Second Destiny Beta Thread of 'SMiLE! The Beta's back up! Welcome Everyone!'
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Ruthless_Barbarian
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everyday math
Banned
The starting animation is shit. Let's not kid ourselves. If Warlocks and titans can eat rockets and Insta kill with theirs then it's not balanced.
Yes I'm beating a dead horse everyone.
Mr. Lemming
Member
One thing to remember in regards to the super balance is that not every game mode will involve grouping up at certain points which will lower the effectiveness if the Warlock and Titan supers.
harrypmgaga
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So what do you guys think the "special events" are in the second half of the beta?
What are you talking about? I've killed Warlocks and Titans who were getting ready to use their super. They do have a starting animation too, you know.
Then again, with the hit registration lag and kill trading it's all a bit of a mess.
What are you talking about? I've killed Warlocks and Titans who were getting ready to use their super. They do have a starting animation too, you know.
Then again, with the hit registration lag and kill trading it's all a bit of a mess.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Tiara then?
Confrontation
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So it's not a blue orb that falls down from one of the fallen, but still a green?
AmethystEnd
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I'm staying out of this. Dax's cult of personality is far reaching and terrifying.
You're welcome.
IAmRandom31
Banned
how do we know a 1000 armor Titan would be insta killed by the Hunter/Warlock super?
Also, Titans will be able to put down shields that negate damage. So time it right, and see a Warlock begin to hover, throw down your shield and laugh.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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I have no hope of the moon being playable tomorrow. Bungie put it there to tease us.
Special events will be more pvp events to unlock emblems.
There are Blue Engrams, but there is apparently also a chance to get a Blue item from a Green Engram. I've also gotten White loot from Green Engrams.
The Librarian
Banned
AmethystEnd
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I don't foresee any Titans picking the shield over Fist of Havoc in pvp since most people are all about "KILLS KILLS KILLS".
Aw, come on Dax. Take a joke. You know dGAF <3s you
I'm not a part of dGAF, but you get it.
JetBlackPanda
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I got a blue helmet from a green engram.
harrypmgaga
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I think they might do something with the Moon (maybe on the last day?) If you dig deeper on bungie.net, particularly in the Grimoire section there are some...allusions.
As for special events I really hope for some modifier to the PVE action. As for PVP I wonder what other limited time modifications they can make to the core action?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Yes, golden gun animation needs to be removed for PvP, or not visible to opposing team players. I was in a game 2 days ago and everyone was marking the enemy hunters and calling out if they had golden guns active. We owned so much because everyone just avoided those players for 10 seconds.
The Librarian
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everyday math
Banned
Why the hell would you pick a shield over the Havoc in pvp?
Confrontation
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Ah I see. Never really paid attention to it since I haven't gotten anything blue yet, despite playing the beta almost non-stop this weekend.
JetBlackPanda
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Does anyone know why on the grimoire page for races it says 3 out of 4 unlocked.
Human, Awoken, Exo and ??
Human, Awoken, Exo and ??
harrypmgaga
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Yep, an engram is really a lucky dice roll. You might get lucky and score a blue, or get fucked and get a common item.
Maybe they'll add 1 playable race or more in the upcoming expansions? Who knows.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Sarcasm through text is sometimes hard to read!
Especially if not followed by an emoticon.
IAmRandom31
Banned
Clans will like having a defensive Titan on their squad.
Defender subclass has all sorts of cool stuff like abilities that basically shower the place in Orbs of Light, putting up damage negating shields and shields that when passed through provide damage and armor bonuses
Maybe at first will be all kill kill kill ... but the smart clans will likely have a Defender classs Titan around.
Defender class has attack stuff too. So you get the shield, plus the attacking specific stuff like double explosion grenades, force barrier generating melee attacks ( during force barrier, all kills provide Orbs of Light ), etc.
everyday math
Banned
Bring back Tiger people!
Yea, they can eat rockets because they have to get fairly close in order to use their super effectively anyway. Granted the warlock especially has a bit of range in their ability to arc the Nova Bomb but it's nothing compared to the range and general versatility of the Golden Gun.
Fallen. Pls.
The Lamonster
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It would be cool if there was another race available at launch that Bungie had been keeping under wraps.
Do you guys expect any major surprises before launch A fourth class? Space combat? Cross-platform character imports?
Or is Bungie all out of major announcements for the game at this point?
JetBlackPanda
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Here is that blue helmet actually.
Ivory Samoan
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Not sure where this myth of Warlocks and Titans being invulnerable during specials originated, but I dare say it could be Malarky land.
Plenty of deaths for me during my Warlock Nova, plenty.
The Hunter special is fine, popping it in LoS of another player is the problem (if you can call that a problem).
Plenty of deaths for me during my Warlock Nova, plenty.
The Hunter special is fine, popping it in LoS of another player is the problem (if you can call that a problem).
Midnight Phoenix
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Maybe there will be large events, that will make progress on whole story, like it was done in WoW universe. Large event for several month, that will bring dramatic changes, for example intervention of Dark.
Tiger man was awesome.
Tiger man was noble.
Tiger man was bestial.
Tiger man was wise.
The titans you killed probably didn't have the damage reduction ability research in yet. It takes awhile after 8 to get. Once you get that, it's incredibly difficult to kill them. That being said, the golden gun gets more kills most of the time then the panic buttons the warlock and titans have.
Marvel
could never
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Nightengale
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*raises hand*
I suck at using FoHavoc at clearing enemies, ( I use it as a makeshift shotgun, really) so a Super that makes me less likely to die while I use my other weapons is actually preferable.
Jest Chillin
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There are other PvP Modes where that would be super beneficial in a team comp. 3v3 modes, any kind of ctf mode, etc...
harrypmgaga
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Maybe -- though that probably seems like stuff they'll add in with expansions and such. I doubt they'll pull a major story event for the beta.
everyday math
Banned
I'm not talking about the attack. They all have their uses. But just the animation needs to be tweaked a bit. My Hunter doesn't need to jump in the air for so long.
Yeah, but I just don't see people choosing it that much. Unless you get good points for people being inside it. We'll have to see how it works.
I personally would love to have one on my team.
Ivory Samoan
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Ruthless_Barbarian
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Moon strike (the icon is there) would be awesometacular, but I don't want to get my hopes high.
If I had to guess, there might be one more story mission involving
Rasputin.
harrypmgaga
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People talking about the hunters jump anim...you do realise the Titan/Warlock have literally the same build up?
Yeah I'd say story is very likely. I highly doubt the Strike though.
Yeah I'd say story is very likely. I highly doubt the Strike though.
harrypmgaga
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Doubt it. DeeJ was insistent it would be the morning listed "or even a little later" on the IGN stream.
I tend to be really cautious when using abilities you don't get often myself. Only use fist of havoc when I know a bunch of people are capping a point. When we're dominating by a lot, I only use my super once or twice as a consequence. I wouldn't mind a bubble shield either, I don't rely on my super.
In Service
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The weirdness of this thread is approximately equal to the length of the Beta downtime.
Hopefully the whole ''Bungie betrayed us!'' bullshit will go away by then.
Who am I kidding? It'll never go away.
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