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Destiny |OT13| How the Grind Stole Christmas
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Twilight Gap
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crota's end should have had a traditional timed corn maze after the bridge where you make a wrong turn and end up at a dead end or in a trap room, forcing you to kill a bunch of adds to set yourself free.
Yea, sure. I'll be on around 5PM EST as usual. Kinda addicted to maxing the Sunsinger subclass for the Warlock now. Hoping to get her to lvl 30 so I can do Crota with her for more shards lol. Already got her to 28 with new boots.
CouchMaster
Member
No hurry to reach lvl 32 now as long as I can do most weekly stuff comfortably, except maybe hard Crota.
Dude is jerking off to your character. Run away
my favorite was "are u a real gurl? will u b my girlfriend?"
Yesterday VoG HM run and Spiritbloom chest after Templar:
We decided to stop run to this point since one of our team member had to leave. He deparded just after looting the chest (before it was vanished). After this the chest closed and we (5 of us) could loot it again (got 2 Spirit Bloom more).
Got critchest.
We decided to stop run to this point since one of our team member had to leave. He deparded just after looting the chest (before it was vanished). After this the chest closed and we (5 of us) could loot it again (got 2 Spirit Bloom more).
Anyone not in a fireteam who idles for more than 1 minute in PVP should be autokicked, imo.
DrDrizzay101
Member
Phaethon0017
Member
The vendor Saterienne Rapier (Crucible Quartermaster) is a Scout Rifle with Firefly (explode targets on crit kill) and Outlaw (fast reload on crit kill). It's basically a Scout Rifle to replace Fatebringer with. These perks are great individually but amazing together - it's why Fatebringer is such a popular favorite. This perk combo is particularly effective on trash mobs which Crota's End has no shortage of.
I've seen far more people recommend the Vanguard scout rifle instead. Any reason?
I've seen far more people recommend the Vanguard scout rifle instead. Any reason?
Orthogonal
Member
Thought PSN was up, I can't connect.
DrDrizzay101
Member
Yeah that would be cool, especially if it randomized the adds that showed up. Little variety, spice it up each time you got trapped. Randomizing the maze layout would probably be unlikely but would prevent the trivialization that happens with gorgons once everyone knows the route.
Maybe just fewer people have SR? I was asking earlier if anyone who had both could compare. My 331 NITC is great but an SR is the first thing I'd buy if I had 150 crucible marks. Looks awesome.
Twilight Gap
Member
the funny thing about the gorgon's labyrinth is not really a labyrinth or a maze, but rather just a large cave. and you're supposed to encounter a minotaur in a labyrinth.
I got that beat.
Seems that my chest was only "semicrit" 9 SB vs yours 12 :/. Anyways fun to crit that chest
Forerunner
Member
Of course the player is mostly to blame, but I fault Bungie also. Their, "everyone's a winner mentality" is terrible for pvp. Winning gives you three marks, while losing still gives you two. That is hardly that much of a difference, same goes for rep. I can easily see why people just idle not giving a shit because they are still rewarded almost the same. Most people already don't like pvp in this game, so they don't care about the outcome of the match, just as long as they get the rewards.
Sword Of Doom
Member
I got that beat.
I've never gotten a legendary out of a chest let alone two
DrDrizzay101
Member
Haha true, it's definitely a misnomer like calling it the jumping "puzzle." It was only ever a maze or puzzle the first time through VoG when the gorgons took like 2 f'ing hours. Maybe the names have just stuck since then. A proper labyrinth + Minotaur would have been really fun.
Sure, I need shards so maybe we can do some HM VoG with my Warlock. Hope I can get her to 29 before we do it.
It's just all so very rigid. There's no pacing to break up the gun fighting. The Maze and Puzzles is where teams get a cool down on shooting. Where the "Ahahaha you failed, again!" teasing happens. *sigh*Yeah, very true. Coming up with novel solutions, because of self-imposed limitations or w/e, is tons of fun. Guys that 2-manned hard VoG were really clever with this, mad props. Also, "dedicated hobgoblin hunter" just sounds cool.
CE is basically missing the 2nd half of the raid. First two encounters are so damn good and then it face plants into moldy garbage (I know I complain about this a lot, sorry everyone). Probably naive but I'm holding out hope that hard mode will have an encounter added to the end with "another form" of Crota. Never played it, but I know WoW had a couple raids with bonus encounters at the end, only available on heroic difficulty. Hopefully they are doing something with all this time besides cheese-prevention.
Ha, yeah I don't understand this either. Maybe just to tell their friends or show off their gear or they don't care about raiding and just want it for Crucible/IB...? Makes no sense to me but more power to them. Thankfully Gaf lets us avoid that LFG silliness.
Then again, cheese prevention might get everyone on the same level and taking strategies again. The cheesing to get loot is a byproduct of the loot system itself. People want the stuff because its the best stuff. They want stuff to level up their stuff. Then and only then will the bar in the sky be completely filled and they can stop. And do it on another character.
How about a falling floor Lost Woods maze? Rasputin or whatever the hell plays music from a certain direction and everyone has to locate and sprint across. Falling could be an insta-kill, or it could make you start all over and fight throw a funky spiral staircase building to get back. There's a lot that Crota's End should have had. Hopefully, House of Wolves is better right off the bat. I want to go inside the tower in the Cosmodome.
xplicitone
Member
Need 1 more Crota kill and all weeklies are 100% done and I can finally concentrate on bounties/farming class gear parts ftl. I would LOVE it if you can exchange them.
100 Hardronic Essence for 100 Sapphire Wire. Or let them all be the same currency. I have 300 HE and < 20 of SW & plasteel Plating or whatever.
100 Hardronic Essence for 100 Sapphire Wire. Or let them all be the same currency. I have 300 HE and < 20 of SW & plasteel Plating or whatever.
Jest Chillin
Member
Well the Gorgon's function the way a Minotaur would with instant death and a Labyrinth doesn't actually need to be traditional maze. I'd say that given the cave being pretty disorienting and the path through is pretty well hidden, it qualifies.
In the legend, the maze is designed to lead you (and the minotaur) to the center
Atheon is a minotaur, who resides in the center of Venus and time
El_Fenomeno
Member
I didn't realize I had the husk of the pit on my titan -____-
Twilight Gap
Member
ah, so they just did it on a bigger scale then.
still hoping for an actual maze in one of these raids sometime
1) Make sure you're online with the character you want to dupe bounties with before daily reset.
2) After the daily reset, pick up the bounties from Eris and the Bounty Quartermaster.
3) Finish the bounties.
4) Turn bounties in.
5) Log out of Destiny from Settings>Log Out>Change Character.
6) Pick the character you used to dupe bounties with.
7) Pick up bounties again and profit.
Yeah I shot someone in the face with one he still had >50% of his energy, thought the secondary explosion would kill him...nope.
So far all the raid weapons have been garbage. I have the fusion rifle, RL and MG, the FR seems to be the most effective just can't tell if any better than a normal lengendary FR.
Johan Liebert
Member
stay logged on at reset. Grab bounties and complete them right then. Log out and log back in and the bounties will be back.
CouchMaster
Member
You need to complete the bounties before logout, otherwise they count towards new day.
Also for some reason Eris bounties don't reset completely the first time, you might only get 2 bounties instead of 4. If you logout and return, you usually see all four in the inventory. Six is still better than four though. Looks like Bungie knows about the glitch, but they're still giving you some rope with it.
It's been there since launch. The Eris bounties act weird in general. One day, my friend Ratsult wasn't even offered the Hunt Knights bounty like the rest of us were. I've also logged into alts and they were offered a 5th bounty that my main didn't get.
So if Bungie has a hard-on for the number 7 (this is still a thing right?) and it's a relatively not dangerous assumption that the VoG has 7 chests we have yet to find. Is it also a not bad assumption to assume Crota's End does too? And if that's the case, it doesn't seem like there's enough playing space or time to accommodate all those chests. What if, the Raid we're missing an entire part of it? Like a Symphony of the Night Inverted Castle deal. Bungie doesn't seem hesitant to pull something insane like that y'know.
Dhruv_hanom
Member
What if they're hard mode exclusive?
Also I'm thinking of doing another CE. So, if anyone needs to do it please quote this post and I'll add you
Crota's End
1. Dhruv_hanom
2. OPEN
3. OPEN
4. OPEN
5. OPEN
6. OPEN
The rewards for wins and losses in crucible are just awful all around. It takes forever to level, you rarely get even a blue engram, and the marks are super stingy.They should double the mark rewards (if not more like 5 for a loss 10 for a win) and double the rep for both winners and losers in crucible.
If losers get nothing, that mode would be empty.
DrDrizzay101
Member
I have a hard time calling something a labryinth when you can literally run a straight line from entrance to exit (even on hard, with invis). Like I said, I remember doing it the first time and it really felt like a maze which is why the name stuck. But it doesn't hold up from that perspective on further review (I still love it though).
By Minotaur, I meant the Destiny version, like a big Gate Lord mini boss. As pointed out, Atheon fills this roll well. Only nitpick is that he's at the "bottom" of the raid (which would be the labryinth in this example) even if it might be the center of Venus/time. Bungie said "the descent" is the theme of VoG, I don't think the parallels to the legend are meant to be taken too literally.
Lol please don't get my hopes up like that. 7 is very evident in VoG, haven't noticed it really at all in CE but who knows.
Edit: including spirit bloom, there are 5 known chests in VoG. There really really seems like a chest spot in the little cave after gorgons, if you take the left path at the jumps and drop down. That would be 6. #7 would have to be something after Atheon, maybe related to the portals. I really don't think it's a glitch that VoG never boots you to orbit/mission summary screen, especially considering CE does boot you even though there is no countdown.
the_log_ride
Member
What if they're hard mode exclusive?
Also I'm thinking of doing another CE. So, if anyone needs to do it please quote this post and I'll add you
Crota's End
1. Dhruv_hanom
2. OPEN
3. OPEN
4. OPEN
5. OPEN
6. OPEN
Dhruv I got a buddy that needs this. Got room for two? Is this going on right now?
My psn is same as GAF handle
Dhruv_hanom
Member
Yes, as soon as we're full, so we need 3 more.
johnFkennedy
Member
If you'll take a lvl.31 first timer I'll join.
PSN:sebattleship
PSN:sebattleship
DrDrizzay101
Member
What time zone are you dhruv? I always forget.
Fun fact: dhruv auto corrects to shrub on my phone.
Dhruv_hanom
Member
First timers are always welcome
I'm just a shrub sitting at GMT+ 5:30 right now :-D
Which should change to Pst or Est in 7 months
I'll come now. Still no mic though. :/
Oh shit forgot today was reset day, to lazy to go back in the thread and see if anyone's setting up Crota/VoG/Nightfall groups. If you've got a spot open I'm down. for any of those.
EDIT: Nevermind it's tomorrow, I got my days wrong...
Here I was getting excited for nothing
EDIT: Nevermind it's tomorrow, I got my days wrong...
Here I was getting excited for nothing
DrDrizzay101
Member
First timers are always welcome
I'm just a shrub sitting at GMT+ 5:30 right now :-D
Which should change to Pst or Est in 7 months
Cool, thanks. I play with so many international people I can never keep time zones straight. You moving for work or school soon? Good luck with whatever your next life adventure is!
One day early for weekly reset actually.
We've got a raid/nf group going tomorrow but it's currently full. I'll keep you in mind in case anybody drops.
Dhruv_hanom
Member
Ohk so here's the list
Crota's End
1. Dhruv_hanom
2. the_log_ride
3. the_log_ride's buddy
4. sebattleship
5. jiiikoo
6. saithan
Seabattleship I've sent you a friend request, you there?
School, I've applied to schools for my masters.
Crota's End
1. Dhruv_hanom
2. the_log_ride
3. the_log_ride's buddy
4. sebattleship
5. jiiikoo
6. saithan
Seabattleship I've sent you a friend request, you there?
School, I've applied to schools for my masters.
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MeisaMcCaffrey
DrDrizzay101
Member
Awesome. Recently finished my MS (biomedical engr) and supposed to be doing PhD now but my advisor was a bum and went broke so I have no lab now, but still getting paid to play destiny basically. Not sure where you're applying, but I'm at U of Michigan now. Supposed to be great for my field but the people have sucked pretty bad so far. Hope you have better luck!