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There's not a lot for me to say about the Beta apart from this is me right now.
For now, just in case you are interested, here are some Collector Card codes for the Game...
Warlock: YKA-RJG-MH9
Hunter: 3DA-P4X-F6A
Titan: MVD-4N3-NKH
Rixis: TCN-HCD-TGY
Old-Russia: HDX-ALM-V4K
Hive: 473-MXR-3X9
Moon: JMR-LFN-4A3
Gjallorhorn: HC3-H44-DKC
Duke MK.44: 69P-KRM-JJA
The Tower: 69P-VCH-337
The Hive: Ogre 69R-CKD-X7L
Valley of the Kings, Mars: 69R-DDD-FCP
The Fallen: 69R-F99-AXG
Red Death: 69R-VL7-J6A
The Cabal: 69X-DJN-74V
The Devastated Coast, Venus: 6A7-7NP-3X7
Vex Minotaur: 6A9-DTG-YGN
I'm not completely sure what they'll unlock but they're there if you want them.
Anyway, this is D-1. I'll let you know how Day 1 goes tomorrow.
PS: If anyone wants to join me my PSN Id is Alta_Ranga,
Then 2 days planned downtime to work on feedback for PS4/PS3 beta on 21st and 22nd.
"The Destiny Public Beta began on July 17, 2014 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 platforms,[6] before going offline for maintenance on July 21 and 22. On July 22, maintenance was completed ahead of schedule,[7] and the Beta became available for Xbox 360 and Xbox One platforms, which were originally scheduled to gain access on July 23.[8] On July 24, 2014, Bungie opened the Beta for free download to all players on all platforms, with no code redemption necessary.[9] The Beta officially closed on July 27 at 6:30pm PDT.[8][10]"
Up the whole time on xBox One...
Down two days on PS4...
Unless my maths is completely off...
It seems that xBox one owners got things a whole lot better with this beta. My boy spent the entire time playing, from day one right through to the end with no issues at all.
I watched some of it, looked pretty good...
The only downtime on PS4 was the 2 days they'd planned, so overall I think there were more days on PS4. I played it on both PS4 and Xbox One and there was no discernible difference. From what I've seen of last gen, there's a bit of a graphical and performance downgrade, but nothing you'd notice if you haven't played the current gen version.
I watched some of it, looked pretty good...
My diary can be summarised as follows:
Day 1: PSN Store down. Didn't get into it until 11pm. Started downloading.
Day 2: Grabbed an hour at lunch. Evening... busy.
Day 3: Busy
Day 4: Beta down
Day 5: Beta down
Day 6: Busy
Day 7: 2 hours of play
Or something like that.
If I had known I was going to be so socially active during the Destiny Beta I would not have created this thread. My bad.
I will post something on the Beta, though, as I feel it's worth a mention.
FIASCO!!
Dear Diary,
This is not the start I was hoping for. In fairness to Bungie they did release the codes when they said they would. I was a little busy around 6pm however it wasn't long after that I checked my account and there they were. What happened after that can only be described as a farce.
Trying to log into the PSN Store to redeem the code was impossible. The damn page just wouldn't load. I checked PSN Support and found that the Store was reportedly "Intermittently available". It would appear that the boffins at Bungie, Activision and Sony had not adequately anticipated a surge in traffic today.
My laptop sat there trying to connect to the Store as I thought of various ways of taking out my frustration. Would defenestration speed things up at all?
About four hours later the screen kicked into life and I was able to start downloading. I then switched on BF4 to kill some time.
To my surprise a short while later I got a notification telling me Destiny Beta had finished installing. I decided to finish my game (I was chasing the Mini Kamikaze achievement) and then investigate.
Within moments my hopes were dashed. Sony had lit a bonfire, only for them to duly wee on it from a great height.
My wait continues...
There's not a lot for me to say about the Beta apart from this is me right now.
For now, just in case you are interested, here are some Collector Card codes for the Game...
Warlock: YKA-RJG-MH9
Hunter: 3DA-P4X-F6A
Titan: MVD-4N3-NKH
Rixis: TCN-HCD-TGY
Old-Russia: HDX-ALM-V4K
Hive: 473-MXR-3X9
Moon: JMR-LFN-4A3
Gjallorhorn: HC3-H44-DKC
Duke MK.44: 69P-KRM-JJA
The Tower: 69P-VCH-337
The Hive: Ogre 69R-CKD-X7L
Valley of the Kings, Mars: 69R-DDD-FCP
The Fallen: 69R-F99-AXG
Red Death: 69R-VL7-J6A
The Cabal: 69X-DJN-74V
The Devastated Coast, Venus: 6A7-7NP-3X7
Vex Minotaur: 6A9-DTG-YGN
I'm not completely sure what they'll unlock but they're there if you want them.
Anyway, this is D-1. I'll let you know how Day 1 goes tomorrow.
PS: If anyone wants to join me my PSN Id is Alta_Ranga,