- Specter Wolf
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- Senior Legendary Member
I spend too much time here.. too much time indeed.
I tweet?
I actually like that idea, but I'd like to expand it to full site integration. Including specialized forums for the game which could be read in or out of game which would be for any number of applications depending on what the genre of game.
Just using a persistent world MMO as an example boards could be used to conduct trades, find "guilds", find parties/groups, announce sitings for certain rare mobs. Everything done in real time. Maybe custom alerts could be set up to let them know when something specific was posted. This way such things wouldn't be limited to end game chat, allowing people who are offline to be notified. I'd really like to see a game link the online and offline world seamlessly.
I think your idea to merge players Bungie.net identity and and in-game identity would be a good start and give and give an added bonus for keeping a friends list on the site.
/rambling
Posted by: dazarobbo
That's where I think a dedicated Bungie.net friend system would be perfect.
Imagine having a kind of integration in Bungie's next game where you could also manage your Bungie.net identity, allowing you to do things like adding friends, sending messages, creating groups, etc... which is independent of the platform you're using. For example, let's say I've got my Xbox LIVE profile connected to my Bungie.net profile, and my friend has his PSN account connected to his Bungie.net profile. I could send a message* to him from my Xbox via my Bungie.net account to his Bungie.net account which he would receive on his PS3**.
That is something I'm waiting to see from a company one day, and I think Bungie can do it.
* Substitute this with anything you can imagine. User generated content, Private Messages, etc...
** Substitute this with anything you can image as well. Like an iPhone!