Losing the plot. (Destiny)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, September 26, 2016, 22:17 (2979 days ago) @ Cody Miller

The game could just have put bots out on patrol which look like other players.

I'm sure that would be a perfect solution for plenty of players, but it wouldn't do the trick for me. The Division has plenty of NPCs out in the world, but it's not a replacement.

The best alternative I've seen is the Drivatar system in the Forza Horizon series. The game creates virtual avatars of all your friends that play the game (mimics their vehicle selection, driving skill and style), and then populates the open world with these virtual versions of your friends. It also populates actual races and events with these drivatars, often using actual data from their personal times on those same tracks. It all works beautifully well. Even though I know I'm not *actually* playing with my friends, it creates a sense of playing together as a community while playing offline.

I don't know if or how Destiny could incorporate anything similar.

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Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - BeardFade, 2016-09-22, 18:27
- About hiding it from everyone *SP?* - ZackDark, 2016-09-22, 18:36
  - About hiding it from everyone *SP?* - Xenos, 2016-09-22, 18:44
  - About hiding it from everyone *SP?* - stabbim, 2016-09-23, 11:27
- Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - ChrisTheeCrappy, 2016-09-22, 18:40
  - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - cheapLEY, 2016-09-22, 18:59
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Kahzgul, 2016-09-22, 19:06
    - But... we still need to finish the refer-a-friend quest! ;) - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-22, 19:14
      - LOL - cheapLEY, 2016-09-22, 19:52
- Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - dogcow, 2016-09-22, 18:44
  - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - BeardFade, 2016-09-22, 18:48
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-22, 19:07
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Blackt1g3r, 2016-09-23, 13:01
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Coaxkez, 2016-09-23, 07:41
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 13:59
        
        Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Blackt1g3r, 2016-09-23, 15:05
- I mean, you're not wrong. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-22, 19:01
  - I mean, you're not wrong. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-22, 19:16
    - I mean, you're not wrong. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-22, 20:51
      - I mean, you're not wrong. - cheapLEY, 2016-09-22, 21:18
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 14:11
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Avateur, 2016-09-23, 16:02
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 16:13
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Claude Errera, 2016-09-23, 16:20
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 16:26
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 15:15
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Avateur, 2016-09-23, 16:24
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 16:27
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Avateur, 2016-09-23, 16:32
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 16:57
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 17:06
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Claude Errera, 2016-09-23, 17:25
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 17:42
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Claude Errera, 2016-09-23, 17:44
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 17:45
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-23, 17:41
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 17:45
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - uberfoop, 2016-09-23, 18:08
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-23, 18:16
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-23, 20:23
        
        I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 14:17
        
        Source? - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 15:46
        
        Once again, primary source. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 16:07
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 20:00
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 20:22
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 21:31
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 22:17
        
        Thanks Kermit - Pyromancy, 2016-09-23, 22:42
        
        Thanks Kermit - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 22:50
        
        Axiom: It's not what you say, but how you say it. - INSANEdrive, 2016-09-23, 23:00
        
        Thanks Kermit - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 23:04
        
        Thanks Kermit - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 23:13
        
        Thanks Kermit - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 23:27
        
        Thanks Kermit - Cody Miller, 2016-09-24, 00:07
        
        Thanks Kermit - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 23:41
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 22:05
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Avateur, 2016-09-23, 23:36
        
        +1 - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-09-24, 11:16
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Kermit, 2016-09-25, 15:43
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Avateur, 2016-09-25, 16:07
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Ragashingo, 2016-09-25, 18:02
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-25, 18:43
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Ragashingo, 2016-09-25, 20:26
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Avateur, 2016-09-26, 02:38
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Kermit, 2016-09-26, 15:45
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-26, 17:59
        
        But that contradicts known facts. - Kermit, 2016-09-26, 18:28
        
        That's certainly how it feels - Kahzgul, 2016-09-23, 18:16
      - +1 for your last paragraph - BeardFade, 2016-09-22, 21:20
      - I lol'd at that last paragraph. - Revenant1988, 2016-09-22, 22:30
      - lol - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-09-23, 09:57
      - I mean, you're not wrong. - Kermit, 2016-09-23, 14:04
  - I mean, you're not wrong. - EffortlessFury, 2016-09-22, 23:32
    - +1 - CyberKN, 2016-09-23, 03:42
  - I mean, you're not wrong. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-24, 03:57
    - RIP Speaker - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 06:05
      - RIP Speaker - Kahzgul, 2016-09-24, 06:07
        
        Shiro feels so odd to me - ZackDark, 2016-09-24, 13:19
        
        Shiro feels so odd to me - Korny, 2016-09-24, 14:32
      - RIP Speaker - SonofMacPhisto, 2016-09-24, 11:22
        
        RIP Speaker - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 15:04
        
        RIP Speaker - Cody Miller, 2016-09-25, 13:26
    - I mean, you're not wrong. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-24, 06:05
  - Losing the plot. - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 06:12
    - Losing the plot. - Kahzgul, 2016-09-24, 15:02
      - Losing the plot. - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 15:11
        
        Losing the plot. - cheapLEY, 2016-09-26, 00:20
        
        +1 - Avateur, 2016-09-26, 02:40
        
        Losing the plot. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-26, 18:37
        
        Losing the plot. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-26, 19:01
        
        Losing the plot. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-26, 21:11
        
        Losing the plot. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-26, 21:13
        
        Losing the plot. - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-26, 22:17
        
        Losing the plot. - ProbablyLast, 2016-09-26, 23:56
      - Losing the plot. - Cody Miller, 2016-09-24, 18:07
        
        Cryptarch, also - narcogen, 2016-09-25, 09:50
- You could say RoI has a poor ROI... - Oholiab, 2016-09-22, 19:30
- I can barely even call it a story - Avateur, 2016-09-22, 23:28
- Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 05:05
  - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Harmanimus, 2016-09-23, 07:45
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story *Spoilers* - CruelLEGACEY, 2016-09-23, 10:50
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story *More Spoilers* - Xenos, 2016-09-23, 12:42
        
        Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story *More Spoilers* - someotherguy, 2016-09-26, 12:18
        
        Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story *More Spoilers* - Ragashingo, 2016-09-26, 12:28
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - dogcow, 2016-09-23, 13:01
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Blackt1g3r, 2016-09-23, 13:40
        
        They are tiny Fallen shanks. - CyberKN, 2016-09-23, 13:59
    - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Ragashingo, 2016-09-23, 16:26
      - Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Ragashingo, 2016-09-25, 07:13
  - Not Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story Telling - dogcow, 2016-09-23, 13:13
  - The real threat - narcogen, 2016-09-24, 15:13
- Underwhelmed with Rise of Iron Story - Cody Miller, 2016-09-23, 14:12
- Lesson Learned - BeardFade, 2016-09-24, 14:38
  - Unchecked for you - Xenos, 2016-09-24, 14:47
    - Ha, Thanks! - BeardFade, 2016-09-24, 22:43
  - Airplane mode - Blackt1g3r, 2016-09-25, 00:45
    - Airplane mode - cheapLEY, 2016-09-25, 21:32
      - "Do Not Disturb" mode. - marmot 1333, 2016-09-26, 17:33
- SIVA in the Grimoire - someotherguy, 2016-09-26, 11:28
  - SIVA in the Grimoire - Cody Miller, 2016-09-26, 18:02
    - SIVA in the Grimoire - petetheduck, 2016-09-26, 21:49

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