4 weeks with Destiny review and miscellaneous thoughts (Destiny)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Monday, October 13, 2014, 20:18 (3936 days ago) @ General Vagueness

Soft-cap on player count in Tower / instancing at incoming parties

Do you mean a party? Fireteams in the Tower are capped at 6, aren't they?

No, I do mean the game instance. The party can be 2 players, open to friends, but the tower instance they're in has 14 other players - making it full, and me unable to join.

I really have to play with some people because this is all going over my head, like conversations about this usually do.

I think I can explain!

You know how in Halo a multiplayer game can't have more than 16 people? Same with Destiny, except every single thing you do has a maximum number of people. The Tower can only hold 16. When you join the Tower you are, in effect, joining a non-combat multiplayer match much the same as a Crucible match or a multiplayer game in Halo. Sometimes your Tower "match" is empty except for you so 15 more people can join. Other times your Tower "match" might be completely full at 16 of 16 players. When that happens none of your friends can join you because the Tower can't hold more than 16 players.

Then, on top of that, your Fireteam can only be 6 people in the Tower or Raid. It can only be 3 in Patrol or normal missions and Strikes.