Destiny 2: Livestream of Gameplay – Here are all the new details

Today, Destiny 2 (PS4, Xbox One, PC) comes with its gameplay premiere in a livestream on Twitch. You can watch this stream here. We will accompany it with a ticker on Mein-MMO.de in German.

Destiny 2 is set to be released on September 8. It will be the second part in the saga of the multiplayer online shooter franchise Destiny, which is designed to last at least 10 years in total.

Destiny 2: Here you can watch Bungie’s livestream

This evening at 7:00 PM the first gameplay from Destiny 2 will be shown in a livestream. A countdown will start around 6 PM.

You can watch the livestream here afterwards:

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Destiny 1 and 2 – a brief history of the franchise

• Destiny 1 was released in 2014 for PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. It ran for 3 years. After initial difficulties, the Destiny expansion at the launch of year 2, “The Taken King,” received much praise and recognition from critics and fans.
• After the launch of Destiny 2, Destiny will remain live; the servers will stay online. However, Destiny will no longer be developed.
• Destiny 2 will launch on September 8, 2017, marking the start of “Year 4,” for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. If everything goes smoothly, two DLCs for Destiny are expected to be launched later in 2017 and 2018. An expansion is expected in the autumn of 2018.
• Originally, it was planned that each Destiny game would stay live for two years and receive a major expansion before being replaced by its successor. Destiny 2 was delayed by a year. We do not know if those plans are still in place. According to the original contract between Activision and Bungie, the Destiny franchise was intended to last for at least 10 years. Therefore, the plans could extend up to a Destiny 4 around 2022.

But that is music for the future. Today we are in the year 2017 and Destiny 2 is on the starting blocks. We are eager for the first gameplay!

Live ticker for the gameplay reveal of Destiny 2 in German

4:00 PM: Welcome to the Mein-MMO live ticker. The schedule is: Countdown at 6 PM, stream at 7 PM. The event is expected to last about 1 hour. Activision is said to have built a village solely with Destiny. Anyone who wants to prepare intensively for the stream, here we have asked the most important questions about Destiny 2.

4:10 PM: The event is taking place on the West Coast of the USA, in Los Angeles. It’s currently 7 AM there. So for the streamers and journalists invited by Bungie, it’s still dead in the night. It’s also clearly too early for the developers: Luke Smith, the Game Director, has been awake for an hour and a half. He set his phone alarm for 5:30 AM and announced it on Twitter.

Not my favorite thing to put in my phone. pic.twitter.com/1idxHD53hr

— Luke Smith (@thislukesmith) May 18, 2017

4:20 PM: Also awake: the bond villain among Destiny developers, Lars Bakken. He is responsible for PvP. He will probably play an important role in the presentation later. Community Manager DeeJ also woke up around 5:45 AM local time and has been swearing on Twitter since then. Only the hype got him out of bed.

Those who were annoyed in recent years that Destiny maintenance always happened during prime time in Germany can now enjoy a bit of schadenfreude.

4:30 PM: Even though some sites would prefer otherwise and speculate about over 60 FPS, there are actually no current and credible leaks about Destiny 2. What has been heard as credible “leaks” was from September 2016. At that time, some details that would later be confirmed were already known. The other stuff from that leak we covered in this Destiny 2 article: It’s about Saturn.

5:00 PM: A Reddit user found a new screen on the Destiny page. I’ve taken it as the cover image. 2 hours left.

Three predictions for Destiny 2

5:10 PM: Perhaps three off-the-cuff predictions:

• The Game Director of Destiny 2 is Luke Smith, who is an avowed WoW fan. The last time Smith had something to say, Destiny became significantly more “MMO-like” than before – with quests, strong characters, and story. He saw this positively in hindsight. So, one can expect more of those three things in Destiny 2.
• Those hoping that Destiny 2 will be “hardcore” might be disappointed. There are clear signals from Activision that Destiny 2 should become “even more accessible,” appealing to even broader buyer segments.
• The content problem needs to be solved in Destiny 2. The last two years must have been a thick exception, as Bungie had many difficulties in transitioning from a “development studio” to a studio that manages a live game. They paid dearly for those problems at Bungie, which emerged in 2013, 2014, 2015, with far too little game content in 2016 and 2017.

5:45 PM: Bungie has a red carpet. Of course, there’s time for this. They probably pieced it together instead of developing new content!

The red carpet is ready. Won’t be long now. pic.twitter.com/aaETP38uco

— Bungie (@Bungie) May 18, 2017

5:50 PM: It’s nice. Every time a Destiny hype event is coming, the hashtag #Destiny trends on Twitter and you can see that all kinds of “life improvement” coaches are tagging their mantras with the hashtag #Destiny. Maybe today is the right day to take my fate into my own hands and finally find my fulfillment? – Nah, doesn’t quite feel that way.

Destiny 2: 70,000 viewers – 1 hour before it starts

6:05 PM: The countdown for the Destiny 2 livestream has started. Colleague Ttime just did the weekly livestream for The Division. He said there were about 600 viewers. For Destiny 2, there are currently 70,000.

6:20 PM: Oh, there is a pre-show! DeeJ is there. He walks along the red carpet and interviews “MoreConsole” – he is, as I learned today, the biggest Destiny YouTuber. The countdown will probably be interrupted repeatedly by small scenes where DeeJ talks with people, and everyone expresses how much they personally look forward to playing Destiny 2 and how much the game means to them. 120,000 viewers are currently watching.

6:28 PM: DeeJ is now interviewing a representative from Activision. She seems to be responsible for building such presentations from scratch in the halls. The really nice thing: In the background, Luke Smith is already rehearsing his speech on an empty stage. That’s the somewhat short guy in the background, gesturing into the void. Quite great. Smith in casual attire looks a bit like Silent Bob. I think later we will see him in a suit.

6:35 PM: Mandatory PlayStation advertisement from Bungie. Mandatory Warlock advertisement from DeeJ. A nice custom Destiny 2 PS4 Pro bundle, I have to give it to them.

6:40 PM: Jason Jones, the creative chief of Destiny 1, tells a story about being out with online friends when Xur first appeared in the Tower. They didn’t even realize that he was the boss of the game they were currently playing.

6:45 PM: Over 200,000 viewers. DeeJ interviews the voice of Commander Zavala, Lance Reddick.

6:56 PM: 4 minutes left. 310,000 people are watching. Probably some of them have a Gjallarhorn.

6:59 PM: The audience in the hall receives the warning: Anyone filming and caught will have the contents of their vault deleted.

The livestream for the gameplay premiere of Destiny 2 begins

7:00 PM: A trailer – “What makes a Guardian a Guardian?” Zavala is in training. We see Zavala battling a Fallen. Zavala is revived by his ghost. The fans cheer as Zavala punches a Fallen with Chaos Fist. The trailer shows the creation of the Last City. What happened before Destiny 1.

PvP standard will be 4 vs 4 – new raid

7:03 PM: Game Director Luke Smith: “Destiny is a fresh start. Veterans face newcomers from PC.” Destiny will provide the following:

• A world that draws players in
• Great things to do – PvP activities will be 4v4; for PvE players, there will be a new raid (which will be found later), new strikes, public events
• There should always be someone to play with: Trials of Osiris, the raid, and Nightfall strikes should be open to all players – more information about this further down in the text

7:08 PM: After the information, another trailer. We now experience the destruction of the Tower due to the Cabal’s attack. The trailer seamlessly transitions into gameplay. We see the first gameplay. It looks like the first mission is called “Homecoming” – Guardians defend the Tower against Cabal. The Guardians are level 20. The Titan actually has a shield. It looks like from the early leaks.

7:14 PM: These images will certainly be analyzed 100 times in the coming weeks. The gameplay looks very much like Destiny 1 – maybe a bit more epic and massive. Clearly more “cutscenes” alternating with the gameplay. But that may only apply to the first mission.

What happens when heroes lose their power?

7:18 PM: Luke Smith: “Destiny 2 is a game that begins with loss.” Players lose their home, their power, their loot. Our enemy Ghaul believes that he and the Cabal are to be the chosen ones of the Traveler. Humanity stands in his way. The Guardians’ goal: to rebuild. To regain their powers. The Guardians feel abandoned by the Traveler, doubting their mission. Zavala and Ikora Rey doubt – Cayde-6 takes responsibility.

7:20 PM: A video clip: What happens when superheroes lose their powers?

7:22 PM: The speculations were correct: The Traveler is put in a cage. The light fades from the Guardians. There will be more cinematics and story missions in Destiny 2 than ever before.

Destiny 2: new weapon classes – new supers

7:24 PM: New weapon idea. Instead of “primary, secondary, and heavy weapons” we now have:

• Kinetic slot
• Energy slot
• Power slot (Power ammo seems important)

7:25 PM: New supers:

• Dawnblade (Warlock with sword)
• Sentinel (Titan with shield)
• Arcstrider (Hunter – staff)

7:27 PM: The world lead speaks:

• The new campaign “Red War” sends players through the solar system and back: Plenty of new missions.
• The first strike has a “3-phase boss” bringing players to the new world “Nessus”
• Crucible: from now on 4v4 in all modes, with new maps and new modes
• The new PvP mode is called “Countdown”

Destiny 2: Explore the world – Much better than in Destiny 1

7:31 PM: Important innovations that have been worked on a lot: Exploring the world: You can now start all activities without needing to go to orbit. There are treasure maps to follow. You can meet characters in the world and engage in side quests. These are Adventures. In “Lost Sectors” you can find treasures.

4 new worlds in Destiny 2

There are said to be 4 new worlds in Destiny 2. You can switch directly from one location to another without going through orbit.

• Earth – “European Deadzone,” one of the largest areas ever built (speculation: Hawthorne might play a role here)
• Io – a hell of sulfur, still very rugged, mystical, sacred – Ikora is here
• Nessus – a planetoid full of Vex, Cayde-6 is there, great landscapes
• Titan – moon of Saturn, Zavala is there, huge structures from humanity’s Golden Age

Clans will become important in Destiny 2

7:38 PM: Now, more information about clans, which will become more important in Destiny 2. Clans can create their own banners and set mottos, it will be easier to manage a clan in-game. And there will be special rewards.

7:41 PM: “Guided Games” is probably a kind of mentoring system: Experienced players in clans will be able to team up with “solo players.” This will open up “hard activities” (Osiris, Raids, Nightfall) to solo players: if experienced clans take them along. It is hoped that solo players will be motivated to join a clan this way.

7:46 PM: Uh, soccer confirmed.

7:50 PM: To summarize this part. Destiny 2 should be suitable for solo players as well as experienced players who are in groups. And everything is being done to get as many players into groups as possible without scaring away solo players.

Here is the official gameplay trailer for Destiny 2

Here is the gameplay trailer:

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No date yet for the Destiny 2 beta

7:52 PM: Those hoping Bungie would announce a beta date for Destiny 2 now: No. “Later this summer.”

Indeed: Destiny 2 is coming to PC via Battle.net – not via Steam

7:57 PM: Mike Morhaime, the head of Blizzard: Destiny is coming to PC via “Battle.net,” Blizzard’s launcher – exclusively, not via Steam.

8:00 PM: That was an hour packed with information. Here’s the summary of the most important things about Destiny 2:

• new campaign, strikes, missions – basically everything as before, just “new and better and more”
• More cutscenes than ever before
• 3 new subclasses/supers for the Guardians – sword (Warlock), shield (Titan), and staff (Hunter) – there are still some questions about what will happen to the old subclasses
• the weapon classes are reorganized into “Kinetic – Energy – Power” – there are still some questions here as well
• 4 worlds to explore: Earth, Io, Titan, and Nessus
• PvP standard mode will be 4 vs 4
• The world will be more open, you won’t have to go to orbit all the time – Destiny 2 aims to be more dynamic
• There will be more to do in the world: Adventures, treasure maps, “Lost Sectors”
• through a mentoring system “Guided Games,” all players will have access to all activities
• more love for the clans
• on PC, Destiny 2 is exclusively available via Battle.net, that is through Blizzard

Overall a lot of hype, overall no major surprises – perhaps the 4v4 and the Blizzard cooperation are the most surprising. Destiny 2 is going to be exactly what was expected: a continuation and evolution of the ideas from Destiny, which were already crystallized in “The Taken King” as the future path.

If you missed the stream for Destiny 2, we have embedded the official video with the English translation above.

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