Jinjo
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And what an amazing reward that was.
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Destiny |OT22| Game of Thorns
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And what an amazing reward that was.
MagnetoWasRight
Member
That altered final mission was reward enough. I would think stuff like that would be the key to adding more variety to the game.
noomi
Member
This is how the Skolas fight goes when everything goes according to plan.
You'll have to excuse my language as I was very frustrated with the whole encounter after so many hours.
Kill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5U7AXW2AbM
Kill... then Death:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCA5B1bHmzM
You'll have to excuse my language as I was very frustrated with the whole encounter after so many hours.
Kill:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5U7AXW2AbM
Kill... then Death:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCA5B1bHmzM
Jinjo
Member
Speaking of PoE design, I know you jokingly said "Nightfall" modifier on PoE, but I'm surprised they didn't go the ODST route and just give a limited amount of lives for the entire squad. Clearing a round would give you extra lives for instance. ODST hordemode was always really challenging because of that. It had modifiers, but enemies were never able to oneshot you. It would put pressure on the squad to always perform the entire challenge and can make Skolas intense to the point where you just have to roll with the punches, instead of wiping over and over again waiting for the perfect setup. Can't believe they didn't look at their most succesful gameplay designs from their own library, but instead went for "this" (read that in a tone of disgust).
robertsan21
Member
Yeah sort of. Just make it hard and don´t advertise anything in advance so players will know about it. I love fun secret stuff like that in games. They should have more of that in this game.
You should have invited Breezy. Told me Skolas takes 30 minutes tops.
DrDrizzay101
Member
Yeah, easily one of my favorite missions in the game.
I got the HM Scrota CP thanks to the kindness of LiffeyNinja, we can run it in ~10 if everyone is ready then. With me +2 friends, you, and Ken there's one spot open if anyone else wants to join.
ToVenusAndBack
Member
Guys, can the exotic helms/gauntlets/greaves have either strength, discipline or intellect? Or is each exotic set to a specific stat?
They've had this since their Halo days.
Jinjo
Member
Each exotic piece is set to a specific stat. How high (or how low) that stat roll is depends on RNG. Different exotic helms can have different stats, but a Saint-14 will always roll intellect and a Light Beyond Nemesis will always roll with strength for instance.
I'm ready in 10. Who to message on PSN?
Guess I never really bought exotic gauntlets for any of my characters. Just got 7 unique exotics in a row from the Cryptarch before my first duplicate.
And Patience and Time was my only (pre-HoW) exotic weapon I needed. Well besides the Necrochasm. (Xbox lowly race - so still missing some fun)
What am I supposed to do now?
And Patience and Time was my only (pre-HoW) exotic weapon I needed. Well besides the Necrochasm. (Xbox lowly race - so still missing some fun)
What am I supposed to do now?
If it's in 10 minutes, I'll bite.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh yeah, I remember that for ODST. A limited pool of lives (or even a limited pool of revives) would at least get people to reconsider some encounters.
Although, hiding behind a Titan bubble with weapons of light while shooting Skolas seems like it would be viable in pretty much every situation regardless. lol
Small Arms/No Burn would probably at least force people to do the encounter "as intended" at least, and you wouldn't have to deal with one hit deaths.
Honestly, it seems like they put all the best stuff behind PVP this time. Which is great if you like PVP, but for PVE, it's just... well, another grind.
Oh yeah, but in Destiny terms, it really seems like a reaction to VoG being too "easy". Of course, people still beat Skolas on day one anyway, so I'm not sure what they achieved with this new design.
Not particularly, I had claws of ahamkara with strength and discipline. I got another one from an engram today with pure intellect.
Jinjo
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Honestly, I've never encountered anything like this myself. Mind blown if true. Maybe that's just true with Xur-sold exotics and stuff from engrams can differ?
DrDrizzay101
Member
One treasure key down, two to go
This farming keys crap is really draining me.
3 hours and one key to show for it
robertsan21
Member
Any news about Unstable doing ToO runs tonight?
Ah, sent a FR.
I wasn't aware of Exotixs having perk or stat type variation. Like St. 14 can have more Int or less Int but I think you'll never ever see it with Dis or Str.
Strange.
EJRobinson90
Member
Afaik he will be running ToO with people that signed up for the list that haven't been to Mercury yet.
Do we know around what time he's starting?
MandrakeUK
Member
If I am home later (currently at work) and you still need this, I can help you and probably rope in the other boys too like Hall, Milfhouse etc.
MandrakeUK
Member
Agreed, I still need to do a 32 and 34 for a few times, so we can do them later possibly.
MrS
Banned
Perfect. Hope I can get on the train to Mercury!
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Can you even play the Ritual of Sacrifice mission again?
EJRobinson90
Member
I can't speak for Unstable, but I assume he'll start when ToO arrives again (in about 5 hours iirc).
At least the team roster lists him for Friday-Sunday.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Whoa. I just realized I can hit 34 without anymore etheric light. I forgot about the 32 POE armor. Anyone want to do a 32 POE with me on XBO tonight? GT KidInsomnia
Jinjo
Member
There comes a point where trying to make your game "hard" (or not easy) starts destroying the fun you have with said game. IMO we've crossed that point. And I consider myself a pretty dedicated/good player. But yeah, I would really like to play Skolas the legit way. That's always what made Atheon/Templar fun (when they thankfully patched the cheeses). Those encounters are challenging, but they were never 'cheap'/artificially difficult. I actually think that a no-burn Skolas would be really challenging and fun.
Me too, which is kinda why I want to see the different rolls...
There are very few things that feel better than sniping the entire team one after another at the start of the match and not miss even once.
Well why would I lie.
I dismantled the other claws with discipline and strength, so all I have right now is the one with intellect.
Well why would I lie.
I dismantled the other claws with discipline and strength, so all I have right now is the one with intellect.
Jinjo
Member
Well why would I lie.
I dismantled the other claws with discipline and strength, so all I have right now is the one with intellect.
I'm not calling you a liar.
It just seems so rare to me/I've never seen it myself so I am curious. I have str/disc Claws myself so I'll settle for seeing just the Int Claws haha.It's awesome - nonstop chaos. I love it.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Even more insane in Control. Best ever.
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
Looking to get a group together for NF, Weekly and lvl 32 POE.
Anyone up for it?
Anyone up for it?
Good morning Everyone!
So just a quick update. The list has been shared with the Volunteers. The way this will work, the volunteer for each specific day will be either calling out names via their stream, PSN/XBL messaging (I would recommend downloading the corresponding app for each service to get alerts), or via GAF.
For example, Unstable is the volunteer listed for today (Friday). He will be calling out names via his stream here: http://www.twitch.tv/unstablelive
In what order you ask?
The volunteers will be going by the order of the submission date.
Wait, I'm all the way at the bottom?
That maybe true, but the volunteers will have their list filtered by the date you selected for best availability, so you might jump all the way to the top, depending how many people signed up for that day.
Filter, huh?
To view who's available for today, view the list here. For a better view of who's on for Friday, please make to change the filter to "Friday".
What if they call my name and I'm not available?
Well the volunteer would have to move on to the next person. But we will make sure to comeback to those that we've missed.
When should I be on for my turn?
This is the trickiest part. Since we all live in different time zones, and we all have lives to attend to not knowing when the Wife/girlfriend enrages; or anything else that might come up. We didn't want to commit to a time. So this list is asking for you to be available anytime your name is called. Please be watching the stream or waiting for the alert from PSN/XBL messaging or via GAF.
Online all day? That is dumb!
Please be courteous to the volunteers since they are doing this to help as well as for fun. This is not a job so they are not clocking in and expecting to be on from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm each and every single day of this event.
I would like to help too, how may I?
Just look at the list here. The volunteers will be crossing out those from the list to whom they helped reached Mercury. So if you'd like to volunteer as well, just pick a name from the list and feel free to message them about your good deed you're about to help them with.
What if I didn't get a chance to reach Mercury this week?
Don't worry, Trails isn't going anywhere, neither is this list. This is a live document and we will consistently be updating trying to get everyone on DGAF to the promised land.
How can I change my availability?
Any changes, please PM me.
I hope everyone appreciates what we are trying to do here, especially the volunteers. There are over 100 people signed up so far, so please be patient. Destiny is on a 10 years plan, am I right
So just a quick update. The list has been shared with the Volunteers. The way this will work, the volunteer for each specific day will be either calling out names via their stream, PSN/XBL messaging (I would recommend downloading the corresponding app for each service to get alerts), or via GAF.
For example, Unstable is the volunteer listed for today (Friday). He will be calling out names via his stream here: http://www.twitch.tv/unstablelive
Volunteers for Week 2
In what order you ask?
The volunteers will be going by the order of the submission date.
Wait, I'm all the way at the bottom?
That maybe true, but the volunteers will have their list filtered by the date you selected for best availability, so you might jump all the way to the top, depending how many people signed up for that day.
Filter, huh?
To view who's available for today, view the list here. For a better view of who's on for Friday, please make to change the filter to "Friday".
What if they call my name and I'm not available?
Well the volunteer would have to move on to the next person. But we will make sure to comeback to those that we've missed.
When should I be on for my turn?
This is the trickiest part. Since we all live in different time zones, and we all have lives to attend to not knowing when the Wife/girlfriend enrages; or anything else that might come up. We didn't want to commit to a time. So this list is asking for you to be available anytime your name is called. Please be watching the stream or waiting for the alert from PSN/XBL messaging or via GAF.
Online all day? That is dumb!
Please be courteous to the volunteers since they are doing this to help as well as for fun. This is not a job so they are not clocking in and expecting to be on from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm each and every single day of this event.
I would like to help too, how may I?
Just look at the list here. The volunteers will be crossing out those from the list to whom they helped reached Mercury. So if you'd like to volunteer as well, just pick a name from the list and feel free to message them about your good deed you're about to help them with.
What if I didn't get a chance to reach Mercury this week?
Don't worry, Trails isn't going anywhere, neither is this list. This is a live document and we will consistently be updating trying to get everyone on DGAF to the promised land.
How can I change my availability?
Any changes, please PM me.
I hope everyone appreciates what we are trying to do here, especially the volunteers. There are over 100 people signed up so far, so please be patient. Destiny is on a 10 years plan, am I right
Dat RNG - Bought 3 Engrams
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http://xboxclips.com/WipedOut/b8411748-9a09-46f0-97f2-aa9096c05867
edit: Top of the page - Delete a Horn
http://xboxclips.com/WipedOut/b8411748-9a09-46f0-97f2-aa9096c05867
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's funny, because with VoG, there was a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel... the prospect of reaching the same level as Atheon made the fight as a level 29 seem "fair". That and there were just more varied mechanics that went beyond relying on DPS.
With the Skolas fight, you can see the design intentions. You have to choose whether or not you stay together as a team during the mine phase, because you have to both pass the mark around before you die, but you also need to disable the mines that are essentially spread out across the map. And you're suppose do to that while DPSing Skolas as well, and avoiding all the adds. That itself could be an interesting fight without the artificial level difficulty.
Jinjo
Member
Awesome work Lnkn! I would like to increase my availability to tomorrow (saturday) as well. Is there a way to change this/could you add it in there?
Edit: whoops, lemme just PM you.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I'll bring my titan, need the 350 points for exotic bounty.
JayHayabusa
Member
ToO hype! Can't wait to see the list to check if my turn will be tonight
Did lnkn52 share the list and order? I was asking about logistics a few pages back
Edit; just saw lnkn52 post on the previous page
DrDrizzay101
Member
Sadly you cannot, really wish they would patch in that option similar to what they did for the first TDB mission with the Fist.
Only way to redo it is do the Urn quest on a other character or join someone else who is at that point in the quest. Definitely disappointing.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
You good on scrota or need a hand? Let me know ..
Dat RNG - Bought 3 Engrams
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Nice! I want the Khepri's!
I'm not calling you a liar.
I have made a huge mistake, I had two claws and two sunbreakers today.
I ended up dismantling both claws instead of the dups because I'm dumb...lol (the gauntlets were greyed out so must have gotten confused)
Or maybe I dismantled one, switched characters and then thought that I dismantled sunbreaker instead of claws and ended up dismantling the second claws too. (yea it's probably this)
Done!
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