For me impact is huge cause the enemies actually get knocked back, I prefer a high damage of course and high impact fire rate is secondary. The AR I have slows down like half when I scope but the damage increases which is awesome. and I scope shoot like 98.5% of the time.
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For me impact is huge cause the enemies actually get knocked back, I prefer a high damage of course and high impact fire rate is secondary. The AR I have slows down like half when I scope but the damage increases which is awesome. and I scope shoot like 98.5% of the time.
Crank that difficulty up.
When you change the difficulty a skull will pop up at the bottom of the screen. when you move the cursor over it, it should say what the skull is, and what the modifier does.
You can stick them in your vault to share with other characters if you wish, so technically yes. And you get nothing for scrapping them, no glimmer or mats or anything. But if you snag them from chests you'll likely wind up with duplicates at some point and there isn't much else to do with them.
He only sells the crap preorder gear no?
backflip10019
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Me and a GAF'er and our clan beat the raid and we're progressing through hard soon.
I need help with this Thorn bounty, I absolutely suck at the crucible and was wondering if anyone would help out
PSN: tripskylark
Damn, did you get any good loot from it?
No he has legendary weapons as well.
TheContact
Member
Was a good Informative read I learned some stuff
No. He also has the legendary weapons, blue sparrows, and materials exchange.
He sells crap gear, and it is where you get the weapons from when you reach level 3 with the vanguard. These are the good guns like you see with the crucible and faction vendors.
I was wondering the same thing but I swear all I did was go through the mission on the normal story mode without even thinking about it and it worked. consider myself confused.
tripskylark
Neo Member
Yeah, everyone got at least one exotic and couple of legendaries that have Raid perks to it like being able to kill oracles quicker. I just got a shit load of mats and a shader called Chatterwhite. We had a REALLY good team.
everyday math
Banned
Cool
I feel you - PVP is very up and down for me.
Same here. One day i will be at the top of the leaderboard in every match, very next day i'll be at the bottom lol!
Crimson_Gold
Member
I need to get to 26 quick. Sitting on 24 for 2 days now.
Tried the weekly and got my butt handed to me.
Time to farm for helium.
Thanks for taking me along harrier and chord
Tried the weekly and got my butt handed to me.
Time to farm for helium.
Thanks for taking me along harrier and chord
Anton Sugar
Member
Was this posted/known regarding the Farmville Cave of Destiny™?
Of course, shooting them yourself levels your weapons and gear.
Of course, shooting them yourself levels your weapons and gear.
super-famicom
Member
Glad you liked
Indeed.
Brilliant.
What have you got now? You may be able to get to 22 with what you have now via upgrades; that's when level 20 base gear started dropping for me.
Abusive_Red
Banned
I sure hope so, I have the bounty for it. I did the weekly heroic but now I need 25 strikes plus a ton of crucible kills. I also need to get something from Xur who only shows up on weekends so between trying to get the bounty stuff done and finishing the Raid my group is working through, I'll have my work cut out for me if I want to see it this weekend.
there are vanguard 3 weapons in the ship section of the tower
Shiera Seastar
Banned
Need help with the Weekly Heroic Strike. I'm currently stuck at this Phogoth boss (final?) and I just can't do it solo. Don't know if it's possible to join midway through this strike but if anyone is up for it: PSN = demian__
tripskylark
Neo Member
Aww yiss! I got my first exotic last night:
Patience and Time sniper, allows for radar during ads and active camo during ads.
I'm level 21 and this was a random drop from crucible
Aw this is so freaking awesome.
Alright well I know you're on my friends list, so Ill definitely be hitting you up once I hit 26 (currently 23 and Ill probably hit 24 tonight).
Just a few random gameplay tips from harmless fun to clutch fireteam maneuvers.
Go Fast or Go Home
One of my favorite discoveries is that while many locations prevent you from summoning your sparrow, they don't give a damn about you driving it in. Boosting through Hive temples and narrow corridors in the Cosmodrome is a blast for me, and it's also occasionally viable tactically- if there's a tough group blockading an entrance but it isn't a required fight, you can often jet right past them.
Arc, Void, and Fire
Of Destiny's advanced elements, this is the most basic one- but mastering it is key to succeeding in high-level context and slicing through easier stuff with haste.
Elemental damage is only a feature of Secondary and Heavy weapons. No primaries, excepting a few exotics feature any elemental damage.
Enemies in Destiny frequently use shields, and these shields are always powered by an element: blue/white (arc), void (purple), and fire (red/orange). Shields are simply weak to their own color. Using an Arc fusion rifle on a blue shield (as worn by Fallen) will take it down in mere moments, whereas I can't even face a Minotaur confidently without a Void weapon.
If you are colorblind, or would just prefer to memorize the enemy types rather than rely on shield color... generally speaking, it goes like this:
Fallen < Arc
Hive < Fire
Vex < Void
However, there are some exceptions, so always try to call out what kind of shield a tough new enemy spawn is rocking as soon as you spot it.
It's generally a good idea to keep multiple weapons in your inventory so that you have at least one of each elemental type to rely on. However, swapping weapons in your inventory halves your ammo for that weapon type. As a result, in tougher content it's actually a better idea to designate members of the fireteam to each have a different elemental secondary weapon- three players, three elements- to be called upon when needed for quickly disabling shields.
Be a Synthesizer
Simple enough, you pop these from your inventory and they replenish your ammo. So far as I'm concerned, these are Destiny's health/mana potions, and any fireteam should always have them at the ready. Buy a handful of each, especially heavy, and replenish whenever you get back to the tower after using them.
In addition to tough content often leaving you ammo-starved for mere survival, being able to near-continuously pump out special/heavy weapon damage to a boss can sharply reduce the length of a fight.
Subclass Mastery: Be Water
When doing content where you're comfortable, turning in bounties, farming, or otherwise acquiring XP but don't need to be playing at your absolute most efficient- swap to your other subclass to get it maxed out too. Leveling up with your second subclass not only allows you to bring the full suite of abilities your class to the table for any encounter, it also enhances your overall capability because of the game's extremely generous approach to swapping subclasses. You can literally switch mid-combat. While reloading, if you like.
For example, during a boss fight a Gunsliger hunter might ready her super and then unload Golden Gun into the boss- only to notice a downed ally, quickly swap to bladedancer and cloak to run in for the revive.
By mastering both subclasses, you can ensure that your Guardian not only brings both skillsets to the table, but is a fluid and adaptable warrior for any situation.
Note: swapping subclasses empties your Super meter- so if you have it full, pop your super and take advantage before any class-swapping trickery.
One final note on subclasses: most if not all have a selectable passive skill that affects the distribution of your stats. For scenarios in which your death could mean absolute final defeat for your party, consider swapping to the one with the highest armor- sacrificing a little bit for the chance to take an extra hit or two might save your Nightfall Strike.
All that Glimmers
But even so, it's nice to know how to earn more when you need it. If you hadn't noticed, any time you kill a "Major" enemy (yellow health bar), they'll drop 25 glimmer. Enemies from each race also frequently drop a consumable that makes killing them more profitable. I am glad that human beings do not follow their example.
Here you can see the glimmer gain from killing a Hive major without a Black Wax Idol on, and with it on. The effect lasts for 10 minutes.
That's all for now. Good hunting, Guardians!
Go Fast or Go Home
With so much encouragement to replay the various content in Destiny, I've already started challenging myself to run through the missions I'm comfortable with as fast as humanly possible. And I mean literally run- you'll find that few fights in Destiny are required. Beyond Defend waves, minibosses and bosses the game is pretty content to let you run and jump through its levels if you so choose.
One of my favorite discoveries is that while many locations prevent you from summoning your sparrow, they don't give a damn about you driving it in. Boosting through Hive temples and narrow corridors in the Cosmodrome is a blast for me, and it's also occasionally viable tactically- if there's a tough group blockading an entrance but it isn't a required fight, you can often jet right past them.
Arc, Void, and Fire
Of Destiny's advanced elements, this is the most basic one- but mastering it is key to succeeding in high-level context and slicing through easier stuff with haste.
Elemental damage is only a feature of Secondary and Heavy weapons. No primaries, excepting a few exotics feature any elemental damage.
Enemies in Destiny frequently use shields, and these shields are always powered by an element: blue/white (arc), void (purple), and fire (red/orange). Shields are simply weak to their own color. Using an Arc fusion rifle on a blue shield (as worn by Fallen) will take it down in mere moments, whereas I can't even face a Minotaur confidently without a Void weapon.
If you are colorblind, or would just prefer to memorize the enemy types rather than rely on shield color... generally speaking, it goes like this:
Fallen < Arc
Hive < Fire
Vex < Void
However, there are some exceptions, so always try to call out what kind of shield a tough new enemy spawn is rocking as soon as you spot it.
It's generally a good idea to keep multiple weapons in your inventory so that you have at least one of each elemental type to rely on. However, swapping weapons in your inventory halves your ammo for that weapon type. As a result, in tougher content it's actually a better idea to designate members of the fireteam to each have a different elemental secondary weapon- three players, three elements- to be called upon when needed for quickly disabling shields.
Be a Synthesizer
There's a cap of 25000 glimmer in Destiny and it starts to pile up quite quickly at the higher levels. The best investment for your blue shiny stuff that I've seen so far is, without question, special/heavy ammo synthesis consumables from the Gunsmith.
Simple enough, you pop these from your inventory and they replenish your ammo. So far as I'm concerned, these are Destiny's health/mana potions, and any fireteam should always have them at the ready. Buy a handful of each, especially heavy, and replenish whenever you get back to the tower after using them.
In addition to tough content often leaving you ammo-starved for mere survival, being able to near-continuously pump out special/heavy weapon damage to a boss can sharply reduce the length of a fight.
Subclass Mastery: Be Water
Once you hit level 20, you're still earning XP- and you'll likely have at least a few more ability upgrades to unlock on your chosen subclass. But once you've maxed it out, all that nutritious XP is going to waste!
When doing content where you're comfortable, turning in bounties, farming, or otherwise acquiring XP but don't need to be playing at your absolute most efficient- swap to your other subclass to get it maxed out too. Leveling up with your second subclass not only allows you to bring the full suite of abilities your class to the table for any encounter, it also enhances your overall capability because of the game's extremely generous approach to swapping subclasses. You can literally switch mid-combat. While reloading, if you like.
For example, during a boss fight a Gunsliger hunter might ready her super and then unload Golden Gun into the boss- only to notice a downed ally, quickly swap to bladedancer and cloak to run in for the revive.
By mastering both subclasses, you can ensure that your Guardian not only brings both skillsets to the table, but is a fluid and adaptable warrior for any situation.
Note: swapping subclasses empties your Super meter- so if you have it full, pop your super and take advantage before any class-swapping trickery.
One final note on subclasses: most if not all have a selectable passive skill that affects the distribution of your stats. For scenarios in which your death could mean absolute final defeat for your party, consider swapping to the one with the highest armor- sacrificing a little bit for the chance to take an extra hit or two might save your Nightfall Strike.
All that Glimmers
I'm hoping that anyone 20 or over already understands how easy it is to stock up on Glimmer. Chests, dismantling greens and unneeded blues, PvP match completion, Strike completion, just killing stuff... all of this loads you up on Glimmer. Again, there's a 25000 glimmer cap, and approaching this without even realizing it is totally possible.
Ammo Synthesis!
But even so, it's nice to know how to earn more when you need it. If you hadn't noticed, any time you kill a "Major" enemy (yellow health bar), they'll drop 25 glimmer. Enemies from each race also frequently drop a consumable that makes killing them more profitable. I am glad that human beings do not follow their example.
Here you can see the glimmer gain from killing a Hive major without a Black Wax Idol on, and with it on. The effect lasts for 10 minutes.
That's all for now. Good hunting, Guardians!
devildog820
Member
Up for a strike or something (ps4). Same username.
tripskylark
Neo Member
Yeah same, I sorta regret taking the bounty cause I'm absolute ass at PvP
devildog820
Member
Sure. Start it up
LyleLanley
Banned
Gear handouts at the end of PVP matches are entirely random right?
Indeed.
Psn?
Hahahaha love it. Prefer the first one
<<<<< woot! name change went through (goodbye greenjerk)
gaf name is now psn name
Anton Sugar
Member
Please for to include this in next OT?
Ask whoever authors it to leave a section for your tips, this is great stuff.
Void fusion rifle will make you love PvP.
Also, I did rumble when I did my quest because you won't have teams working together. Small maps designed around CQC with everyone against each other is perfect for getting your kills.
Aww yiss! I got my first exotic last night:
Patience and Time sniper, allows for radar during ads and active camo during ads.
I'm level 21 and this was a random drop from crucible
Helllll yeah, that's one of the ones I'm hoping to eventually net. Grats on your first exotic, definitely a good first.
Dax said she would!
Here's links
Post-20 Leveling Guide pt. 1
Post-20 Leveling Guide pt. 2
Tips and Tricks #1
Kamina
Golden Boy
Me, PSN is Kyuubi-no-Youko
EroticSushi
Member
Just got an offer for an exotic bounty. Does anyone know what each one gives?
1) Shattered Memory Fragment
2) A Voice In The Wilderness
3) Toland's Legacy
1) Shattered Memory Fragment
2) A Voice In The Wilderness
3) Toland's Legacy
devildog820
Member
Devildog820
There is no daily strike. Do you mean the Daily Heroic Story, or Weekly Heroic Strike?
Yes and kinda yes if you're really good though I wouldn't recommend it, respectively.
Don't see why not. Might still be a challenge.
Doing it at level 24 to get mats is annoying.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
What up Toda.
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