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[Nightmare452]

Sunshot is pretty and all but unfortunately it's an exotic and I need to reserve the spot for something else.

I would consider using Merciless and Coldheart for PVE and Borealis sniper for PVP. All those are better at boss damage, which is my main goal for exotics. Sunspot is amazing/one of the best for ads clear though. On the nightfall, it ruled over all once the solar buff was on.

 

[Kyne]

I wonder when they fix the crucible.

what's wrong with it?

 

[Demption]

Yep but it's going to be with a 5 pre-made group of friends who will probably boot you if you don't have a mic.

Ok, thought that was the case. I really would like to try Destiny 2 but playing it solo might not be ideal.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I would consider using Merciless and Coldheart for PVE and Borealis sniper for PVP. All those are better at boss damage, which is my main goal for exotics. Sunspot is amazing/one of the best for ads clear though. On the nightfall, it ruled over all once the solar buff was on.

Merciless is amazing but unfortunately mine is under leveled. So now I gotta hope I get another high level fusion rifle to infuse into it

 

[neoism]

damn bungle was doing the treasure maps and didnt get anythang at all on my last chest...
😑

 

[zoukka]

what's wrong with it?

Leavers in every single match and I guess they sren't punished and new players aren't brought to replace them.

 

[eizarus]

Not at all! You have lots of ammo for each and lives (in my case) are short. So if you have a nice scout or pulse or whatever... And you like it.. Go for it!

Awesome. Been wanting to try the Graviton Lance in Crucible. I love the sound from that third bullet.

 

[LiK]

I wonder when they fix the crucible.

Hopefully soon. Probably too busy getting the raid ready.

 

[zoukka]

Like here I am alone in my team and survival takes forever to finish because they can only kill me... what an amazing experience. Meanwhile the leavers are already in a new game.

 

[TyrantII]

Ok, thought that was the case. I really would like to try Destiny 2 but playing it solo might not be ideal.

You're in one of the largest neoGAF communities. It'll go 100 threads in Community.

It'll be pretty easy to find people to play with here once you want to dip into the high level PvE stuff.

 

[Kard8p3]

Can you only do the raid once per week?

 

[BLAUcopter]

Hopefully soon. Probably too busy getting the raid ready.

They need to show us ping or fix the matchmaking. Why is it that a game released in 2017 doesn't show connection quality, only has 8 players, is laggy as fuck and is P2P?

 

[lt519]

Leavers in every single match and I guess they sren't punished and new players aren't brought to replace them.

I must be lucky, I've played close to 30 matches and nobody has left.

 

[xChildOfHatex]

Can you only do the raid once per week?

Once per character per week. So theoretically, you can do it thrice per week for rewards if you have 3 characters. Once the Prestige difficulty unlocks, you'll be able to do the raid twice per character for the rewards.

damn bungle was doing the treasure maps and didnt get anythang at all on my last chest...
��

Happened to me with last week's as well as this week's treasure chests, but each time I got one exotic from one of the remaining four, so it evens out, I guess.

 

[everyday math]

I must be lucky, I've played close to 30 matches and nobody has left.

Same

 

[_Legacy_]

Used the Stare for a while because it was my highest light item. I like Nightshade's recoil better but it hits pretty hard. I should try it with different sights.

Opted for Nightshade, the kill clip perk is too good to pass over.

I thought blues dropped at max 278 light but now I'm starting to get blues dropping at 280. Where were all these 280 blues when I spent ages grinding to 280? Ha, at least I can infuse and strengthen my backup purple armour.

 

[Hawkian]

So they new update will let me raid with strangers? No voice-chat required?

Raiding BOTH with strangers and no mic is a recipe for misery.

If you have to raid without voice comms, forming a group here that knows about that limitation is a much better idea and DGAF will be happy to help.

 

[LiK]

They need to show us ping or fix the matchmaking. Why is it that a game released in 2017 doesn't show connection quality, only has 8 players, is laggy as fuck and is P2P?

Yea, the entire mode is just bad right now. Compare this to the Halo games and it's just embarrassing. I just wanna play Clash and kill things. But no, I have to play these other modes I don't care about especially in a 4v4 setting.

Raiding BOTH with strangers and no mic is a recipe for misery.

If you have to raid without voice comms, forming a group here that knows about that limitation is a much better idea and DGAF will be happy to help.

Somehow I'm still amazed Kadey has never ever used a mic once even in raids.

 

[Roussow]

Ok, thought that was the case. I really would like to try Destiny 2 but playing it solo might not be ideal.

I mean you'll be able to play all of the content except for the Raid and maybe Nightfalls. A mic would help though with the high end activities. But there's a lot of game to enjoy here as a solo player, and normal matchmaking for stuff like strikes. Don't be put off by that, plus plenty of people here on Gaf are surely to help you out if you get stuck.

 

[Kyne]

Leavers in every single match and I guess they sren't punished and new players aren't brought to replace them.

the replacement thing is definitely an issue, but right now there is absolutely 0 incentive in winning a crucible match so.. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

it should be more like this.

leaving mid match = 5 min cooldown on being able to rejoin the playlist.
winning a match = +1 crucible token (so 2 total if you win, and still 1 if you lose)
joining a match in progress = +2 crucible tokens if you win (so 3 total; an incentive to try since you're usually on a losing team if you join mid game)

 

[TheMan]

After I've finished the story and unlocked crucible/strikes/etc for one character, are those things available to my extra characters right out of the gate?

 

[TyrantII]

Leavers in every single match and I guess they sren't punished and new players aren't brought to replace them.

PUGs are pretty much dead IMO. They moved crucible from casual to semi-serious, and all it takes is one jackass leyroying to lose the match.

I won't be running much crucible solo anymore. Maybe the events will be a little better.

 

[Griffith]

After I've finished the story and unlocked crucible/strikes/etc for one character, are those things available to my extra characters right out of the gate?

No, you have to unlock everything again.

 

[xChildOfHatex]

After I've finished the story and unlocked crucible/strikes/etc for one character, are those things available to my extra characters right out of the gate?

Nope. You've gotta follow the steps to unlock them all over again.

 

[Camp Freddie]

Sunshot. Its great!

I got Gravitron Lance last night from a Public Event exotic engram.

I also got an exotic sparrow from a bright engram, which I was not expecting.

Graviton lance is a weird gun.
It's pretty powerful and the low recoil and damage on the first 2 shots makes it act like a scout rifle.
The black hole effect is also weird. Unlike the sunshot thing, they don't explode. They turn into a ball which jumps into the air in a random direction and explodes when it lands.
It's much less reliable than the sunshot head-explosion and you won't get many kills via the black hole effect, but it is entertaining.

 

[BraXzy]

Is the PC version going to have text chat in game? Managing a clan, coordinating teams, just communicating in general is miserable on PC. You think they could have at least added some minor matchmaking things within clans at least

Discord would be fine for most things. You can make various fireteam voice chat channels. It would still be handy to have in-game stuff.

 

[VE3TRO]

damn bungle was doing the treasure maps and didnt get anythang at all on my last chest...
😑

Got nothing on the last 3.

 

[Hawkian]

After I've finished the story and unlocked crucible/strikes/etc for one character, are those things available to my extra characters right out of the gate?

You still have to reach 20/beat the story on each character to unlock all activities.

However, for a variety of reasons, overall progression even at endgame is way accelerated on your alts.

 

[panama chief]

Hype for the raid. But being cautious too. I'm really hoping for a longer raid than normal.

Crota was too short.
Wrath of the Machine was a bit better.
Vault imposed length by spacing the oracles timing
Taken King was juuuuuust right.

Also not modding guns til I run in and see the element types were up against. Anyone know the best way to get glimmer? 5000 a pop for these mods are crazy.

 

[Omnistalgic]

PUGs are pretty much dead IMO. They moved crucible from casual to semi-serious, and all it takes is one jackass leyroying to lose the match.

I won't be running much crucible solo anymore. Maybe the events will be a little better.

I've had a pretty good time in crucible tbh, and honestly I don't think I'm very good at shooters. Haven't had many players leave and even losing is still pretty fun since you can get your kills and streaks and of course a chance for a great reward at the end.

I dunno, I do want one crazy 6v6 mode back, but I really like the new crucible

 

[TheMan]

No, you have to unlock everything again.

Nope. You've gotta follow the steps to unlock them all over again.

You still have to reach 20/beat the story on each character to unlock all activities.

However, for a variety of reasons, overall progression even at endgame is way accelerated on your alts.

Argh, really really don't want to play through the story again so soon but I'm ready to try out a new class. It is what it is I guess.

 

[xChildOfHatex]

Anyone know the best way to get glimmer? 5000 a pop for these mods are crazy.

Join a clan as some of the benefits of higher clan level include higher glimmer rewards. Also, Public events give a lot of glimmer.

Argh, really really don't want to play through the story again so soon but I'm ready to try out a new class. It is what it is I guess.

Tag up with a friend or someone from Gaf Discord. Going through the story a second time doesn't really take too long, especially if you have someone to keep you company.

 

[Vire]

Just started but why on earth are there so many enemies in EDZ? The tuning on the spawns seems insane? Very claustrophobic feeling.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Opted for Nightshade, the kill clip perk is too good to pass over.

I thought blues dropped at max 278 light but now I'm starting to get blues dropping at 280. Where were all these 280 blues when I spent ages grinding to 280? Ha, at least I can infuse and strengthen my backup purple armour.

That's not how it is.

Blues max out at level 260, legendaries max out at 265 before you reach 270 or so. From that point above both of them from rewards/engrams will trail behind you a few levels and will continue to do so.

You are probably close to 290 power level correct?

 

[Camp Freddie]

Yea, the entire mode is just bad right now. Compare this to the Halo games and it's just embarrassing. I just wanna play Clash and kill things. But no, I have to play these other modes I don't care about especially in a 4v4 setting.

I'm not a PvP guy, but I foolishly assumed that I just needed to do the "2 quickplay match" milestone to unlock the "real" PvP game menu. Nope, I just get "competitive", which is identical expect with a different playlist.

It's insane that you can't choose your game-type. Any other MP game trying this would be ridiculed. Imagine CoD or Battlefield forcing you to play capture the flag when you want to play domination or whatever.

I never understood why Destiny 1 locked it's interesting MP variations behind some "This weekend only!" bullshit. I mean, sure, have a weekend competition with special rewards, but don't lock the game modes away afterwards.

 

[Foxxsoxx]

the replacement thing is definitely an issue, but right now there is absolutely 0 incentive in winning a crucible match so.. ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

it should be more like this.

leaving mid match = 5 min cooldown on being able to rejoin the playlist.
winning a match = +1 crucible token (so 2 total if you win, and still 1 if you lose)
joining a match in progress = +2 crucible tokens if you win (so 3 total; an incentive to try since you're usually on a losing team if you join mid game)

They really need a ranked system in place so players have incentive to play matches. Crucible feels weird being so competitive without any ranks.

 

[Gai Murakumo]

Just started but why on earth are there so many enemies in EDZ? The tuning on the spawns seems insane? Very claustrophobic feeling.

Yeah in the front of the church courtyard there can be times when there is a fairly consistent battle between Cabal and Fallen. It is jarring sometimes.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I don't know why bungie dropped the ball so hard with destiny pvp.

Nothing is preventing them from having custom games, something like a forge system, and varied game types.

But I don't know it it's because they want to stick with simplicity for immersion levels or something but they refuse to make fun pvp scenarios like with halo.

 

[Zereta]

Just started but why on earth are there so many enemies in EDZ? The tuning on the spawns seems insane? Very claustrophobic feeling.

I love it. Earth should feel claustrophobic. Its been overtaken entirely. We're just refugees in a land that no longer belongs to us.

 

[noomi]

I won't get to watch any raid streams or even partake until the weekend, but good luck to all the teams going in blind today

 

[Tomeru]

Can you only do the raid once per week?

Yoy can do it as many times as you want, but you'll get loot only once.

 

[Hawkian]

Just started but why on earth are there so many enemies in EDZ? The tuning on the spawns seems insane? Very claustrophobic feeling.

Haha, god, I hope they never change this. You're probably talking about being in the middle of the Cabal vs. Fallen skirmish out in front of the church.

If it feels rough now know that coming back later and completely obliterating everything in that area is very satisfying.

 

[xChildOfHatex]

I'm not a PvP guy, but I foolishly assumed that I just needed to do the "2 quickplay match" milestone to unlock the "real" PvP game menu. Nope, I just get "competitive", which is identical expect with a different playlist.

It's insane that you can't choose your game-type. Any other MP game trying this would be ridiculed. Imagine CoD or Battlefield forcing you to play capture the flag when you want to play domination or whatever.

I never understood why Destiny 1 locked it's interesting MP variations behind some "This weekend only!" bullshit. I mean, sure, have a weekend competition with special rewards, but don't lock the game modes away afterwards.

It helps if you only play crucible to get your weekly Powerful Gear reward from Shaxx. I absolutely hate the crucible, so I just finish up my quota for it as soon as I can, get my reward and then focus on the PvE side of things.

 

[zonezeus]

Finally got Merciless and holy crap people weren't joking - this thing is a beast.

 

[TyrantII]

I've had a pretty good time in crucible tbh, and honestly I don't think I'm very good at shooters. Haven't had many players leave and even losing is still pretty fun since you can get your kills and streaks and of course a chance for a great reward at the end.

I dunno, I do want one crazy 6v6 mode back, but I really like the new crucible

Oh don't get me wrong, I like the changes just fine. I've even seen blueberries learning after a few downs to stick with the fireteam.

Just, it doesn't seem as conductive to the crazy pick up play Destiny 1 had. It's a much more measured experience.

 

[TyrantII]

I won't get to watch any raid streams or even partake until the weekend, but good luck to all the teams going in blind today

Same.

I'll watch it in post sunday, but I want to go in with my D1 VoG fireteam and figure it out blind. There's really something awesome about figuring out the puzzles together.

 

[noomi]

Just saw that they made guided games live.

Does it seem to work well so far?

 

[Omnistalgic]

Oh don't get me wrong, I like the changes just fine. I've even seen blueberries learning after a few downs to stick with the fireteam.

Just, it doesn't seem as conductive to the crazy pick up play Destiny 1 had. It's a much more measured experience.

Agreed, I really think all of that is coming back. This may be an easier way to balance weapons and abilities as well.

 

[xChildOfHatex]

Finally got Merciless and holy crap people weren't joking - this thing is a beast.

Merciless is amazing. I was doing a Public Event with another dude and the two of us finished the Cabal Heroic with just that and me on my Wardcliff Coil. It was amazing watching all the mobs melt over and over. My top 3 most wanted exotics are Merciless, Borealis and Skyburner's Oath.

 

[ZeoVGM]

damn bungle was doing the treasure maps and didnt get anythang at all on my last chest...
😑

Same thing happened to me last night. It seems to be related to their server issues, as the other loot would appear with a noticeable delay.

Hope they get the server stuff figured out soon. I worry about the launch of the raid.