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Destiny 2 |OT3| The Token King
- Thread starter JohnOfMars
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Yeah its account based.
I prefer playing solo IB for the most part.
Has anyone else noticed an issue with hunters and boots with the recovery stat not granting the actual recovery stat?
Gensym knight greaves have the intrinsic survivalist for improved recovery but there is nothing in recovery at all. In fact I don't have any boots show anything in the recovery stat at all - even if they say they have it.
Gensym knight greaves have the intrinsic survivalist for improved recovery but there is nothing in recovery at all. In fact I don't have any boots show anything in the recovery stat at all - even if they say they have it.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Because Joe who plays 2 hours every other Saturday night wouldn't be able to play Iron Banner. We can't have that.
Razzmatazzer
Member
You're not confused, the event is pretty dumb now. Same as Trials, light level means nothing. So we're basically just playing regular crucible with new tokens to acquire... about it.
all of my hate
Member
Is it arc burn?
if IB works the same as the faction event, there's no way casuals are going to be able to reach the max rank (30) via the reward NPC.
20 tokens = 1 rank, NPC soft cap = 30 ranks.
(NPC soft cap is when armor/weapons stop dropping, and you're only awarded shaders)
Wins = 5 tokens
Losses = 2 tokens
You'd have to win 120 games to reach the cap (or for most solo queuers, lose 300 games)...? My math might be wrong. It's early.
edit: actually I think I read you'll only be able to pick up 10 packages? Need confirmation.
No, but the ratio of Arc shielded Harpies to Void Minotaurs and Solar Cabal is like 10000:2:1.
Arc supers are also the best ad-clearing super for each class. Arcstrider might be the most useless shit in the world, but the boss spawns so many ADs that my arc super with raiden flux seemed to last forever
Camp Freddie
Member
Nice job on raid organisation.
I'm on a bit too late to join you, but if people drop out mid-raid then stick a request on the Gold/GAF discord and I'll probably be around to fill in the gap.
all of my hate
Member
Oh...
Thanks for the clarification.
Regular ass crucible grind with inferior announcer and less game modes. Nice
Salty Rice
Member
Not hearing my husbando Shaxx` voice in Iron Banner irritates me.
Warlocks have the devour advantage
JohnOfMars
Banned
Light level has pretty much never meant anything in Trials or Iron Banner. I played quite a lot of Trials and I was never at the level cap. Because it had no effect on kill times. Same with Iron Banner. I never saw anyone in Trials with a light level low enough to make a difference and even in Iron Banner, It was incredibly rare to run across anyone at a low light level.
This is effectively no change.
Jest Chillin
Member
Probably isn't a soft cap on this, since it's far less likely for players to find a way to game the token acquisition. Also, Bungie doesn't expect 30 packages in one week considered the Milestone is 20 packages in a season.
Why would any one person at Bungie comment on suggestions to change the game? They would have to consult stats, talk to their teams, collectively work on what may work and what may not, consider how it effects the various systems throughout the game, etc...
It would be silly to make a quick comment about any suggestions or changes before they were vetted.
Did you try the final area of the Exodus Black's Captain quest? It's underground and has floating rocks.
LL was the difference between getting one shot with titan shoulder charge in D1. That always made it a pretty big deal to me = 3=
GlamFM
Banned
Does not match my experience in IB at all, but even if it did - why change it?
Vic_Viper
Member
Ok kool, for IB is it recomended to use the Empower Rift or Healing Rift?
Empty Space
Member
Not sure I care much for the drop rate on IB tokens. Four wins is a lot to get one item and then its a random item out ten total where repeats are possible. Even taking into consideration the daily challenges and milestones it feels like a lot to ask from even someone with one character, much less three.
Yeah I found it thanks!
FWIW it's in the Sunken Cavern, the entrance is on the opposite side of the area, the cave like opening with a few fallen (not vex) guarding it, through there and all the way down (past the portal).
Healing. Iron Banner is just crucible. Run whatever you think would help you in PvP
EL CUCO
Member
How about an explanation on why certain things have changed (arguably for the worst)? Or just a "we hear you"..? Not seeing any interaction with the community other than the standard TWAB.
I disagree. While being a higher LL wasn't a huge advantage in weapon dmg, it absolutely was with abilities. At the very least, there was just enough of a difference to give you a reason to strive for max LL. Trials and IB are supposed to be the "end game" PVP, In D2 the PL is just means to unlock events. They've REALLY watered this game down.
MythicReclaimer
Member
Did they really have to leave those "Additional Rewards" in the Iron Banner loot pool? Nobody wants that generic garbage at this point.
Jest Chillin
Member
That stuff typically happens in TWAB because the wrong phasing can lead to drama ("all of that is playable space"). They addressed the Mida in a comment a couple weeks ago in TWAB for example.
Game's been out about a month and hasn't even released all the iterations of content yet. They likely want to see how the numbers shake out before making any comments.
Empty Space
Member
This is also pretty frustrating especially with the frequent crashes.
Cornbread78
Member
for a new page:
We have a few trained sherpas from GAF Gold Warriors that will be running a couple "NOOB" raids Thursday night for NeoGAF folks that have not gotten a chance to run the raid yet and would love to give it a shot.
Details:
Thursday night (10/12) "Noob" raids: *Full*
"Noob" Group#1. Starts at 8pm bst sharp.
Sherpas:
TommyCronin
MrMikeh
Newbs:
CptSupermarket
Silav101
Guppeth
Number45
Sunday night, (10/15)
"NOOB" Group#2 Starts at 7:00pm bst sharp. (NA Folks: 2pm EST/11am PST)
Sherpas:
Talos_Ai
JJShadow
Newbs:
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These guys will be patient and explain everything. Just come eager to learn, ready to listen and clamoring to shoot aliens with guns and aliens with duel blades as well as shooting arrows and lanterns and all sorts of stuff that needs to get shot..
*Warning, some dogs will die in the progress of the raid.
Post here or shoot me a PM if you are available and want to experience the raid with some guided help.
(NA Dates/times and Sherpas to come forth soon)
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We have a few trained sherpas from GAF Gold Warriors that will be running a couple "NOOB" raids Thursday night for NeoGAF folks that have not gotten a chance to run the raid yet and would love to give it a shot.
Details:
Thursday night (10/12) "Noob" raids: *Full*
"Noob" Group#1. Starts at 8pm bst sharp.
Sherpas:
TommyCronin
MrMikeh
Newbs:
CptSupermarket
Silav101
Guppeth
Number45
Sunday night, (10/15)
"NOOB" Group#2 Starts at 7:00pm bst sharp. (NA Folks: 2pm EST/11am PST)
Sherpas:
Talos_Ai
JJShadow
Newbs:
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These guys will be patient and explain everything. Just come eager to learn, ready to listen and clamoring to shoot aliens with guns and aliens with duel blades as well as shooting arrows and lanterns and all sorts of stuff that needs to get shot..
*Warning, some dogs will die in the progress of the raid.
Post here or shoot me a PM if you are available and want to experience the raid with some guided help.
(NA Dates/times and Sherpas to come forth soon)
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Hoho for breakfast
Member
Yeah. I'm not having fun. It's just pvp as usual + grinding for tokens. I mean, I'm going to keep grinding them until I get a hunter set, but I'm not having much fun doing it.
JohnOfMars
Banned
¯\_(ツ
_/¯ Let me add some nuance to my argument: Remember, D2 is like 90% primary play. There's no more special and heavy ammo, just power ammo that's much more rare. There's no ability spam. In D1, light level almost never made a difference with primaries.Honest answer? The three things that seem like they're at play in all of the Crucible changes:
- Teamwork - Every class (except Hunters) got support abilities through their class. Many classes have abilities (like Sentinel overshield or Gunslinger Chain of Woe) that are shared between teammates. Additionally, a higher kill time rewards teamplay and makes it harder for their to be 1 player heroes who carry teams. All that to say, Bungie doesn't want teams to be punished by having a lower light player with them on their own team. I get everyone wants to roflstomp a low-light guardian, but just as often they're on your team.
- Undersability - The team talked often about the design changes in the weapon slots were about understanding why you died. This is why they added flash lights to shotguns and red dots to Grenade Launchers. Being able to take 5 hand cannon hits in 1 mode and only 4 in another is not consistent. Or understandable, i.e. what light level do I need to be to not die so quickly? No points for quipping "max level."
- Approachability - Iron Banner has been derided for years as "Iron Lagger". This is the first Iron Banner which means that more than any other time there can be large power differences, so not punishing people who can't mainline Destiny like us keeps the player pool large, which should help with finding games quickly and hopefully help with lag. It also doesn't punish people who you know, don't play obsessively.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
I keep getting exotic engrams and then I just forget I got them. That shouldn't happen. It needs to be exciting again.
Cornbread78
Member
"I know this has probably already been answered, but does IB count towards the "Call to Arms" milestone?
Darknyss09
Member
It does.
EL CUCO
Member
This happens to me often. I remembered last night and got my 4th pair of exotic legs that I couldn't even infuse into my current legs because "power level too low" even tho it had like 3 light higher.
Cornbread78
Member
Empty Space
Member
I also finally discovered where the hunters have been hiding, in crucible with quickfang. I figured the whole ninja motiff would make hunters the most popular class, but I hadn't seen many in my time in Raids or Nightfalls. It makes perfect sense that all the preteens and teenagers would be hanging out in crucible. Who needs teamwork when I have sweet sword and triple jump.
I am currently doing Iron Banner stuff with my Hunter
MythicReclaimer
Member
The Exotics you get from PE, Strikes, etc will only scale to your current PL.
Edit: It sounds like you need to add a +5 mod to your leg armor before using the Exotic for infusion.
EL CUCO
Member
I had PL 297 Raid boots, the exotic engram boots dropped at 303, and it wasnt allowing me to infuse them into the Raid boots.
Maybe I still dont understand infusion in this game.
Edit: I'll check out the mods on it.