funny thing is, the cave was in a way one of the most social areas of the game lol
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funny thing is, the cave was in a way one of the most social areas of the game lol
the engram decrypted into another ctrl alt del comic?
cpp_is_king
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What's the best way to get a strange coin from the RNG? Crucible? Dismantling blues and purples? I need something I can grind. Does the 28 Daily drop them? It only says Ascendant Materials+2, does it have a chance at Strange Coins also?
I would avatar quote this if I could.
I'm probably using this meme wrong and will have people disagree, but idc.
It absolutely boggles my mind that anyone thinks sitting in front of a cave entrance farming re-spawning enemies is fun.
Icyflamez96
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No, you explained some reason why you were taking offense to it a few pages back.
read post 2236, the reply to the other guy.
The only thing I'd be suggesting (And before you try to ignore this point and find another reason to try to be offended, I said a while ago that it was probably more of flawed execution by Bungie) if Bungie honestly didn't intend for people to use it that way at all, then I don't see how it'd be less of an exploit than the cave thing. If you're still offended by this post somehow then that's your problem.
diablos991
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Chest farm on earth. That will get you one from either an engram or directly from a chest within a couple hours.
Either that or the weekly strike (non nightfall) gives 9 per week.
26 daily (it doesn't go up to 28) gives +2 ascendant materials. No coins.
I get that a lot.
weekly heroic story or strike yes
Unknown Soldier
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I shouldve waited till they fixed the engram decoder, took 2 legendary engram and got crap.
Yeah I'm taking every purple engram I get and sticking it on my vault until they making purple engrams give guaranteed purples.
I'm really annoyed by the Queen nerf.
1. There are a limited amount of runs you can earn per day (some of which are impossible to earn so far)
2. You have to earn those runs by doing things like 200 head shots to Fallen, which takes no small effort
3. Then you have to run the bounty
Isn't all that worth a freaking 2 ascended shards? Plus, it's only available for 2 weeks. They really want you to only be able to get 2 guaranteed shards or energy per day by doing the 28 heroic story? Your other option is to farm events.
The other thing that ticks me off is that they think not enough people are running strike playlists, when it's very obviously because the rewards don't match up to farming events. How about this? Figure out how long it takes on average to run a strike, then figure out how much you earn farming events for that period, and then match it up and add in a slight bonus. Scale it higher for higher difficulty, and you're done. Now more people will do strikes. This is not rocket science, Bungie!
1. There are a limited amount of runs you can earn per day (some of which are impossible to earn so far)
2. You have to earn those runs by doing things like 200 head shots to Fallen, which takes no small effort
3. Then you have to run the bounty
Isn't all that worth a freaking 2 ascended shards? Plus, it's only available for 2 weeks. They really want you to only be able to get 2 guaranteed shards or energy per day by doing the 28 heroic story? Your other option is to farm events.
The other thing that ticks me off is that they think not enough people are running strike playlists, when it's very obviously because the rewards don't match up to farming events. How about this? Figure out how long it takes on average to run a strike, then figure out how much you earn farming events for that period, and then match it up and add in a slight bonus. Scale it higher for higher difficulty, and you're done. Now more people will do strikes. This is not rocket science, Bungie!
Every single time I go to the tower I see people beeline to the cryptarch, beeline to the bounty guy, then leave. Sometimes they slide towards the guys, or take a pitstop to the post master/faction leader, but that's about it.
But that earth cave was like a guardian frat party of people dancing and blowing up co-op public events lol.
I didn't want to be rude, but your previous reply suggested I'm some kind of neanderthal. I don't have any trouble in the raid personally, I actually think it's quite easy, and I choose to do the more difficult jobs when I have the choice. The problem is when I raid it's usually very late and people tend to leave quickly, or we have a couple people who can't follow simple rudimentary instructions.
B-but..all the loot drops man, all those shiny beams of light...it's like Christmas morning
BenjaminBirdie
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Jeepers creepers, the whole point of the queen's missions is to get the queen's rewards. Once you've gotten all of them, omg, you're done with the queen's missions. The daily bounties are to give you daily opportunities to get them.
Let us pray.
It became fun with the random ambushes and public events happened. Everyone cooping together. It was like a Raid without forced MM. I didn't appreciate it until this past week.
The Mango Sentinel
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So I got a patch. I take it from the thread title that the cave has been fixed. What else did the patch do?
Kirk Hamilton called it basically a way of hitting back at the shitty, exploitative loot system by making mountains of loot for yourself via an exploit. I'd say that's accurate.
And as LiK said, when the enemies mobbed on you or a public event happened, it had even better albeit small moments of interaction.
What...the...FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!?
Ok Bungie, sure. Instead of trying to make the game more fun with more exciting content, continue to babysit us and decide how we should play the game.
What a joke.
No ascendant shards from the Queen's stuff :'(
everyday math
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No more ascendent shards from The Queens legendaries.
cpp_is_king
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Any particular reason earth is better than other planets? Is it possible to get Strange Coins from chests on other planets but earth just has more chests / hour?
I already got the +9 from the Nightfall, but I need 3 more by the time Xur comes.
Sucks, and I was almost lvl 26 to finally be able to participate in the Raid mission, what do I do now
How will anyone get legendaries now, wtf Bungie.
You play ps4? I'm almost 26 as well.
You were right to correct me, so I edited it. Thanks. C:
If only we could've talked to our other farmers. "Cave chat" could've been the new Barrens chat.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Got to bungies website for patch notes.
The app also works.
Much more timely and accurate info directly from them rather than waiting for people here to recite what has been posted hundreds of times.
Night Angel
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Very accurate.
Disclaimer: I still love the game; I just wish Bungie had implemented the positive changes simultaneously with this nerf rather than saying "soon."
Poodlestrike
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Nerfed drops after you died, which effectively kills most of the mission farming methods.
Is there a catalog of mistakes or patches so far?
Some have been fixed, but from memory b
Missing mats for upgrades
But strange coins with glimmer
Queen shards
Loot hive / cave
End of raid hanging
Aggravating rng etc.
Some feel amateur.
Or the scope of the game was so big there were bound to be mistakes.
Some have been fixed, but from memory b
Missing mats for upgrades
But strange coins with glimmer
Queen shards
Loot hive / cave
End of raid hanging
Aggravating rng etc.
Some feel amateur.
Or the scope of the game was so big there were bound to be mistakes.
Word, higher difficulty should equal higher rewards. I need some more incentive to play the heroic missions other than for bounties or strikes.
What time do you raid? I'm sure a bunch of GAFfers could help out.
It's not fun but, redoing the same Strikes over and over isn't fun either. So I'd go the Cave for an half hour and get way more loot than I'd get doing anything else...
figadapaura
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Ah, I'm free anytime.
Poodlestrike
Banned
"Fixed."
CloudyTuba
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It's because there is nothing for players to do together in the tower. No reason to interact. The cave brought people together for a common purpose in the wild.
If they added silly things like a crazy shooting range and a race track into the tower you'd actually see some socializing because there would actually be something to do and/or watch.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
I just use the earth one because I know for 100% certainty where every chest spawns in the area. Also, there is a mix of 2 mob races for bounties and a possibility of 2 public events. Plus I have the earth material bonus so spinmetal flows quickly to earn me crucible marks/rep.
Well the heroic story is daily that I see? Where is the weekly story?
NullPointer
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I'm sorry man, but you are the one not making sense to me.
What then is the difference between getting a legendary helmet at 20 and going up to 21 and getting the same legendary helmet at 25, breaking it down into mats and then going up to 26?
Why is the latter cheating and the former not? (Hint: neither is an exploit/cheating. That's why.)
to anyone still fiending for a shingen-e, it is currently on sale at the gunsmith
yeah i've added more friends at the cave than at the tower too... its kinda weird. both of my raid invites came from being in the area.
In other words, time to start playing the same strikes over and over in hope that you will get lucky with the RNG.
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