Is Bungie trying some new stuff? (Destiny)

by Korny , Dalton, Ga. US. Earth, Sol System, Saturday, October 25, 2014, 21:28 (3921 days ago) @ Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)

I saw some things happen today I hadn't seen before in the game; thought I'd float them out to see if they're new or I just missed 'em.

Least importantly, I saw the aurora borealis in the Cosmodrome skybox this evening. Grabbed some video; may render it over to YouTube if I can remember my login there.

I recall seeing it in either the Alpha or Beta... Haven't looked up at the sky in a good while, though...

Also in the Cosmodrome, I managed to hijack a Pike from a gang of Dregs while patrolling; rode it over to the Divide to help gold-star a takedown of a Spider Tank, and great fun to drive as always. I'd seen them on the Moon, but never on Earth...

They show up in the Forgotten Shore in place of events sometimes. Keep an eye on the event schedule.

Over on Venus I found a spot on the map I hadn't noted available before; a staircase behind the two sentry Minotaurs you find on the big bridge in the Terminus. If you climb those stairs you go quite a distance before getting to an area called the Junction, with lots of baddies and a big spherical room with a column made of the same shields that Hydras use to block shots. It looked to be a pair counter-rotating but in the time I watched them no gaps formed.

You can actually ride that elevator up to collect two Ghosts in an area called The Terminus. One ghost has an orange stripe on it. It takes a few tricky jumps to get in there, though...
It looks very cool, because you're near the top of the Vex Tower that you often see in the distance on Venus.

-- Steve's wondering if these are recent additions or just things he'd blithely passed by in the past month.