Spaceships and all the unique locations in the Sol system we'll be able to explore, particularly any run-down famous locales on Earth. It should be a somber experience walking through the remains of a civilization more advanced than exists today that vanished from the minds of the Last City's inhabitants. Also, scores of hilarious Easter eggs littered through the ruins.

What I'm looking forward to is a breakdown of gameplay.

ie:

Are we talking an MMO Borderlands (WoW-style combat-focused questing), or more of a Dungeons & Dragons Online/Neverwinter (Instanced Quest areas)?

I'm looking forward to seeing if you have to spec yourself before going out and then never change your loadout, getting ammo and other supplies in the field (maybe your gun uses "energy" you get from enemy drops), or if you change it up mid-game a-la Halo.

I'm interested to see if there's an inventory system, or if your upgrades are purely innate and selected during various points during the game.

I'm interested to see what that iPhone (and, one can assume, Android) app does. Conjecture Warning: It looks like some sort of slow-burn upgrade system, a "crafting" metaphor, like a mix between EVE Online's skills and Star Wars: The Old Republic's crew skills. Except related to story missions, allowing you to "play" while not playing and get a little bit of lore while feeling like your character or their resources are engaged. Somewhat akin to Mass Effect's iOS app, but more in-depth.

I'm interested in seeing how the different classes and races play off each others' abilities.

I'm interested in seeing what happens if a player dies. Is there a Guild Wars 2/Borderlands style self-resurrection? Is one character class (or all of them) able to resurrect others if enemies are taken out?

The long and short of it is that I feel I have a good handle on the world, and I'm invested. I just want to know what to do with that world now.

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I like a lot of what Oz Mills is hoping for. I would also like to see more of the locations we will be exploring and fighting through. More gameplay/in game video and less concept art. But with all that, I don't want to be shown too much. I am really looking forward to being thoroughly surprised at many points during my adventures in Destiny.

Pipe dream wish: New trailer showing gameplay a la Halo 2 trailer (but of course more realistic in what we get in the end) such as a player accepting a mission in the Tower and then traveling out of the city, off the planet, and then beating the mission on say Mars. And then playable demo at PAX Prime.

Realistic wish: New video showing some gameplay and showing off a few of the main storyline points as well as seeing the different abilities of different classes. I would really like to see what separates the classes and of course I would love to see a few legendary weapons in action and at least one land vehicle.

I think personally at most we will see a 5-10 minute gamplay trailer showing a section of a mission, anything more than that would be locking them in too much I think.

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The one thing I want is for them to give me a genre label. Do not hem and haw with that 'shared world shooter' crap. Pin it down please.

MMO
MMO w/ FPS elements
FPS w/ MMO Elements
JRPG w/ FPS Elements
FPS w/ RPG Elements

Something. Anything. I just want to know what playing the game is going to be like.

I'm hoping for some gameplay footage alongside some more exposition about the story and universe that we'll be encountering in Destiny. From a broader perspective, I certainly hope we'll get to see a little bit about how fireteam mechanics will work, and maybe even get some details about raids and/or multiplayer PvP.

Bungie's been priming us with concept artwork to get our heads in the right space. Oz Mills summed it up nicely:

The long and short of it is that I feel I have a good handle on the world, and I'm invested. I just want to know what to do with that world now.

I'm hoping an announcement of the launch date. And that the launch date is the same day they do the announcement.

Hey, a boy can dream!

The cloth being yanked away. A full trailer that leaves so many more wows than questions, with gameplay and cinematics and main characters that we will see again. We see bad guys fighting back in real time, vehicle and squad use, along with space combat and exploration. This trailer ends with the screen: 'DESTINY Holiday 2013'

If we are really really lucky, a multiplayer demo with 1 or 2 maps playing one small team or FFA game type, to accelerate the hype train to warp speed

Thats what I want

This isn't an MMO, right? It's a big new thing, a shared world experience thing. People pop in and pop out of your area leading to interesting interactions and events throughout the worlds. So, let's start really hearing about it. Not a description. I'd absolutely love to know what will be at a player's fingertips if they are to head up a guild or join one.

Now, I'm not expecting full on functionality explanations or even videos detailing it, but it'd be great if they got into some detail about it. How many members can constitute a guild? Will guilds be utilized in a competitive multiplayer environment, or within raids whilst battling beasts of untold ferocity and might? Would guilds be used to effectively explore certain areas and uncover certain gems, even if no threat looms? Teamwork aspects, a common goal in success and failure in uncovering ancient secrets? Not every moment needs action and excitement to be filled with wonder and awe as you and your closest friends and allies comb throughout the ancient wonders trying to re-obtain that which was lost.

So yeah. Guilds. I'd love some more details.

Gameplay, and some indication of the communication system between you and randoms. I'd like to know how they plan to discourage griefing.

We know it's an FPS, but we don't know exactly what kind of weapons we'll get to use (or, in the case of the Warlock, if we'll even need to use weapons). We know it features stats, but we don't know how they affect gameplay. We know it's ‘shared-world’ but we don't know how it'll work when you want to play it solo.

The game remains an inscrutable mass of unanswered questions, which despite much speculation and questioning remain unaddressed. What I'm hoping for from E3 (and thereafter) more than anything else is a meaningful dialogue with the player community. Bungie's trademark secrecy and enigma won't cut it if they're intending to create something with the longevity, scale and community participation of a high-end MMO like World of Warcraft. They're going to have to engage with the community as adults (rather than through the obtuse mailsack).

If you want a good example of what I'm talking about, look no further than Ghostcrawler's ‘dev watercooler’ blog posts. Or the numerous ‘blue posts’ on the WoW forums where he and other members of his team discuss gameplay mechanics and the design thinking behind them.

So yeah, what I'm hoping for is a dialogue. After that, everything else is negotiable.

1. Trailer with gameplay/travel/drop in drop out functionality

2. Perhaps a small in engine demo

3. Release timeframe (fall 2013, spring 2014)

I want to see some Warlock spells in action, and some Spider Tanks in motion.

But most of all I'm hoping that we get some more info on how the Bungie Mobile App comes into play. I'm really hoping its not just another avenue for notifications and actually has an impact on the gameplay experience.

I don't expect we'll see too much about it, but here's hoping.

~M

A comprehensive walkthrough of what the game is all about, so I know if I should be hyped like crazy or not. And to know if I should prepare for the second death of my social life.

My favorite activities in games are: exploration, character progression, strategy, twitch gameplay and cooperation. The game that has been closest to fill all of those lately has been Dungeon Defenders, it lacks exploration though. Destiny might fill all but strategy (!= tactics) so it might become a real time sink for me... maybe.

And, I can dream, announcement of a PC version with support for the Oculus Rift, Razer Hydra and Virtuix Omni! Haaaha, right.

in decreasing order of likelihood (as I see it):

• in-engine stuff
  
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• announcement of, if not a date, a timeframe for release
  
• news that how well I do will be determined by how well I play and not anything else (at the very least in competitive multiplayer)
  
• announcement of a PC version, even if I won't have one that can play it for some time
  
• news of a beta or demo
  
• finding out that it won't require any kind of paid account (like XBL Gold)
  
• news that the whole time-travel thing was a joke or a misunderstanding and the "escaping souls" thing was just them being a little colorful and poetic
  
• finding out the whole sci-fantasy thing is more of an inspiration and a feel and thematic element than a description of what the game or the universe is like