Me too, I think it's delivered a bit unorthodox, but that's part of the reason I like it. Bungie striking a good balance between meat and mystery again.
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Currently lvl 22 and I'm lovin the Defender Subclass contrary to the opinions in this thread.
I feel like it is actually an interesting super opposed to the one-shot-wonder supers.
Sometimes it is hard to use but if you play enough with it you will find a lot of good and most of all fun uses for it.
Armor of Light is really really good, you can solo clear whole add waves without really getting damage at all or you can use it to man-fight bosses in melee (the second usage is not very effective but pretty fun)
Sadly I couldn't test Weapon/Blessing of Light yet but I think they could be viable for support.
In PVP I quite like the possiblity to block chokepoints with it, e.g. in Shores of Time a Ward of Dawn inside the T-shaped Tunnel will block those 3-ways for the whole duration. And with Armor of Light skilled anyone that is stupid enough to walk into your personal Fight Club gets two fists to the face and is dead. Should they ignore you, you can weave in and out of the Ward with a Fusion Rifle or Shotgun to kill them. And even if you can't kill them you most likely have pinned a few enemies down without any effort on your side.
All in all I think Defender is pretty good so far, I'm kinda bummed out that I can't use my flash bangs with it. But I haven't tested Surpressor Grenades yet, maybe those will be a good replacement.
I feel like it is actually an interesting super opposed to the one-shot-wonder supers.
Sometimes it is hard to use but if you play enough with it you will find a lot of good and most of all fun uses for it.
Armor of Light is really really good, you can solo clear whole add waves without really getting damage at all or you can use it to man-fight bosses in melee (the second usage is not very effective but pretty fun)
Sadly I couldn't test Weapon/Blessing of Light yet but I think they could be viable for support.
In PVP I quite like the possiblity to block chokepoints with it, e.g. in Shores of Time a Ward of Dawn inside the T-shaped Tunnel will block those 3-ways for the whole duration. And with Armor of Light skilled anyone that is stupid enough to walk into your personal Fight Club gets two fists to the face and is dead. Should they ignore you, you can weave in and out of the Ward with a Fusion Rifle or Shotgun to kill them. And even if you can't kill them you most likely have pinned a few enemies down without any effort on your side.
All in all I think Defender is pretty good so far, I'm kinda bummed out that I can't use my flash bangs with it. But I haven't tested Surpressor Grenades yet, maybe those will be a good replacement.
Here is the events calendar:
So I have to wait till October to get that fucking dead ghost behind the Iron Banner door?
MasterForm
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Clash has got to be the worst game mode ever. I've played it three times now and I'm reminded how much more superior Control is. Clash is just random clusterfuck after another.
I got it from nowhere. I wrote it myself. It's pretty much how it goes though.
My friend has the brady guide and it refers to the stars+laurel missions as "story missions" and the star-only missions as "side missions".
And from my personal experience, that's exactly how it is.
VisceralBowl
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Already knew this, but I recommend playing them anyways. One of the last ones is pretty interesting and I hope it gets elaborated on some more in the future.
Jest Chillin
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I don't think it's odd, since at 20 you get access to shaders anyways.
I don't mind it because I play PVP without a team mostly. In control I've ran into more organized teams.
Twilight Gap
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Pretty chuffed with this new cape I just got my hands on.
spiffy. do want
everyday math
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CoolHere is the events calendar:
The Librarian
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Enough of the Hunter and Titan pics. I wanna see some level 20+ Warlock pics to give my baby Warlock something to look forward too.
no
FunkyPajamas
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Thank you!
where are you ;_;
disagree! clash is very tactical. control is a lot more interesting than I usually find domination modes though. problem with control is having a team, if you have one you're in a party with then it's great.
My man. Are you playing tonight?
The final fight was so crazy on the initial going.
Yeah but probably not until like 10 PM PST or something. Work stuff.
ah well, I probably won't be up playing that late
there is a very real chance that I will
Diablohead
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Iron banner being a month away sucks, I might not even be playing by then!
Pretty chuffed with this new cape I just got my hands on.
The hell? Why is yours a different color than mine?
Diablohead
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because it's true :/
Care to explain? So far all the bosses are bullet sponges and you are given a ton of cover.
Boss battles end up being
- Hunter firing from range, eventually fires his super ability.
- Warlock firing from range, eventually fires his super ability.
and
- Titan firing from range, torn between popping a useless cover/shield (because you are given more than enough environmental cover), and killing himself with his super ability.
I REALLY hope a Defender Titan has a role in the raid, I'd hate to leave my 24 Titan parked while I focus on the more viable Hunter/Warlock.
Edit: Character dump
FloatingDivider
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I hate this game, straight up hate this game. Spend 3 hours running level 22 strikes, get a full inventory of shit to decrypt, go decrypt it. And I wish I could say it was fucking nothing but it's fucking worse, It was 99% nothing, and the second to last thing I decrypt happens to be some purple motherfucking boots. I'm all excited and shit until I open up my inventory to equip the badboys just to be greeted with:
Here's a video so you can see this shit happen the way I did.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1474836902803471&l=8719142524203498673
This is just beyond terrible, your chance for legendary is already super low and apparently you can get them for classes you're not even playing. That's mindblowingly retarded in a game that has no trading functionality. I'm done for today.
Here's a video so you can see this shit happen the way I did.
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1474836902803471&l=8719142524203498673
This is just beyond terrible, your chance for legendary is already super low and apparently you can get them for classes you're not even playing. That's mindblowingly retarded in a game that has no trading functionality. I'm done for today.
The game is designed to funnel you to PvP at the end of it all.
Cause you do.
Called a couple of friends over last night for an all-nighter Destiny marathon. Was good stuff. We submitted this image for the Go Glacier contest hehe
Overall, having a fun time with Destiny for now. I see room for numerous improvements (mostly stuff people have mentioned in this thread), but so far everything is going good.
PS. ,,!,,(-_-) to those disconnects. Kept plaguing us last night.
Overall, having a fun time with Destiny for now. I see room for numerous improvements (mostly stuff people have mentioned in this thread), but so far everything is going good.
PS. ,,!,,(-_-) to those disconnects. Kept plaguing us last night.
UpDownLeftRight
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Shader perhaps? It does seem pretty well matched with my characters color scheme. I got two at once in the same color too so I'm guessing that's the case, either that or I got super unlucky and just got both the same color.
It depends on the spec they are using, with Armor of Light skilled you might aswell ignore them, while they "only" get extra shield I don't think it's possible to solo kill them inside of it, maybe a rocket to the face from inside the Shield but I wouldn't be so sure.
Without Armor of Light they are as easy to kill as ever, the problem is I don't think you can see what they have speced, so it's a gamble to run inside the bubble. But even then be prepared to at least get one punch to the face before you can finish them off.
everyday math
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It really is dumb.
I just want to say this again: I was a big hater (though not strongly) of this game and decided to purchase on impulse. And this game just drags you in after the initial burn in. I am still VERY pissed about not getting my Inner Chamber emblem from Bungie, but Destiny is fucking awesome. The shooting is what kept me in - guns are fantastically fun to shoot.
Twilight Gap
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i think the way to tell is to look at the orientation of the colors. the circle in the middle is your helmet color, part of your body armor and other decorations like pouches. the ring around it is the rest of the armor color, and the background color changes the class item
Look at your ability tree. That bubble shield spawn shields on anyone that moves through it. It allows for faster reloads and increased damage for the party. It spawns orbs of light when it receives damage and when the titan uses his heavy weapon he spawns orbs of light.
I was pubbing a mars strike and saved my group twice with the bubble shield. Once leveled up its awesome. When it's new yes it sucks nuts.
Protip: to level up defender without grinding it swap into defender when you turn in bounties. All the Xp will go to your defender job. Then when it's strong enough take it into pve.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
Thank you! I'll just stick to what i'm doin then. Gonna run a train on these strikes until i'm suitably kitted.
Handy Fake
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fellow gaffers, honestly, how is this game?
I was mildly interested, not as hyped as most of the people, but still interested somehow. but then I read a lot of complatins, of lot of "meh" and flaws about the game. "huge areas full of nothing, story mode doesn't have matchmaking etc." - which doesn't sound goot at all.
however my main concern is the competititve multiplayer, because usually that's what I play the most. in Halo Reach I enjoyed the competititve multiplayer, can I expect something similar here?
I was mildly interested, not as hyped as most of the people, but still interested somehow. but then I read a lot of complatins, of lot of "meh" and flaws about the game. "huge areas full of nothing, story mode doesn't have matchmaking etc." - which doesn't sound goot at all.
however my main concern is the competititve multiplayer, because usually that's what I play the most. in Halo Reach I enjoyed the competititve multiplayer, can I expect something similar here?
I can put a screenshot up of it later, but I bought it and it looks straight up Pink when it doesn't really seem like it from the emblem, lol.
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