What Mustang said a few hundred.
[QUOTE=badman;455608][SUB]First off, sorry for the delayed reply on this. Let me try and address a few of the concerns that have been raised:
Destiny will be operating Dirty Bomb in Russia and CIS. They have a proven track-record of operating free-to-play titles in that region, whereas we don’t, and they have a handle on the local needs and wants. The main goal of Destiny’s alpha is to test their back-end systems and make sure that Dirty Bomb’s integration with them works correctly. Their test is not a free for all – there are limited slots, there’s no guarantee of admission. Our international alpha will continue to be the place where new features and content are let loose as you guys and girls keep shaping the game.
We are also aware of the dangers of completely separating Russian players, especially on the competitive side. We’re hoping to address this, though we don’t yet have any details to share on that.
The contents of any existing Founder’s Packs will carry over to Destiny, so you won’t lose any of the in-game items or your status. Any Russian members of the Founder’s Club are also able to play in the alpha test of the Russian version straight away if they like, though we don’t support having two versions of the game installed simultaneously. You can also keep playing in the international Alpha if that’s what you prefer.[/SUB]
Finally, we’ll be sending a few hundred more invites for our international Closed Alpha over the next couple of days, so you’ll have plenty of additional voices/fresh meat.
[SUB]If you have any other questions about the Destiny deal, please post them up and we’ll get those answered.[/SUB][/QUOTE]