Destiny 2 |OT| Here We Go Again

Well that's certainly disappointing. I don't understand why even have a ticket system in place, just make it unlimited use and open to everyone.
It will be unlimited when out of beta, the ticketing is how they are limiting users right now.
Does anyone know if the One Earth hand canon drops at a higher level blue or purple?

Most satisfying gun I have used so far.
This is my new lover. Not sure exactly how it matches up to the stat breakdown of the One Earth but it's the same "break-action" type.
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I love it so, so much.
 
As a newbie:

Am I dumb for dismantling the exotics I got while playing the campaign because they fell off in damage for being too low level? Was there a way to boost them up?

it's not game breaking. you can always take them out of the vault and infuse them as you would if you didn't dismantle them. you'll just be out a few more shards.
 
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.

I somewhat disagree

Crota's was too short indeed but King's Fall was too long and had fights that you couldn't really speed up much beyond a certain point, especially later on with better equipments. VoG was good length except the oracle section which was just too long.

WoTM on the other was perfect imo length wise and also encounter design wide as you had flexibility in the methods you use to finish encounters and using more powerful gear also speed up the fight considerably, Aksis fight was really fun and kept everyone on their toes and gave you tools like supercharge and allowed you to use swords, Oryx on the other hand has you repeat the same stage 4 times no matter what.
 
His videos are absolute unadulterated clickbait, leveraging the platform of YouTube to a pitch-perfect extent to be controversial, and it does detract from the validity of his opinions. There is no value, because any valid criticisms are cloaked in shit.

The campaign is staggeringly easy at recommended or higher power and this is a valid complaint. It can pose a challenge if you approach missions at lower power which also rewards more XP. I died several times in story missions doing this, especially the later ones, and perhaps I deserve to be mocked for sucking at Destiny as a result. But I stand by my assertion that if someone comes to Destiny 2 seeking challenging gameplay the campaign essentially the starting bar you must clear to take part, not a full representation of the engaging combat scenarios the game has to offer if you seek them.

Many players joined D1 and are joining D2 with this as their first game of this time, in some cases even their first FPS or game with mouselook. I know it sounds crazy but I've met them. A Nightfall (even a relatively easy one like this week's) is a considerable challenge for these players, let alone the Prestige version, the raid or its eventually hard mode.

There's been an attempt to make it possible for all of these players of vastly different skill levels to coexist somewhat seamlessly in this universe and it's not an easy balancing act but I personally consider Bungie to have succeeded vastly more than they have failed here.

Difficulty options for initial playthroughs would be a good addition.

That video was circulating around here yesterday as well. I could only get through about 60 seconds of it in order to keep myself from vomiting. I really can't stand these clickbait youtubers.
 
Guys. I'm at 268 and should be ready for the raid but i haven't done any of the post study missions yet. How do i get the raid mission? Which planet?
I had the raid item drop from the NF (didn't complete it) on Titan and the follow up asks you to kill Cabal on Nessus. I think that's the right quest line anyway - something about world eater.
 
Launch Raid Run

I'm looking for a raid group for launch time today if anyone has a free spot.

I'm a 274 Titan

Repost for the new page. Is there another thread for this? Am I in the right spot to look for people?
 
WotM was the perfect length. Long raids aren't conducive to being replayed and most people would just rather skip most parts.

Most people would rather skip parts that don't reward you, WotM was padded with traveling from A to B but had chests with exotics, so no one minded the travel. I rather a raid that has a few more fights, mechanics, and puzzles which is why I like taken king more.
 
I had the raid item drop from the NF (didn't complete it) on Titan and the follow up asks you to kill Cabal on Nessus. I think that's the right quest line anyway - something about world eater.

i have that...it says:

"Await the World-Eater
Quest Step
The decrypted communications indicate something is coming. Look for the arrival of the "World-Eater.""

i didn't know it was related to the raid.
 
And so after a few hours farming EDZ, finally got myself Scathelock. I can say it was definitely worth it. I thought that the blue auto rifle I was using was pretty good with low recoil, but Scathelock made it feel like I was playing with a pneumatic drill. Might try and get Origin Story to compare to Scathelock since I've heard some good reviews of it, but I'm pretty happy with this as is.

Interested to try out Sweet Business too.
 
I mean this why I've always supported the random weapon rolls. You really kill the fun in a loot game by making everything the same. Plus, puts more pressure on the developer to develop an insane amount of items to keep people happy.

Really hope Bungie has a good plan in place to keep people coming back for more. Obviously wayyyyyy too early to tell.

Yeah everything feels more limited and yet more customizable

But the mod system just lets you shuffle minor passives so you dont need to fill your inventory with gear that have those passives

I suppose thats an upgrade but instead of just swapping pieces its a little more involved and requires stocks of the right consumables.

I may still do things the old way and maintain multiple pieces of gear for fast swapping. I dunno


We need more chase guns man... Strike Exclusive loot when?
 
It will be unlimited when out of beta, the ticketing is how they are limiting users right now.

This is my new lover. Not sure exactly how it matches up to the stat breakdown of the One Earth but it's the same "break-action" type.
I love it so, so much.
That fucking drop mag perk (I have Old Fashioned, same kind of HC) is the best thing ever. Even if I won't necessarily use it, that it's there is <3
 
Kings Fall was a good length IMO. I liked the multiple jumping puzzles. Golgoroths Maze was unnecessary after the first time or two because people always just ran through it anyways. I just grew to dislike the Oryx fight because it gets so monotonous going through the motions. It was more reliant on jumping and mechanics than it was a fight.

So I kind of hope Leviathan is long but paced well.
 
This is my new lover. Not sure exactly how it matches up to the stat breakdown of the One Earth but it's the same "break-action" type.
I love it so, so much.


Ugh, I've been waiting for this to drop! That and the Old Fashioned, which I also don't have.

Gimme gimme...

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It will be unlimited when out of beta, the ticketing is how they are limiting users right now.

This is my new lover. Not sure exactly how it matches up to the stat breakdown of the One Earth but it's the same "break-action" type.
I love it so, so much.

Jesus that is so sexy, where did you get it?
 
Kings Fall was a good length IMO. I liked the multiple jumping puzzles. Golgoroths Maze was unnecessary after the first time or two because people always just ran through it anyways. I just grew to dislike the Oryx fight because it gets so monotonous going through the motions. It was more reliant on jumping and mechanics than it was a fight.

So I kind of hope Leviathan is long but paced well.

Considering how long story missions and strikes are in D2, I think the raid is gonna be quite lengthy.
 
Storm cancelled my plans to raid today. Bummer. Have so much shit to do just considering spoilering the whole thing for myself so I can be up to speed by the time I can run the raid.

Also, the leveling system blows. Pushing players to threepeat content with the same class is far less entertaining than having the option to roll 3 different classes at nearly the same level of progress.
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.
Matchmaking be like:
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In the one instance where I paired with a group of 3 I still had to carry hard to lose a close game. I can't carry I suck. Still don't know the maps.
 
Kings Fall was a good length IMO. I liked the multiple jumping puzzles. Golgoroths Maze was unnecessary after the first time or two because people always just ran through it anyways. I just grew to dislike the Oryx fight because it gets so monotonous going through the motions. It was more reliant on jumping and mechanics than it was a fight.

I would rather see some tough balls to the wall fire fights than mechanics heavy fuckery but its always a mix of both

I dont think anything will top Vault of Glass as far as the balancing act goes.

The problem I had with Kings Fall was that fail conditions were too absolute and you were forced to redo entire long encounters over and over and over ironing out small kinks

I prefer having a fight that can allow a team to adapt and recover and still score a tight win within a single encounter

Prison of Elders was amazing for this.

Wrath of the Machine had this same problem where a small mistake would force another go on a long winded encounter with lots of steps and things to remember
 
And so after a few hours farming EDZ, finally got myself Scathelock. I can say it was definitely worth it. I thought that the blue auto rifle I was using was pretty good with low recoil, but Scathelock made it feel like I was playing with a pneumatic drill. Might try and get Origin Story to compare to Scathelock since I've heard some good reviews of it, but I'm pretty happy with this as is.

Interested to try out Sweet Business too.
how do you get Scathelock?
 
earlier I asked, and it looks like reddit answered my prayers.

here's a gallery of the current armor sets in D2.

thankfully the best looking Titan armor is built for mobility (Dev Complex), but otherwise everything seems pretty lackluster..

hopefully the raid armor doesn't disappoint.
Oh my god. Need for bright engrams rising...

Jesus that is so sexy, where did you get it?

how do you get Scathelock?
I've had Scathelock / Old Fashioned come from standard legendary giving activities so I don't think doing anything specific is necessary.
 
Launch Raid Run

I'm looking for a raid group for launch time today if anyone has a free spot.

I'm a 274 Titan

Repost for the new page. Is there another thread for this? Am I in the right spot to look for people?
You're in the right spot! Just keep at it. I'm trying to figure out if I can go right at launch, if I do would you want in for a casual, blind, no srs bsns type raid?
Jesus that is so sexy, where did you get it?
One of Cayde's stashes baby. Apparently it's Dead Orbit branded.
 
Vanguard drop? Lack of drop off due to dmg being put into the explosive effect sounds fun. Maybe it'll have the knockback punch HJ did.

As you finish the storyline zavala gives you the option of 3 legendary guns, nameless midnight is one of them. And of course also a possible Vanguard engram unlock as you turn in faction tokens with him. But if you missed it on your first character, you can get Nameless Midnight on an alt as you run the story on it.

Its what I mostly use, it feels like a sniper rifle in terms of impact/range and very steady aim, reminds me a lot of Hung Jury.
 
His videos are absolute unadulterated clickbait, leveraging the platform of YouTube to a pitch-perfect extent to be controversial, and it does detract from the validity of his opinions. There is no value, because any valid criticisms are cloaked in shit.

The campaign is staggeringly easy at recommended or higher power and this is a valid complaint. It can pose a challenge if you approach missions at lower power which also rewards more XP. I died several times in story missions doing this, especially the later ones, and perhaps I deserve to be mocked for sucking at Destiny as a result. But I stand by my assertion that if someone comes to Destiny 2 seeking challenging gameplay the campaign essentially the starting bar you must clear to take part, not a full representation of the engaging combat scenarios the game has to offer if you seek them.

Many players joined D1 and are joining D2 with this as their first game of this time, in some cases even their first FPS or game with mouselook. I know it sounds crazy but I've met them. A Nightfall (even a relatively easy one like this week's) is a considerable challenge for these players, let alone the Prestige version, the raid or its eventually hard mode.

There's been an attempt to make it possible for all of these players of vastly different skill levels to coexist somewhat seamlessly in this universe and it's not an easy balancing act but I personally consider Bungie to have succeeded vastly more than they have failed here.

Difficulty options for initial playthroughs would be a good addition.

I definitely think he's purposefully catering to the irate destiny haters who have their minds set to hate everything about Destiny no matter what. But even if what he says is "cloaked in shit", if the points he raise are valid points of criticism or concern then I wouldn't just dismiss it even if I disagreed.

Other than that it sounds like we are pretty much in agreement. I obviously wouldn't expect the campaign to be Nightfall or Raid levels of difficult. It is as you say the initial piece of the game that players are intended to play through.
 
Really wanted to attempt raid tonight but internet has been down since Sunday because of Irma. Eta is maaaybe Friday.

At least I have power and no damage to house.
 
i'm 268 now so i just focus on milestones and increasing reputation with vendors?

i want to try do the raid.

Just do everything that gives you "Powerful Gear" and if you're lucky you might jump to almost 280. Anything over 270 should be enough for the raid. Do try to have a bit of diversity in your gear instead of just one set that takes you very high in Light level.

Does the game still have bounties? Or anything equivalent? Since gear no longer levels up, I assume No?

Challenges are the new Bounties, I guess. Every activity, like strikes, patrols on all planets, crucible, nightfall etc. has a set of three challenges.
 
Launch Raid Run

I'm looking for a raid group for launch time today if anyone has a free spot.

I'm a 274 Titan

Repost for the new page. Is there another thread for this? Am I in the right spot to look for people?

On our discord, someone is looking for one more - but it is a chill one just having fun! I'll PM you.
 
Any Germans around who want to do the Raid later today?

We´re 4 already and we´d like to reduce the language barrier on our first and blind attempt.
 
Does the game still have bounties? Or anything equivalent? Since gear no longer levels up, I assume No?

Each location has challenges. These are just like the bounties in D1. Press the map button. Challenges will show up on the screen right side. Challenges reset every day.
 
I definitely think he's purposefully catering to the irate destiny haters who have their minds set to hate everything about Destiny no matter what. But even if what he says is "cloaked in shit", if the points he raise are valid points of criticism or concern then I wouldn't just dismiss it even if I disagreed.
See, and I would dismiss it even if I agreed. The medium destroys the message in this case. Many others have made similar points about the campaign difficulty constructively, and I don't necessarily disagree with the complaint all. They made it very easy and while they had reasoning to do so, they could have catered with difficulty settings.

It doesn't make Destiny 2 "a joke" though, nor has it even impacted my enjoyment much at all :P I've already spent more hours post-initial campaign than I did playing through it, and the challenge is there. Incrementally improving your strategies to blitz through a Nightfall or getting chewed up yet pulling off a Heroic Public event with just a few seconds to spare is very satisfying. Can't wait for the raid.

Other than that it sounds like we are pretty much in agreement. I obviously wouldn't expect the campaign to be Nightfall or Raid levels of difficult. It is as you say the initial piece of the game that players are intended to play through.
Yeah, and there is a certain type of player Bungie didn't want to exclude that might never even seek out a Raid, but still wants a structured campaign with a narrative they can experience, and the set pieces and so on are there even if it's tuned to be "gamer easy."

Again I do think it's a fair point and would have preferred selectable difficulties even on first approach.
 
If anyone needs one more I'd love to be in a blind launch raid. I never got to experience any of the D1 raids blind.
I'm level 268 warlock.
 
Anecdotal, my wife who isn't really a gamer, (just loves Destiny and co-op games like Overcooked Pixel Junk Monsters etc.) is IN LOVE with D2 campaign.

I think we hardcore always want things our way, and forget, we are the minority of console onwners who can get a 20 kill win streak (I can't lol, just using it as an example)

I think the difficulty is perfect personally.
 
Hey everyone! I have a group running the Raid at around 5pm EST and we need three more.

We understand it is day 1 and only require that you have patience. I'm a 291 Titan and we have two Warlocks at similar level. If you are not already in a clan, you are free to join ours for the clan engram :)

We are on PS4.
 
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