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[RiverKwai]

I hate that Bungie gets to decide what we can play and what not. Why cant I play Iron Banner right now? Because its an "event". They want you to feel like its new content when its actually already ib the game and they just have to turn the knob on.

That's exactly what they said they were going to do though? It was one of the major focuses of the Beta, and one of the reasons why the world-system they designed is online only. They are going to rotate content to keep things fresh, they are going to flip knob off and on in real-time without disrupting the game world or having you download big updates every week.

In the Beta, Iron Banner turned off and on several times. The moon turned on and off. That's what it was for. They were practicing.

 

[off duty ninja]

Nice! I can't imagine how I'd deal with those fucking Wizards and mobs solo during the bit while your ghost is opening the door :\

I was able to hang out in the hall and before that room and pick off the witches as they chased me out. That was where my one death occurred.

Definitely scales. I was in a party of two running a daily 22 and we were practically walking through it. We got complacent and died. Moments after respawn, a third joined and holy hell it ramped up. Almost felt like the time I tried it at level 26.

Ok, that makes me feel better. When there were 3 of us they all seemed more aggressive and stronger.

 

[aro52]

I hate that Bungie gets to decide what we can play and what not. Why cant I play Iron Banner right now? Because its an "event". They want you to feel like its new content when its actually already ib the game and they just have to turn the knob on.

Its the same thing with no custom games. Why cant K play a 3 vs 3 skirmish with my 6 player fireteam? Give me some options man wth?

The oddest/dumbest is how Salvage completely disappeared, and it's needed for a friggin' Trophy!

 

[DJ Lushious]

I quit leveling crucible, it takes ages. I got Vanguard to 2, and have capped marks since thursday or so. I need 8 more to buy a second piece from them. From then its full time New Monarchy. Leveling a faction goes faster, everything goes to it.

And my opinion is the exact opposite of yours. I think grinding Vanguard takes forever, yet I've capped Crucible marks two weeks in a row.

 

[Hawkian]

Vanguard Rank 2! Bought my first legendary armor – a chest piece – and now I'm almost to level 24!

Niiice. if you have level 20 blues in the other slots, upgrades will take you well beyond that!

 

[LuchaShaq]

I'm at the boss of the heroic daily anyone want to join for an easy five marks? Psn luchashaq

Never mind did it solo on third try

 

[jett]

There will be a mass exodus if they patch out the loot cave.

I don't know why are people even doing the loot cave still. WE'VE WOKEN THE HIVE yields a higher amount of kills per minute.

 

[ComputerBlue]

Well this is just utter bullcrap. I finally get in a raid group, we get to the last boss, and my connection craps out. Can't rejoin anything, and it looks like my spot has already been filled anyway.

Anyone up for doing the raid with me later tonight?

I'll raid with you. I've finished the raid, but I was invited onto someones save file which was already at the last boss. No idea what the rest of the raid is like so I'm eager to try. Just PM me your username and i'll add you.

 

[MMaRsu]

lol you can play 3v3 skirmish whenever you want

Do you have trouble reading?

Im talking about playing 3 vs 3 with my 6 man fireteam of friends.

Or a 6 v 6 games with two of my friends fireteams.

Custom/private games.

Just for fun, you know?

 

[SkylineRKR]

And my opinion is the exact opposite of yours. I think grinding Vanguard takes forever, yet I've capped Crucible marks two weeks in a row.

Really?

I did some Earth PE runs. Did some Strikes and got it after an afternoon.

 

[Fushichou187]

Just to get things straight, all signs point to those areas explicitly being tied to DLC.

(my last question got stuck as the last post)

Where did you hear this? The Dark Below DLC is supposed to be tied strictly to the Moon, and the House of Wolves-- it's speculated-- located within the Reef as that's the house the Queen had assumed leadership of.

The locked areas in Old Russia don't seem to be tied to either of those.

 

[matrixman92]

do some classes not level up at the same rate as others experience wise? I need 6 more unlocks for the warlock, i have already maxed the Titan...which took two days. I just turned in 4 bounties at once and they did not even take me halfway to the next unlock on the warlock. There is no way it took this long during my titan run. It might just be me being impatient, but holy shit this is slow.

 

[Fixed1979]

And my opinion is the exact opposite of yours. I think grinding Vanguard takes forever, yet I've capped Crucible marks two weeks in a row.

Crucible marks are fine, I capped both Vanguard and Crucible last week. It's raising the level that I'm struggling with. I think it's partially to due with me being terrible at completing most of the PVP bounties, I see to get ones that contradict my style and force me to use weapons I don't normally use.

 

[oneils]

Hotkey would be amazing, but no, just gotta be behind cover when you pop the menu. You get fast at it.

some way to hotswap weapons or use items from inventory is really needed. I'd give up the emotes on dpad if I could use them to swap weapons like its done in the Souls series.

 

[off duty ninja]

So the Weekly Heroic solo at 22?
I'll have to try then. I tried with another 22 and 23 and we just got killed at the final boss.

If you don't mind using an exploit this is what I did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ymOMHLxxGo

You are pretty much guaranteed to beat phogoth using this method.

 

[MMaRsu]

I don't know why are people even doing the loot cave still. WE'VE WOKEN THE HIVE yields a higher amount of kills per minute.

Which mission is that? The second one? Or what

 

[super-famicom]

Vanguard Rank 2! Bought my first legendary armor – a chest piece – and now I'm almost to level 24!

Grats! We can finally take on higher level content.

 

[Dave_6]

Guess I'll finish maxing out my Vanguard marks tonight before it resets. I'm 3/4 of the way there.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

My buddy and I need a third for the weekly strike tonight, the moon one with the giant ogre. We are both 23/24. Add me on PSN, PaiPai. Well probably be on for it around 8 or 9 PM est

 

[RiverKwai]

Which mission is that? The second one? Or what

First moon mission.

 

[SlenderBeans]

I'll raid with you. I've finished the raid, but I was invited onto someones save file which was already at the last boss. No idea what the rest of the raid is like so I'm eager to try. Just PM me your username and i'll add you.

Eh, i don't mind posting it here. PSN ID: SlenderBeans

I was also the Fireteam leader in the last group, so I should be checkpointed up to the last boss. I just really want to try and beat him before the reset tonight.

Anyone else want to join up later when my connection isn't so bad?

 

[Fushichou187]

Which mission is that? The second one? Or what

The Dark Beyond. The first Moon mission. It's great (imo) because of the high turnover. I just mute the game and listen to some news podcasts while doing it.

 

[Eric WK]

I hate that Bungie gets to decide what we can play and what not. Why cant I play Iron Banner right now? Because its an "event". They want you to feel like its new content when its actually already ib the game and they just have to turn the knob on.

Its the same thing with no custom games. Why cant K play a 3 vs 3 skirmish with my 6 player fireteam? Give me some options man wth?

WHY CANT I PLAY MORE OF A GAME I DONT EVEN LIKE BUNGIE whyyyyyy

 

[PrivateWHudson]

(my last question got stuck as the last post)

Where did you hear this? The Dark Below DLC is supposed to be tied strictly to the Moon, and the House of Wolves-- it's speculated-- located within the Reef as that's the house the Queen had assumed leadership of.

The locked areas in Old Russia don't seem to be tied to either of those.

I could very well be wrong, but where there's smoke:

- House of Wolves is the second confirmed DLC for Destiny.[1] It will involve hunting the Fallen members of the House of Wolves who have betrayed the Queen of the Reef.[2][3][4]

Probably in locked areas in current explore zones.

Queens bounty thing tomorrow:
The Dark Below Story:
Bounty Mission Description
Nycor, Reborn The Veil Lifted Defeat Nycor, Reborn in “The Veil Lifted” mission in the Cosmodrome on Earth.
Moluk, Wormwaker The Seeding Defeat Moluk, Wormwaker in “The Seeding” mission in the Cosmodrome on Earth.
Watchers of Crota The Wakening Defeat the Watchers of Crota in “The Wakening” mission on the Moon.

House of Wolves Story:
Bounty Mission Description
TARGET: ? Gone to Ground Defeat r1_s3_story_cosmo7_major2 in the “Gone to Ground” mission in Cosmodrome.
TARGET: ? Wolves’ Harvest Defeat r1_s3_story_venus3_major2 in the “Wolves’ Harvest” mission on Venus.
TARGET: ? The Citadel Defeat r1_s3_story_venus9_ultra0 in “The Citadel” mission on Venus.

That said, GhaleonEB doesn't trust the source, so we'll just have to wait and see. Please Bungie, prove this to be unfounded speculation.

 

[Namikaze1]

My god, just only 0.2% of PS4 Destiny players have beaten the Raid.


I'm part of the 0.2%!

 

[MMaRsu]

First moon mission.

Oh right I thought they fixed that one already

 

[Brazil]

Thanks. Seems weird, but that's not the only thing about this game that's odd

This is actually pretty common in MMOs.

Hell, all Blizzard games go down on Tuesday so they can do server maintenance, launch updates and reset Raid/cap timers.

 

[Fehyd]

So has anyone read the grimoire card major spoilers about

Spoiler

Rasputin realizing it can't defeat The Darkness and killing humanity and creating the collapse so as to survive?

Kinda puts a few events in the story in perspective, in a bit of a forboding way.

 

[RiverKwai]

It's the McRib of video games...no complaints from me.

Analogy WIN.

 

[Diablohead]

If bungie doesn't do anything soon about the loot cave and boss item drops everyone is going to have a big collection of guns already, PvP right how has enough exotic weapons going around nothing feels fresh.

 

[Cudder]

I get bullshit drops both at the cave and in PVP. Fml. Still waiting on my first Legendary..

 

[cpp_is_king]

I don't know why are people even doing the loot cave still. WE'VE WOKEN THE HIVE yields a higher amount of kills per minute.

I timed it, and it doesn't. I got the 100 kill bounty done in less than 2 minutes at the cave. Each run at the hive is about 20 seconds, then an extra 10 seconds for loading screens, waiting for the door to open, etc. And you get about 17 kills per run there. So 17 kills every 30 seconds is about 70 kills every 2 minutes.

I would encourage you to actually time it with a stopwatch over a 5 minute period. The cave is 100% better.

 

[SkylineRKR]

I think that loot also drops for you when you assist other kills?

Crucible marks are fine, I capped both Vanguard and Crucible last week. It's raising the level that I'm struggling with. I think it's partially to due with me being terrible at completing most of the PVP bounties, I see to get ones that contradict my style and force me to use weapons I don't normally use.

I meant the level raising in particular. I am doing way less Crucible bounties because I don't use Sniper etc. 10 sprees with Fusion Rifle? yeah no. I mostly do the Kill 25 of X class, play 5 matches of X, kill 15 with super or capture 10 points etc. But Vanguard bounties still go quicker.

Just today I did the 200 thing on Mars, 6 patrols on mars and 30 melee kills in a very short time. They could all be done at the same time.

 

[Ravensmash]

Can someone quickly explain how Crucible is balanced? I'm only level 11 yet I'm killing lvl. 20+ with ease so I presume there's something going on with weapons etc.

...smaller maps really showcase how fantastic the combat is.

 

[Xeroblade]

I get bullshit drops both at the cave and in PVP. Fml. Still waiting on my first Legendary..

Same here, but I have turned into bringing my vanguard points up. sooner or later i will get one instead of hoping to get one from the cave.

 

[Ivory Samoan]

Shit I use glimmer consumables all the time.

Same here, they're brilliant!

 

[SkylineRKR]

Can someone quickly explain how Crucible is balanced? I'm only level 11 yet I'm killing lvl. 20+ with ease so I presume there's something going on with weapons etc.

Levels don't mean shit. Weapon perks do somewhat, but thats an FPS staple since MW. Basically, you can do well at level 5.

 

[super-famicom]

So has anyone read the grimoire card major spoilers about

Spoiler

Rasputin realizing it can't defeat The Darkness and killing humanity and creating the collapse so as to survive?

Kinda puts a few events in the story in perspective, in a bit of a forboding way.

That spoiler sounds kinda important but why leave something like that out of the game and instead make me look it up on their website/app? It would be nice if they explained these things in game instead.

 

[Alucrid]

Can someone quickly explain how Crucible is balanced? I'm only level 11 yet I'm killing lvl. 20+ with ease so I presume there's something going on with weapons etc.

you broke it. that shouldn't be happening. everyone here gets stomped if they're not 20

Spoiler

weapon damage and health is equal

 

[Unknown Soldier]

i hope they patch out the cave, i need some drama

This cave drama is actually funnier than the hunts drama in FFXIV was because Destiny isn't an MMO or whatever Bungie says

 

[Ramirez]

WHY CANT I PLAY MORE OF A GAME I DONT EVEN LIKE BUNGIE whyyyyyy

Lol, game sucks balls.

 

[Victory Red]

Can someone quickly explain how Crucible is balanced? I'm only level 11 yet I'm killing lvl. 20+ with ease so I presume there's something going on with weapons etc.

...smaller maps really showcase how fantastic the combat is.

Weapon attack numbers don't matter.

Impact, range, stability, etc. do.

 

[KoruptData]

Is the second moon map and the Mercury map only show up for 3 vs 3's? I have played the 2nd moon map once and Mercury twice.

 

[Liferebooted]

Dancing in the cave keeping monsters from spawning is the most fun I'm having anymore. =\

 

[Overdoziz]

Keep getting kicked from the servers.

 

[RiverKwai]

I timed it, and it doesn't. I got the 100 kill bounty done in less than 2 minutes at the cave. Each run at the hive is about 20 seconds, then an extra 10 seconds for loading screens, waiting for the door to open, etc. And you get about 17 kills per run there. So 17 kills every 30 seconds is about 70 kills every 2 minutes.

I would encourage you to actually time it with a stopwatch over a 5 minute period. The cave is 100% better.

I'm averaging 23-28 kills per run on the moon.

 

[lyrick]

I think that loot also drops for you when you assist other kills?



I meant the level raising in particular. I am doing way less Crucible bounties because I don't use Sniper etc. 10 sprees with Fusion Rifle? yeah no. I mostly do the Kill 25 of X class, play 5 matches of X, kill 15 with super or capture 10 points etc. But Vanguard bounties still go quicker.

Just today I did the 200 thing on Mars, 6 patrols on mars and 30 melee kills in a very short time. They could all be done at the same time.

The rank grind for crucible is unholy. 25 for a win that takes a minimum of 10 minutes, when a player can get a assassin patrol challenge knocked out in 2-3 minutes for 25 rep with Vanguard or any Faction...

It seems best to get the Marks, but stick to a faction, the 30 mark discount on weaponry isn't worth the limited reputation gains.

 

[Mrgamer]

Dancing in the cave keeping monsters from spawning is the most fun I'm having anymore. =

RNGEESUS WILL CURSE YOU.

 

[cpp_is_king]

I'm averaging 23-28 kills per run on the moon.

Can we do an experiment? Set a stop watch for 5 minutes, then after 5m die post your kill count according to your death screen. The problem is that each run doesn't take the same amount of time, because it's basically just until you die. You can't compare by just looking at the number per run, because you need to know how long a run takes. An *average* run, not a specific run. So time it over 5 minutes and let's see what your kills / minute are.

BTW, with the cave, when other people are farming, you can literally go afk and other people will drop engrams for you. Other day I went to the restroom, came back 5 minutes later and someone had gotten me a purple.

 

[Namikaze1]

Goddamn, just looking at the trophy list and seeing the low percentage on some trophies right now.

The Packing Heat trophy has been achieved by 0.1% players. I'm a part of that percentage.

The class mastery trophies shows that not many have fully mastered their characters. Titans are the lowest with Warlocks having a better percentage.

Somebody was able to beat the raid without anyone dying.

Only 0.2% of the PS4 Destiny player base has found 50 Dead Ghosts.