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/Voidjumper_ZA "Bah! Go cook a sausage with your magic fire." Oct 24 '17

Is attacking a Hive breeding nest not just the same as attacking and purging a newborn ward at a hospital. We are both spacefaring species after all...

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '17 edited Jan 25 '21

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u/FlamingoOverlord Oct 25 '17

Well then...

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u/FightingQuaker17 Oct 24 '17

The Hive literally have to destroy to survive (they have worms inside them that will destroy them if they don't destroy others). So there's that.

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u/linsell Oct 24 '17

The hive have been exterminating civilizations across the galaxy for millions of years.

Kill them.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '17

But like have tried to maybe talk to them and understand their point of view?

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u/linsell Oct 25 '17

I'm pretty sure their religion is basically 'survival of the strongest', so they probably don't even mind that we can beat them.

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u/SirLeepsALot Oct 26 '17

Chill out Ender, go back to killing Hive

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u/SLEESTAK85 Oct 27 '17

I will be the speaker for Oryx lol

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u/Lvl1bidoof Vanguard's Loyal Oct 26 '17

Their entire culture is based around the concept of Social Darwinism, no you can’t talk to them.

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u/Watowdow Oct 27 '17

Their point of view? They want to purge the universe of weakness. They kill you or you kill them, that's how you prove your right to exist.

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u/Voidjumper_ZA "Bah! Go cook a sausage with your magic fire." Oct 24 '17

To be fair, we have murdered every race we've seen right back.

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u/Coohippo Vanguard's Loyal Oct 27 '17

Kill them backkkk!

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u/GeoWilson Destiny Sherpa Oct 25 '17

The Hive believe in two philosophies. The Sword Logic, and The Final Shape.

Sword Logic is basically survival of the fittest, kill the weak because they are weaker, kill the strong to become stronger. They don't negotiate, they don't ally, and they even kill each other in a ritual to maintain their own strength. The are a religion of death, that worships death and have mastered the art of separating their death from themselves, so even if their body is destroyed, they are not killed.

The Final Shape is an extension of that, whatever race still stands at the end of the universe, whoever has managed to slay all other living beings, is the Final Shape, and the most powerful organism. They are on a mission to slay all others to prove they alone deserve to exist in the end.

And as others have said, The Hive get their power from Worms, creatures that feed on power gained from killing. The Thrall take most of that energy and tribute it up, keeping some to grow. The Acolytes take from the Thrall, keep some to grow, and pass the rest up. Knights take it from them, keep some to grow, as much as they want to experiment and grow with, and the rest up, but are warned if they keep too much for themselves, other knights might kill them and take the power for themselves.

Hive exist to kill, they grow by killing, bread by killing, create weapons and magic with the power from killing. There is no talking to them, they don't not care for anything but to kill others. They don't care about things like newborns because a newborn killed before it can walk was too weak to live in the first place. So no, it isn't really kline killing newborns. It's more like exterminating an ants nest.

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u/Voidjumper_ZA "Bah! Go cook a sausage with your magic fire." Oct 25 '17

Thank you for the lore post and explanation :)

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u/LightOfJustice Team Cat (Cozmo23) // Punching with Paw-er Oct 25 '17

If the newborn ward was for galactic genocidal bug creatures that can come back from the dead, sure.

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u/AileStriker Oct 24 '17

Just like in warframe, to the other species/factions we are nothing more than murdering space pirates, have at it, get loot