Man not being able to get crucible marks this week has screwed me. I was working on MoT last week and noticed that marks went into "crucible wins" for the crucible gladiator MoT step so I figured I would put it off and focus on leveling to beat Skolas. After the elation of beating Skolas with no wipes I went back to crucible to finish up the last step and much to my dismay I will not be able to get the 76 wins needed without crucible marks going toward it. Sucks big time.
Destiny - The Taken King |OT| Time to Explain
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They don't scale up. never did.
You kill the very fast, usually 1 headshot. The only thing that happens is that you still take proper damage from them. Not as much as if you were their level but still enough for them to be actual,proper threats.
Usually you just headshot everything though, easy.
Riiiight thats how it was, alright i guess you still take proper damage then. Thanks
Well that's true for everyone but Randall that dude can take a whoopin.
or just buy the $40 upgrade. Same price, I don't see why you'd go through the trouble.
Randall the Vandal is the actual Darkness.
Because the 40$ upgrade is only for people who already have vanilla and both expansions
Lee Chaolan
Member
Here's a weird question. If I already have Destiny and both expansions downloaded, and I trade in my destiny disc to get the twenty off the Taken king disc plus the pre-order bonus (since I don't want to buy on the network), when I get the new disc tonight, it's just a voucher inside right? So will it have to redownload Destiny and both expansions again, or will it just download Taken King since I already have the other three installed?
You already have Taken King downloaded. Everyone has. It was the 18GB patch last week.
No but I wouldn't expect many reviews (if any) until Friday at the earliest, but most likely next Monday after people play the new raid over the weekend
Lee Chaolan
Member
For some reason PSN is declining my card when I pre-order so I guess I'll have to wait for tomorrow to try again and hopefully buy it. Oh well, sucks.
EDIT: Also, despite them cancelling my pre-order, on PSN they still ask if I want to transfer it for PS4 and don't give me the chance to buy it. Can only do it on the PS4. What a mess.
EDIT: Also, despite them cancelling my pre-order, on PSN they still ask if I want to transfer it for PS4 and don't give me the chance to buy it. Can only do it on the PS4. What a mess.
ah yes. good point.
TheExecutive
Member
Can someone please explain light to me after this Patch? Also, is all of the house of wolves gear now useless? I thought I read that someplace. Is there someplace I can have this explained to me? Was a light level 33 before the patch and am now 169... Also what is the leveling used for?
Yep
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/all-the-destiny-the-taken-king-preorder-bonuses-an/1100-6429170/
Light level now is the average of your "item level" or your "stats" one could say.
It governs how much damage you do (together with the attack value of your weapon), how much health you have, how much damage your abilities do, etc..
Your character level is just used for determining which items you can equip and which missions are unlocked for you (unless they are locked by light).
We have videos and tests showing that light is the only thing that matters in combat. A lvl 24 with light level 165 easily went into the lvl 32 Nightfall and cleaned house.
Leveling is now 1-40, it isn't affected by your light level. Light level is basically gear score, how good your gear is and it effects how much damage you take and do. Things will now have a minimum light required to do them instead of a minimum level.
Light is your "gear rating" for your character. It's the average of your Defense for Helm, Chest, Gloves, Boots, Shell, and Class item and the attack values of your equipped primary, secondary and heavy weapon. Right now it's maxed out at 170. Better gear will have bigger numbers ... I think it goes to 280 on the level 40 gear.
It's how much damage you're dealing, and how much protection you have.
TheExecutive
Member
So what are levels for? Also, what is the max light level now? Used to be "34"
Levels are requirements for equipping gear and gate some content. But overall,they are pretty useless.
We don't know the maximum light level yet.
TheExecutive
Member
280? So pretty much what you are wearing now will be useless soon enough- good to know. So your levels affect the gear you can use.
SirMossyBloke
Member
Where do you get the founders fortune pack? I bought the taken King two days ago and have a character past 30.
Yes, all gear you have ATM will be useless in PvE starting tomorrow, assuming you're doing TTK stuff.
comes out tomorrow
SirMossyBloke
Member
Gotcha.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
In your post tomorrow to be more precise.
theSlacker
Member
A question about the "Founder's Fortune Pack". I bought the original collector's edition that included the first 2 dlc codes but never played them. Would I still get those VIP items?
I am starting fresh tomorrow, only made it to level 11 in vanilla Destiny. Cant decide if I want to play as Hunter or Warlock. Will be playing on PS4 if anyone is new / never made it anywhere in the game. My username is same as GAF name if anyone wants to add me, just send a message saying you are from GAF.
Good question honestly. Did you ever play Destiny when they were both installed?
Succinct Verbosity
Member
How is PvP on this nowadays? I dropped out a while ago, but I remember being one of the few people that enjoyed PvP despite its lack of game modes. Are there more game modes now or is it still just slayer and domination (or whatever it was called)?
Blue Ninja
Member
There's a list of gamertags in the OP, check it out!
theSlacker
Member
No. I did use the codes for them when I first played the game, but the only time I've logged on since I stopped playing (which was before they were actually unlocked) was a couple of days ago.
So let me get this straight....
Going by light level, your character will always have the same Attack-to-Defense ratio? For example, you can't have low attack with high defense, or high attack with low defense?
Equipping a weapon with higher attack will also increase your defense because your light level increases?
Weapon attack power and gear defense no longer matter individually? Other than to bump up your light level average?
Has any other game ever done this before? This feels completely unique and bazaar...
Going by light level, your character will always have the same Attack-to-Defense ratio? For example, you can't have low attack with high defense, or high attack with low defense?
Equipping a weapon with higher attack will also increase your defense because your light level increases?
Weapon attack power and gear defense no longer matter individually? Other than to bump up your light level average?
Has any other game ever done this before? This feels completely unique and bazaar...
List of all game modes:
Plus of course the two special events "Iron Banner" and "Trials of Osiris"
Twilight Gap
Member
If you owned both expansions or reached level 30 before august 31st, you'll get the founder's fortune pack so long as you play The Taken King before February.
GustyGardens
Banned
I had that same problem when I bought the Legendary Edition of the game a couple of weeks ago. I was doing it through the website, and my card kept being declined. Eventually, I tried it out with another browser and it went through. I also received a text message from my card provider asking for my permission to process the transaction.
Hm, I'm gonna take a gamble here and say you should be ok. if I remember correctly though,you actually have till like almost the end of the year to achieve the founders pack stuff.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/3kwmvh/how_overall_light_level_is_calculated/
High weapon attack will do more damage than low weapon attack, even at the same/similar light level.
But yes, if you look at it in very simple terms, then light governs everything.
No, that's not right.
Light level is just a gear rating ... it's just a "your gear is about this good" number.
Your damage is based on the weapon you have equipped, and the damage you take is based on the armor, shell and class item you're wearing.
theSlacker
Member
I guess the question was more if the game would count that I have ever owned them if I never played the game when the were active. Something that I also guess would be impossible to know unless they put out a notice about that specific scenario.
I might just try it again tomorrow.
The thing that worries me is how it shows that I pre-ordered it on PSN when it was declined. Can't even buy it on the web store now.
EDIT: On Chrome it allows me to but not on Safari. Probably because of cookies or something.
So stat of your weapon still only determines how much damage you do? And stat on armor still only determines how much damage you absorb? Or is light level also a factor in that?
Twilight Gap
Member
You might be in a bind if you didn't download the DLC at all. I don't think the game will recognize the different editions when it comes to the base game. Indeed they have not elaborated on that specific situation, probably because Light Level 30 has been easily obtainable for a while now.
theSlacker
Member
Yeah, I guess I will find out later this week.
Blue Ninja
Member
Any other Xbox One players want to head into King's Fall friday? I'm putting together a team of the meanest Xbone players to take on Oryx and wear his ass as a hat. Let me know if you want in!
You need backup?
From last night - my legend is apparently blowing heads off shoulders for much of last year. MIDA <3
gutterboy44
Member
Do we know what happens to the old style weapon telemetries? Will they convert to the new style?
Light determines:
How much health you have
How much damage your abilities do
Light + your weapon attack determines:
How much damage you do
Quick example:
Say all my items,every single one,is light 200. I have a light level of 200 now.
I shoot at an enemy with my 200 attack gun and do 100 damage.
Now, I equip an attack 150 gun but also raise all my other items so I still have 200 overall light level.
I shoot at the enemy and now do 85 damage.
Even though i have the exact same light,I will do less damage cause my gun does less damage.
Now say I keep my 200 attack gun but raise my overall light to 220.
I will now do 115 damage to the enemy I did 100 to before.
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