It is plenty of grind in the traditional sense but NOT mostly RNG. This is a terrible and unfounded misconception. It's possible to rely on RNG to progress in this game but by and large an objectively bad idea leading to heartache and frustration.
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Xamtheking
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WTF Does Impact actually mean
Got it through a legendary engram after leveling the cryptarch. I feel like your chances for rolling a legendary go up with time or something. In the beginning legendary were worthless, but now they seem to pan out more often. I had 3 purple engrams yesterday and got 2 legendaries and 1 exotic. Maybe just a short stretch of good luck for a change lol!
Damage per bullet.
i'd try to explain it but i'd probably just give up and avatar quote you
Getting good rewards in Crucible is entirely RNG. Ask me how many times I've seen 'that guy' with 0.44 K/D get a legendary engram.
N° 2048
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Why rely on RNG?
You can play Crucible and get the rep/marks up fairly quickly and just buy better gear.
Stealthcobra
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spot on review... I'm also enjoying the game... but think about this for a second.. 500 million and this is the result? If no mans sky lives up to expectations, then destiny basically released into being just obsolete just in the terms of no mans sky concept.
why can't we land and take off in destiny... getting ship blueprints would have been bad ass to find.. but it's purely a cosmetic item for a fucking loading screen.. wtf. ghost shell... why would i care to change the color of such an irrelevant tool.
Yes but your goal in playing crucible should be rep and marks to buy your legendaries. Not the end match rng. I gave up on farming after a day of trying effortlessly and started grinding rep. Now i almost have a complete set
Pop
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I thought it was the stun effect. You know when you hit an enemy and he flinches.
I'm not speaking to the buying of gear. I was only addressing the half-baked loot system. The system of buying endgame gear in Destiny is similar to a lot of MMOs, though Destiny is more stingy with the gear-trade currency IMO.
Xamtheking
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Stealthcobra
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I think i just hit 10 or 11 i can't remember.
He's not right on everything, correct. A lot of it is dead-on, though.
And I love the game.
Reps + marks > RNG.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Did you guys beat it yet? If you're planning to attempt it again tonight, I'm game.
Don't forget your cardio and always go after the HB 8-10s!
I'm a 21 I think, doesn't seem to change much of anything.
I've had more rare engrams give me legendaries than legendary engrams. I dismantled the previous purples because it was all stuff I never use and I wanted ascendant energy...and now the first legendary I get from a legendary engram is actually for hunters instead. Why would they do that?
RageWaffles
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Just tried that, didn't work. Tried it again, and now I'm getting an error (CE-33945-4). Thanks for the suggestion, though!
Edit: Fourth time was the charm, somehow!
Yep. I'm fully decked out in legendary and exotic armour and weapons which I either bought, got gifted by my faction or got in the Nightfall strike. No farming was required for me to unlock the Suited for War achievement.
All I need to do is finally complete the Raid and reach level 30 and I can move on from the game. Right in time for FIFA.
After grinding out those 25 strike missions for the exotic bounty, i feel like i don't want to play another strike mission again in the current playlist. I hope with the expansion content they add a good number of strike missions, it's sad to say I'm already craving for new content already. 
I use it and have it almost maxed out. It's truly a marvelous gun.
Already acknowledged that.
MarshMellow96
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So my best bet is playing Crucible/Strikes for currency rather than trying to find engrams? I don't seem to have much luck farming anyway.. I've got my Cryptarch up to level 2 because I never get engrams just weapons!
"Dead-on-but-still-angry Joe"
SJRB
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I finally reached Mars, the planet I anticipated the most by far.
...no footprints in the sand. Skybox is nice though. The "story" completely lost me, I have no fucking clue what is even going on anymore. My Ghost sounds more and more bored as the story progresses. The Venus missions were terrible, and the Awoken stuff is just... I don't even.
I will say Lootcaving is strangely satisfying, even though the rewards have been minimal at best.
...no footprints in the sand. Skybox is nice though. The "story" completely lost me, I have no fucking clue what is even going on anymore. My Ghost sounds more and more bored as the story progresses. The Venus missions were terrible, and the Awoken stuff is just... I don't even.
I will say Lootcaving is strangely satisfying, even though the rewards have been minimal at best.
Im a LV 27 almost 28 hunter looking for a serious clan/group/whatever aiming to work on completing a raid without anyone dying. All though i have no experience raiding in destiny yet, i do have extensive experience raiding in general. Raided top tier in WoW a lot.
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There are 100% footprints in the sand.
PRjumpman124
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Any tips for farming relic iron?
You should be able to rely on loot in order to level up.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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You've missed my point by a country mile. :-[
Think of the loot rolls at the end of a crucible match as a bonus. Not the primary rewards you get from Crucible (which do, by the way, change depending on if you win or lose).
Not only is it your best bet, it is how you are intended to play the game.
Caveat though, while Crucible (and a bad deal in material conversion) is the only way to obtain Crucible Marks...
Vanguard Marks can be earned, in addition to the Strike playlist, from public events and the Daily Heroic Story. Maybe the Weekly Heroic Strike as well? Can't remember. Oh and the same bad deal mat conversion.
Doesn't everyone in the group unlock the checkpoints or something?
Revolutionary
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Lol?
I was pointing out the hypocrisy. Like the others did after me.
Keep in mind that not every legendary is the same with their unlocks. The one I had was fine for PvE but again, the stability and impact wasn't there to be used in Crucible effectively. Certainly not over my Shadow Price.
Hispanic! At the Disco
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Played 31 crucible matches- got about 6 blues and 1 strange coin :/
I dont have the time to invest into this game and im impatient for a lengendary now lol its super cheap and im ashamed lol but is it possible to just go afk in crucible rumble? And just have the stick pushed down the whole game?
I think im just bitter at all my friend's legendaries and them playing much less hahaha
I dont have the time to invest into this game and im impatient for a lengendary now lol its super cheap and im ashamed lol but is it possible to just go afk in crucible rumble? And just have the stick pushed down the whole game?
I think im just bitter at all my friend's legendaries and them playing much less hahaha
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Nope, it's pretty pointless upping the difficulty unless it gives you a specific reward. You will only get more XP for motes of light from higher level kills.
I assume you mean random loot from engrams (of course you need loot to level up).
while this may be how you feel it is not how the game is designed. if that makes it less enjoyable for you, it makes it less enjoyable for you. it doesn't make it bad. furthermore, loot from the nightfall strike will be viable to progress and loot from the raid is required to reach 30.
Speaking as someone who really enjoys Rumble, I just want to say I have no problem with this at all. It's just easy kills from my hand cannon. Go for it.
Don't do it in a team mode.
Stealthcobra
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oh ok. I'm only level 8. i find it odd that no engrams he sells are worth getting. its always 1 green and beige... which I'm not even sure what that gives
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