Private Matches Go Live Today in Destiny

<p><em>Destiny<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s most asked for feature is finally coming&comma; and a week ahead of the launch of the next expansion&period; Private matches are something that <em>Destiny<&sol;em> players have been requesting for quite some time&comma; and Bungie decided to gift them to the community a bit earlier than expected&period; It had been announced that private matches would be coming to <em>Destiny<&sol;em> with the latest expansion&comma; Rise of Iron&comma; but most thought they would have to wait for the September 20th release of the expansion&period; However&comma; during a MLG stream today at 10 AM PST&comma; Bungie plans to announce that private matches are now live for <em>Destiny<&sol;em> players&period; This is known through an Activision press release that may have been mistakenly <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;ca&period;ign&period;com&sol;articles&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;12&sol;destinys-private-match-feature-goes-live-tomorrow">sent a day early<&sol;a>&period; It should be noted of course that the private matches are for current-gen systems only&period; Sorry about that&comma; Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 players&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112968" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112968" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-112968" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;13005934&sol;055402-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Destiny&comma; Activision" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112968" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Destiny&comma; Activision<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Private matches will be available for all current-gen <em>Destiny<&sol;em> players&period; However&comma; to access the new maps from Rise of Iron&comma; all players that are to enter a match must own Rise of Iron&period; Additionally&comma; the expansion must be owned for all players to be able to participate in the new game mode &&num;8220&semi;Supremacy&&num;8221&semi;&period; The new mode is similar to Kill Confirmed in <em>Call of Duty<&sol;em>&comma; where teams face off against each other&comma; and when a player dies&comma; they leave behind a crest on the ground&period; The engram needs to be picked up to get two points for the team&semi; one for the person who got the kill and one for the person that picks up the crest&period; However&comma; if another player picks up the crest then no points are given for the kill&period; The mode seems a bit more methodical than say Mayhem has been&comma; but it should be a welcome addition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In total there will be over a dozen different modes that you can play&comma; from Skirmish to Mayhem Rumble&comma; and on 30 maps &lpar;total amount dependant on if you are on PS4 and have console exclusive maps&rpar;&period; You can set the time limit or score for matches&comma; the time of day&comma; and even if you want light level advantages enabled or not&period; There are also some rewards that are gained from playing private matches&comma; such as 30 crucible rep from each game&comma; and rare items can drop as rewards&period; However&comma; no legendary items or exotics can drop&comma; and 3 of Coins can not be activated to give you a chance at an exotic&period; You can work on daily crucible bounties and gunsmith bounties in private matches&comma; and you can even work on your grimoire score&period; You can not do weekly bounties through private matches&comma; or work on quests or record books&comma; but all in all the rewards are pretty decent for getting together to play some games with friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Private matches are something that many Destiny players have wanted for quite some time&comma; so the time is almost here to really unleash with your fellow players&period; Will you stick to playing classic Skirmish&comma; or decide to set up some one on one&comma; fusion rifles only matches&quest; Sound off in the comments below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bungie&period;net&sol;en&sol;Help&sol;Troubleshoot&quest;oid&equals;45079">Bungie<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;