Destiny |OT5| New patch out Tues., Master Rahool reportedly crying into his robes

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Another mind-boggling decision by bungie.

Is nothing sacred?

The exotics are the best weapon in the game. But can simply be purchased by waiting a week or two.

Yeah but some exotics are... exotic and very rare.

Nope.... everyone have a Suros Regime.

What's Xur gonna have next week? Patience and Time ?
 
But i thought Bungie said they were nerfing Auto Rifles in that update post yesterday? Won't that affect it negatively?

The issue currently is that auto rifles can beat out pulse rifles and scout rifles at medium/long to long ranges, which should not be their territory, and something I completely agree with. Bungie likely will tweak their damage drop off at longer ranges to balance the primary weapons.

But keep in mind where most of your auto rifle engagements have been when you play PvP -- most of them are close/medium to medium range, it really shouldn't affect them much in their the medium ranges, they'll still be dominant there.

Say what? That's nice, I'd rather get 9 from there than what I've been getting from rewards. I think you can only get a reward from Nightfall once a week though, right?

Yeah, we were jealous of him, that is a lot of coins. You can also get something like 12 Energy or Shards. I got 12 Energy my first Nightfall.
 
Exotic helm engram turned into a warlock one, oh well. I need 8 more motes before Xur leaves so I can try again.
 
Yet 90% of combat happens at B area.

sounds like Burning Shine should be your favorite map. It's head over heals better then Blind watch. With the same variety in gameplay. But with better map flow and design.

I find Burning Shrine a bit claustrophobic and one note... Everything looks the same. One of my least favorite maps actually.
 
People will drop it once they realize it doesn't fire faster than the Shingen or Galahad. Seriously, level 25+ players are still using those guns online and it baffles me.

It just means they can't aim for shit and need "Spray & Pray" in order to get any kills. Just shoot them to fucking head and it will go clean off even with slower firing AR and you will win Shingens and Galahads in 1on1 battles.

Yea, currently using Suros CGB and it fires slower but has more dmg. But the slower fire rate is killing me in PVP. Glad I kept my Galahad. Gonna go back to that tonight. Sick of losing to another AR guy with faster FR.

Can aim and shoot to head? You are fine with slower firing AR.

Can't? Take fast firing AR and "Spray & Pray" basically.
 
Is there any practical way to get 14 coins in one weekend, for the Suros Regime?

The only way would be to do the lvl 28 weekly heroic strike for 9 and then farm for blue and purple engrams and hope they decrypt into strange coins. Or play PVP and hope you're rewarded with strange coins.
 
Staying strong... Not buying the suros. Got a primary scout from the raid with solar damage and found dr nope last night. Not Buying The Suros. The chest is nice for titans but already have an exotic helm. NOT BUYING THE SUROS.


Waiting for the ice breaker. Keeping my coins.

You horrible bastard.




Keeping my coins.
 
Cømet;131733452 said:
ZOMG.


My titan is complete.....bar one or two bits of raid gear....but still, ZOMG!

EDIT: And he's selling Suros Regime as the exotic weapon lol


Anyone up for cheesing the level 28 nightfall? Got some time to kill, may as well get coins. I'll solo it if not, but feel free to join.

How do you cheese it?
 
And soloing that lvl 28 weekly heroic strike got me my last 3 strange coins, which got me this baby.

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Perfect morning :)

Woo baby just got this. Two upgrades this week, which will nearly top me out. Which also means closer to putting this game to rest.
 
The issue currently is that auto rifles can beat out pulse rifles and scout rifles at medium/long to long ranges, which should not be their territory, and something I completely agree with. Bungie likely will tweak their damage drop off at longer ranges to balance the primary weapons.

But keep in mind where most of your auto rifle engagements have been when you play PvP -- most of them are close/medium to medium range, it really shouldn't affect them much in their the medium ranges, they'll still be dominant there.

Yea, I was freaking yesterday about it but most maps are not that big anyway. Once the nerf is live, I'll just need to camp more in the Bastion/Moon maps. Don't like those maps that much anyway so why bother running to anyone.
 
Staying strong... Not buying the suros. Got a primary scout from the raid with solar damage and found dr nope last night. Not Buying The Suros. The chest is nice for titans but already have an exotic helm. NOT BUYING THE SUROS.


Waiting for the ice breaker. Keeping my coins.

You horrible bastard.




Keeping my coins.

buy it anyway
 
Anybody know a good spot to farm some glimmer? I heard they patched the area on Shrines of Oryx where all those majors and ultras were. Need glimmer to buy some special and heavy ammo synthesis so I can solo Nightfall.
 
Hmmm, Xur doesn't have anything special. Would have bought the Regime, but they are nerfing ARs. Now I am tempted to get the sparrow upgrade - but not sure.
 
Can aim and shoot to head? You are fine with slower firing AR.

Can't? Take fast firing AR and "Spray & Pray" basically.

I always aim for the head and consistently get headshots. But slower FR always loses out to faster FR if they aim for head too. Slightly more dmg does jack against guys with equal skill.
 
You can absolutely do it again, but if you want to be rewarded for it you have to wait.

All non RNG related progress in Destiny is gated by timers, Unfortunately The Raid is Both RNG & Timer based.

so waiting is your option.

That's so... disappointing. Like two hours of nonstop gaming and all I get are some shards and a useless ship.

I really wanted the white. :3
 
Shit.

I have 26 coins. Do I get the knucklehead helm for my first exotic armor or do I spend it on the suros regime?

Ideal course of action is buy the suros, gamble motes on the engram but it's risky....

Suros costs coins, Engram costs Motes. whynotboth.gif

edit: I think I misread. My bad!
 
Staying strong... Not buying the suros. Got a primary scout from the raid with solar damage and found dr nope last night. Not Buying The Suros. The chest is nice for titans but already have an exotic helm. NOT BUYING THE SUROS.


Waiting for the ice breaker. Keeping my coins.

You horrible bastard.




Keeping my coins.


The Icebreaker is amazingly good!
 
Another mind-boggling decision by bungie.

Is nothing sacred?

The exotics are the best weapon in the game. But can simply be purchased by waiting a week or two.

Yeah but some exotics are... exotic and very rare.

Nope.... everyone have a Suros Regime.

What's Xur gonna have next week? Patience and Time ?


I don't feel special anymore :(

Bungie is nerfing AR's anyway.. This is them laughing at us.
Cømet;131733452 said:
ZOMG.


My titan is complete.....bar one or two bits of raid gear....but still, ZOMG!

EDIT: And he's selling Suros Regime as the exotic weapon lol


Anyone up for cheesing the level 28 nightfall? Got some time to kill, may as well get coins. I'll solo it if not, but feel free to join.

how do you solo Nightfall?
 
Really good write-up, and I did read all of it. I do think it is a "loot system", just an unconventional "loot system". Since it doesn't adhere to standard conventions setup in many other loot RPG's it is a bit of an enigma to most folks and it doesn't help that Bungie did a less than stellar job in communicating the systems and intended method of progression to players.

With the faction system, we get guaranteed loot and progression with a fair amount of investment, but since it does take some time to get the first real payoff, people resort to standing in front of a cave and shooting mobs for hours on end. Even though this is way less productive in real terms, it feels more productive due to the more frequent "payout".

It would be nice if the factions played a more prominent role in the narrative and mission structure of the game, but even without that, it would probably be a good idea for the factions to be pushed much earlier than level 20. Yes, folks are getting rep for Vanguard and Crucible from bounties early on, but the association with faction rank and eventual rewards is never quite linked until well into the end-game. They can keep Legendary armor locked behind 3500 rep, but that should be like rank 5 or 6 or something. It should start as early as experience level 10 where players start unlocking rank 1 or 2 from the first few bounties turned in and seeing low level faction gear unlocking to purchase from whatever faction they are a part of. This way it is just a natural extension into the end-game progression towards legendary's.
I agree with all of this, and thanks for reading. Especially the psychological effects of farming engrams because of what we're all accustomed to. People are already using the next engram farm despite continuing to decry the RNG!

The way I'd have done it with the factions/vanguard/crucible is like when you hit 18 (and can start earning marks) you get a choice of special bounties- like the exotic bounty selector. The bounty would have simple instructions along the lines of "Begin earning Reputation for your chosen Faction" and allow you to pick Vanguard or Crucible and have a simple bounty that rewarded about half a rank, thus communicating the "Rep to progress" thing a little more intuitively.
Excellent post Hawkian, good read.
Thanks very much.
 
...long ass, well thought out replies to people...
You're a rational human in a thread filled with passionate, emotional people making posts out of frustration. I admire your perseverance to make this thread into a community of people who understand, appreciate and want to continue playing the game until they individually burn out on its mechanics. For me, complaining about a game is the easy part; making suggestions for rational, well thought out changes to a game is much more difficult. In life it's always easier to tear down something than it is to build it up into something better.

I feel like Bungie over the course of that last two and a half weeks has improved the game and is working on balancing known issues. They are listening to the people playing the game. In my opinion, the people who are complaining should offer suggestions to Bungie here and on their forum instead of just complaining about the game. It's a much more healthy and assertive way to improve our community. One thing is for sure though, they are a bunch of jerks for not patching in spacebeards yet, but at least they are listening to the community.

I almost feel like the lack of spacebeards is a conspiracy by some of the lack beards at Bungie, but then again I visit Colorado at least several times a month and might be a touch paranoid ;) The Truth is out there!!
 
I love getting to the last boss of a strike and having him halfway done, then I get booted due to servers. Thanks Bungie. I expect it now on a regular gaming session.
 
I am guessing the Exotic Weapon cost 17 strange coins right?


Anyone willing to do the level 26 weekly heroic with me today?

I'll pay you in nutella!

Edit: Goddammit, 23 coins?!?! I only have 11....
 
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