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Posted by: r3d$unz Jun 14 2014, 03:50 AM

IDW! it's been such a long time (Been frequenting this site for 10 years. That's crazy...) And upon looking at the gaming section noticed there wasn't a thread on this, ridiculous! Honestly a game I've been keeping my eye on since it was "leaked" during the lawsuit Bungie went through a few years back.

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From the Creators of Halo and the company that brought you Call of Duty. In Destiny you are a Guardian of the last city on Earth, able to wield incredible power. Explore the ancient ruins of our solar system, from the red dunes of Mars to the lush jungles of Venus. Defeat Earth’s enemies. Reclaim all that we have lost. Become legend.

A Bold New World
Embark on an epic action adventure with rich cinematic storytelling where you unravel the mysteries of our universe and reclaim what we lost at the fall of our Golden Age.

More Ways To Play
The next evolution of the first-person action genre that provides an unprecedented combination of storytelling, cooperative, competitive, and public gameplay, and personal activities that are all seamlessly woven into an expansive, persistent online world. Venture out alone or join up with friends. The choice is yours.

Create Your Legend
Personalize and upgrade every aspect of how you look and fight with a nearly limitless combination of armor, weapons, and visual customizations. Take your upgraded character into every mode, including campaign, cooperative, social, public, and competitive multiplayer.

Source: http://destinythegame.com

After E3 2014 I am more than hyped for this game, I managed to get my hands on the Destiny Alpha and decided to stream and upload a few gameplay videos.

twitch is http://www.twitch.tv/Chri5pabz

As well as YouTube

YOUTUBE ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWwSwcwbBds )

Posted by: Tessou Jun 14 2014, 06:21 AM

Keep it coming. As a sad, sad 360 owner, I can only watch. The beta comes next month and I'll get a look at what was scaled back for the older consoles.

Probably won't have a shot at an Xbox One until August. Bills to pay and all that.

Posted by: Spaz Jun 14 2014, 11:39 AM

I headed over to a buddy's last night to play the Alpha, definitely liked it. Controls and feel are Halo, but gameplay is very Borderlands. A very comfortable fusion that I could jump right into with nothing but smiles.

He forgot to turn off his Twitch feed too so I was on there for a bit too, haha.

Posted by: r3d$unz Jun 14 2014, 12:14 PM

I'll post more stream vids after work. I've got character creation as well as some PVE stuff.

The alpha has been awesome so far. I haven't seen anything from the 360 version yet but for a multiplatform game it looks gorgeous to look at. Bungie definitely know how to create expansive vistas.

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Posted by: Tessou Jun 14 2014, 12:28 PM

They haven't shown anything from old consoles because there's no point to it. They want to show off the pretty version of the game.

Bungie did mention that nothing content-wise would be scaled back for older consoles, so we're getting the same experience, just not as nice looking, as far as I can tell. I'm only playing the beta on 360, so it doesn't really matter to me in the long run. I'll be playing the retail release on an Xbox One.

Posted by: Seri Jun 14 2014, 12:30 PM

I'm unfortunately stuck with the PS3 version, because I just can't justify a next generation console yet.

Posted by: Tessou Jun 14 2014, 03:55 PM

In contrast to your viewpoint, Destiny was what convinced me to buy a next gen console.

Are there any unique weapons in the alpha? A Game Informer article displayed three examples, one of which was a sniper rifle that gave you active camo as long as you were looking through the scope.

Posted by: r3d$unz Jun 14 2014, 06:57 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ 3 hours, 2 minutes ago)

In contrast to your viewpoint, Destiny was what convinced me to buy a next gen console.

Are there any unique weapons in the alpha? A Game Informer article displayed three examples, one of which was a sniper rifle that gave you active camo as long as you were looking through the scope.

Not that I saw, at least not while I was using any.

Though there is a lot of variety in terms of the weapons and gear, that "MMO" sie of it really shines through as there are very obvious roles for each class. You can even draw aggro on both regular mobs and bosses.

Posted by: Tessou Jun 16 2014, 10:09 AM

The alpha is now over. Bungie played around a bit and allowed players to stay in the game after it officially ended for a short time, albeit after switching on "expert mode" and littering all areas with insanely tough enemies. Perhaps a taste of what the Vault of Glass will be like. Bungie's cofounder Jason Jones labeled the Vault of Glass as "the most difficult challenge we've ever created" in a recent official video. The penis hardens.

I found this today. The alpha's strike mission, set on Legendary difficulty. Looks painful.

YOUTUBE ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYMEK7sOjwo )

Bungie updated their page yesterday to reflect a sudden change in plans for the beta. On July 17th, the Beta officially opens for PS3 and PS4 users. Originally, this was an all-inclusive date for all consoles. Now the Xbox 360 and Xbox One versions of the beta are given a "soon after" date. I have a feeling this is because of some sort of communication with Microsoft regarding servers, certification, etc. Their way of doing things is not the same as Sony, so I have a feeling it's related to getting it running on Xbox Live.

Nonetheless, it pisses me off that Xbox guys like me are getting the short end of things again. No alpha for us, no beta until TBD. Next they'll tell us that the Xbox versions of the retail game are being delayed.

Posted by: r3d$unz Jun 16 2014, 07:49 PM

I did Devil's Lair on legend and it was ridiculous. But pretty rewarding once you get through with your fireteam.

The entire experience was just great, July 17th cannot come soon enough

Posted by: Tessou Jul 16 2014, 11:23 AM

Destiny Beta is live tomorrow for PS3 and PS4 users. Xbox One and 360 users can start playing on the 23rd.

In the meantime, Bungie has revamped their website and activated clans, so let's get going with this already! Clans are not tied to platforms, so we can all stay together even if we're split by the consoles we're playing on.

http://www.bungie.net/en/Clan/Detail/118638 is live. Players will get some sort of benefits if they play together, so there's no reason not to join up.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 16 2014, 02:49 PM

Hopefully at least some stuff carries over from the Alpha, I don't wanna lose that pimpin' void shotgun I found.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 16 2014, 06:43 PM

I watched IGN's beta gameplay today and was impressed with everything but the stupid fucking PVP. The moon map, with vehicles on display, made it terribly obvious that vehicles are not balanced for PVP. Guardians have little in the way of defense if a tank comes around, as there is no way to do solid damage to them besides using another tank or a rocket launcher, and you cannot mount them like you could in Halo. This means that Guardians using heavy machine guns as their special weapon are effectively screwed.

The rest of it, though, was awesome. Bungie did a great job with the drop-in multiplayer, and I saw a lot of instances where waves of enemies ALMOST killed the fireteam, but then they were saved by another group of random players that just happened to be in the area. A small firefight escalated into a huge battle with a lot more than three Guardians, and I fell in love.

HOPEFULLY this is represented in the 360/PS3 versions of the game as well. Things aren't looking good on the "I'll get an XONE by release date" front for this hombre.

Posted by: Alastair Jul 17 2014, 09:14 AM

can anybody explain what is going on with the beta site. i can't get my code info and whatever.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 17 2014, 09:39 AM

Are you trying to get access on a Playstation console, or an Xbox console?

Posted by: APX Jul 17 2014, 04:52 PM

Waiting for my promotion to leader.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 17 2014, 06:43 PM

I promoted you to admin in the IDWF clan, if that's what you're talking about.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 17 2014, 07:31 PM

Welp, it's basically the Alpha but with a shit-ton more content.

I'm in love.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 17 2014, 08:20 PM

Level cap still 8? Bungie said "you'll just have to find out for yourself" when somebody asked.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 17 2014, 08:54 PM

Dunno, busy playing Crucible.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 17 2014, 09:18 PM

A lot of streams seem to show players at level 8, with no further XP progression on their player card.

Really wondering why Bungie is still putting higher level weapon drops in the beta if nobody can ever use them in the beta.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 18 2014, 01:11 AM

Yeah, looks like the limit is still 8. Doesn't matter, having too much fun destroying people in Crucible.

Posted by: MidnightViper88 Jul 21 2014, 06:04 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ Jul 18 2014, 01:18 AM)

The beta is effectively a demonstration, a demo game; Full game playability, but obviously with very short limits and content locks. The beta is only open for what, a week and a half, while the full game is going to be released in a month and 2 weeks? It would be kind of pointless otherwise. Consider it like a taste of power. I'd feel so in vein if I invested so much time leveling and gearing for something so temporary, personally.

Anyway. My brother gave me one of his beta codes when he pre-ordered Destiny, and I've been playing a bit of it for the past two days. I've always been a PlayStation guy; Always have been, always will be. But I've had experience living with an X-Box, since my brother also kept a 360 at our dad's house, just as something different to play in contrast to the PS3 he keeps at home with his mom. I've watched him play Halo a lot, and while the game intrigued me, I never had enough of an interest to play. So I'm familiar with how Bungie works on the outside looking in, but Destiny had a certain ring to it that had me really interested, enough to get me to actually invest into it. Being able to play it on a PS3 helps, although for the time being, until the PS4 gets an exclusive game that I want to play that I can't play on a PS3, I'll stick with my PS3 for the time being, as graphics aren't nearly as important to me as other things are. It still awes me, even if I may be missing out.

I fucking love this game. It makes me wonder why I never bothered to at least give Halo a try whenever my brother wasn't at my dad's. But I really love how the controls are intuitive and really smooth; I can run and gun just as easily as I can take it precise like a tactical operator. So much shit from the weapons and even the enemies remind me of Halo (Why the fuck is there another enemy that likes to spaz-out side jumps like an Elite? Stay the fuck still, already!). I chose a Hunter at first (As something different from the seemingly-obvious choice of rolling a Titan) before rolling a Warlock as my second, both out of curiosity. The Warlock actually seems so interesting to me, for implementing a magic user in an FPS game, and his special Force Push attack is so practical for getting out of tight, cornered situations. Yes, it's a fucking short-range Force Push. After playing so much Star Wars: The Old Republic lately in my life, that's what I'm calling it.

At the drawback of having such limited ammo and range and having to charge it up and hope you're steady on aim at release, the FR1 energy rifle is so broken. "OH NOEZ, BOSS WITCH! Must kill it nao!" 2 or 3 shots later from across the room, it's already dead; So pathetic. What the fuck is the point of kinetic energy anymore?

I don't know if I have time in my life for an MMOFPSRPG, but I'll have to start thinking ahead and wondering where my life is going to go when this game gets released.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 21 2014, 08:42 PM

Lots of people are murmuring that the release game's level cap will be 20, and that it'll be all about gear after that to make yourself stronger. Bungie has been very quiet about the beta's carryover into the full game aside from a special emblem that you can only pick up by playing the beta on the 26th. They were handing out legendary gear (and ships) during the Iron Banner event, so there might be something there.

Rumor has it that they will open up the moon as a playable area after the two-day maintenance period (along with activating the beta for Xbox players).

Posted by: Drift Dude Jul 22 2014, 11:50 AM

Man, even with the level restriction of only level 8, the fact that you can find higher level weapons and armor but can't use them.

They just sit there, taunting you: 'bwahaha you can use us yet.'

Curse you Bungie for doing this, CURSE YOU!

But other then that I can enjoy the Beta. And as such it's on my very limited list of 'FPS games I like to play'.

Posted by: APX Jul 22 2014, 01:04 PM

Sucks t hat the beta will end on the 27 or 28? so we only get a few days for us xbox players, booo.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 22 2014, 01:15 PM

Hey, so long as we can finally play the damn game, I'm happy.

In before Xbox servers crash on the 24th due to traffic. They never learn.

Posted by: APX Jul 22 2014, 06:11 PM

So when do we get the codes? I r cur-ree-us

Posted by: Alastair Jul 22 2014, 10:05 PM

beta has been up and running again for us ps3 users, level cap is indeed 8 for the beta but thats cool. back to playing control.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 22 2014, 10:12 PM

Still get skills/gear upgrades at level 8, though. Pulse grenades for the win.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 23 2014, 12:40 AM

Xbox servers are taking a pounding as predicted. I've been downloading since I got home from work, two hours ago. 72%.

Posted by: Spaz Jul 23 2014, 08:19 AM

I played on One last night with zero issue aside from being burned out and falling asleep a couple times while playing. I have no idea how long the install took but gameplay was fine.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 23 2014, 08:31 AM

Same. Install took about two and a half hours, but the beta played flawlessly.

Got to level 4 right as 6am approached, and sleep won me over. Monstrously fun game.

Posted by: APX Jul 23 2014, 08:34 PM

Very fun game, probably one of the first games I get when i get a xbox one.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 23 2014, 10:13 PM

Once you start getting uncommon weapons and gear, things get very interesting. It's no longer just a shooting game.

Posted by: APX Jul 23 2014, 11:38 PM

Found a level 10 encrypted cloak for the hunter, so.. I can't use it, but it's my color that i want. black. I haven't really understood about the emblem thing, unless it's just that, emblems with no real use. Don't know what the crucibles are.

So far i've done two daily boss fights or wahtever they call it with my two characters, it's fun, because I was the only one in that area when it said the walker would appear, then once it came, 3-4 others popped up. So far the Warlock is my favorite, hunter doesn't really have anything different or unique about it, cept the sun pistol. lol

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 24 2014, 12:26 AM

Crucible's the PVP stuff, it's right there in the travel menu.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 24 2014, 08:20 AM

I like how the game puts no pressure on you at all to play PVP.

You know, aside from all that lovely gear you can only get by playing PVP.

Posted by: Spaz Jul 24 2014, 09:01 AM

God, it needs to be September already so we get the whole thing.

I'll be sticking with Hunter for a main class since my regular Live buddies have the other classes covered. I joined up with them after some solo stuff last night and they were happy to see that's what I was playing. Plus, I always lean toward the standard soldier-type classes, they're just simple and they work... Plus, here I get that whole glass cannon status going on too.

I'm loving the gear and the upgrades and all that fun stuff. Zen Moment on the pulse rifle I've got is awesome, the lvl 5 mission was done solo, 132 kills, 78 precision ones, start with body shots so it recoils to the head, then another trigger pull seals the deal. Halo DMR stuff.

Still haven't died yet, either.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 24 2014, 09:11 AM

I had a 150+ K/D yesterday. Killed a lot of shit. NEARLY died a few times, one of those miraculous recoveries happening during a difficult no-respawns event, but I eventually got one-shotted by a ?? level enemy in the catacombs because I was stupid.

Public events can suck if you're the only one participating. I had one where I was supposed to kill an enemy before he reached a certain point on the map. He comes out as a level 7 Fallen Captain, but his shield is ubercharged to the point that even my super attack barely damaged it. Then he started spawning high level Servitors to escort him, and they had the same level of damage resistance. With a few more players, it might've been possible to kill them, but it was impossible solo. There just wasn't enough time to even drop the guy's shields, much less actually kill him.

Posted by: Phantom_R32 Jul 24 2014, 09:13 PM

As a whole, I'm really enjoying this game. I'm kinda disappointed in the game play it self though. The running, shooting and all stuff just feels like your typical generic FPS. I guess I was expecting a semi-weighty feel, kinda like Halo.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 24 2014, 10:08 PM

In terms of "weight", I think the Titan's running and dodging physics are about as Halo-esque as you can get. I felt right at home with the controls and movement after playing Halo 4 a few weeks before this beta came out.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 25 2014, 12:54 AM

Especially with how chunky the Titan's melee feels.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 25 2014, 09:16 AM

Iron Banner is reactivated in the Crucible, for those that care about PVP (I don't).

Load test is tomorrow (Bungie wants EVERYBODY to flood the servers to test how they handle the stress), and participants will get a special player emblem that will carry over to the retail game.

Did anybody else buy a new player emblem from the outfitter? You aren't stuck with just the starting three... the outfitter has special ones that really let you stand out on the player roster.

Posted by: APX Jul 25 2014, 11:34 AM

One thing I hate about the pvp/mp games. They don't get full rooms (Been in maybe 1-2 6v6 games) and even after the game starts, players can't join in on it (From what I saw) so i'm either on a team that's down 2-3 dudes, or against a team down 2-3, only had a team drop out and gave us a easy W. The moon base is a little meh, too man snipers there that don't do a single thing on either team.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 25 2014, 11:41 AM

Yeah, they can join mid-game. Kinda weird that you're not getting full rooms, I'm even getting 6v6 Banner/Control matches on the Aussie servers at 5am.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 25 2014, 12:28 PM

Spending my time on glimmer runs outfitting my guy with exotic shit. New ship, faster sparrow, unique emblem.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 25 2014, 10:52 PM

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Finished maxing out all three classes, feels good man.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 25 2014, 11:36 PM

152 defense is maxed? DO YOU EVEN LIFT.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jul 26 2014, 12:23 AM

Level 8 on all classes.

Posted by: APX Jul 26 2014, 05:50 PM

Enjoying the mp, it's still uneven in the sense you are either on the op team, or on the crap team. It's never a close game.

Posted by: Alastair Jul 26 2014, 06:25 PM

that moon mission was pretty intense, so excited for the final product.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 26 2014, 06:36 PM

The moon is better if you disregard the mission and explore the vastness of it all.

I know it's not possible to do this anymore, but by digging deep into the massive Hellmouth area, you could drum up some amazing rewards for your efforts. The Ogre (two of them) and Shrieker boss enemies spawned in the lower levels, alongside some golden chests containing unique loot. Cecilia and I spent about an hour and a half exploring the moon, killing lots of Hive, and plundering treasures.

Also, somebody managed to get an Exotic piece of gear today. Locked at level 20, of course. Gaze in awe at this lovely gauntlet.
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Posted by: APX Jul 26 2014, 07:59 PM

One thing I learned from mp. Shotguns are OPPPP when in the right hands. It's not like the COD shotguns, even about 2-5 feet away you won't get a one shot kill, dead in the chest is of course a kill, that's the only gun I get annoyed at, besides the random bs deaths I get, hitting people 4 times in the face doesn't take the shield down on some. But drops others.

they gotta fix the mp.

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Posted by: PWNatorPWNED Jul 26 2014, 09:26 PM

Played a bit of the beta just now. I'm really impressed

One of the Fallen Spider robot thingies (?) spawned while I was roaming around with a friend. We thought we weren't going to destroy it, but we managed to at the very last second

Posted by: Tessou Jul 26 2014, 11:03 PM

My Cryptarch is level 3 and I still cannot get usable uncommon gauntlets for my Titan. All of my gear is uncommon aside from the damn gauntlets.

I set foot in forbidden zones today just to see how far the Beta's landscape could go...

King's Watch stops you short via a set of glass doors that your mighty Guardian cannot circumvent. You can see inside, and even throw grenades through the pane over the doors, but nothing will open them. I found some difficult to reach alcoves around the hallways leading to the doors, but they were only accessible through physics glitches (lrn 2 xploit) and nothing was found in any of them. One of them was actually a "one way" alcove that was impossible to get out of without going into orbit and reloading. Some zealous players have found ways to glitch into the area, and enemies load in, but they're all level 20. There is a dead Ghost in there, but it does not activate a grimoire entry.

On the terrifying end of things, The Grottos (easily reached via the Forgotten Shores) is chock full of level ?? enemies (they're actually level 20). With one of the better Sparrows (not the default one), you can speed through the place and dodge the copious amounts of insta-kill gunfire. There is a Shrieker here that will kill you if it fires at you. The only killable version of this insane boss was deep in The Hellmouth on the moon, so if you missed it earlier today, you won't get to see what happens when you kill it (it's pretty awesome) until September 9th.

Bunker RAS-2 is under the second radio tower in the Forgotten Shores, guarded by three Hallowed Knights that will insta-kill you. Upon sneaking into the room, I found that it has no exits to other rooms. Some glitchy players have found that one of the crates in the room is actually a hidden doorway to the Seraphim Vault, the abode of... well, I don't want to spoil it.

There are no enemies in the Vault. It's insanely glitchy and full of false floors due to the method of entry.

Beta ends tomorrow, or so press releases say. Bungie hinted that the Beta will go beyond that (just like the Alpha), presumably for some last minute testing, and player torture.

Posted by: Spaz Jul 27 2014, 07:32 AM

The moon was indeed pretty awesome. The rest of my fireteam declined to play from what I saw so they have no idea what to expect.

And as a plus, September is not that far away! That'll be an expensive week... Racing weekend followed by Destiny launch? No life from the start of race prep until the point where through some cosmic coincidence I end up becoming bored of Destiny.

Posted by: APX Jul 27 2014, 05:44 PM

Destiny beta is over... I feel like those people you see that are just wondering what the fuck happend. I miss it.

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Posted by: Tessou Jul 29 2014, 01:46 PM

I'm still getting over the fact that I can't play Destiny again until September. I haven't touched my 360 to play games since I got the "servers offline" message. It's as if I cannot stomach playing anything else since it won't stand up to the amount of fun and camaraderie that Destiny gave me in that short half-week.

It wasn't super polished, but I wasn't expecting it to be, as I had participated in a few other Bungie betas in the past. It was pretty damn magical. When they unlocked the Moon as a playable area, that moment when we got to see our ships fly away from Earth for the first time was breathtaking. Discovering things beyond the designated path was rewarding and memorable (THAT SHRIEKER ON THE MOON). Completing the strike mission on the hardest difficulty by the skin of your teeth was simply amazing, even if you got shit loot for your troubles. The journey was worth it.

Posted by: Spaz Jul 30 2014, 08:17 AM

It's only going to be better in September. Just look at (if you got to see it) the improvements that have been made over the Alpha, and how much more had been added. This is going to be EPIC.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 30 2014, 09:10 AM

One thing that has bugged me is Bungie's silence regarding playable areas. Exploration was a "big bullet" on the list of things Bungie wanted to do with Destiny, but the Beta really didn't have a lot of that in Old Russia. I loved the architecture of the place, don't get me wrong. It was the abundance of literally identical caves that had me going "uhhhhhhh....".

Bungie has been sort of flip-floppy about the playable area in the final release. Will Earth be simply Old Russia and the Tower, or will it include Old Chicago and the Eastern Flood Zone? There is a lot of rumor going around that these other areas will be part of the two announced DLC packages coming post-release, and that is rather unnerving.

Posted by: APX Jul 30 2014, 01:59 PM

The caves made me feel like I was playing a halo game, where it was just there to make it look 'real and big' But as soon as you went in the cave, 10 feet later a dead end. But the monsters were spawning there just a minute ago? WHAT IS THIS MADNESS.

Posted by: Spaz Jul 31 2014, 08:36 AM

I like Old Chicago, they have good beer.

Personally, I'm in it for story and PvP. Bungie has proven themselves very capable of creating fun, balanced multiplayer experiences, so with the best gear being unlockable through that anyway, you won't catch me complaining if there's a lack of expansive exploring.

Posted by: Tessou Jul 31 2014, 09:22 AM

Actually, you don't need to play PVP to get the "exclusive" Crucible gear. Crucible marks are obtainable in other ways.

Posted by: Spaz Aug 1 2014, 08:42 AM

QUOTE (Tessou @ Yesterday, 12:22 PM)

Actually, you don't need to play PVP to get the "exclusive" Crucible gear. Crucible marks are obtainable in other ways.

Good to know!

Posted by: Tessou Aug 1 2014, 06:00 PM

The quartermasters have the "material trade" option and will trade a certain amount of stuff you find on the field, like spinmetal, in exchange for either Vanguard or Crucible marks. I gave the Crucible quartermaster 40 spinmetal and got 5 Crucible marks.

Granted, having a lot of marks means nothing if you don't have the requisite reputation level for the gear you're looking for. Some items say you need X amount of marks and X level reputation. You're gonna have to fight in the Crucible for those, or do a ton of Vanguard missions.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 2 2014, 10:26 AM

Destiny drops one week from today. I trust everybody has their preorders paid off and a lot of space on their hard drives since this requires a fairly hefty install (18GB) before you can actually play the game.

Even then, a lot of people are fearing another server blackout.

I won't be able to pick it up until Wednesday morning since I work at night and cannot feasibly appear for a midnight release.

Posted by: MidnightViper88 Sep 2 2014, 12:03 PM

I've got more space than I can use in a long time on hard drive I bought for my PS3 several years ago, so I'm good to go. I'll just be getting my copy at work, since I can use my 10% Target employee discount plus the 5% discount for paying with the REDCard.

So that's a $1 reservation card that also gives a $5 gift card when I pay for the game within a week of release day. Or really, $0.86 for Target to pay me to buy a copy of a game from them for $54.37. Perks.

Tuesday is even the day that Weeklies reset on SWTOR, so I'm going to have a hard time balancing out two MMORPGs in my life. >< Looks like continuing to gear my Jedi Sentinel is going to have to have to wait a bit as I become a Warlock in another life instead.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 3 2014, 08:38 AM

I've got my digital copy reserved, just gotta wait for the email link to preload it.

I'm so done standing in fucking line for games until 12:30 just to have to drive home and spend another 30 minutes installing it while reading the same 8 FB posts about how awesome the game is over and over. 1:30 rolls around, and then it's time for a mission or two before bed. Fuck that noise.

Posted by: MidnightViper88 Sep 3 2014, 03:19 PM

Even if I did get a game from a place that did a midnight release, I'm getting old, and I can't fucking stay up late like I used to. My body is used to early mornings and general fatigue, fuck that.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 4 2014, 08:46 AM

Yep, I can't do past 2AM anymore, and even then it's once every couple weeks and the nights between I'm playing catch-up. Getting old sucks.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 4 2014, 11:20 AM

I get home at around 2am every morning, play a bit of minecraft to update my server, and promptly fall asleep until around 10am. My game time will be during the days, which is perfect since all the little snot nosed kids are in school now.

Posted by: BOZZ Sep 4 2014, 10:22 PM

I played the beta for this when it was out and really enjoyed it, anyone getting it with the PS4 bundle?

Posted by: Tessou Sep 4 2014, 11:44 PM

I wouldn't buy a PS4 if it was free. Did not enjoy my PS3 in the least.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 5 2014, 01:39 AM

QUOTE (BOZZ @ 3 hours, 17 minutes ago)

I played the beta for this when it was out and really enjoyed it, anyone getting it with the PS4 bundle?

No, but I am getting it for my black PS4. None of this white nonsense in my house, that's for sure.

Posted by: MidnightViper88 Sep 5 2014, 05:29 AM

QUOTE (BOZZ @ Today, 2:22 AM)

I played the beta for this when it was out and really enjoyed it, anyone getting it with the PS4 bundle?

Until there's a game on the PS4 that I can't play on the PS3, along with a PS4 price cut, there is absolutely no need for me to get a PS4 quite yet.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 5 2014, 10:01 AM

QUOTE (SgtXDNX @ 8 hours, 21 minutes ago)

No, but I am getting it for my black PS4. None of this white nonsense in my house, that's for sure.

You racist motherfucker.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 5 2014, 08:14 PM

My TV"s black, my speakers are black, my desk is black, I'm making that shit match if it kills me. Having my white 360 sitting there until I switched to the PS4 looked pretty bloody weird.

Posted by: BOZZ Sep 5 2014, 08:26 PM

QUOTE (SgtXDNX @ 11 minutes, 41 seconds ago)

My TV"s black, my speakers are black, my desk is black, I'm making that shit match if it kills me. Having my white 360 sitting there until I switched to the PS4 looked pretty bloody weird.

Funny thing is a buddy of mine was saying the same thing about if he gets a PS4 it has to match the rest of his setup...

Posted by: Tessou Sep 5 2014, 08:55 PM

I want one of the dev Xbox One consoles. They are beautiful.

Posted by: BOZZ Sep 5 2014, 09:53 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ 57 minutes, 57 seconds ago)

I want one of the dev Xbox One consoles. They are beautiful.

What's so special about them?

Posted by: Tessou Sep 5 2014, 10:05 PM

They have a special stamp on them and the Xbox logo glows blue.

Posted by: Seri Sep 6 2014, 05:48 AM

I don't actually have a PS4, but was considering getting a controller, since PS3 supports PS4 ones now.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 6 2014, 08:38 AM

For the love of god, no. The PS3 controller's way better. It's still no 360 controller, but dear god the one thing I hate about the PS4 is that goddamn controller.

Posted by: Seri Sep 6 2014, 08:40 AM

I actually really like the PS4 controller, myself.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 6 2014, 09:40 AM

Bungie is allowing players to activate redeemed codes now. If you picked up collector cards at any point in the past two years, you can see what they do now. I picked up quite a few special emblems for my long tenure with Bungie.

Posted by: BOZZ Sep 6 2014, 09:58 PM

QUOTE (Miura Seri @ Yesterday, 9:48 AM)

I don't actually have a PS4, but was considering getting a controller, since PS3 supports PS4 ones now.

I read that apparently if you buy the PS3 or X-Box 360 you get a free copy of the game for the PS4 (I am assuming if you buy the PS3 version only) or X-Box One (if you buy the X-Box 360 version).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/09/06/bungie-letting-destiny-players-upgrade-from-last-gen-to-next-gen-for-free/

Posted by: Tessou Sep 7 2014, 06:22 AM

If you upgrade to the newer system by January 15 and have a digital copy of Destiny for the older system, Bungie will give you a spare license and let you download the digital copy of the game for free.

They also confirmed that you can indeed swap between console generations since your character data is on a shared server. Still no cross-gen play, but it's nice that I can still play the 360 version after getting the XBONE version later on if the need arises.

Posted by: Seri Sep 7 2014, 06:35 AM

January 15, eh?

Glad they're letting me wait until Christmas to upgrade.

Posted by: BOZZ Sep 7 2014, 11:22 AM

QUOTE (Tessou @ 5 hours, 0 minutes ago)

Oh, so if you buy a physical copy of Destiny for PS3 you don't get the option to upgrade for free until January, huh?

Posted by: Seri Sep 7 2014, 11:46 AM

I think it might be the other way around. You have until then.

And I just realized. The key word is digital... Well, hmm... Doesn't matter to me now.

Posted by: BOZZ Sep 7 2014, 01:51 PM

QUOTE (Miura Seri @ 2 hours, 4 minutes ago)

I think it might be the other way around. You have until then.

And I just realized. The key word is digital... Well, hmm... Doesn't matter to me now.

It would be great if it was the other way around, but from the looks of it is digital only.

http://www.destinythegame.com/digital-upgrade

Posted by: Tessou Sep 7 2014, 02:26 PM

It's digital only, because how else can they know you own the game? Bungie does not keep tabs on who owns each particular disc. A digital purchase means you own a license to that game.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 7 2014, 05:21 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ Sep 5 2014, 10:05 PM)

They have a special stamp on them and the Xbox logo glows blue.

*Drool*

Seriously, why hasn't Microsoft caught on to the fact that everyone loves it when a console glows blue? They'd make a killing.

...................Why DO we like Xboxes that glow blue?

Posted by: BOZZ Sep 7 2014, 06:47 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ 4 hours, 21 minutes ago)

It's digital only, because how else can they know you own the game? Bungie does not keep tabs on who owns each particular disc. A digital purchase means you own a license to that game.

Well, they could do it somewhat like how some Blu Ray movies include a Digital Download of the movie for free.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 7 2014, 11:44 PM

No, because that would be abused and equal fewer sales.

Posted by: BOZZ Sep 8 2014, 11:15 AM

QUOTE (Tessou @ Today, 3:44 AM)

No, because that would be abused and equal fewer sales.

True, it'd be nice if it was possible though since I'd like to get Destiny and want to get a PS4 down the line... but unfortunately I'm close to my bandwidth cap for the month.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 8 2014, 11:42 AM

Last gen digital size is reported as around 8gb. Microsoft recommends at least a 20GB of hard drive space. Download time is going to be a bitch, though, considering the game won't hit the 360 marketplace until 2am tomorrow morning (midnight PST) and Live is going to be jam packed with traffic.

Next gen size is... I dunno. MS recommends 40GB of space set aside, though.

There is a day one patch in the works, as well as an initial compatibility download that's about 140MB.

Players on the other side of the planet got their games already, and the servers are live. I haven't noticed any server problems so far in the streams I've been watching. Shit looks smooth as butter. Venus is horrifying once the Vex Minotaurs make their debut. They can withstand an immense amount of punishment, have very powerful shields on top of their base armor, and can easily one-shot you while teleporting all over the place to close the distance. Did I mention they're gigantic?

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 8 2014, 12:00 PM

Thanks to JB Hi-Fi cocking up with my preorder, I didn't get it yesterday and have no tracking info to tell me if it's coming today. If it doesn't, I may just have to kill someone. Preordering well in advance and not being able to pick it up from the store is bollocks if you don't get it on launch day.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 8 2014, 12:41 PM

I'd pick up two copies tomorrow but my own 360 still has a borked disk drive that I neglected to fix on time, so I have to wait hours and hours and hours to get the digital version. Ceci gets her physical copy as soon as GS opens tomorrow morning. We're working tonight so there is no way in hell we'll make the midnight release.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 9 2014, 05:37 AM

Crucible gives decent XP now.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 9 2014, 08:35 AM

I woke up at 1:50 last night with my current head cold raging, so I played the intro mission while waiting for the decongestant to kick in, then went back to bed. Of COURSE there's a meeting scheduled after the end of the work day today too so I won't be back on until like 6.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 9 2014, 10:11 AM

Skill trees changed in the transition to full release. The "lock in" option that would increase stats at the cost of locking in your current skill choices is no longer available anywhere. This option was also found on weapon upgrade trees as well, and is nowhere to be found now.

Slight map tweaking makes it so that you cannot jump on top of the postmaster building in the Tower anymore. In the beta, you could get there by either jumping on top of some crates behind the postmaster, or jumping from the railing above, but the building has been moved about two feet away from the railing so your jumps miss by a pretty fair distance. The "turn on fan" option is still there...

MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOU CAN SEE YOUR FEET IF YOU LOOK DOWN.
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Posted by: fettman53 Sep 9 2014, 11:42 AM

For those that got the hard copy...any installation needed like with most recent large games? For the 360 at least?

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Posted by: Tessou Sep 9 2014, 12:22 PM

I bought a 360 hard copy, so here you go. You get an initial install screen upon bootup where the game transfers about 6GB of data to the HDD, then a small compatibility pack (140MB-ish), and you're golden.

Took about 20-25 minutes total to do everything and start creating a character. I took a healthy shit and read wikipedia the whole time.

If you buy a digital copy, you will see the same screen, but it will just bypass the "transfer content from disc" part since you already have the game on the HDD. You will only have to download the compatibility pack.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 12 2014, 10:50 AM

Anybody have an opinion of Destiny to share now that it's been out for a few days?

It's not a perfect game, and I wasn't expecting perfection. There is definitely room to grow and improve. That fucking moon strike boss, for one. What the hell were they thinking?

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 12 2014, 12:09 PM

I'm surprised how dead it is here. I guess it means we're all playing it!

I agree that the game feels a bit...eh. Coming off of a franchise like Halo, it just seems really...meh. Perhaps the MMO route was not the best approach.

Story-wise, there are no interesting characters, a lot of stuff is just shoved in your face and never fully-explained, and I'm still not really sure who these aliens are or what they want with the Traveler.

Progression-wise I was disappointed as well. I hit level 20 last night, excited that I could finally use my armor shader. Then the message 'max level' popped up. What? This is the max level? Twenty? I thought it was just the level you unlock the most stuff on.

And rewards for missions are abysmal. Save the entire galaxy? Here's a penny. Now run along.

Those are the only criticisms I can currently think of. For sure, there need to be a lot of fixes.

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Posted by: Tessou Sep 12 2014, 01:37 PM

Level 20 is the standard limit because at that point you're at the top of the basic challenge the game can offer. You can go above it by equipping gear with a Light property. Highest I've seen so far is 29. You will need those levels to qualify for the super raids that will be unlocked in a few days.

I got lucky on a Phogoth run and everybody on the team managed to get nothing but rare gear as mission rewards. That fight is TOUGH, too. We got wiped twice before finally managing to find a decent flow as a team to take his ass down. Phogoth himself isn't really a problem since he's so slow and predictable. It's the fucking sword knights and wizards that swarm the room that are getting guardians killed.

Also, fusion rifles are super OP.

Posted by: Varcion Sep 12 2014, 03:03 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ 1 hour, 25 minutes ago)

Wait until you try that fight on the "Weekly Heroic Strike" where there's no timer respawns, have to be rez by teammates.

Any1 having luck breaking level 24 w/o doing crucible? been trying to farm gear like hell, and I'm on the weekly limit on getting vanguard badges.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 12 2014, 11:11 PM

Holy crap, that black market gear. Need to get some mates together for the weekly Strike tonight to get the last two Coins I need for a Titan exotic.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 13 2014, 10:04 AM

I wasn't impressed with the exotic Titan gauntlets available yesterday. Has his stock refreshed?

It's hard to see an exotic Titan item as "cool" when you see the Warlock's Sunbreakers.

Also, http://www.destinydb.com/guardians/xbox/2305843009215862566-aerowitz. I don't like using Bungie's site due to how slow it is. Having something simpler like this is better for me.

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Glimmer cap is 25,000. I just found that out. It takes for-fucking-ever to reach it since glimmer is a bitch. My advice? Use whatever consumable boosts glimmer for the Hive (I forget what it's called), and take on the moon strike. Phogoth sucks but you'll make loads of money.

Critical kills boost the chance of the enemy dropping an engram. Higher level engrams drop at higher player levels. At level 18, you will see rare and legendary engrams pop up more frequently. That said...

Level up the Cryptarch as much as you can. The higher his level, the better chance he'll decrypt engrams to their highest level instead of giving you trash gear.

Posted by: Varcion Sep 13 2014, 05:38 PM

Finally, level 26.....now waiting for them to open the Vault of Glass...

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 13 2014, 07:16 PM

The guy selling the exotic gear seems to refresh once...every WEEK.

Gonna be a while.

I found a good place to farm chests for glimmer/gear. Probably takes a while but you get to kill stuff on the route and meet people since it's a high-traffic zone. Nice place to test weapons too.

I didn't know about the Cryptarch needing leveled up, though. I mean, I've got him to level 2. How high do we think they go?

Also, best way to get light gear? I've been looking for a while, killing armies over here, and I can't get anything decent.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 13 2014, 07:50 PM

Strikes, man, highest level ones you can possibly do. Also, Crucible/Vanguard gear.

Also, No Backup Plans are awesome and they make my Titan have glowing arms. They go awesome with the knee-blades from Armada armour.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 14 2014, 05:58 PM

So I've made it to level 22 now. Still farming for that gear. Found a ship blueprint while in the rocketyard on Earth! A rare ship called 'Rope To Heaven.' I didn't know you could find blueprints like that. The ship looks unique for sure. I really like it!

Looks like Xur is (hopefully) a weekly thing? He's been gone for a while now. I need friends for these higher-level strikes and the like. I only have two strange coins!

While watching a YouTube video earlier today, I discovered a simple way to get some decent gear without farming so much as just playing the game straight-out: the factions. If you're interested in a faction's gear, you should try to gain favor with them. Their gear seems fairly good (+18 light stock) and pretty cool-looking.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 15 2014, 12:54 AM

Yeah, Xur's gonna be in the Tower every weekend, and thank god for that. I've been stockpiling Coins and Motes like a fiend.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 16 2014, 10:47 AM

Woe unto those that are getting their asses kicked in the Vault of Glass right now. I haven't seen anybody actually kill Atheon yet, and he's not the final boss. There are EIGHT bosses in the Vault.

Also, that fuckin' maze where you cannot be seen or your whole team dies.

EDIT: Nevermind, two groups have beaten it already. No word on loot yet. Bungie is gushing about it.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 17 2014, 02:25 AM

I'm still leveling up for the Vault of Glass. Almost at 25, but it keeps giving me garbage loot. I've decided to start going for one of the factions and acquire their gear in the hopes of hitting at LEAST 26. I found a few legendary engrams but only got garbage from both of them. I get better stuff from rare engrams. And stuff I got from strikes are garbage too, unfortunately.

I finally hit the glimmer cap tonight. I'm really not buying anything so it was bound to happen eventually. They really have set the game up to be a grind-fest, haven't they? Stuff is so expensive and glimmer is annoying to acquire.

Anyone get an exotic bounty yet? I got one and man, is it a chore to finish. I have to acquire and dismantle 10 rare fusion rifles right now.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 17 2014, 06:33 AM

Got two of them going, it's good times. One for a shotty, one for a pulse rifle.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 17 2014, 08:34 AM

I hit 18 yesterday and got my first rare, a shotty. 19 now, working toward dat 20. Should happen tonight. Time to earn marks now, too!

Oh, I should mention that this is on PS4, since I picked up one of those.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 17 2014, 10:28 AM

I have tons of rares and still no goddamn legendaries/exotics after farming some of the seedier locations for hours on end. SIX LEGENDARY ENGRAMS so far, and all of them turned into rare gear.

Fucking hell. I know they're supposed to be difficult to find, but I don't have the luxury of being able to play for hours and hours to grind for them. I also can't build up huge amounts of marks to just outright buy some of them, either.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 18 2014, 08:24 AM

I hit 20 last night, so now the gear grind begins. I've been putting in minimum 2 hours a night so tonight being laundry night it's definitely game on. Hopefully I'll get some peeps on to do some Strikes with.

I've been looking at legendary gear trying to figure out what all I want to pick up.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 18 2014, 09:07 AM

Well, drop me a line when you need some extra firepower, I'm around most of the time.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 18 2014, 01:20 PM

Almost level 2 for Dead Orbit. I already have enough marks for two of the four armor pieces. Have to wait until next week for those last three marks though...

Kind of disappointed though. I saw a preview of the coat on another player. Who decided it was okay not to let us preview what we're buying in full?

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Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 18 2014, 06:40 PM

https://twitter.com/legendaryengram

I'd be laughing harder if these weren't so goddamned true.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 19 2014, 08:41 AM

QUOTE (SgtXDNX @ Yesterday, 9:40 PM)

https://twitter.com/legendaryengram

I'd be laughing harder if these weren't so goddamned true.

OMG, this is amazing.

Gear farming has engaged, I'm closing on 22 already. Fucking hell though, that weekly strike is a bitch. Jake and I were at it last night and nothing went right... Didn't help that when you died anything near you would sit there and attack your corpse, making it IMPOSSIBLE to revive anyone.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 19 2014, 08:43 AM

Also, pro tip. If you have engrams or new gear or are buying new gear in the Tower, do so before you turn in bounties. I got wise last night and applied all my new stuff before turning in 4 Crucible bounties... Seriously, maxed out all 3 new items. Boom.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 19 2014, 09:05 AM

Got two legendaries last night from a not-so-secret farming location. Fucking hunter boots and a heavy machine gun. I'm not a fan of machine guns, but I use it anyway since it does more damage over time than a rocket launcher... and I didn't have to spend a ton of crucible marks on it. It's the Dead Orbit machine gun.

I tried three times to do a high level strike playlist, they all dumped me on the Mars strike, and all three ended up with some sort of error that caused us to not reach the end. Cecilia was with me on one of them. We were killing the third lieutenant in that big ass tank, and she and the third party member (random) was kicked from the game exactly as I killed the tank. Then the tank cannon fired on me AS IT WAS EXPLODING and killed me. Needless to say, I left the game with some choice profanity in tow.

Still level 23. Cannot for the life of me pull gear with more light in it, no matter how many rares I dredge up.

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Xur, you glorious sonnuvabitch, I love you!

Posted by: Tessou Sep 19 2014, 09:16 AM

I've seen a lot of Titans walking around with that chestpiece. Does it make your head light up with flames of some sort? I saw a Titan last night that had blue flames around his neck and the only remarkable item he had was that chestpiece.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 19 2014, 09:19 AM

Nah, that's a different exotic helmet (and Xur's current Titan item). Think the game might've been bugging out or something.

Posted by: Varcion Sep 19 2014, 02:34 PM

Should we start taking names here to make a vault run?

Posted by: Tessou Sep 19 2014, 03:33 PM

Do we even know what the vault loot is? I haven't heard anything about what the victors pulled from there. I saw that one guy nabbed a legendary shader, but that was during the final battle and not the raid reward.

Edit: http://www.gosunoob.com/destiny/vault-of-glass-raid-loot/

Posted by: Spaz Sep 20 2014, 02:21 PM

I hit up that totally not secret farming location with a few buddies last night and got a few okay things, but I'm 22 and getting shit for drops. I mean seriously, how many fucking level 16 items with LESS light than what I've got equipped can it give me? Apparently a metric fuckload.

Oh well, materials need to be farmed too?

I want goddamn legendaries!

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 20 2014, 03:09 PM

I've given up trying to decode rare/legendary gear and got in good with a faction. Already level 26; almost 27. The only thing holding me back is the mark limit for each week. It'll take me two weeks to get enough marks just on that alone.

Any time I get legendary engrams, it seems there's only a 10% chance that it'll be legendary gear. Which, I'm sorry, makes no ****ing sense. They're far too rare to have so low a percentage of giving you something good.

Changes need to be made.

I'm a warlock and I've gotten so many 'Axiom Coven' gear that I think I'm gonna be sick. This game really isn't impressive at all. There's no diversity in the gear/weapons you get. It's already becoming stale for me. I don't know about you guys.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 20 2014, 05:47 PM

I'm still having fun. Pulled a legendary rocket launcher and some Oblivion Boots for my Titan yesterday. Persistence is key. This is an MMO, so you're not going to get high yield on rare items.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 20 2014, 07:08 PM

I realize this. But when you see the same things over and over again (including legendaries, of which most are purchasable in the tower and therefore nothing new or exciting when you find one) it starts to get really boring. All of the weapons are just reskins of the same thing, with a part or two here and there to make them seem different. Same with gear. Some trench coats might be worn and tattered, while others are simply a different color. I feel like I can't be unique because there's a 100% chance that someone else is wearing exactly what I am and using the same weapons that I am. In fact, I was curious as to what my friend's primary is. Turns out, the same EXACT hand cannon as my own: weapon perks and all.

Don't get me wrong: I...'enjoy' the game. I'm not NOT playing it or anything. I'm playing it constantly. The combat is nice and easy and I got good at it quickly. I feel good when my weapon does tons of damage; even a one-hit-KO. Connection is fairly smooth; I RARELY get any sort of issue connection-wise concerning lag or disconnect, which I believe is IMPRESSIVE for not only the release week, but the release DAY.

But the game is pretty shallow. There's no denying that. The story also wasn't satisfying, and the lore was barely touched on. I thought the grimoire on their site would help, but it really didn't tell me anything the game hadn't already, aside from a few tidbits here and there. I still don't understand what's going on and that bothers me. I spent 60+ bucks on this game and I feel like it was only 'chapter 1.' But not 'chapter one' of a series, but a game itself. Nothing was explained at all.

SPOILER

ANYWAY, I'm working towards the Vault of Glass. Hit level 26 but NO ONE on my friend list plays this. If there are any 360 players here, GT is Fettman 53. I tried doing it alone. Yeahhhhh...not possible.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 20 2014, 07:26 PM

I love my setup and don't really care if other people have it, because it works well.

The darkness is an entity that apparently oversees the chaos going on but doesn't directly control the groups. They all want to kill the guardians and the traveler, but they want the glory for themselves. The darkness will probably swoop in when the time is right.

As for the "chapter 1" deal, I feel you on that. There are a LOT of areas in the game that are obviously there for some reason but serve no purpose as of yet. Bunker RA2, King's Watch, the Jovian Complex, and the Grottos. All are distinct areas on Earth but you either can't get into them or they have no bearing on anything and have nothing to offer to the player. The Grottos has a large Hive cave guarded by a Shrieker, but there is nothing of note in the cave and it just leads back to the Refinery (and ultimately the Rocketyard). Why are there level 18+ enemies in the Grottos if they're not guarding anything aside from a glorified connecting route to the scrub-level Forgotten Shores?

I get really fed up with the storyline talking about the Warminds, specifically Rasputin, yet NOTHING COMES OF IT. Glitch players have confirmed that Bunker RA2 is the entrance to a vault containing one of the Warminds, but there is nothing you can do to activate the panel that opens the door. Another raid, perhaps, or something story related that Bungie is waiting to flip on? If Bungie is unlocking this game in waves over the next few months, that will be interesting and would explain the HUGE production time in contrast to what feels like a small game present at launch: it's not completely open yet.

My GT is Aerowitz. I have no plans to do a Vault run for a long time, though. I helped a team open the door yesterday and that was chaotic enough. No way I'm ready for it yet.

Posted by: backalleyracer Sep 20 2014, 07:35 PM

sooo... I have gotten lucky with the game. I am level 26 and it didn't take me too long. I just need more materials for my damn legendary/exotic gear...

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 20 2014, 07:39 PM

Yeah the Rasputin thing was definitely leading up to something. If they're planning on adding things later on, so long as they're for free, there's nothing to complain about seeing as it's online-only. Still, why wait?

I'll send you a friend request and hopefully we'll soon be capable enough to go through it. I'm usually just doing bounties, strikes and the like in the meantime.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 20 2014, 07:41 PM

I was on the moon for about an hour harvesting helium filaments to upgrade my Oblivion Boots. Took forever. I hate the moon.

Every legendary I get from engrams seems to come from the Dead Orbit set, except for the rocket launcher I pulled today, which was from the Vanguard set. Unfriendly Giant.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 20 2014, 07:44 PM

I got fed up with looking for the helium filaments and looked up a farming video.

I was just finishing doing that myself. Got 17 in five minutes thanks to the guy.

I always seem to get Vanguard weapons and gear. I DID get a FWC shotgun yesterday though.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 20 2014, 07:53 PM

All I do lately is farm the living shit out of the Cosmodrome hive cave (that one) and decrypt everything. The Cryptarch rarely hands out legendaries/exotics, but that's what I come to expect from an MMO. They want you to grind forever to get what you want. When the loot pool already has a 1% chance of dropping anything above rare engrams, and the Cryptarch has an extremely low chance of decrypting those into the higher tier loot groups, you have a recipe for addiction.

"JUST ONE MORE GODDAMN ENGRAM RUN"

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 20 2014, 09:23 PM

JUST ONE MORE!

I didn't know you could farm in that location. Do you get good gear? I usually farm on Mars myself. There's an area not far from the spawn point that I like to visit for doing bounty missions that require things like 'kill 2 enemies with one fusion rifle shot' or 'kill 3 or more enemies with one super' because of the decent spawns.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 20 2014, 10:20 PM

Oh dear lord, you didn't know about the Cosmodrome cave until now?

Srsly. The one next to the hive seed... thing that leads to King's Watch. A bunch of acolytes spawn in it fairly quickly after the last group is shot, and you can sit on a rock nearby and snipe them effortlessly forever. Since the game is designed to allow ANY loot to drop from ANY enemy, you will see engrams pop up more frequently than any other method (raids, strikes, etc). In a half hour's time I'll typically haul a dozen rare engrams to the bastard Cryptarch to be decrypted into liquid shit (or Hunter gear).

Go to the Cosmodrome during a patrol sometime. You'll see the group of guardians typically stacked up on the rock jutting out of the ground facing the cave. Just do what they do and you'll figure it out real quick.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 20 2014, 11:42 PM

Woooaaaaaah. Okay, I remember seeing that but man...I gotta go back out there now and see what the fuss is about!

You say you keep getting Hunter gear. I'm assuming you're not a Hunter then? If so, that's strange. I NEVER get any other gear but gear for my class.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 20 2014, 11:49 PM

Titan all the way. I have two other toons to fill the classes specifically because I keep getting gear for everything except Titan. I pulled Oblivion Boots yesterday and about came in my pants since Titan gear never happens.

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Posted by: fettman53 Sep 21 2014, 03:01 AM

That's very strange. I've heard of other people getting gear for other classes as well, but it's never happened to me. I only get the gear applicable for my class. Have you ever bought gear from one of the Vanguard suppliers that was used for a different class? Maybe glitched it? I feel like it shouldn't happen. It wouldn't make any sense for it to.

I recently watched the Angry Joe review of this game. Hilariously-enough, he touched on ALL of the points I just recently mentioned here.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 21 2014, 04:41 AM

Just finished my first Exotic weapon bounty, holy crap the Bad Juju is pretty cool. Not a big fan of pulse rifles, but goddamn can that thing pump out damage pretty well.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 21 2014, 08:20 AM

QUOTE (fettman53 @ 5 hours, 18 minutes ago)

Have you ever bought gear from one of the Vanguard suppliers that was used for a different class? Maybe glitched it? I feel like it shouldn't happen. It wouldn't make any sense for it to.

I never buy gear. There's no reason to when anything aside from a few exotics can drop from any enemy.

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Posted by: fettman53 Sep 21 2014, 11:34 AM

Hmm, speaking of the cryptarch, I hear his level goes up to 99. Not that it makes any difference.

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Posted by: Tessou Sep 21 2014, 11:59 AM

It apparently raises his chances of decrypting an item into higher tiers, but nobody has taken him to high enough levels to prove it. I've seen a few people who say they've gotten him to level 15, but nothing about results.

The only real notable change is at level 3, when he sends you two items at the postmaster each time you level him up from then on. I got my Unfriendly Giant from bringing him to level 5.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 21 2014, 01:16 PM

I'm nearing (maybe even already at) 15 myself and there's really no difference in his decryption chances. I've never gotten legendary gear from legendary engrams. I DO get strange coins from them sometimes, but it's mostly rare and uncommon gear.

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Posted by: Tessou Sep 22 2014, 09:51 AM

http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/70050506/0/0/1

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Two hours of play/farming. 13 rare engrams. Results:

- 2 motes of light
- 1 strange coin
- 1 rare gauntlet that was better than current gear
- 3 gauntlets that were lower level and/or uncommon
- 1 leg armor that was lower level
- 1 rare fusion rifle, correct level but not better current gear
- 1 rare heavy machine gun, already have legendary
- 1 chest armor that was lower level

This chain of engrams ranked the cryptarch to 5, so I got two free engrams in the mail.

Ascendant shard and a mote of light.

Thanks, asshole.

Posted by: Varcion Sep 23 2014, 12:58 AM

Still better than what I've got after finally finishing a run in the Vault.

5 Ascendant Shard
3 Ascendant energy
Legendary Armor Shader: Chatterwhite

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 23 2014, 01:52 AM

I heard the raid is also glitched and has a chance of keeping people stuck in it after completion, forcing them to abandon it and go back to orbit and sacrifice their end loot. I guess it's probably a good idea to wait it out for a while before starting it.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 23 2014, 04:52 AM

For everyone who has been bitching about how hard it is to get Legendary gear, the Queen's Wrath event at the moment gives a guaranteed Legendary armour....for each mission completed. Yay for backup gear!

Posted by: Spaz Sep 23 2014, 08:16 AM

QUOTE (SgtXDNX @ 3 hours, 23 minutes ago)

Holy shit, NOTED.

My usual group is planning to run the raid on Friday, and I'm 23 now, so I'll have to get my ass in gear and get leveled by then. Lots of farming will be done!

Posted by: Tessou Sep 23 2014, 09:14 AM

Good to know since I already got that armor once today. Guess those Queen's Orders are gonna go unused.

Wait, you mean legendary CHEST armor only? Or there are other pieces?

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 23 2014, 09:59 AM

Yeah it says 'very hard' and I'm level 26. Are they really difficult?

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Posted by: Tessou Sep 23 2014, 10:11 AM

I went in at level 25 and solo'd the first one. I dunno if it's the same mission every time, but the first one was only slightly brutal. Bring a fusion rifle and a powerful heavy weapon and you should be fine.

It's listed as very hard because of the "epic" modifier. It's no joke.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 23 2014, 04:23 PM

Yeah they're fairly tough. Nearly everything has a shield.

I met some cool guys tonight while doing a strike. One of 'em is part of the clan that has the quickest record on 360 for completing the raid: 45 minutes. Says he's down to do it anytime. Maybe any 360 guys on here could join in too.

Posted by: APX Sep 23 2014, 04:57 PM

I haven't played the game since the beta/demo thing, but, can you guys change your armor color? kinda like halo style? Prime/Secondary colors?

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 23 2014, 05:30 PM

They've all got different elemental modifiers, so if you change your weapons/subclass to match, they're easy missions to tear through. Also, I' got a helmet and chestpiece from doing them, so it's not just chests.

And yeah, you can change armour colours with Shaders, they colour all your gear with a particular pattern.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 23 2014, 11:29 PM

Seems like everybody can get a helmet, chest, and class item. You can also pull any of the items that you could buy from the emissary during one of the kill order missions.

Watch that legendary engram turn into a fucking shader right before your eyes. "Well, at least it's legendary."

Posted by: Spaz Sep 24 2014, 08:50 AM

So, I'm still 23, but finally got a fucking rare auto rifle... At this point, I'm focusing on Crucible marks and levels via bounties. Once I hit 2 (tonight or tomorrow) I should be able to grab at least a couple armor pieces and bump my level up for HOPEFULLY better drops while farming to get the rest of the way there.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 24 2014, 09:20 AM

I've been grinding for over a week now looking for a legendary anything for my primary or secondary weapon slots, to no avail. Meanwhile Cecilia gets a legendary engram in a kill order mission with me, and it pops as Bad Seed Down (legendary pulse rifle) at the Cryptarch.

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Posted by: Spaz Sep 24 2014, 12:10 PM

It's so fucking bullshit how inconsistent the drops are. I should be able to hit 24 tonight to run the Queen's events. Since I plan to pick up boots and gauntlets myself since those are my lowest level items, the fact that a helm and chest can be gained through Queen's Wrath is awesome. Here's hoping for 26 by Friday!

Posted by: Tessou Sep 24 2014, 02:12 PM

Three, THREE legendary engrams today on high level strikes.

1. 2 ascendant shards
2. 2 motes of light
3. Legendary Dustwalker helmet... for Hunter.

God damn it.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 25 2014, 08:07 AM

QUOTE (Tessou @ Sep 20 2014, 04:16 AM)

Couple days old, but I figured out what this is from. When you beat a Nightfall strike, you get the Radiant Light buff until the next Tuesday reset, which gives you increased XP gain (and apparently increased rep gain, too!).

Also, sweet mother of mercy is the Invective shotgun absolutely nasty in close-quarters. Was doing Raid stuff earlier, and it was nearly taking out a Praetorian per reload. O_O

Posted by: Spaz Sep 25 2014, 08:33 AM

QUOTE (Tessou @ Yesterday, 5:12 PM)

3. Legendary Dustwalker helmet... for Hunter.

If only I could say "sharing is caring..."

I hit 25 last night, am going to work on Queen's Wrath tonight, but at this point the raid is unlocked so I'm good to go for tomorrow with my buddies.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 25 2014, 11:44 AM

Big ass patch incoming. Some parts of it are already in effect.

Loot cave is now no longer effective. Spawn timer was increased to 40 seconds. Drop rates seem to have crashed into the basement for the acolytes as well.

Drop rates elsewhere for "legitimate" activities seems to have slightly increased. I nabbed quite a few engrams, rare and legendary, from a single strike today. All of them curiously turned into strange coins, but now that I have enough for the next appearance of Xur I'm not really pissed about it.

Auto rifles are getting nerfed somehow. Scout rifles are getting a damage increase. Shotguns are getting a range decrease. Hand cannons remain untouched.

Queen's Wrath gear no longer dismantles into ascendant material, so stop hoarding them if you were using them for shards.

Most importantly, they mentioned that they are aware of the Cryptarch's drop rates, and are applying a patch to better explain them. That does not mean altering his drop rates, as some have deduced on other forums. It only means they're going to explain the drop chances in the engram descriptions. So, you know, "95% chance this legendary engram is going to be level 16 shit gear you don't need, or a mote of light".

Posted by: Spaz Sep 26 2014, 09:23 AM

I see lots of good stuff on that list, including the end of the loot caves.

They said that the loot drops are turned down as part of the server restart (Yesterday at like 5pm CST) and would go back to normal after a bit, so I wouldn't say for sure that the lessened drops are part of the patch.

Auto Rifle nerfing is good, as is scout rifle increase. I get the feeling that this'll make it play more like recent Halo titles as far as longer-range engagements being more normal. It's my favorite (I'm top 12% for avg kill distance according to trackers).

Hand cannons can eat a dick though.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 26 2014, 12:18 PM

There's already another loot farm area discovered in the Rocketyards as of this morning. Someone posted a video where they were popping engrams like they were going out of style.

Trying to boost Vanguard rep to get legendary weapons since the game refuses to drop any for me. I'm guessing that as soon as I buy one, the game will cruelly start dropping tons of them for me.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 26 2014, 11:35 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ Yesterday, 11:44 AM)

Most importantly, they mentioned that they are aware of the Cryptarch's drop rates, and are applying a patch to better explain them. That does not mean altering his drop rates, as some have deduced on other forums. It only means they're going to explain the drop chances in the engram descriptions. So, you know, "95% chance this legendary engram is going to be level 16 shit gear you don't need, or a mote of light".

Actually, I read the patch notes for the upcoming patch 1.0.2. Bungie says that now, Legendary Engrams will ALWAYS produce legendary or better (including materials), Rares always produce Rares or better, and Rares also have a higher chance of becoming Legendaries. HOWEVER, this only applies to Engrams found AFTER this patch, so any you have right now will probably still be garbage.

Source:

http://www.bungie.net/7_102-Patch-Preview/en/News/News?aid=12202

Posted by: Tessou Sep 27 2014, 07:26 AM

Yes, I predicted incorrectly.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 27 2014, 08:21 AM

Fuck that raid.

Fuck it right in the pussy.

10 hours and fucking gave up.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 27 2014, 09:50 AM

Record now is 32 minutes, I think.

The real piece of shit about it is that the rewards are not really that great.

Posted by: fettman53 Sep 27 2014, 11:54 PM

Just completed the raid with a bunch of cool guys. But 35 minutes? People must have REALLY good weapons. Even with us wailing on him nonstop, the final boss took so long to take down.

Going through it again with the same guys. It really isn't that hard so long as you have teamwork. And being at LEAST level 27 helps out I'm sure. We only have two level 28 guys; the rest are 27.

The only real problem with the VoG? Hella glitched. I guess they never tested this before they released it.

Posted by: Tessou Oct 1 2014, 01:31 PM

Patch is now out. Engram descriptor text has changed to say that the item will be at or above the level of the engram.

Vanguard Tiger playlist has changed rewards to include a "cryptarch engram" for completion, on top of the existing rewards. I've noticed that rare and legendary engrams seem to have shittier drop rates in exchange for this. TONS OF GREENS, no blues or purples after the patch so far, except as rewards for completing Tiger games.

Ascendant mats have been upgraded and are now considered legendary quality.

I have a feeling that legendary engrams, now that they are guaranteed to be of that quality or higher, will end up being mostly mats. Or they could really hit trash status and dump us with shaders and other worthless items.

Posted by: Spaz Oct 2 2014, 08:16 AM

Ugh, that's fun.

I need more legendary weapons, but outside of that I'm getting pretty set for gear. I've got my eye on Doctor Nope for a primary but that'll be a bit.

My group is going to try to run the raid again on Friday... At least I should get another legendary out of that one chest. I'm 26 now, going to make a push for 27 tonight if I can. Lots of farming at this point so it all depends on my patience.

Posted by: Varcion Oct 3 2014, 09:00 AM

I hate the damn exotic weapon's bonuty for "Thorn", have to PvP using only void damage. Getting shot to hell by people using pulse rifles because I cant use my main weapon.

Posted by: Tessou Oct 3 2014, 09:17 AM

Best part is that until Bungie patches it, the Thorn isn't really worth the effort. A lot of exotics are like that.

Posted by: Spaz Oct 3 2014, 09:47 AM

QUOTE (Varcion @ 47 minutes, 44 seconds ago)

I hate the damn exotic weapon's bonuty for "Thorn", have to PvP using only void damage. Getting shot to hell by people using pulse rifles because I cant use my main weapon.

So... get void secondaries. FRs, snipers, shotguns, all will do work if you know what to do with them. Shotguns especially.

Got a legendary sniper last night, and a better AR. The AR has a lower fire rate/higher damage while zoomed, which is pretty awesome... And it has HUGE stability buffs down the road. Really looking forward to putting it through its paces once it's spec'd out.

That said, I'm getting really tired of this game's shit. 4 Queen's missions thus far and all have resulted in the vest. Seriously? 4 missions with the same gear reward? It would at least FEEL worthwhile if Bungie hadn't been a bunch of bitchy housewives about people breaking them down. It's so frustrating that I need ONE reward item and some experience to hit 27, but the game simply won't give it to me. More frustrating is the fact that I have to rely on other people's schedules to get some of this shit done thanks to the game not having matchmaking in effect for the harder missions. Who the fuck cares if I'm playing it with friends or with randoms? Does Bungie NOT want me to be able to progress in their game?

Fuck.

I'm about done. If tonight's raid goes to shit again, I AM done. A game that restricts my ability to have fun or makes it impossibly difficult to do so isn't worth my damn time...

Posted by: Tessou Oct 3 2014, 11:10 AM

Yeah, I hope they patch it so weekly and daily heroics get matchmaking. Nightfall I can understand needing a team of folks that know each other, but the dailies? Come on, guys.

Also, Queen's Wrath sucks. I stopped after two missions since I got the helm and vest. Got rid of the vest already, and I'm working on vanguard marks towards a better legendary helmet anyway. Queen's gear is good gear, but not for my build. I have a setup where I maximize getting Fist of Havoc frequently and fast, and the Queen gear I got only helps melee speed and reload speed for pulse rifles (I use a scout rifle). Not really helpful.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Oct 3 2014, 03:58 PM

"The best I can do to answer your question is to let you know that you’ve been heard. We’re having conversations about how Matchmaking might support the more challenging activities in Destiny. It’s a start."

Weekly update got put up today, so here's hoping.

As for the raid stuff, yell out if you need some tips, we didn't have too much trouble clearing it after we worked out all the little gimmicks of each fight/event.

Posted by: Tessou Oct 3 2014, 05:30 PM

The latest update infuriates me with all the dodging of most questions. DeeJ acts a lot like the spin guy for political affiliates, and this is not the time for that kind of "kind of but not really" speech. People are pissed about what is and isn't on the disc, compared to the original vision of the game and testimony of past and present employees.

It seems that Activision had a hand in a lot of the bullshit that happened.

Posted by: Varcion Oct 3 2014, 11:33 PM

QUOTE (Spaz @ Today, 9:47 AM)

Problem is, there's negative score system in place:

Void Damage kills: +5
non-Void damage kills: -5
Suicide: -5
Death by all other means: -2
Quest: reach 500 total points

Dont usually keep shotty's around since i rarely go to the crucible, need to keep 1 around from now on if all the future exotic bounties requires PvP time.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Oct 4 2014, 12:15 AM

Also, void class abilities help if you're a Titan/Warlock. Besides, exotic bounties are supposed to be hard, that's why they give you exotic gear.

Posted by: Spaz Oct 4 2014, 09:32 AM

Well kids, consider me part of the 3%.

Yep, we beat it! 4AM and we were ready to give up, but we had a few shit runs leading up to it and didn't want to leave it on a sore note, and vowed to end it after one more failed GOOD try. Well, the next good try was a success.

I ended up walking away with two Exotics, both weapons; Hard Light for and AR and Truth for a rocket launcher. Very pleased. I guess this means my controller, which only met the floor once last night, will live to fight The Darkness another day.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Oct 4 2014, 10:47 AM

Hell yeah, man, congrats!

Feels pretty bloody good when you finally beat it, eh?

Posted by: fettman53 Oct 5 2014, 05:12 PM

I only ever got legendary weapons from the raid. Very annoying considering I have better already.

Glad to hear you beat it. Did you do it with friends or randoms? It's rough for sure. Our team lead went in warning us to sit back for the long haul and to be prepared to die a lot. You have to be patient, both with the raid itself and the other members. You'll make tons of mistakes while trying to find the right roles to fill. Originally I was set to do something, found out I wasn't up to snuff, and found a better role to fill.

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Posted by: SgtXDNX Oct 5 2014, 06:33 PM

QUOTE (fettman53 @ 1 hour, 20 minutes ago)

Glad to hear you beat it. Did you do it with friends or randoms? It's rough for sure. Our team lead went in warning us to sit back for the long haul and to be prepared to die a lot. You have to be patient, both with the raid itself and the other members. You'll make tons of mistakes while trying to find the right roles to fill. Originally I was set to do something, found out I wasn't up to snuff, and found a better role to fill.

This is pretty solid advice right here. Tempers start to flare after your dozenth wipe due to a tiny mistake, but if you can push through that, you eventually get into a rhythm and just steamroll the damned thing.

Hell, my team was made up of friends-of-friends that I'd never spoken to before, let alone played such a strenuous game with. We even had one guy drop out and get replaced by a random off another member's friend list, but once he got used to his role and started working in tandem with his partners, it was like he'd been there from the start.

Biggest piece of advice is to make sure that your shield-bearer is competent and that your portal team knows how the mechanic works. If you can get that 3-man team working well, the other 3 can handle themselves just fine.

Posted by: Spaz Oct 6 2014, 08:35 AM

Yep, once you just calm down and run it like it's the first try again, that's when things click into place.

I was playing with a group of gamer buddies from high school, we all showed up at a couple of the guys' place and set up shop for the night.

We had some issues with our 'away' team when fighting Atheon... The big one being one of the guys not always going the right way out of the portals or just running forward and stopping, despite the directional calls (and being able to tell just by looking at it). Usually it resulted in them running into ADs and dying since crowd control is over once the relic is out of the portal. The more than 90 degree turn messed with me for a while before I got used to it too.

The other thing was Vault team members not getting forward far enough before the away team was sent, causing wrong players to be left behind. This was good when, say, I needed ammo, but really bad for crowd control.

In other news, I hit L20 on the XB1, going to try to grind to 21 tonight so I can do some of the QW missions for gear before they disappear tomorrow. Next step will likely be starting another Hunter on PS4 so I can run the raid multiple times per week for more gear on my primary, because I'm an asshole like that.

Posted by: Tessou Oct 6 2014, 10:22 AM

After a lot of research, I think I understand what happened to the story.

Originally, there were three stories that aligned with the race you played as, to give your character a sense of depth and meaning in the universe. The storyline we're given in the game is mostly cutscenes from what would have been the Exo story. The opening scene really only makes sense from the perspective of a dead Exo being "sparked" back to life. The end of the story dealing heavily with the Vex more than anything supports an original storyline that connected the Exo to the Vex somehow. Killing the Vex god would have meaning to the Exo.

Awoken players would obviously have a story that linked them to the Fallen and the Queen of the Reef. There was probably a big battle with a Fallen general, akin to the Winter's Run mission, that would have ended it. E3 cutscenes show that there would have been a lot more to the Awoken than what is presented in the retail game.

Humans would have the Cabal to deal with. Their journey, and the Destiny universe, started on Mars and should end there (sort of, more on that later). Unfortunately, there was little footage pre-release to show much of the Cabal or the Mars campaign at all, so I don't have much to go on.

What about the darkness? What about the Traveler? They were played up as being important and getting reveals of some sort, and we got nothing. The darkness was barely spoken of outside of being some sort of unseen evil watching from outside the fight. Restoring the Traveler shard should have done SOMETHING at the end of the moon campaign, but it didn't. We never heard jack about it aside from the post-mission congrats. There's a cutscene missing here.

The mysterious Exo was also a mess that was kept in a few scenes due to necessity. It's like they trimmed everything except what was absolutely necessary to move the plot forward.

A big issue that I had with much of the story and locations was "why should I care?" Why are there factions in this game if they have no storyline or rivalry or bearing of any sort on the game? Why should I give a shit about the warminds? Why does your Ghost bring up Rasputin in post-mission banter as if it's incredibly important, but nobody else mentions it ever again?

There is a whole Cabal mission based around finding out that Rasputin has spread his/her/it's influence past Earth, and it's treated as if it's a big fucking deal... and then nothing comes of it. The next mission just moves on to a completely different plot thread. Why is that? It's because the Rasputin plot is tied to the original human storyline. There are similar conduits on Venus (out in the open) and the Moon (it's deep in the Hellmouth), which you can't interact with, that would also probably link to Rasputin. The Mars mission was probably the final one of these "pinpoint Rasputin's location" quests, which would trace him/her/it back to bunker RAS-2 under the Forgotten Shores. Lo and behold, much of this was taken out of the game, and the bunker door remains closed.

You will notice that the beginning of the game is far more cinematic and full of setpieces than anywhere else in the game. Tripwire mines. Fallen crawling from the ceiling. GORGEOUS map design. Once you kill the first named Fallen enemy at the end of the second mission, however, things fall apart fast. This is because the beginning of the game is the closest thing to Bungie's original vision for the game as you're going to see. It's engaging, interesting, and FUN. After that, the samey-same missions appear in droves. Cutscenes start making less sense. You protect your Ghost from waves of dull, dumb enemies time and time again just to open a door or get information. There's no tension or sense of wonder anymore. You begin to expect an ambush every time your Ghost is interested in anything. The repetition in gameplay starts to gnaw at you. Then a story cutscene happens, and you're alienated further. You get the feeling that you're coming into a movie halfway through. "Who is he? What is that? Why are they talking about that? Why are they going there? Is that really the end?"

Basically, the game we got is a diluted, chopped up Exo storyline bandaged up to appear like a universal plot for everybody. It is a simple, worthless plot given to players in the name of accessibility over depth. I'm going to give Bungie the benefit of the doubt and think that they didn't want this. This was probably an Activision decision to make the game appeal to a broader audience. Some shining elements of Bungie originality are still in there. The beginning missions, and the Vault of Glass in particular, are standouts. If the whole fucking game was like that, it would be the best game ever.

Posted by: fettman53 Oct 7 2014, 12:16 AM

For those having problems with the wrong people being teleported by Aetheon, make sure that the people staying behind move forward during the time frame that Aetheon begins teleporting while the away team jumps backwards. It took us some time to figure that out.

Tessou, the only problem with where you seem to be going with the first part of your post would probably be that if you're trying to link alien races to the playable races, the Hive don't really have anywhere they fit in. Everything else you mentioned is basically what I had said earlier and I agree. According to what I've been hearing lately, the reason for all of the plotholes is due to at least 12 VERY IMPORTANT cutscenes and story missions being cut out for DLC. Apparently some hackers found them or something? I don't know. I've heard that a lot.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Oct 7 2014, 03:46 AM

Second raid and Nightfall down. Booya!

Posted by: Spaz Oct 7 2014, 08:28 AM

QUOTE (SgtXDNX @ 4 hours, 41 minutes ago)

Second raid and Nightfall down. Booya!

Good work, dude!

I managed to get both pieces of Queen's gear on XB1 last night, thankfully. At this point, it's now back to PSN for the Iron Banner events... Because exotics.

Posted by: Tessou Oct 7 2014, 10:44 AM

QUOTE (fettman53 @ Today, 4:16 AM)

Tessou, the only problem with where you seem to be going with the first part of your post would probably be that if you're trying to link alien races to the playable races, the Hive don't really have anywhere they fit in. Everything else you mentioned is basically what I had said earlier and I agree. According to what I've been hearing lately, the reason for all of the plotholes is due to at least 12 VERY IMPORTANT cutscenes and story missions being cut out for DLC. Apparently some hackers found them or something? I don't know. I've heard that a lot.

I'm not trying to link every race to each playable one. The Hive seem to be on their own, mindless, not really creating any rivalries with anybody in particular. They just kill anything that's in their way.

I know that RAS-2 is on the disc. Rasputin/Charlemagne's vault is on the disc. That part of the story is still there, but I wonder how much of it has been butchered. It's certainly going to be part of a DLC package, but as it's already there on the disc, would it really be worth $20?

Posted by: fettman53 Oct 8 2014, 02:54 AM

So...I'm done with this game. I didn't think it'd happen, but after playing for 5 hours straight the night before and having nothing to show for it aside from a few more Hadronic Essence to add to my Warlock's collection of 500+, I finally sat back and thought about it. It doesn't matter how long I play, how hard I try to be the best...nothing matters. There is ZERO guarantee that I will ever get anything better than what I currently have. I heard that they fixed loot drops and rewards for Strikes to that they're better, yet all I get is garbage I end up tossing. I sat back and realized that, even after all that time I spent grinding out those Strikes and getting my ass handed to me by the extremely-unbalanced and broken Crucible, that I may as well have not played at all. I made ZERO progress on ANYTHING, and there's nothing I could have done differently to make things turn out differently.

The one thing that irks me more than anything else in life is wasting time, and I finally realized that this game has caused me to do just that. I could have been playing another game and making some PROGRESS. I could have been writing, or reading, or watched a movie or something. Hell, I could have been SLEEPING and I'd have been more productive than I was on those 5 hours on Destiny.

It's a real shame, but I'm considering trading this game in...for Alien: Isolation.

Posted by: Spaz Oct 8 2014, 09:00 AM

Those same concerns have plagued the back of my mind this whole time, too.

I guess at the end of the day you either like playing the game or you don't. The times I want to bitch about the loot system are generally the times I'm not happy with the way I'm playing, or my fireteam is playing, or how difficult our chosen task is at our chosen difficulty. If things are going well, I tend to not care too much if I'm getting garbage because I'm having fun.

I played for a bit last night on XB1, but with no worthwhile Hunter reward for playing the Iron Banner I just said fuck it and loaded up Horizon 2. I need to work on my Crucible and Vanguard levels on both systems to finish buying the gear that I want, but that'll be time consuming regardless. I'm nearly L28 on PSS4, which means I'm basically at a point where I need Raid gear. That's what I need to be doing, is the raid weekly, until something more interesting comes along. it's not something I can put a ton of time into. But it's still fun.

Posted by: Tessou Oct 8 2014, 09:08 AM

The loot system for Vanguard Tiger was altered to include a guaranteed engram of rare or higher quality, but that's not the real "fix" to things. The drop rate for engrams increased dramatically for all enemies in Tiger. I see so many players rush through strikes to get to the results screen, while I'm taking my time popping respawning enemies for engrams.

If anything, at least I'm getting tons of vanguard marks to buy shit with. I need vanguard rank 3 so I can finally outfit myself with legendary weapons, and chances are that I will pull at least one from an engram on the way.

Posted by: fettman53 Oct 10 2014, 08:21 PM

I, too, make sure to go through killing every enemy during strikes. I only ever get uncommon and rare gear though, which, at this point, is useless to me. I FINALLY broke down and purchased the Warlock armor from Xur so I'm pretty much set (except for the fact that I REALLY want The Last Word) but it's still annoying to me that I had to buy it rather than get it in a drop like everyone else.

If you're ever on and would like someone to do the weekly heroic strike with, I never seem to have anyone to help with that so I'm always game to join in for it.

Also, I think the whole Rasputin thing will be a raid. Just heard a new piece of dialogue from an NPC recently:

"Access to Rasputin...just requires the right team..."

And have you all heard the announcements on the loudspeaker in the tower?
"Attention Guardians: Fallen are the enemy."
Why are we being told this? Makes me wonder if the other races really ARE the enemy, or if the humans are protecting what is actually their doom.

Really trying to redeem this game in my mind.

Posted by: Tessou Oct 11 2014, 06:53 AM

Latest update cements, in my mind, how batshit insane this company has become. They seem incredibly disconnected from the community that this sort of game depends on.

Posted by: Spaz Oct 18 2014, 07:06 AM

So, Vault last night, 1h43m.

We're getting this down. Helps when we cheese both bosses by pushing them off the edge with warlock grenades, haha.

It's annoying that it counts wipes as deaths, because I'm pretty sure I only died legitimately like 7 times.

So, I got to 28, too. Got my first exotic helm; Achlyophage Symbiote, as well, along with Vision of Confluence, the raid SR. Loving VoC, it's very close in handling and auto-fire performance to my blue AR with "aiming this weapon slows fire rate but increases damage", but with way more damage, and there's still a major stability bump I haven't unlocked. LOVE.

I'm probably going to start an alt Hunter here soon so I can run stuff multiple times to increase loot generation.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Oct 18 2014, 03:45 PM

Visions of Confluence is mental for Solar Burn missions, and I reckon it's gonna be useful for the Crota's End raid considering Hive stuff usually has Solar shields.

Posted by: Spaz Oct 25 2014, 06:40 AM

1:00.34 last night for raid time. Would have been less if people hadn't messed up the leave and rejoin at Gorgon's. Cheesed the Templar, killed Aetheon legit, went off without a hitch.

I ended up with materials (mostly energy, which I don't need), the raid cloak (fucking worthless class items) and another Vision of Confluence. I'm pretty annoyed. I'm one coin short of being able to pick up Suros Regime from Xur, so I'm going to be grinding to try to get it later... Worst case I end up having to have someone carry my L8 secondary through the Mars gold chests.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Oct 25 2014, 05:07 PM

Why would you leave and rejoin at Gorgon's? It takes ~30 seconds or so to get through the maze with a fireteam of six if you know where you're going. @_@

Posted by: Spaz Oct 27 2014, 10:26 AM

QUOTE (SgtXDNX @ Oct 25 2014, 08:07 PM)

Why would you leave and rejoin at Gorgon's? It takes ~30 seconds or so to get through the maze with a fireteam of six if you know where you're going. @_@

Because some people are idiots.

Also because we were competing for K/D and a few left to keep from being dragged down by others incompetence, resulting in me getting volunteered to do it solo... Because yes, you can just sprint through the whole thing once you've grabbed the #4 chest.

Posted by: 08TTGSL Dec 9 2014, 08:35 AM

Anyone play on ps4?

Posted by: Spaz Dec 9 2014, 09:10 AM

QUOTE (08TTGSL @ 34 minutes, 50 seconds ago)

Anyone play on ps4?

I do! cmspaz is my PSN, add me!

Posted by: SgtXDNX Dec 9 2014, 12:56 PM

Same here, PSN's the same as my username. Always up for a Strike or two.

Posted by: RedsunsF1 Dec 9 2014, 08:59 PM

I'll be doing the new raid tonight if anyone wants to join us, 2 spots left. Xbox1 GT: LnR Redsuns

Well #hit. I attempted to try out the new raid but I found out so much. I guess you need 4 lvl 31 in order to complete it. I did get new arms and boots armor that will go as high as 33 light.

Posted by: Spaz Dec 10 2014, 09:21 AM

QUOTE (SgtXDNX @ Yesterday, 3:56 PM)

Same here, PSN's the same as my username. Always up for a Strike or two.

Except when PSN adds me to your already full party for no reason!

Okay, so status on my accounts:

PSN: Lvl29, have legs/chest/arms for 31 but need a commendation for helm and need mats. I have two Hunters and need to run weekly/nightfall twice this week and at least one raid.

XBL: Xbox is at MS right now for repair/replace. Lvl 25 but have enough stuff to buy gear for higher. Need lots of mats as well.

I will likely start playing on XBL more once I get my box back since my PSN buddies are more interested in getting together and then not playing Destiny.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Dec 10 2014, 01:23 PM

If you need a hand with the strikes I can definitely give you a hand, spastic PSN invites notwithstanding.

Also, played a bunch of the new raid last night, and HOLY SHIT. Incredibly tense and a hell of a lot of fun, but goddamn is that second section a brick wall, even if you've got the mechanics worked out. Least I got some sweet-lookin' raid arms out of it, gotta level those up today.

Posted by: Spaz Dec 11 2014, 09:28 AM

QUOTE (SgtXDNX @ Yesterday, 4:23 PM)

If you need a hand with the strikes I can definitely give you a hand, spastic PSN invites notwithstanding.

I'll hit you up at some point here, man.

Posted by: RedsunsF1 Dec 11 2014, 09:33 AM

Just finished the 3 crota missions to unlock nightfall and strike. Hopefully I get something good.

Posted by: 08TTGSL Dec 11 2014, 11:30 AM

Added you spaz

Posted by: SgtXDNX Dec 11 2014, 02:04 PM

Finally got some new gear, just need to wait on Santa and some radiant shards til I can hit 31.

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Posted by: Spaz Dec 12 2014, 09:43 AM

I need to either get a helm drop or wait until next week to be able to get enough marks to get a vendor helm for 31, and then I need some RNGesus love for mats.

We're going to run at least the first two parts of TDB tonight, but most of us will be underleveled to give a try at Crota. I'll be trying to push for peeps to run VoG as well for mats, but we'll see. People have been bored of it historically.

So... After playing with Murmur last night, I can say I've figured out Fusion rifles. Finally. I still think they're cheater Golden Gun-on-a-stick in PvP, but I'll be more tempted to to rock them now.

I also need an arc primary. This has been a problem for a long time.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Dec 12 2014, 04:13 PM

Fusion rifles are absolutely goddamned ridiculous and people who use them in Crucible need to be punched in the throat, but they make a great PVE weapon (unlike shotguns, which are incredibly garbage in comparison). If you need an arc primary, running the VoG on Hard (Templar, IIRC) has a chance to drop the Fatebringer, hand cannon with arc damage and makes dudes' heads explode on a critical kill. Thing's absolutely disgusting on arc burn strikes.

And what, not enough coins/motes to get something from Xur? He's actually got some decent stock/engrams/upgrades this week.

Posted by: Spaz Dec 13 2014, 08:47 AM

Fatebringer OP for weekly/nightfall this week. A buddy of mine has it, was absolutely wrecking things left and right. I still have yet to run VoG on HM, but we did jump into CE last night with both characters to grab the first chest, all I got was mats and the raid cloak, which looks like shit.

I wasn't aware of what Xur would have at the time I posted, so with him selling upgraded exotics, I was able to pick up the new Aclyophage and am halfway to maxed with it. I'm just XP and glimmer to 30 now, glimmer and shards to 31.

I also started a Warlock last night, I'll be working on getting her to 20 over the next couple weeks. All new chars will be female due to smaller hit boxes.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Dec 13 2014, 02:16 PM

Nope, found something even more OP. Striker Titan's flashbangs not only do awesome damage , but THEY AFFECT STRIKE BOSSES. Omnigul had no idea what hit her.

Posted by: RedsunsF1 Dec 14 2014, 02:49 AM

Was able to get my Hunter to lvl 31 last night. Hopefully makes the new raid a little easier and I won't die as fast.

Posted by: Spaz Dec 17 2014, 09:34 AM

30!

Is anyone else pissed about the way IB has been handled the past two times?

First off, two weeks to TDB... They give us the ability to buy gear for 30 through IB. To be prepared for TDB, I put in the time and effort and glim and mats to get that gear to where it needed to be. Sure as shit though, TDB drops, and we can all buy our way to 31, and I had enough marks saved up in preparation to do that DAY ONE. But I had no mats and glim to upgrade the stuff with, because I wasted it on gear that was in effect, worthless.

Now, I'm out the mats and the glim and I get that, and I'm not super torn up over it... But now it's IB time again, and the gear is all 31 gear with the same buffs that I can get from the vendors. I'd really like the sniper, but of course I have to grind my way to rep4 AGAIN to get it. And that's what feels like the real kick in the teeth. I spent a straight week of free time to try to get my hands on gear I thought I needed and put into it what I thought was necessary only to have it slapped out of my hands with ZERO compensation for it. Why couldn't they let the rep carry over one last time? Would that have been so criminal, to let everybody who was cheated out of everything they got during the last IB at least get something out of the new one for their effort?

I'll still play IB, but only because it provides me with 3 more easy PvP bounties per day. Outside of that, it's less than pointless this round, it's insulting.

Posted by: Spaz Dec 19 2014, 09:04 AM

18 more Ascendant Shards to 31.

And then I can haz kill Crota.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Jan 20 2015, 08:01 AM

YOUTUBE ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_0bV66a63Y )

Figured out how you're supposed to do Nightfall bosses, guys. All it took was a couple bourbons, annoyance at the fight taking so long and some motivational music.

...no, not the song from the video.

Posted by: Spaz Jan 20 2015, 10:30 AM

Reminds me of the last time Phogoth was arc burn... I didn't have the patience and time to keep plugging away with, well, the gun of the same name

, so I just charged in at the end as a Blade Dancer and fucked his shit up.

I've also run in and ended it with Golden Gun more times than I can count.

Posted by: RedsunsF1 Mar 18 2015, 01:52 AM

Reached lvl 32 on my hunter today, now I gotta reach 32 on my other 2 characters. I love the Word of Crota hand cannon, it's such a great weapon for the raids!

Posted by: RedsunsF1 Mar 23 2015, 11:52 PM

Did crota on hard with my 2nd Hunter and got the Crota hunter helmet!!

Posted by: RedsunsF1 Apr 2 2015, 12:47 AM

Well I started being a sword bearer with my 32 hunter for the crota raid and it rocks!! I was very nervous at first, but now I got the hang of it. I'm glad I can say I can run sword bearer

Posted by: Alastair May 19 2015, 09:46 PM

first day of house of wolves and no replys made? soloed the new nightfall strike and got dragons breath, then did the level 28 pprison of elders and got a 3rd monte carlo. good DLC is good indeed

Posted by: SgtXDNX May 19 2015, 11:05 PM

Too busy going ham on the Prison to post.

Posted by: Tessou May 19 2015, 11:18 PM

Haven't gone that far yet. My progress is slow as I solo Destiny now. Cecilia doesn't play anymore.

Posted by: Spaz May 20 2015, 09:41 AM

I haven't even touched my PS4 in two months. Been working on the car lately so haven't had time to mess with the DLC yet.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 12 2015, 08:23 PM

I will have a physical copy of the Legendary Edition coming up even though I have Taken King already. Should I run a contest to send it away to a lucky player?

It's an Xbox One copy.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 14 2015, 10:39 AM

Taken King drops tomorrow. Bungie has updated their site to include a "create your own trailer" page that displays your stats and accomplishments, along with an honorific title. Pretty nifty. I compared mine and Cecilia's, and the footage is mostly the same, just with a few differences due to using different classes.

https://www.destinythegame.com/legend-of-you/

Posted by: Tessou Sep 15 2015, 01:46 PM

I've played through The Taken King this morning. Here are details.

- Items from TTK quests, regardless of quality, are much more powerful than anything from Year One.

- Quests take you to Phobos, Mercury, and Oryx' Dreadnought nested within Saturn's rings.

- Engrams drop far more frequently.

- There is a storyline that actually makes sense, and is told through cinematics.

- Taken enemies have difficult attack patterns designed to keep you from camping.

- No more bullet sponge bosses. I haven't seen any with easy attack/movement patterns like Sepiks Prime. You will earn every victory.

- Geometry of the existing map has changed in some places, especially on Earth.

- There are four strikes in TTK. They unlock through post-story missions.

- Strikes are more like mini-raids in terms of required teamwork and coordination. There are now puzzles to solve, and failure results in a team wipe. The game does not hold your hand.

- Strike playlists are: Legacy Strikes (lv20), Vanguard Strikes (lv36), and Heroic Strikes (lv41).

Ask me anything. I'll answer as I can.

Posted by: Alastair Sep 15 2015, 09:41 PM

DAT FINAL MISSION THO

Posted by: Tessou Sep 16 2015, 03:19 AM

Oryx is a pushover. Use a fusion rifle. Watch that health plummet in two minutes.

Posted by: Alastair Sep 16 2015, 08:34 AM

QUOTE (Tessou @ 5 hours, 14 minutes ago)

Oryx is a pushover. Use a fusion rifle. Watch that health plummet in two minutes.

used vex for the first phase then i switched on over to invective for the later half.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 16 2015, 01:29 PM

There are new random patrol missions that you will receive automatically, that don't have objectives spelled out for you. You get decent gear for completing them, if you can figure them out.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 17 2015, 08:35 AM

I cannot wait to get paid tomorrow so I can pick this up... Ugggghhhhhhh money sucks.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 17 2015, 02:56 PM

Kill strike bosses all day, nothing but blue engrams. Kill a lv4 pack of thralls on a patrol, drops a legendary engram. Turned out to be a Year Two FWC set of gauntlets. My light level is 260 now.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 18 2015, 12:08 AM

Awww yeah, son.

Finally done with work for the week, time for some crazy AusGoons shenanigans when the raid drops at 7am tomorrow morning. 275 and counting. No exotics yet, but holy shit Ruin Wings got a Year 2! user posted image

Posted by: Tessou Sep 18 2015, 12:33 AM

I've never been a raid guy for reasons I've stated many times before. I'll be watching streams, though.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 18 2015, 01:03 PM

Gambled on exotic helm engram from Xur instead of buying the Skullfort, got a Y2 Helm of Inmost Light.

Xur sells "Three of Coins", which dramatically increases the chance of ultra enemies and bosses dropping exotic engrams.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 18 2015, 04:25 PM

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First Y2 Exotic drop is the Y1 Exotic I wore the most. Fuck yes, Three of Coins, fuck yes.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 18 2015, 08:00 PM

I'm still trying to get a Y2 Suros Regime to drop. I don't want t to press my luck too much.

While the helm drop was awesome, it's not good for hammers since it gives bonuses to Fist of Havoc. Need hammer gear.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 19 2015, 07:12 AM

I just gave it all a start last night. 1.5 levels from 40 on my primary Hunter, and will be deleting my second Hunter for a Titan, since I can get a free level to 25... With my Warlock being 25 that'll work nicely.

Going to push hard for gear to try to be raid-ready for next week.

Overall I've been very pleased with the changes to the game.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 19 2015, 07:36 AM

QUOTE (Spaz @ 23 minutes, 20 seconds ago)

and will be deleting my second Hunter for a Titan

Good, good, one less Hunter scum.

Welcome to the Titan Brotherhood, here's your free hammer and brass knuckles. Go out and raise some hell.

Posted by: Alastair Sep 19 2015, 08:07 AM

Do Rift

win match

nab myself a Y2 light beyond nemesis and a Telesto.

feels good man

Posted by: Tessou Sep 19 2015, 10:11 AM

I wish they'd allow gear trading in some fashion. I understand why they aren't, but I have so much gear for classes I don't play, and I don't need any more exotic shards.

Do it like Diablo II, where players go into a haggling screen and offer up what they want to trade.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 22 2015, 09:45 AM

I got to light level 240 yesterday, it sucks how busy my week is, I need to try to be raid-ready by Friday. I sense that less sleep is going to be a thing.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 22 2015, 11:01 AM

I'm at 269 now, having a bitch of a time crossing into 270. Eating 3 of Coins like they're M&Ms trying to get better gear.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 26 2015, 08:09 AM

I'm at 263, no sign of slowing down yet, need to visit Xur tonight to pick up 3 of Coins and see what he's got otherwise. Kinda short on coins though.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 26 2015, 10:46 AM

Xur is selling hawkmoon right now. I'm poor on coins though.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 26 2015, 12:01 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ 1 hour, 15 minutes ago)

Xur is selling hawkmoon right now. I'm poor on coins though.

New Hawkmoon, I'd assume... I have old one.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 26 2015, 12:31 PM

Yeah. 290 damage. Costs about ten more coins than I currently have, and the game is being awfully stingy about giving me more coins lately. I really like the Hawkmoon.

Still, would be happier dropping a Suros Regime, and the game is being a bitch about that for me as well.

If you take that year one Hawkmoon to the blueprint console, you can upgrade it to year two stats by plunking down a ton of legendary marks.

Posted by: SgtXDNX Sep 26 2015, 04:07 PM

Just upgraded my Thunderlord to Year 2. Get in.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 26 2015, 04:13 PM

Was invited into party with some guys that were doing Court Tier 3 runs. Apparently I wasn't doing them a favor by killing half of the bosses myself and reviving them all the time, so I got booted and ostracized.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 28 2015, 02:03 PM

272, working my way up. Got a 290 Don't Touch Me to drop from a strike with a couple 3 of Coins popped so I'll take it.

Posted by: 08TTGSL Sep 28 2015, 02:27 PM

Bah I'm stuck at 292.......

Posted by: Spaz Sep 29 2015, 09:52 AM

Don't you just love when it does that? Decrypt a full round of engrams and it's all equivalent or worse.

Posted by: Tessou Sep 29 2015, 11:40 AM

Worse when you drop 3 of Coins like they're going out of style and never get anything useful. All those strange coins for nothing.

Posted by: Spaz Sep 29 2015, 01:28 PM

QUOTE (Tessou @ 1 hour, 47 minutes ago)

Worse when you drop 3 of Coins like they're going out of style and never get anything useful. All those strange coins for nothing.

But you get strange coins more easily now, so... Yeah IDK?

Posted by: Spaz Oct 3 2015, 08:12 AM

296!

Got most of the way through the raid, couldn't get Oryx down due to my lack of DPS and another's lack of skill and competence. Not that I was free of mistakes but I wasn't completely worthless. Ended up getting the sniper, fusion rifle, shell, and gauntlets from the preceding chests (RNGesus wanted my dick), so a major chunk of my gear is now 300+ LL.

Moving forward, I need a 300+ or damn near rocket launcher. Machine guns are awful at taking down anything big, and the Ogres during the Oryx fight just need to go down ASAP. So it's back to the grind again.

Posted by: r35gtr Dec 30 2015, 06:13 PM

Guys My light level is just 243 and I could see that some guys are 290-305 and they have weapons with fire power of 280.

please tell me what to do to get better weapons and armor.

currently I am just doing raids for my light level.

Posted by: Spaz Dec 31 2015, 07:26 AM

I set the game back down for probably the last time at 301.

At 243 you need to be running strikes. Raid gear outside of KF isn't going to help you. At all. It's all Y1 stuff with max 170, and you just won't otherwise get the drops that are going to give you higher leveled gear. Get in a strike playlist and just grind. Yeah, it sucks, but if you want to be able to run KF or other higher end game content, that's what needs to happen. And pop the fuck out of those 3 of coins while you do it; Xur is up tomorrow, you have no excuse to not have a substantial number in your inventory.

There are also some side quests you can do (Court of Oryx being one of them) that will get you items at 300, so looking into those is a good place to start, too. The Destiny Reddit is a great resource for that kind of stuff, so that's a good place to search for all those items.

At the end of the day, it's smooth sailing to 280, took me a few days running strikes and select content beyond. After that it's a grind to 290, then from there your best bet is to find a group to carry you through KF for some 300+ stuff.

Posted by: APX Dec 31 2015, 12:16 PM

People still play this game? o.o

Saw target cartwheel had the taken king or whatever it is for 20-25% off.

Posted by: Tessou Dec 31 2015, 12:50 PM

Haven't played Destiny since the microtransaction shop opened. What a fucking joke.