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[PC] Free: Destiny 2 @ Blizzard / Battle.Net

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[PC] Free: Destiny 2 @ Blizzard / Battle.Net
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tofu_soldier on 03/11/2018 - 05:36 news.blizzard.com (5507 clicks)
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  • Woke up to this as I launched my Battle.net
  • So if you haven't got it - download and install Battle.net / Blizzard App
  • It'll be listed under the gift tab at the top.
  • Click Claim
  • Chews 80GB of hard drive space (now where's that SSD deal when I need it)

Bungie and Activision have announced that the full Destiny 2 base game for PC is now a free gift for all new players on Blizzard Battle.net. For the first two weeks of November, anyone who does not already own the PC game will have the opportunity to claim it as a gift through their Battle.net account.

Destiny 2 will be free to claim and download from November 2–18, 2018. New Battle.net accounts created after 19:00 CET on November 2, 2018, will need to enable Blizzard SMS Protect before claiming their free copy. Destiny 2 PC is redeemable from the Battle.net gift page.

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    • tofu_soldier on 03/11/2018 - 06:40
      +11

      They do give something though not as much as free DLC:

      Bungie is also rewarding existing owners of Destiny 2 PC. Those who already purchased the game on Battle.net will be eligible to receive an exclusive gift of their own: a special in-game emblem marking the game’s anniversary that will be available in December.

    • leeboy168 on 03/11/2018 - 07:55
      +48

      "I paid for something and now it's free, therefore I deserve something extra at the expense of another to compensate me for my earlier purchase"

      • garage sale on 03/11/2018 - 09:56
        +2

        who said our education system doesn’t support creative thinking and problem solving….

      • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 03/11/2018 - 22:38
        +3

        To be fair, this isn't a bad mentality when the base game was practically a beta.

      • Budju on 07/11/2018 - 14:21

        I cant see why anyone would be annoyed that they paod for something that is free so they can sell more dlc.

      • neonlight on 17/11/2018 - 20:16
        -1

        It's all about me. What I do get out of this. Me me me. Go go go. Mine mine mine.

        The me generation, care factor zero, selfishness skyrocketing

    • O15 on 03/11/2018 - 09:27
      +7

      You think you're entitled to something after spending $12? Ha!
      Good luck with that. I spent $120 on the deluxe (or whatever it was called) edition at release and still received bugger all content.

      Destiny 2 is a pretty shallow, boring game but for free, it's definitely worth trying out. Maybe they've added content worth playing since I gave up on it.

      • Nason on 03/11/2018 - 12:32
        +2

        They've added A LOT recently, like a daunting amount of stuff to do. However, that comes at the $60 odd price for the latest expansion. If you liked the initial gameplay of destiny, but felt like there was no reason to keep playing you'll definitely like forsaken.

        • O15 on 03/11/2018 - 12:51
          +2

          I'll skip it. After already paying $120, I should not have to pay another $60 to get a good game out of it. That's insane.

          • Nason on 03/11/2018 - 14:39
            -2

            @O15: But you weren't made to pay $120. For that $120 you could have the base game since launch and forsaken.

            Also if you're speaking of the edition that came with the the season pass then you've had a good game for 6 months now, you just never bothered to try it.

            • O15 on 03/11/2018 - 14:42
              +1

              @Nason:

              1. I never claimed I was made to do anything.
              2. Season pass does not include all of the DLC.
              • Nason on 04/11/2018 - 00:37

                @O15: Season pass included Warmind, which came out 6 months ago and was the 'good game' I was talking about bud.

                You also said you "shouldn't have to pay another" insinuating that the $120 you spent was a compulsory payment.

            • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 03/11/2018 - 22:41

              @Nason: What? You played d2 through base, CoO and Warmind, right? I can absolutely see how that would leave a bad taste after that much money. Hell, it left a bad taste in my mouth and I played the hell outta it.

      • Diji1 on 03/11/2018 - 17:22

        I still hear Warframe is better and that's free all the time ;)

      • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 03/11/2018 - 22:40

        I know the feeling. Though I played enough for it to be worthwhile. My gripe is with that stuff, giving away the expansions for free after everyone bought them for Forsaken. Only compensation was some minor "veteran" rewards (I didn't even get because I couldn't play forsaken for the first month or so).

    • NeggerOfDeals on 03/11/2018 - 11:53
      +3

      So you paid money to a charity now YOU want something for free? Jesus Christ…

      • ultracheapweeabookun on 03/11/2018 - 19:30

        some people only care about themselves, that's why a lot but not all homeless people exist

  • KJA on 03/11/2018 - 07:27

    May be worthwhile mentioning in the deal description that "SMS Protect" is required to be enabled on new/existing battle.net accounts to be able to claim/download this game.

    So you're not only giving Blizzard an email address, they'll also have a mobile number as well to potentially send spam to

    • Breno785au on 03/11/2018 - 07:54
      -1

      I love the block feature on my phone :0)

      • garage sale on 03/11/2018 - 10:00
        +5

        phone numbers are more so they can use them to calculate how many accounts people have , easy to create a new email, costs money for a new SIM, facebook started to do it en-mass as people had lots of accounts with different names and dates of birth , now they use phone number to data match …..

        same with lots of companies now as email accounts are easy and free.

    • ElWircho on 03/11/2018 - 08:00
      +1

      Thanks for letting me know, potential spam is not my concern, giving away private data however is.

    • tnfl on 03/11/2018 - 08:55
      +4

      It's only accounts made after 2/11/2018 that require "SMS Protect". Just added it with an old account!

    • Diji1 on 03/11/2018 - 17:24
      +2

      While it's always a risk because of hacking or sloppy server configurations Blizzard is very unlikely to start SMS spamming you.

    • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 03/11/2018 - 22:43

      A valid concern. Stopped using twitter because they tried to force me to throw on my phone number. Screw giving them that.

    • Budju on 07/11/2018 - 14:22
      +1

      Blizz prank me at 5.30am

  • doodo477 on 03/11/2018 - 07:33
    +28

    Damn their player base must of decline rapidly to pull something like this.

    • jace88 on 03/11/2018 - 08:14

      Was thinking that as well!

    • unelectric on 03/11/2018 - 10:24
      +4

      There were 1 million players active yesterday in PvE.

      It's not trying to save a dying game, but convince more people to buy their new DLC. The newest expansion, Forsaken, is actually pretty good.

      • rr64 on 03/11/2018 - 11:04
        +1

        Forsaken has been a really good expansion from what I played through so far. I think if you were a new player and had fun with the base free game then it's a no brainer. Especially since it comes with the lesser DLCs for Osiris and Warmind now too if you didn't have them. The Osiris content isn't great but Warmind is pretty cool and it's good to have those extra zones unlocked.

      • IronOrchard on 03/11/2018 - 11:18
        -1

        Funny that Forsaken is what turned me off the game. It pretty much screwed casual players andmade so many mobs tanky as.

        I just dont enjoy games where you need to spend 2-3 ammo clips just kill 1 enemy especially when youre facing hoards at a time.

        • Nason on 03/11/2018 - 12:33
          -1

          Don't think we're playing the same game. Trash mobs are still trash mobs, and other mobs haven't had any changes made. It's likely just your light level or the weapons you're using, or the mob is a high leveled Major or Elite.

          • IronOrchard on 03/11/2018 - 14:42

            @Nason: The difference is probably from the yoyoing stats and pve growth over the last 12 months.

            Strikes were still fun. But i never got the new ones in the playlist even though i'd bought the DLC.

            • Nason on 04/11/2018 - 17:23

              @IronOrchard: yoyo-ing stats and pve growth? You don't know what you're talking about do you because none of that happened.

        • smartazz104 on 03/11/2018 - 12:45
          +2

          Casual players and their casual requests are what almost killed the game.

        • Siliwinter on 08/11/2018 - 15:03
          +1

          Destiny 1 was not a casual game and they screwed it up by making the 2 for young kids, taking it back to how it was is what was needed.

          A leaker by name of AnonTheNine on reddit (who is pretty credible but take that pinch of salt) shared this info that was captured by someone and confirmed by the dude himself "According to u/AnonTheNine, a leaker with a very good track record, Bungie just started development of D3 and it will have Guardians using the Darkness, PvEvP patrol zones, and Europa as a patrol zone. The fact that they started D3 development now is good, it means they have all the feedback from now and can design the game according to community feedback. They are really going "Balls out with the RPG stuff" as per what he's saying."

    • smartazz104 on 03/11/2018 - 12:44

      On PC maybe.

    • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 03/11/2018 - 22:44

      Nah, the opposite. Recouping the loss, showing people it's better then launch and trying to get them to buy Forsaken.

  • noise36 on 03/11/2018 - 08:28
    +2

    It's a trap! It has a great single player campaign so worth it hits for that….but…they are hoping people stick around to buy the DLC which is essential if you want to keep playing.

    • andigaming on 03/11/2018 - 16:50

      As someone who played the game at launch and came back for the Forsaken DLC I wouldn't really say it is a trap in a negative way.

      The single player content for the latest DLC is quite lengthy and I got a good month or so from it as a solo player who played a fair amount each day.

      As has been the case in D1 and D2, the ultimate end game is a grind for the perfect rolls on gear and people should be aware of that before purchasing the game or any DLC.

    • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 03/11/2018 - 22:46

      Depends on how end game is in d2 base nowadays. But pretty accurate way to describe it.

      Though to be fair, Forsaken is worth the money if you can look paste the atrocious stuff of the paste.

  • cmanc on 03/11/2018 - 08:41

    Warning! last time I played this game you can lose items acquired through vendor if you dont have space available to pick it up. The game didnt allow you to make space for it and then add it to inventory. Utterly ridiculous. Dont know if this was patched but its a deal breaker.

    • exc3113nce on 03/11/2018 - 08:52
      +3

      It is a free game though haha.

    • rr64 on 03/11/2018 - 10:47
      +4

      Items you can't hold in inventory get sent to the postmaster ingame, you can pick them up later.

      • IronOrchard on 03/11/2018 - 11:21

        Theres an inventory limit and because all the different color packs consume inventory space and you can get 5 per mission you'll eventually be spending 20 minutes per day just having to delete color palletes in your inventory so new weapons you gain dont get deleted from a full inventory.

        • smartazz104 on 03/11/2018 - 12:45

          The vault has plenty of space now, if you still run out of space it’s your own fault.

        • RI4V4N on 03/11/2018 - 12:53

          Firstly, the shaders or colour palates have their own space, it doesn't get shared with guns or armour. Secondly you can sell packs of five shaders to the cryptarch now at a time, so you get rid of them pretty fast.

          Also if you are using the postmaster as extra inventory space rather than to get items u forgot to pick upz you are playing the game wrong.

          • IronOrchard on 03/11/2018 - 14:39

            @RI4V4N: Is the shader storage still limited to 50?

            I had hboth my inventory and post master chock full of nothing but shaders.

            • RI4V4N on 03/11/2018 - 15:39

              @IronOrchard: Don't know the exact number but you can sell ur crap ones to the cryptarch in bulk now. Much faster than deleting them one by one lol.

            • TheBean on 04/11/2018 - 12:02

              @IronOrchard: I don't think people both deleting the shaders, you just chuck them into your vault.

              Agree that they are a complete waste of space and only reason for their mechanic is to push sales…

  • wowco on 03/11/2018 - 08:56
    +22

    Claim via website (courtesy of Reddit) here:

    https://account.blizzard.com/gifts/

    • DarthAntz on 03/11/2018 - 11:36
      +1

      thanks. had to claim through the website, as connection issues to the battle.net app

    • Forskin on 17/11/2018 - 19:22

      Legend thanks for the link. Just claimed using my phone :)

    • ozbargainer88 on 03/11/2018 - 09:38
      +8

      BRO

    • NeggerOfDeals on 03/11/2018 - 11:56
      +13

      Who the hell wakes up at 5:30 AM on a Saturday to play games?

      My newborn wakes up for his morning feed at 5. Since I can never get back to sleep I play some games while my boy has an extra few hours sleep.

      So in answer to your question; piss off.

        • NeggerOfDeals on 03/11/2018 - 11:57
          +2

          ..okay…

        • smartazz104 on 03/11/2018 - 12:46
          +2

          Sounds like you’re full of shit.

    • Zachary on 03/11/2018 - 13:27
      +1

      ….i wake up at 5:30am sometimes just to play games…….and sometimes im already awake from last night………

      actually it was about 2:30am when i saw this, just never replied because i was bushed…..and decided to hit the hay instead….

  • emwearz on 03/11/2018 - 09:23
    +2

    Worth noting this is temporary for Blizzcon, it wraps up in a couple weeks.

    • kpm on 03/11/2018 - 09:30
      +15

      Just to clarify this, it's temporary to claim (ends November 18), but it's permanently owned once you do claim it.

      • emwearz on 03/11/2018 - 10:07
        +3

        Yeah, sorry was not clear on that, cheers for clearing it up :)

  • Ge3ks on 03/11/2018 - 10:02
    +1

    Yoink. Thanks!

  • Godric on 03/11/2018 - 10:36
    -4

    Still too much $$

    • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 03/11/2018 - 22:50

      I'd be inclined to agree if it was still base (I can thoroughly say it was absolute garbage and if there was any half decent looter shooters besides borderlands on console I wouldn't have played it as much as I did) - Warmind. But Forsaken's changed a lot.

      Although I couldn't say how much the progression changes effect the base game.

  • congo on 03/11/2018 - 11:01
    -1

    When I go to https://us.account.blizzard.com/gifts/
    nothing comes up.
    Do I have to install the Blizzard app?

    • steelpanther on 03/11/2018 - 11:29
      +1

      It does actually state up there at the top: "download and install Battle.net"

    • Pub Envelope on 03/11/2018 - 11:31

      I was able to go to the online website and claim under the my gifts tab so I'm not sure why it's not coming up for you..

    • Ugly on 03/11/2018 - 13:42

      Same problem here. Went through all the steps, but my "gifts" page is blank.

      I had to install & run the battle.net app (and log-in with my new account details). Then when you go to the Destiny 2 tab, it gives you an install option

  • rompastompa on 03/11/2018 - 11:03
    +3

    FYI: You can redeem the gift on a Mac but it's only PC compatible, so it doesn't show on the games list.

    • SgtGrumbles on 03/11/2018 - 17:47

      thanks for the confirmation, I couldn't find it. Took a restart after my first install / login

  • Windows7forever on 03/11/2018 - 11:46

    Ty

  • NedStark102 on 03/11/2018 - 11:55
    +5

    If my PC wasn't made of hardware from the late medieval period i'd be more than happy to grab this

    • bargainparker on 03/11/2018 - 12:26
      +2

      If it's antique made by a well known medieval tradesman, you might sell it, buy top of the range and still have money left over.

    • smartazz104 on 03/11/2018 - 12:46
      +5

      Wow your pc is 2 years old already?

    • Diji1 on 03/11/2018 - 17:27

      I think I read it runs pretty well on low end hardware.

      • NedStark102 on 03/11/2018 - 17:37

        There's low end hardware, and then there's a Radeon 5850..

        • Fobsessive on 04/11/2018 - 15:14

          Should still work. My mate runs it on a non-gaming Lenovo laptop on the lowest settings.

    • N1NJ4W4RR10R on 03/11/2018 - 22:52

      Give it a shot. Apparently the game's relatively friendly to bad hardware.

      I mean, probably won't go well, but it might go :shrug:

      *Assuming you have the internet to download. Regardless, claim it for the sake of a freebie.

  • BartonWest on 03/11/2018 - 12:27
    -2

    80gb download to install….kids these days….

    • Ostrk on 03/11/2018 - 17:12
      +8

      It's not the kids's fault the country has shit internet.

    • donga100 on 04/11/2018 - 20:39

      I remember one of the Diablo or Starcraft games coming as a 3 CD set in order to fit the whole game. This game would require 115 CDs!

      • rompastompa on 05/11/2018 - 10:36

        80GB would be ~56889 1.4MB floppy disks (not including overheads). (80*1024/1.44)

      • [Deactivated] on 05/11/2018 - 13:49
        +3

        Diablo II. Install Disc, Game Disc, Play Disc. You had to insert Disc 3 every time you wanted to play it.

        Windows 98 also shipped on 39 floppy disks.

  • bishoz on 03/11/2018 - 13:14

    Thank you OP.

  • superforever on 03/11/2018 - 15:17
    -2

    Oh bought from CDKey awhile back what will I get now?

    • Nason on 03/11/2018 - 16:25

      Well your first mistake is expecting some sort of compensation for buying the game earlier. You bought the game for a reason back then, you're not entitled for free stuff when something goes on sale later, no matter what the item is.

      However, you do get some in game rewards, which probably won't be enough to satisfy you.

      Bungie is also rewarding existing owners of Destiny 2 PC. Those who already purchased the game on Battle.net will be eligible to receive an exclusive gift of their own: a special in-game emblem marking the game’s anniversary that will be available in December.

  • lostn on 03/11/2018 - 15:37
    +1

    Has Activision broken up with Steam?

    • cortex on 03/11/2018 - 16:43

      No they just bought Blizzard last time they were down at the milk bar

      • lostn on 03/11/2018 - 18:26

        Are their games still available on Steam or blizzard launcher only?

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