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There is one advantage to being fully decked out in exotic and legendary gear, when you find a legendary engram and it decrypts to a blue, green, strange coin or mote of light, you no longer give a fuck, cause you've it made.

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Daemul said:
There is one advantage to being fully decked out in exotic and legendary gear, when you find a legendary engram and it decrypts to a blue, green, strange coin or mote of light, you no longer give a fuck, cause you have it made.

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And what do you do when you have all the gear you want? Serious question here.
 
Hawkian said:
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.
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Aww i cant hahaha oh well. Yea i dont like crucible very much :/ i think halo and pvz are the only competitve shooters i really like.
 
I'm getting pretty discouraged by these drops. I can't seem to get a purple for anything, and I perform well in multi and half the time I'm skipped over for good things. I'm just pretty tired.
 
Finally hit Rank 3 with Vanguard and got The Comedian legendary shotgun. Not bad. So now I'm Rank 3 with Vanguard and New Monarchy. Now time to get the Crucible rank up there and then straight New Monarchy after.
 
DeathJr said:
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.
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This is not true for the Daily Heroic Story, which gives you more guaranteed Ascendant Materials, and the Weekly Heroic Strike, which gives you more Strange Coins, the higher level of each you do.
 
Daemul said:
There is one advantage to being fully decked out in exotic and legendary gear, when you find a legendary engram and it decrypts to a blue, green, strange coin or mote of light, you no longer give a fuck, cause you have it made.

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This is the damn truth.

[quote="MMaRsu, post: 131024036"]And what do you do when you have all the gear you want? Serious question here.[/QUOTE]

Assuming you went through the raid to get said gear, take a break until more stuff goes into the game.
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Darklord said:
OH SHIT. I JUST GOT A LEGENDARY ENGRAM. FUCKING FINALLY! PLEASE BE GOOD.
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prepare for disappointment. The cryptarch is NOT your ally.
Hispanic! At the Disco said:
Aww i cant hahaha oh well. Yea i dont like crucible very much :/ i think halo and pvz are the only competitve shooters i really like.
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Haha, I was saying you could do it! In rumble anyway. I love Rumble, and i don't care if you AFK. It's just easy points for me.
 
LV27 now.

I can't get past LV28 without raid gear.

So, Ascendant Shards are the only thing I can use to LV up with and they come 50% of the time from Dailies, where I MAY get 2 a day. Weeklies MAY give me 11.‏

So in order to get the 8+8+6+6+6+6+6+6+6... 16... 22, 28... 52‏
I need to do....‏
if I am 100% lucky...‏
2 weeks of weekly/dailies‏
without fail‏
FUCK‏
TO LEVEL UP ONCE‏


FUCK YOU DESTINY, FUCK YOU‏

Or I can grind Public events and have a 50%/33% chance of getting 1 every 30 minutes‏
 
Zakalwe said:
I don't like Angry Joe because I find him obnoxious. He never says anything truly insightful or does anything I find that amusing. He also doesn't seem like a particularly nice guy with the way he presents himself on social media, but I guess that could all be part of his constructed persona. Dude could be a secret sweetheart.

He's right about a lot of Destiny's flaws, though.
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wut
 
Hawkian said:
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.
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What loot from the raid? It seems random. Sure, one person may get a legendary or exotic throughout the whole raid but...wasn't the reward for the last boss a Shader? How would a shader help you out with the Raid?

That's the biggest issue with the raid. Why should you want to do the raid each week if there is an extremely large chance that you won't get any worthwhile loot? WoW solves this by having tables for each boss, you may or may not get loot, and they even added personalized loot in Pandaria, which is nice for those who aren't expecting loot. I did the first 3 raid bosses in Destiny and got ascendant shards. Whoop-de-doo, why should I grind the last boss for 2 hours for a shader?

That's the biggest issue with the game in general. They chose personalized loot, but unlike Diablo with guaranteed loot for each boss(Legendary for the first time a boss is done), in Destiny it's just random in raids, and non-existent in Strikes.

It's a huge issue. So big that it's better to grind PVP because it's shorter and because you have a better chance of getting loot, even if you suck.

And to defend it by saying 'Well that's how they designed it, it's not a bad design, just because you hate it.'

It's like...no, there is such thing as bad design. The last stage of destiny just being the same 3 reskinned enemies is bad design. No rewards for any missions outside of 1 time level tied turn ins, no boss drops from any strikes....it's bad design. No amount of excuses takes that away. "Just because you don't like it doesn't make it bad" isn't a valid defense.
 
Hawkian said:
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.
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As I said, I was speaking to the "loot" aspect, which many people were lamenting earlier. The amount of gear-trade currency you get in Destiny is pretty stingy compared to most MMOs.
 
Hawkian said:
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..
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But isnt this a loot game. You shouldn't have to buy shit in order to level up . I should be able to level 26 strike and get gear that would help me out or go 30 and 2 in the pvp and get something worth while. And let not talk about how this game was design because it has so many stupid choices that it hard why it was designed that way. I mean who thought it was a good idea to have purple engram turn into blue.
 
izunadono said:
LV27 now.

I can't get past LV28 without raid gear.

So, Ascendant Shards are the only thing I can use to LV up with and they come 50% of the time from Dailies, where I MAY get 2 a day. Weeklies MAY give me 11.‏

So in order to get the 8+8+6+6+6+6+6+6+6... 16... 22, 28... 52‏
I need to do....‏
if I am 100% lucky...‏
2 weeks of weekly/dailies‏
without fail‏
FUCK‏
TO LEVEL UP ONCE‏


FUCK YOU DESTINY, FUCK YOU‏

Or I can grind Public events and have a 50%/33% chance of getting 1 every 30 minutes‏
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World Of Warcraft would like to stop by and talk about going from 94 to 95
 
izunadono said:
LV27 now.

I can't get past LV28 without raid gear.

So, Ascendant Shards are the only thing I can use to LV up with and they come 50% of the time from Dailies, where I MAY get 2 a day. Weeklies MAY give me 11.‏

So in order to get the 8+8+6+6+6+6+6+6+6... 16... 22, 28... 52‏
I need to do....‏
if I am 100% lucky...‏
2 weeks of weekly/dailies‏
without fail‏
FUCK‏
TO LEVEL UP ONCE‏


FUCK YOU DESTINY, FUCK YOU‏

Or I can grind Public events and have a 50%/33% chance of getting 1 every 30 minutes‏
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Ive done events for 2hrs and no award except for the first one of the day. Its better to do daily and weekly strikes
 
Hawkian said:
This is not true for the Daily Heroic Story, which gives you more guaranteed Ascendant Materials, and the Weekly Heroic Strike, which gives you more Strange Coins, the higher level of each you do.
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Yeah I know, he was asking about replaying story missions. I always play dailies on higher level to get those ascendant materials.
 
Xamtheking said:
World Of Warcraft would like to stop by and talk about going from 94 to 95
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I hate that even at LV27, with exception to a Raid I don't have time for, the game plays exactly the same, baring Nightfall, which I have to play with 2 other dudes for a random reward. I knew Destiny's gameplay wasn't going to get better, but it has really hit home now.
 
Is there a good single location to farm public events even when alone? I've been using the one in skywatch but now there are a lot of times when its just "the enemy is moving towards each other." seems it might be easier to sit in orbit for a while and then jump down to skywatch for the public event
 
Despite the bad reviews I still want to play this. Am I crazy? I don't have any real life friends with a ps4 so I would have to find a GAF clan to play with. Stupid idea?
 
BreezyLimbo said:
What loot from the raid? It seems random. Sure, one person may get a legendary or exotic throughout the whole raid but...wasn't the reward for the last boss a Shader? How would a shader help you out with the Raid?
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Legendaries that are found only in the raid have higher base light which is required to reach level 30.
Marcel said:
As I said, I was speaking to the "loot" aspect, which many people were lamenting earlier.
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Your quote is: "The endgame with light levels and getting raid/Nightfall strike-ready is mostly grind and RNG." This has been my experience exactly 0% of the time. I'm about 3 light away from 27.
The amount of gear-trade currency you get in Destiny is pretty stingy compared to most MMOs.
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I must say, this is ludicrous based on my experiences in other games. The concept of being this close to fully geared for endgame in less than two weeks from launch strikes me as rather generous. But I sympathize with your perspective.
Heroman said:
But isnt this a loot game. You shouldn't have to buy shit in order to level up . I should be able to level 26 strike and get gear that would help me out or go 30 and 2 in the pvp and get something worth while. And let not talk about how this game was design because it has so many stupid choices that it hard why it was designed that way.
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I'm sorry, I just don't agree; I don't think it's rational for you to claim authority about what you should or shouldn't have to do. When you play a level 26 strike you are earning gear, through mark rewards. PvP loot randomization exists for other reasons entirely. I didn't understand your final sentence.
 
Superblatt said:
Despite the bad reviews I still want to play this. Am I crazy? I don't have any real life friends with a ps4 so I would have to find a GAF clan to play with. Stupid idea?
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Oh, it's an incredibly fun game. I criticize stuff of the game, but I don't deny that it has fun gameplay and it could be a good time waster if you need to listen a podcast or something.
 
Superblatt said:
Despite the bad reviews I still want to play this. Am I crazy? I don't have any real life friends with a ps4 so I would have to find a GAF clan to play with. Stupid idea?
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You would have no other choice for non-matchmaking activities. Destiny is really bad with regards to in-game social tools.
 
lyrick said:
rep up fairly quickly.. Crucible?

Explain.
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I guess it's quick if you enjoy Crucible.

When I play PvP I get so lost in it and by the end of a few hours I got a good amount of Crucible rep/marks ("Good amount" in my opinion though.)

Some people want everything now though. I find now that I'm at 25 with just one more piece of gear (a few Light points) needed for 26 I can chill a bit.
 
Any idea how you can see how far you are to ranking with your faction or vanguard marks? I've given up doing dead orbit because I don't want to be forced todo crucible , so will instead go for vanguard legendarys , already have enough marks to buy some but says I need rank 2 and I have no idea how far I am from that,

Starting to get burnout with this game, 25 hrs in and not seen a single purple engram, and that's doing all modes and even farming,
 
anyone have solutions for the marionberry error? my friend can randomly not connect, and he's tried pretty much everything from hard resets to power cycling modem and router but he still gets it frequently.
 
AusRoachman said:
Any idea how you can see how far you are to ranking with your faction or vanguard marks? I've given up doing dead orbit because I don't want to be forced todo crucible , so will instead go for vanguard legendarys , already have enough marks to buy some but says I need rank 2 and I have no idea how far I am from that,

Starting to get burnout with this game, 25 hrs in and not seen a single purple engram, and that's doing all modes and even farming,
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If you go talk to any vanguard vendor, it'll show your rank on the left.

Don't worry about legendary engrams :) they're a bad deal to aim for anyway. helps to thing of them as lotto tickets.
Hiko said:
About how long do I have to grind Crucible to get legendary gear? I don't want to rely on this RNG nonsense.
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Unless you enjoy Crucible I don't recommend doing so at all. Go for Vanguard Rep/Marks and buy your first legendary gear from them.
 
stan_marsh said:
I guess it's quick if you enjoy Crucible.

When I play PvP I get so lost in it and by the end of a few hours I got a good amount of Crucible rep/marks ("Good amount" in my opinion though.)

Some people want everything now though...I find now that I'm at 25 with just one more piece of gear needed for 26 I can chill a bit.
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I'm 73 games in. That's a minimum of 730 minutes spent

Over twelve hours in a mode I detest and I still can't spend my maxed marks on a piece of armor. It has much less to do with wanting everything as it does wanting to see progress after 12+ FUCKING hours of play.
 
lyrick said:
I'm 73 games in. That's a minimum of 730 minutes spent

Over twelve hours in a mode I detest and I still can't spend my maxed marks on a piece of armor. It has much less to do with wanting everything as it does wanting to see progress after 12+ FUCKING hours of play.
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are you doing the PvP bounties?
 
Hawkian said:
Legendaries that are found only in the raid have higher base light which is required to reach level 30.

Your quote is: "The endgame with light levels and getting raid/Nightfall strike-ready is mostly grind and RNG." This has been my experience exactly 0% of the time. I'm about 3 light away from 27.

I must say, this is ludicrous based on my experiences in other games. The concept of being this close to fully geared for endgame in less than two weeks from launch strikes me as rather generous. But I sympathize with your perspective.

I'm sorry, I just don't agree; I don't think it's rational for you to claim authority about what you should or shouldn't have to do. When you play a level 26 strike you are earning gear, through mark rewards. PvP loot randomization exists for other reasons entirely. I didn't understand your final sentence.
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Destiny is light on content so it's not surprising that people are min-maxing this game fast.
 
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