Destiny 2 will soon support complete cross-play, allowing you to play with Guardians on other platforms. You can easily try out the feature for yourself in just a few days. You’ll even receive a small reward for your test.
This is meant to connect all Guardians: An explicit goal of Destiny 2 is that soon all Guardians should jointly save the universe – regardless of whether they call PlayStation, Xbox, Steam (PC), or Stadia their home. This is referred to as cross-play and is planned as a highlight feature for Season 15.
Last week, when Season 14 started, cross-play was even briefly active. However, the feature was only accidentally live and available through a few workarounds. Since some Guardians already had fun traversing platforms, all interested parties will be able to try cross-play in just a few days.
How to test the feature: Starting next week, from the weekly reset on May 25 to May 27, 2021, you can test this feature for yourself. It’s implemented quite straightforwardly in Destiny 2:
- There will be a special strike playlist for the cross-play beta.
- You will then be able to fight together with Guardians from PS4 and PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X, Steam (PC), and Google Stadia in PvE.
- You do not need to register separately for this; just select the appropriate playlist in the game and you’re good to go.
- In this beta, you will not be able to form a fixed fireteam, so you will always team up with 2 random Guardians in the strikes.
You should remember being part of the test
Bungie gives this warning: The cross-play feature next week is a test for matchmaking. There may indeed be problems. Bungie promises “to sift through the data and perform a variety of actions to test the stability of the upcoming cross-play system” (via Bungie.net).
What reward will there be? You are essentially the test subjects, but Guardians are used to that. As a reward for your cross-platform excursions, you will receive an exclusive emblem:
To get the emblem “Stars Crossed,” you only need to complete 3 strikes in the cross-play strike playlist between May 25 and May 27.
A nice gesture. Guardians are familiar with such emblems that have an “I was there” character from times when certain weapons were completely broken or when, for example, they conquer the new raid within the first day.
What Bungie revealed about cross-play in Destiny 2
As mentioned at the beginning, cross-play is planned for Season 15. This starts in August 2021. Bungie itself stated that cross-play has a very high priority and should be completely enabled on all systems by the end of 2021.
Since the end of 2019, Destiny 2 also supports cross-save. This means you can carry your progress to any system. In other words, if you usually play on PS5 but want to try being a Guardian on PC, you can control your Guardian there and take all your weapons with you. The progress made on PC will then also transfer to PS5.
Since the release of the next-gen consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X and S, cross-generation play is active. Guardians on PS5 can already play with their friends on PS4, and players on Xbox One can play with others who are on the new Xbox generation.
These concerns players had: When cross-play was announced, it caused joy in PvE: finally being able to team up with old friends who have migrated to a different system. However, in PvP, the cross-platform feature directly caused fear.
- The old debate about “Controller players having way too unfair aim assist” and “How am I supposed to keep up with the precision of mouse and keyboard?” heated up in both camps.
- Bungie then announced that PC and console players would only face each other in PvP if PlayStation and Xbox Guardians were invited by their friends on PC. They would then play together in the PC player pool.
- No worries, in PvE it all runs much more smoothly.
Especially in PvE, old friendships – and also new ones – are likely to be revitalized. Or do you have concerns regarding cross-play? Regarding the Crucible, not everyone is convinced. You often hear concerns that the cheating problem on PC should stay there.
Are you excited to soon be able to team up with Guardians from all platforms? Let us know in the comments what your opinion is on this and whether you plan to participate in the beta.
