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by Mid7night ⌂ @, Rocket BSCHSHCSHSHCCHGGH!!!!!!, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 16:12 (3020 days ago) @ dogcow

A bit ago there was somequestion about the nature of the "new" patrol area. If it were an entirely new area on earth that was adjacent to the cosmodrome, or if it were just an addition to the cosmodrome. Looks like we were both kinda right. This is from a recent Kotaku article.

Barrett: So there’s a brand new zone we’re adding to New Russia. You’ll be able to have a brand new patrol area that you’ll land in to explore the new content. Connected to that will be—you’ll be able to revisit old Cosmodrome.

Schreier: Is this patrol zone going to be linked to the old Cosmodrome so you can go back and forth between them?

Osborne: It’s separate. That allows us to do really cool things like where you’re first resurrected and you have, you know, the line of cars, that’s completely blanketed in snow and the water’s frozen, and there’s a giant Fallen ketch back there, and you sort of punch through the wall.

So if you’re a fresh Guardian and you’re coming in September for the first time, you’re not looking around like all these guys running around like ‘what’s going on?’ (laughing) It’s the first time we’ve really done that, that permanent time movement for those players.


Edit: more crucial quotes...

Schreier: Just so I have this sure—the new Plaguelands patrol zone, that’s going to have some of the old Cosmodrome stuff, just different? So I can go back to The Divide and it’s different in that new patrol?

Osborne: Yes.

This confuses me even more now.... Is it a new location on earth, or does it FEEL like a new location because of the different environment? Location, as in XYZ or GPS/Altitude coordinates. Or is it both (sorta?): A new landing-location, but the "earth" you land on this time has a new environment (so that when you go to the "old" locations they look different)?

I don't really expect or need an answer; that will come when we finally play it. I ask only to highlight the unfortunate continuing trend of Bungie's less-than-clear communication style. I don't remember being this confused in the Halo days...or maybe I was just too young to care. :P


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