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Sweet. I'll be trying that out tonight. Thanks geez.

Anyone have the video where you get above the boss? Made it there twice on nightfall yesterday solo and had silly mistakes end me. I knew a guy was going to come from behind up top but I wasn't even finished killing the guys before the boss drops. Totally wasn't ready. My best bet is getting above that boss from the start. We really should be able to do this with anyone.
 
That's my point. My playing hasn't been RNG. I've bought my gear. I think relying on RNG in this game is a bad idea given then there are completely viable other avenues for advancement. But that's just my idea. So I'm curious if all those farmers are getting there faster than me.

Your exotic bounties are RNG tho.
 
Okay, I'm interested in a comparison. I haven't farmed the cave at all. Just been doing bounties, patrols, strikes and buying my gear. Here's where I'm at.

Level 28

Armor:
4 legendary,
1 exotic

Weapons:
2 legendary
2 exotic (bounties half-way done)

Vendors:
Vanguard rank 3.75
Cryptarch rank 7

Total time: 40 hours

I'm curious if those of you caving farming non-stop are at a same or better point for less time?

Interesting... My main character is:

Level 27.75

Armor:
3 legendary,
1 exotic

Weapons:
3 legendary
1 exotic

Vendors:
Dead Orbit rank 3.5
Cryptarch rank 12

Total time: 61 hours (but I have created 3 characters)

Probably spent around 8-10 hours total on farming caves/glimmer/chests.
 
Anyone else get super pissed when fellow strike members stand at the entrance of the Moon strike (Phogoth) leaving you to do all the work. I think I ran a total of 50 Destiny miles going back and forth reviving those guys. Do you get rewarded and how much for revives?

You get an overshield when you revive them both consecutively but no rewards other than that
 
Anyone have the video where you get above the boss? Made it there twice on nightfall yesterday solo and had silly mistakes end me. I knew a guy was going to come from behind up top but I wasn't even finished killing the guys before the boss drops. Totally wasn't ready. My best bet is getting above that boss from the start. We really should be able to do this with anyone.

I also saw that video. Think it was a hunter doing it. I'd like to also try this method if I can find the video again.
 
Two or three days ago i had nothing but a blue AR. Now i have 3 legendaries. Grim citizen (AR), aries nemesis (scout) and strange suspect (PR).

RNGesus acts in mysterious ways. Don't lose your faith brothers.

Hallelujah!

Although I did finally get a primary legendary (Vanquisher VIII)...it was no thanks to RNGesus, praise New Monarchy!
 
I used to just groan when seeing bounties that are not doable that day, but now it really annoys me and I think Bungie is just taking the piss out of people and are too lazy to ensure bounties are even possible. I don't buy the idea that you leave over half your slots full of unused bounties for random non-exotic dailies. Last week it was all about salvage bounties with no mode available and this week it's like hey guys here's queen bounties on the 2nd and 3rd day of the event but you need to be rep 2 to get the class item. Am I missing something here?

What's a Queen Class?
Queen class item. Cape, etc.
 
Having to rely on RNG for raid gear sucks balls. I've completed it twice now and only got one piece of armour and no weapons. I hope I have better luck next week. :/

Absolutely. There should be some guarantees. I've done it twice and didn't get any raid armor at all.

I cleared the raid for the first time last night and also received nothing but ascendant materials. I was bummed by it, but I tried to put it into perspective, as I also really needed those mats to upgrade my armor. So, all in all, it was not a complete wash.

I need them too, but I'm at the point where 29 is approaching and I don't want to waste anymore shards on armor that won't get me to 30.
 
Anyone else get super pissed when fellow strike members stand at the entrance of the Moon strike (Phogoth) leaving you to do all the work. I think I ran a total of 50 Destiny miles going back and forth reviving those guys. Do you get rewarded and how much for revives?

Yes, especially if they spawn those fucking wizards and knights, making things harder than they should be.

You can actually stun the Phogoth if you do enough damage to the stomach quick enough, makes things go much much quicker overall.
 
I used to just groan when seeing bounties that are not doable that day, but now it really annoys me and I think bungie literally just throw out random ones for no reason. Last week it was all about salvage bounties with no mode available and this week it's like hey guys here's queen bounties on the 2nd and 3rd day of the event but you need to be rep 2 to get the class item. Am I missing something here?

They're rewarding people who plan and get the bounty and save it for the day when they can complete it. Maximum efficiency!

Except for Salvage, that's bizarre / troll, especially as it's listed in their Events thing.
 
My friend also uses those specials but we stick together and it works out. I'm a Titan so I defend him.

I was running with a random Titan the other night, between his fusion rifle and super and my auto rifle and super we were pretty much unstoppable.
 
Your exotic bounties are RNV tho.

That's true, but if you want an exotic, you can buy one from Xur. Everything you want in this game you can just buy. I don't get the RNG complaints because Diablo is far worse. I played 200+ hours of Diablo and you have 0 control over advancement. Everything comes from drops. If you need a legendary helmet, tough luck. Just play and hope one drops. One of these essential items for end-game builds is a Stone of Jordan ring. I got one after 185 hours. My friends had 3 by then. In Destiny you can just buy what you need. You can buy from like 5 different vendors. You can buy an exotics from Xur. The legendary engram drops suck. I get it. I had 2 last night that were blue myself. If that was the only way to get loot I'd be pissed as hell. But it's not. It's just crazy-making to see a whole page of thread title jokes boiling this entire game down to bad RNG.
 
They're rewarding people who plan and get the bounty and save it for the day when they can complete it. Maximum efficiency!

Except for Salvage, that's bizarre / troll, especially as it's listed in their Events thing.
Ya but now if you have an exotic weapon bounty and 2 of these queen ones the bounty system is becoming annoying for no reason cause you can only really pursue 2-3 at a time. What if they add another tomorrow?

I guess it's just to reward people who can spend more time with the game. I can't spend more than the 3 hours or so a night and plan on spending a lot of the weekend doing the queen missions for my tickets.
 
I was running with a random Titan the other night, between his fusion rifle and super and my auto rifle and super we were pretty much unstoppable.

Yea, it's a good combo. If the third guy is good, we can destroy. You play the mode much? Let's coop. PMing you my PSN.
 
Dang! Had a lot of a fun in the raid tonight. Fig, HiFi, Heaven, Afro, Aesthetic, you all did AMAZING tonight.

Anyway, I managed to capture the video of us taking on the final raid boss. It has my voice overlayed over it (sorry!) but it turns out we actually beat the dang thing in just under 8 minutes.

Here's the 8 minute chunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8GdOVMk3ko

For the rest of the group if you want to see the entire 15 minute block of footage I uploaded that as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B1xEn6LMUM

Man that was an awesome run last night. Grats everyone on the great job! Now that we've got the hang of it, looking forward to an easy run next Tuesday!
 
Two or three days ago i had nothing but a blue AR. Now i have 3 legendaries. Grim citizen (AR), aries nemesis (scout) and strange suspect (PR).

RNGesus acts in mysterious ways. Don't lose your faith brothers.

true, I have purple for every type of weapon now, I just need exotics :D
 
After a few more days with Destiny, I think it's a better game than I initially gave it credit for, but it's just not for me. Now that I'm level 20, really the only thing I could move forward to is high-level Strikes and Raids, but I just don't have the time or patience to organize fireteams for these events, so there's no incentive for me to farm more.
 
I unlocked auto-reload on the Bag JuJu last night.

Save the hate, that gun turns into a beast. Yes, I know it will suck for Nightfall and for the Raid.

But when I'm running level 24/26 strikes, this thing shreds through groups of fools. Just doesn't stop firing.
 
Yea, it's a good combo. If the third guy is good, we can destroy. You play the mode much? Let's coop. PMing you my PSN.

I haven't played Skirmish much, usually play Clash or Rumble but sure, if you don't mind a silent sidekick (I tend not to speak much) I shouldn't be so self conscious of my voice ha.
 
dumb question time: backing out to orbit from a queen mission to get Earth, do you not lose the "ticket" you spent to begin the mission when doing this?
 
It's weird that I'm getting Legendary weapons from factions where that weapon is not for sale from them.

I got New Monarchy's Admonisher III rocket laucher 3 damn times so far, even though NM doesn't sell a rocket launcher. Strange
 
I haven't played Skirmish much, usually play Clash or Rumble but sure, if you don't mind a silent sidekick (I tend not to speak much) I shouldn't be so self conscious of my voice ha.

No sweat, I don't even use a mic at all. I'm too tired from work to bother. I communicate with my bros through Twitter instead , haha
 
Ya but now if you have an exotic weapon bounty and 2 of these queen ones the bounty system is becoming annoying for no reason cause you can only really pursue 2-3 at a time. What if they add another tomorrow?

I guess it's just to reward people who can spend more time with the game. I can't spend more than the 3 hours or so a night and plan on spending a lot of the weekend doing the queen missions for my tickets.

I was being jokey, but yes, I agree with you. Capping us at 5 bounties is a pain when they offer as many as they are right now, but 5 is manageable. Taking away slots for exotic bounties is maddening, though.

S'why I was relieved to get Invective done. I now have 4 of my 5 lots useable. Running with 3 was painful.
 
I was being jokey, but yes, I agree with you. Capping us at 5 bounties is a pain when they offer as many as they are right now, but 5 is manageable. Taking away slots for exotic bounties is maddening, though.

S'why I was relieved to get Invective done. I now have 4 of my 5 lots useable. Running with 3 was painful.

I've had to turn down exotic bounties for this reason.
 
It's weird that I'm getting Legendary weapons from factions where that weapon is not for sale from them.

I got New Monarchy's Admonisher III rocket laucher 3 damn times so far, even though NM doesn't sell a rocket launcher. Strange

Wait....

The factions have weapons that are unlisted? That's actually very interesting and awesome if true. Gives people a reason to keep going past rank 3.
 
....but despite it being RNG....I've done mostly normal play, but spent two days mostly AFK with PS Vita "absorbing" XP and drops from the Loot Cave. I also have done one Nightfall.

Level 28 (tonight, need to dismantle one more Legendary for the shards)

Armor
3 Legendary
2 Exotics

Weapons
2 Legendary (I dismantled one of them, though, no interest in the pulse rifle it gave me)
2 Exotics (1 from exotic bounty completed)
1 additional Exotic Bounty mostly done

Vendors
Vanguard Rank 3
Crucible Rank 3
New Monarchy 2
Cryptarch 15

I have over 100 Crucible and 100 Vanguard marks, still, so I could easily get another Legendary weapon and two more Legendary armors if I wanted to boost the numbers. That and 4 Queen's Missions pending completion.

You already do Nightfall/Raid this week man? I just hit 27 last night.
 
I think Exotic bounties need to go in that same slot where the queens tickets go. Some of those bounties can take days or weeks and thats not really fair that it takes up a bounty slot.
 
I was being jokey, but yes, I agree with you. Capping us at 5 bounties is a pain when they offer as many as they are right now, but 5 is manageable. Taking away slots for exotic bounties is maddening, though.

S'why I was relieved to get Invective done. I now have 4 of my 5 lots useable. Running with 3 was painful.
lol sorry I had the inkling you were being jokey. I currently have the Thorn bounty on a hunter LOL. I am unsure if that one will ever get done due to having no class skills that deal void and being only average at pvp. I hear the raid gives a void primary though so I have some hope.
 
Man, as happy as I was to get that Legendary auto rifle - Hex Caster Arc, the recoil on it is fucking ridiculous. Almost not worth using, and I don't think the upgrades affect stability at all.

Anyone else use it?

I have Hard Light, the exotic auto rifle. The recoil and range are terrible. Wish I still had my blue auto rifle:( I dismantled it as soon as I saw exotic auto rifle. Thought it'd be better;(
 
I think Exotic bounties need to go in that same slot where the queens tickets go. Some of those bounties can take days or weeks and thats not really fair that it takes up a bounty slot.

Yep, penalizing people who want to earn stuff though other modes along the way.
 
last night i finally got a blue shingen-e. curious if it will replace my now go-to blue galahad-e
 
I think Exotic bounties need to go in that same slot where the queens tickets go. Some of those bounties can take days or weeks and thats not really fair that it takes up a bounty slot.

I've been thinking the same lately. I had to throw one away because I just couldn't fit it.
 
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