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[bigJP]

anyone had matchmaking issues on xbox?
couldnt find any crucible matches last night.

got booted twice while doing stories/patrol

otherwise, game felt good. better than the beta at least. still wished it was 60fps.

 

[Darkstorne]

Have realised something an need to vent.

Wth is the Titan barricade exactly the same between sub-classes? Absolute lack of imagination. Exactly the same jumps too. Couldn't they at least have thought up a different buff (i.e. more damage as opposed to faster reload) for the striker shield? Does my nut thinking how little different between subclasses there are now.

Yeah it seems to be the PVP focus of Destiny 2. All classes have significantly less skill customisation than the original game, which makes PVP much easier to balance classes, but at the expense of fun and experimentation in PVE.

That said, Mass Effect 2 had by far the least amount of skill customisation in the series and is still considered the best entry by most people, so I guess Bungie are gambling on the majority of their players not really caring about customisation too much, and appreciating the kind of simplicity Mass Effect 2's skill trees had.

 

[cilonen]

Oh, I got a legendary "heavy weapon" on earth which has a icon like a honeycomb and It's asking me to go to Nessus to pick up communication codes from Red Legion troops to decode it.

This looks promising.

 

[bigJP]

Yeah it seems to be the PVP focus of Destiny 2. All classes have significantly less skill customisation than the original game, which makes PVP much easier to balance classes, but at the expense of fun and experimentation in PVE.

That said, Mass Effect 2 had by far the least amount of skill customisation in the series and is still considered the best entry by most people, so I guess Bungie are gambling on the majority of their players not really caring about customisation too much, and appreciating the kind of simplicity Mass Effect 2's skill trees had.

i dont like the skill tree in d2. prefered d1

 

[Revolutionary]

Oh, I got a legendary "heavy weapon" on earth which has a icon like a honeycomb and It's asking me to go to Nessus to pick up communication codes from Red Legion troops to decode it.

This looks promising.

I was halfway through that last night when I lost connection and couldnt get back in. Looking forward to finishing it up later.

 

[Foxxsoxx]

That's the problem with taking away the grind - you feel NOTHING when you get something cool.

Oddly enough people don't realize that.

Yeah... Short term the legendary/exotic system might be nice but I doubt it will work long term.

I haven't had a single legendary weapon that I've gotten (in about 20) that have felt in any way interesting. They're all very, VERY boring. Well except maybe one unique one that I got from a quest. And that's only in terms of looks.

exotic weapon spoiler rant//

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unrelated our old friend Hard Light returned and it's just as shit as it ever was. They weren't even bothered enough to buff it.

 

[exYle]

Spoilers for Voidwalker subclass mission:

Spoiler

Holy shit, that was awesome. First notable appearance of last games' Grimoire that I can think of. The atmosphere was perfect, with the grim lighting, dead trees, and floating rocks. I know the first Warlock was Toland, but who was the woman?

 

[Hawkian]

Try to keep story spoilers of ANY KIND tagged or out of here until Wednesday,
9/13.

For really major story moments it's thoughtful to just try and always tag them,
just in case.

lol, I know, I know.......but I had like 50 Tokens for EDZ already just from rolling around. Seems like they are really generous on letting you try to get better loot.....kind of cool we have a loot table.....so now instead of factions we get this. I like the new system for sure

The more of this you have piled up at the moment you hit 20, you get a real nice pile of legendaries to try out.

I really like the feel of this scout. The sword is sweet too

But I have my eye on the gorgeous Negative Space that Sloane has in her engrams. Neeeeed it.

 

[Hyun Sai]

Well, in Destiny year one, the only good legendaries I remember were the Raid ones (Fatebringer, Vision of Confluence), so perhaps it's too soon to judge them ?

 

[RodzTF]

This game gets a lot more fun when you get a good gun

Was stuck with a sluggish pulse rifle, now have a beastly auto

 

[Hawkian]

played a bit more today. at lvl 11 (124).

how far will i level up just doing what's available right now? so campaign/strikes/nightfall. i read you should leave milestones until you get to about 260 but i'm confused because it's stuff like play in crucible or get subclasses. i'm not getting any noticeable loot or anything. is it there milestones or something else?

i really want to be ready in time for the raid but not sure how to go about it.

Your milestones is just like your current active quest log. I don't agree with leaving that stuff until you hit 260 as it's the majority of "campaign" content in the game.

Anything that rewards "powerful gear" though, you want to wait until you're at least level 20 to do, if you're trying to be efficient.

 

[LiK]

Well, in Destiny year one, the only good legendaries I remember were the Raid ones (Fatebringer, Vision of Confluence), so perhaps it's too soon to judge them ?

Suros Regime was godtier until ARs were nerfed to shit.

 

[Pandora012]

So I get the game delivered to my job, but it turns out there is a delay. Apparently, they use a 3rd party to pick things up from the post office.

Please be here today, I really wanna play.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Your milestones is just like your current active quest log. I don't agree with leaving that stuff until you hit 260 as it's the majority of "campaign" content in the game.

Anything that rewards "powerful gear" though, you want to wait until you're at least level 20 to do, if you're trying to be efficient.

so just focus on campaign/adventures/lost sector then when i get to 20 start doing powerful gear milestones and that'll get me ready for the raid? i hear Xur is appearing tomorrow so how do i get currency to spend with him?

should i be buying gear from vendors right now (half way through campaign) or once i get past 20 or at another point?

 

[Rixa]

This game gets a lot more fun when you get a good gun

Was stuck with a sluggish pulse rifle, now have a beastly auto

I got green Grenade Launcher (Iam at lvl 5 btw). Its so fun to blow enemies with it.
So yeah all these nice weapons that wait me \o_.

 

[Marvel]

Kept telling you Titan was the way to go.

Loving it lol

 

[LiK]

so just focus on campaign/adventures/lost sector then when i get to 20 start doing powerful gear milestones and that'll get me ready for the raid? i hear Xur is appearing tomorrow so how do i get currency to spend with him?

should i be buying gear from vendors right now (half way through campaign) or once i get past 20 or at another point?

There's no need to buy any gear from the vendors just like in the first game. You'll continue to get better drops from killing enemies and completing the missions.

 

[Hawkian]

so just focus on campaign/adventures/lost sector then when i get to 20 start doing powerful gear milestones? that'll get me ready for the raid?

If you're trying to just be as efficient as possible, you can just follow Grave's advice here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=248150006&postcount=7371

It is not really necessary however.

You can essentially do whatever you want and consistently level/raise power. Prioritize the campaign as it unlocks major features and functions as you go through it, and your subclasses as you want those options.

i hear Xur is appearing tomorrow? how do i get currency to spend with him?

I don't know that yet

should i be buying gear from vendors right now (half way through campaign) or once i get past 20 or at another point?

Buy anything that is a substantial upgrade for that slot. Glimmer is easy to earn. (but again, not necessary)

You can wait to turn in your tokens to vendors for legendary engrams until you hit 20. No big deal if you have already earned one though (it won't allow you to turn in more tokens until you grab the engram at 20 anyway).

 

[Rocketz]

Strikes unlocked after the campaign or light level/power level?

 

[Fistwell]

Is the PS4 situation un-fucked yet?

 

[xuchu]

Spoilers for Voidwalker subclass mission:

Spoiler

Holy shit, that was awesome. First notable appearance of last games' Grimoire that I can think of. The atmosphere was perfect, with the grim lighting, dead trees, and floating rocks. I know the first Warlock was Toland, but who was the woman?

I thought it was

Spoiler

just Ikora or at least her voice right?

Also, devour tree is real good. Borderline broken even.

 

[Fettbacke]

Need 30-50min to login into Destiny 2 on PS4 (Pro). The Game crashes if i pick Crucible.

Of course i am the only one in my group with this problems...

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

There's no need to buy any gear from the vendors just like in the first game. You'll continue to get better drops from killing enemies and completing the missions.

If you're trying to just be as efficient as possible, you can just follow Grave's advice here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=248150006&postcount=7371

It is not really necessary however.

You can essentially do whatever you want and consistently level/raise power. Prioritize the campaign as it unlocks major features and functions as you go through it, and your subclasses as you want those options.

I don't know that yet

Buy anything that is a substantial upgrade for that slot. Glimmer is easy to earn. (but again, not necessary)

You can wait to turn in your tokens to vendors for legendary engrams until you hit 20. No big deal if you have already earned one though (it won't allow you to turn in more tokens until you grab the engram at 20 anyway).

Thanks for the advice. just keep doing what I'm doing. maybe stop buying vendor gear. keep my tokens until i hit 20.

i read that post by GraveRobberX but a lot of it went over my head lol.

 

[Hyun Sai]

Suros Regime was godtier until ARs were nerfed to shit.

Suros Regime was an Exotic, no ?

 

[Lionheart1827]

So I fired this game up after a long ass day of work ready to play the game with my buds only to find out they beat the campaign already. -_-

 

[Conkerkid11]

I found a pillar of light marking a chest on a patrol. Did a player place that?

 

[Stephen_drewz]

Leaning towards caving again. Was gonna try stay busy playing through the halos until pc release but im weak.

 

[captainraincoat]

My god...this game has a fantastic art style...everything just pops

i have played the full game on ps4/ps4 pro and xbox and the beta on pc and it looks great on all 3 consoles...well done to bungie it looks fucking great

 

[LiK]

Suros Regime was an Exotic, no ?

Oh wait, I misread.

 

[Hawkian]

I found a pillar of light marking a chest on a patrol. Did a player place that?

I think once the first person opens that chest, that light stays there until the chest disappears to make it easier to find

If it wasn't open yet and it was in the EDZ, may have been your ghost shell?

 

[Garryk]

Finished the story campaign last night. That was definitely a step-up from D1, but the last fight

Spoiler

was pretty disappointing, mechanically speaking. Just avoid and shoot, with the occasional instant special.

Also, I know this doesn't matter, but the trophies in this game were such an afterthought. Getting plat was actually a challenge in D1 and there was a good variety.

 

[RodzTF]

Lieutenant dude from The Wire sure making the rounds in AAA video game voice work this year

First Horizon now Destiny 2

 

[Floody]

anyone had matchmaking issues on xbox?
couldnt find any crucible matches last night.

got booted twice while doing stories/patrol

otherwise, game felt good. better than the beta at least. still wished it was 60fps.

I have on PS4.
Quick Play can take ages on PS4, like 10+ minutes. Competitive wasn't too bad though, well at least not compared to Quick Play, we were able to find a game in around a minute or 2 usually.

 

[nameless_joe]

Screw you guys, this thread made me buy the game.

Only played vanilla D1, got kind burned on the hype, got suckered into this hype

Hope it's better.

Id there a euroGaf clan or something?
Psn: budstallion

 

[bigJP]

I have on PS4.
Quick Play can take ages on PS4, like 10+ minutes. Competitive wasn't too bad though, well at least not compared to Quick Play, we were able to find a game in around a minute or 2 usually.

cant do competitive until i do 2 quick play lol
thought it was the servers, shouldnt take +10min to find a match with a game this large
will wait it out next time

 

[LiK]

Screw you guys, this thread made me buy the game.

Only played vanilla D1, got kind burned on the hype, got suckered into this hype

Hope it's better.

Id there a euroGaf clan or something?
Psn: budstallion

I can guarantee that D2 is much much better than D1.

Spoiler

except PVP so far. I miss 6v6.

 

[jviggy43]

Yeah... Short term the legendary/exotic system might be nice but I doubt it will work long term.

I haven't had a single legendary weapon that I've gotten (in about 20) that have felt in any way interesting. They're all very, VERY boring. Well except maybe one unique one that I got from a quest. And that's only in terms of looks.

exotic weapon spoiler rant//

Spoiler

unrelated our old friend Hard Light returned and it's just as shit as it ever was. They weren't even bothered enough to buff it.

I mean this seems less of a problem with not feeling rewarding for grinding for something and more so that the weapons aren't very interesting.

 

[Astr00]

I have a friend on a fixed data plan (I think he has 280GB each month). He'd like to play Destiny 2, but he's concerned that the game will devour his data plan. Does anyone know how much bandwidth the game uses per hour? I'm sure he would mostly play PvE, and probably barely touch PvP, if that matters. Thanks in advance.

 

[xuchu]

Lieutenant dude from The Wire sure making the rounds in AAA video game voice work this year

First Horizon now Destiny 2

He was in destiny 1 as well.

 

[toweringinferno]

I was trying so hard not to but i finally caved and bought it. I enjoyed the first one and taken king so i know i'll enjoy this. Hoping to be raid ready before the raid is released.

 

[Strider]

Far along Story stuff

Spoiler

Just wanted to say the almighty looks sick as fuck when you board it. I'm loving the scale of some of thesde missions

 

[Floody]

cant do competitive until i do 2 quick play lol
thought it was the servers, shouldnt take +10min to find a match with a game this large
will wait it out next time

Yeah, pretty stupid move on their part making everyone have to play 2 quick play matches, before being able to do anything else Crucible related.

I did find it a little funny that the mode that prioritizes Skill was way faster at matchmaking though.

 

[matthieuC]

Lieutenant dude from The Wire sure making the rounds in AAA video game voice work this year

First Horizon now Destiny 2

With his voice I'm sure he gets job offers left and right.

 

[Foxxsoxx]

Anyone find it weird that Ghaul and friend are the only Cabal that speak English? Sort of... odd. All the others have these weird ass yells they do that sound in no way human and here these guys are speaking perfect English.

 

[Lizzy]

Basically rocking a handcannon until I find a good scout rifle. Almost level 7.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

i actually hate scout rifles. any semi auto or burst fire rifles i hate.

 

[FallenGrace]

Lieutenant dude from The Wire sure making the rounds in AAA video game voice work this year

First Horizon now Destiny 2

He played the same role in D1

 

[lucebuce12]

Are the factions back this time around? I remember joining a faction and grinding out a lot of time in patrols and strikes to try and get a particular shader that I thought looked awesome.

i actually hate scout rifles. any semi auto or burst fire rifles i hate.

And I love semi auto and burst rifles but hate automatic ones.

 

[Haines]

Last game i just invited randoms in the social space til i found one to play through the story with me.

Does this one have matchmaking or am i going to be doing the same thing.Destiny solo feels wrong.

 

[Hawkian]

Tips and Tricks Post updated with stuff about infusion and how to re-access the D1 player game intro

Basically rocking a handcannon until I find a good scout rifle. Almost level 7.

I completely recommend Call to Serve. I'm actually using the longest scope with it too which I never do