I hadn't even unlocked Nightfall yet. How bad is it?
You're on the 7:00 pm EST raid tonight right?
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I hadn't even unlocked Nightfall yet. How bad is it?
You're on the 7:00 pm EST raid tonight right?
Yes. I just did it. Btw you can tell in advance if the chest is in there cause if it is a little yellow gem above the door will glow.
And what about the Christmas folks or anyone getting the vanilla game soon?
Nobody beat it yet so yes. Haven't heard about anybody on GAF getting past the third checkpoint yet either... I am not watching or looking at spoilers so I don't know any more than that...
Diablohead
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Bungie you are terrible, I refuse to pay inflated £35 prices for DLC also.
Did whoever it was with US dlc get it working on his EU copy of the game at all?
ComputerMKII
Banned
Definitely hard
Been following a stream ever since it released: yeah it's hard.
People have been at the boss for something like 3-4 hours now, with no one beating him yet from what I've seen.
everyday math
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Most people here I included, bought the DLC with the game. One of those bundles.
AusRoachman
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Holy shot , had my vanguard level just below next rank for a few days. Turn it in and get a new auto rifle (up for anything ) which looks like a better shadow price (my fab gun in June game ) . Also managed to buy a new warlock chest.
Don't even have the expansion until next week but glad I can get a start on levelling
Don't even have the expansion until next week but glad I can get a start on levelling
Flying Toaster
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This...
A fellow neogaffer is getting this for Christmas with a PS4 I am jumping on board the PS4 train and getting Destiny for it...
I hope he is prepared...
If he isn't not a problem I love the game enough I will get him the expansion but god-damn this is lame.
Ethical Hedonism
Banned
Are you shitting me, Bungie???
One of the reasons I was looking forward to the expansion was the new playlist levels and that it would probably (following a certain logic) give more rep and marks for doing them.
I'm done.
I've been thinking of this as well. It seems like all of the armor will need to be upgraded to stay competitive for the raid.
Well, it could have just been a whynotboth.gif.
Wait, they actually removed the engrams for the regular strikes? I was thinking it might have been glitchy or something. If not, that sounds very sleazy.
It's pretty rough. It's harder in a different way than VoG was. When VoG came out it was hard because the majority of people were under geared and once you started leveling up and getting 300dmg guns it became easier and easier.
In Crota's End you can throw six level 30's with max gear and get absolutely stomped.
I feel Bungie is taking the approach of using the gear you get within the raid to help you beat the raid later.
Diablohead
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So the fix to make vanguard strikes worth doing has been gimped because of dlc and they are only useful now for using marks to buy gear BETTER then vault of glass drops.
yeah, whatever Bungie, you big dicks.
yeah, whatever Bungie, you big dicks.
DVPredator85
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I agree, day one buyers do get a little shafted. That's why I don't buy bundles anymore or a season passes for that matter, until I know what's coming.
plantedunicorn
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Did the 6 patrol missions on Moon and in that process ranked up my Vanguard. Needed Chest or Helm to get to 30 so I go collect my rewards. It gives me a chest piece for a Titan, I'm a Warlock.
Wasn't too bummed out though, used my commendation to buy the helm.
Wasn't too bummed out though, used my commendation to buy the helm.
Flying Toaster
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Great... freaking great...
Oh well to be expected. How is everyone enjoying the expansion?
Orthogonal
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Full set goes to 31.
Yup, no one here beat it yet. I think we'll probably just beat the first section like everyone here and be done for the night.
DVPredator85
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HalfBakedProphet
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the progression should have been "hey, all my work in the VoG is going to pay off because now I have top line gear for the level 32 raid coming out soon". It gave people something to work towards, preparing for a greater challenge down the line.
What they ended up doing is indefensible
everyday math
Banned
Lol fuck this
General Strike Chesse (for boss)
If you have invisibillity, as soon as you enter the room go into a small hold in the wall on the second floor (opposite to the entrance) -- the boxes there on the side give you almost complete protection.
The boss, if you take out its shields, will never fight you back unless it does its charge attack, which you can precison shot it out of with a sniper (flinch -- so in Nightfall you can't). The plan is the go back, wait for invisibiliy, hit its shields down then do as much damage as possible.
The boss will summon trouble however. When it screams, it is summoning other fire shielded warlocks. Your plan is to take them out first. With one person staying back to revive or if solo, take your time to hit them once and then run. Without Arc Burn this strat is perfect as they won't kill you fast enough, but with Arc Burn you need to be safe.
1st time: 1 Warlock (one or two shots to the head will kill it)
2nd time: 1/2 Warlocks (same as before but kill both before fighting boss)
3rd time: 1 Warlock, 1 Major Warlock (kill the little guy first, and use rockets for the major)
4th time: 2 Major Warlocks (you should be able to kill it here without worrying about them)
With 2 people and at least one of them being Bladedancer, this boss is piss easy using this cheese.
If you have invisibillity, as soon as you enter the room go into a small hold in the wall on the second floor (opposite to the entrance) -- the boxes there on the side give you almost complete protection.
The boss, if you take out its shields, will never fight you back unless it does its charge attack, which you can precison shot it out of with a sniper (flinch -- so in Nightfall you can't). The plan is the go back, wait for invisibiliy, hit its shields down then do as much damage as possible.
The boss will summon trouble however. When it screams, it is summoning other fire shielded warlocks. Your plan is to take them out first. With one person staying back to revive or if solo, take your time to hit them once and then run. Without Arc Burn this strat is perfect as they won't kill you fast enough, but with Arc Burn you need to be safe.
1st time: 1 Warlock (one or two shots to the head will kill it)
2nd time: 1/2 Warlocks (same as before but kill both before fighting boss)
3rd time: 1 Warlock, 1 Major Warlock (kill the little guy first, and use rockets for the major)
4th time: 2 Major Warlocks (you should be able to kill it here without worrying about them)
With 2 people and at least one of them being Bladedancer, this boss is piss easy using this cheese.
Nightfall, Weekly Heroic and the VoG were the only things I enjoyed doing in Destiny.
I don't want to spend £20 on the DLC (don't think it's worth that much), and now that the nightfall and Heroic are locked off for me until next week, leaving me with only the VoG to do.
Depending on how hard it is to find PUGs for VoG now, I'm kind of out of things to do
figadapaura
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Crota's ass is ours.
Considering I won't bother with any new gear when I join. I will just play through the first section with you guys tonight.
everyday math
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I'm scared
Flying Toaster
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Crota should be scared. Fig and Nami coming down like angels of vengeance to put that ass down.
Correct. The rewards for strikes are identical now, but with engrams removed. There's not really any other way I can think of to interpret this. They removed important rewards from players and shifted them to the DLC playlist. Really unfair thing to do.
On the plus side - it looks like they raised the strength of rare engrams. The stuff I just got from running the daily heroic story mission was the normal Rustburner armor and boots, but had a max light level of 18 instead of 15. That should help players get one level higher with the same gear.
Of course, it's been pulled from the non-DLC strike playlists, so it's more difficult to come by now. :\
blue_phazon
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Details??
therealminime
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Wow the lack of new areas is so depressing. Two tiny areas new for the story and a new boss fight room for the strike. Urgh.
Jinjo
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Really? How?
Alkohallick
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Anybody looking to start the dlc missions fresh?
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Orthogonal
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I am seeing reports that Commendations are only required for Helms and Chest pieces from Vendors. Can someone confirm? If ao, I should be able to buy a couple pieces today.
MADGAME
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I'm excited for the new Raid, but disgusted by Bungie's systems and mechanics designed to slow progress and now locking others out of content. Last straw for me in a consistently deteriorating player experience.
Never played Halo, this is my first Bungie game. Love the gameplay, hate their philosophies and treatment of people who put money in their pocket to provide for their families. Learned my lesson preordering DLC, wish I could return it for my money back because they don't deserve it.
I will play the content I paid for then I'm out. Cram your BS up your Hive Hole, Bungie.
Never played Halo, this is my first Bungie game. Love the gameplay, hate their philosophies and treatment of people who put money in their pocket to provide for their families. Learned my lesson preordering DLC, wish I could return it for my money back because they don't deserve it.
I will play the content I paid for then I'm out. Cram your BS up your Hive Hole, Bungie.
This is confirmed.
Yes. True.
scarletham
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I've been told that by people on here.
AmateurHour212
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1) Get home, turn in a bounty, level up vanguard. Profit? (Probably not).
2) Then kill Xyor the Unwed. Get NEW Thorn. Definitely profit.
3) Run Eris missions. Run Nightfall(s). Maybe the weekly heroic. Probably a little profit. Perhaps a bee's dick worth of profit.
Is this "correct" in terms of what I should be doing? I am raiding on Friday with my group so that is off the table until then. What else should I be doing?
2) Then kill Xyor the Unwed. Get NEW Thorn. Definitely profit.
3) Run Eris missions. Run Nightfall(s). Maybe the weekly heroic. Probably a little profit. Perhaps a bee's dick worth of profit.
Is this "correct" in terms of what I should be doing? I am raiding on Friday with my group so that is off the table until then. What else should I be doing?
Jump down. Run towards first lantern, immediately take a left at the path.
There is a door. If an orange gem above it is glowing there is a chest behind. If not, let yourself be killed,respawn and check until it does.
Yeah, that's a little lame, but keep in mind the vendor gear now starts at 24 and maxes at 33, vs. 18 and 27. That's going to make the jump from 20 to 26-27 much much shorter. So lame to lock it behind the DLC though - I love Tiger Strikes when I don't have much else to do.
As much as I'm rdy to jump to conclusions myself, they did own up to that "1rst daily package gone missing" thing being a bug and said they'd fix it. So, in theory, this could be similar, unintentional whoopsie.
But then of course, in theory, theory and practice are the same; but in practice, they never are.
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