14 DAY TRIAL // Bungie has confirmed that it's quite satisfied with the current state of balancing in the Destiny beta stage, as it feels that all weapons and Guardians are mostly on the same page when it comes to abilities and power.
Destiny is one of the most anticipated titles of the year, as millions of gamers are eager to try out the multiplayer first-person shooter for its story, its open world, its cooperative mode, as well as for its competitive Crucible mode.
A beta stage will kick off later today on the PS3 and PS4 and next week on the Xbox One and Xbox 360, and Bungie is quite satisfied with the current state of the game.
While talking with Eurogamer about user feedback after the end of the alpha stage, Bungie's David Dague has mentioned that the balancing in the game has reached a great spot thanks to testing at the studio and from the PS4 alpha.
"We're actually pretty satisfied with the balance between the Guardians. There have been hundreds if not thousands of hours stacked in the play test labs here at Bungie to make sure the Hunter, the Titan and the Warlock are all complimentary from a strength and combat perspective," he says.
Dague does admit, however, that one item has been nerfed in terms of powers, as the Galahad-C assault rifle needed a bit of work. Bungie realized this right before the alpha went live but decided to leave it in so that it could examine how the community reacts to an overpowered gun.
"If you spent any time in the Crucible you probably saw a lot of people carrying a venerable and highly-coveted assault rifle called the Galahad-C. Those are the sorts of things we look for, if there's anything that sticks out like a sore thumb on the gunsmith's rack. That is one notable change we admitted to having made, eliciting official comment from our sandbox designer Josh Hamrick."
"That was even a flaw we perceived before the alpha. We were like, well, the Galahad seems way too strong, so we'll see how players react to it in the alpha. And then coming out the other side of it, it was like, yep, you're getting nerfed Galahad. Sorry."
Considering the Destiny beta is set to go live across all four platforms, Bungie will have a much bigger amount of data to go through and you can bet that some balance tweaks will be made ahead of the game's official release on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One this September.