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Destiny |OT4| Get your ass to the Vault of Glass and help Timmins find better pants
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Kamina
Golden Boy
Maybe six Warlocks with Nova Bomb could have done the job...
no. it doesn't take long to level up if you're talking about the class abilities.
ascendant shards are good man! silver lining!
Will the playlist even persist past the duration of the event?
I hope not, I was about to sit down and play for the rest of the day.
Yu Narukami
Member
That must be it. I heard about that glitch.
I mostly agree, but I don't think that they should achieve balance by nerfing Auto-rifles as they are but rather by buffing everything else. It should be pointed out that there are more Auto-rifle types that are worthless to already balanced than there are auto-rifle types that are OP. The shingen and Cydonia, and their spin-offs with other names and minimal stat difference are headshot machines with extremely high dps and low recoil. The galahad is already balanced, it sacrifices stability for its high DPS. Anything with stats similiar to the Sahara is worthless, can't get headshots.
So I suggest one of two options:
Option 1. The preferred option: Auto-rifles have no business being headshot weapons. Either take away or extremely reduce the headshot bonus, but increase bodyshot dps to balance it out. This way the Sahara wouldn't need to be buffed, as it can get bodyshots just fine.
Option 2. Buff the Sahara's stability so it's at least vaguely possible to get a few headshots, it's worthless as it stands. Buff all the other weapons that are inferior to the Shingen/Cydonia so they're on par.
I prefer option 1 personally.
You are very very misinformed about the titan.
-I'll agree that the smash is unavoidable, and that's dumb, but it's not OP it's just cheap. I understand that there's justifiable rage when you get killed by something you can't avoid but, unless you're playing control, the smash super rarely gets more than one kill, while sunsinger, gunslinger, and blade dancer are extremely likely to get more than one kill out of their super.
-The titan's plain melee does not one shot people, what the hell are you talking about?
-The shoulder bash takes 4 seconds to charge up, and you have a 4 second use window. Add to that that its range is point blank shotgun range but it doesn't have the same velocity as a shotgun shot, and it's fundamentally useless when attacking someone from the front.
-The bubble does make defenders extremely difficult to kill inside, and this is incredibly unbalanced in game types like control or salvage, where you can effectively lock down a point. However, in any other mode, it's simply a dummy trap. You'd have to be an idiot to go inside a titan's bubble.
lifeexpectancy
Member
All I'm getting from these Queen bounty missions are hats and coats
If you use a yellow shader on the queen's Warlock chest piece, you seriously... SERIOUSLY look like an opened upside-down banana peel.
Fair enough. Just a helm would bump me up to 26!
HalfBakedProphet
Member
-striker tians are extremely vulnerable before they land their super. I get killed in midair all the time.
-The basic melee can't one shot a guardian with full health.
-The shoulder bash takes proper timing and has a small window to be used. If you run for too long it deactivates.
-The bubble is NOT invincible, regardless of which bubble is being used. Bladedancers and striker titans kill me all the time while inside the bubble.
You're complaining about a class you happen to be weak against. If you were a titan, you'd be bitching about bladedancers instead.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Hah, how are you preventing the whole team from getting wiped out? Afaik even if one is spotted the whole team dies.
HYDE
Member
yeah no...a broken unfun mess. continue on. don't bother try to convince me it's enjoyable or balanced.
Because it would mean a legendary item for about an hours work. Either of the mission based bounties plus the much lower difficulty of the queen mission versus those weekly strikes for example. I'm not complaining, it's just not congruent with the way things have gone so far. Bungie is out here handing out a big serving of nothing upon completing strikes and asking for 80 pieces of materials to upgrade stuff.
Maybe things are taking a turn for the better.
SlenderBeans
Member
Getting an exotic from bounties and Xur is fun and all, but I'm excited for when I get my first "random" Exotic, either from Xur, Crucible, or a Strike.
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ZombieFred
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Does leaving near the end on a Queens Wrath mission save your progress? I was doing the one with the Black Garden last night but it was getting very late so we left so curious to know if I can jump back in at the end 
JimmyRustler
Member
The queens gear looks horrible btw.
Only used the helmet because it bumped me to level 25. Immediately got rid of it the point I could remain in level 25 without it.
It's like Bungie was: "Oh, you were too lazy to grind for legendary armour yet? Well, here you have it. But deal with this ass ugly shit. hahahaha"
Only used the helmet because it bumped me to level 25. Immediately got rid of it the point I could remain in level 25 without it.
It's like Bungie was: "Oh, you were too lazy to grind for legendary armour yet? Well, here you have it. But deal with this ass ugly shit. hahahaha"
lifeexpectancy
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Let's hope. I don't mind grinds but they have to realize at some point that console players are generally not going to put 150-200 hours into a game just to get 'fully geared'. The gear grind is a bit absurd, and takes focus away from the Raid, which is basically the absolute best aspect of Destiny at this point.
IMHO they should focus on adding another Raid to the game every 3 months minimum if not more often, otherwise player count is probably going to fall off quite significantly in a very short time.
Owlowiscious
Member
after non-stop d/c trying to play with a friend I switched to a wired connection annnnnd.... fuck d/c again
lifeexpectancy
Member
Does leaving near the end on a Queens Wrath mission save your progress? I was doing the one with the Black Garden last night but it was getting very late so we left so curious to know if I can jump back in at the end
I don't believe it does. They aren't like the Raid. It doesn't even save your progress when you leave a Strike, so it's certainly not going to for glorified story missions.
PvP armor that you get randomly from the crucible is interchangeable I believe. I haven't tested it though.
None. Each piece of armor is for one class only.
jediyoshi
Member
If you've actually convinced yourself there are balanced Halo or Uncharted games, maybe it's for the best. I'm just trying to comprehend how you're under the impression any progression based competitive RPG actually functions or if there's some blanket statement you're throwing over those as well.
Yu Narukami
Member
If you have trouble do the Earth mission. It takes 5-10 minutes. Shoot and hide, repeat.
Cryptarch delivered not too long ago!
I want that helm so bad. Another gripe with the loot system in this game is that there's almost nothing you can do if you want a specific piece of gear that isn't from vendors.
lifeexpectancy
Member
/sigh
Why are you in a Destiny OT just to shit on the game? If you don't like it, there's loads of OTs on GAF discussing more balanced games.
Bungie said themselves they weren't going for an arena shooter like Halo. Anyone expecting that was apparently blind all this time.
Not even going to mention that first statement in this particular post... ahh hell I just did...
don't have to convince you, lol! it's a blast. don't bother... whatever, don't play it if you don't want to, but of course it's enjoyable
this match was competitve as hell and skill won the day by far. if you're getting outplayed you're getting outplayed, feel free to tell yourself it's merely unfair and unbalanced.
Zomba13
Member
Hmmmmm.... This appeals to me.
Yu Narukami
Member
One thing that has been bothering me. Why the hell does that Exo hunter have boobs??
No-one said they were guaranteed kills, but they are out of whack with the other guns right now. There are many reasons why the auto rifles should be changed rather than the other weapon types. Firstly, changing one thing significantly is a lot easier than changing three things significantly. Secondly, the time to kill in the game is already extremely low. Thirdly, it's far easier to predict how changing the damage of auto rifles will affect their potency compared to the other weapons.
For example, reducing the number of handgun shots required to kill by one would make handguns hugely better. Increasing the number of auto rifle shots required to kill by one would make only a marginal difference to how good auto rifles are.
lifeexpectancy
Member
"I don't even have time to explain why I don't have time to explain."
Why haven't the grade-A idots at Bungie fixed the damn loot and engram system yet? Why can't I skip the embarrassingly shitty 'story' cutscenes that everyone in my fireteam have seen several times? Why can't we at least read the grimoire cars in the fucking game?
Have Bungie even said a word about the feedback they gotten?
Have Bungie even said a word about the feedback they gotten?
Lucent
Member
Man. I just noticed they opened up the back of the tower (behind the bounty guy up the stairs) and I was like D=
But then all it is is a bunch of space and the Queen's Emissary. =l
Looks like the only thing I want is the cape. Purple isn't really my color so I wouldn't even worry about the shaders.
And rare guns? Really? lol.
EDIT: Also, is this queen thing gonna be here forever or what? Seems like they should've done something like this in the first place. I got a legendary helmet off one mission and a legendary chest piece in another. Much faster than ranking up a faction and earning the marks to buy them. This would've solved a lot of problems for people. lol
But then all it is is a bunch of space and the Queen's Emissary. =l
Looks like the only thing I want is the cape. Purple isn't really my color so I wouldn't even worry about the shaders.
And rare guns? Really? lol.
EDIT: Also, is this queen thing gonna be here forever or what? Seems like they should've done something like this in the first place. I got a legendary helmet off one mission and a legendary chest piece in another. Much faster than ranking up a faction and earning the marks to buy them. This would've solved a lot of problems for people. lol
lifeexpectancy
Member
Really?
Shit like this is where gamergate came from man. Well, not exactly, because you aren't *necessarily* referring to a female. But FFS that was entirely uncalled for.
I dislike the current loot system and the lack of a risk/reward basis, but this isn't the way to affect change.
Kamina
Golden Boy
Because its a female exo?
I guess when they were created in the golden age, humans wanted them to look more like them without going too deep into the uncanny valley.
Twilight Gap
Member
external care modules.
VE3TRO
Formerly Gizmowned
So um how do I complete these Queen bounties where I have to kill a boss? Normal ones had a waypoint but I'm getting nothing.
It want's me to kill the Devil Archon on Earth yet there is no indication on the map where he is. Do I have to go to a specific location or will he spawn at random?
It want's me to kill the Devil Archon on Earth yet there is no indication on the map where he is. Do I have to go to a specific location or will he spawn at random?
Kamina
Golden Boy
Do the Story Mission where you get the jump-drive. The first Mission in Cosmodrome.
Marvel
could never
First mission on earth. Yeah, that's not even the most poorly worded bounty. Like the 25 kill/death spread exotic bounty that isn't asking you for a 25/1 and one game.
Tangentially, it's been well over a week since they closed down salvage, why the hell are salvage bounties still going up?
Do the Queen's Revenge missions ever provide weapons, or just gear? I just realized I cannot get that trophy until I get either a legendary secondary or heavy weapon. That I got to having an exotic rocket launcher and pulse rifle before having a legendary in either category goes to show how screwed the engrams are. And even my legendary auto rifle came from faction loyalty. Since you cannot equip two exotic weapons at once, I am always one slot shy of being fully armed up.
Your complaints were valid but that was not nice, breh.
Do we really need to de-rail ourselves in this?
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