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Destiny 2 |OT| Here We Go Again
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Laurel_McFang
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Destiny had this problem where you got tired of it the skinner box grated against your skin until you couldn't stand it anymore. D2 is more like some malboro of video game addiction. Just constantly amazed at how weirdly smooth and compulsive it is. I still want to go back to the EDZ and finish some patrols etc. falling hard for this one.
P.s. i don't like any of the partol zone npbs and the last one is the worst. Actually Sloane is ok and Hawthrone is alright but Devrim Kay is full of bad stereotypes, failsafe should just be ellen mclain i mean really she lives down the street from bungie just get her, and the last guy the awoken one arm guy... please just replace him with peter dinklage or dinklebot sound bites.
P.s. i don't like any of the partol zone npbs and the last one is the worst. Actually Sloane is ok and Hawthrone is alright but Devrim Kay is full of bad stereotypes, failsafe should just be ellen mclain i mean really she lives down the street from bungie just get her, and the last guy the awoken one arm guy... please just replace him with peter dinklage or dinklebot sound bites.
Failsafe reminds me of GLaDOS, except not murderous. Maybe.
JohnOfMars
Banned
Destiny 2 |OT♦2| Like a pack of Malboro
Seriously, one of the most unjustly underused characters in the game.
NowhereFaded
Member
For the Leviathan Raid loadout[/QUOTE]
Still very early in the game but how did you score the MIDA MT??
Love that gun!
Still very early in the game but how did you score the MIDA MT??
Love that gun!
I beat the campaign in 2 days.
That said, I'm level 20. What do I do now?
I don't even particularly care for the Nessus gear, or fighting Vex...
But I keep going back to Nessus for adventures over EDZ for FailSafe interaction...
I'm a sucker for bipolar AIs...
There's a quest for it in EDZ.
But I keep going back to Nessus for adventures over EDZ for FailSafe interaction...
I'm a sucker for bipolar AIs...
There's a quest for it in EDZ.
I did a thing.
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You have just wrapped up story and arrived at Social Space. What to grind, why and when for Power Level?
I have used great write ups from JohnOfMars and Nami as help / base for this while added own info. Stuff isn't in particular order so make sure to read it all.
Aim for 270-280 PL before raid opens in order to be safe for NM Raid
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01. When in Social Space game has you talking with different NPC's for some dialogue and rewards. Talk to everyone else, but Zavala. DO NOT take that Exotic engram from his hands! Why? Its power level goes up as yours go up so longer you delay picking it from him into your inventory higher Power Level exotic you are going to get
* When your PL is high as possible, 260-270 is reasonable, return to Zavala and pick up your scaled up Exotic engram
02. Now head out to Patrols (EDZ is super popular atm) to do things. These things are...
* HM Public Events - Every event has specific trigger for HM, Datto made video on them. For e.g. Glimmer Drill event with Fallen has you destroying small machines near drill to trigger HM modifier
* Loot every possible chest that isn't nailed down for Glimmer, tokens and gear
* Return Tokens to Patrol vendor to level vendor up and get gear. Their engram levels up all the way to Power 265. Always good source for Gunsmith material as you can break this loot for parts
* Run and rerun Lost Sectors for loot as it scales with you by some degree
* Run and rerun Adventures for loot as these also scale
* Kill every high value target you come across as these also scale
03. You see blue markers (quest triggers) on the Director map. Avoid them as long as possible as they reward Legandary gear. Closer you are to e.g. 270 before taggling them higher Power Level rewards are
04. You will come by quests and quest items for Exotic equipment just like in Destiny 1. Just like with world quests avoid doing these as long as possible. Same as above, higher your Power Level is upon completing quest higher PL exotic will have
05. You can complete things like Patrol milestones, but do not turn them in before your PL is 260+ As you turn them in you get engram for your troubles and this engram scales up with your PL until you go and pick it up
06. Postpone doing Cayde-6's treasure map content as these rewards also scale to your PL so 260+ is recommended here also
07. There is no need to hold on to the engrams that you get during PL grind as just like during leveling they are rolled moment they drop and go into your inventory
08. Leveling up Gunsmith is good way to get PL boosts towards that 260-270 range. While visiting Gunsmith remember to dump your Glimmer into Random Gear Mods he sells. At PL280 you can turn those blues into legendaries with 3:1 ratio
09. When transforming blue mods to violet mods remember to have all possible blues in your inventory so Gunsmith offers all possible upgrades!
10. You could go and tackle content like Nightfall relatively early on (PL 240), but hold off here too because rewards scale to your Power Level. Higher your PL is when you complete these activities higher your rewards will be, from strike and afterwards from Zavala
11. Each week you get "Well Rested" buff that makes 3 levels of that week faster to get meaning 3 faster Bright Engrams for cosmetics. Every character gets this buff individually
12. Just like before you can gain small gearing advantages by leveling 2-3x same class as you can transfer armor along with weapons over to boost PL and hence boost all content rewards right out of the gate
13. Because of smart loot system your alts gain Power Level faster than your first character did making gearing up alts faster
14. Stock up on Legendary Shards for infusion and Xur so don't be shy about breaking down legendaries that are too low PL to progress you
15. Check every item you get because they can come with Legendary mod equipped. This means they have 5 higher Power Level than they otherwise would have, this makes them prime candidate to be infusion base. Especially early on
16. Don't be shy about using Exotics you don't want / see use for in near future as infusion fuel early on and pump up Power Level of your legendary gear. You can always reprint Exotics from your Vault with some Legendary Shards
17. Infusion works little different in D2 than it did in D1. You can only infuse e.g. Auto Rifle with another Auto Rifle or Warlock Helmet with Warlock Helmet. You can't use other weapon types or armors of other classes to PL boost this time around. Pre-order gun, Coldheart, can be infused with Auto Rifles
18. Every shader, mod and spawn animation thingy (last goes to ship as mod) is single use and will be consumed upon use. Be very selective and careful about what you apply to what! Only apply when you are 200% sure you are going to stick with said item or ship for long time!
19. Feel free to farm Strikes at any point of Power Level progression, but doing HM Public Events most likely is more time efficient way to pump up that PL
20. Be sure to do and return in all weekly content (Milestones, Flashpoints, Nightfall, Crucible stuff...) before next Tuesday so you get rewards for this week and then redo it all on Tuesday in preparation for raid on Wednesday!
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You have just wrapped up story and arrived at Social Space. What to grind, why and when for Power Level?
I have used great write ups from JohnOfMars and Nami as help / base for this while added own info. Stuff isn't in particular order so make sure to read it all.
Aim for 270-280 PL before raid opens in order to be safe for NM Raid
--------------------
01. When in Social Space game has you talking with different NPC's for some dialogue and rewards. Talk to everyone else, but Zavala. DO NOT take that Exotic engram from his hands! Why? Its power level goes up as yours go up so longer you delay picking it from him into your inventory higher Power Level exotic you are going to get
* When your PL is high as possible, 260-270 is reasonable, return to Zavala and pick up your scaled up Exotic engram
02. Now head out to Patrols (EDZ is super popular atm) to do things. These things are...
* HM Public Events - Every event has specific trigger for HM, Datto made video on them. For e.g. Glimmer Drill event with Fallen has you destroying small machines near drill to trigger HM modifier
* Loot every possible chest that isn't nailed down for Glimmer, tokens and gear
* Return Tokens to Patrol vendor to level vendor up and get gear. Their engram levels up all the way to Power 265. Always good source for Gunsmith material as you can break this loot for parts
* Run and rerun Lost Sectors for loot as it scales with you by some degree
* Run and rerun Adventures for loot as these also scale
* Kill every high value target you come across as these also scale
03. You see blue markers (quest triggers) on the Director map. Avoid them as long as possible as they reward Legandary gear. Closer you are to e.g. 270 before taggling them higher Power Level rewards are
04. You will come by quests and quest items for Exotic equipment just like in Destiny 1. Just like with world quests avoid doing these as long as possible. Same as above, higher your Power Level is upon completing quest higher PL exotic will have
05. You can complete things like Patrol milestones, but do not turn them in before your PL is 260+ As you turn them in you get engram for your troubles and this engram scales up with your PL until you go and pick it up
06. Postpone doing Cayde-6's treasure map content as these rewards also scale to your PL so 260+ is recommended here also
07. There is no need to hold on to the engrams that you get during PL grind as just like during leveling they are rolled moment they drop and go into your inventory
08. Leveling up Gunsmith is good way to get PL boosts towards that 260-270 range. While visiting Gunsmith remember to dump your Glimmer into Random Gear Mods he sells. At PL280 you can turn those blues into legendaries with 3:1 ratio
09. When transforming blue mods to violet mods remember to have all possible blues in your inventory so Gunsmith offers all possible upgrades!
10. You could go and tackle content like Nightfall relatively early on (PL 240), but hold off here too because rewards scale to your Power Level. Higher your PL is when you complete these activities higher your rewards will be, from strike and afterwards from Zavala
11. Each week you get "Well Rested" buff that makes 3 levels of that week faster to get meaning 3 faster Bright Engrams for cosmetics. Every character gets this buff individually
12. Just like before you can gain small gearing advantages by leveling 2-3x same class as you can transfer armor along with weapons over to boost PL and hence boost all content rewards right out of the gate
13. Because of smart loot system your alts gain Power Level faster than your first character did making gearing up alts faster
14. Stock up on Legendary Shards for infusion and Xur so don't be shy about breaking down legendaries that are too low PL to progress you
15. Check every item you get because they can come with Legendary mod equipped. This means they have 5 higher Power Level than they otherwise would have, this makes them prime candidate to be infusion base. Especially early on
16. Don't be shy about using Exotics you don't want / see use for in near future as infusion fuel early on and pump up Power Level of your legendary gear. You can always reprint Exotics from your Vault with some Legendary Shards
17. Infusion works little different in D2 than it did in D1. You can only infuse e.g. Auto Rifle with another Auto Rifle or Warlock Helmet with Warlock Helmet. You can't use other weapon types or armors of other classes to PL boost this time around. Pre-order gun, Coldheart, can be infused with Auto Rifles
18. Every shader, mod and spawn animation thingy (last goes to ship as mod) is single use and will be consumed upon use. Be very selective and careful about what you apply to what! Only apply when you are 200% sure you are going to stick with said item or ship for long time!
19. Feel free to farm Strikes at any point of Power Level progression, but doing HM Public Events most likely is more time efficient way to pump up that PL
20. Be sure to do and return in all weekly content (Milestones, Flashpoints, Nightfall, Crucible stuff...) before next Tuesday so you get rewards for this week and then redo it all on Tuesday in preparation for raid on Wednesday!
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
I think you have 4 missions left
I hit level 6 last night. A lot of my friends list have already hit 20 but I'm having fun taking my time and enjoying the scenery along the way. I really like how organic the EDZ feels. Flowing from Adventure to Lost Sector to Public Events is just great. Feels much more natural than D1 patrols where you just run around aimlessly.
You must've saw my post. Came at the perfect time! Thanks man!
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Feel like I'm getting closer to the end. At level 17 now and can probably push to 20 fast enough. Then to just work on getting my light level to 260.
Honestly I wish the raid was further away. This feels like a bit of an unreasonable amount of time to have to reach end game by.
Honestly I wish the raid was further away. This feels like a bit of an unreasonable amount of time to have to reach end game by.
I want that so bad.
I might have to try blink out. I mained lock in D1 and put it away in D2 because it felt like I was controlling molasses.
Darryl M R
Member
What is the advice about doing challenges? Hold off or do them?
It looks like they are daily so if you don't finish a challenge it goes away the next day--is this right?
It looks like they are daily so if you don't finish a challenge it goes away the next day--is this right?
Hold off on doing ones that say "Powerful Gear", I think they reset on Tuesday, so don't leave it til then.
I thought they were weekly, I could be very, very wrong.
BakedTanooki
Member
Man, the game is insanely addictive.
So glad that I'm unemployed at the moment, lol.
So glad that I'm unemployed at the moment, lol.
saveweyard
Banned
Those are milestones. Challenges are daily.
lucebuce12
Member
I. CAN'T. STOP. WATCHING.
Then I am very, very wrong.
Oh good.
Pejo
Member
That was way better than it had any right to be, lol.
So what is the best way to raise LL past 265~? Just weekly quests and exotics?
My friends and I tried the nighfall last night, yea no fucking way right now with our current LL. It amazes me that people actually have the Rat King gun already with that BS Nightfall. They took the one thing that could ruin nightfalls for me (a timer) and implemented it. Fuckers.
Nightfalls were way too easy, I welcome the addition of a timer.
I think next week's one also has a timer, something about rings, so I guess you need to collect/jump through them for time extensions..I wonder if they'll be one every week.
AllIsOneIsNone
Banned
So much is improved this time around, I'm a happy camper. With that said, one thing that hasn't gotten better is the subclass skill trees. There's hardly any choice here, they should have expanded yet they contracted. It's basically grenade choice, jump choice (they should have added new types), ability choice (of which there are 2 similar choices) and then 1 of two attunements. Very underwhelming to me.
You can get all of them from Bright Engrams including the epic ones. If you press ∆ (Y on Xbox) you can view them in the preview screen.
Jest Chillin
Member
Interesting lore thing? I'm not sure if this was known or maybe I'm looking to deep into it.
In an adventure on Nessus where our Ghost interfaces with a Vex network they apparently are friendly to him and keep telling him to "come home." Does that imply that whatever the hell Vex are they are somehow related to Ghosts/Traveler? They mentioned an Original Program so maybe they are connected and split off at one point. That Osiris bit at the end was also interesting where he was apparently the one to kick us out of the network.
Wonder if strange coins was scrapped at the last minute, there is a scanning item that the ghost says looks like a strange coin and wonders where strange coins come from, if they aren't in the game at all some people won't know what the hell the ghost is talking about.
Some of those scanning items are in really damn hard to get places, the dialogue is not always worth it for the difficult to reach ones.
Some of those scanning items are in really damn hard to get places, the dialogue is not always worth it for the difficult to reach ones.
Robdraggoo
Member
When do i get a damn sparrow
This is amazing. Well played Japan.
noomi
Member
You can also try your luck at eververse with a bright engram, they have a chance to drop. Need to be level 20 though I believe.
That's how I got mine a bit early before finishing the campaign.
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