Fuzzle_hc

Hot take?

I am glad Bungie focused on a robust API that allowed our talented community to program so many amazing tools and websites we use every day instead of trying to implement systems the community of millions will do three times better in half the time.

Hell, even I made my own little project with the API, it's very easy to get into and has a very high ceiling of possibilities.

This is a focus of our team (Bnet). We have a pretty small team, so we have to choose where to focus our resources. If we build lots of our own tools, we can't spend as much time focusing on including game features in the API, and building the stuff only we can make (Cross Save, etc). It would be really cool to build LOTS of features for everyone, but with a limited team size, it's very difficult to hit every use case. When we can, we provide features that enable the community to build super cool stuff on top of them. Finding that line is always a WIP, but it's really great to see that the community has made tools that provide stuff for everyone, even niche use cases.

Helpful info from @BungieHelp on why this is important:

https://twitter.com/Bungie/status/1179064067148771328?s=19

RiseOfBacon

I agree because as much info as possible to get people interested is only a good thing for us all as a Community. More players, better pools for matchmaking, more interest in activities and more reason to get stuck in and help people get up to speed

Sticking this in just incase someone sees it - New Light

Here's some extras:

• Annual Pass content is actually playable, you just can't get the rewards e.g You can play Menagerie, you just won't have the Chalice. Reckoning with the Synth, Forges without the Frames

• Buying a Season means it's across all platforms

• The Battle Pass whatever the funk you want to call it is across all platforms

• You get Vanilla and all DLCs up to Forsaken for free.

• You still get all QoL and Sandbox changes

• Some people just can't have info, they need to play. Since it's free, just get them to play it. Stop searching for reasons and let them find their own

For those who would like something shareable, the New Light page you've linked here is getting a comprehensive update for 10/1 that more thoroughly outlines all the cool stuff you get for free, with then intent that you can send it to someone who has never played and doesn't know much about the game and they'll understand it.

TheSwank

Unrelated but thanks for all the work you guys do on the app! I’ve been using it more and more lately to create Fireteams! Quick and easy!

Thank you! Glad to hear it!

TheSwank

Unrelated but thanks for all the work you guys do on the app! I’ve been using it more and more lately to create Fireteams! Quick and easy!

Thank you! Glad to hear it!

ThenDot

What's up with the D22523 News post u/Cozmo23? Is it a placeholder for the TWAB?

Bungie web engineer here. This is just a side effect of the way our news system works, that number is just the ID of something in the published content. Could be a video, help article, random image asset, who knows. Most likely, this is just the title of some item totally unrelated to news articles. No need to head to r/raidsecrets :)

Phil Shadowkeep is quite a character.

GoldenLeech

I am Currently trying to Cross save, so that my characters and everything goes from Battle.net to my steam one. But when I tried I get this error:

" You have only a Steam and Blizzard account linked. You can’t Cross Save these two, as they will become a single profile during PC Migration. Please link another account to use Cross Save. "
Wth?

If you have gone through the PC move page (https://www.bungie.net/PCMove) then you are already ready for Steam. Cross Save is for playing the characters from one platform on another platform (Steam and Battle.net are effectively the 'PC' platform)

Imglitch13

So I'm having a issue where I enabled cross save but my forsaken access didnt transfer. I can play the forsaken stuff on ps4 and not pc? Is there a reason?

Game licenses are not part of Cross Save. You need to own each license on their platforms.

New work PC wallpaper? Yeah. New work PC wallpaper.

artydooty

u/EdgarVerona is it possible to use cross save to transfer characters from one PSN to another PSN?

For example, I sign up for cross save, add my PSN, my XBL, and my Bnet accounts. I choose my PSN characters as those I want to use for cross save.

Can I then replace that original PSN (from which the characters originated) with a PSN and have access to those original PSN characters?

(Basically, I messed up by PSN name change and would love to move my characters to a different PSN.)

No, this is not possible. Cross Save always leaves characters on the accounts on which they were created; it only provides the option to access those characters on other platforms.

r1psy

I'm unsure if I have ruined something... this seems to believe I have no entitlements on Xbox, my primary platform for the last few years with ALL DLC..

https://imgur.com/a/JvlFdGX

I am a little worried..

It is possible for the website to be out of sync when it comes to entitlements. Cross Save does not change your entitlements, so no need to worry about losing any of them. It typically works too log in to Destiny on the platform that is showing incorrectly, then go through the flow again.

MoldyToblerone

Say you CrossSave from ps4 to pc how am I supposed to join or create a fireteam on the companion app for battle.net when it says psn for my character and won't let me change it as it says "battle.net character required"?

I'm guessing you have an update available, or will soon. The app only recently started getting updates for Cross Save support. Keep checking your app store!

Karmas_weapon

I left my clan on ps4, but I can't find an option to leave my clan on bungie.net. When I click on my profile picture on the top right of the website, I can see that I'm still part of my clan, but I don't see any way to view the clan page where I can leave

Check the Community tab on the main navigation, it should show links to any clans you are in

XxDaRkNuK3xX

So I had a character on PS4. I then got a copy of the game free on Blizz last year. I've done the PC Move thing and then I did the Cross Save and put my PS4 character on PC. I then booted up my Blizz copy of the game for the first time. If I make a new character now on Battle.Net, will that character AND my PS4 one that's currently on PC both move to Steam on October 1st?

As long as the Battle.net account you are playing on is the same one which is in your Cross Save setup, you will be able to play your Active characters everywhere, including Steam, after October 1st.

Karmas_weapon

Used to play on playstation. Started playing on pc last year. I am using cross save to bring my ps4 account to pc, but I'd like to leave my old ps4 clan and rejoin my pc clan. Clan mate is telling me that there is no option to invite me and my name in the clan is currently greyed out. How do I go about rejoining my clan?

Make sure your friend is inviting your PS4 account to the clan, since that is the account that holds your Active characters. You can leave the clan on Battle.net because that is now an Inactive set of characters.

mlecakess

So like we have two xboxes with different sets of characters, we only bought the game once.If one of us sets up cross save will the other person be unable to move theirs as well? Or is it reliant on battle net.

As far as I know, you cannot share the same license across two Battle.net accounts. You could each Cross Save your respective accounts, which would enable you to play the same characters on both platforms. You would still be able to use the same game license in Xbox like you already do now, but for Battle.net you would each need your own license. Remember, on October 1, Destiny 2 will become free, so you'll be able to jump in on Steam for $0!

Glad to hear it! This in particular was a major point of focus throughout the entire design and implementation process.

Thanks to everyone who helped by posting details about the errors and behaviors they are seeing. Often, that's all we have to go on in diagnosing issues we ourselves can't reproduce. Sometimes these things have very strange causes that take a long time to track down.

Happy Cross Save Day everybody!

We believe the whack-a-mole issue with accounts automatically un-authenticating is related to the Something Weird Happening error. Still investigating!