Destiny 2 |OT2| Leviathan Wakes (Spoiler Tag ALL Raid Discussion)

Wow, Dead Orbit won the Faction Rally eh? I'm shocked... absolutely shocked. Who could have seen this coming?!

Pitting factions against each other in a popularity vote sucks because the winner was completely predictable. Hopefully they revise this event in the future.
 
There was no other way this could go. Dead Orbit was always destined to win, which is unfortunate. They'll likely win next time, too, because they've got a really good auto rifle that should be up for sale.

Guiding Star seems really good and I think people are going to be super horny for it.

http://db.destinytracker.com/d2/en/items/472847207-guiding-star

Good perks but shit stats :\

I want to know why some archetypes of guns just have horrible stats. Looking at those 540 pulses like Lincoln Green that have horrible stats in literally every slot. Like, at least make some of those stats at least half full. They're all like 30-40 out of 100.
 


as someone who plays this game for #Dresstiny I'm gonna need a pic of that shader in action (stuck at work).

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Monochromatic gives too much white depending on gear. DO shaders actually makes the majority of the gear black.

Better than washed out

Monochromatic at least harkens back to Revenant Shader from Destiny

The 2 DO ones just fall flat, there's no dark in them, the white and black mix to much to make sets look gray everywhere
 
I think metro city is probably the best "black" shader. I say black because in reality it is a very dark blue but in game it looks like a black wetsuit.

Uriels can be gotten from gunsmith rank ups. At least that's where I think I got mine from
 
hahaha! so even rigging the system with infinite engrams FWC couldn't pull it off!

Dead Orbit stays winning, maybe next time we can upgrade our little refugee camp tho :P
 
I feel bad for repping DO on my titan but I liked the shader and the armor.

full disclosure I repped all three.
I thought this is basic logic, I don't get (besides jokingly) the idea is wanting any faction to win. For me it was

Best fashion? - NM on my lock&hunter DO on Titan
Best guns? FWC

Decision? I need all three!
 
hahaha! so even rigging the system with infinite engrams FWC couldn't pull it off!

Dead Orbit stays winning, maybe next time we can upgrade our little refugee camp tho :P

You didn't get your NM Sidearm, you Hawk

So womp womp to you to

I tried for you so many Tokens, but those FWC packages were just too good to pass up
 
Yeah sadly NM stood no chance. Maybe the sidearm will be in the engram pool next time around?

I have some tokens to cash on my Titan, hopefully I at least get some of their lovely shaders.
I like using Calus Selected on my favorite weapons for that neat Gold look
I haven't used it much, but love it on The Number, the purple gets to shine
 
Wow, Dead Orbit won the Faction Rally eh? I'm shocked... absolutely shocked. Who could have seen this coming?!

Pitting factions against each other in a popularity vote sucks because the winner was completely predictable. Hopefully they revise this event in the future.

I'd hope they'd take a hint from Splatfest did and make it so the less popular factions have their tokens count for more to keep things competitive.

Though I can at least see merit in letting the first rally be clean. Probably wanted to see how Weapons Selection would affect the turnout, if at all.
 
Wow, Dead Orbit won the Faction Rally eh? I'm shocked... absolutely shocked. Who could have seen this coming?!

Pitting factions against each other in a popularity vote sucks because the winner was completely predictable. Hopefully they revise this event in the future.

It doesn't actually matter if Dead Orbit always win. It's just a bit of fun anyway. We all pick our side and go grinding for gear. I got all the FWC guns and armour last week, it was a cool event.

And now we can mock each other for being on the wrong team. It's good fun.
 
Question if I may --

In your original nightfall post, you said you were PL 176, and in the above you said you were trying to get over the 270s.. Did you make a typo in your original post? I'm asking because if you are PL 276, then you're more than ready for the Nightfall.
Yes!! Early morning typo!
I get up at 3 am daily to play before work.
Dedication. It’s the only time I make to play.
So yes, I’m currently 274. How to get over the 280 hump and beyond?? Thanks D GAF!!
 
I feel like factions need more than just random side competitions. I hope one of the expansions flesh out stories for the factions. Maybe even something as full-blown as colonizing a new home planet for Dead Orbit, etc.
 
I feel like factions need more than just random side competitions. I hope one of the expansions flesh out stories for the factions. Maybe even something as full-blown as colonizing a new home planet for Dead Orbit, etc.

Yeah, I was kinda hoping that there was going to be more to them this go around. Seems to be a really untapped area of Destiny's lore/story. I think it would be cool as hell to do a PVP event where you represent each faction and can only be in matchmaking with others that pledge to the same faction or something.
 
I feel like factions need more than just random side competitions. I hope one of the expansions flesh out stories for the factions. Maybe even something as full-blown as colonizing a new home planet for Dead Orbit, etc.

This kind of thing would be cool. Not you're exact example (god no), but something along these lines!
 


as someone who plays this game for #Dresstiny I'm gonna need a pic of that shader in action (stuck at work).

This is an old pic (I have a different helm and cloak on me nowadays) but here's my hunter with most of the gear having Monochromatic on it. Cloak doesn't have it cause no shader will get rid of that cyan on the trials cloak and the helm has Metro Shift from what I can remember (I ran out of Monochromatic at the time).

 
This is an old pic (I have a different helm and cloak on me nowadays) but here's my hunter with most of the gear having Monochromatic on it. Cloak doesn't have it cause no shader will get rid of that cyan on the trials cloak and the helm has Metro Shift from what I can remember (I ran out of Monochromatic at the time).

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hot.

yeah I'll be buying that.

but yes, I did go DO strictly for the shaders. Next time around I'll go NM for those shaders. Until they make some adjustments there are very few guns worth having nowadays.
 
man everyone on DTG are SAAAAAALTY about DO winning. I guess sorry that I deposited 500 tokens at once this weekend? #whoops

Fact of the matter is I just need to stock up on solid black shaders. They just look real good to me. I don't think I'm an edgelord, haha. Guns come second for me. And tbh, which one of those winning guns was really gonna replace any of our favorites? Pulses are in a really bad place right now, and that sidearm didn't look like anything special either.
 
This kind of thing would be cool. Not you're exact example (god no), but something along these lines!

A special Rally specific strike might be a good way to give those faction leaders exposure. Depending on who your character is pledged to you get different VO. I know don't if this is even doable in the engine,but rename the enemies for the player based on their faction too. Something like Dead Orbit player see Fallen titled as House of Kings, while New Monarchy set House of Wolves. Whatever makes sense for each respective faction.
 
It’s probably buried in this thread somewhere, but how do you get rid of the hud chat overlay in the top left corner? It literally covers my radar, and I don’t know how to disable it lol
 
We finally beat the raid! God, that felt great lol.

Shout out to fellow Gaffer MeBecomingI for being a part of this raid team and the calm voice of reason for the entirety of our attempts.

Damn right it felt good! I slept really good last night given that we finally did it, haha.

It was good stuff throughout, Sink. You were all super fun to play with and I hope we keep playing more!
 
Did flashpoint, caydes chest, and got an exotic from each as well as one from a heroic event. Go to decrypt, every single one is a fighting lion launcher...yea im done for today.
 
Finally got Stomp-EE5, but I'm a little bummed to see the jump perk only seems to work on the first double jump and not the triple.
 
Yes!! Early morning typo!
I get up at 3 am daily to play before work.
Dedication. It’s the only time I make to play.
So yes, I’m currently 274. How to get over the 280 hump and beyond?? Thanks D GAF!!

265 is the "soft cap", meaning blues & (most) legendary engrams will drop a few levels below your current level -- in your case, at 274, blues & what not will probably be dropping around 268/269, so don't pay too much attention to them unless it's a gun you want.

Each week you get milestones (they're always the same aside from doing this on a different planet) -- pull up the map, hold down L2, & you will see them on the left side of the screen. You'll notice some of them have rewards that will read "powerful engrams", these (& exotics) are what you want to progress to & beyond 280.

If you haven't completed the exotic quests in the game yet, those will scale to your PL when you get them (scale meaning they will drop higher than your current PL).

If you aren't in a clan, I'd recommend joining one as the weekly rewards you get for completing this & that also scale past your current PL.

Reset was today, so you have a fresh slate of activities to do this week. Hopefully the above wasn't too confusing & you'll be able to gain a few levels this week, RNG pending!

Regarding your Nightfall inquiry, ask in here again the next time you're on & free, I'm sure you will find someone to help. I like to think you weren't ignored this morning, it was more a case of it would be impossible to run the NF with you that low of a level.

I would love to help, but if you play at 3 AM I'm afraid our schedules won't match up, sadly. However, feel free to shoot me a FR & I'll be happy to help with whatever I can if we are both online at the same time. My PSN is the same as my GAF name.
 
And no class item again this week for my Hunter who is stuck at 304 PL because of it thus any Exotic Engrams this week will again be 304 PL and Legendaries at 299 PL on that character.

Just remove the idiotic PL on class items just as you did on the Ghosts.

My Titan and Warlock continue to look down on my favorite class.

If anything they kept from vanilla D1, it's crap/repeat drops.

You don't like getting the same weapon for the 20th, 30th, 40th, etc time and turning it into 3 Legendary Shards which have next to no use in the game?
 
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