Lostconfused
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You need to max out everything and it has to be 3 legendaries and one 1 exotic to hit 29 without raid gear. You will make it over the level requirement by exactly 1 point I think.
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You need to max out everything and it has to be 3 legendaries and one 1 exotic to hit 29 without raid gear. You will make it over the level requirement by exactly 1 point I think.
I hit 29 and my helmet is one from being maxed out. My exotic chest, legendary boots and gauntlets are maxed, though.
It has to be. It happens in MMOs all the time. The raid cannot remain the wall keeping people from leveling.
I hope so. Cuz I don't think I'll ever hit 29 or 30 otherwise.
Uh. Right now you need raid gear to hit 30. I don't know about the thesis of his point exactly, for all we know they could raise the soft cap rather than the hard which would allow people at 28 to "XP their way" to 30. no idea.
You can and will hit 29 without any raid gear/lucky drops given enough longitudinal time or dedication.
i think so, i've had more and better drops lately (finally).
I have the 77 Wizard and love it, the range is insane.
holy crap
Did some loot cave today, didn't get any legendaries
I got a few rares though so I'm up to 18 light, nearly level 21!
here's me
It's really a waste of time
Lostconfused
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My mistake, thanks for the correction.
Did some loot cave today, didn't get any legendaries
I got a few rares though so I'm up to 18 light, nearly level 21!
here's me
Why don't you have the legendary helmet/chest from the Queen's missions? They are good.
Oh it'll happen. Don't know when, but like I said, it happens in any MMO that Destiny is taking after.
Granted, the gear that comes out to serve this purpose may be worse than the raid gear in perks, but they should have the same amount of light to get people to 30.
KillerDark
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I definitely agree they took the worst parts of the genres... I don't understand why they thought reps, dailys, caps, etc were great ideas that needed to be repeated. Drives me crazy that you can only carry 5 bounties at once, oh and if you have an exotic bounty you have to wait for Xur for (like I do) have fun only being able to carry 4!
That being said, I do feel like I get upgrades (mostly from buying them with marks now). I'm sure there is at least a 1/1000 chance of getting good loot in Destiny too haha
. I still am driven to play to get upgrades, I just realize most of them will come from purchases with marks/motes/coins, not from drops. I did get a nice legendary scout rifle from a blue engram... and blues from pretty much every legendary engram like everyone else lol. Good drops are in nightfall and the raid, so they definitely are out there!ftfy, lol
you understand there are no queen's gauntlets or boots right? there's a helm, chest, sniper rifle, and ship
Nuuuuuu
I love watching rumble streams. Will watch.
Sniper Rifle would have been nice.
But man fuck this. I love my Hand Cannon but there is nothing to do with it. I can be LV29 if I want. I know that if I GOT Raid gear I could instead Max out two of them. Fuck this man
I can't figure out how to do those? It seems like you have to do the bounties to get the thingy to do the missions or something? Most of the Queen's bounties are not ones I can do, like sniper rifle headshots in Crucible or whatever, that's just impossible at my (lack of) skill level.
EDIT: also I just googled it and the Queen's Wrath missions are level 24, so therefore they're by definition impossible until I get more Light.
True. I have all legendary now (closest thing to relying on RNG was doing the Queen's bounty) at level 26, and I can get an exotic this weekend. Hate farming upgrade materials though. I'm mostly interested in just getting a bunch of legendary/exotic weapons to play around with. I have a few but not exactly what I want.
That sniper she gives is amazing. When two legendarys popped with the sniper in screen I was like yea baby. It hits like a Mack truck.
No They dont. One things that bungie was saying about this game before it was release was how each gear was different and that they wanted the player to tell the story on how to got it. Me grinding bounties and doing patrol for hours is not a great story is it.
And why would I care If the loot cave was broken ? It wouldnt hurt my experience with the game.
I'm on the fence about if raid gear drops need to rely on RNG. Prizes like the ship can remain RNG, but what you need to level light? I can't decide on what I think.
In one hand, it makes sense to have RNG considering we can't trade anything and there's no die roll system implemented. At the same time, you'd think the raid would be more rewarding to people returning to do it again and getting better at it. I'm going to be upset if I get more boots.
In one hand, it makes sense to have RNG considering we can't trade anything and there's no die roll system implemented. At the same time, you'd think the raid would be more rewarding to people returning to do it again and getting better at it. I'm going to be upset if I get more boots.
Shining Sunshine
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Okay, Bungie is doing it on purpose. 2 Queen's bounty's that cannot be completed by anyone.
There is one that is "recover 200 ether drops off fallen on any planet" that is very easy. All enemies you kill in PVE will drop a little, and you'll get it over time. The crucible ones are the harder ones unless it happens to be the weapon you're adept with.
What do you mean?
Holy shit I ust got 12 Helium Fragments, 2 Blues and 2 Special Ammo Synths... from a chest... haha
There will always be cheese. We will find cheese whether bungie wants us to or not.
I have enough ass shards to fully max out every piece of Raid gear I need thanks to those Queen helms and chest pieces lol
Use that scout rifle in the Nightfall strike, it made it a hell of a lot easier for me.
There's bounties where you need to wear equipment you can only buy if you're Queen Rank 2.
What's the purpose of leveling up that? She only sells blue weapons! Blue!
I see where you're coming from now. I personally fucking loathe this style of "reward" and RNG never, ever, ever seems to favor me among my friends in these scenarios. By the nature of probability (if unweighted behind the scenes), the fact that it's a 1 in 1000 roll, each time, not a sequential (raffle) draw, means that I could do it 1001 times without getting that special weapon. It doesn't make me feel like I'm trying; it makes me feel like I'm failing, and not making any progress.
I'm not looking forward to having to rely on RNG again to get raid gear to get from 29 to 30. Being familiar with my luck at these things, it will probably take me a very long time. But Destiny has enabled me to progress further and more consistently without needing to rely on RNG at all than many, many other games.
Yeah but then the actual Queen's missions themselves are level 24? so like doesn't that mean I can't do them anyway?
Lostconfused
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WoW does it perfectly fine. Boss has guaranteed gear drops and currency drops and a fixed loot table. There is a chance for some one to get gear, guaranteed chance for currency for everyone that gives them access to raid level gear after a lengthy grind.
You know exactly what you can get from the boss, you know that you can get something from a boss kill eventually.
Edit: I think the problem with destiny is that strikes and cryptarch just set a bad precedent. Even if the RNG is stacked in favor of the players, by the time you get to raiding everyone is tired of that shit.
figadapaura
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Only 152 void damage to go....
You can reroll if you don't like the mission you get. The earth one is fast and definitely doable solo. You probably want to be at or near level 24 though.
Seriously. Seems almost impossible for a really competent team of level 28.
Everyone who does the queen events and gets marks will be 28 by the end of this week.
KillerDark
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May as well do them though just in case you get enough light. Not sure if the tokens will disappear when the Queens event is done but there definitely is still some time before it ends! Guaranteed legendaries are good stuff. Honestly you probably would be ok to do some of the easier ones around 23ish. Keep getting those marks and rep too.
Can you explain more about what WoW does? The only MMO I ever got deep into was The Old Republic (bleh) and did pretty much all the hardest raids/operations in endgame until Bioware started focusing on player housing. I'm sure TOR takes after WoW with endgame gear though. Each boss would drop a token people would roll for. The winner would take this token to a vendor and exchange it for endgame gear. The boss would also drop random pieces of endgame gear that wasn't as good as the one you'd get with the token, but it was good enough to get stronger so you could keep doing raids until you got that token.
RebornYeti
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Easiest way to get a kill/death spread of 25 for the Invective? Seems nearly impossible...
No way. Come on. The strikes aren't that hard and you'll have an elemental burn. The cheesy strategies are useful and even crucial when you're underleveled/undergeared or carrying others, but they'll all be doable legit at baseline.
.........okay maybe not Phogoth. Fuck those wizards in their whatever wizards have.
TheCanisDirus
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Lol christ... how long/how many times did you run them?!
I've already done it, but yeah, it will definitely come in handy in the future.
I agree, Raid gear should not rely on RNG at all. I've been through it twice and all I've gotten is gauntlets. Weapons and other shit can stay as RNG, but armour gear should always drop. I'm sick and tired of getting ass shards, I don't need anymore of that shit Bungie.
squidhands
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The whole Grimoire progress cards confuse me. Completions =/= Rank status? Strikes are just as confusing; I've got 44 strikes under my belt according to the main Legend page (but only "32 Activities Cleared", wth does THAT mean??) but the card says I've got 14/50 to just get complete Level 1. I feel like we need a guide just to learn how the cards are supposed to read.Does anyone know exactly what "Additional resources are now granted for completing City tasks in any destination" implies?
Bungie was world class with their Halo stats, charts, and graphs, but their work on Destiny seems like a big stumble backward. :-|
I hear it counts assists. Just play conservatively. Control is probably a good game mode for it. I wish I'd get this bounty
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