xplicitone
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Super interesting!! Gimme nao
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Destiny |OT28| Nolan Beyond
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Super interesting!! Gimme nao
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EroticSushi
Member
Overwhelmed by all the changes. Is there a summary up on Reddit or something?
Misterthirsty
Member
That just means there's a chance thorn can still survive all this. We all know 5% won't make a difference for pvpers (will for me though)
bobbyrawlins
Banned
So year one legendaries don't give marks and can't be used to infuse year two weapons (wishful thinking).
Guess it's time for a sharding spree.
Guess it's time for a sharding spree.
Which makes sense because they are nerfing it. Why go through the process of nerfing weapons like Gjallahorn and Thorn if light level were just going to nerf them anyway?
You have nothing to gain by sharding them now, wait until we see with the Light Levels and if they have anything special in store. I don't think they would of told us to hold onto them if they didn't have some use somewhere.
JohnOfMars
Banned
Your light level is the average over 9 values to create a gear score, not your average attack value.
What I meant to say is that with the new system, it's the same as the old for wearing Light 34 gear and equipping a white gun. You don't take any character based damage reduction like you do for being underleveled, but you do less damage because your gun has less damage. Equipping Fatebringer in Year 2 is like equipping the Stranger's Rifle as a level 34 in a Year 1 Nightfall.
Subtervotion
Member
Possibly safe, but don't come crying here if we discover on 9/15 that doing so was stupid.
InsaneTiger
Member
Did someone copy the summary from Reddit?
Because that is eerily similar.
Because that is eerily similar.
most likely yes. because they are in fact different from a base level. some are even re-designed.
InsaneTiger
Member
Just wait until 9/15
xplicitone
Member
But your attack value is based on your light value. Both attack and defense.
A 180 gun will do more than a 150 gun. But as you progress in your "light level", that 180 gun will continue to do more damage. If I'm understanding this all correctly.
So 180 gun, Light 200 will do 150 crits to captains. You move up to Light 210 (let's say via a new chest piece that ups your average). It'll now do 155 crits to captains, with the same gun. More light = more attack.
That's what I'm thinking :\
Smokey_Run
Member
Is it safe to assume all level locked content (such as raids) will have the new light score as the requirement?
From the picture today he had all but 2 Year 1 Primary Exotics collected. If we assume that having them collected makes them display in the Year 2 slots and the two he was missing do carry over then we still have at least 7 new Year 2 Primary Exotics, at most 9. Not bad. Lots of assumptions, I was already wrong once.
I was just coming in here to post this. Super weird!
This needs to be copy and pasted to the top of every page of this thread until everyone has seen it.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
What I would really like from this game is another character slot. So I could start the game from scratch and play through all the year one content with the year two changes.
I am pretty sure that is not how it works.
Light level is just average item level, it doesn't change anything about how much damage your gun does.
A gun with a damage of 10 can't suddenly become a gun with a damage of 99
As long as he doesn't shard the legendary gear he already uses I think he'll be safe. The way I imagine it working is that Bungie will check your characters inventory first to determine your light level, and if you don't have light 42 gear there than they'll check your vault, and if you don't have light 42 gear there either than they'll make you the level of what you're currently wearing, meaning you won't start as a level 34.
StrongBlackVine
Banned
Strength is the least valuable stat(to me) so I hope it is correct.
Intellect/Discipline is easily the best combo.
Subtervotion
Member
Strength always makes certain exotics less interesting for me.
AmateurHour212
Member
I think he was referring to weapons, not armor.
The description of Light says it increases damage output as light gets higher. I'm guessing it's an adder to your base weapon stat.
Damage 100 gun + Light of 200 = Damage 300 gun
Damage 200 gun = Light of 200 = Damage 400 gun
Simplified, but I think that's the concept.
So exotic shards are only useful for buying and upgrading old year 1 exotics that you already had somehow. They do nothing for year 2 exotics. I hope they let you trade them at the speaker for something.
They really didn't tell us enough about the economy. Can I trade old materials for new materials? I am guessing no. I suppose I trade my old class materials for a tiny amount of faction rep or something. Or just dismantle them.
Motes of light are still useful. Weapons parts are still useful.
They really didn't tell us enough about the economy. Can I trade old materials for new materials? I am guessing no. I suppose I trade my old class materials for a tiny amount of faction rep or something. Or just dismantle them.
Motes of light are still useful. Weapons parts are still useful.
So exotic shards are only useful for buying and upgrading old year 1 exotics that you already had somehow. They do nothing for year 2 exotics. I hope they let you trade them at the speaker for something.
They really didn't tell us enough about the economy. Can I trade old materials for new materials? I am guessing no. I suppose I trade my old class materials for a tiny amount of faction rep or something. Or just dismantle them.
Motes of light are still useful. Weapons parts are still useful.
They showed the Speaker and it was a "See you can still trade in your old materials" which was for motes of light and glimmer. So don't think it'll upgrade in anyway, just replenish all the glimmer you'll be spending. I am concerned about the very special materials like Etheric Light, Shards, and Cores. What will become of those? Maybe Variks will let you trade them in.
bobbyrawlins
Banned
The only thing they kinda stressed was armor as it pertains to your starting character level. Legendary weapons, as of this stream, appear to have absolutely no use in the expansion. I may wait a bit, but I don't see any point in keeping these 6 spare changes, lol.
You got it, boss.
My vault/inventory/postmaster is crying out for relief.
KINGofCRA5H
Member
Yeah. There is much more to learn still.
Waylon Drums
Member
I was supposed to get those nine xp boost things in the mail, right?
Subtervotion
Member
At least Suros is getting a remix. I miss that gun so much.
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saveweyard
Banned
I refreshed the thread twice and there were no new posts. TTK must be trash
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Rahools Angels :|
So if you count the number of year 2 exotic weapons boxes, and the number of year 1 exotic weapons boxes in the blueprints, then there are actually "less" year 2 exotics represented by those boxes than year 1 exotics including the duplicates and remixes.
The only way you get at "more than double" the number of exotic weapons that launched with Vanilla Destiny is if you either (1) also count the lower power year 1 exotics some of which have been retooled or (2) think that all the weapons boxes do not represent all the exotics weapons that you can find in the game.
The only way you get at "more than double" the number of exotic weapons that launched with Vanilla Destiny is if you either (1) also count the lower power year 1 exotics some of which have been retooled or (2) think that all the weapons boxes do not represent all the exotics weapons that you can find in the game.
Was it always Arc?
DrROBschiz
Member
I kind of predicted this
Maybe obsolete items arent actually obsolete?
Plus now so many pieces contribute to light level
Yes.
JohnOfMars
Banned
They only said double the number of weapons period. They didn't say double the exotic weapons, unless I missed it somewhere..
Wish I knew that myself, damn Crota's Crocs.
For now. Expect them to be reintroduced later with tweaks.
Or sold as re-introduced exotics with future DLC.