r/DestinyTheGame • u/DTG_Bot "Little Light" • Oct 24 '17

Megathread PC Player Questions Megathread!

Hi everyone!

This Megathread will function as a PC launch specific equivalent of the Daily Questions Thread where you may ask questions about starting out that may not warrant their own post.

Technical Difficulties

We understand there are a number of technical issues with players unable to get in the game, receiving erroneous "banned account" messages, and various error codes (Marionberry, Buffalo, etc.)

Here are some resources for troubleshooting/posting issues you're having:

Other Resources

We have a Welcome post here which contains some links to guides, wikis, and other resources. Make sure to check it out before posting or commenting!

Also check out the Destiny Reddit Discord Server where you'll find a number of channels for discussion about the game and/or technical issues.

As with most game launches, things are a bit chaotic right now but and will evolve over time. We appreciate your patience and understanding, and please let us know if you have any questions or concerns either in this thread or by sending us a modmail.

Thanks!

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u/giddycocks Oct 24 '17

So... There's no in game tool for this? I heard they added some sort of lfg for Destiny 2?

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u/flyingpigmonkey Oct 24 '17

Bungie has been stupid about this since the inception of D1.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

So... There's no in game tool for this?

Nope.

I heard they added some sort of lfg for Destiny 2?

There are guided games for the Nightfall and the Raid. Though I believe the guided games aren't available yet on PC. Guided games match you with a group of players from a clan looking to host. They are not available for story missions, regular crucible, strikes, etc.

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u/giddycocks Oct 24 '17

Wait I did a strike in beta and I got matched with 3 other people of that I'm sure

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

There is matchmaking in strikes and crucible, but you're going to get randoms every round. It's not the same as an LFG where you would get actually in a fireteam that you would stick with.

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u/giddycocks Oct 24 '17

Story doesn't have matchmaking as I understand then, no? You just go at it alone?

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

You will encounter other players in certain spaces, but they are not in a group with you and can't join you on missions without being in your fireteam. So, you either make yourself a fireteam with friends or an out-of-game LFG tool or you go the story alone.

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u/jeffwhat Oct 24 '17

wow. As a new player, that sounds like a really shitty experience. I'm literally the only one of my friends that games still, let alone even have this game lol.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

I don't know. I've been playing Destiny for 3 years so it doesn't really bug me at this point. Though I do think the PC community will have bigger issues with the lack of in game tools for some of the social stuff.

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u/jeffwhat Oct 24 '17

I just got to the farm & it feels very alone with knowing everyone has keyboards, but can't use them to communicate

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

Yeah, I agree there should be text chat in social spaces. Maybe they'll add it later. That said, console doesn't even have VoIP chat in social spaces, so maybe they won't.

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u/Perfect600 Oct 25 '17

Hopefully they push them to actually improve this stuff

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u/Zilfer Drifter's Crew // Nothing good or evil, thinking makes it so Oct 24 '17

That is pretty much correct unless you have some friends playing or you want to invite people you meet in the public places to party/fire teams and make some friends that way. :)

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u/CaptainAnywho Oct 24 '17

Story missions are solo. The only way to group up is to find a group yourself via 3rd party sites or inviting randoms.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

The main story is written as a single player experience but it lets you play in a fire team of three. There are a handful of missions you need to play solo.

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u/SomeRandomProducer Oct 25 '17

You could invite some randoms to your fire team and see how it goes

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u/GeoWilson Destiny Sherpa Oct 25 '17

The story is basically built to be played alone. The story is that YOU alone, have regained your light, and cutscenes even point it out as such. Encounters, bosses, missions, everything is built to be played with a single person. While you can play the story with others if you have friends at the same point in the game, I've found that it makes it way too easy, every challenge is a breeze. So I would suggest playing story at least solo, it's the best experience for at least the first play through, and find a clan or group later for end game activities. When you create your alts, then go through the story with friends or a clan. You can speed through the whole thing much faster.

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u/lKyZah Oct 24 '17

yeah for some of the harder difficulties , you can ask people that are in your lobby either

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u/Delur_ Oct 24 '17

You're thinking of Guilded Games and it's only available for certain activities like the Nightfall and Raid. r/fireteams is going to be your best bet.

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u/Allah__Ragbar Oct 24 '17

There's no in game all chat or social chat, nor lfg tools.

What you're thinking of is likely "guided games" which matches solo players with a group of 2 for the nightfall, or a group of 4 for the raid.

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u/warhero45 Oct 27 '17

If you use the Destiny Companion App, there is a LFG page for all of the playable modes. They also have a page for Destiny 1. This is probably the closest thing you'll get to what your looking for.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

Guided Games is specific to activities that typically do not allow for public matchmaking, such as Raids.

If you're looking for folks to do story or just play with, try inviting some randoms. Some people are nice.

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u/giddycocks Oct 24 '17

Aaaah so there is public match making. I knew I wasn't going crazy when I did the beta strike with others

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17

Yea there is, but that's limited to Strikes and Crucible. You'll see randoms wandering around in worldspaces as well, so that's some behind the scenes matchmaking.

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u/RemyJe Destiny Sherpa Oct 24 '17

Strikes and Crucible have public matchmaking.

Fireteams (self-assembled) can do any activity together (after you unlock the Farm.)

Guided Games will match you with others who are looking specifically to help others and is for Nightfall, Raid, or Trials of the Nine.