It really bugs me that the moon has earth-like gravity. It also bugs me that the stars in the sky twinkle. The only reason stars appear to twinkle is because we have an atmosphere. The moon does not have an atmosphere, therefore stars should not twinkle. Neither should there be any wind that blows dust. Why did bungie hire level designers who have no concept of how space works?
And before you say "the traveler changed the moon and gave it an atmosphere", no it did not. Otherwise the sky would be cloudy and we wouldn't be able to see the stars whenever the sun came around.
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28 RepliesIts great to see THIS is where we draw the realism line. golden guns? thats fine warlocks making purple bombs come out of their hand? plausible some guy going all hulk-like on the ground and killing everyone around him? it can happen BUT DONT YOU DARE MAKE THE STARS TWINKLE FROM THE VANTAGE POINT OF THE MOON.
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Part of the lore of the moon is that they made a small atmospheres round it during the golden age as for the the gravity idk
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It's part of the lore that the traveler made it possible to colonize other planets and the moon. Why should the moons sky look like earths. We have no idea how a sky on any other habitable planet would look like. And creatively speaking if the did make them all seem similar to earth we would all complain about everything looking the same.
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There was an IGN gameplay interview with one of the Destiny devs (can't remember who), and it was explained that the moon's gravity is a result of The Traveler's "intervention" during the Golden Age...
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3 RepliesBelieve it or not stars do twinkle due to the phase effect the sun has on them when they rotate. Some stars rotate at 100 revolutions compared to the 1 day on our planet and chances are gravity would have to altered and made heavier in a way for objects and buildings to remain stable that's not to say it still wouldn't be lighter than earth. Bungie are very smart I'm sure they will listen to feedback and add something to do with the gravity on different planets but tbh I don't need to jump any higher do the jump pack, idk who would it would be more of a annoyance in mid battle waiting for my clunky ass to hit the ground.
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Coming soon!
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I don't mind the stars twinkling, but being able to see the earth's clouds moving like that? Went from "omg it's the Earth this looks amazing! Wait...what?"
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4 RepliesEdited by Aztec1289: 7/27/2014 12:36:41 PMqouted from NASA 'Until recently, most everyone accepted the conventional wisdom that the moon has virtually no atmosphere. Just as the discovery of water on the moon transformed our textbook knowledge of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor, recent studies confirm that our moon does indeed have an atmosphere consisting of some unusual gases, including sodium and potassium, which are not found in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars or Venus. It's an infinitesimal amount of air when compared to Earth's atmosphere. At sea level on Earth, we breathe in an atmosphere where each cubic centimeter contains 10,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules; by comparison the lunar atmosphere has less than 1,000,000 molecules in the same volume. That still sounds like a lot, but it is what we consider to be a very good vacuum on Earth. In fact, the density of the atmosphere at the moon's surface is comparable to the density of the outermost fringes of Earth's atmosphere where the International Space Station orbits. What is the moon's atmosphere made of? We have some clues. The Apollo 17 mission deployed an instrument called the Lunar Atmospheric Composition Experiment (LACE) on the moon's surface. It detected small amounts of a number of atoms and molecules including helium, argon, and possibly neon, ammonia, methane and carbon dioxide. From here on Earth, researchers using special telescopes that block light from the moon's surface have been able to make images of the glow from sodium and potassium atoms in the moon's atmosphere as they are energized by the sun. Still, we only have a partial list of what makes up the lunar atmosphere. Many other species are expected. We think that there are several sources for gases in the moon's atmosphere. These include high energy photons and solar wind particles knocking atoms from the lunar surface, chemical reactions between the solar wind and lunar surface material, evaporation of surface material, material released from the impacts of comets and meteoroids, and out-gassing from the moon's interior. But which of these sources and processes are important on the moon? We still don't know. With the discovery of significant ice deposits at the moon's poles by NASA's Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) missions, and the discovery of a thin scattering of water molecules in the lunar soil by the Chandrayaan X-ray Observatory, another fascinating possibility has captured researchers' interest. The moon's atmosphere may play a key role in a potential lunar water cycle, facilitating the transport of water molecules between polar and lower latitude areas. The moon may not only be wetter than we once thought, but also more dynamic. One of the critical differences between the atmospheres of Earth and the moon is how atmospheric molecules move. Here in the dense atmosphere at the surface of Earth, the molecules' motion is dominated by collisions between the molecules. However the moon's atmosphere is so thin, atoms and molecules almost never collide. Instead, they are free to follow arcing paths determined by the energy they received from the processes described above and by the gravitational pull of the moon. The technical name for this type of thin, collision-free atmosphere that extends all the way down to the ground is a "surface boundary exosphere." Scientists believe this may be the most common type of atmosphere in the solar system. In addition to the moon, Mercury, the larger asteroids, a number of the moons of the giant planets and even some of the distant Kuiper belt objects out beyond the orbit of Neptune, all may have surface boundary exospheres. But in spite of how common this type of atmosphere is, we know very little about it. Having one right next door on our moon provides us with an outstanding opportunity to improve our understanding."
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We play the game for destiny, not stars. Want realism? Go play fish or battlefield.
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The moon looked rough. I pretty sure that's not the final build. So calm down Jiminy Cricket. You'll be able to wish upon a star soon enough.
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I noticed there is a bit of an atmosphere. There are very thin clouds in the sky, so it would seem the moon has gone through some teraforming. There is also fire and sound on the moon and neither of those would exist without an atmosphere as well.
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Edited by MSG ANIMOTAKU: 7/28/2014 2:44:58 AMI agree, the gravity was immediately off putting, and I'd say the same about the other things but I didn't notice them. I concede that some things need to be altered for game design, but some game design needs to be altered for immersion. And to retort an awful lot of you... the traveler is ok because it's [b]not [/b]a known body with predefined physical properties.[u] Anyone with a slight interest in science knows that we don't know anything... that there is so much we've yet to discover.[/u] A traveling orb with unknown properties and abilities is [b]fascinating[/b], not immersion breaking... this "space magic" is some[b] intriguing[/b] command of matter to form raw, destructive energy... Again fascinating(and effective at vaporizing some dreg a**). However, the moon is a... no, the[b] KEY[/b] object that we associate with leaving our own planet. [b]It is the MOST symbolic object of the human desire to travel into the stars.[/b] And the moon [u]does[/u] have certain physical properties that are[b] commonly known amongst almost every member of our species. [/b] The moon appears almost exactly as it does today... minus the affects of human colonization. So it still maintains these expectations. It doesn't need to calculate the exact gravitational effects on my gurdian, projectiles, sound, and so forth... but it does need to meet the most common of expectations.[b] Low gravity, altered sound[/b] (a lot of people probably don't know we can't perceive sound in space XD), [b]no wind[/b] etc... To many people below... No BLAM it's fiction... but it's SCIENCE FICTION ;D. \ /
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Space magic, duh. It's fantasy, get over it.
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6 RepliesEdited by SuperNoob444: 7/27/2014 3:57:38 AMWhat's hilarious is that in Destiny, the moon DOES have an atmosphere. The sky cannot be cloudy because there is no water on the moon's surface to evaporate into clouds. Plus how do you think guardians breathe? Your guardian needs an atmosphere to survive. Haven't you noticed that your character doesn't have a hulking oxygen tank on his or her back?
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Awesome
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there where plants on VENUS people!!!!! this is part of the story (cause its a story), there is THE TRAVELER if you payed atention to the introduction. this discution has no sence.
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1 ReplyEdited by Oak_Khan: 7/27/2014 2:51:17 PMWhen your ship orbits the moon you see clouds. So I have no idea what you are on about Good to see your return though Longface, or should I say 0________0
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2 RepliesI'm not sure bout atmosphere.. but yeah destiny already said the traveler altered the gravity of the moon.. so there's that
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1 Replyyou sound like my brother-in-law...a sexless idiot who takes things way too serious
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Yeah, lower gravity would spice things up.
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1 ReplyThe moon has an atmosphere.
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I was looking forward to having a gravity difference.
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After hundreds of years of human habitation, it could have gotten a thin atmosphere, not enough to support plant life, but enough for that stuff
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remember, the Traveler changed planets in our solar system to help us cultivate and live on them.
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1 ReplyIt's Science fiction/fantasy. There are multiple ways the traveler can startup an atmosphere on the moon.
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2 RepliesWhy are we complaining about this aspect? You're accepting that there's such a thing as a traveling orb that arrives on planet Earth, transforms mankind into sentient beings, all while being pursued by an evil 'master race' of aliens flanked by 'Moon Zombies'? Your priorities are wacked if you believe the issue here are stars and gravity. This game clearly isn't meant to revolve around the realm of normalcy.