Blackstar and I took a look at the latest Destiny trailer, The Moon, as well as other recent Destiny news: Beta access, podcast renewal, and Joe Staten's departure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V_oz7U8j80

Enjoyed the analysis! Your analyses are quite informative and usually more entertaining than most, probably because you're one of the few that has two people talk about it.

If you don't mind I'll throw in my thoughts on the trailer here. I've meant to do my own analysis but haven't had the time to do a full one.

The main thing I noticed is that the main rifle you see fired in the trailer by a player appears to be a rapid fire rifle (I think it's currently called an auto rifle), which is one of the 3 types mentioned in the Bungie Podcast.

5 types of Hive seen so far (with my own made up descriptions):
* Melee type (Thrall?)
* Firearm type (fire some kind of purple shot with a bolt)
* Sword type
* Magic type (Queen?)
* Boss type

Last thing isn't really any information just a picture of a rifle you see briefly in the trailer that looks awesome:

There is a picture of it on Bungie.net as well:

Does that mean Claude will get stuck and give up?! :-p

Does that mean Claude will get stuck and give up?! :-p

Claude got stuck there?

Hmm. I think the one in the first game did cause me trouble for awhile, but after you get the hang of it it's not too bad. A nice break from the way combat works the rest of the time.

Enjoyed that.

You said that the beta begins in the spring. I like to think that spring refers to the release date.

There is fine print when they flash the Beta logo that says the Beta begins in early 2014. I'm hoping that's before spring. :)

Hmm. I think the one in the first game did cause me trouble for awhile, but after you get the hang of it it's not too bad. A nice break from the way combat works the rest of the time.

Yeah. IMO, the first GOW had nice pauses in regular gameplay in very well-timed intervals. The only one I had frustrating trouble with was the light-cannon tank run through Krill territory and only on solo.

You said that the beta begins in the spring. I like to think that spring refers to the release date.

There is fine print when they flash the Beta logo that says the Beta begins in early 2014. I'm hoping that's before spring. :)

Yes, that would seem to be the case. Destiny is releasing in Spring, Beta is early Winter.

The hive definitely have the horror/magic vibe going. I wonder if players will be able to access weapons with exotic ammunition like their spike throwers?

Anyone want to ramp one of the Pikes into the bottomless pit, only to jump off just before you hit bottom and come up shooting?

So far we've seen rifles, shotguns, pistols, rockets and sniper rifles, but Bungie has put flame throwers, beam rifles and weirder stuff in games before. I'm hoping there will be a little more variety to the weaponry.

Anyone want to ramp one of the Pikes into the bottomless pit, only to jump off just before you hit bottom and come up shooting?

This sounds awesome :)

Yeah, awesome. :)