TheWorthyEdge
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Ey Kadey! Can you accept me into the SEXY clan? Trust me I'm SEXY.
I have Chatterwhite
https://youtube.com/watch?v=v4_M5PcJQmU
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Destiny |OT26| Like a Hat
- Thread starter DrDrizzay101
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Ey Kadey! Can you accept me into the SEXY clan? Trust me I'm SEXY.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=v4_M5PcJQmU
yeah it went pretty smoothly! thanks again for the help.
I've beaten Skolas twice, the first time I got booted to orbit just as he died. It wasn't fun, I didn't get rewards, and the exotic bounties don't give good enough weapons to make up for that.
I have the Bow, I'd like Lord of Wolves, but I'm adopting a wait and see attitude. Worst case, there are two exotic weapons I don't have. Big whoop. He needs better rewards.
I'm only missing Lord, Promise, Monte Carlo, and Fourth Horseman, but I'm becoming less concerned with being a Destiny completionist lately.
DrDrizzay101
Member
Yep, this is the key differentiator with VoG and CE/PoE. People still wipe at every phase of VoG because of the encounter designs, despite being over-leveled**. CE is so mechanically plain, hard mode required the under-leveling to pose any challenge. Plus they added Majors at every turn and hard-locked Crota's HP behind sword damage so you couldn't counteract the level scaling with weapon selection.
Lv 35 PoE is even simpler with basic dismantle/destroy/VIP objectives, except for Skolas. For the first time since Atheon, they made an encounter that could stand on its own two feet... so they released it with forced under-leveling, Solar burn, and Skolas' HP more than double any other boss in the game. I can't begin to imagine the rationale behind this.
Lightswitch and Small Arms are just a bad combo. Without SA, Found Verdict can wreck the captains no problem while GHorn can burn Skolas down much faster. With SA, you could use 4th Horseman for adds but then you're losing your two best Skolas DPS sources in GHorn and snipers which are already nerfed by SA. Primary weapons have such lower DPS ceilings and it's harder to apply damage with a scout rifle relative to a tracking rocket launcher.
I agree with everything you say, especially about the same 5 rounds to Skolas being very boring. As for the length, a pro team can clear HM VoG in 35-40 minutes with no wipes. HM CE is more like 25 or less, even when under-leveled. A no-wipe Lv35 PoE is 40-45 minutes with favorable modifiers but it's closer to 1-1.5 hours for most people.
But the huuuuge distinction here is the lack of CPs. A HM Atheon or Crota kill takes literally 2-3 minutes with the CP, and the Oracles CP chops a good 10 minutes off getting all the VoG loot drops.
**There's no such thing as being over-leveled in Destiny.
Fatebringer, Found Verdict, Gjallarhorn worked well for my groups.
When in doubt, cycle around the arena. Helps a ton.
I used a sniper rifle but I'm a jackass. Use a shotgun, found verdict would be very very good here.
DrDrizzay101
Member
Damnit my posts are so long sometimes. TL;DR- only for obsessives.
Yep, this is as good as it gets although Fang works well too, preferable if you're trying to damage Skolas/adds from far away.
If you're on PS4 and want help I can hop in for a kill sometime. Honestly I don't care enough to do Skolas unless it could help people who are trying to take him down.
Yep, this is as good as it gets although Fang works well too, preferable if you're trying to damage Skolas/adds from far away.
If you're on PS4 and want help I can hop in for a kill sometime. Honestly I don't care enough to do Skolas unless it could help people who are trying to take him down.
Darknyss09
Member
Thanks for the easy run. I actually haven't bothered with Skolas since they removed burns so it was good to see it 'as intended'.
IN THE END IT DOESNT EVEN MATTER.
Very much agreed. I like the fight mechanics. I would happily repeat it without much improved loot with some tweaks.
If there is still room I will hop in for a second. Gotta get my bounty and No Land Beyond.
DrDrizzay101
Member
For PvP it's always been about Stability so you want Perfect Balance. For PvE extended mag is good but it's not going to blow your doors off, even before the nerf. The shotgun buff for 100% PvE damage put them so far over the top I doubt the 10% nerf will change much.
Range and Stability work differently for fusion rifles compared to other weapon classes. I don't know details 100% but afaik range affects the speed of the beams while stability affects how tight the cone spread is. There's little or no damage drop off at longer distances but, especially post-nerf, the beams spread out so much you won't hit your target very hard.
SkylineRKR
Member
Pocket Infinity used to have huge drop off after the third hit so I always went for stability, even in PvE.
blackprophesy
Member
No. Check DestinyPublicEvents.com for all the possible public events.
EJRobinson90
Member
If you ever find yourself bored in the Tower, find this corner and float like on the Mercury chest:
DrDrizzay101
Member
You don't actually pick until the very end, just click anything now.
Queen Bow is fun in PvP and PvE but nothing special for effectiveness.
Lord is fun in PvE, terrible in PvP. Unique, kinda silly shotgun-pulse rifle hybrid.
Dreg's Promise is the worst Exotic in the game. Worse than No Land Beyond.
blackprophesy
Member
I need to do Nightfall only 1 for me though. PSN same as GAF
DrDrizzay101
Member
Yeah good point. Honestly I've barely ever used it for PvE.
Well, i don't have a ghorn so my loadout is vision of confluence, 4th horseman, some radegast's fury. All 365. 4th horseman is great to melt yellow bar enemies. I'm usually responsible to get rid of captains quickly.
My team mates usually carry a ghorn though.
This so much. On the one hand I commend them making the changes to the encounter one month in, but the fact that they initially looked at this fight and thought arc burn was anything but a joke is incredibly obtuse. Especially given what Skolas health was at the time.
Coo, one more.
Souldestroyer Reborn
Banned
I wouldn't mind Skolas if the rewards were decent/had a better drop rate. I've never seen an element primary has never dropped for me in multiple runs so now I never run it
ethomaz
Banned
Fatebringer / Found Verdict / arc Dreamwaker rolled for PvE (don't have a Ghorn) / or HoC
All 3 of us were Titans all specc'd for max orb generation. Always had bubbles.
SlenderBeans
Member
Once i got an Elder Cypher, I never bothered with Skolas again. At least with raids, there were multiple parts to get some decent gear at. Now, it's all only at the end. And even then, none of the PoE/Queen weapons really stand out compared to VoG/CE.
In fact, I just have no more desire to play this game atm unfortunately. Maybe I'll do some more PvP, but I've already done everything in PvE, have most, if not all, of the gear I want.
igordennis
Member
Shhhh not when nami is around man.
ethomaz
Banned
He is happy already due the BUFF
MrAnderson
Member
About to run the NF. Psn is greyblade.
igordennis
Member
He is happy already due the BUFF
He prayed every night for that buff god bless him he deserves it.
Real life being real. Hours cleaning my apartment for a little dinner party to bid a good friend farewell before he leaves France for a year abroad (uni exchange). His favorite music is stuff like Modjo - Lady and Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme. Ideas for more stuff on the playlist in this style?
Also, what's the perks on Bro Vance's armor this week?
Also, what's the perks on Bro Vance's armor this week?
xVaalbarAx
Member
Damn son, Eye of Sol is GOOD.
SkylineRKR
Member
Roger sanchez - Another chance
Stardust - Music sounds better with you
Sonique - it feels so good
Room 5- Make luv
Those come to mind when I hear Lady.
It's more than perfect. I'm maining it with extreme success on Clash and Control. It doesn't have Ambush and I really hate Shortgaze but Longview has really grown on me. Just sucks that 2 body shots don't always kill since it only does 100. But whatever it's a headshot machine anyways.
igordennis
Member
Why is that weapon so good at headshots? A perk or something?
silver.tongue
Member
Ok, who wanna get together for at least 1 hard VoG?
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Noray
Unconfirmed Member
Want to do PoE 32/34, anyone want in? PSN: ultrajari
I'm in, PSN is Bonsoir.
We need to hook you up asap on Friday. At least we were able to get you all of the packages before reset. Did you get anything good from them? I got off before I was able to ask you.