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[realcZk]

Personally I think Bastion is the worst map in the game, so I'm fine with it. A shame too, because Destiny needs more varied map sizes...the bigger ones just don't work very well right now. Moon map is okay.

+1. It's a horrible map. Definitely the weakest in the lineup by far.

You ride around until you get to the choke points on B or the center and then its just a sniper/super fest. No one bothers with the rest of the map because its too damn big. Then you always have that guy camping way back in the spawn with a sniper.

 

[Orthogonal]

Is there a difference in playing the Daily Heroic Story mission on different difficulty settings other than enemy level? Just wondering if the reward payoff is different.

 

[Einchy]

Not sure which one I should go with.

http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Good_Advice?file=Supergoodadvice.jpg

or

http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Pocket_Infinity?file=Pocket_Infinity.png

 

[Unknown One]

So what does this do to the end game really? I mean within a week or so people will be all legendary with probably an exotic weapon and armor.

End game atm is raid gear legendaries, not the common legendaries.

 

[backflip10019]

Is there a difference in playing the Daily Heroic Story mission on different difficulty settings other than enemy level? Just wondering if the reward payoff is different.

Yeah, the higher difficulty levels net you 1 and 2 ascendant materials respectively.

 

[The Librarian]

Is there a difference in playing the Daily Heroic Story mission on different difficulty settings other than enemy level? Just wondering if the reward payoff is different.

The game tells you the difference in reward payout when you select the difficulty.

 

[postcyberpunk]

Easy way to do that. Buy the game on Xbox.

LOL

 

[hydruxo]

Bastion > First Light. But they both suck.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

http://www.bungie.net/7_Destiny-Dev-Notes/en/News/News?aid=12188

"We will be patching some of these issues as early as today. Others may not be addressed for a month or two."

So basically no one knows. Cool.

 

[Hawkian]

+1. It's a horrible map. Definitely the weakest in the lineup by far.

For whatever reason Bastion I can deal with but I just can't tolerate First Light. It's mostly that my preferred loadout (hand cannon/fusion rifle) is totally subobtimal for it. and I guess that I hate maps that reward snipers. sniperrrrrs

 

[Nathan_Drake]

Well Cryptarch is still hosing me but I feel the drops are increasing (blues and greens), the weekly and daily seem to be giving a lot of stuff at the end (withing 2 runs all 3 of us got 4 things at one time, engrams, items, shaders, etc). I also got my first exotic bounty after 50+ hrs. Invective

 

[diablos991]

So when is the balancing update? I thought that was this one.

Bungie has stated by the end of the year.
It was very clear what this patch was if you read what Bungie writes instead of relying on word-to-mouth.

 

[jorgeton]

I'm still level 22 and every blue engram I've decrypted has been a green item.

I for one am looking forward to blue engram = blue item.

Too bad I'm stuck at work and can't play right now

 

[LkPr]

I'm going to be changing my plans for the night a bit and running a tiger strike marathon- I will record my results of each one for science

If you have an open spot in team around 9PM EST I would like to join yah! Was planning/hoping to get my 2 weeklys done tonight then run a bunch of tiger strikes

 

[GifGafIsTheBestGaf]

Is there a difference in playing the Daily Heroic Story mission on different difficulty settings other than enemy level? Just wondering if the reward payoff is different.

2 ass material
more xp

 

[Orthogonal]

I'm going to be changing my plans for the night a bit and running a tiger strike marathon- I will record my results of each one for science

The patch update made it sound like only the first Tiger strike played per day has a chance to drop a Legendary/Rare engram.
Edit: nvm, that was only the Weekly and Daily.

 

[EmmaWatsonButt]

Tiger strike Playlist is the new loot cave. I did two of them and I got 7 blue engrams (3 from after game rewards)

 

[Flo_Evans]

For whatever reason Bastion I can deal with but I just can't tolerate First Light. It's mostly that my preferred loadout (hand cannon/fusion rifle) is totally subobtimal for it. and I guess that I hate maps that reward snipers. sniperrrrrs

I used to hate snipers, then I got the Ice Breaker, now people hate me on first light.

 

[Fushichou187]

For whatever reason Bastion I can deal with but I just can't tolerate First Light. It's mostly that my preferred loadout (hand cannon/fusion rifle) is totally subobtimal for it. and I guess that I hate maps that reward snipers. sniperrrrrs

pew pew

 

[Nocturnx]

Yeah that's the bit that caught me off guard. Thinking about it that would botch the system hard unless they added other lower rarity packages than can be earned.

I know how you feel though, I saved some packages to retrieve until after the patch too lol. Paranoia on my part I guess, you just never know the exact extent of the patch changes though.

 

[Hawkian]

Not sure which one I should go with.

http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Good_Advice?file=Supergoodadvice.jpg

or

http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Pocket_Infinity?file=Pocket_Infinity.png

search your feelings

you know it to be true

 

[RespectThySole]

The patch update made it sound like only the first Tiger strike played per day has a chance to drop a Legendary/Rare engram.

Disappointing if true. I just got two useless blues from Tiger.

Good to see them giving lesser weight to Bastion and First Light. I hate those maps especially Bastion.

 

[KillerDark]

So what does this do to the end game really? I mean within a week or so people will be all legendary with probably an exotic weapon and armor.

Still gotta grind for shards... although we should be getting more legendaries now unless they lowered the drop rate on them.

 

[theSlacker]

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 could disagree with you, saying that they are easy when you do them right, and people already solo them, which is all true, but honestly a lot of the endgame stuff seems more tedious then fun. You die so fast that you need to just find a hiding spot, adds spawn like crazy on bosses, and everything is a bullet sponge. Sure you can exploit the damage bonus, but then you have weeklys like this week that don't have one. The game basically encourages you to find the best cheesing spot for bosses.

This isn't from someone who can't or doesn't do nightfalls either. I will continue to do them as well, just I can see the point of view of people that don't like the endgame stuff.

 

[AaronMT86]

Tiger Strikelist increased odds only on daily first run, stop wasting your time running additional runs

 

[StrongBlackVine]

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.

Yeah a level 22 strike is nothing.

 

[diablos991]

Disappointing if true. I just got two useless blues from Tiger.

Good to see them giving lesser weight to Bastion and First Light. I hate those maps especially Bastion.

Better than the nothing you got before the patch.

 

[Flo_Evans]

The patch update made it sound like only the first Tiger strike played per day has a chance to drop a Legendary/Rare engram.
Edit: nvm, that was only the Weekly and Daily.

No that is daily and weekly heroic

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)

should be able to keep doing tiger strikes.

 

[enzo_gt]

Thunder devil on the Queens robe for Warlock looks INCREDIBLE. Been rocking it for a while.

 

[JackHerer]

Not sure which one I should go with.

http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Good_Advice?file=Supergoodadvice.jpg

or

http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Pocket_Infinity?file=Pocket_Infinity.png

Super Good Advice has ridiculous recoil that makes it awful in PvP. I haven't unlocked the perk that causes missed shots to return to magazine which should make it better for PvE at least. I'm still working on Pocket Infinity Bounty. 1 out 200 fusion rifle kills in Nightfall down. Only 199 more to go!

 

[realcZk]

For whatever reason Bastion I can deal with but I just can't tolerate First Light. It's mostly that my preferred loadout (hand cannon/fusion rifle) is totally subobtimal for it. and I guess that I hate maps that reward snipers. sniperrrrrs

I really don't mind first light at all, its easy enough not to get sniped on all cap points (just stand inside them). But yeah, most people prefer ranged fighting on that map and its really powerful if you have the right vantage points. I'd only play control there, clash is a pretty boring game mode for me. I will share a protip: the best way to play bastion (if you don't like using a sparrow or sniping) is to return to orbit

 

[X-Frame]

I'd love to know this info too.. I plan on running a few later this afternoon to test for myself but want to hear from others as well.

I'm going to be changing my plans for the night a bit and running a tiger strike marathon- I will record my results of each one for science

Great! I will be testing too tonight, probably will do at least 5. Lookikg now it seems it is raining blues at least.

It's a Cryptarch reward only right? Is it random or given at a set Cryptarch level?

Is it? Makes sense, my Cryptarch level is quite low compared to some people I play with.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Speaking of Crucible, Bungie really went soft on us in competitive play this time around. I couldn't think of a better game to have a ranking system so people of equal gear/skill can play together. At least they're adding team chat back I guess.

 

[hydruxo]

Tiger Strikelist increased odds only on daily first run, stop wasting your time running additional runs

Not true. Reread the patch notes, that's only for dailies and weeklys. It says nothing next to Tiger Playlist.

 

[cakely]

Easy way to do that. Buy the game on Xbox.

Oh, Snap!

 

[Tak3n]

So what does this do to the end game really? I mean within a week or so people will be all legendary with probably an exotic weapon and armor.

I use to hear that argument all the time in wow, it always reminds me of why the rich like to keep the poor, poor!

people who have don't like people who have not getting nice things.... I am not accusing you of that of course, but the way forward is for bungie to figure out, stopping other players getting access to rare loot is not the way

 

[inki]

I was just thinking, it would have been epic had the Cryptarch's model been changed. He was all bandaged up and was standing with a cane.

 

[Einchy]

Super Good Advice has ridiculous recoil that makes it awful in PvP. I haven't unlocked the perk that causes missed shots to return to magazine which should make it better for PvE at least. I'm still working on Pocket Infinity Bounty. 1 out 200 fusion rifle kills in Nightfall down. Only 199 more to go!

search your feelings

you know it to be true

Sounds like I'm going with the Pocket Infinity then. Thanks

 

[FF Seraphim]

Personally I think Bastion is the worst map in the game, so I'm fine with it. A shame too, because Destiny needs more varied map sizes...the bigger ones just don't work very well right now. Moon map is okay.

Bastion is a horrible map, its too large for 6v6 IMO. So is First Light.

Honestly my favorite maps would be Mercury, that sun... looks so damn good.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

For whatever reason Bastion I can deal with but I just can't tolerate First Light. It's mostly that my preferred loadout (hand cannon/fusion rifle) is totally subobtimal for it. and I guess that I hate maps that reward snipers. sniperrrrrs

I also hate first light but can bear bastion. I think it's because on capture the centre capture point is reasonable, but on first light it always seems to end in a cluster of people rushing point A over and over with some edge camping snipers.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

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

Gamestop employee gave me a code for it without pre-ordering. It is the best looking shader in the game so far imo.

 

[Twilight Gap]

They should put Bastion in Skirmish

Spoiler

and make the score to win 200

 

[realcZk]

Bastion is a horrible map, its too large for 6v6 IMO. So is First Light.

Honestly my favorite maps would be Mercury, that sun... looks so damn good.

Any love for Shores of Time? <3 that map

 

[Breakfast at Noon]

Gamestop employee gave me a code for it without pre-ordering. It is the best looking shader in the game so far imo.

Blacksmith? Awesome.. need it in my life.

 

[Jest Chillin]

For whatever reason Bastion I can deal with but I just can't tolerate First Light. It's mostly that my preferred loadout (hand cannon/fusion rifle) is totally subobtimal for it. and I guess that I hate maps that reward snipers. sniperrrrrs

This is why I rock my Hand Cannon with a Sniper secondary. Hawkmoon for the close to mid, Praedyth's Revenge for counter-sniping. It's good times.

 

[bryehn]

Got a strange coin (I'm still only at lvl16), what do I do with it?

 

[theSlacker]

now i'm getting duplicates of raid armor

this sucks

Pls go.

 

[diablos991]

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

My wife and I are pretty big Spacey fans; so getting the new CoD was a no-brainer.

It was just icing on the cake that I got a sweet shader out of the deal too.

 

[Twilight Gap]

Any love for Shores of Time? <3 that map

burning shrine, shores of time and rusted lands are the 3 best maps.

 

[StrongBlackVine]

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.

Daily heroic is easy. I do it just for the shards and marks.