Combat balances to accommodate them, he said.

I'm now curious about how those combat balances will occur. Will it be increased enemy HP, strategy, or damage?

It's certainly a very interesting design problem, that if they resolve, will allow me to appreciate progression again.

The real question is, will Sony extend the new multiplayer requirements to PS3? It doesn't affect me, but its something to think about.

Sony have said that the PS3 online service will remain unchanged. PS+ will only be needed to use PS4 games online.

Will Destiny require PS+ to play?

Sony has said online play will require PS+ for PS4, so I would imagine yes since the whole game is online. Probably not for PS3 though...

It'll take us a while to put the video together (we had multiple cameras and sound recorders running) but hopefully we'll get that up in the next day or so.

Thanks for the great talking points! There were a lot of things brought up here that we never would have remembered to ask ourselves. :)

It was after the demo at 2PM PST today. They sat down with DeeJ and talked about a few things. Was pretty good, actually.

Who is they?

Is there a link to this interview somewhere?

Here is the Deej interview, all cued up.

Is it merely cosmetic? Will it have stat bonuses? If so, what do these bonuses mean in real terms to gameplay?

While playing with Gamespot, Joe said the armour isn't just cosmetic, though he didn't go further into detail.

Yeah, I watched that this morning and was on the edge of my seat… only then he didn't say anything else! I was pretty certain it'd be more than cosmetic (it was a loaded question really), but I'm still none the wiser as to how big a difference it makes.

- When will there be information on any competitive multiplayer that may (or may not be) present?

We already know there is going to be competitive multiplayer.

Really? Do we know anything about it?

We know it exists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN8f14eMn-I - Joe mentions it early on. Talking about it being a good cooperative game and 'of course a great competitive game.'

Listening to this:
http://alphalupi.bungie.net/images/results/eighth.mp3

I get flashbacks to Fable. The loot shown at E3 brings to mind Borderlands, and the Warlock's glowing talking ball was pretty much 343 Guilty Spark from Halo. Have there been other significant influences?

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Is information provided to inquisitive players in the environment regarding things that happened within the setting? Can I, in effect, be a bit of an archaeologist? For example: In the E3 demo there are these large... tower looking things, with three spheres atop them and what appear to be space shuttles along the sides. If I wanted to learn more about them, could I find detailed information? Logs? Video/audio of things happening? Notes?

Or to put it another way - if you've played Morrowind or Mass Effect - could a player spend hours in this game /reading/?

I remain curious as to whether or not it can though.

I'm assuming the personal land vehicle, "The Sparrow", can hover over water. Any chance of confirming that? It'd effect exploration quite a lot, I imagine.

I wouldn't assume. The ghost couldn't.

And if we can what's to stop us from finding an old fortress, arming it, and defending it?

I can totally see this being one of the ways that factions come into play. That'd be pretty rad, and perhaps allow the unlocking of in game perks? Faction Wars could very much be a variant of what you described too.

Is it merely cosmetic? Will it have stat bonuses? If so, what do these bonuses mean in real terms to gameplay?

While playing with Gamespot, Joe said the armour isn't just cosmetic, though he didn't go further into detail.

Also, can you reduce the shipping cost on your t-shirts to the UK please, then I will buy 5 :-)

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