xplicitone
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Nice man, you got some good rolls! I'm jealous of the sniper
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Destiny |OT15| What Cheese May Come
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Nice man, you got some good rolls! I'm jealous of the sniper
Kor of Memory
Member
I'd just be happy if every strike didn't end in a backhanded congratulatory statement.
Good job, you beat X, BUT in the grand scheme of things, nothing has changed...
Seriously, every strike ends with a "But... your efforts were essentially worthless"
I'll never take Ruin Wings off.
...Never.
Honestly it does look pretty good without Ruin Wings, but DAT HORN.
ToVenusAndBack
Member
Is there any reason to run normal VoG if you've done the hard mode? Any normal mode exclusive loot for example?
Sneak peak at future DLC perhaps?
I want to see the win-loss records for all the strike / raid bosses.
I got mine months ago and just put in in the garbage bag for collection purposes.
names2hard4you
Member
Alright I'm home DNAbro.
Still have space for one more for NF/Weekly
Still have space for one more for NF/Weekly
Yeah... I guess you probably should. RNG absolutely shouldn't be a factor in your blood pressure, under any circumstances.
edit: You absolutely can. it's just a game.
Regardless, the idea that the loot rolls in this game or any game using the same machinations are not random (by this I am not at all addressing the difference between truly random and psuedorandom generated numbers, for those that understand this distinction) is one of the most disturbing, stubborn concepts I contend with when talking about it.
Typically in support of this argument, if I ask someone why they believe this, they immediately provide me with a personal, anecdotal experience, or one of an acquaintance, that seems to "contradict RNG." This is particularly painful to anyone looking at the circumstances as a series of probabilistic events. I don't want to go so far as to say that you guys are wrong, as I don't have access to the game's backend either, but I haven't seen any compelling evidence presented. An individual merely getting repeat items in excess is absolutely not evidence of a nonrandom system.
EL CUCO
Member
Orthogonal
Member
The worst thing about Hard CE is that HoW is coming in like 6 weeks. So few attempts to get any Raid Weapons worth a damn. Kind of frustrating and a huge let down considering all the primaries are locked behind Crota kills and he has so far been very stingy on drops.
ethomaz
Banned
be right there. add me if you haven't. want to finsh this crucible match.
PachinkoChampBruh
Member
Well, she DOES say "How many more are lurking, waiting to be awakened."
for hard mode you have to face phogoth jr. to cross the bridge
I'm down for it.
What time is 8ish? I mean timezone
Eastern, so a bit less than 4 hours.
I use it in PvP alot and it wrecks. Obviously not the be all end all for machine guns by any means but once you get the Lightning Rounds and Perfect Balance unlocked, it's a great gun.
Orthogonal
Member
Yeah... I guess you probably should. RNG absolutely shouldn't be a factor in your blood pressure, under any circumstances.
edit: You absolutely can. it's just a game.
I'm not quite a off-the-rails ballistic as my post made it seem, but I do get frustrated with the drops. I have tried playing other games but I keep coming back. I frequently get into "something" for a while and it takes the next big thing to break the spell. Not until something else big enough comes along to occupy my idle thoughts will I be able to step away.
Pretty sure Bloodborne will be my cure. March can't come fast enough.
You gotta admit Nami is a crazy outlier that even RNG is hard to explain.
BadAss2961
Member
Anyone looking to do VoG?
bobbyrawlins
Banned
Horn, Hardlight, Last Word, exotic armor I don't already have, any useful legendaries.
Instead I got 7 energy on my second NF.
Are you talking about the rock at the back of the room on the left?
It is the be all end all machine gun. The only issue is that it's exotic and not Gjallahorn. It's used a lot in PVP because it's ridiculously overpowered but even there, I use Hawkmoon and Vex and unless I'm playing super seriously, I don't bother switching primaries and Heavies around when ammo spawns. Sometimes I do.
MrAnderson
Member
Anyone up to do a fresh CE run? Or a NF?
Psn is greyblade
Psn is greyblade
It's really not though. I'm not sure if you're defending it or saying it's not worth using, but you stated it's biggest fault right there in that it's an exotic and takes up the slot. The reason I said it's not the be all end all is because there are legendary MGs that work just fine (Corrective Measure, Jolders Hammer, etc.) That doesn't stop it from being a great gun.
noomi
Member
Well I'm definitely glad I have it, I just don't see it taking any priority over horn or even icebreaker. Seems like a great weapon... but yeah mostly arc burn nightfalls or occasional pvp
Darryl M R
Member
Anyone doing HM Atheon? I need to kill him twice
Wanna roll with my group for Crotas end at 6:15 eastern time? Looks like im recruiting since everyone obviously already did it while Ive been at work!
yeah that's what I meant, I use Corrective Measure most of the time but just judging the machine guns on their own, it's far and away the best. Just the exotic thing makes it used much less.
Problem might be that the RNG system is actually too random. And I'm not sure players want that or enjoy that. I know I'd rather have a more intelligent RNG system that occasionally throws you a bone, or at least a damn Fatebringer, c'mon Bungie (this is the week).Yeah... I guess you probably should. RNG absolutely shouldn't be a factor in your blood pressure, under any circumstances.
edit: You absolutely can. it's just a game.
Regardless, the idea that the loot rolls in this game or any game using the same machinations are not random (by this I am not at all addressing the difference between truly random and psuedorandom generated numbers, for those that understand this distinction) is one of the most disturbing, stubborn concepts I contend with when talking about it.
Typically in support of this argument, if I ask someone why they believe this, they immediately provide me with a personal, anecdotal experience, or one of an acquaintance, that seems to "contradict RNG." This is particularly painful to anyone looking at the circumstances as a series of probabilistic events. I don't want to go so far as to say that you guys are wrong, as I don't have access to the game's backend either, but I haven't seen any compelling evidence presented. An individual merely getting repeat items in excess is absolutely not evidence of a nonrandom system.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Yep, the version of that strike for the Thorn bounty have a few additional enemies (as you say a few knights and 1-2 wizards) spawn in I think (if I remember correctly) between the 2nd and 3rd hive ship appearing.
Can indeed be a surprise if you are used to the regular version of the strike.
But as you say when you know about them you can simply back away a bit and take care of them all pretty quick with heavy weapons.If you are talking about this rock in this youtube link, then no... that is probably even worse than standing in the Shrieker room. There are two boulders before that, standing between them (closer to the nearer boulder from you enter the boss room) is what I'm talking about.
You can re-roll iron banner weapon perks at lord saladin for the price of motes.
Reforging, i believe.
Hidden One
Member
Every warlock is rocking this look with the same shader. Time to switch up.
You can re-roll Iron Banner guns until you get the perks/element you like. It costs 2 motes to re-roll it each time. It's all random so it can take a lot of motes to land on a perk set up you like.
lol I don't even wanna think about Bloodborne and a new DLC for this being hot at the same time.
aaaahhhh! no XD
A Nami, or more germanely a small handful of Namis playerbase-wide, is exactly the kind of outlier you expect to result from a random system. Trying to ascribe his experience (or my own) to something other than good (or average or bad) luck is where logic goes completely out the window from my perspective. If everyone's drops were more or less equitable, that would point toward a non-random, "guided" system. Do you know what I mean?
Well, that's an altogether different argument, worthy of debate.
everyday math
Banned
Doubles skirmish now that's cool.
I got stupid lucky with mine. It took like 5 or so rerolls.
Outlaw, Field Scout, Crowd Control.
And then Radagast took like 80 and I still know I won't use the damn thing.
joecanada
Member
its funny but this Iron Banner taught me a lot, next IB I will have maxed suros for auto rifle bounty, my efreedit (sp?) spear will be maxed, and against all odds will still be my go to MG...
oh and for those special matches, I just bought "two to the morgue" I can't believe the vendor model has luck in the chamber and increase damage after kills... still feel bad using pocket infinity though, only saw one other guy using it all weekend and told my team "no way" but they kept saying use it, I did for two matches.
My only problem with IB is that it should be tied more to cooperation than just winning, its good to win but the best matches are close ones and ones that are fun... IB is super try-hard which is okay but it's all shotguns most of the time.
edit - and regretfully I ended up sharding some old crucible favorites after running out of ass material too.
oh and for those special matches, I just bought "two to the morgue" I can't believe the vendor model has luck in the chamber and increase damage after kills... still feel bad using pocket infinity though, only saw one other guy using it all weekend and told my team "no way" but they kept saying use it, I did for two matches.
My only problem with IB is that it should be tied more to cooperation than just winning, its good to win but the best matches are close ones and ones that are fun... IB is super try-hard which is okay but it's all shotguns most of the time.
edit - and regretfully I ended up sharding some old crucible favorites after running out of ass material too.
you get too much stuff.
Darryl M R
Member
xplicitone
Member
When my IRL friends played Destiny, our VERY FIRST Normal raid completion, my friend got Chest, Gloves and Legs and reached 30. There were 4 of us, and raided every week, and 2 of them could never ever get legs until Iron Banner 2.0. Talk about best and worse cases among 4 people.