Its possible (Destiny)

by Schedonnardus, Texas, Thursday, December 11, 2014, 07:42 (3871 days ago) @ narcogen

Destiny is run on instances, on servers. There are the public spaces, and then there are the darkness zones.

There are time when you are in an open area with other people, then you cross over into a darkness zone, and you are basically in an instance all by yourself. This allows Bungie to create a unique experience that only you and your fireteam see/interact with. These areas are usually set places, that even if you go there in patrol, you will be by yourself.

But, there is a precedent for having public places be in their own unique instance as well. Think to the first moon mission, you don't have a sparrow yet, and you have to activate a terminal. That lights up the rail thing in Archer's line, which is not lit up, or making any sounds throughout the rest of the game's missions or patrol.

In the mission "Exclusion Zone" you activate a computer in a public area, and are fighting wave after wave of cabal out in the open on the Barrens. Again, this is a public space, but you are the only one there.

I think what Cody was asking is that in the circumstance of you playing through new content for the first time, instances of the game could be created to where things are different while you are in the mission. Perhaps the cosmodrone could be darker, or more hivey, until you clear it out. I'm thinking about Borderland's Tiny Tina's Assualt on the Dragon Keep. The first mission starts out all beautiful and sterile, and then changes right before your eyes to dark, dead, and dirty. Once you defeat the handsome wizard, it changes back to bright blue skies and rainbows.

Maybe Bungie can do something like this going forward. I think it would be a neat touch, definitely not a deal breaker though.