I'll probably never play the Vault of Glass

Isara · October 07, 2014, 10:31:41 AM

I live in Greece, where most people don't own a PS3 nowadays nor can afford moving up to a PS4 or Xbox One easily. The community online in Greece is not that huge, and it's usually tight-knit within small groups. (If I could play with anyone from here then it would lag extremely)The only way I was able to meet someone to play with (roughly, as we can't talk to each other via a microphone) was when I was by the cave for hours and I was able to "socialize" by practicing my shooting against a cave and friending people at random.

I can't speak with anyone on the tower, and messaging each and every individual is daunting, annoying if you are a stranger and sometimes they don't accept messages without a friend request. Random people are friends-only in their fire team, so I can't just tag along.

Sometimes I can just wave to people, and see them go. Or I go first. Depends if I am late with my grinding schedule or not. I'll never play the Vault of Glass, as it's all shattered into pieces, just like this game's online socialization capabilities. For an anti-social person with certain tendencies I find myself surprised at publicly ranting about something like this.

So, were you able to do the Vault of Glass, and were you able to actually socialize in Destiny?

Yu · October 07, 2014, 10:33:29 AM

I haven't even played the game yet, only several more days and I will.

Isara · October 07, 2014, 10:33:51 AM

I wish you luck into actually having someone to play with.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 07, 2014, 10:33:29 AM

I haven't even played the game yet, only several more days and I will.

Yu · October 07, 2014, 10:34:25 AM

Quote from: Isara on October 07, 2014, 10:33:51 AM

I wish you luck into actually having someone to play with.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 07, 2014, 10:33:29 AM
I haven't even played the game yet, only several more days and I will.

Wait, can you only play with people in Greece?

Isara · October 07, 2014, 10:36:51 AM

Yes, due to latency constraints. Sometimes, I get to meet a German, Austrian, Bulgarian and Romanian. (They have quite unique names, and some I met by the cave were German) The sight of an Italian is rare nowadays. Primarily, Greek players are around, and it leads to the game being a wasteland most of the time since when players leave the world, the world doesn't get filled with players again. Therefore there are cases if I am in the tower for ~30 mins that I am the only person there, and the same happened with a long play of Old Russia that by two hours there was nobody around.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 07, 2014, 10:34:25 AM

Wait, can you only play with people in Greece?

Yu · October 07, 2014, 10:38:43 AM

Quote from: Isara on October 07, 2014, 10:36:51 AM

Yes, due to latency constraints. Sometimes, I get to meet a German, Austrian, Bulgarian and Romanian. (They have quite unique names, and some I met by the cave were German) The sight of an Italian is rare nowadays. Primarily, Greek players are around, and it leads to the game being a wasteland most of the time since when players leave the world, the world doesn't get filled with players again. Therefore there are cases if I am in the tower for ~30 mins that I am the only person there, and the same happened with a long play of Old Russia that by two hours there was nobody around.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 07, 2014, 10:34:25 AM
Wait, can you only play with people in Greece?

Is it possible for you to play with people outside of Europe? I though the game allowed everyone to play together, how does it work then?

Isara · October 07, 2014, 10:40:16 AM

It is possible, but it will lag for me due to the latency. The game basically uses the nearest regional server and sets up the game based on people's latency, and location. Probably since my location is in Greece, and the latencies are better with other players from Greece it puts me with Greeks, when there aren't any it goes by the latency, but if the latency is too high then the numbers of available players to be put inside the world I am into becomes smaller, to the point nobody might come.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 07, 2014, 10:38:43 AM

Is it possible for you to play with people outside of Europe? I though the game allowed everyone to play together, how does it work then?

Yu · October 07, 2014, 10:43:22 AM

Quote from: Isara on October 07, 2014, 10:40:16 AM

It is possible, but it will lag for me due to the latency. The game basically uses the nearest regional server and sets up the game based on people's latency, and location. Probably since my location is in Greece, and the latencies are better with other players from Greece it puts me with Greeks, when there aren't any it goes by the latency, but if the latency is too high then the numbers of available players to be put inside the world I am into becomes smaller, to the point nobody might come.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 07, 2014, 10:38:43 AM
Is it possible for you to play with people outside of Europe? I though the game allowed everyone to play together, how does it work then?

Makes sense, but that sucks at the same time.

Isara · October 07, 2014, 10:44:53 AM

Yeah, and there's nothing that can be done for it. Neither Bungie can, nor Sony or Microsoft... So, yeah.

Quote from: Yutaka on October 07, 2014, 10:43:22 AM

Makes sense, but that sucks at the same time.

Flee · October 07, 2014, 10:46:59 AM

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