You might not be as skilled as you think you are.
Destiny |OT5| New patch out Tues., Master Rahool reportedly crying into his robes
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You might not be as skilled as you think you are.
My goodness. Just skimming over the amount of salt in this thread is raising my blood pressure.
To those that are 'quitting' because of the nerf to cave farming, don't let the door knob hit you. If you actually take the time to read the blog, they are on top of a good number of issues that have been raised about the game.
Is this not fixing the root issue of why some of you were farming that cave to begin with? Instead of shooting at a black circle for hours, why not run around areas where there is an abundance of:
That way you have chances to get loot, get materials, special items to sell, and raise your reputation.
To those that are 'quitting' because of the nerf to cave farming, don't let the door knob hit you. If you actually take the time to read the blog, they are on top of a good number of issues that have been raised about the game.
Is this not fixing the root issue of why some of you were farming that cave to begin with? Instead of shooting at a black circle for hours, why not run around areas where there is an abundance of:
- Chests
- Patrols
- Public Events
- Materials
That way you have chances to get loot, get materials, special items to sell, and raise your reputation.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Oh, I plan on getting that now. Before I was on edge because I was hoping Destiny would be the last game I buy for a while but...see you there, Admiral.
That's my point. People will find other places to farm, not just those 5 they nerfed. Then they will nerf those, until they have to make a blanket nerf as new areas are unlocked. And on that being my point, you just proved it-Bungie removed choices, that's the important thing we should take away from this.
The Cyodonia-AR3 was a monster in the beta.
Come on bro. That's hardly "lying". Given how open they are with address the cave exploit, I find it hard to believe they'd purposefully lie about why they changed those encounters. Glimmer farming is hush hush but cave farming is not? I guess it's possible. I still think that their statistics showed that there was a disproportionate number of deaths happening in those areas (because of the farming, true!).
I can understand this sentiment, but wouldn't an opt out setting be just as effective? like a button that you could hit on you character or roster page?
It sucks, but when I have been trying to put raid groups together in the past there are some people that just won't behave or think it is going to be funny to be assholes to chicks. Just last night I had to boot one so that I could invite some of my other friends into the group. Disinhibition througgh anonymity can be an ugly thing.
The Librarian
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Well, if it's within the design parameters of a game, then I agree, but obviously Bungie doesn't want people to farm the cave.
Different games offer different gameplay experiences that's why we have different games. Playing the game in a way that's antithetical to, say, what the developer intended isn't playing the game you want, it's playing an altogether different game.
Future PhaZe
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in general I like my striker...my defender on the otherhand.....pure ass
That's what I was thinking, 12 or 13 I wouldn't be so mad. 8 coins literally makes no sense. Why would the harder version of the Strike give out less rewards?
Evil Beaver
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Update 1.5:
Titans: New ability where fist of havoc is literally a rocket propelled fist.
It means they'll get buffed.
Yeah it's really a bad move to nerf that. It didn't even seem like it gave all that many shards? I only got 3 from the helm.
Good thing I had already decided I wasnt going to run the Queen anymore anyway. 3 was enough for me
Diablohead
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Good on bungie to fix farming problems, however I now have ZERO reason to do queen's bounty now, no shards? not worth it for me.
So hyped for Shadows of Mordor, oh my lord!
In regards to the patch, it does suck they removed the ass shards from dismantling. Glad I got a ton of shards in my vault so whatever. I hope they do a better job of communication in the future, people have been begging about most of that shit right from launch. All I want to know is when we are getting these fixes instead of just a vague "this year". If it's as worse as Blizzards "soon" then fuck that.
Still love the game! I am completely surprised that they are going to make strikes easier, I already find them pretty easy. Only one with some challenge to me is the moon strike and that's just due to adds in the pits.
RedHotChimiChanga
Banned
Welp... Auto-Rifle nerf means I need to get new armor for Scout Rifle.
fucking shit.
I do have a full-auto Scout Rifle tho.
fucking shit.
I do have a full-auto Scout Rifle tho.
Where was this posted?
RedAssedApe
Banned
bungie said:
Deja vu here. Already went through this with Killzone SF. I mean dancing over my dead body probably enrages me more than some kid talking trash to me. And in the latter case most games just allow you to mute. I can't prevent someone from dancing lol
Don't worry, I have no delusions about how my AR isn't the No Skills But Get Kills weapon. It's a shame they're taking away my fun toy.
They did what to the queen now?
God damn it. I hope all the queen bounties I had have been finished already :\
I liked stocking up on shards. Was so ready to upgrade raid gear soon.
I also need a ton of ascendent energy. I need to finish my exotic rocket launcher and I have two more legendaries ready to start eating energy.
God damn it. I hope all the queen bounties I had have been finished already :\
I liked stocking up on shards. Was so ready to upgrade raid gear soon.
I also need a ton of ascendent energy. I need to finish my exotic rocket launcher and I have two more legendaries ready to start eating energy.
Hero Prinny
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Damn they took out the farming method? I wouldn't need that if they'd get rid of their stupid light system shit. I'm just gonna sell the game. I'm not in the mood to grind even more in hopes of getting something with more light + hoping its for warlocks. Honestly wtf is the point of getting gear for other classes if you can't even trade? So fucking dumb :/ hopefully I can get a good price from gs, if not I'll see if anyone I'm GAF wants to trade
I agree, the loot fix should've went hand in hand with the cave nerf. Now I'm hesitant to load up the game until they fix the loot system.
The Librarian
Banned
How would an opt-out work when I'm in a party? Would I have to opt-in whenever I want to chat with a party in-game?
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Yeah.
Hawkian, I like you - you're my favorite GAF'er to group with and chat about random shit with.
But!
You can't honestly support Bungie and try and play the White Knight on this decision. Seriously, it's baffling that they did this. I can't think of a SINGLE good reason for them to completely remove any reward dismantling the Legendary items received from the event going on. Even if they reduced it to 1 shard or something, fine. But to make it absolutely worthless? It's completely ridiculous and inexcusable on their part.
I'm gonna need to adjust what I use in Moon and Bastion now.
Problem is that the randomness they added was not in any way "for the better" it was 100% for the worst. The end of session engram decrypting did not become exciting it because infuriating. This is Bungie trying to push a positive spin on something everyone can see is wrong. I'm sure their fix, from the sounds of it, is not going to be change the randomness but better show the percentage to players of what they might get.
Well, didn't get a chance to play this week until today, and wala, the Queen's stuff gets patched. Guess the road to level 28+ will be longer than I thought.
Is there even any point to doing the queen's bounties anymore if you already have full purples and an exotic?
I also wish instead of doing small nerfs and buffs to weapons, they would just give players 1.5x more health or nerf everything. You don't have much room to tweak things in your game when guns can kill you in under a second.
Is there even any point to doing the queen's bounties anymore if you already have full purples and an exotic?
I also wish instead of doing small nerfs and buffs to weapons, they would just give players 1.5x more health or nerf everything. You don't have much room to tweak things in your game when guns can kill you in under a second.
The Shogun
Banned
Those patch notes sound seriously perfect. Good job Bungie amd these are the kinds of steps to take to bring the game to the next level.
And I farmed thr cave quite a bit but its better for the game / community to patch that stuff out.
And I farmed thr cave quite a bit but its better for the game / community to patch that stuff out.
What, don't tell me you didn't enjoy doing some designed-by-monkeys bounties and then launch a random level 24 epic mission for a chance at a couple ass-shards!?
Definitely a perspective I hadn't considered.
I guess I'm not really sure how having the switch start in the on or off position really makes a difference regarding that kind of issue. If you want to participate in voice chat you'll turn it on or leave it on and talk to people, if you don't want to participate (because people are jerks or any reason) you don't talk or can switch it off all the way. How does that choice starting off in either direction affect the amount of people that might be jerks, considering that in either way you'll still be talking to potential randoms?
This is presuming there's an option in the menu that is "voice chat in matchmaking?"
KillerDark
Member
Yea they are making some really poor decisions as far as loot goes. I am glad to hear they will be fixing engrams somehow but they seriously made the queen's wrath legs useless.
Union Carbine
Member
What if Bungie doesn't want you to quick-level through the end-game content?
We all know the loot cave was a cheat so why are we suddenly acting like it's our inalienable right to exploit this cheat?
If you ever change your mind (or start a separate thread), I'd love to read it.
AmateurHour212
Member
Hey is that the shotgun that goes in your primary weapon slot or am I thinking of something else?
These changes kinda suck. Especially for a solo player who has trouble finding groups for the high level content. The loot cave and Queen's Wrath were the two main areas to actually progress in a timely manner. This is especially true with the artificial barriers Bungie put in place for Vanguard Marks, etc. Plus, the lack of a materials vendor makes it a crapshoot to acquire stuff to improve high level gear/weapons.
MaximusPayne
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BigJonsson
Member
At least I got one more legendary engram from the cave before they nerfed it lol, was there for 2 minutes to finish a bounty and it dropped right away.........buuuut i got blue boots out of it =/
it is what it is. they couldn't be upfront about why they made a change to limit something that they didn't like and labeled it like it was a favor that they were doing for their player base
it doesn't bother me that they made the change, it bothers me that they can't be upfront about what they actually want to say
again, none of the cave stuff or glimmer farming stuff bothers me - its the fact that each are so low on the list of glaring issues and they make it a point to 'play the right way' instead of getting all of their ducks in a row
Lostconfused
Member
Not with the shards getting patched out.
The loot I usually I get is trash that gets dismantled. Can't have enough hardonic essences and weapon parts!
they just fixed something that was far too easy to farm. i mean, come on, shooting fish in a barrel is no sport. i'm sure they have no issues with other areas where players actually have to move and aim at enemies
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