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Destiny |OT11| It goes up to 11!
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Me. jaguwar
Story mode with bounty's along the way. I believe there was a guide, if I find it I'll link it here for you. But like I sad before you are looking at ~6hrs roughly. Give or take depending on how fast you are and bounties.
Here's the guide
http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2jro9l/fast_leveling_guide/
Hudson, what I'm saying is add a column. To get to level 3(whatever).
So like I have Gjallahorn. It is 300.
I open up Destiny on Tuesday night and it now has one column of empty bubbles on the far right, which will let me upgrade it to level 360 (or whatever it is).
I don't have to spend coins. I don't have to spend marks. I don't have to sacrifice my first born.
I just have to grind with it like I normally do, playing NF's raiding or whatever.
The new weapons, if offering different attributes, will lead me to replacing old shiny ones. But my old shiny one shouldn't require me to put in another 24+ hours to get it where it already was (just to reach a new damage plateau). That's all.
I still love the game. I already bought the season pass. I will play it. I just hate doing things twice. And three times. Etc.
Still need a 30? Dsnte316
Flying Toaster
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Bounties and story missions. Some play harder missions but I found running the easy ones and bounties got me through it just fine.
Yes harder missions give more xp but they also take longer to run.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Gonna have to disagree with you there. There's a HUGE difference.
And it could infact be that way.
great; adding you now
Sorry, captscience just beat you. I'll send invite if someone no-shows.
Final roster:
Normal Raid - 7pm Eastern - PS4
1) stb (Berried_treasurE) - 29/Titan
2) stb's pal (Capt_Greene) - 29/Warlock
3) grimlock33 - 28/Titan
4) Ourobolus - 28 Warlock
5) Rhadamanthus ( PSN: drassill) - 26/Warlock
6) captscience
alt) schwagger15
I'm loading up now.
Tragicomedy
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Haha, we got this!
I'm down if you still have a spot for me. Gen_hof
Orthogonal
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Getting a new alt to level 20 is surprisingly fast. It's getting the gear and mats to upgrade later that's the problem.
I got my Warlock form 20 to 25 instantly with my extra gear, but due to time limitations, I've only gotten it up to 26 over the last couple weeks because my Main is still consuming all my mats to get to 30.
milkham
Member
I think its wishful thinking, even if they did change, it would take months
Yeah, as a D3 player, I've definitely ran into the 'difficulty/time to complete' dilemma.
Flying Toaster
Member
One of us... One of us...
Just think your sane and only doing this 2 more times. I am actually jumping to an additional system and have to do this 3 more times.
Why Destiny, why do you hate me as much as I love you?
Nope.
Hey new free DLC.
Frequent balance changes! Many of you hate these, but you know they make the game better.
Hey, here's an interesting weekend challenge that's not just an XP grind. Free loot crate for achieving community goals.
More packs to buy and expensive top end lootSo we're going to increase the number of credits you earn per match.
It's a thing of wonder that such a small piece of software can feel so much bigger and inviting than a full retail release. For a second Destiny managed to capture that feel. The new economy made upgrading feel less like a chore and more like a great chance to use end-game weaponry. Players were excited about the new piece of content coming soon. Anyone up for Glacier speed runs to prepare?
Now it just feels like ME3's single player ending. Bleh.
I never had interested in that mode, but I'm happy to see Bioware really supported their game.
Yeah, the more I think about it the more I see how dumb it is that upgrading is actually a detriment in the long term. I hope figures it out that making dumb grinds does opposite of what they want.
gutter_trash
Banned
it sucks they opted for this route that punishes those who leveled up gear; it like encourages us to be super selective with what we upgrade for now in fear that it will be reset in the future, meaning that we will hold back on upgrading new weapon drops and not aim to get new gear and just be content holding to OLD gear that that we prefer to handle
I just want to be able to run the weekly on hard for the coins. What's the level requirement for that?
Lol yea. I was actually expecting it to take much longer though. I did a couple of levels per day to break it up as well. Wasn't too rough.
lionelhutz
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Sorry, just filled the last spot.
BMO = GOAT
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Should i keep my hunter, or titan? I got raid gear to get another warlock to lvl 30. Idk which to scrap.
captscience
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Orthogonal
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You can start to get coins at Lvl 22 Heroic, but it is a trickle at only 3 per week. Level 26 is 6 coins and level 28 is 9 coins.
Flying Toaster
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Play style? Better yet, what do you like to use more in PVE and or PVP?
You have to be level 28 to be invited to a 28 hard weekly? I figured you could join underleveled.
PrivateWHudson
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I totally get what you're saying, but I'm just thinking that after another DLC, and possibly a Comet and two more DLC's...we're talking 5 more rows of bubbles out to the right. Plus, I feel like paying a little bit to have the Gunsmith rework it feels like a fair compromise compared to the current plan. Even if the cost is something like a couple motes of light like the Iron Banner re-roll.
Darryl M R
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Has it been confirmed that Xur will be able to upgrade the Mytho, Hawkmoon and Monte Carlo? I want to know if I should start upgrading my Mytho or not waste the time. .
Hell is the Mytho even better than the VoC? (I know I would have to stop using my Ice Breaker though)
Hell is the Mytho even better than the VoC? (I know I would have to stop using my Ice Breaker though)
Complete the daily and Use a Xur telemetry right before it ends. Turn in ten bounties at once. Go put the item in the vault and change to another character. Repeat the process (without telemetry, it's not needed) and the exotic item is fully leveled from scratch.
Definitely won't take you 24 hours.
This really isn't as big a deal as people are makin it out to be.
Flying Toaster
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No idea on Hawkmoon and Monte Carlo. They are keeping mum about Sony content for the most part.
scarletham
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Don't think so. Ran a 26 through last night!
I thought Daily experience was confirmed to only work for armor.
Hmm not sure about that, it's just the process I followed. Might have been the weekly, I can't recall. It got the job done.
Epsilon-delta
Banned
Not happy with the news today. It feels like a 180 from what transpired just two days ago.
BMO = GOAT
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I focus more on armor and recovery. I like offense but with protection.
Why change? Even if you can get to 30 with another warlock, I imagine the grind to get there during the DLC (assuming you're buying) wouldn't be as bad (or at least much worse) as doing the story missions again.
They'll change it a few weeks before their next DLC
Man I really do like the concept of DLCs but it feels like publishers do the bare minimum to get folks money. Hence why I rarely buy them.
I wish Activision/Bungie would understand if you keep the playerbase happy we will have no issue buying your DLCs. But when we feel like you are trying to stretch the thin content to keep us busy til the next DLC then you'll just piss folks off
Why not just keep it on the level like Multiplayer FPS (like Killzone). Killzone didn't feel like they were stretching content to keep us busy. They simply just tossed out some dlcs and asked for a fair price in which I happily paid.
Activision/Bungie piss me off so badly I wouldnt want to give them any money
Still hoping this decision gets revoked tho and the new DLC will become popular.
PrivateWHudson
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You make it sound like stocking up on 20 completed bounties can be done while making a sandwich. Plus you have to consider the time it takes to get all of the mats and glimmer required.
x5 or so fully leveled exotics.
What the fuck is with this game? Changing the rules and moving the bar all the time. RNG is enough of a bitch that I shouldn't have to wonder whether upgrading any of my exotic weapons is a good thing in the long term. I mean FFS, two days ago it felt like I had every reason in the world to upgrade all my exotics and I've been pounding out bounties with all my characters. Now I'm at a standstill again. Why waste XP on something I'm going to trade in and have to fucking level all over again? SMH
Orthogonal
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You can be invited much lower, but unless you are within 1 or maybe 2 levels, you won't be able to contribute much. You would need a group of very generous friends to carry you through the content.
bobbyrawlins
Banned
Adding a couple extra damage nodes is such an obvious thing to do to upgraded exotics...
How the hell did they not think of that? If they did think of that, what jackass shot down the idea?
How the hell did they not think of that? If they did think of that, what jackass shot down the idea?
huh. i bet old exotics you hold onto will be directly upgradeable to the next tier when it's raised again in whatever, the 2nd dlc. probably save some stuff in the vault til then and then do them all at once.
they definitely want you to prioritize which exotics you like most in order to keep them maxed and current. I get the frustration and feeling of being punished for time spent. I'm definitely not giving up my maxed Gjallarhorn up front, it's far too useful in its current state. Unless enemy HP is so dramatically spiked that being at-level and damaging them with my current loadout is non-functional in terms of damage, rather than just suboptimal, I'm not actually in a hurry to get the 31 extra attack.
I'm thinking I'll actually put my coins and shards toward any new Exotics Xur may or may not be selling, which apparently he can based on that screenshot... rather than upgrading any of my old stuff right away. I guess I'm not swimming in coins like a lot of you either, I've bought some stuff to collect, and my third character is juuust barely getting to level 26. Can't necessarily spend on everything I want when he first shows up.
they definitely want you to prioritize which exotics you like most in order to keep them maxed and current. I get the frustration and feeling of being punished for time spent. I'm definitely not giving up my maxed Gjallarhorn up front, it's far too useful in its current state. Unless enemy HP is so dramatically spiked that being at-level and damaging them with my current loadout is non-functional in terms of damage, rather than just suboptimal, I'm not actually in a hurry to get the 31 extra attack.
I'm thinking I'll actually put my coins and shards toward any new Exotics Xur may or may not be selling, which apparently he can based on that screenshot... rather than upgrading any of my old stuff right away. I guess I'm not swimming in coins like a lot of you either, I've bought some stuff to collect, and my third character is juuust barely getting to level 26. Can't necessarily spend on everything I want when he first shows up.
But.
I.
Already.
Did.
It.
Is my problem.
Listen, do you guys have kids? Do you like folding 600 piece of small laundry every few days? Do you hate mowing the grass? Hate repetitive tasks? I do.
(I realize the irony as this game basically fits that criteria)
When I put X hours into that exotic that was hard as heck to get in the first place, the last thing I want to do is RE-DO the work I already did.
In Hudson's suggestion, fine:
I'll pay 3 motes or 3 coins, and THEN they can add the column of bubbles. OR have them filled in after I pay. Either way I don't care.
Just don't make me start over with an exotic and an EMPTY screen of bubbles.
Please. Just don't.
So your suggestion is "Just turn in a few dozen bounties your using alts, that's nothing"? OK then.
Fair enough. The bounties take two nights of playing after work. The materials and glimmer are accumulated naturally through the process of completing them and the dailies/weeklies/etc.
It's just not as bad as people are saying it is. Lvling an exotic doesn't have to be painful, I wish I had known this for the first five or six I lvl'd, lol.
Epsilon-delta
Banned
If the screenshot is legit, I'm buying Dragon's Breath without a doubt and putting all my time into maxing that.
In saying this, I need to finish the weekly on my two characters.
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