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[squidhands]

Oh. Oh bravo.

Glad someone got it!

 

[anddo0]

Anyone wants to do the Raid on PS4 now or very soon?

I'm on. I'll raid with you.

 

[TheBlueBomber]

I live in Germany, there is a website called "PosterXXL".

I found the four above pictures at a nice high resolution and PosterXXL had a sale going on for prints on canvas. The three small ones cost me 20€ instead of 40€ and the bigger one cost 30€ instead of 60€. So i got all 4 for 100€ including shipping.

Now I just need to get the Titan one redone and I'm all set

Damn, I REALLY like them, but im sure shipping to the US would kill me haha

 

[th4tguy]

Downloaded patch. Decrypted enough engrams (including 1 which used to be purple) to gain two levels with the cryptarch. Rewards were all blues

 

[cpp_is_king]

right. the odds aren't changing. Only the perception.

I think the odds probably are changing for the worse, but I'm ok with that. I think purple stuff should come from strikes and raids, and getting it from routine farming, random engram decryption, and cryptarch levelling should happen but be very rare.

 

[Lakitu]

So we do know that Legendary engrams still drop. I got one half an hour ago, although it turned out to be a helm I already have. Still got ass shards out of it.

 

[Klyka]

Damn, I REALLY like them, but im sure shipping to the US would kill me haha

I am 100% sure that companies/websites EXACTLY like PosterXXL exist in the US.
Like, I can not imagine where this would not be possible to get done over there.

 

[Sullichin]

Man, my friends and I got demolished at the level 22 heroic strike. I'm looking forward to them nerfing the difficulties on strikes. It's dumb.

 

[ERMint13]

Downloaded patch. Decrypted enough engrams (including 1 which used to be purple) to gain two levels with the cryptarch. Rewards were all blues

Same all blue rewards. I wonder if they did that on purpose. Leveled up twice due the the extra Nightfall rep.

 

[Aselith]

Downloaded patch. Decrypted enough engrams (including 1 which used to be purple) to gain two levels with the cryptarch. Rewards were all blues

Prepatch loot is the same it has to drop after the patch

 

[Klyka]

Man, my friends and I got demolished at the level 22 heroic strike. I'm looking forward to them nerfing the difficulties on strikes. It's dumb.

I'll be completely honest: You just need to get better. The strikes are not crazy hard or anything, none of them are. It's all about playing well.

 

[TheBlueBomber]

I am 100% sure that companies/websites EXACTLY like PosterXXL exist in the US.
Like, I can not imagine where this would not be possible to get done over there.

Very valid point, ill have to look around

 

[bobby2times]

Nightfall anyone? 27 hunter with arc weapons. Ps4: bobby2times

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

....

Plenty of people got legendaries from leveling up the cryptarch. If this patch doesnt please you just quit Destiny bc this patch is a definite step in the right direction.

Quit? Well thanks for the handy advice buddy. Seriously, I was under the impression purples will now be purple. I opened purple packages and got a ton of blues which confused me. Did I misunderstand the patch a bit? Yeah, but quit? Sorry if my confusion offended you, but quitting seems like a bit of a childish reaction.

 

[Nodnol]

I think I could solo the Nightfall, even at 27, but I'm just not geared properly. I don't have an Arc special, and I don't have an Arc RL for the boss.

I got to the tank, and despite being somewhere I thought was safe, he one-shotted me.

 

[hydruxo]

Man, my friends and I got demolished at the level 22 heroic strike. I'm looking forward to them nerfing the difficulties on strikes. It's dumb.

What level are you? The difficulties are fine, you just need better gear.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Hm, I think the package you get from leveling the cryptarch has a HIGHER chance at blues now. Sure, one person reporting getting only blues is one thing, 2 people saying that is a coincidence, 3 people saying it is a folly, 4 people saying it is confirmation bias, 5 people saying it...

I just got blues. After only getting legendaries before. They definitely lowered the amount of purples you get from levelling him.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Same all blue rewards. I wonder if they did that on purpose. Leveled up twice due the the extra Nightfall rep.

wait if you did nightfall already you can repeat it?

hohoho

 

[Raide]

Huh 4 rewards for a strike! including purple gloves!

 

[LiK]

Is there a black/silver shader?

 

[CornDogg]

I think the odds probably are changing for the worse, but I'm ok with that. I think purple stuff should come from strikes and raids, and getting it from routine farming, random engram decryption, and cryptarch levelling should happen but be very rare.

Agreed. If you look at WoW, most of the purples came from running heroic dungeons, raiding, and buying gear with emblems. Getting legendaries outside of those activities seldom happened.

 

[Tekku]

What a freaking pointless patch. 3 cryptarch ranks net me 8 blues? At least before the patch we used to see the color purple, now it's just a pure sea of blue.

Haha omg, the patch has been up for a couple of minutes. Just calm down.

 

[Strider]

Quit? Well thanks for the handy advice buddy. Seriously, I was under the impression purples will now be purple. I opened purple packages and got a ton of blues which confused me. Did I misunderstand the patch a bit? Yeah, but quit? Sorry if my confusion offended you, but quitting seems like a bit of a childish reaction.

Based on your post you are not enjopying the game. If you're not enjoying a game my advice will forever and always be to quit and find a game you do enjoy. That is absolutely not childish.

Leveling up the cryptarch and the rewards you get from the messenger when that occurs has and always will be RNG. Pretty much it's that way with everything in this game. And again if you dislike that... this game is probably not for you.

 

[Andrew.]

Is there a black/silver shader?

Yup. I scored it last week. It's beau-ti-ful and called Thunderdevil.

 

[Hoodbury]

i'd rather play bastion and first light than exodus blue and blind watch. wish they'd lowered the weighting of those and bumped up burning shrine

No, as a Titan Striker I love Exodus blue. I get so many triple kills and 2 of my 3 quads at the B flag on that map. I always look forward to Exodus blue.

Bastion has terrible spawns. Here, spawn a mile behind A or C everytime and spend most of your time just getting into the map.

- speaking from someone who mainly plays Control.

 

[Afrocious]

IMO, folks saying they want to quit because of this patch probably haven't hit the frustration of doing the raid and getting ass shards, a gun you already have, and the ship you already have, and then being locked out of doing that mode for a week.

 

[The Librarian]

Is there a black/silver shader?

You mean bloodpact?

 

[IXIKelsonIXI]

Man, my friends and I got demolished at the level 22 heroic strike. I'm looking forward to them nerfing the difficulties on strikes. It's dumb.

If you are getting demolished on a level 22 strike, you are probably undergeared or not very good (no offense).

Don't cry nerf just because you weren't able to accomplish it. It is meant to be challenging.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Is there a black/silver shader?

The only black shader IIRC is from preordering the new Call of Duty

 

[SPACECADET]

Huh 4 rewards for a strike! including purple gloves!

why couldn't they have patched it yesterday when i was doing 23 strikes in a row for my exotic bounty :'(

that's ok, i really like doing strikes.

 

[Andrew.]

You mean bloodpact?

That aint black and silver yo. The shader color itself is sand colored.

 

[LiK]

Yup. I scored it last week. It's beau-ti-ful and called Thunderdevil.

WAT, I want

You mean bloodpact?

I have that, not exactly black/silver

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

IMO, folks saying they want to quit because of this patch probably haven't hit the frustration of doing the raid and getting ass shards, a gun you already have, and the ship you already have, and then being locked out of doing that mode for a week.

preach

 

[PhatSaqs]

Ok Bungie now that you've patched the game can you fix the damn Strike Grimoire!? Seriously WTH...

My stats:

 

[Xeroblade]

The only black shader IIRC is from preordering the new Call of Duty

Which i don't think any of us are dumb enough to do that!

 

[AaronMT86]

Where my East NA7 crew at?

 

[NullPointer]

the point of pain has just migrated from decrypting a purple engram and getting a blue to just seeing that you don't get a purple engram from a mail reward.

Haha, OK, OK. So I thought he used to promise legendaries and those would sometimes decode to blues, but now he promises a random selection of legendaries and rares? Yeah, that is still a bit deflating, but it makes sense in the new system.

At least legendary drops will be legendaries.

Now if they could only add materials as drops from enemies, strikes and/or bosses, this game will have undone its biggest non-story based WTF elements.

 

[Hawkian]

right. the odds aren't changing. Only the perception.

yep. for the better!

fuck the cryptarch

Man, my friends and I got demolished at the level 22 heroic strike. I'm looking forward to them nerfing the difficulties on strikes. It's dumb.

hmm, wait, are you talking about the Weekly?

Haha, OK, OK. So I thought he used to promise legendaries

hell no he never promised anything

and those would sometimes decode to blues

90% of the time for me -_-

but now he promises legendaries and rares? Yeah, that is still a bit deflating, but it makes sense in the new system.

The mail rewards aren't changed, they used to say that on them before as well. we don't know if the odds (mail becoming blue vs. purple) have changed yet, that would take research, but either way, it's nominally the same as before.

 

[Sullichin]

What level are you? The difficulties are fine, you just need better gear.

We were 26, 25, 20

I'll be completely honest: You just need to get better. The strikes are not crazy hard or anything, none of them are. It's all about playing well.

Whatever. I'm not bad at the game. I do stick mostly to PVP though because these strikes are always a chore. I'm able to beat them, but i'm usually not having much fun.

 

[Twilight Gap]

No, as a Titan Striker I love Exodus blue. I get so many triple kills and 2 of my 3 quads at the B flag on that map. I always look forward to Exodus blue.

Bastion has terrible spawns. Here, spawn a mile behind A or C everytime and spend most of your time just getting into the map.

- speaking from someone who mainly plays Control.

as a sniper it's the opposite for me. bastion and first light are too big and too flat, but at least i'm not getting hit with shotguns and grenades all the time.

 

[T.O.P]

Is there a black/silver shader?

Something like this? (apart from the awful website look, in game is metallic, much more shiny)

Shader is a Rare called Thunderdevil

 

[MADGAME]

IMO, folks saying they want to quit because of this patch probably haven't hit the frustration of doing the raid and getting ass shards, a gun you already have, and the ship you already have, and then being locked out of doing that mode for a week.

You aren't locked out of the mode, you just get chest rewards once a week per character, and boss rewards twice per character (normal/hard mode). You can triple that with 3 characters. Seems pretty fair to me.

 

[forgeforsaken]

No Bad Juju buff this patch?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Agreed. If you look at WoW, most of the purples came from running heroic dungeons, raiding, and buying gear with emblems. Getting legendaries outside of those activities seldom happened.

Yup, and even for the legendaries you get outside of doing Raiding, the legendaries you can buy tend to be crappy.

 

[cpp_is_king]

We were 26, 25, 20



Whatever. I'm not bad at the game. I do stick mostly to PVP though because these strikes are always a chore. I'm able to beat them, but i'm usually not having much fun.

I'm not good at FPSes, but honestly the strikes are not difficult. You can't just walk in and blaze everything down, you have to be careful, slow, and methodical. Casuals are beating the Nightfall, which is level 28 and where if you die you get booted back to orbit. So it's really not an issue of difficulty, you're just doing somethign wrong. It's hard to say what without being in your group though.

 

[Confidence Man]

Wish we could have gun shaders.

 

[TheAznOne]

Just solo'd the daily heroic on tier 3 and all i got was a blue engram. At least I got 2 shards out of it.

 

[Chamber]

Speak for yourself

No kidding. I didn't realize the mail package having a chance to be blue was breaking news for some. Must have been real nice.

 

[LiK]

FUCK. I looked up pics. Thunderdevil shader will be mine!

 

[Alucrid]

now i'm getting duplicates of raid armor

this sucks