New Info On Destiny’s Raids, The Endgame Activity

After the first Destiny information blowout on Monday (you can find the latest official trailer below), a Bungie developer confirmed some new things in a series of posts on the Neogaf board.

Of particular interest are the first details on Raids, which is supposed to be an endgame focused activity with up to six players at once.

Raids are activities that you can do with six of your friends, where all six people are participating as a single group. These may be limited to being late-game activities and may require a lot of strategy.

Last time I played, we spent over 45 minutes just cracking the entrance.

He also explained in detail the nature of the Patrol mode.

Sure. I actually ran around an empty Patrol in our theater just to demonstrate the size and variation of our spaces. Patrols are a singular embodiment of the “activities for every mood” mantra we keep talking about. You can pick up objectives offered by City Factions on the fly, ignore them altogether and hunt for treasure and enemies, go in alone or with a Fireteam, jump into public events, hop on a Sparrow and whip around doing sweet jumps off of airplane wings, or just fight enemies to level up your abilities, weapons, and gear.

Campaign gives you a more bright line through the world, with cinematic bookends and private encounters. Patrols beg you to wander and make your own fun.

Lastly, the developer explained why Bungie is trying very hard not to associate Destiny with the MMO genre while marketing the game.

People tend not to associate MMOs with great action games (even when many are). They also hear “subscription!” loud and clear.

But more importantly, we are building an FPS. It just happens to be infused with what we think are the greatest hits from other genres like MMOs and RPGs.

The elevator pitch for Destiny doesn’t do it justice. There’s a lot going on that isn’t easily lensed through existing concepts. It’s one of the many reasons we’re going to let lots of people play prior to launch.

Destiny will be available for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One starting from 9th September. Bungie confirmed once again that a PC version isn’t completely out of the question, for the future.