Bungie’s Destiny is breaking all kinds of rules. A ‘shared world shooter’ that has more in common with the MMO world than its been willing to confess, how Destiny will eventually play isn’t clear yet.

But, Bungie was answering questions and because it’s big reveal we’ve been capable of get a clearer picture what Destiny actually is. We caught up with Bungie’s Joseph Staten for X360’s issue 96 feature and asked him a couple of important questions.

Questions like:

Will there be competitive multiplayer?

“Destiny is built on a powerful foundation of co-op and competitive play, and it is a Bungie game.”

“We love competition; we adore that portion of the gamer.”

“We’re not talking about that portion of Destiny yet, but you need to assume that it is a Bungie game and we adore competitive multiplayer – in the event you love that then you’ll love Destiny, too.”

And:

Should players expect to have the identical character for the 10 years that Destiny is planned for?

“Well, the only real thing we’re saying at the moment is this is your character on the planet of Destiny.”

“For so long as that world exists you will be that person; we actually want it to be a situation that, yeah, the call you are making early on inside the game matters and [your character] sticks with you and truly grows over the years. That’s vitally important to us.”

“As much as we enjoyed switching backward and forward between protagonists, sometimes from the Master Chief to the Arbiter or an ODST, we’re much more thinking about this world where you will be a true person.”

“You could make interesting choices and you’ll follow this character. You understand it’s really important when you are in a social shared world to have an identity that folks recognise, that folk can remember.”

“You are going to be identified by the alternatives you’re making, so it’s really important that your character sticks around for a very long time.”