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[BenjaminBirdie]

Can I check my Vanguard and Crucible levels on the bungie app or bungie.net?

Yes, go to the Vanguard or Crucible vendors on Tower Map.

 

[Respect]

At work, referred to an invoice as a "bounty" to a colleague, awkwardness ensues...I think I have a problem.

 

[Gundy2010]

Some people such as myself want to save them - there is no reason to have it capped at 200. The only thing it does is make it an annoyance.

I think it would be nice for all your characters to also share the reputation levels and vanguard/crucible points. You can do that for inventory and cash, but why not others? Grinding vanguard rep for all 3 of your characters is so painful and pointless...

 

[Evil Beaver]

So is rumble the fastest way to farm crucible rank outside of PVP bounties? Do you get more rep if you win a round? ..because I absolutely suck at PVP and after countless hours of playing I've only won a handful of matches (all game modes)

All I want is some Grim Citizen in my life...

 

[Art Vandilay]

At work, referred to an invoice as a "bounty" to a colleague, awkwardness ensues...I think I have a problem.

Haha if you're a debt collector then this use of the term actually makes sense.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Its Nexus, strategy is to hide behind the pillar close to where you fall.

Is there something special about this pillar? The problem with Nexus whenever I've done it has alwys been the adds, not the boss's attacks.

 

[nib95]

At work, referred to an invoice as a "bounty" to a colleague, awkwardness ensues...I think I have a problem.

I lol'd.

 

[DjRalford]

Speaking of shields.. Is there a breakdown of what type of gun can be used most effectively against those colored shields?

Yellow is solar
Blue is ark
Purple is void

Something high impact

 

[Socat]

Hey now I agree with you. I am talking about in the future. Destiny is my baby, Its my GOTY but that doesn't mean somethings shouldn't be expected.

Yeah, I agree, but the expectations are clearly skewed too. Destiny is my GOTY too, and I've put more time into this game than any other besides D3 or LoL in the past two years, so I think it's safe to say I've gotten my moneys worth out of it, and there's still plenty to enjoy.

 

[Evil Beaver]

I think it would be nice for all your characters to also share the reputation levels and vanguard/crucible points. You can do that for inventory and cash, but why not others? Grinding vanguard rep for all 3 of your characters is so painful and pointless...

Just have one of your characters be a farmer, you CAN buy gear from the other class vanguards you know. Also you can use the vault to transfer items between your Guardians.

 

[EmmaWatsonButt]

So on these Queen's missions, there is nothing stopping you from returning to orbit over and over in order to do the Earth mission? You'll get a legendary each time you do the Earth mission? Not just the first time for each mission/location per week?

Wait, how does this work?

 

[Skele7on]

" bungie: We want to give players the chance to tell an awesome story on how they got their weapon/gear"

SO NOW.
People shot for five hours into a cave
Played the same strike 9001 times

This isn't a fun amazing story. Add that to all the caps that are put in place.

Bungie is 100 times better than this.

What happened here?

Dax: because it's the truth at the moment and has a valid place in a forum about destiny I'm not advertising I'm making a point.

 

[Marcel]

lol, talk about a pipe dream. There is no way a matchmade group of randoms could do shit like positioning and coordination, on top of added mechanics that don't involve just shooting.

I've done successful dungeons/raids with randoms in FFXIV. It's not a big deal.

 

[Evil Beaver]

Speaking of shields.. Is there a breakdown of what type of gun can be used most effectively against those colored shields?

Where are people seeing colored shields? Am I color blind or something?

 

[Handy Fake]

Haha if you're a debt collector then this use of the term actually makes sense.

He is the derrrrrg, the big bad derrrrrrg...

 

[Lalalandia]

I think it would be nice for all your characters to also share the reputation levels and vanguard/crucible points. You can do that for inventory and cash, but why not others? Grinding vanguard rep for all 3 of your characters is so painful and pointless...

So this but I guess the counter argument is that a cap of 100 VMarks across 3 characters is too little but a cap of 300 would be too much for one. I personally will probably never grind Faction Rep for this reason on my alts or main as I just couldn't be arsed, I'll rely on Vanguard vendors, Xur and RNGesus for my gear.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

Just got a ship from a chest

 

[Patroclos]

Fucking hell Ive been on hold for 20 minutes straight at Sony Benelux helpdesk. Trying to return this shitty shitty game.

You would have found many more sympathetic ears in the review thread.

 

[youngplaya21]

Finallly level 28!!! Now that I actually meet the criteria, I can finally start playing the nightfall and the vault of glass

I was barely a 27 as of last night. The Queens bounty stuff really helped, since it gave me a legendary helmet (had a rare maxed) and a good chunk of shards from the leftover helmets so I could upgrade my chest

 

[DjRalford]

SO NOW.
People shot for five hours into a cave
Played the same strike 9001 times

This isn't a fun amazing story. Add that to all the caps that are put in place.

Bungie is 100 times better than this.

What happened here?

I feel they were forced to release unfinished, things like their comment saying adding grimoire in game would have delayed it screams unfinished product.

 

[Bunta]

Anyone doing nightfall right now?

 

[Ramirez]

Okay. And I think you're wrong, because you can experience every ounce of the game's unique non-raid content in <15 hours, which 2 weeks in isn't a ton of time.

That's about how much you get out of most AAA games these days. This game is meant to be replayed over & over though.

I'm not saying the game is where it needs to be, but there is enough content there that they can keep the day to day flow fresh. There are certain story missions that could easily be added to the Strike playlist with the right modifiers. They also need to add payouts to high level story missions in general.

If the game is lacking so much, why do you continue to play it though?

I've done successful dungeons/raids with randoms in FFXIV. It's not a big deal.

Talk about apples & oranges. You're talking about a shooter player base that the vast majority have never raided in a game like FF or WoW, it's not a big deal to you because you've played those types of games and know what to expect. I've played Strikes with level 25 people who couldn't stay alive nor kill shit with any kind of efficiency, and you think these people are capable of that??

 

[Lalalandia]

What happened here?

My guess $500 million and no release in sight led to the axe landing on a lot of content. The game screams 'hack job to ship to me', it hasn't effected the base game much but plot, mission design and audio seems to have been cut (I mean why not hire a VO actor to record the Grimoire dialog?)

 

[E92 M3]

I think it would be nice for all your characters to also share the reputation levels and vanguard/crucible points. You can do that for inventory and cash, but why not others? Grinding vanguard rep for all 3 of your characters is so painful and pointless...

And that's why I'm not doing it.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

What kind of question is this? It'll be fun for the people with the best gear obvi

It's gonna be real fun for people who have the best gear, vanilla WoW PVP style!



The majority of average people are too dumb to be able to coordinate for a raid without dumbing it down to the point of it being just another strike. There's really no way around that, unless you did what Blizzard did, which like I said, in this game, would equate to another boring strike.

I feel they were forced to release unfinished, things like their comment saying adding grimoire in game would have delayed it screams unfinished product.

Has to be this. Or Bungie seriously isn't the Bungie we all remember from Halo.

 

[Krogan]

Anyone on PS3 want to do The Queen's Wrath missions?
PSN: ColdReaction.

 

[Zakalwe]

Also guys this extra content is free
Take that into account
Who's prepped for the hellstorm that will be Iron Banner?

They have the resources to do much better than this.

Pallet swap gear/mission modifiers is not a great first event for a game if this size.

I'm not even that fussed, I'm still enjoying playing, but it being free is no excuse for it being a poor attempt.

 

[Marcel]

My guess $500 million and no release in sight led to the axe landing on a lot of content. The game screams 'hack job to ship to me', it hasn't effected the base game much but plot, mission design and audio seems to have been cut (I mean why not hire a VO actor to record the Grimoire dialog?)

The better question is why is the Grimoire not included in the game at all?

 

[Juraash]

Some people such as myself want to save them - there is no reason to have it capped at 200. The only thing it does is make it an annoyance.

Serious question. What for? Are you trying to hold out for rank 3 so you can buy weapons or a shiny new Sparrow? Are you geared out and upgraded to the point where even buying one or two pieces just for some shards isn't worth it? Is there no other primary weapon you'd like to try that might warrant you building a set around bonuses that apply to it?

I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just genuinely curious why saving over 200 marks would be necessary at this point. Do I think the cap should be higher? Probably, I mean that is only 2 weeks of capping out. But I can't think of a reason, personally, to hang onto them at the moment. I have my gear mostly built around a Scout/Sniper combo, but with the Handcannon I snagged last night I'd like to build a whole new set to compliment that.

Now there will be a point, weeks from now, where I have all that I could want and maybe the cap impacts me more directly. I'm just trying to fully understand the frustration.

 

[darkwing]

But Iron Banner IS Crucible except its insanely inbalanced. Thats even worse than normal Crucible. Having fun getting blasted by shotgun runners in crucible? Thats only the beginning lol.

Remote Control is ready

 

[Raide]

Still no epic items here but just for a laugh I will shard the first one that drops lol.

 

[X-Frame]

Who here has the Devil You Know hand cannon and do you recommend it from the Vanguard?

 

[EL CUCO]

At work, referred to an invoice as a "bounty" to a colleague, awkwardness ensues...I think I have a problem.

 

[Poodlestrike]

That's about how much you get out of most AAA games these days. This game is meant to be replayed over & over though.

I'm not saying the game is where it needs to be, but there is enough content there that they can keep the day to day flow fresh. There are certain story missions that could easily be added to the Strike playlist with the right modifiers. They also need to add payouts to high level story missions in general.

If the game is lacking so much, why do you continue to play it though?

Core gameplay loop is just that damn good.

Besides. Wanna beat the raid at least, before I walk away until the first expansion.

 

[MMaRsu]

Why are you posting tweets you make?

Why not? It's all in good fun.

Why are you so defensive about this game?

 

[Respect]

Haha if you're a debt collector then this use of the term actually makes sense.

That Cabal Mr. Stewart has an outstanding bounty on his account for $3,000, need the help of my fellow guardians to collect. You can get rep with me or your faction of choice. I will throw in 25 glimmer if you complete the bounty.

 

[Ramirez]

Has to be this. Or Bungie seriously isn't the Bungie we all remember from Halo.

Did you not play Reach? Bungie moved away from balanced MP a long ass time ago, and that's why in order to enjoy the crucible, you have to leave those memories at the door.

 

[Marcel]

Core gameplay loop is just that damn good.

Besides. Wanna beat the raid at least, before I walk away until the first expansion.

That's my plan as well. Waiting for the rest of my Halo clan to get raid-ready and then this mess goes on the shelf until the DLC.

Why not? It's all in good fun.

Why are you so defensive about this game?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_costs

 

[Homeboyd]

That's about how much you get out of most AAA games these days. This game is meant to be replayed over & over though.

I'm not saying the game is where it needs to be, but there is enough content there that they can keep the day to day flow fresh. There are certain story missions that could easily be added to the Strike playlist with the right modifiers. They also need to add payouts to high level story missions in general.

If the game is lacking so much, why do you continue to play it though?

Yep, just add more incentive to do higher level stuff (strikes/raids/harder story missions) and it will keep the game fresh(er) and hopefully out of the caves. If you're just looking to jump up ranks, it's quicker to boost a cave for 10 min than it is to do a 30+ min strike or run pvp which is completely random.

Incentivize the features you offer so people gravitate towards them. People think the game is stale b/c they're playing the stuff with the highest rewards over and over and avoiding a lot of the rest of the game as a result.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

Serious question. What for? Are you trying to hold out for rank 3 so you can buy weapons or a shiny new Sparrow? Are you geared out and upgraded to the point where even buying one or two pieces just for some shards isn't worth it? Is there no other primary weapon you'd like to try that might warrant you building a set around bonuses that apply to it?

I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just genuinely curious why saving over 200 marks would be necessary at this point. Do I think the cap should be higher? Probably, I mean that is only 2 weeks of capping out. But I can't think of a reason, personally, to hang onto them at the moment. I have my gear mostly built around a Scout/Sniper combo, but with the Handcannon I snagged last night I'd like to build a whole new set to compliment that.

Now there will be a point, weeks from now, where I have all that I could want and maybe the cap impacts me more directly. I'm just trying to fully understand the frustration.

The only real problem with the cap is if you focused on a faction, you haven't spent enough time doing just Vanguard rep to level it up to SPEND the Vanguard Marks you've been making while leveling up your Faction Rep.

It's a legit grievance, albeit the first one in the game that's actually affected me.

 

[N° 2048]

Damn this game and it satisfying human social needs. If only the social aspects weren't so half assly done.

 

[Jinjo]

Did they remove The Restoration mission from the Queen's Wrath rotation? It keeps sending me to the moon, venus and mars...

Anyone?

 

[noomi]

For those of you that have completed some of the queens bounties, can you say which ones are easy to go through, I'm terrible at crucible

 

[TheCanisDirus]

Did you not play Reach? Bungie moved away from balanced MP a long ass time ago, and that's why in order to enjoy the crucible, you have to leave those memories at the door.

Reach and ODST were shit and i didnt play them too much lol. I was referring to the apparent rush job on Destiny, not specifically the multiplayer.

 

[Josh with a J]

I don't get how some people are so bad :/ we shouldn't lose when I go 24-6.

Anyone feel like stomping others with me?

 

[Greenymac]

Who here has the Devil You Know hand cannon and do you recommend it from the Vanguard?

I have the Devil you Know and its a MONSTER! I think overall its better than the exotic hand cannon the Thorn. It hits like a freight train and each kill nets you bonus ammo directly into the magazine. DO IT!

 

[Welfare]

For those of you that have completed some of the queens bounties, can you say which ones are easy to go through, I'm terrible at crucible

Every one that isn't Crucible.

Beat the Queen's "Story" mission.

Ugh.

Got the helmet. I read there's a chest but the mission is gone now. Do you get one or the other or can you attain both?

Do another bounty. You can do another mission.

 

[Patroclos]

Dax: because it's the truth at the moment and has a valid place in a forum about destiny I'm not advertising I'm making a point.

A point you are incapable of making without posting your twitter account?

 

[E92 M3]

Serious question. What for? Are you trying to hold out for rank 3 so you can buy weapons or a shiny new Sparrow? Are you geared out and upgraded to the point where even buying one or two pieces just for some shards isn't worth it? Is there no other primary weapon you'd like to try that might warrant you building a set around bonuses that apply to it?

I'm not trying to be antagonistic, I'm just genuinely curious why saving over 200 marks would be necessary at this point. Do I think the cap should be higher? Probably, I mean that is only 2 weeks of capping out. But I can't think of a reason, personally, to hang onto them at the moment. I have my gear mostly built around a Scout/Sniper combo, but with the Handcannon I snagged last night I'd like to build a whole new set to compliment that.

Now there will be a point, weeks from now, where I have all that I could want and maybe the cap impacts me more directly. I'm just trying to fully understand the frustration.

I like to hoard currency lol. Also, saving for some weapons when I hit rank 3. I'm ranking both Vanguard and Crucible at once so it's take sometime. Now, I'll have no choice but to just buy armor to shred.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Anyone?

I think so. I was trying for that earlier, but they seem to have cut it down to 3-4 missions atm.