Yesterday we learned that Destiny will either take a really short time to level up, or it won't. Which is to say, even though Bungie released a new gameplay trailer and let members of the press play the game the other day, there's still a ton of stuff we don't know about this game.
But now we might actually have a for sure scoop on the upcoming shooter/MMO hybrid, thanks to a report by Eurogamer. PvP apparently will not be available right away in Destiny, as you'll need to level up and get yourself some better weapons before facing off against other players. The rationale actually makes some sense:
"We found early on that people here in the studio, when they jumped on the game - these were people who were already really familiar with the game mechanics - they would roll a new character, play through the first mission then go right into PvP, and they would just get really beaten up by the other players because they didn't have a super ability yet and they'd only got an auto rifle from the first mission," Bungie's Tyson Green told Eurogamer.
"And they said, 'this is really awful, this is a terrible experience!' And we said, 'you're right, we have to make sure that doesn't really happen.'
"So when your first character unlocks PvP, you're a little bit further into the game. You've probably done one or two of the campaign missions, probably unlocked a special weapon and your super ability. And then once that's happened we unlock it for all the characters on your account. Once you know how the game works, if you want to take a Hunter into PvP at level three, yeah, we're okay with that. You know what the game is at that point, so that's your decision to make."
That's actually a good idea, because I could imagine it being quite frustrating to just go into a PvP mode instantly and get your butt handed to you. Good job, Bungie!
