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Destiny |OT3| Oh sweet a Legen- wait never mind, it's a rare.
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Trickster
Member
Shot it off with some ability that shield thing has
MagicWithEarvin
Member
Those damn oracles wow...
MythicReclaimer
Member
I'm currently only at level 25 so maybe later today/tonight (Eastern Time).
Gamertag on Xbox Live - MythicReclaimer
Absoludacrous
Member
Boss is a weird mix of mechanically cool while also still a bullet sponge.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
AaronWatermelon
Member
LollipoPReapeR
Member
Watching that stream... It looks insane. Why couldn't the rest of the game be like that?
Stallion Dan
Member
So the weekly Vanguard/Crucuble points haven't reset?
edit: Nevermind you need log out and back in to reset it.
edit: Nevermind you need log out and back in to reset it.
Excellent. Time for GAF to show the world how it's done son. No pressure at all.
GrandHarrier
Member
"Earn". You realize the vast majority of people who are raiding right now probably "earned" the gear exploiting the Nexus. You can't even have bought your first vendor gear yet.
Trickster
Member
That's not what he means. Just getting inside the raid is a boss fight of sorts
GrandHarrier
Member
Ah, gotcha.
So get this GAF. Rumble, first place, 22 kills 8 deaths. I was pretty chuffed. I thought that maybe the RNG would appreciate the fact I preformed well. So not exactly, apparently it wanted to reward EVERY OTHER PLAYER a blue engram or blue item. Not just one other player, not two, the other five participants in our little rumble.
Bravo Bungie. Bravo.
Bravo Bungie. Bravo.
toastyToast
Member
What's a good mission for fallen ultra/major?
Sword of Crota on heroic is good for hive. Haven't been able to find an equivalent
Sword of Crota on heroic is good for hive. Haven't been able to find an equivalent
Yup, went 25 and 4 in Control on Blind Watch last night and got absolutely nothing. Last place player got a legendary engram and a rare shotty.
Trickster
Member
Performance based rewards in pvp would be nice, but they would also absolutely shit on players who aren't good at pvp, and they'd reward players who are already wrecking everyone else, which is just a bad scenario for pvp health
I'd rather they address the psychologically hostile loot system they have set up in pve first, it's not quite D3 launch levels of horror, but it's really, really unfriendly.
(13 legendary engrams, 0 usable class legendaries so far - my first usable legendary was the rank 3 Vanguard weapon -_- My exotic chest engram decoded to another classes exotic.)
I'd rather they address the psychologically hostile loot system they have set up in pve first, it's not quite D3 launch levels of horror, but it's really, really unfriendly.
(13 legendary engrams, 0 usable class legendaries so far - my first usable legendary was the rank 3 Vanguard weapon -_- My exotic chest engram decoded to another classes exotic.)
AaronWatermelon
Member
Huh? I'm talking about the fact that you have to fight off hordes of praetorians and harpies while trying to build the damn spire. If you can manage a team and successfully pull that off, you've earned your entry in my eyes.
(Also I bought vendor gear like 2 days ago)
Probably DLC
Noisepurge
Member
but hey! you get 1(one) more Crucible point than those losers! Gotta be worth it amirite?!
VaultBoy101
Member
The achievement/trophy for completing a raid without anyone in your fireteam dying is going to be...quite rare. Now I understand why they mentioned having several internal debates about even including it.
Since you ALSO can't talk to people in the game and form a party it'd make a lot of sense to allow matchmaking. Just because it'd be harder doesn't mean it's not impossible. It would be queue at your own risk.
Trickster
Member
I'm pretty sure you just do them for marks and xp ( for motes of light )
educator
Member
I came in first place 4 rumbles in a row without getting anything. On the 5th game I played really bad but got a Mote of Light and a blue engram...
Noisepurge
Member
Yeah it's quite irritating that the best and most creative part of the game is made for diehard players.
Pop
Member
The mechanics alone would screw you over haha
Trickster
Member
Did I just see datto throw a grenade at an enemy, and it auto corrected the tragectory mid air in order to hit it? Does titans have such a grenade?
I'm fine with the raid being the "biggest and best" in terms of fight mechanics and boss designs. That's kinda what a raid needs to be imo.
But yeah it's absolutely criminal that the first raid boss alone, is more interesting mechanics wise, than all the strike bosses combined. And this is only the normal mode of the raid, if the hardmode version is like other mmo's like WoW, then this boss will have 1-2 more fight mechanics in that version.
I'm fine with the raid being the "biggest and best" in terms of fight mechanics and boss designs. That's kinda what a raid needs to be imo.
But yeah it's absolutely criminal that the first raid boss alone, is more interesting mechanics wise, than all the strike bosses combined. And this is only the normal mode of the raid, if the hardmode version is like other mmo's like WoW, then this boss will have 1-2 more fight mechanics in that version.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I'm level 24 and have a Rank 1 with the Crucible vendors.
In order to get legendary gear, would you recommend me to play at the Crucible or just farm on the Moon?
In order to get legendary gear, would you recommend me to play at the Crucible or just farm on the Moon?
Unknown Soldier
Member
Exactly like a real MMO.
This game even has a crazy grind to get raid ready gear too, like a real MMO.
It also has a horrible RNG-based loot system, like a real MMO.
Too bad it lacks the social functions of a real MMO.
RageWaffles
Member
Blue armor engrams do not always give your class. It's surely a very low chance to not, but it's there. (Source: Got a blue Hunter shirt and a blue Warlock shirt today that do not fit my awesome Titan muscles.)
Just gonna plonk down a wishlist of features I think would very much improve the game. Call it Destiny 2.0 if you will.
Vendors
- Shaders you buy at the Outfitter should have a preview option. Theyre quite expensive and the colours and colour distribution do not always turn out as expected.
- The Material Exchange-options at the Vanguard and Crucible Quartermasters should detail what youll get beforehand. Right now the only thing the option tells you is that theyll take something away from you without any information on what you get in return.
- There should be a way to preview gun sights on guns bought from any Vendor. You can sorta-kinda see what sight a gun has from the current preview, but it would be great to just preview the actual sight as it is in first person.
Loot
- Engrams should not decrypt into gear of lower quality than the Engram itself, ever. A Rare Primary Weapon engram should at the very least give out a Rare Primary Weapon. A Legendary Chest Armor Engram should at the very least give out a Legendary Chest Armor piece.
- In the same line as the above point; Materials should not drop from Gear or Weapon Engrams, ever. Materials should either drop as-is or get their own Material Engram.
- High-end Materials should have higher drop rates from Strike Bosses and shielded yellow-bar enemies, with the type of Material tied to the enemy race. This would allow for more targeted play as opposed to just playing the game / finding the most efficient farming spot and hoping something drops one of them eventually.
- Overall loot drop rates need to be reworked. Regular red-bar Dregs / Shanks / Psions / Goblins / Etc. should drop loot less frequently and in lower quality. Regular yellow-bar enemies should have increased drop rates for higher quality drops and Strike bosses / unique named enemies should have a guaranteed Rare drop with a change to drop more. As it is right now, the only really viable and efficient method to get new gear is finding whatever is the best and fastest farming spot, as all enemies have seem to have the same drop-rates for any quality.
- Crucible loot distribution should be revamped in some way. Have a kill-threshold for loot eligibility ( kill 3 enemies to be able to get loot ) to prevent very late-joiners or AFK players from getting loot and have at least some consistency / system in who gets loot and who doesnt vs. the 100% RNG that we have now.
Clan / Social
- There should be an option for proximity chat for matchmade Fireteams during Strikes and Crucible.
- In the Roster section of the menu, there should be a column for clan members.
- The option for matchmaking should be added to all modes, with the only possible exception being the Raid ( though I think adding it there would do no harm either, provided you get sufficient warning before turning it on ).
Other / general
- The Vault should be accessible from Orbit, at least for deposits. I dont want to have to go back to the Tower just to store something.
- If you have finished a story mission once, you should have the option to have it flow into an explore instance when you complete it again instead of having the game eject you out of the game and into orbit.
- If you have finished a story mission before, you should be able to skip the cutscenes.
- I would like there to be a small chance in Explore ( and perhaps even any Strike ) for any enemy to spawn as a shielded yellow-bar version of itself with increased loot drop chance. I know theres already Public Events, but they happen so sporadically that it would be great to have something like this to spice up the regular encounters, which right now always spawn the exact same enemies in the exact same spot with very little variation.
- Let us pick difficulty and possibly even modifiers on specific existing strikes without having to go into random matchmaking via the Vanguard playlist.
- I would love the addition of some sort of advanced tooltips. By how much does this upgrade reduce my recoil? What is the exact fire-rate of this gun? How much does this subclass-upgrade increase the size of my grenade? How exactly does this upgrade affect my various grenade types? How much more Light do I actually need for the next Light level? How much does 100% Discipline effect reduce my grenade cooldown? Etc. Etc. I would like something more concrete than the current vague bars and percentages.
I feel like some of these changes would make the loot experience more consistent and enjoyable while streamlining some of the rough edges Destiny currently has regarding flow and social features.
Vendors
- Shaders you buy at the Outfitter should have a preview option. Theyre quite expensive and the colours and colour distribution do not always turn out as expected.
- The Material Exchange-options at the Vanguard and Crucible Quartermasters should detail what youll get beforehand. Right now the only thing the option tells you is that theyll take something away from you without any information on what you get in return.
- There should be a way to preview gun sights on guns bought from any Vendor. You can sorta-kinda see what sight a gun has from the current preview, but it would be great to just preview the actual sight as it is in first person.
Loot
- Engrams should not decrypt into gear of lower quality than the Engram itself, ever. A Rare Primary Weapon engram should at the very least give out a Rare Primary Weapon. A Legendary Chest Armor Engram should at the very least give out a Legendary Chest Armor piece.
- In the same line as the above point; Materials should not drop from Gear or Weapon Engrams, ever. Materials should either drop as-is or get their own Material Engram.
- High-end Materials should have higher drop rates from Strike Bosses and shielded yellow-bar enemies, with the type of Material tied to the enemy race. This would allow for more targeted play as opposed to just playing the game / finding the most efficient farming spot and hoping something drops one of them eventually.
- Overall loot drop rates need to be reworked. Regular red-bar Dregs / Shanks / Psions / Goblins / Etc. should drop loot less frequently and in lower quality. Regular yellow-bar enemies should have increased drop rates for higher quality drops and Strike bosses / unique named enemies should have a guaranteed Rare drop with a change to drop more. As it is right now, the only really viable and efficient method to get new gear is finding whatever is the best and fastest farming spot, as all enemies have seem to have the same drop-rates for any quality.
- Crucible loot distribution should be revamped in some way. Have a kill-threshold for loot eligibility ( kill 3 enemies to be able to get loot ) to prevent very late-joiners or AFK players from getting loot and have at least some consistency / system in who gets loot and who doesnt vs. the 100% RNG that we have now.
Clan / Social
- There should be an option for proximity chat for matchmade Fireteams during Strikes and Crucible.
- In the Roster section of the menu, there should be a column for clan members.
- The option for matchmaking should be added to all modes, with the only possible exception being the Raid ( though I think adding it there would do no harm either, provided you get sufficient warning before turning it on ).
Other / general
- The Vault should be accessible from Orbit, at least for deposits. I dont want to have to go back to the Tower just to store something.
- If you have finished a story mission once, you should have the option to have it flow into an explore instance when you complete it again instead of having the game eject you out of the game and into orbit.
- If you have finished a story mission before, you should be able to skip the cutscenes.
- I would like there to be a small chance in Explore ( and perhaps even any Strike ) for any enemy to spawn as a shielded yellow-bar version of itself with increased loot drop chance. I know theres already Public Events, but they happen so sporadically that it would be great to have something like this to spice up the regular encounters, which right now always spawn the exact same enemies in the exact same spot with very little variation.
- Let us pick difficulty and possibly even modifiers on specific existing strikes without having to go into random matchmaking via the Vanguard playlist.
- I would love the addition of some sort of advanced tooltips. By how much does this upgrade reduce my recoil? What is the exact fire-rate of this gun? How much does this subclass-upgrade increase the size of my grenade? How exactly does this upgrade affect my various grenade types? How much more Light do I actually need for the next Light level? How much does 100% Discipline effect reduce my grenade cooldown? Etc. Etc. I would like something more concrete than the current vague bars and percentages.
I feel like some of these changes would make the loot experience more consistent and enjoyable while streamlining some of the rough edges Destiny currently has regarding flow and social features.
Yes. It latches onto a enemy and explodes twice.
wastewater
Neo Member
I'm coming on now if you're still looking.
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
Rare is an understatement. I really can't imagine doing one of these without dying, or somebody on my team dying.
Seems pretty fun though.
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