holy crap i'm actually referenced in a post... in a good way?
edit: HAHAHAHAHahahaha, someone asked if it 'was real?'
How many matches did it take me to warm up last night???
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holy crap i'm actually referenced in a post... in a good way?
edit: HAHAHAHAHahahaha, someone asked if it 'was real?'
How many matches did it take me to warm up last night???
played crucible last night and
A) the warlocks seems to self revive a lot - and when they did, they seemed like they also had extra shield. Not sure that is fair, considering if I am aware enough to see them revive it should be a fair fight.
B) Someone was using something that set me on fire. WTF.
C) The titans seem to get ground pound whenever they like. I definitely don't get arc blade constantly. Seems unbalanced. Especially since the pound can kill you through walls.
A) the warlocks seems to self revive a lot - and when they did, they seemed like they also had extra shield. Not sure that is fair, considering if I am aware enough to see them revive it should be a fair fight.
B) Someone was using something that set me on fire. WTF.
C) The titans seem to get ground pound whenever they like. I definitely don't get arc blade constantly. Seems unbalanced. Especially since the pound can kill you through walls.
kingofthedead45
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Its interesting to see this kind of conversation when coming from an mmo(not saying Destiny is one but the raid....well its called a raid) in a typical mmo only bosses drop loot(usually one or two pieces and that's it) and you have to need/greed on it with everyone else in the raid. There were times throughout my raiding days in wow were id get nothing for weeks, but it'd never frustrate me.
ethomaz
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No one knows, Bungie just said "next week". Not sure where the Tuesday thing came from (it's nowhere on the official site/twitter). I'm still hoping!
Yep. At first I preferred Voidwalker over Sunsinger, for the blink and the special. But Sunsinger is something else. I still really miss that blink, but having two grenades charging, a melee that ignites enemies, and a special I can use after I die is too good. I often save my special until after death. Incredibly useful when doing a weekly strike solo and useful in PVP as well. When your super is active you make orbs for every kill, not just the grenades, so sometimes they really rack up. I feel like I'm most helpful to my team with this class.
The special isn't the one hit free kill(s) nuke that other classes have, but it's so damn useful. Probably the best class for area denial on Control.
Just tried the nightfall during my lunch break. Yeah, I need to get a good rotation of weapons to cover all the elements. A blue lv 20 arc sniper rifle is just enough.
lmfao
lmfao
I have some great games with it, but ARs and shotguns are way too strong right now. You really can't afford to miss a shot when using hand cannons.
Side note anyone else waiting on patch before doing nightfall? First time I got a legendary engram that turned into 2 coins. Don't want that to happen again.
Anton Sugar
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If there was less of a delay between bursts, it would be great. As it is, I'm not much of a fan, but I haven't fully upgraded it yet, either.
KINGofCRA5H
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I've just been saving. Haven't had a legendary weapon to upgrade until last night.
It seems this is alot of peoples first "mmo" experience. They feel they should be rewarded constantly. Thats not how games like this work. RNG guys RNG.
Keep in mind that heroic level strikes count as 2 on the exotic bounty. Nightfall count as 3.
A and B are the same person. Bow down to the sunbros!
It wouldn't frustate me in TOR either because it was never a question of "Will this raid even drop a chestpiece?" Unfortunately, you have to ask that in Destiny.
In a MMO, you know which boss drops which piece of gear, and it was up to the raiders to figure out who gets what. It's easier to deal with not getting gear in this scenario since you know you'll eventually get it. There's no guarantees with Destiny, and no alternatives to powerful gear.
Anyone, particularly from the UK, experiencing the 'Bee' error code? I'm getting it pretty frequently during Crucible and Strikes. It has only started over the past few days.
I was 18-0 in Rumble and got kicked out right at the end. Really frustrating!
I was 18-0 in Rumble and got kicked out right at the end. Really frustrating!
I popped a bubble in Exodus last night. I finally got the Thorn bounty and was working on the void kills, so Titan Defender was a go.
I shit you not, four people bumrushed me trying to kill me. All four got fusion rifled / punched to death. A 5th got a Magnetic Grenade as he tried to run.
It was surreal.
tokyostomp
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Mostly bitching about the title, lol.
Hawkian- fwiw link to my full YouTube vid I made the gif from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQX37ixQuCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQX37ixQuCQ
SkylineRKR
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Dunno. Is the Grim a Galahad type? Lots of people seem to like it as well.
GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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CloudyTuba
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I need to get all this Strike talk straight. I just barely got to lv24 and hardly know what you guys are talking about. There are so many types of strikes that I'm confused. Time to look this up and type it out just so I can understand it. Please set me straight if I misunderstand something, typing this out is mostly for my own benefit.
So there are three main types of strikes, right?
Vanguard Strikes are in a playlist selected at random. Player may choose heightened difficulty levels compared to the Planet Strikes. Difficulty tiers are Eagle (18) Viper (20) Wolf (22) and Tiger (25). Intended for players level 20-25. Matchmaking enabled.
Weekly Strikes are special versions of strikes with some key changes such as increased shielding for enemies or fewer ammo drops. There are two difficulty levels: Heroic (22) and Nightfall (28). Matchmaking is disabled.
In addition to these is the Daily Heroic Mission icon which is on the left side of the map which has various tiers of difficulty and can reward ascendant materials on higher settings.
Question:
I dont know what kind of rewards the higher strikes give out. Is there a reason to do the daily mission vs the weekly strike vs a vanguard strike? What's the reward difference between a lv22 Vanguard Strike and a lv22 Weekly Strike?
So there are three main types of strikes, right?
- Planet Strikes - The ones you select on the planets.
- Vanguard Strike Playlist - The ones you select in the playlist to the right of Earth.
- Weekly Strikes - The icons that appear to the left of the map screen.
Vanguard Strikes are in a playlist selected at random. Player may choose heightened difficulty levels compared to the Planet Strikes. Difficulty tiers are Eagle (18) Viper (20) Wolf (22) and Tiger (25). Intended for players level 20-25. Matchmaking enabled.
Weekly Strikes are special versions of strikes with some key changes such as increased shielding for enemies or fewer ammo drops. There are two difficulty levels: Heroic (22) and Nightfall (28). Matchmaking is disabled.
In addition to these is the Daily Heroic Mission icon which is on the left side of the map which has various tiers of difficulty and can reward ascendant materials on higher settings.
Question:
I dont know what kind of rewards the higher strikes give out. Is there a reason to do the daily mission vs the weekly strike vs a vanguard strike? What's the reward difference between a lv22 Vanguard Strike and a lv22 Weekly Strike?
I blame Diablo 3 coming out 2 weeks before this
Forgive me, but have you been successful with hand cannons in PvP before? This reads a little like "hand cannons are harder to use than ARs/shotguns" which I would never deny. You can't just equip it and expect to do well because it's an exotic, it requires finesse and a lot of intentional distancing. If you want to pursue it, make sure you get that at shotgun range/quarters you should have your own shotgun or a fusion rifle out- hand cannons can never win that fight.
Lol. Sunsingers. The revive is them using their super, so of course they have all the benefits of it after the revival. It's not fair in the slightest bit, it's a super. And their grenades and melee both set people on fire XD
There are a number of ways to reduce its cooldown. I will leave it at that, and not common on balance based on the sheer number of people describing arc blade as the obviously OP super
GuitarAtomik
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I maxed out Sunsinger a couple days ago and they're pretty fair at least until you max it out for double grenades (which is literally the last thing you get). That's what puts them in the top tier. I feel like it's a reward for sticking it out so long while Voidwalkers are getting their easy kills. Now if they had access to blink, they would be ridiculously OP (and fun/scary ).
).Kor of Memory
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Which bounty is this?
I'm just finished up the Bad Juju 25 strikes yesterday. I ran 23 of them in Vanguard Eagle (the level 18 playlist).
It's not? Poop. On the other hand I guess that means I can catch up on some TV and Blurays and stuff.
No one knows, Bungie just said "next week". Not sure where the Tuesday thing came from (it's nowhere on the official site/twitter). I'm still hoping!
I'm guessing because Destiny's weekly content refreshes on Tuesdays, that's why. Honestly, I assumed that it was coming out today as well. It kinda makes sense for them to release a patch like this at the start of the week.
Obviously, its because the game is a flop...
XANDER CAGE
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The difference is that Destiny isn't an MMO and probably doesn't need to copy the MMO loot table style.
MMOs typically have a lot of other things to do besides raids at high level, usually things that can earn you other rewards (or even separate leveling structures like crafting/professions). The raid is the Big High Level Thing to do in Destiny besides the weekly and PVP, so it's definitely deflating to get nothing out of it.
GoodCoffeeJoey
Banned
My cat chewed through the cord to my mic while I was doing the vault of glass. The real dark souls starts here?
The Lamonster
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beaver error. Is it happening?
The Librarian
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The day's not over yet!
Not really, instead of "you're probably getting a blue item, if lucky you'll get a legendary item, and if even luckier you'll get one for your class, if even luckier than that you'll get an exotic"
it's "you're getting a legendary item, if lucky you'll get one for your class, if luckier you'll get an exotic"
Either way, a legendary is guaranteed now, which is much much better than the previous shenanigans.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Time to chew through your cat.
Easily my favorite video clip that I've saved is from a bladedancer duel where we both see each other and activate our supers to see who can kill who so that the survivor can take out the nearby team. I really wish there was some more third person gaming in Destiny. There needs to be a Sword of Croata mode where it's several people vs one guy with the sword.
Bungie, when are you going to add Safari support for Bungie.net? I can't see my character
I am running the OS X Yosemite Public Beta and Bungie.net runs fine on my Safari. But yeah it doesn't Run on Mavericks (or probably below that too). Maybe Bungie is just waiting for you to upgrade your OS.
Yeah, lol, it can be so brutal to watch. I just staaaay away.
I had what I'm sure is a similar sensation last night during my best match with Pocket Infinity. I was holding the chokepoint in that narrow room on Exodus Blue (one of the heavy ammo spawn points) and people just KEPT RUNNING IN through the two extremely tight bottlenecks. Spawn, run in, get vaporized, spawn, run in, get vaporized. I don't understand why they decided to try more than twice.
Okay you're right on the money about the different kinds.
Rewards
Daily Heroic Story (once a day) - Ascendant Materials (2 shards/energies at level 28)
Weekly Heroic Strike (once a week) - Strange Coins (9 at level 28)
Weekly Nightfall (once a week) - exotics, legendaries, ascendant materials, strange coins, or legendary engrams
These are per character.
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