Gutz is taking crazy pills. Essence hits when you break the bonds. 100% positive.
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Destiny |OT28| Nolan Beyond
- Thread starter DrDrizzay101
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Gutz is taking crazy pills. Essence hits when you break the bonds. 100% positive.
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Yeah I would definitely defer to you guys who run this weekly. As I... do not. Figured reddit would know more than anyone.
JohnOfMars
Banned
Don't dread the Skolas fight itself. Dread the rest of it. The 5 rounds leading up to him are boring and a slog, especially that pilot servitor. There's no checkpoint for Skolas himself. Skolas never drops Elemental Primaries, etc.
The Skolas fight itself is Destiny's best boss fight by a long shot.
- Even though we're under-leveled, the difficulty is really the mechanics.
- It requires perfect constant communication.
- Since it's 3-man, you can't have any slack (at least compared to a raid).
- Mistakes can happen, but they're not a wipe. This isn't Crota where any screw-ups and people wipe. I've been the only guardian alive at times and have recovered. This right here is an incredible feeling.
- All three classes have unique ways of tackling the mines, self-rez, invis BD, bubble. Which is unique because the raids haven't really required supers to be used in this way.
DrDrizzay101
Member
Unfortunately I can't do that.
Essence starts when bonds are broken. Bonds are broken at ~75%. That picture is bad and should feel bad about itself.
The Devouring Essence starts very obviously a few seconds after the bonds are broken, anyone who has struggled against Skolas should know this. There's no separate threshold for the Essence. The bonds being broken and the taint starting are the same trigger.
There's no separate threshold for the Essence. The bonds being broken and the taint starting are the same trigger.I mean I've been in groups that literally died due to the essence before getting him to 50%, it's tough to even understand where the misconception came about from my perspective.
It'll be a fantastic picture when it's right. Also that heat map is awesome, where was that pulled from? I'd love to be able to show people this stuff before fighting him the first time, unfortunately I think my Skolas carry days are over since my weekends are gone until TTK.
I would do 3 kills a night just for the fun of it if I didn't have to do the first 5 rounds. They should have at least had the first four rounds have rotating modifiers and rotate the mini-boss in round 5 each week. It'd make it so much more bearable. When I did those 10 or so runs that one week my brain was absolute mush.
Gutz is taking crazy pills. Essence hits when you break the bonds. 100% positive.
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Unfortunately I can't do that.
Essence starts when bonds are broken. Bonds are broken at ~75%. That picture is bad and should feel bad about itself.
This is known.
I have failed you all.
*throws self on sword*
Yes, that's a fair distinction.
I really, really don't like PoE. The concept, the execution, the rewards, etc. The whole thing is just a failure for me. So that's the part I'm dreading. An extra hard slog through content I don't like.
I'm actually looking forward to the Skolas fight since it's been so praised by folks here, including the guys in my raid group.
I'd happily pay someone to play my seat through the rest of the PoE and let me drop in at Skolas. =)
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MeisaMcCaffrey
Oh no, I accidentally clicked on the party. It loads really slow lol.Lol thanks dude, very nice of you to say
Warlocks are the undisputed scummy cheese kings. Had a match last night that took 49 total kills for us to finally win, it was a nightmare!
Also, I don't see the point of power leveling. I think the story/strikes etc will give you a decent amount of XP to hit level 38-40. Having public event packages/bounties doesn't hurt though.
after everyone's corrections and suggestions mine is similar sans pe packages. I really hope exotic class items aren't 40. That'd make no sense
Bungie had released the heat maps after PoE was out for a while, and I just used google to find them again.
Don't worry, this one I have actually looked at and crazy pills are out of my system.
rasengan1337
Member
irrotational
Member
Do you mind me asking where you got those figures from? The revel stream showed most legendary weapons at 280, and Armour is meant to have equivalent stats so that would mean an overall light level of 280....
They did have the random 290 weapon at the end which was also legendary and got infused into the 280 one....but i couldn't figure out if that was for demo purposes, or if raid gear will be 290.
I was assuming it would be similar to vanilla where legendaries would all be 280 and raid armour (and maybe guns) would be 300.
I agree with the posts that said the NF will likely be attached to level 40 and a high light level - the equivalent of having all normal (non-raid) level legendaries.
I think we're all in for a bit of a shock, when we realise we don't have a suite of max-level, every-element, every gun-type weapons to pick and chose from.
Because of Etheric Light, none of the items in TDB are any more or less obsolete than those in HoW. I assume that you meant gear by "content," because nobody can really tell you when the content itself is obsolete (i.e. it becomes obsolete when you have no personal reason to run it anymore
)Come TTK, however, all of the legendary gear and potentially much Exotic gear as well will be eclipsed by new stuff.
i need this
Save your money throwing shenanigans for those emotes!
it's early, i'm tired, erotic, exotic, it's all the same :lol
The only reason I'm able to keep up w/ the soldiers here is through Remote Play on my Vita. I've learned to get good w/ those little knubs out of sheer will. Even did my first PoE 35 w/ it last night, then switched to a controller for round 6. Managed a better k/d in the first two rounds than someone else in the fireteam who shall remain nameless
Do you use any grips on your Vita? I have these: Vita Grips and don't think I'm a fan.
All about who you play with. I find the whole process of PoE 35 cathartic, but I'm pretty much always playing w/ people I enjoy hanging out with.
Obviously it wasn't like this before w/ the burns, and w/ the Skolas fight having all the yellow-bar majors etc. But after tackling it a couple of times it's become a great stress reliever after a long work day and sleepless nights.
my numbers are bull, they are just numbers pulled out of my ass.
I was just making a bad joke out of how bungie likes to keep us under leveled for fights.
I'm surprised to see the deeper dark red by the Add Spawn Door on the big ramp. We fight up top where we have a higher vantage point and can tag team the sword captain as he has to run up the middle ramp. It doesn't work as well for getting Skolas all along the alley way leading up to the Add Spawn Door, but again I take the slow route with this fight.
Freeman76
Member
Because of Etheric Light, none of the items in TDB are any more or less obsolete than those in HoW. I assume that you meant gear by "content," because nobody can really tell you when the content itself is obsolete (i.e. it becomes obsolete when you have no personal reason to run it anymore
Come TTK, however, all of the legendary gear and potentially much Exotic gear as well will be eclipsed by new stuff.
Sure, I guess I was asking people who love the game if they have found TDB to have enjoyable content. Also, does TDB have weapons that aren't found in HoW? I haven't managed to get any etheric light yet, the legendary trophy still eludes me
JohnOfMars
Banned
Unfortunately I can't do that.
Essence starts when bonds are broken. Bonds are broken at ~75%. That picture is bad and should feel bad about itself.
If you do the burn him to death before the 2nd mines pop (so you can disarm them in peace), where do you stand for the burn phase?
j0hnny_385
Member
FUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK YYYYUOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!
Twilight Gap
Member
bottom left of the heat map above.
No grips. Just all-natural 2012 launch model Vita.
all my monies
It's fantastic.
Absolutely. I'm in a minority, but I truly love its Raid and if you have any interest in doing so, I find Swordbearing to be one of the most enjoyable activities in the entire game.
Yes, a fair amount of Raid weaponry from CE and a handful of Exotics (4 weapons as long as you're on PSN, and a good bit of armor).
DrROBschiz
Member
They should completely rework VoG armor. What a boring perk set compared to CE armor
rasengan1337
Member
it's called getting no sleep.
i've got two elementary school aged kids, and i've got 800 active hours.
http://destinystatus.com/psn/rasengan1337
but, i've not played anything else pretty much since the beta... XD
Do you like any of the PoE? I don't much mind it now, especially since I'm not really chasing anything, takes all of the pressure off. It also helps that I'm normally playing with people I enjoy playing with, and can joke around most of the time and laugh at each other.
Skolas is just very methodical in its design: start on one spot, kill adds, rotate, kill adds, rinse and repeat. Thing obvously can go wrong, but as long as your managing the encounter correctly, it's not bad at all. I think maybe my hidden OCD kicks in his fight too, since it so specific in how you do it.
Freeman76
Member
Thx for info! Is CE easy enough for an average lvl 32 player?
j0hnny_385
Member
Drizz, Skolas time?
Its a fairly old picture, so I am sure it would show a bit differently with the streamlined methods most have come to use these days.
Still pretty cool that it's pretty much what we would expect to see.
Thats what happens when you "think" you're right, and didn't bother "thinking".
all my monies
So any info about this $20 collectors items list ?
Twilight Gap
Member
Yep.
3x Class Specific Emotes
3x Armor Shaders
3x Exotic Class Armor that provide XP bonuses
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MeisaMcCaffrey
Bungie makes some cool as hell teasers/trailers. Really gets you hyped up.
TheAquaticApe
Member
Woo. Those bosses look DOPE!
Nice video.
Too bad Nolanbot sounds just as dry as Dinklebot, but it was only one line so...we'll see.
xVaalbarAx
Member
Wow he does sound like Elijah Wood.
Not if it's available from the Bounty Tracker that day. You can pick it up again.
That is Northbot? His voice is a lot more modulated than Dinklebots ever has been.
BlindMonkey
Member
I received the 3000 grimoire email from bungie, but the above made me laugh from PlayStation.