungie has decided that by default you can only join a "friends" fireteam. So what are the odds that I'll run into someone that's on my friends list? The odds boggle the mind. I also understand people not wanting randoms joining them, but to set this as default? Wtf? This game is loads of fun, but from my perspective, and experiance up until now, it could have easily been a single player campaign. I really, really hope Bungie decides to implement some form of simple communication (prox chat comes to mind). Obviously, there should be an option to disable this for those who prefer not to communicate. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to play with others, only to be thwarted by an frustrating /outdated communication system, and just plain getting sick of closing the game out during a fight to try and get some random pub next to me to help out. I don't have many gamer friends- as a father with two little girls, the soccer mom crowds I hang around with have no idea what Destiny is- So I rely solely on people I meet in game to play with. I've heard people say "it'll be implemented soon", but I've yet to see one word from Bungie.
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  • Edited by Xyyth: 9/28/2014 11:06:46 PM
    If you work a full time job or can't keep up with the speed levelers in this game, you are essentially left in the dust. It's hard to get groups when they are in VOG and you are still trying to push to where you even qualify. They have their high level cliques already and don't want to have to mess with the low people, even in their clan.

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    • Yeah there definitely needs to be more/easier ways to join fire teams. Speaking of fire teams, 25 warlock, Titan, Hunter looking for weekly teams. Ps4

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      • Game changes for the better if you find even just 1 good person to join a Fireteam and chat with. Seriously.

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      • Send friend request to: GnrlTsoChikn I'm on ps4. I work m-f so I don't often log on during the week, but Saturdays n Sundays im on for hours. HOURS

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      • Welcome to Bungie's "revolutionary social experience never before seen on console" where you have no communication/grouping tools and matchmaking is only available for strikes started on the planet they are on and Crucible - because lord knows getting to know people and playing with them during anything else isn't being social. I feel your pain and disappointment.

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      • Edited by Xyyth: 10/1/2014 3:24:49 PM
        I will say this. This is the most fun I've had playing a mediocre game.

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      • Check the news feed for dev notes under social. They commented on what their plans are for communication. Sounds like they are going to add chat to matchmaking only for the time being....so it can be done

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      • I knew at the start of your post that I was going to disagree with you and even after reading the entire post I still disagree. I'm not going to type an essay like I usually do, but this is a game made for people interested in joining a team/clan and playing with those people and anyone else they meet. There have been PLENTY of people I've played with who have sent me a friend request at the end of the Strike or PvP match. Majority of the people asking for ingame chat and proximity chat are acting like adding a friend is the most difficult thing in the world. If you don't want to join a clan and you don't want to reach out to people that you're playing with then you are choosing to play alone. The options are there, you just have to actually MAKE them happen instead of sitting back and expecting everyone to be a social butterfly to you.

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        • Check out my post horde mode / survival It has gain a lot popularity and comes with examples and set up please give us your opinion and Ideas. two posts of it has almost 400 comments combined but we need the views of gamers of all walks of life. Thanks fellow guardians your pal mofo

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          • This is literally how my destiny experience has gone: 1) join large clan because previous clan members are never available or are higher than level 20. 2) Find that after friending dozens of people, they're all 21+ or are never available/online. 3) head to the tower to find groups for hard pve content, but only see a bunch of randoms who don't respond to actual messages, invites, and have all of their fire teams set to "friends only" 4) I go to try hard mode missions on my own. Successful for the most part, but not enjoyable, since the reason I bought the game is for team play. 5) at lvl 20, joining preset lvl 22 vanguard fire teams with mute players is all it's come down to. Destiny doesn't reward those who migrated to playstation without having buds who play as well.

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            • Couldn't agree more. I see that when you set your destination to the Tower it says 'Social' but I have to ask, what's the social part about it if players can't hear or even touch one another? The purple ball, the soccer ball and the fan can still offer a few minutes of play time but that's about it. And if I make a tour around any map I can't find more than 5 players in an area. Public events, strikes, the Crucible, all would be better by adding the possibility of voice chat outside of your fireteam. And if I set my fireteam to public (in the unlikely case that someone will join) I want it to stay that way instead of having to change it again every time I log in. The waving and dancing on the D-pad don't mean anything to me without communication. Anyone who can easily get a couple of friends for doing a weekly strike or daily story has an advantage over someone who is just as good but didn't have the chance to find some partners. If I don't have friends, but I want to make some give me a chance to do it please.(I'm on Xbox 360)

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            • It's a social game with no social abilities

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              • This may have been suggested, but an option to "Play Solo" or "Join Fire Team" when you start a mission would be great. Hitting "Join Fire Team" would then join you with similar levelled players who had also selected that option on that mission.

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                • Optional automatic matchmaking would be best. Mass Effect 3 had automatic and it was great. You played and saw who was your level of gamer or better and then asked them to be friends and then you built your team. Not the other way around but if you wanted to you could. I don't need fifty ass#$&es clogging up friend space and notifying me of everything they're doing. At least give me a chance to just jump into an enjoyable game and not have to worry if my "friends" are online. Also, I'm a lvl 24 Titan needing a group for Weekly Strikes and The Queens Wrath for Xbox 360. Jokermania5150

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                • Edited by Leone: 9/27/2014 10:33:52 AM
                  This has to be one of the biggest own goals by a major game launch Why/how is the game one of the most unsociable ever?! No communication what so ever it's like playing on a ps1

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                • First few days were awsome. Guardians on every planet, not a single mission was abandoned. After that first weekend guardians leveled up and moved on. Now days I'm happy if i meet 1 guardian an hour when on a mission. I think they all ran off to the farming feelds...

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                  • It's a first, and something new in gaming, groundbreaking so to speak. The first antisocial social game. During beta testing DeeJ made a response to a post on the subject and his answer was along the lines of he would pass it on to the decision makers, from then there has been silence. My belief is the servers just can't handle the demand voice chat on a large scale would generate, and used the "troll ruining the game for others" excuse as an an explantation. Bungie seem to have decided their target audience will be players who are already established teams in other online shooters and decided the casual player isn't as important.

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                    • The odds of running into a friend are low though I have had it happen. As for exiting the game you must admit that is a slight exaggeration. As for comms yeah bungie needs to fix its situation desperately.

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                      • I can't imagine ps4 is that much different. On xbox one we can join fire teams with randoms and friends alike and to do so you don't even have to go back to orbit for someone you find in game and for friends you just use the roster. Nobody really talks though in random fireteams I get that, but other than that it is a pretty fluid and simple process to join a random fireteam or your buddy's.

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                      • There are so many clans out there to play with. Find one and group up. I run a community clan called Eternal Genocide (Search EGEN) and we have people who join and right away makes friends and start playing together. Just my input..

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                        • Going to sound like a total noob but how do you make your fire team public?

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                          • Seriously...unless you personally know other people playing.

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                          • I DO NOT want to start a system war but that sounds like a problem with the PS4, idk how it works for you cuz I play the 360, but it's real easy to talk to someone on xbox live Oh my god, I said playstation and xbox in the same post, it's only a matter of time before someone says one is better than the other

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                          • Yes

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                          • Once you go over lv 22 you start needing own fire team most of time.

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                          • I have my fireteam set on public and I'm on ps4 u can join me anytime, I'm on the mic and tho I'm in the uk I keep strange hours cos of work so I'm on more wiv Americans than Europeans, psn hnj13 :)

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