Unsubscribers playing Destiny (Destiny)

by stabbim , Des Moines, IA, USA, Saturday, July 05, 2014, 23:28 (3797 days ago) @ Kermit

EDIT: Re-reading Spencer's quote I understand that other players can be present, but what is the experience for them? They can't follow me on my story mission because I'm not a Gold subscriber?

Essentially, yes. There's a difference between people who just show up in a public area and people you are explicitly joined with as part of a fireteam.

This is not much different than the fact that you can play Halo single player by yourself without Live, but playing online co-op or PvP multiplayer does require it. Except in Destiny you do have the small bonus that you'll sometimes see human-controlled avatars out in the wilds.