Destiny |OT6| Lock me like one of your French girls, Jack
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When we first started the raid, you had party leader status, and somehow I ended up with it when we tried logging in later.
Was really weird.
Don't remember if you got booted at some point, as it was pretty hectic our first go around, but yea, we some how changed fireteam leaders after the first boss.
UnluckyKate
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Swarm is void, Zombie Apo is arc by default. I rock both.
Hunter-Zero
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Is based on his health yeah, when he goes for a walk to the other side you can get out of your hole (lol) kill some mobs, get ammo, etc, you just have to be careful with the rockets he fires sometimes, just stick close to the ramp and fire from there, he will eventually go back again to the front, so get back to your hole, rinse and repeat, he will get really close with low health, so be careful, crouch and headshot him to death.
Lord of Castamere
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Possibly but I know for a fact on 2 separate occasions I've gotten the checkpoint without being leader.
I jumped into a party last week that was right at the beginning of the Templar, and we ended up quitting before we started. I went back the next day and made a party where I was the fireteam leader and it put us right at that checkpoint rather than at the start of the raid.
The only time damage modifiers do anything is:
When an enemy has a colour coded shield (aura surrounding their body):
Yellow - solar
Blue - arc
Purple - void
Or when the mission or strike has a damage type burn modifier like the weekly nightfall.
Sepkis Prime isn't vulnerable to anything in particular.
Sleepy Buddha
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Swarm is void and Zombie is solar. If it wasn't to upgrade the Sorus, I wouldn't contemplate disassembling it.
Agreed. Having a decent heavy weapon for every flavour is essential.
The amount of cheese and exploits that people will come up with in games will never stop to amaze me.
I would never do this, it sound boring and lame as hell,honestly.
Aren't the Legendary rewards random on the daily story missions? The only confirmed rewards are the marks and materials.
#miller
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This.
I am rocking the ZombApo and the Corrective Measure.
That sweet 100 bullet mag and the other 200 void bullets waiting in there to wreck havoc where they hit..
sweet baby jesus - I like 'em.
Received "the last Word" two days back and I cannot switch back to anything else in this slot,.
Just simply because starting with the shooting animation this hits me in the puberty coolness crutch. Prefered Weapon number 1 at this point. <3
Pound_lb003
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Ugh, love to swap with you on gauntlets, I got legendary Warlock gauntlets yesterday. Guess what, I'm a titan.
I keep getting legendary crucible gauntlets which have blue graffiti all over them. Fucks me right off.
I thought you were supposed to get something, anything? It was my first time and I walked away with nothing at all.
Lord of Castamere
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But the game still hasn't given me a legendary fusion rifle! I'm not ready for the nerfs.
Ruthless_Barbarian
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You'll need them for hard raid, so yes.
SlenderBeans
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You know, I didn't really mind the RNG of the reward system, since you can just keep "rolling the dice" or just save up to buy a legendary. But the fact that in order to reach level 30, I have to hope that I get lucky enough to get a piece of gear that has a random chance of dropping in a raid I can only be rewarded from once (or twice) a week.
And If I use both those chances, and don't get anything, then tough nuggets you have to wait a week until you can even think about trying to get to 30.
But at the same time, it's kind of cool. Those people you see at Level 30 are not only decent enough to complete the raid, but also got lucky enough to have the raid armor drop for them, AND also invested the time to upgrade said armor all the way.
But it still sucks. I've already complete the normal raid, didn't get any armor, and I've yet to find a group to do it on hard. (Though I got Atheon's Epilogue, which will help tons in the hard mode) And if I can't find a group to do it on hard, then there's not much left to do on my Warlock, except maybe level up some weapons to help with the hard mode raid, or play some Crucible until I get bored of it. I should also stop doing the Nightfall, the Weekly Heroic and the Raid all on the same night as the reset.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love this game. It has sucked me in like no other. It just kind of sucks to be completely locked down from progressing any further. Sure, the same thing can happen at level 24. But at least there, you can still grind some rep and buy legendaries. I can't grind the raid. I can't buy raid armor. I have to hope to RNGesus that the raid armor will drop.
But like I said earlier, it makes you appreciate level 30 that much more. I still come back to play this game every day. And I'm still loving every minute of it.
In the meantime, I'll probably just level my alts, or watch SOA.
And If I use both those chances, and don't get anything, then tough nuggets you have to wait a week until you can even think about trying to get to 30.
But at the same time, it's kind of cool. Those people you see at Level 30 are not only decent enough to complete the raid, but also got lucky enough to have the raid armor drop for them, AND also invested the time to upgrade said armor all the way.
But it still sucks. I've already complete the normal raid, didn't get any armor, and I've yet to find a group to do it on hard. (Though I got Atheon's Epilogue, which will help tons in the hard mode) And if I can't find a group to do it on hard, then there's not much left to do on my Warlock, except maybe level up some weapons to help with the hard mode raid, or play some Crucible until I get bored of it. I should also stop doing the Nightfall, the Weekly Heroic and the Raid all on the same night as the reset.
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love this game. It has sucked me in like no other. It just kind of sucks to be completely locked down from progressing any further. Sure, the same thing can happen at level 24. But at least there, you can still grind some rep and buy legendaries. I can't grind the raid. I can't buy raid armor. I have to hope to RNGesus that the raid armor will drop.
But like I said earlier, it makes you appreciate level 30 that much more. I still come back to play this game every day. And I'm still loving every minute of it.
In the meantime, I'll probably just level my alts, or watch SOA.
Animation-Imp
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I've been a stupid idiot...
Got my first exotic bounty a couple of days ago,
didn't check online before choosing, as i liked the element of surprise.
After the first bounty step, I saw it was a handcanon, and I got even more exited.
Started step 2, no problem killing 500 hive.
Step 3... 500 points in crucible with void damage.
I cursed under my breath, as I only had a void fusion rifle and I really don't like pvp.
But anything for an exotic right?
After hours of what feels like work I get the bounty,
run over to the speaker, pay a mote of light, thinking this is it... head over to the warlock vanguard... step 4 kill a certain boss in the summonig pits. On level 26, very hard...
I tried a couple of times with a friend, but this is just impossible for me.
It takes me minutes to take down a wizard and the knights just stand there and mock my bullets. So we gave up.
I feel a little cheated and stupid because I didn't check the wiki's beforehand.
I'll never be able to do this, I'm just not skilled enough.
I do find it kind of unfair, step 3 was difficult enough.
Any tips, help? I'm open to suggestions and good advice. Should I just drop the bounty?
Got my first exotic bounty a couple of days ago,
didn't check online before choosing, as i liked the element of surprise.
After the first bounty step, I saw it was a handcanon, and I got even more exited.
Started step 2, no problem killing 500 hive.
Step 3... 500 points in crucible with void damage.
I cursed under my breath, as I only had a void fusion rifle and I really don't like pvp.
But anything for an exotic right?
After hours of what feels like work I get the bounty,
run over to the speaker, pay a mote of light, thinking this is it... head over to the warlock vanguard... step 4 kill a certain boss in the summonig pits. On level 26, very hard...
I tried a couple of times with a friend, but this is just impossible for me.
It takes me minutes to take down a wizard and the knights just stand there and mock my bullets. So we gave up.
I feel a little cheated and stupid because I didn't check the wiki's beforehand.
I'll never be able to do this, I'm just not skilled enough.
I do find it kind of unfair, step 3 was difficult enough.
Any tips, help? I'm open to suggestions and good advice. Should I just drop the bounty?
Super Stardust
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By remote play?
Don't give up, just post here on Gaf until you find people who need it or who will help you. You really need 3 people for the strike as it's pretty hard.
Finally maxxed Gunslinger, and managed to unlock full auto mode on both vision of confluence and pocket infinity.
Um...pocket infinity is insane in full auto. I also have a magazine boost that takes it from 3 rounds to 8. Dispensing 8 fusion rounds in a second and a half? I thought the recharge time would be the same...it's not. It just jizzes 8 straight death rays in rapid succession. I said wow. I can't wait to unlock the stability node and see how well it handles with just 3 round mags, but less recoil.
The vision of confluence is nice in full-auto. It had a good rate of fire before. Not as nice as Mida Multi-Tool, but in full auto, it's like having an upgraded Suros with sick range and impact. Oh...and it's got solar damage too. I really wanted void, but any primary with elemental damage is awesome.
My work here is done. Time to finally go to bed. PEACE.
Um...pocket infinity is insane in full auto. I also have a magazine boost that takes it from 3 rounds to 8. Dispensing 8 fusion rounds in a second and a half? I thought the recharge time would be the same...it's not. It just jizzes 8 straight death rays in rapid succession. I said wow. I can't wait to unlock the stability node and see how well it handles with just 3 round mags, but less recoil.
The vision of confluence is nice in full-auto. It had a good rate of fire before. Not as nice as Mida Multi-Tool, but in full auto, it's like having an upgraded Suros with sick range and impact. Oh...and it's got solar damage too. I really wanted void, but any primary with elemental damage is awesome.
My work here is done. Time to finally go to bed. PEACE.
No. Working at home today. But I should try remote play, never got it to work earlier. Might work now?
RageWaffles
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Nooo, don't drop it! Post on destinylfg.net that you need two people to help kill Xyor. You'll get it done.
If you're going to die over and over again anyway, then it's not a bad plan. The rewards are worth it, if you're not high enough level. We always make the weakest player act as a mobile checkpoint in the nightfall. Wiping is not fun at all. PEACE.
What level are you dude?
I am on one at the moment were I need to do 25 strikes.
Add me on PSN I can help you. Drubbed is my ID.
Honestly,I am looking at it like this: The amount of people who are/will be lvl 30 is a tiny tiny subsection of players. Most players will be 28 or 29, which are levels that allow you to do all content in the game.
With the first DLC we are getting a second raid at least, which has lvl 28 as it's base level. This already means that if you aren't 30 when it comes out,you now have two raids every week (technically 4 raids for normal+hard mode each) that give you the chance of drops. But not being 30 never skips you out of any content. i see it as less of a normal "max level" and more of a "special" level cause it's literally the only level in the entire game you can only reach via drop luck. every level from 1-29 can be reached without needing any drop luck at all.
FloatingDivider
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If that raid is anything like this one good luck doing it at 28 without dying a bunch though. I did the raid at 26 for my first time and it was terrible Also DLC yuck
SlenderBeans
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Yeah, I agree with that. I don't feel like I'm being scammed of any content or anything, I just want to reach max level. I'm so close I can taste it.
Don't drop it. It's easy.
Go with three people. Take arc and solar damage.
Run into the boss room and clear out the mobs. When the wizards start to spawn run back into the room you came from. Wait till the Shrieker spawns above you then run into the room behind that. Now the wizards and Knights will begin easing into the room.
Ignore the Wizards as much as you can they spawn infinitely, kill them if you need to. You need to kill the Knights and acolytes and other trash to get Xyor to spawn.
Remember to call targets and focus fire so you drop them before they have the chance to retreat.
When the Shrieker despawns have one member run outside and pick off as many acolytes as they can before the Shrieker respawns. When it does, run back into the room and repeat.
Once you've killed enough knights to spawn the third drop shop, Xyor will appear. Anyone in your fireteam can kill him and you'll get the bounty. Soon as he's dead you can orbit.
If you're feeling brave you can run outside and just burn trough the knights and acolytes quicker, but it can get quite hectic.
Also, if only one of your team is alive and waits too long, the darkness will co some you and it will restart the encounter. Not sure if this is a glitch or a fix to try to prevent cheesing, but it happened to us twice. In the end we just ran outside and took our chances.
Remember:
- Wizards spawn infinitely
- Kill knights and acolytes to spawn new drop ships
- On the third drop shop Xyor will spawn
Good luck guardian.
First of all, play with two friends with high enough level that are geared with the right elemental weapons. Wizards are the toughest so choose some good solar weapons. Communicate and focus fire at the same enemy so they go down as fast as possible. Use machine guns since Wizards dodge rockets very easy.
There is a pretty cheap strategy during the first room with enemy waves to just stand back and wait for the enemies to come to you. Place yourself right at the entrance where you came from and make use of the covers to the left and right. The enemies will mostly hide at the stairs, and there will be some occasional runners coming towards you. Eventually there's always one or two powerful enemies that starts going in your direction so you would want to move then or deal with them very fast with your most powerful weapons.
Titans Ward of Dawn will save you and your mates and if you have a Warlock with you (or play one yourself) the self-resurrect is pretty much obligatory. Suppressor grenade is also really good against Wizards and Knights with launchers as it cancels their attacks for a couple of seconds.
As for the final boss it's pretty much trial and error (like the rest of it). Take down the Knights and Wizards as fast as possible since they spawn in great numbers. After three or four waves Xyor will drop from an incoming ship. He has standard health for a yellow so just nuke the hell out of him. After that just bail, you don't have to defeat the boss.
Der Flatulator
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Don't drop it but don't be in a hurry either, Thorn is known to be underwhelming, but is getting a buff in the future. You might want to level up a bit before you go for it.
Nathan_Drake
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Oh come on I was going to skip class today and the servers are bonkers again? Should I just go to class? Ir maybe nap....
Git....gud?
LinkToTheFuture
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I was curiuos if anyone knows if you do the VoG on hard, do you get the drops for normal and hard? For example when you beat the templar you get something for normal, then you go on hard beat the templar again you get something else as well, however if you beat it on hard before you beat it on normal, do you get both rewards for the difficulties? or do you literally have to do normal and hard every week lol.
Similar to how if you beat the weekly heroic on 26 you get the coins from both 26 and 24 difficulties?
Similar to how if you beat the weekly heroic on 26 you get the coins from both 26 and 24 difficulties?
Blue Ninja
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Just says "Cryptarch Engram", not Legendary Engram. Getting one of those is random, I suppose.
Also, I've leveled up the Cryptarch a couple of times since the patch. Blues decrypting into blues, wish they'd decrypt into some motes of light or ascendant shards if they won't give me legendaries. :lol
As for the final boss it's pretty much trial and error (like the rest of it). Take down the Knights and Wizards as fast as possible since they spawn in great numbers. After three or four waves Xyor will drop from an incoming ship. He has standard health for a yellow so just nuke the hell out of him. After that just bail, you don't have to defeat the boss.
It's not trial and error. Tested this multiple times.
Wizards spawn forever.
Killing acolytes, thrall, and knights will trigger new drop ships.
You can get it done in about 15 minutes from the time you start the boss encounter if you're brazen enough.
Der Flatulator
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You should go to class.
as far as I am aware, yes you get both drops.
Pejo
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Holy crap I just did the last part of this bounty last night too, and I definitely get the frustration. So last night I asked a friend to come along to do the 26 strike, figured since it was 26 and I could handle Nightfall, it'd be no big deal.
But wow, the wizards and knights they throw at you is borderline insane. Combine that with the fact that there's no "burn" damage to help you take down enemies fast. Anyways, neither my friend nor I were prepared for that kind of strike.
We somehow made it through the room where the ghost decrypts the door by running all the way back to the previous room, and using it as a buffer to kill the wizards. They will go out to the hallway but no further, which allows you to pick them off safely. From there it's just a battle of attrition for the knights. I really recommend both a solar and arc gun (fusion rifles did well for me) to take down wizards and knights shields respectively, as for some reason in this strike they regenerate silly fast.
When you make it to the boss, I really recommend the rock safe spot in the back left corner of the room. I don't feel like we could have duo'd this mission without it. The only pain is the fact that you have to kill all 5 waves of adds to get the enemy to spawn that you need to kill for the bounty. He will be a gold health bar wizard. You don't have to beat the strike so if you manage to take him down, you can quit.
This is probably done a lot easier with three people. Anyways, just some random thoughts as it's still pretty fresh in my head. Also, after all the PVP (which i hate too) and that strike, when i tried out the hand cannon, I couldn't help but feel like "i did all of that...for this??"
Omotesando
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Bungie did a great job in the level system, tying gear to the level is absolutely brilliance. Leveling weapons as opposed to only your character gives the upgraded weapons meaning and the tweaking system gives waepons extra character. I hope other developers take note. Never you have undergeared capped people going into raids and offcourse the bragging rights.
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