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You must really like the helms that FWC, New Monarchy and Dead Orbit have then. Because it's the same helm with a different design plastered onto it

Eh, some of em. Only New Monarchy's helmets are similar (ie like the exotic titan helmet from last weekend). FWC and Dead Orbit have ones more like the Raku Fulcrum design, which I'm not such a fan of (helmet spoilers aren't cool, they're silly).

It's basically the Helm of Innermost light with spikey antennae. I like that look.
 
Anyone else want to see them add raid tiers and attunement, like back in the old WoW days? I'm reminded of this:

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Brings a tier to my eye thinking about how amazing BC was. Really takes raiding to the next level.
 
Certain things about this game boggle my mind the more I play.

First, why no map when doing patrol? How is this not a thing?

Second, using ammo packs - how can we not have this assigned to a button? I have to go into a menu during an encounter to reload?

Third, how, in 2014, is there not a way to see and join matches with your clan mates? If there's ever been a FPS where clan support is needed and makes sense (outside of PS), then this is it.

Who needs ammo when you can dance!
 
The Queen's event so far is

- Bounty to repeat the first mission of the game
- Bounty to repeat the 4th moon mission
- Bounty to headshot 200 Fallen
- Some PVP bounties just because
- Do a random story mission playlist that has been renamed "Queens Wrath" but still has all the same story cutscenes and dialogue it had before. After finishing this you get legendary loot.

I can't believe they couldn't even be arsed to take out the cutscenes.
Like,I'm not even asking for the bosses to be renamed or anything. But leaving the cutscenes in? Come on guys.
 
Pretty much this.

Many other games, my response to seeing '5000 <weapon> kills to unlock xp bonus', my response would be either 'ugh' or the power button.

Here it's more 'well shit, which one of my scout rifles do I want to experiment with and level?'
hah, such a good point. even just going through a standard strike or story mission, I have two awesome exotic heavy weapons now both of which I want to level, and it's like infinitely more of an issue to decide which one I want to use to kill the next 1000 than it is to decide if I want to do it or not.
I can't believe they couldn't even be arsed to take out the cutscenes.
Like,I'm not even asking for the bosses to be renamed or anything. But leaving the cutscenes in? Come on guys.
No, they didn't need to remove the cutscenes; ALL cutscenes gamewide should be skippable. an unforgivable flaw IMO. it's 2014.
 
Rate of Fire isn't an issue, as you can see.

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It also has a stability upgrade on it. Both bars are basically maxed after you upgrade it. The impact is really low, which sucks, so I'm still trying to decide if it's a good tradeoff.

Honestly impact is kind of meaningless with an autorifle in pvp...need good stability and good rate of fire...i have the Bronzed miyamoto d also and the problem is that it is one of the highest fire guns that can't kill as fast or easily. The silvered hushwind is like the shingen and it is the correct tradeoff
 
Level 27. Fuck farming planetary materials, I'm staying at this level for the foreseeable future. I thought of the time it'd take me to reach 28 and I can't even think about it.

That said, I'd love to try out the raid! Anyone thinking of raiding this weekend and might use a Striker Titan, add me at PSN (PS4): a_javierp
 
Ugh, I need legendary leg armor, shit just won't drop.
Not even in the Queen missions, got a helmet and chestguard x2.
Can you only get those two or are there greaves and gauntlets too?
 
Level 27. Fuck farming planetary materials, I'm staying at this level for the foreseeable future. I thought of the time it'd take me to reach 28 and I can't even think about it.

That said, I'd love to try out the raid! Anyone thinking of raiding this weekend and might use a Striker Titan, add me at PSN (PS4): a_javierp

Wait what? For each material, you can get like 40+ in an hour.
 
Level 27. Fuck farming planetary materials, I'm staying at this level for the foreseeable future. I thought of the time it'd take me to reach 28 and I can't even think about it.

That said, I'd love to try out the raid! Anyone thinking of raiding this weekend and might use a Striker Titan, add me at PSN (PS4): a_javierp

Lol 100% agreed, im only lvling the the things I want and thats it!, but I need a legendary handcannon, a legendary shotgun and and helmet and ill be happy camper.
 
hah, such a good point. even just going through a standard strike or story mission, I have two awesome exotic heavy weapons now both of which I want to level, and it's like infinitely more of an issue to decide which one I want to use to kill the next 1000 than it is to decide if I want to do it or not.

No, they didn't need to remove the cutscenes; ALL cutscenes gamewide should be skippable. an unforgivable flaw IMO. it's 2014.

Well yeah, I mean, I didn't even need to mention that.

Still loving the game though,can't wait to get home and get legendaries from the queen.
 
Even when the game gives guaranteed legendaries it totally screws me over. I have all exotics/legendaries, except the helmet. Helmets cost way more, so being able to get it from the queen missions is nice.

I did four of her bounties, four of her missions. Queen's robe, queen's robe, queen's robe, queen's robe. Un-fucking-real. My friend got the helmet on our second mission, and it's worse than what he has so he doesn't need it.
 
Ahh. So attention is your goal. I get it. Still on hold trying to return your "shitty" game to "shitty" Sony? What a terrible awful day for you.

What? Attention is what I want? Umm. No I don't care about that either.

I'm just stating my opinion. Yes this game is shitty. Why is it shitty? Do I really need to write all that shit out again for the trillion time? There have been plenty of people explaining exactly why it's a shitty game.

I have been big fans of Bungie since the beginning, before even truly knowing Bungie existed. My little self played the first two Myth games and loved the hell out of them. Then after awhile I played Oni and then I think came the videos for Halo for PC. It was before it was ever revealed as an Xbox Exclusive. Halo looked amazing on PC, with those dinosaurs and stuff running around. I believe it was supposed to be an open world or had huge levels anyway.

Either way I was hooked. I played the first Halo and loved it. I didn't purchase an Xbox till late in the game but I loved Halo and then Halo 3, ODST and then Reach. Those games had amazing stories and especially ODST was brilliant. The gunplay was always tight as fuck, the multiplayer experiences amazing and had so many amazing features that defined first person shooters on consoles in my opinion.

Now fastforward to the reveal of Destiny. I wasn't that hyped about it, because I didn't really understand what it was they were trying to create. Bungie had a very difficult way of communicating to their fans what exactly Destiny was. Grandeur explanations were being told that this was going to be a game of legends. They never did say that this game was going to be like Halo in any way, but they did claim that the story in Destiny would be as good or if not better than anything Bungie had done before it.

When the gameplay reveals came out I really started getting hyped. It looked amazing and the promise of huge playspaces where you can explore with your friends and never encounter the same stuff too much, but always have something new and awesome RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. I feel like they said that in one of their Vidocs. And holy shit man why the fuck wouldn't I believe the creators of these amazing games that I've come to respect and enjoy over the years? Bungie has an amazing track record, and all the stuff they showed for Destiny just looked amazing as well.

Then the alpha came out. OH MY GOD. That shit was amazing son. Getting to lvl 8 and having that carrot right in front of your nose, you just wanted to get to use that blue gear. The missions weren't the greatest, but everybody assumed that this was only the beginning. Bungie teased as much and stated that the Alpha only represented like less than 10% of the entire game. Well I thought goddamn it must be really big and have a shitton of missions and strikes I'll be able to play. At least 9 or 10 strikes? It must be!

I started getting less hyped when the Beta didn't offer much more than the alpha. Then we heard about only one area per planet. One area? And I already played both of them in the alpha and beta? The fuck? This can't be right? I begged that those rumors were wrong and Bungie would come out and say something like nahh that shit aint true man, we have tons of playable spaces per planet. They did at one time state this was the biggest game they have ever made, and I think they meant playspaces wise as well.

Now. The game is here. My issues with the game.

-There is no social interaction like at all.
There is no proximity chat to talk to random strangers, in PVE or PVP. WHAT? This is a joke. This game is built around "social" but it has no ways of actually doing any meaningful interactions with other players.
-The clan stuff is garbage. Angry Joe said it best but holy fuck this shit is such a huge mess I don't even want to be in any damn clan if it means me jumping through this many goddamn hoops. I just want a DGAF or GAF tag under my name, that's fucking it.

-The loot system sucks.
Why does a lvl 1 enemy drop the legendary engram I don't get from a strike boss? Why can I be the best player in PVP and not earn SHIT? I'm fine with buying legendary gear from vendors, if they can be acquired through other fair means as well. If I participate in a heroic strike, why should I be rewarded with jack shit? I don't want to farm any goddamn caves either. I did that shit last night for about 20 minutes with four other people in the PVE world and that shit is just boring. But at least you can get some engrams which otherwise take so damn long to get.

-There are not enough PVP modes and the P2P in this day and age is ridiculous. The lag in this game is horrendous sometimes. It's Bungie. And Activision. Are you telling me they couldn't get some dedicated servers for this shit?

-You are only matched up with people from your own country when playing PVE by yourself.
In the tower and in the game worlds, I am only ever matched up with other Dutch people. I'm sure it's to improve my connection but I would like to play with people from other countries, randoms as well. That's how I met a bunch of great only friends in the old Halo games. Just meeting random strangers on your team that become friends for years. I don't want to only play with Dutch people.

-Bungie can't communicate for shit anymore. Why don't they actually communicate with us fans about some of the issues we are having?

-There is zero story actually here. it's disjointed and it makes no sense at all. The Grimoire could be cool but even though I have the app on my phone I just want to read that shit ingame. Voice it or don't voice it. Make more damn cutscenes. Or just put in the ones you cut out for the DLC.

Honestly I can't even go on man. This post is too damn long as it is, but I hope it sheds some light on the reasons why I cannot love this game, I cannot stand behind it and I did request a refund from Sony. This game has dissapointed me like no other games have done in recent years.

It's not like I'm broken up about it, but I've never requested a refund or cancelled a pre-order or any of that bullshit. I never make bullshit posts like that "lol pre-order cancelled blabla". It's just this game is such a disappointment to me.
 
I have the Pocket Infinity bounty but I haven't completed it yet (missing one rare fusion rifle :<). From what I've read though, it's a beast in PvP and solid in PvE as well, so probably a safe choice all around, especially if you like FRs (I love them in both pvp and pve so...)

Super Good Advice on the other hand, I do have completed and fully leveled.

It's 'return missed shots as ammo' ability is insanely good. I held the trigger down for a good second one time without the ammo counter depleting.

However, it has monster recoil, so if you don't like unruly HMGs, you probably won't enjoy it.

I would say Pocket Infinity if you like FRs, SGA only if you really enjoy HMGs. I like it a lot, but I love HMGs, so...
Great post, thanks for the insight on the weapons. I have the bounty for Pocket Infinity and i'm DYING for it. Only have 4 rare fusion rifles so far ;_;

I also got the one for Super Good Advice, but... I got Thunderlord from the Nightfall, and it's... oh fuck is it good. I'm not a huge HMG fan so I might follow the bounty through and save SGA for another character.
 
I can't believe they couldn't even be arsed to take out the cutscenes.
Like,I'm not even asking for the bosses to be renamed or anything. But leaving the cutscenes in? Come on guys.

"Couldn't be arsed" seems to be Bungie's mission statement for this game's entire story.

Maybe this is why Joe Staten left. He actually wanted to write something and the next "ten years" wasn't looking so good.
 
What's the queens helm look like on a male titan?

Not like I'll get it cause this game fucks me left and right, but I have dreams of purple gear...
 
Certain things about this game boggle my mind the more I play.

First, why no map when doing patrol? How is this not a thing?

Second, using ammo packs - how can we not have this assigned to a button? I have to go into a menu during an encounter to reload?

Third, how, in 2014, is there not a way to see and join matches with your clan mates? If there's ever been a FPS where clan support is needed and makes sense (outside of PS), then this is it.

You will get a dancing emote and you will like it!

bungie made some really awful oversights, hopefully they'll eventually add them in
 
Just need advice on my gameplan here to reach level 30

Current Level: 27

So I have an exotic helmet, legendary chest and gauntlets and rare boots. Since I have been told that raid gear is needed since the legendary stuff maxes at 27 light, while raid gear maxes to 30 like exotic gear, I am focusing more on getting ascedant shards and on getting new weapons.

If this the right strategy? If I buy legendary boots they won't get me to 30, upgrading the legendary armour won't get me to 30, so it will just be a waste of ascendant shards no?

Looks like I need to keep playing the raid and finding those chests to get raid gear, and getting vanguard marks to get new weapons.

Any suggestions?
One Exotic + Three Legendaries, fully decked out, should take you to level 29. Level 30 would, however, require Raid gear so I guess your plan makes sense.
 
Do you just abandon the mission to restart and get a new location for the Queen's Wrath thing?

Certain things about this game boggle my mind the more I play.

First, why no map when doing patrol? How is this not a thing?

Second, using ammo packs - how can we not have this assigned to a button? I have to go into a menu during an encounter to reload?

Third, how, in 2014, is there not a way to see and join matches with your clan mates? If there's ever been a FPS where clan support is needed and makes sense (outside of PS), then this is it.

Seriously, remove the dumb emoticon buttons on the dpad and let me map items to it.
 
Kind of disappointed in what I've been reading about the Queen's Wrath bounties so far. When I'm reading that you get a legendary after completing it, is this a guaranteed legendary, or is it an engram?

Also, I'm pretty stoked that I got the Universal Remote from the raid last night!
 
Hmfp, doesn't even come close to my Grim Citizin III legendary auto rifle :).

The only good thing this game ever gave me lol.

I'm all for you explaining why you don't like a game. That's totally your right. You spent money, and you want to vent. You did that.

But...why are you still here? It just seems like a big waste of time to go into a thread of your own volition and continuously slam a game.
 
If nothing else, all of these Queen's bounties might allow me to get the trophy for weekly maximum Vanguard marks. I could never be bothered to just grind through the stikes playlist.
 
I'm all for you explaining why you don't like a game. That's totally your right. You spent money, and you want to vent. You did that.

But...why are you still here? It just seems like a big waste of time to go into a thread of your own volition and continuously slam a game.

Eh you're right, I should just unsubscribe. I'm just always curious if Bungie has said anything. Oh well.

I was hoping this would be my go to game for PVP and such for the next year. Damnit Bungie why you gotta do us like this.
 
I'm all for you explaining why you don't like a game. That's totally your right. You spent money, and you want to vent. You did that.

But...why are you still here? It just seems like a big waste of time to go into a thread of your own volition and continuously slam a game.

he can't quit it. he needs it.
 
Explain.

No really, please. :( Explain.

This isn't directed at you (really), but this thread fucking blows for sharing advice. I've written a bunch of posts with tips on various gameplay things, but they get drowned by CAVE LOL LEGENDARIES CONTENT BUNGIE.

If you're doing something and it feels slow or bad, odds are, youredoingitwrong.gif, or there's a faster/better/cheesier way of doing it, to the google, reddit, or youtubes for ideas.

That said, here's the short version.

a) Getting enough kills on each planet unlocks double material rewards. You occasionally get more than one resource from nodes.

b) CHESTS are your primary source, NOT nodes

c) Chests are fucking everywhere. Everywhere. Everywhere. You have not found them all, because they're everywhere.

d) Nodes are a bonus.

e) Max Agility, Bring a weapon with Lightweight (+2 Agility), use your fastest movement mode, only get off your Sparrow to open the chest/loot the node, then get right back on it, don't summon a new one.

That's it. Run chest loops in different areas on each planet, get loaded to the gills with materials, plus bonus glimmer/engrams/ships/materials/etc.

I prefer to do this in a three man fireteam split farming patrol missions for free rep, and you can do public events for free ascendant materials + marks, but it's not necessary, if you JUST want materials, you can focus on them and get them quickly.
 
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