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Destiny |OT21| Our House, in the Middle of the Reef
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noomi
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I'm staying here, I'm afraid of gaming side destiny threads.
It's safe here *hugs ot21*
Are you just trying Vex in crucible for the first time or something?
figadapaura
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Shot Package ruined everything.
Flying Toaster
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It's OK baby bird. Eventually you will have to leave the nest.
Gaming side is safe:
Fuck me, never mind. Stay here it is safer.
Twilight Gap
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lol we have to play doubles
Shotguns were always really good in PVP.
I don't think they changed the rules of how they work, but they simply made a couple shotguns with crazy-good range readily available through Iron Banner and Vanguard (Felwinter's Lie, Secret Handshake).
AmateurHour212
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So basically, you need two forms of RNG now to get something out of the PoE chests?
Form 1 being the keys from the bounty chests and then form 2 being the actual PoE chests themselves?
I am totally screwed. I have been farming chests and still not a single treasure key.
Form 1 being the keys from the bounty chests and then form 2 being the actual PoE chests themselves?
I am totally screwed. I have been farming chests and still not a single treasure key.
NullPointer
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Whats this now?
BMO = GOAT
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Anyone?
Twilight Gap
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i think we should split the patch notes into two groups starting with the newest first. it should cutoff post-dark below and the older stuff can be linked in another post.
ill try to reserve the first two posts after the OP, but itd be a bit too scrolltacular (and somewhat pretentious) if all of the notes are after the OP.
noomi
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It's OK baby bird. Eventually you will have to leave the nest.
Gaming side is safe:
Fuck me, never mind. Stay here it is safer.
Lol! Seriously though.... whenever destiny threads come up, it always end up being a fight about match making and we all flock over there to defend it and it just spirals out of control.
I like it here, being amongst my DGAF brothers and sisters.
Zoba's HoW thread is really good though, nice work Zoba!
not everyone :/
noomi
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The keys from farming aren't necessary, they will be used for extra chances at loot. You can still get loot without them.
You will still get a key to open treasure chests after completing a PoE arena challenge.... as far as I know...
I'm not sure about all loot but at least some loot, including weapons, can be purchased directly from the PoE vendor so you can get what you want. Who knows about the rest since Bungie has kept the treasure aspect a complete mystery.
They haven't really touched anything, the shotgun buff was for PvE only.
What happened was Felwinter Lie being sold in IB and then available as a drop in the next one.
NullPointer
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Oh man. Did my first Nightfall yesterday (along with my first complete Vault of Glass run woot!), but we did wipe once and have to restart it before steeling ourselves for the win. Would suck if the game would have kicked us when we were already down.
neoism
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Lol every gun is op except auto rifles
Flying Toaster
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You and I, we are a special kind of fail when it comes to not having the horn yet.
Your right I am sorry. But we are better for it. I honestly believe it, we have to come up with interesting ways to take care of situations. Never do we just pull the horn out and problem is solved.
figadapaura
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Oh man, I feel like I would drag you down haha.
For the first time since it got nerfed the first time. I remember how OP it was before that first nerf hit. I only had it for two days but those two days were glorious!
BMO = GOAT
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We got them badonkadonks, no need for horn.
When would you be available to play Borderlands ?
From Planet Destiny:
Prison of Elders Treasure Key Guide
https://twitter.com/POTUS
Prison of Elders Treasure Key Guide
Ahh okay thanks
Really? Link.
https://twitter.com/POTUS
figadapaura
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How do we nerf him?
Amibguous Cad
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I've got a Thorn bounty I'm about to complete. Would it be stupid to get it now before the DLC drops? I know last DLC you had to upgrade your pre-DLC weapons to DLC standards. Is that likely to happen here?
Flying Toaster
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Flying Toaster
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This is a great question, I could not find the answer to it so I just turned my Thorn bounty in yesterday.
Waiting less than a day can't hurt if you don't already have it.
It's weird, anytime I see somebody bringing up the Thorn bounty they mostly talk about the pvp section of the bounty, but I'm really struggling with getting to & killing Xyor the unwed. Perhaps it's a gear issue, or a skill issue maybe, but I'm not able to solo it on my level 29 warlock. Is there something obvious I'm missing here?
It has 2 drawbacks but you can make up for one thanks to the 2nd line of perks so it can either be it's range or balance and 90% of thorn users go for balance because without it they can't land precision hits. By sacrificing range they become more vulnerable to Hawkmoon, Scout rifles and some pulse rifles like Red Death and 3LW. Hawkmoon is more OP, 13 shots, 3 shots with 33% more dmg and can/may be stacked, high impact, best range, artificial stability thanks to low fire rate.
GuitarAtomik
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I haven't played Salvage much. Is there a reason you were waiting until the last second on the timer to revive? It was making me super nervous lol.
Flying Toaster
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PSN: CthulhuSars
Message me. Lets get this gun for you. I am a professional at this part of the bounty!
noomi
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I would imagine that if you complete the bounty after HoW patch hits tomorrow it would be the 365dmg version as opposed to the 331dmg version today.
I would wait.
This way you won't have to ascend it, and spend glimmer, weapon parts & an exotic shard tomorrow.
The timer is actually counting down how long until you are able to revive, not how long you have to do so.
The weapon has no drawbacks and requires minimal skill to ensure that you have some nice results, it's as easy as that. Headshots are piss easy to make and the DoT coupled with the range gives the weapon an advantage the other exotic HC don't have.
I don't get why some people keep using the "it was a bounty and not a drop" argument, the game is based on RNG, sometimes you're lucky with a drop and sometimes you aren't. I've received plenty of opportunities to do the bounty, way more than I received a HM or GH.
Your reasoning for not nerfing the Thorn is (if I understand it correctly): "I've worked hard for it so I deserve to use it like it is now, even if the weapon is way too strong, if you want to nerf it then remove supers, armors and weapon abilities because that's the only way to make things fair?"
You have to see it from an objective stance which you clearly aren't, I get that you enjoy using it and once again, I'm not trying to offend you or something but the weapon has its problems and the majority of the PVP playerbase knows that. I can't get why people can say with a straight face that the weapon couldn't use something like a simple range/impact/stability/magazine nerf.
If you turn it in now then you'll need 2 exotic shards instead of one to max the dmg
It won't work like last time, I will imagine the way it will work is that you simply use an exotic shard to ascend it to 365, since they have completely done away with the damage upgrade bubbles. So what I've been doing is that putting in XP but not actually upgrading anything. That way when the upgrade tree changes tomorrow I can upgrade it to max using only one exotic shard rather than two. (I am assuming this is how it will work) since I won't be required to use an exotic shard to hit 331 anymore.
Stantron
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I have several vanguard and crucible faction packages at my postmaster.
I know that if I open them now I will potentially get commendations which can be used to rank up vanguard/factions after HoW drops. I assume those commendations won't drop for future packages obtained in HoW but maybe instead, they will just give you the same xp when they get opened.
On the other hand, if I wait, maybe I will get new HoW gear from the packages. Or not, if it works like the new engrams.
If I want to optimize my rewards/xp, should I open the packages now to get commendations (which may not drop after HoW), or should I save them to get a little xp bonus for new HoW gear?
I know that if I open them now I will potentially get commendations which can be used to rank up vanguard/factions after HoW drops. I assume those commendations won't drop for future packages obtained in HoW but maybe instead, they will just give you the same xp when they get opened.
On the other hand, if I wait, maybe I will get new HoW gear from the packages. Or not, if it works like the new engrams.
If I want to optimize my rewards/xp, should I open the packages now to get commendations (which may not drop after HoW), or should I save them to get a little xp bonus for new HoW gear?
Twilight Gap
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Hawkmoon has a slower rate of fire and slower kill time and only a 23% chance for the random bullets to proc. It's a good weapon, but ever since its range was nerfed it has been outpaced by Thorn both in range and DPS because of the guaranteed DoT.
Thorn with aggressive ballistic crits kills me with two shots every time even after boosting my armor up. Maybe most people are using perfect balance, but simply switching to send it will make those crits at range that much easier to land.
We're really just playing a numbers and anecdote game here though. The weapons are all similar on paper, but it comes down to who uses it and how they're using it. I guarantee that the weapon will be nerfed next month following Trials of Osiris.
edit: spreadsheet for those who didn't see when i posted it a few days ago
You can post in which ever one you wish; the community threads will be ongoing. But expansions or major DLC getting their own Gaming thread is normal. Similar to "new news, new thread" when it comes to megathreads, a dedicated discussion for a major expansion of a game is appropriate.
This is wrong. Or if you're right about 90% of thorn users, 90% are doing it wrong.
Thorn with Send It has more range than Hawkmoon. You cannot control the application of Hawkmoon's extra damage. I don't even know where to start with "artificial stability thanks to low fire rate." You should be aiming every shot with either gun, and Thorn's higher RoF is an advantage.
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