“You were oblivious to the magical bits beneath the hood” (Destiny)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, August 04, 2014, 09:23 (3768 days ago) @ kapowaz

Destiny can operate just fine without server access for short periods. The game is playable, and enemies die when you shoot them, if your connection is briefly interrupted. Too long though, and it boots you out.

I think a lot of code is run client side.

That's interesting. How did you test this, yanking the cable? Whenever my internet connection was disrupted during the beta I was instantly disconnected without warning, but guessing it depends if the game believes it's experiencing latency or packet loss vs outright disconnection.

I know this because across the bottom of my screen, it said "Attempting to connect to Destiny Servers". That was up for about 15 seconds, and I could still play the game normally. Granted no other players were around.