Agreed. The class item, prior, was to help customize our guys / gals. Now that it's armor, I feel compelled to sacrifice looks for defense.
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Agreed. The class item, prior, was to help customize our guys / gals. Now that it's armor, I feel compelled to sacrifice looks for defense.
Played a bunch last night mostly doing House of the Wolves/ Dark Below quests so I can get my Char to 34 (only 30 atm and Assuming max until TTK comes out). Also where will I be able to get level 34 gear (assuming playlist strikes)?
Remembering why I enjoyed the game in the first place and changes seem to sort out the issues I mostly had (not enough bounty slots and crap quest system). So depending on how TTK Reviews (good feedback on the story) I'll probably end up picking it up...
Considering 2/3 months ago I had no interest in continuing to play Destiny Bungie have done a good job of turning things around.
Remembering why I enjoyed the game in the first place and changes seem to sort out the issues I mostly had (not enough bounty slots and crap quest system). So depending on how TTK Reviews (good feedback on the story) I'll probably end up picking it up...
Considering 2/3 months ago I had no interest in continuing to play Destiny Bungie have done a good job of turning things around.
Impulsor
Member
I went digital legendary. Destiny disc isn't really worth anything anymore with all the extra patches you have to download anyways, so...
The Emotes aren't really as cool as I was thinking they were, EXCEPT the Hunter's. That one is boss.
The Sprinkler.
The class items are meh, they are only there for you to level up to 40 quickly and to level u p the new subclass ASAP, which is a commodity of course, but after that they don't seem to be worth anything.
Yea have the same Choice (disk free would be nice for Destiny though) and thinking if I trade in my Disk I can get a £15 voucher from game (due to having enough points) so not paying too much extra for digital only.
guybrushfreeman
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah this is really strange and I don't like it. I have a few capes like I like but now I feel like I have to switch them out because of their armour values. Ghost shells are the same although I care about them less. A lot of this update feels like one step forward two steps back to me.
HiredN00bs
Banned
If your class item is Legendary, you can continually Infuse it with higher stat class items and Legendary marks. Max that sucker out if you like the way it looks.
Twilight Gap
Member
Destiny's XP system isn't terribly interesting anyway. I'm used to MMOs requiring complicated quests to increase your level. All Destiny requires to hit the soft cap is for you to put bullets into enemies. Making it take minutes or hours doesn't make much of a difference because you're ultimately grinding over and over.
simplygames have the legendary disc version up for pre-order at £36.85, another option,
I may go this way and trade in my original game for some game credit, this way get teh TKK for about £28
Noisepurge
Member
We do have two threads now though :/ the Community thread should be closed.
As one or two folks mentioned, the new infusion system for all TTK gear means you can bring pretty much any legendary armor piece or weapon to the game's max stat value. This combined with the way the intelligence/str/disc values have step levels means there should be a ton more variety in what gear people use in the endgame; in other words you won't be persuaded to stick to one Hunter cape because it's the beefiest or because It has the best strength boost.
I started over my Titan yesterday; so far really liking the changes and I think brand new players will have a much better time of things early on with narrative. It's a brilliant triage maneuver Bungie has done here - like, almost nothing has changed as far as the actual missions, but the way you go to vendors and get quest flavor text helps give each mission more context. So instead of just blindly running through the earth missions, I talked to Zavala and he told me "hey, welcome to the tower, congrats on being alive. Those Fallen you ran into are still doing some business so can you go back and poke around a bit more to see what's up?" Really liking the change but if people were bummed about the actual mission design I don't think anything has functionally changed.
Trickster
Member
It's basically an indicator for how good your gear is. Like Item levels in WoW
Also, a certain light level is still needed for certain activities, impossible missions seem to have a requirement of 240 light levels
Honestly, it hasn't really changed in it's functions as far as I can tell. Light levels was really just a poorly conceived way of displaying how good your characters gear was really. mixing it with your level was confusing.
DryvBy
Member
I did see the missions with 240 light levels. I'm at 150, so I've got a while.
In Raids, light level was important. Vault of Glass being a sub-level would actually give you a disadvantage by near 30% (if I remember right) if you weren't the minimum required level.
I'm fine with how these levels are then. I'd rather then just be a rating of gear. Thanks for the info.
Question about playing this week. Is there any purpose on playing this week or something I should make sure to do before the week is up. Like is this a special event I thought I remember Bungie doing special week event before the DLC drops to get cool shit like the queen stuff. And what are all these expired quests they are making me replay the worst missions. Are these what I'm supposed to do before the week ends?
Freeman76
Member
Nothing really, they put Destiny in a weird limbo place for a week, probably to beta test the changes. The only thing really to do (apart from playing for fun) is to level a new character if you don't have 3 max level already.
Typhares
Member
After playing for a couple of hours last night I have a few beginner questions:
- I understand there is no matchmaking at all in the game? I now have my first strike mission to do on earth (I'm level 8 I think) and without friends I have no way of playing with people is that correct?
-My character screen has the other subclass for titan available at level 15, when I get that will I go all the way back to level 1 for this subclass?
-Is there any point in keeping lower level items or am I right in salvaging everything?
- I understand there is no matchmaking at all in the game? I now have my first strike mission to do on earth (I'm level 8 I think) and without friends I have no way of playing with people is that correct?
-My character screen has the other subclass for titan available at level 15, when I get that will I go all the way back to level 1 for this subclass?
-Is there any point in keeping lower level items or am I right in salvaging everything?
Nah let that sucker hit OT 100 as a testament to all the crap and drive by shit posts the year one fans went through, let the OT become legend on GAF
- There is matchmaking for standard strikes, weekly heroic strikes and strike playlists (as well as most PvP)
- You will stay at level 15, but you'll have to start from scratch with abilities.
- Salavage pretty much everything at this stage.
1) Try a strike and see. It should start looking for players automatically. it will create a random fireteam.
2) Yes.
3) You can salvage them for materials.
when you hit level 15 you can switch subclass, you will still be level 15 but you will then earn xp against your new subclass.
You can switch them out any time.
Some low level stuff you should keep for your other classes if you are going to create them, some really good weapons are white, just pop them in the vault for safe keeping.
Stuff you dont think you will keep just trash them.
And pick up bounties daily to boost your xp gained through out your leveling, you could go 1-20 in a day if you really wanted too, and that's with out going beyond the first mission on the moon.
Typhares
Member
Thank you for your replies, I didn't have enough time left last night to start the strike I just went into orbit and set it as destination. I was expecting to see a matchmaking option there instead of an automatic system, I will test tonight.
I picked up the bounties yesterday, completed 3 whilst doing story missions. I suppose there is no drawback in picking them every day at least until my log is full.
So the fact that I get a new ability every level will change when I get the new subclass.
Is the amount of xp per ability fixed? What I mean by that is if I get to level 15 and kill level 15 enemies with my new subclass it should level faster than my original one right?
I didn't think about rolling the other classes and safe keeping things for those, thanks!
I'm in the UK and I don't have a lot of playtime but if anyone wants to add me (PS4): Typhares
I picked up the bounties yesterday, completed 3 whilst doing story missions. I suppose there is no drawback in picking them every day at least until my log is full.
So the fact that I get a new ability every level will change when I get the new subclass.
Is the amount of xp per ability fixed? What I mean by that is if I get to level 15 and kill level 15 enemies with my new subclass it should level faster than my original one right?
I didn't think about rolling the other classes and safe keeping things for those, thanks!
I'm in the UK and I don't have a lot of playtime but if anyone wants to add me (PS4): Typhares
Diprosalic
Banned
if you finish your class quest you won't get the emblem
No one ever has enough time in Destiny.
Tons of UK players in the OT
Everyone is friendly and helpful, probably the nicest, group of people I ever played a game with.
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1109585&page=1
You can, but they won't give you any materials. If you've completed its bounty you can't buy it back either.
gbpackers25
Member
I finished my class quest and got a titan mark instead of an emblem
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Yikes. I think I'm just going to hold off and play once TTK releases.
Crucible or level up a new character through story mode is what I would be doing this week.
This thread is for the Taken King and community is Destiny overall. It's been like this for all expansions
I am NOT happy that Quests ended up being silly objectives like this too... wtf... they should be just "Do mission X" or "Hunt Enemy X in Mission Y"... not fucking "kill X enemies with ability Y in a single strike"
Kor of Memory
Member
It's an arguement of do you want something handed to you, vs do you want to get creative and earn something.
Personally, I like the harder tasks.
Also, silly? The games wants me to be a badass striker, so I need to show it that I can be a badass striker.
GlamFM
Banned
Did this one "accidentally", didn´t even try. Moon Strike is perfect for this one.
Got a tip for you. Start the Omnigul Strike Weekly with a couple of friends (lowest level is fine), but have them go idle or just drop. Kill stuff until super is charged, but don't touch those fallen vandals on the platform to the right of the room, where the hive come out. You should have your super just about the time the hive show up. Use Bad Juju and Obsidian Mind if you have it. When hive show up, they'll engage the fallen on that platform. Go into the room, jump on the shelf and nova bomb the vandals and hive on the platform. There are so many, you should get 7 orbs easy. Die and repeat 3 times, then finish the strike.
Sometimes if your friends drop, the matchmaker will drop in two randoms, but it's usually after you've gotten your 7 orbs three times. Which is great because they help you finish the strike!
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
How are you supposed to get that emblem?
I finished the sunsinger quest and nada T_T
You're screwed.
Karak
Member
THanks for this. This is one thing that was hitting me and I thought I just had mis-remembered the game horribly.
JetBlackPanda
Member
It's bugged, you won't get the emblem. According to Bungie it will not retroactively pay the rewards.
It's complete bullshit.
backflip10019
Member
So, question about buying this after not playing since before the expansions. I didn't play the two prior expansions and already own a digital copy of Destiny vanilla. My only option is to either A) buy the expansions individually and then buy Taken King separately for $40 or B) just buy the Legendary version (which essentially has me rebuying the game). Is this correct?
So I just am now getting back into Destiny, I have been level 25 since I last played in the spring, now that they changed the leveling I am starting again.
Is there an up to date guide to explain some of the details, I never really understood what the currencies do, if you need to buy weapons or if you can just rely on drops, how I should know if I should dismantle something, etc.
Is there an up to date guide to explain some of the details, I never really understood what the currencies do, if you need to buy weapons or if you can just rely on drops, how I should know if I should dismantle something, etc.
Gamestop has a Destiny trade in going from the 12th to 21st. Turn in the original game, and get $20 store credit toward the legendary edition, which has everything.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/get-destiny-taken-king-and-all-dlc-for-40-with-thi/1100-6430330/
Otherwise the legendary edition is $60.
wowbaggerBR
Member
It's been hard to get used to all the new mechanics.
A year doing the same thing over and over and over and over again is something that goes very deeply in my gaming habits.
A year doing the same thing over and over and over and over again is something that goes very deeply in my gaming habits.
VincentMatts
Member
Can someone explain to me what are subclass quests for my titan? Now bungie is saying not to do them cause theres problems with it....
This is kind of a weird week for Destiny, post 1.xx and just starting 2.00. There's things in the game that aren't active yet (earning Legendary Marks, Patrols working as intended, etc).
This week I would focus on trying to get your character to lvl 34 Any engrams you get you are safe to decrypt, they won't turn into Taken King gear. Don't finish the class specific quests, they give an emblem as a reward that is bugged and you won't get.
That's really it, check out the new crucible modes, get used to the areas again, see if you can join some raids since you may not have done them yet, don't get too crazy, that's what next week will be for.
As for the currencies:
- Legendary Mark – used to buy weapons and armor
- Armor Materials take the place of Hadronic Essence, Sapphire Wire, and Plasteel Plating to use to upgrade Armor
- Weapon Parts - used to upgrade weapons
- Motes of Lite – will be used to help upgrade weapons and can be used to buy old Emblems from the Guardian Outfitter
- Strange Coins – But stuff from Xur, who shows up once a week for 2 days and sells exotic armor / weapons, exotic engrams, sparrow upgrades and heavy ammo synths
- Spirit Bloom / Relic Iron / Helium Filaments / Spirit Bloom – are used for upgrading both armor and weapons.
I hope that helps. Head over to the community thread if you have more specific questions, there's a lot of very helpful people over there.
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