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[BulletSmoke]

So these Queen's Wrath missions - is it even worth doing them over and over again in hopes of a sniper rifle? I started out by getting 4 chest armors, and then 5 helmets. A legendary sniper rifle would be neat, but it seems like the chances of getting one are pretty shitty.

after the patch, i had a bunch of blues saved up to increase my crypto rank with the hopes of getting a legendary engram when I receive an envelop, no dice, just more blues

was going to call it a day but decided to do one last queens wrath mission, and what did you know, the sniper rifle dropped so got my first legendary weapon, I would suggest to keep trying since the bounties aren't long

 

[Lakitu]

Getting frustrated with not getting any legendaries. I've done about 15 strikes and absolutely nothing so far.

 

[Atkison04]

Sitting at work, thinking about Destiny. Been working on my "to-do" list off and on all day long. Makes the day drag by, but also fuels the fire of thinking about Destiny. Also, my wife is getting tired of watching me play :/ The gaming comments have started to come up in a playful manner, which means she is being serious. Accept me for who I am woman!

 

[DrDrizzay101]

Posted this in the raid topic, but this is just so much busier.

Hey GAF. I'm looking for 3 people for the raid on PS4 within the hour. The 3 of us are newbies, so anyone with raid experience would be great, but we'll take all comers. 27+ please.

Add me on PSN if interested: progame13

I'm Lv 30 Titan, 10+ raid clears, 2 hard clears so I can definitely help you guys through it... if you are willing to join my shitty clan I just made so that we get the trophy for it, haha.

 

[MechDX]

Intense. I've killed 5929.

.

I was thinking pathetic, lol.

I still go to the cave area for the headshot bounties. Lots of enemy respawns in one area and while running to reset the enemy groups I farm spin metal and jump in the events that happen there.

But over 11K kills in old Russia. I don't know how I have done that much. How can you see progress on all the planets?

 

[-Amon-]

You can also get a sniper rifle and a rare ship that looks like the Glass Minuet but purple.

Confirm for the sniper rifle, happened to me yersteday.

 

[ZOONAMI]

I am in the exact same spaceship as you guardian.

Bummer. I was just thinking that I probably would be happy as can be with all my rare stuff if it wasn't for this thread though. I feel like the thread is turning me into a whiner

 

[El_Fenomeno]

you only get helmets and chest armors. No other rewards

A sniper is in the reward pool from what I've seen. My friends have received them while we were in a fireteam.

 

[Darryl M R]

(words).

Do you have a list of GAF's favorite weapon in Destiny?

 

[Raide]

No that's not what I'm asking.

He said if you equip 2 completely upgraded weapons (i.e. you've earned enough XP to unlock all possible upgrades AND you've purchased the upgrades that you've unlocked), all the XP from turning in bounties will go to the one weapon not completely upgraded.

My question is; if I have 2 weapons that have all upgrades available to me (i.e. "unlocked") but I haven't actually selected the upgrades (i.e. haven't used my mats/glimmer/ass to select the upgrades), will XP still get dumped into them or do you have to have a weapon equipped where you've actually selected the final upgrade?

Does that make sense?

Once they are maxed out, xp will go into your other items that still have things to upgrade. Everything maxed, I am not sure what happens to xp. Maybe that goes into motes of light or something.

You only get xp added to items you currently have equipped. I usually equip an item I want to upgrade quickly before handing in a few bounties etc.

Not sure if this is what you mean.

 

[Dr_LucienSanchez]

you only get helmets and chest armors. No other rewards

Apparently one can get a ship or a sniper also (although seemingly very rare).

This is anecdotal, but after 10 missions, I got two sniper rifles. If you don't mind doing this, a good trick is to go to orbit if you don't get the Earth mission. The Earth mission takes 5 minutes to do and requires *very* little work. Just bring an arc weapon, and you'll knock it out quickly.

I guess I'll keep on plugging away then. Just need to do some of those queen's bounties first.

Also, I did the daily heroic earlier and didn't get a cryptarch engram. I don't remember exactly what the description says, but are those just potential rewards that are listed?

 

[Koki]

Proud of this medal from a skirmish game.

 

[Palocca]

If you have all 3 weapons equipped which aren't 100% upgraded the XP goes 3 ways. So I'm equipping 2 weapons which are fully upgraded along with 1 which isn't then all the XP goes to just the one gun allowing upgrades to come quicker.

HOLY CRAP, really? So let's say you finished a bounty that gives 5,000 XP, if you have 3 weapons that aren't fully upgraded, the XP gets distributed amongst the 3? As in each weapon gets 1,666.66 XP each?

 

[off duty ninja]

Intense. I've killed 5929..

Dang! I've got 14,800 kills in Old Russia. lol

It's my go to for patrols and public events plus I'd say I spent at least a couple hours at a certain cave...

 

[EL CUCO]

RaidGAF, notice any tangible advantages in running the raid at level 29 as opposed to level 28?

 

[Palocca]

Getting frustrated with not getting any legendaries. I've done about 15 strikes and absolutely nothing so far.

At least you're earning vanguard marks so you could buy yourself one.

 

[Hawkian]

Getting frustrated with not getting any legendaries. I've done about 15 strikes and absolutely nothing so far.

This is not a viable method of reliably acquiring legendaries and never will be. Don't do anything that requires you to rely on RNG for progression if it's frustrating you. Even if you get a legendary engram from a strike, the odds of it being a directly usable item are less than 50%. save up and buy the gear you actually want.

 

[MisterNugNug]

Hig I saw your request but I can't accept it.

 

[Lucis]

Having a hard time debating exactly which exotic auto rifle to fully upgrade

Suros Regime, Definitly has the accuracy and that extreme low recoil, higher impact so / bullet does more. bottom half of clip does more damage also pretty big in the later rounds.

Hard Light, Fast rate of fire, horrible recoil (stability) but upgradable almost to 90-95% of Suros value. bottom half of clip does more damage is negligible from what I hear. near 0 impact though

Monte Carlo, Fast rate of fire, recoil manageable and I think it's a bit upgradable. Low impact, and i am not sure how much hip fire will help... It looks cool though.

What would you choose if you had all 3?

 

[Raide]

RaidGAF, notice any tangible advantages in running the raid at level 29 as opposed to level 28?

Someone did a post that shows the damage percentage at certain levels compared to the level of the monster. Not sure if you do overdamage if you're higher than the monster.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Did they redo the Grimore page? I don't remember it being as streamlined as it is now with the Bonuses tab at the top.

Yea, that's new. It pisses me off that it's now showing me PvP bonuses, because now as a completionist it means I have to do more PVP to clear them.

 

[DrDrizzay101]

RaidGAF, notice any tangible advantages in running the raid at level 29 as opposed to level 28?

Normal raid won't matter a ton, should be very do-able either way but Lv 29 will be noticeably easier.

Hard raid is a huge difference between 28-29-30.

 

[Afrocious]

RaidGAF, notice any tangible advantages in running the raid at level 29 as opposed to level 28?

You don't die as quick.

I personally wouldn't go into Hard Mode as a level 28 without a 30 to offset the fragility.

EDIT: Woah I didn't read your post. My mind is stuck on the heroic after that hell.

A 28 is great for the normal mode. Enemies don't go past 27 so you'll be golden. If the highest leveled person is using the relic, then that's even better.

 

[Pimpwerx]

I am in the exact same spaceship as you guardian.

This made me chuckle. Thanks. PEACE.

 

[Bsigg12]

Any tips for moving through the portals during the last fight in the Raid? I kept not getting sent through and then would end up coming out the back facing Atheon.

 

[Iceman829]

you only get helmets and chest armors. No other rewards

I received a legendary ship by doing the queen's missions. It is named "chasing infinity"

 

[Afrocious]

Any tips for moving through the portals during the last fight in the Raid? I kept not getting sent through and then would end up coming out the back facing Atheon.

Are you and the other two folks the farthest away from the boss? The farthest three are supposedly the ones who are warped, but I think it's ultimately random.

 

[E92 M3]

You know it.



That's the worst. Trying to keep your eyes from closing while holding back a yawn as you just nod your head.




I got hosed with Ass Energy on the Nightfall last night, so I was determined to score some kind of weapon after that happened. Thankfully the Vanguard delivered a Legendary Scout Rifle for rank 4.

Spoiler

2 hrs later

I've learned to appreciate ass shards/energies.

Even though everybody hates RNG I feel like there is something in the background controlling what drops for you at various levels.

I still haven't had a legendary armor drop but I got all the blues I needed right up until I hit vaguard 2 and was able to buy my first armor. About that same time I also had 13 strange coins and got an exotic chest piece. That was just before queen's wrath which gave me the helm I was missing and finally I was geared up.

Now I am at that next lull trying to get from 27 to 28 but I have grown more comfortable with the grind knowing it will come.

Yeah it will come. I think you're in a good position now to level up soon.

Did they redo the Grimore page? I don't remember it being as streamlined as it is now with the Bonuses tab at the top.

Yeah, they had a post about it on Bnet. I haven't checked it out yet for some odd reason.

Any tips for moving through the portals during the last fight in the Raid? I kept not getting sent through and then would end up coming out the back facing Atheon.

Walk, don't run. That seems to minimize the glitches.

 

[Remyzero]

Went from 29 helium fragments to 130 in ~60 mins.. I hope I don't have to do this again for awhile

 

[jiiikoo]

Are you and the other two folks the farthest away from the boss? The farthest three are supposedly the ones who are warped, but I think it's ultimately random.

This explains why the people I played the raid were saying I should stay furthest away from the boss. I had no idea what to do during the raid and I was running and doing the exactly same thing as the others Worked out nice though.

 

[VE3TRO]

Let me ask you this.

What if you have a gun that has all the abilities unlocked (i.e. you've received enough XP to unlock them to be able to purchase them w/ mats/glimmer/ass) but you haven't yet purchased them? Will it still dump XP into that weapon even though everything is unlocked since you haven't bought all the upgrades yet?

I believe so. I had a gun which was 100% unlocked but I still had to buy the last 4 upgrades since I needed 64 glimmer in total. So if you don't pay it doesn't matter the XP will start on the next unlockable.

 

[Diablohead]

Love getting matched with afk people in the strike playlist.

...

mission rewards should be balanced by percentage of damage done to the boss, don't hurt it at least 15% ? less engram chance.

 

[Hawkian]

Do you have a list of GAF's favorite weapon in Destiny?

I'm putting some stuff like that together now! Last chance to participate if anyone wants to!

 

[LiK]

You don't die as quick.

I personally wouldn't go into Hard Mode as a level 28 without a 30 to offset the fragility.

EDIT: Woah I didn't read your post. My mind is stuck on the heroic after that hell.

A 28 is great for the normal mode. Enemies don't go past 27 so you'll be golden. If the highest leveled person is using the relic, then that's even better.

Please organize a Normal Raid. I want to play with you sensei.

 

[DrDrizzay101]

Any tips for moving through the portals during the last fight in the Raid? I kept not getting sent through and then would end up coming out the back facing Atheon.

Assuming you mean walking back through the portals after taking out the oracles:

1.) Don't run

2.) Try to go one at a time. Sometimes it gets glitchy if multiple people are going at once.

Edit: Also, if this happens and you get stuck back in the portal, make sure to walk around it to the side farther from the "door," i.e. closer to Atheon. Then walk in through that side and you should come out the back as originally intended.

 

[Latvian Hitman]

How long does the raid usually take? If anyone needs a defender titan, my Xbox gt is my username here.

First time through is pretty variable. Depends on your groups' level and how much YouTube cheating you do. Could take a couple of long sessions. Once you've done it all the way through and know the drill, you can blast through it in an hour or two, no problem.

 

[ColonelSkills]

What's the best purchasable scout rifle?

I'm leaning towards the FWC item since it seems like causing enemies to explode is kinda rad. Is it kinda rad? Last bullet doing bonus damage is a bonus.

I've tried one with explosive ammo before and was SEVERELY let down considering the raw damage per shot dropped so hard (despite the AOE extra damage), so I'm not sure if this bonus is at all valuable or not.

 

[Flo_Evans]

Having a hard time debating exactly which exotic auto rifle to fully upgrade

Suros Regime, Definitly has the accuracy and that extreme low recoil, higher impact so / bullet does more. bottom half of clip does more damage also pretty big in the later rounds.

Hard Light, Fast rate of fire, horrible recoil (stability) but upgradable almost to 90-95% of Suros value. bottom half of clip does more damage is negligible from what I hear. near 0 impact though

Monte Carlo, Fast rate of fire, recoil manageable and I think it's a bit upgradable. Low impact, and i am not sure how much hip fire will help... It looks cool though.

What would you choose if you had all 3?

I have 2 ( no SUROS) and I am leveling hard light.

Monte carlo IDK. it has potential. I like the skip rounds on the hard light though. It has low impact, but I swear I am not crazy the bullet magnetism is higher on this gun than any other. I just spray and get lots of crits. It seems more useful in flood situations more of a short medium range AR than say the shadow price (mine has increased range when ADS, killer for long range boss battles)... The hard light fails at long range due to bullet bloom. Stability increase might make it better.

my setup for "hard" stuff is fully upgraded shadow price + ice breaker.

Using hard light as more of a patrol/mess around/tower show off gun until I get it fully leveled.

 

[Kamina]

Looking for Partners for the Weekly Heroic on Lv26. Gotta get those coins with my second character too.

PSN is Kyuubi-no-Youko

 

[ilikesanta]

Looking to raid if someone needs a lvl 27 defender

Edit psn: ilikesanta

 

[devildog820]

anyone available to run something? Strike, Raid, et al?

psn devildog820

 

[recks]

Any tips for moving through the portals during the last fight in the Raid? I kept not getting sent through and then would end up coming out the back facing Atheon.

You're not getting teleport by Atheon or can't go back? If it's the later you should walk through the portal, not run, also try to not get all three passing through it at the same time because it seems this also glitches it.

 

[FrankT]

Getting frustrated with not getting any legendaries. I've done about 15 strikes and absolutely nothing so far.

I'm telling ya they nerfed em hard.Like I've said before on average I would see one drop for the team at a rate of near 1 a game this past weekend. It ain't even close to that now. Probably ran 20 or so since patch and I've seen one drop in all those groups.

In reality we got nerfs on shards and drop rates in exchange for blues and legendarys actually being that.

Not liking this trade off at all.

 

[E92 M3]

mission rewards should be balanced by percentage of damage done to the boss, don't hurt it at least 15% ? less engram chance.

I'd rather not have that - moves away from the cooperative aspect of everything. Just boot AFKers quicker, or some kind of other mechanism.

 

[Mindlog]

Still can't believe how lucky that raid group was last night. I've never seen the Templar fail to enter enrage.
Also forgot to mention. Pocket Infinitied Pocket Infinity is quite amusing in rumble. I even let a few players fire off their fusions rifles first on purpose. It's hard not to laugh when Pocket Infinity returns overwhelming irresponsible levels of fire.

 

[Bsigg12]

Are you and the other two folks the farthest away from the boss? The farthest three are supposedly the ones who are warped, but I think it's ultimately random.

Oh, we have the whole who gets teleported thing down, it was the returning part where it got screwy. The teleporter seemed to work like half the time.

 

[Afrocious]

I'm telling ya they nerfed em hard.Like I've said before on average I would see one drop for the team at a rate of near 1 a game this past weekend. It ain't even close to that now. Probably ran 20 or so since patch and I've seen one drop in all those groups.

1 legendary a game? Goddamn.

 

[Diablohead]

What's the best purchasable scout rifle?

I'm leaning towards the FWC item since it seems like causing enemies to explode is kinda rad. Is it kinda rad? Last bullet doing bonus damage is a bonus.

I've tried one with explosive ammo before and was SEVERELY let down considering the raw damage per shot dropped so hard (despite the AOE extra damage), so I'm not sure if this bonus is at all valuable or not.

exploding bodies on kill is nothing more the. visual, it's half the splash range of a regular nade and delayed by half a second, exploding rounds are probably better.

 

[blackflag]

awwww yes. After the others multiple times, I finally got the Pocket Infinity bounty.

 

[DrDrizzay101]

Looking to raid if someone needs a lvl 27 defender

Edit psn: ilikesanta

anyone available to run something? Strike, Raid, et al?

psn devildog820

A guy just posted in here a few minutes ago saying he needed three for the raid. I said I could help since I'm Lv30 and have done it many times, but haven't got an update yet. Maybe we 3 could join that three and get it done.

We could also join a clan together for the trophy while we're at it.

PSN is DrDrizzay101