IGN First: "Rusted Lands" Map Tour (Destiny)

by yakaman, Wednesday, July 09, 2014, 12:17 (4136 days ago) @ GrimBrotherIII

Enjoy! http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/07/09/destiny-multiplayer-earth-rusted-lands-developer-walkthrough-ign-first?watch

I'd be lying if I said the gameplay doesn't make me all emotional. I...want.

I have some questions regarding the beta:

• Death looks like it comes quick. How did it feel in the Alpha? Most of the deaths looked to be one-shots, with most exceptions coming via mid/long-range machine gunning. Was that the general experience in the Alpha?
  
• Are there shields, and can they be augmented?
  
• How important was team interplay/support activities? Like, did buffing teammates really help?
  
• How was melee combat? Viable? Last resort?
  
• Is "vertical" movement pretty important? I've barely ever jet-packed in Halo, for example.
  
• I registered my pre-order/beta entry on Bungie.net quite a while ago. I'm assuming that when it comes time, there will be a relatively obvious way to tie my Bungie.net account to my XBox?

Thanks in advance for input.