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Destiny 2 BETA
July 18: PlayStation 4 Pre-Order BETA
July 19: Xbox One Pre-Order BETA
July 21: Open BETA for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
July 23: Console BETA End-date
Late August: PC BETA
Destiny 2 LAUNCH
September 6: PS4 and Xbox One
October 24: PC
I guess the Game Informer thing is happening again this year and info is coming out bit by bit every evening.
Last night, they announced Crucible is split into two modes in D2: Quickplay (Control, Clash, Supremacy) and Competitive (Countdown and one unknown mode).
Iāve been seeing mixed reports about whether Competitive will be ranked or not. Crucible Radio guys said no word on ranked play last night, but Datto tweeted something that seemed to indicate there wonāt be any ranked at launch, so I dunno whatās up there.
edit: Okay, PC Gamer confirms that thereās no ranked at launch.
I heard there wonāt be private matches at launch either? If theyāre doing that just so they can sell it as āfeatureā of a future update that is hugely dumb.
that PC footage looks real good.
Yeah, no private matches was confirmed back at the reveal event. Really weird for them to be making all kinds of PvP-focused enhancements and then pulling private matches like that.
Also according to Bungieās podcast this month, it sounds like theyāre pretty happy with the state of PvP balance in D2 but theyāre trying to get the PvE balance under control for the beta.
Yeah, for better or worse it sounds like PvP is driving the winds of the design. I lament this a bit because I feel like way more people are playing the game for PvE than PvP (but I donāt have DATA on that), but esports i guess.
maybe iāll give it more of a shot but i still feel like itās gonna make me hate my life because iām not a kid with infinite time to practice
Sentinels (the new Titan subclass) can also cast Ward of Dawn via one of their subclass trees. I donāt understand how this makes any sense unless Defenders are going away.
I honestly wouldnāt be surprised if the redundant elemental subclasses (Sunsinger, Defender, Bladedancer) that we havenāt seen in game so far are just gone at this point?
Other possibility is that Sentinels only get to put the ward up but thereās no buff when youāre inside it, whereas Defender wards wouldā¦?
oh i was assuming everything but voidwalker/gunslinger/striker was being replaced
Those were the only 3 playable at the reveal so they could hang on to something to reveal at later dates (which is why Arcstrider is playable on the E3 build), but theyāve only shown 3 new subclasses. Maybe for story reasons theyāll revert back to only having 2 subclasses per class, I guess, but I feel like there would be riots if that were the case.
people are already rabid about the PC version being pushed to the end of october.
Only because itās the same week as Wolfenstein! 
iām actually pleased because it means i donāt have to agonise about Videogame Platform Decisions
probably not coincidence a late october release puts it right in the middle of what is likely to be the first dry period (maybe iām just being a cynical jerk idk)
some more pc gameplay:
re: pve balance, i think iāve come to terms with the fact that i just love broken overpowered shit in games and the most fun i had with destiny pve was running vault with the ram and gjallarhorn pre-nerfs
Exciting times for Voopnation:
edit: Also is it just me or are autos just melting the Cabal in that PC footage?
handcannons lookinā good
and you can still sprint-cancel reloads
DeeJ confirmed today that Rumble is completely gone from Crucible because āwe want the Crucible to be where teams of players come togetherā. 
wow fuck that