I don't have the ballerhorn, but I have a legendary rocket launcher and Dragon's Breath doesn't seem a huge step up from it in PvE
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Destiny |OT14| Sticking It Hard in Crota's End
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I don't have the ballerhorn, but I have a legendary rocket launcher and Dragon's Breath doesn't seem a huge step up from it in PvE
Eh, I'd rather utilize what I get right away rather than storing things hoping for armor drops and needing to grind Eris rank which I don't plan on doing. Its more fun for me to upgrade HOC than to be upset that I only got energies this week. I know it's not GH but it's pretty damn good at 331. It's good off the bat though, you're right. If you are trying to be most efficient then going for the higher level is more important.
Stealth AR nerf to low impact high RoF. High impact AR were too effective. My TDYD with return to sender, field scout and mulligan is incredible though.
Stealth nerf.
Because "often" is open for randomness. There is no set amount of heavy ammo that is supposed to drop with or without Ruin Wings. It's similar to mulligun or clown cartridge perks. Those are random. It doesn't happen every time.
I don't care about people tracking drops because guess what? It's random.
Dave_6
Member
I'm just wanting to solo the first chest so it should be no issue unless a random thrall gets me before I get to the door.
MrChowderClams
Member
SWEET. Thanks. Gonna go convert the fuck outta some of these energies now c:
BadAss2961
Member
I would've never played this game again had Xur sold the Horn the first weekend I forgot about him.
I don't think you're understanding what I'm saying.
They don't work, at ALL, unless (supposedly) you do the un-equip method. It BLOCKS you from getting heavy drops. When I take ruin wings off, heavy ammo starts dropping immediately.
Byron Bluth
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Join in anytime! We just started it.
I do get what you're saying, I just don't buy into that theory.
I use Ruin Wings all the time (without taking them off) and my heavy ammo drops are fine.
Toejam2501
Member
Come on RNG, be my week yo!
Right, b/c they're bugged lol. Some people don't have any issues at all with them, others they don't seem to work ever.
Usually wearing Ruin Wings provides a lot of heavy ammo. Last night in the VoG I almost always had heavy when I wanted it unless we just wiped very quickly. And wearing them on patrols? Purple candy everywhere.
I does seem like I have gone through dry spells with them but if so they are few and far between. Especially if dieing or loading a new area "un bugs" them as I tend to move around frequently and die alot in raids. =)
Yeah for any content, gamewide, you need to be within 3 levels of the designation to end. CE is 30, so min is 27.
AmateurHour212
Member
Hmm, that's odd. I haven't had that problem at all while having ruin wings equipped. No re-equipping needed. It's been raining purple ammo non-stop. I've done strikes, patrols, and missions and it seems to work for me throughout.
Kor of Memory
Member
He understands what you're saying, he's just saying it's near impossible to actually calculate.
The fact is there is no set amount of heavy ammo drops anyone person ever sees. It's all RNG. So increasing the unknown base of RNG by an unknown amount makes it impossible to test the difference, at least on such a small scale. Only Bungie could really know if those numbers are working as they should.
Think of it like this. Imagine if you had an item that increased the odds of Xur selling a G'horn, yet he still goes another two months, and you still never see it. You don't actually know if the item is working or not, because RNG plays too important a role.
The Lamonster
Member
My Ruin Wings have never provided extra heavy ammo, and sometimes I do feel like it is preventing heavy ammo drops.
It's a mess and I want my strange coins back! Or just fix your damn game, Bungle
AmateurHour212
Member
So you're saying only some people are affected by this bug? My ruin wings are better than your ruin wings? That seems like a thin supposition to me but I guess it's possible.
Orthogonal
Member
If Bungie thought it was an issue, it would have been dealt with weeks ago. I don't see it going anywhere now.
Kor of Memory
Member
Honestly, they need to just switch the Crota chests.
First chest should be guaranteed shard/energy.
Second chest should have 25% (or whatever % it is) for exotic.
That would solve that problem pretty quick, I think.
still prefer hunger of crota since im ballerhornless
therealminime
Member
My Crota kill from last week and this week have only given me two energy. So lame.
EDIT: Granted I did get the Warlock helm on my first ever Crota kill.
EDIT: Granted I did get the Warlock helm on my first ever Crota kill.
The Lamonster
Member
squidhands
Member
Then you want Truth, cuz those rockets can bend around corners.
My RW don't drop any heavy ammo unless I use a primary or secondary weapon. Don't know if that's intended.
T-bagged the first chest. Got no land Beyond.
ERMint13
Member
RNG feels more and more tied to characters the more hours I put in. I'm over 20 days and I get Multi-tool and Hardlight once every couple of weeks. I have yet to see a Horn or Hawkmoon.
Kor of Memory
Member
what you said.
EL CUCO
Member
Works like a charm
DJ Lushious
Member
I'm intentionally steering clear of him. Especially after all of the negative remarks GAFfers have made here.
It seems like all of the new Auto Rifles in this new DLC have really high rates of fire and low impact. Is this Bungie's new way of trying to curb Auto Rifle usage? My friend swears by ARs like this, but I just can't stand them.
With the crota raid being largely able to be done solo ( I haven't soloed it beyond the bridge section), I've been afraid that it will get patched to make it much more difficult for those of us that like soloing as much as possible. I really like getting to the witches section solo or with one other person, feels good man. I just hope bungie doesn't take away the solo or 2-man option for the crota raid. It has been nice not recruiting a full team until the witches checkpoint or crota.
To be fair it was the holiday season and nothing major was going to be fixed. I expect them to address it this month or the next. Definitely before or with hard mode.
Johan Liebert
Member
Just had a friend get his third Gjallarhorn. Every time he's got it I've been with him.
Game rubbing it in my face.
Game rubbing it in my face.
Orthogonal
Member
With Firefly, it's not terribly different than Rapier. I would save your marks.
That's what my guess was. At first I thought it may have been the week 2 vendor version compared to week 1. Most people who bought week 1's are not seeing any issues... I bought week 2. But I've seen enough people from both sides have issues.
I understand the drops aren't guaranteed after "X" amount of kills. This is understood. What I'm saying is, for some, they work all the time as intended... for others, they do not. I know you can't calculate whether they are bugged or not. Read the responses in here "mine work great!" etc etc... What I'm telling you is, for some people, like me, they never work. Not sometimes, never.
Your response will be "well even if they only work once out of 100 strikes, they worked that once! rng!"... but you see why that may not be working as intended correct?
Probably need to stop playing with him.
Kor of Memory
Member
Honestly, it would be good for them to consider this in the future. When making raid content, make the amount of players needed scale as the raid progresses.
Allow the first loot drop to be accomplished by a single person.
The second requiring two people
The third requiring four people
The final boss requiring six people
But make the first areas scale so that more players provide more challenge. Nobody wants to sit and wait while 1 good player does all the work for them. And by nobody, I mostly mean me.
DJ Lushious
Member
I had to give into this idea, just to get my main Titan to 32 faster (so close!). And I don't even feel bad 'bout it, neither!
Orthogonal
Member
My theory has always been that this games RNG is not so Random. Anecdotally, I think your chance at drops are better if you are playing with people that don't have what you want.