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[Hawkian]

They definitely will increase the light level. Keep everyone at max light reduces the need to farm more gear.

I really hope they hold off on this as long as possible. The current role of exotics as endgame pieces is very interesting to me and it would blow to watch them become junk due to a level increase. In other words, I would definitely want to continue collecting exotics regardless of whether or not the "numbers go up," while I have no desire to watch those numbers go up for their own sake.

The extremely slow grind of getting vanguard and crucible marks is what's holding me back from dismantling the legendary items. I've been doing the daily and weekly stuff but keep getting rewarded with ascendant energy. Bought the hunter helm from Xur last week. I still have yet to find a legendary item for my boots. Trying to grind out vanguard marks to buy one.

Oh, yeah, if you don't have legendary boots yet, you don't need shards, you need boots. 65 marks is under 11 tiger strikes- I really don't consider it that bad! "extremely slow" seems like an exaggeration- and what about Crucible (unless you don't play PvP at all, totally understandable)

 

[commish]

I just, FINALLY, hit lvl 20. Any tips on where I should go from here? I haven't done much of the PVP stuff. I'd like to get the best gear possible so I don't know if that is acquired through PVP or if it's acquired quicker through the heroics, etc.

Get the 2 legendary items from the queen's missions while you still can. Ends on the 6th.

 

[Strider]

But I already see plenty of level 28-29's.

If you disdagree your entitled to your opinion

Maybe they will maybe they wont. Only time will tell.

All I know though is if they increase the level cap they'll have to increase the damage that weapons deal as well if we're dealing with higher level enemies. Which means farming for exotics all over again 3 months after launch. To me that sounds terrible.

 

[ChrisMoses]

Hey! I'm a 26 Titan (Mostly Defender, almost fully upgraded on Striker though), and I need a team for the Weekly. I'm going out of town tonight and intended to do it before then, and... Didn't.

I'll be on in about 20 minutes; my (PS4) PSN ID is ChrisMoses. If you've got a spot available, I'd appreciate an invite.

Thanks!

 

[commish]

I really hope they hold off on this as long as possible. The current role of exotics as endgame pieces is very interesting to me and it would blow to watch them become junk due to a level increase. In other words, I would definitely want to continue collecting exotics regardless of whether or not the "numbers go up," while I have no desire to watch those numbers go up for their own sake.

I would prefer if they just vary the skills on exotics/legendaries. Keep the same light, but give me a reason to farm that new awesome helmet that allows me to throw my titan's bubble onto an enemy and keep them from moving for 5 seconds.

 

[ComputerMKII]

The past 24 hours have completely changed the way my Guardian looks and fights:

 

[Anton668]

WTF?!?!?!

I go check my Queen rep and im 2618/3000

go do/turn in 2 Queen bountys and get 150 rep

go back and check my rep and it still lists 2618/3000

no wonder its taking so long, the bitch is ripping me off!!!!!

 

[Chief1690]

Anyone know how many exotic helmets and chest pieces there are per class?

There's 2 exotic Titan helmets I've seen
And only the one chest piece that Xur had last week

There's another Titan chest piece called the Armamentarium. I got it from Nightfall earlier this week. There's also 2 more helms called An Insurmountable Skullfort and The Glasshouse

 

[GusZamboni]

i would feel sad if i was a warlock, third time in a month of game that Xúr sells that molten gauntlets ... but im actually happy that i get the red daeth from a legendary engram and not have to spend 23 strange coins to get the weapon that is on top of my favorite weapons!

 

[Wind's Howling]

The past 24 hours have completely changed the way my Guardian looks and fights:

That helmet, hahaha. Good god..

 

[Raxus]

My titan already has a fully upgraded exotic arm (the one that increases the length of time the bubble is active - it's awesome) but I really do want this titan helm from xur.

Striker helm is better. So is Alpha lupi chest (in Team games) IMO. If someone is stupid enough to run into your shield longer duration seems to be more ideal. Especially if blind does not linger outside of the shield.

 

[Pop]

Stylin

 

[Juraash]

If there's three, I only know of 2 for Warlocks. The veil and the one with the wings.

Warlocks have a third. Its called Skull of...Ahakama of something. Seen it in the wild and believe it's Voidwalker slanted. I'd link the wiki but I'm on mobile atm.

 

[todd360]

If there's three, I only know of 2 for Warlocks. The veil and the one with the wings.

There is one made from dragon bones as well. I got it from moon nightfall. I don't really like the way it looks so I never wear it. In fact I hate all three warlock exotic helmet designs. I don't know how they turned out so bad. Warlocks other helmet designs are pretty good for the most part.

 

[sammelito]

Honest question from a lvl 25 hunter trying to climb higher... Are there any auto rifles in the game that are clearly better than the Shingen-E? Not just slightly, but clearly superior. I´ve seen the legendaries in the store, yet none of them seem to have the "scan shoot" balance that has. The combination of high stability and fast firing speed seems superior to all legendary auto rifles I´ve seen so far. No idea about exotics though.

Feels odd to still rock (in PVP) a lvl 15 Shingen-E that stabilises more you fire it, but nothing else comes close.

The Vanquisher III is in my opinion the best auto rifle. Crazy stability with the perk, high impact and rate of fire as well as a decent range. The mag is small but I have never run out of ammo when going up vs one or even two players. Also, after killing a target, the already quick reload is increased further.

Only weapon that is equal is Shadow Price.

P.S. Suros Regime is overrated. Strafing left and right is key to kill those carrying it.

 

[MADGAME]

Bleh I got helm of saint 14 last week from the engram and sharded it. Is there only 3 exotic helms per class? wonder if it is even worth rolling the engram.

I believe Titan has at least 4:

Helm of Inmost Light
Helm of Saint - 14
An Insurmountable Skullfort
The Glasshouse

 

[Pierate]

Ugh the lag in pvp is so damn annoying, I don't think I've had a single game without a ridiculous post mortem kill. It's just not enjoyable, even worse if you're trying to get a bounty done as well.

 

[Afrocious]

Either the level cap is increased or far more activities are added to the game that can be done at level 30 as well as lower levels.

However, the level cap should be increased sooner rather than later lest everyone gets to the cap with the new content planned to be added.

 

[EL CUCO]

I was hoping Xur would have a Sniper rifle this week. I can't wait till next Friday for one, just for another potential disappointment. Hopefully the Vanguard hooks me up. This 242 damage Rare is seriously outdated.

 

[glaurung]

WTF?!?!?!

I go check my Queen rep and im 2618/3000

go do/turn in 2 Queen bountys and get 150 rep

go back and check my rep and it still lists 2618/3000

no wonder its taking so long, the bitch is ripping me off!!!!!

She figured out that she cannot keep her promises.

She is a villain, you do know that?

Also, that screenshot post a few posts up - it is a stylistic mashup of disastrous proportions. Reminds me of having a WoW character around the leveling midpoint, decked out in completely random gear. Eugh.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

I was going to buy them for my warlock alt, but I guess I should hold off??

Warlock exotics are extremely weak compared to the other classes.

Their main goal is just to have one slot with 30 light.

 

[Chamber]

If there's three, I only know of 2 for Warlocks. The veil and the one with the wings.

DestinyDB has another one listed called The Stag, I guess it's in the expansions.

 

[Hawkian]

I would prefer if they just vary the skills on exotics/legendaries. Keep the same light, but give me a reason to farm that new awesome helmet that allows me to throw my titan's bubble onto an enemy and keep them from moving for 5 seconds.

That's what I'm talking about. Exotics already give you a reason to make tough choices and theme your build at endgame. There's no reason to invalidate any of them, when you can just add more- it's not like there's a risk of someone getting overgeared with full exotics because it's not mechanically possible.

Honestly it's a downright great system, and I hope they leverage it fully rather than following tradition vertical gear treadmill progression. Buuut we'll see.

 

[Flo_Evans]

If there's three, I only know of 2 for Warlocks. The veil and the one with the wings.

from DestinyDB

 

[LiK]

DestinyDB has another one listed called The Stag, I guess it's in the expansions.

It literally looks like a laughing turtle head

 

[Anton Sugar]

To anyone wondering how many exotics there are, Reddit compiled posts of known armor and weapons.

Armor: http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...re_are_all_the_exotic_armor_pieces_sorted_by/
Weapons: http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...22_exotic_weapons_currently_ingame_organized/

That helmet, hahaha. Good god..

I'm not the biggest fan of the face of the helm, but love its general design. Clearly modeled after Romans.

 

[Strider]

All I know is I've played over 5 days on my Hunter and I haven't reached the cap yet... And if I have to re-farm all my exotics 3 months after launch after spending all this time upgrading them I'm gonna be upset. That will be a shit load of wasted time.

 

[Carn82]

dammit, just realised that that Xur sold Knucklehead Radar last week; while I was out of the country -_-

 

[Bizazedo]

Highly doubt it. Too soon tbh. Maybe in the second but based on the leaks I doubt it happens then too.

I think they need to add more items, fast. I'll have (all?) three Titan Exotic helms after I get home.

Sunsingers again?

R-N-G! R-N-G!

Bleh I got helm of saint 14 last week from the engram and sharded it. Is there only 3 exotic helms per class? wonder if it is even worth rolling the engram.

Did you get different stats / perks as it was a drop versus the vendor "baseline" model?

Anyone know how many exotic helmets and chest pieces there are per class?

There's 2 exotic Titan helmets I've seen

There are 3 exotic Titan helms. Insurmountable Skullfort, Saint 14, and Innermost Light.

 

[Victory Red]

I'll try to post this every few pages.

XUR IS HERE

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9D_efVKaV0&feature=youtu.be


What he's selling:

• Helmet Engram (Could be for any class) - 23 Motes of Light
• Red Death (Exotic Pulse Rifle) - 23 Strange Coins
• Sunbreakers (Gauntlets - For Warlocks) - 13 Strange Coins
• Achlyophage Symbiote (Helmet - For Hunter) - 13 Strange Coins
• Helm Of Saint-14 (Helmet - For Titan) - 13 Strange Coins

He will be there until very early Sunday morning.

The only guaranteed way to get strange coins is to play the Weekly Heroic strikes. Knock out the level 28 and get all 9 coins in one shot.

Other than that, if you need a few coins... they may come from Blue Engrams.

I've watched way more videos at work on Vault of Glass than i'd like to admit.

 

[Tawpgun]

Stylin

WHAT WHERE HOW

 

[Wind's Howling]

I'm not the biggest fan of the face of the helm, but love its general design. Clearly modeled after Romans.

I know but it just absolutely does not suit the Destiny lore imo.

 

[void666]

Is it just that it doesn't do enough dps?

Yes. And it's only 15 bullets. Five shots. It's annoying having to reload so often.

I wish bungie would change string of curses trigger to critical hits instead of kills.

 

[Bunta]

Dying to the same stupid mistake twice while soloing nightfall.. :|

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

So far Xur has had items for the same slot, today's helm week apparently, so what's the deal with the godblasted sunsingers?

 

[Atkison04]

Another question: As a level 27 hunter, can I purchase warlock gear from a faction and put it in the vault for the warlock when I hit 20? Or can you only purchase class specific gear? Not looking forward to doing bounties with 2 characters..

 

[panda-zebra]

Honest question from a lvl 25 hunter trying to climb higher... Are there any auto rifles in the game that are clearly better than the Shingen-E? Not just slightly, but clearly superior. I´ve seen the legendaries in the store, yet none of them seem to have the "scan shoot" balance that has. The combination of high stability and fast firing speed seems superior to all legendary auto rifles I´ve seen so far. No idea about exotics though.

Feels odd to still rock (in PVP) a lvl 15 Shingen-E that stabilises more you fire it, but nothing else comes close.

I have an old level 17 Bronzed Miyamoto-D, it's one of the insane ROF/tiny impact ARs but it's more stable than the later similar Legendary equivalents I dropped by a long way. It has Red Dot-ORS1 for range and stability boosts and Fitted Stock for another large stability boost. The thing is insane, it feels like a laser beam that locks on and stuns the life of of enemies in PvE, particularly effective and joyous for removing Cabal heads. The similar fully upgraded Legendaries just didn't feel right or do the job the same way. Chose it in my pick for Hawkians top 3 items, doing that made me go back and use it again for a bit. Still using it.

I don't do PvP but I suppose it's possible it only works this well as a very high level guardian vs lesser enemies. Then again, having said that, I've taken it through Tiger Strikes to get the bulk of the work done.

Suros Regime.

I really dislike this weapon, it felt like all kinds of fun at first popping heads of PvE rabble, but not sure what it is, it seems to glitch or get stuck reloading or something for me, seems to take forever sometimes or worse leave me holding the trigger and sits there doing feck all.

 

[KevinG]

Oh, yeah, if you don't have legendary boots yet, you don't need shards, you need boots. 65 marks is under 11 tiger strikes- I really don't consider it that bad! "extremely slow" seems like an exaggeration- and what about Crucible (unless you don't play PvP at all, totally understandable)

I don't play much PvP. I might get an hour or so a day (every other day some weeks) to play. I guess to GAF standards, I'm not playing nearly as much as everyone in this thread is. It was your post about "post level 20" tips that got me to 26. I'm also splitting my time between the Xbox One version and PS4. It's my own fault for burning myself out on the grind.

Trying to hit up at least one tiger strike per evening.

 

[Hawkian]

Striker helm is better. So is Alpha lupi chest (in Team games) IMO. If someone is stupid enough to run into your shield longer duration seems to be more ideal. Especially if blind does not linger outside of the shield.

Gotta use your imagination a bit. You could use Ward of Dawn offensively with this helm.

I don't play much PvP. I might get an hour or so a day (every other day some weeks) to play. I guess to GAF standards, I'm not playing nearly as much as everyone in this thread is. It was your post about "post level 20" tips that got me to 26.

Well you are well on your way, if you don't have boots yet you're in great position. How many marks of each do you have?

How I'm also splitting my time between the Xbox One version and PS4. It's my own fault for burning myself out on the grind.

Wow, how does that work (splitting your time). Your characters must be completely separate, right?

Trying to hit up at least one tiger strike per evening.

They can go incredibly fast- maybe we can run some on PS4 this weekend. And the nightfall if you haven't done so.

 

[Strider]

Up to 24 on my alt! Nightfall almost unlocked O_O

I'm gonna have to beg a friend to carry me sometime later today lol

 

[Acorn]

So far Xur has had items for the same slot, today's helm week apparently, so what's the deal with the godblasted sunsingers?

Rahool intercepted the warlock helm delivery to Xur

 

[Dave_6]

Got my 2nd exotic bounty last night (still working on the first one lol). Bad Juju, Thorn or Invective?

 

[Afrocious]

Up to 24 on my alt! Nightfall unlocked O_O

I'm gonna have to beg a friend to carry me sometime later today lol

How long it take you to get to 20? I think I might scrap my titan and make a 2nd warlock.

 

[Irnbru]

Anyone know if I can log into the game from another ps4? Need to buy that hunter helmet and I'm on travel lol

 

[commish]

Striker helm is better. So is Alpha lupi chest (in Team games) IMO. If someone is stupid enough to run into your shield longer duration seems to be more ideal. Especially if blind does not linger outside of the shield.

I don't understand. What striker helmet?

 

[realcZk]

How long it take you to get to 20? I think I might scrap my titan and make a 2nd warlock.

I'm also interested in what the quickest way to go from 0-20 is. I want to make an alt titan this weekend that can wear my main's gear so I can double dip on the content.

 

[Namikaze1]

Playing Crucible while my turtle attempts to escape his tank for the 20th time today. Bitch, I got eyes on you! You ain't escaping!

Why can't he be like the other one?

 

[Strider]

How long it take you to get to 20? I think I might scrap my titan and make a 2nd warlock.

about 7 hours. As of right now bungie.net says I have 7 hours and 30 mins total on the Titan but I've done a little bit post 20.

 

[Auto_aim1]

Need 2 players for VoG hard. Be experienced please.

PSN - Kartik21. Send me an inv if interested.

 

[Skele7on]

Is how I see the new titan helmet, I'll be using you to sweep the floor with in PVP.