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[hydruxo]

Patch is coming!?!?

 

[astroturfing]

Hope you guys decrypted all your purple engrams. Hahaha

huh why? isn't it smarter to wait for the patch to go into effect so the purples actually give purples.

 

[VE3TRO]

So...who's going dressed as Rahool on Halloween? Last night I told my team, "If I see someone dressed as the cryptarch on Halloween, I'm gonna punch him in the face." Just joking, but that's gotta be a popular cosplay choice this year. PEACE.

Oh god yes, and give out candy as him in purple wrappers but when the kids open them they are laxitives or something.

huh why? isn't it smarter to wait for the patch to go into effect so the purples actually give purples.

Current purples will become blue. Best to get rid now because you have a chance of them becoming purple unlike after the patch will 100% be blue.

 

[Wurdfurd]

I'm setting up a raid for tonight at around 8 est add me of your interested

27+

PSN cyborg1

Added. PSN Wurdfurd

huh why? isn't it smarter to wait for the patch to go into effect so the purples actually give purples.

Patch makes existing purples into blues I thought

 

[Tovarisc]

Patch Notes from Bungie.net

Summary:
With this patch, we address some widely-discussed concerns with how Engrams are earned and claimed. Strikes have become more rewarding, and the rewards gained from them are more predictable. Also affected is the rotation of maps that appear in the Crucible.

Cryptarch
Legendary (purple) engrams will always produce a Legendary quality item or higher
Note: Legendary engrams that exist in your inventory will change to Rare quality items when the patch is applied. However, decoding these engrams will still produce the same results as before
Rare (blue) engrams will always produce a Rare quality item or higher
Chance for Legendary gear increased
Materials: Ascendant Shards and Ascendant Energy promoted to Legendary quality (from Rare quality)

Rewards
Rare (Blue) and Legendary (Purple) Engram drops added to the potential rewards for:
Vanguard: Tiger Strike Playlist
Daily Heroic Missions (first time per day)
Weekly Heroic Missions (first time per week)
Known issues
When selecting a higher difficulty for daily missions, XP Bonus not show in the reward display
You will still get the XP bonus, you just won't see it in the UI

Crucible
Reduced time limit on Bastion and First Light in Control and Clash from 15 to 12 minutes, bringing them in line with non-vehicle maps in those playlists
Lowered weighting on Bastion and First Light in Control and Clash so they appear less often in those playlists

 

[Lakitu]

Fuck yes!! About time :d 18 rares and 3 mails from Cryptarch. I'm ready.

 

[Righty10]

I'm setting up a raid for tonight at around 8 est add me of your interested

27+

PSN cyborg1

I'm more than interested.

Level 27 Hunter maxed gunslinger / blade dancer.

PSN DoubleB22

 

[MechDX]

Im begging at this point. I need two people to help complete the strikes on the highest difficulty tonight so I can get the full allotment of strange coins.

Xbox One. Tag is DX

 

[SenatorBot]

Looking for 3 more for raid on PS4 right now. add me on PSN: Jignxs

 

[Messiek]

Destiny |OT7| Already ?!

 

[Dmonzy]

I'm setting up a raid for tonight at around 8 est add me of your interested

27+

PSN cyborg1

I'm interested! Hopefully I will be on by then.

I'm a 28 Hunter. PSN: Da_Ninja_Himself

 

[E92 M3]

Sweet - lower weight for Bastion and First Light!

 

[LiK]

huh why? isn't it smarter to wait for the patch to go into effect so the purples actually give purples.

They are blues now

 

[buddha0311]

My Raid Spoils..

14 Energy....
1 Warlock Bond.

Spirit Bloom.

GG

 

[hydruxo]

Crucible
Reduced time limit on Bastion and First Light in Control and Clash from 15 to 12 minutes, bringing them in line with non-vehicle maps in those playlists
Lowered weighting on Bastion and First Light in Control and Clash so they appear less often in those playlists

 

[Handy Fake]

huh why? isn't it smarter to wait for the patch to go into effect so the purples actually give purples.

People thought it was smarter, but it turned out to be blue.

 

[Milennia]

Sweet there's our raid right there lol

 

[-griffy-]

huh why? isn't it smarter to wait for the patch to go into effect so the purples actually give purples.

Purple engrams obtained before the patch will turn blue after the patch. Only purples obtained after the patch have the change.

 

[StewboaT_]

I'd like a broadcast feature so that when players roll over our emblems in the Roster they can see something like:

"Looking for: [Insert Selection] such as Raid group, Crucible group, Nightfall group, etc" so that people who are sending out invites can find who is down for that activity instead of blindly sending out invites to those who have no intention of playing that activity.

This is one of my most wanted features at this point. I have lots of people on my friends list playing destiny at any given time, but still find it quicker to search for people on the lfg.

 

[Strider]

Reduced time limit on Bastion and First Light in Control and Clash from 15 to 12 minutes, bringing them in line with non-vehicle maps in those playlists
Lowered weighting on Bastion and First Light in Control and Clash so they appear less often in those playlists

OMG YEEEES.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

Fuck yes!! About time :d 18 rares and 3 mails from Cryptarch. I'm ready.

you should get them out of the way before the update

 

[Steroyd]

UPDATE!!!!

PRAISE THE SUN!!!!

 

[E92 M3]

Im begging at this point. I need two people to help complete the strikes on the highest difficulty tonight so I can get the full allotment of strange coins.

Xbox One. Tag is DX

I added you.

 

[squidhands]

So last night while I was solo'ing the Nightfall, Heaven-Assassin from here saw what I was doing and jumped into my game to give me a hand -- only I already had the final boss down to 5% health and I ended up killing him about 1 minute after Heaven joined.

He got all the benefits and a Legendary FWC fusion rifle for his 1 minute of play time, haha. He felt bad but I thought it was hilarious.

That ever happen to anyone else?

I got matched in to a game last night and after joining just went to the finish screen. Got 2 rare items for my Warlock.

Also had a cool moment during the beginning of a strike where a Public Event happened right as we showed up to a cave on Venus. Nice little bonus there.

Update!

80+ hours playtime

3 nightfall completions
2 raid completions

0 exotic weapon rewards/decrypts
0 exotic armor rewards/decrypts
0 exotic bounties
0 blue engrams decrypted into purple items
0 exotic or legendary gifts/decrypts from cryptarch rank ups (level 18)
0 exotic gifts/decrypts from Vanguard/FWC rank 3

65 hours of playtime

0 nightfall completions
0 raid completions

1 exotic weapon rewards/decrypts - Monte Carlo
0 exotic armor rewards/decrypts
1 exotic bounties (Invective, finally got it last night)
0 blue engrams decrypted into purple items
1 exotic or legendary gifts/decrypts from cryptarch rank ups (level 10) - ISTANU-GNT Razor helmet
1 exotic gifts/decrypts from Vanguard rank 3 - Final Boss

Sorry dude, you've been Cryptarch'd

 

[Xater]

Patch is live.

 

[Nathan_Drake]

Got 13 Blues ready to decode. Should get an upgrade package. Everyone report your new richness or we can all cry as they stay blues

 

[Sykotik]

Just downloaded a 820kb update!

 

[Vespene]

You all think you've beaten the Cryptarch with this new patch.

Truth is, he's now working behind the scenes with RNGod to swap out those purples for blues BEFORE they drop.

One way or another, the Cryptarch always gets his way.

 

[VE3TRO]

"Materials: Ascendant Shards and Ascendant Energy promoted to Legendary quality (from Rare quality)"

Does this mean Ascendant materials will be harder to come by now?

 

[Sai-kun]

Update is live, I believe~

" Materials: Ascendant Shards and Ascendant Energy promoted to Legendary quality (from Rare quality)"

Does this mean Ascendant materials will be harder to come by now?

Think it just means that they're Purple now instead of Blue, to better reflect how rare they are.

 

[Irnbru]

Last night solidified my opinion that bladedancer needs a buff in PVE. When you get to those higher level enemies, even the basic minions take one or two hits to take down.

In all honesty the only use for bladedancer over gunslinger I've ever found is for cloaked rezzing lol

 

[Dirtbag]

Was thinking, how viable is Destiny for tournaments like MLG?

Impossible. Won't happen. Fundamentally against everything about MLG

 

[nicoga3000]

So I wonder if they patched the issue where strike bosses were bullet sponges and players were overly squishy? They said that was an error and were working on it...

 

[farisr]

Just downloaded the patch.

 

[Zakalwe]

Legendary engrams you have now will be exactly the same post patch, just blue colour. So keep them till after to level Rahool for a chances at a new legendary engram.

 

[astroturfing]

Purple engrams obtained before the patch will turn blue after the patch. Only purples obtained after the patch have the change.

WHAT? umm why? it has taken me forever to get a single purple engram, and now it will be turned to blue? no way?

cool punishment, i guess i deserved it somehow.

Legendary engrams you have now will be exactly the same post patch, just blue colour. So keep them till after to level Rahool for a chances at a new legendary engram.

oh so there's no punishment? ok, phew.

 

[Sai-kun]

So I wonder if they patched the issue where strike bosses were bullet sponges and players were overly squishy? They said that was an error and were working on it...

lmao if you think this will happen

WHAT? umm why? it has taken me forever to get a single purple engram, and now it will be turned to blue? no way?

cool punishment, i guess i deserved it somehow.

It was probably a green anyways

 

[VE3TRO]

Im begging at this point. I need two people to help complete the strikes on the highest difficulty tonight so I can get the full allotment of strange coins.

Xbox One. Tag is DX

I'll add. ^_^

 

[NaturalHigh]

I have been patched! Xbone.

GIVE ME PURP

 

[The Librarian]

So I wonder if they patched the issue where strike bosses were bullet sponges and players were overly squishy? They said that was an error and were working on it...

That's coming soon-ish, they said.

 

[Pierate]

Damn those patch notes are looking sweet, seems like they're actually listening to what the players want, good job Bungie.

 

[KingV]

The way it reads makes it sound like the new rare evens are equivalent to old legendaries.

 

[TP-DK]

"Materials: Ascendant Shards and Ascendant Energy promoted to Legendary quality (from Rare quality)"

Does this mean Ascendant materials will be harder to come by now?

Nah it just means they will be purple colored, instead of blue which they were before. Since you use them to upgrade legendary and exotic gear it made no sense that they were blue.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

Paaaaaatch is out.

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

Hurray, update is out!

 

[Revolutionary]

Patched. Here's hoping the Mail engrams aren't affected.

 

[LuchaShaq]

Anyone for 6 coin weekly heroic???

 

[X-Frame]

I will need Vanguard Tiger & Daily Heroic impressions ASAP people, while I sit here at work for another 6 hours.

 

[Namikaze1]

Time to visit Rahool!

 

[Blue Ninja]

Oh damn, patch downloaded. Is Rahool's tyranny over?