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I love that the side-quest patrols all has stuff related to the story.
Hispanic! At the Disco
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Its not water.
I just want a way of scrapping the shit shaders and craft the good ones. That would solve most of my issues with it.
re: Titan water (or whatever it is, maybe methane?) It definitely looks weird... Not terrible but inconsistent with the rest of the scenery so it's a bit jarring.
Curious what it looks like on PC.
Also, mild spoilers for Titan mission:
Was a real holy shit moment. Hopefully that plays in later on, but if not, it was still a nice touch. That whole area is really cool. Hive environments look much better in this game.
Curious what it looks like on PC.
Also, mild spoilers for Titan mission:
In the part of the Arcology where you steal the CPU, if you look out the windows you can see the shadow of a MASSIVE sea monster thing swim by
Been having a lot of fun just patrolling the first two areas of the game so far. Some of the adventure missions have been really great far. My biggest issue with the game is that it feels too easy, and I've been steamrolling through most of the opposition. Would have been nice to have some difficulty modifier options while playing through, but otherwise I've been having a great time.
PvP might take some getting used to though. The longer time to kill and all just doesn't feel that great, and my best weapons to use have been auto rifles since I've found them more forgiving then my preferred method of play style, which was to stick with pulse and scout rifles for the most part. I hope there is a Nirwen's Mercy / Hopscotch Pilgrim variant out there with really high stability.
All of the weapons have been really fun to use, but I have to admit there certainly was an appeal to finding new gear and checking out their perks, finding out which ones would work well together with the weapon's archetype. This didn't really come into play for me until I really decided to dive into the PvP, but it did give some of the weapons some nuance, which made the game very re playable for me. I'm still about... half way into the game I guess, since I have two more planets / patrol areas to go explore.
Still trying to find my preferred style of play here, but I'm really enjoying the journey so far.
PvP might take some getting used to though. The longer time to kill and all just doesn't feel that great, and my best weapons to use have been auto rifles since I've found them more forgiving then my preferred method of play style, which was to stick with pulse and scout rifles for the most part. I hope there is a Nirwen's Mercy / Hopscotch Pilgrim variant out there with really high stability.
All of the weapons have been really fun to use, but I have to admit there certainly was an appeal to finding new gear and checking out their perks, finding out which ones would work well together with the weapon's archetype. This didn't really come into play for me until I really decided to dive into the PvP, but it did give some of the weapons some nuance, which made the game very re playable for me. I'm still about... half way into the game I guess, since I have two more planets / patrol areas to go explore.
Still trying to find my preferred style of play here, but I'm really enjoying the journey so far.
Exactly this.
And honestly, some people aren't good at PvP. Some people don't Raid. But they're completionists so they push through and they get a cool shader and it feels super rewarding.
Now when they put new armor sets in the game, which will be happening more often in Destiny 2, you will need to go back to Trials to try and get a shader you already worked your butt off to get.
That's not fun or rewarding.
I think Luke made things worse with that response.
It's especially annoying when Trials and Raid content is brought in. Those are huge time/skill commitments. I run raids more than once but not regularly and I sit Trials out because I suck at it. If I earn something from them I want to keep it.
sturgboski
Member
MassiveNights
Banned
Matchmaking in the Crucible takes far too long.
IKR, and also people get dropped or they leave and no one is replaced or they might be replaced with very little time left. It's awful.
orichalcos
Member
I reached Power level 260. All Milestone mission is gone, except a pvp mission (call to arms) and the nightfall. What is next? How can i get power level 300?
The à¹ÛBronx
Member
Decided to restart my character and nuke all of my old ones so I can choose a race/gender for the specific dance I want for each class. When you consider how much dancing you do in three years I feel this is a legitimate reason.
saveweyard
Banned
Glitter extraction public event
JohnOfMars
Banned
Gonna take this one by one:
1. Shaders have always been earned through gameplay.
2. It's great that you're adding more places to earn them.
3. Would you consider this flush? This is DGAF Everyday Math:
Look how many shaders! Wow!
Look how many are below 4.
It takes a long time to get to 20. And even once you get to 20 you're moving through gear at a fast pace. ZERO incentive to use shaders til you're at the very end game and have a stable loadout.
But what shaders come from where? The kiosk used to handle this. You can inspect some vendors to see, but this a real problem.
But that's still gonna be true if the shaders aren't consummable. You have 3 weapons, 4 armor slots, and a ship. And that's before you get into alternate load outs and other characters.
I gives me real anxiety looking at this (mine is similar):
I'm not good at picking out what colors go well with each other. And I am paralyzed trying to figure out what to apply to what. And the penalty for changing or undoing is so steep.
I hate this change. Only the consummable part of it. Keep 'em as drops. Just don't penalize me for experimenting and wanting to change things around.
This is like 2 years when class items had light and you had to wear the highest light item even if you hated it because it had the highest light.
1. Shaders have always been earned through gameplay.
2. It's great that you're adding more places to earn them.
3. Would you consider this flush? This is DGAF Everyday Math:
Look how many shaders! Wow!
Look how many are below 4.
It takes a long time to get to 20. And even once you get to 20 you're moving through gear at a fast pace. ZERO incentive to use shaders til you're at the very end game and have a stable loadout.
But what shaders come from where? The kiosk used to handle this. You can inspect some vendors to see, but this a real problem.
But that's still gonna be true if the shaders aren't consummable. You have 3 weapons, 4 armor slots, and a ship. And that's before you get into alternate load outs and other characters.
I gives me real anxiety looking at this (mine is similar):
I'm not good at picking out what colors go well with each other. And I am paralyzed trying to figure out what to apply to what. And the penalty for changing or undoing is so steep.
I hate this change. Only the consummable part of it. Keep 'em as drops. Just don't penalize me for experimenting and wanting to change things around.
This is like 2 years when class items had light and you had to wear the highest light item even if you hated it because it had the highest light.
I don't think so. We can distinguish between currencies (consumable item consumed in a transaction or use) and gear you equip directly for use. Shaders used be gear, something you equip directly. Now they're still gear, but operate like currencies.
Yeah, I dont get it. Im all for companies padding their pockets w/ cosmetic micro transactions as opposed to ones that affect gameplay. Activision is making Bungie monetize the game in some way, Im just grateful its something as pointless as armor paint colors. In the end, hardcore players will pony up cash for the cosmetic upgrades, Activision will be happy and the core gameplay wont be monetized.
Microtransactions are not going anywhere so people need to get used to them and also appreciate when theyre solely based on cosmetic changes, thats best case scenario.
Yep.
This game is fucking amazing. I got goosebumps after the credits ended. The story was great. The loot system is overall awesome.
But this is a bad decision and I hope they decide to listen. Just add a shader collection to the vault, let us fill up our 50-count inventory with them and let use swap them back and forth.
(... Also, while we're at it, let us equip multiple emotes. Thanks.)
Twilight Gap
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Campaign was okay.
The patrols feel much livelier this time and all of the QoL updates are amazing except for the stupid shader grind change, which makes me not even want to use them until I get gear I actually like. Between that and the garbage character creator, which somehow managed to get worse in the 3 years it obviously wasn't touched, I'm not feeling a whole lot of hype for replaying the game (especially considering how long it takes to get a new character to the farm). The main thing keeping me going is the incredible soundtrack and the gunplay, which is finely tuned to the point that almost every attack I've done feels satisfying.
It's better than Destiny 1 in almost every way, but I still expected more from Bungie.
edit: also
The story was generic as hell right down to the cliche "we're not so different you and I" dialog. The banter on Nessus was amusing though. The Ghaul fight was a terrible bullet sponge mess where you just run around sitting behind walls until he jumps into view to be shot across the arena.Most of the abstract level design started to blur together at one point, but tere were some pleasant surprises like the Arcology on Titan, the vehicle segments and the city mission. They still succumbed to the Destiny formula though with how bite sized they were; the city in particular was too short of a section and I doubt I'll be able to go back and trigger the mission. And for all the hype about characters appearing in the game, they're only scripted vignettes or stationary vendors, and any fighting they do is limited to a cutscene. It's a far cry from the Halo days when the Arbiter would fight alongside you or you would storm a beach with Noble Team at your flank. Seeing the Taken reused was also a shame.
The patrols feel much livelier this time and all of the QoL updates are amazing except for the stupid shader grind change, which makes me not even want to use them until I get gear I actually like. Between that and the garbage character creator, which somehow managed to get worse in the 3 years it obviously wasn't touched, I'm not feeling a whole lot of hype for replaying the game (especially considering how long it takes to get a new character to the farm). The main thing keeping me going is the incredible soundtrack and the gunplay, which is finely tuned to the point that almost every attack I've done feels satisfying.
It's better than Destiny 1 in almost every way, but I still expected more from Bungie.
edit: also
was there not even a cutscene for destroying/disabling the almighty? I planted the charge and then it just went to The Last City cutscene.
HawksWinStanley
Member
Woah woah woah, Warlocks lost their revive ability?
I gives me real anxiety looking at this (mine is similar):
I'm not good at picking out what colors go well with each other. And I am paralyzed trying to figure out what to apply to what. And the penalty for changing or undoing is so steep.
I hate this change. Only the consummable part of it. Keep 'em as drops. Just don't penalize me for experimenting and wanting to change things around.
This is like 2 years when class items had light and you had to wear the highest light item even if you hated it because it had the highest light.
I'm really glad you said the word "anxiety." That's how I feel.
It's how I felt with freaking Chroma. I never used Chroma until I had a TON because I wanted to mix and match and try out different things. It should have been like... you use a Chroma on a piece of armor, it's there forever. And you can cycle through them if you "use" all the different colors.
(Instead, they even charged us to "break down" Chroma and it gave us a freaking random option until we spent more money.)
And isn't it like 5000 glimmer to apply a shader in Destiny 2? Every single time?
VoG was such a revelation for Destiny. I feel bad for anyone who didn't get to experience it in the first week of it being live because of the community trying to figure it out.
Hopefully this first raid for D2 has the same feeling.
I gives me real anxiety looking at this (mine is similar):
I'm sure if I stare long enough at your shader inventory, I'm going to see the magic eye image.
I hope it's a schooner.
FinaruDensetsu
Member
Yeah just glamour stuff. Cool!
JohnOfMars
Banned
The key point is that this used to be free and unlimited. Now it's consummable. \
Bungie added exotic weapon ornaments last year and those were great. I spent plenty of real money on them. But that was adding something. Adding something purely consmetic and unnecessary.
Shaders affect so much of how your character looks. Weapon cosmetics were nice because they took something that already looked good and made it different.
I look like a hideous dirt clown right now.
neoism
Member
I realized when I didn't have to use an item to make enemies drop money... I just kill them now and they all drop money.... I don't know how many times in d1 I forgot to use those and would do like 2 strikes before I remembered 😂😂😂😂
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
One of the missions near the end felt exactly like the inside of a covenant ship in halo 2. Even down to the same shaped doors and similar hangar layouts. Was weird.
Also to everyone who
, mind the
Gap.
Also to everyone who
fell following hawthorne's hawk at the beginning
Twilight
Cuz it just used to look like it gave them massive heads and shoulder pads that look like they're about to fall off their shoulders. Basically they looked like a child wearing their parents' clothing. They actually changed the shape and size to conform to their smaller body compared to the males who look like Hulks.
saveweyard
Banned
Exotic weapon. Best to save it until you're 260 power. They can be up to 20 power level above your current level.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
This
Is the shader
And this
Is the gear
Drink deep
And consume
The horse is the white of the armor
And the cash within
edgefusion
Member
Final cutscene spoilers:
So is the Traveller now completely fucked or what? 'Cos it looks 100% busted to me.
Weapons are a given. D1 added sidearms and swords in the DLCs. For classes I expect them to expand the Attunement options through the DLCs.
Shifty Capone1
Member
Yeah no more insta revive!
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Have fun charging that one
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