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[Daemul]

I am looking up guides on the Exotic bounty I had gotten earlier today for the Thorn Hand Cannon, and bah gawd, the shit I need to go through to get this one weapon is ridiculous.

How to the get Thorn Hand Cannon

Nope

 

[X-Frame]

Well. I just got another Exotic Bounty request. Already did Ikora's so it's one of the other two now.

Nami, have you maxed out one of your sub-classes?

Some people seem to think that is a silent prerequisite for triggering these. Because I haven't gotten one and I've yet to max the Striker or Defender Titan class.

 

[Savantcore]

Need 18 Crucible Marks before the reset. That's what, six wins or nine losses?

 

[Afrocious]

Of the Legendary Engrams I got, I received:

-Too many damn blues. Granted they were lv 20 blues, so they helped get my light level up.
-Ascendant Shards
-2 Exotic Weapons.

I want at least one Legendary gear from this. I'm not stressing at all since I'm almost done getting my Rank 2s, but still.

 

[E92 M3]

Wait. You need pre-mades even for the Heroic STRIKES?! Come the fuck on Bungie.

Yes, it sucks majorly. Have no idea why they did that.

Well. I just got another Exotic Bounty request. Already did Ikora's so it's one of the other two now.

How are you getting so many? I've done a ton of bounties, but no exotic ones come through.

 

[BraXzy]

Another Legendary engram found, another legendary not recieved :

Just gonna grind ranks and marks to buy stuff I guess.. can I get a cheer for buying all your gear in a loot game woop woop!

 

[Beefy]

What is nexus farming?

Is it just that area with lots of high level mobs spawning or is there a trick?

Only played it once, it's a easy boss and I got 2 blue drops, 4 green and a random thing I can't remember the name of( looked like a ball with fir in it).

 

[Afrocious]

So how do the factions work? If I equip a Dead Orbit item, for example. Do I only gain reputation points for that faction? Or do I still also gain vanguard/crucible reputation as well?

You'll be earning Dead Orbit rep instead of Vanguard/Crucible rep.

 

[Bizazedo]

There is no good way now that they're patching things out. PvP is probably the best option though

Well at least there is that, I just noticed lots of gaffers post picks of their first legendary and it came form pvp.

It's not. The best way is to farm rep / marks. PvP is subject to extreme RNG as well. You can get good stuff from being anywhere from first to last.

It just seems better because there's 11 other people that you see RNG get to toy with, so you'll see more "successes". When broken down to one person, though, that disappears.

It's just people trying to latch on to anything "easier" instead of working for it. And before you jump on me for that, yes, they should make it easier....if only to prevent the inevitable AFK plague that Crucible will get.

 

[Namikaze1]

Nami, have you maxed out one of your sub-classes?

Some people seem to think that is a silent prerequisite for triggering these. Because I haven't gotten one and I've yet to max the Striker or Defender Titan class.

Titan Defender about two hours ago. But that doesn't explain how I got it the first time around Saturday.

 

[Twilight Gap]

What is nexus farming?

Is it just that area with lots of high level mobs spawning or is there a trick?

kill the guys on venus' nexus strike here, jump off the ledge. rinse and repeat to get engrams.

 

[ttocs]

So, I'm level 20 right now. I want to pick up more gear to get my light level up. What should I do? The daily heroic and strike missions whenever I can? I'm not a pig PvPer so I just want PvE. Are those by two main ways of getting better gear? Any other solo ways besides the daily heroic?

 

[Yoshichan]

I don't get it. What's the point in Strikes?

PvP gets you the best gear
Repetetive farming gets you the best xp + potential gear
Bounties and patrols give you the best rep

So what in gods name are Strikes supposed to give you? Marks?

edit: I got one legendary armor on my ass right now and I'm lvl 25 now. Fuck, I wish I had more luck with gear.

 

[Rflagg]

Of the Legendary Engrams I got, I received:

-Too many damn blues. Granted they were lv 20 blues, so they helped get my light level up.
-Ascendant Shards
-2 Exotic Weapons.

I want at least one Legendary gear from this. I'm not stressing at all since I'm almost done getting my Rank 2s, but still.

It feels like I will never get past level 20 atm.

 

[DJ Lushious]

Anyone know the easiest and fastest strike to do for the do 5 strikes without dying exotic bounty?

I did the strike with the giant Hydra at the end over and over again. I thought it was the quickest to run through.

Devil's Lair on normal mode back to back.

My biggest fear with that is if you're in the wrong spot at the wrong time the Devil Walker can end you in the blink of an eye.

I think defender will be needed for the raids.

I agree. The awesome thing about subclasses is that we can switch at will. Defender for bosses, Striker for demolishing everything else!

 

[Namikaze1]

Do you have a high vanguard rank? never seen one of these.

Vanguard rank is almost 2. Just one more bounty.

((( I have yet to get a single one.

Damn you're lucky. I can't get one of those at all :/

I just keep doing the bounties and handing them in. I don't know how many I did. My suggestion is to keep doing them.

How are you getting so many? I've done a ton of bounties, but no exotic ones come through.

Honest answer, I don't know how I got this one. I thought it was just a one off. Guess We could eventually get all three weapons.

 

[DarknessTear]

Welp, I finally hit 26. Now I can raid.

 

[Raide]

They should add a second or two of overshield for the Titan Ground Pound.

 

[Koojay]

Anyone for weekly heroic? Just need one

psn(ps4): koojay

 

[Phear]

Anyone up for the weekly strike? Add me: NemesisWhip

 

[The Librarian]

I don't get it. What's the point in Strikes?

They're fun?

 

[BraXzy]

I love how everyone collaborated and speculated on the star map thing for MONTHS in the lead up to Destinys release, piecing together bits from all over.. and from what I can tell, it's just the map background image :L

 

[X-Frame]

Titan Defender about two hours ago. But that doesn't explain how I got it the first time around Saturday.

Thanks, scratch that theory. It seems entirely random.

 

[Bunta]

I just keep doing the bounties and handing them in. I don't know how many I did. My suggestion is to keep doing them.

Yeah, the only bounties I have left right now are melee, first blood, and 2 salvage that I can't do since it's not the weekend.

 

[Yoshichan]

They're fun?

And besides that extremely subjective thing, anything else?

 

[Tunesmith]

I don't get it. What's the point in Strikes?

PvP gets you the best gear
Repetetive farming gets you the best xp + potential gear
Bounties and patrols give you the best rep

So what in gods name are Strikes supposed to give you? Marks?

edit: I got one legendary armor on my ass right now and I'm lvl 25 now. Fuck, I wish I had more luck with gear.

Remember D3 vanilla? It's like that but worse.

 

[Croc]

Just wondering if there are any members of DGAF east 3. Was hoping we can get the finish a strike with members of your clan trophy.

I'm also interested in this if you're still doing it after I finish this match.

PSN is CrocomirePrime

 

[Ken]

I don't get it. What's the point in Strikes?

PvP gets you the best gear
Repetetive farming gets you the best xp + potential gear
Bounties and patrols give you the best rep

So what in gods name are Strikes supposed to give you? Marks?

edit: I got one legendary armor on my ass right now and I'm lvl 25 now. Fuck, I wish I had more luck with gear.

Some people just prefer PVE or the dungeon style encounters? Also engrams are so RNG based I ended up getting more blues and purples from strikes than a day of PVP like some people here have.

 

[The Lamonster]

I don't get it. What's the point in Strikes?

PvP gets you the best gear
Repetetive farming gets you the best xp + potential gear
Bounties and patrols give you the best rep

So what in gods name are Strikes supposed to give you? Marks?

edit: I got one legendary armor on my ass right now and I'm lvl 25 now. Fuck, I wish I had more luck with gear.

Strikes give you a good amount of rep and marks, plus the loot in my experience has been pretty good. I got two strange coins on the last strike playlist I ran.

I disagree that farming has any real benefit over strikes/crucible etc. I haven't seen any real gains over grinding the way Bungie intended.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Anyone have any tips for quicker light levelling?
I'm level 21 and I feel like I've been there for a while.

 

[yatesl]

God damn it GAF. There was a game of Clash and someone joined 60 seconds before the end. He just stood there afk for most of it, killed one enemy, got one assist, and died. He then got the legendary emblem. The team lost 5000:2000, he joined right at the end, and shot one person. This loot system is BROKEN.


Plot twist: That person... was me.

 

[The Librarian]

And besides that extremely subjective thing, anything else?

Why would you need anything else?

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Just reached level 20


And where did my xp bar go? How can I level up more?

 

[Heroman]

It's random, man, don't stress about it. Most multiplayer games don't give you loot at all when you complete a match, you just play for fun and bragging rights. Be happy you did so well.

Most mutliplayer games dont require me to have loot in order to do a center part of the game. The game should have a guarantee of a item if you are in first place.

 

[pringles]

The more I play this the more I love it and become increasingly convinced the poor reviews are a case of reviewers grinding through the game in a very short time, most likely solo, instead of actually taking time to get a feel for what is special about it.

Jumping between a few story missions, some PvP, a bit of patrol, maybe a strike.. I haven't played another game that does what this game does. The PvP alone is worth owning this game for. Also playing with friends is almost a must as everything is so brilliantly designed around doing that, and they failed so much in making it a social experience when you're solo.

To me this game really hits the mark in terms of the loot as well. Maybe that'll change later on when nothing but legendaries are good enough, but I'm glad your character doesn't have to be ugly and useless unless you have uber-gear like it is in some other loot games.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Strikes give you a good amount of rep and marks, plus the loot in my experience has been pretty good. I got two strange coins on the last strike playlist I ran.

I disagree that farming has any real benefit over strikes/crucible etc. I haven't seen any real gains over grinding the way Bungie intended.

1 hour of grinding nexus gets me close to 10 blue engrams with a chance one is legendary. That's better than anything Bungie intended.

 

[Ken]

Welp, I finally hit 26. Now I can raid.

still level 24 here ;_;

 

[Afrocious]

I don't get it. What's the point in Strikes?

PvP gets you the best gear
Repetetive farming gets you the best xp + potential gear
Bounties and patrols give you the best rep

So what in gods name are Strikes supposed to give you? Marks?

edit: I got one legendary armor on my ass right now and I'm lvl 25 now. Fuck, I wish I had more luck with gear.

I can't argue that, but I do believe you actually get guaranteed gear from clearing a Strike as opposed to hoping you get something from a PvP match. However, you can seriously do 3-5 matches in the time it takes to clear a Strike.

I honestly think you're right. Outside of doing Strikes for bounties...shit.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

God damn it GAF. There was a game of Clash and someone joined 60 seconds before the end. He just stood there afk for most of it, killed one enemy, got one assist, and died. He then got the legendary emblem. The team lost 5000:2000, he joined right at the end, and shot one person. This loot system is BROKEN.


Plot twist: That person... was me.

 

[DY_nasty]

Anyone have the info on what's in the update file?

 

[K' Dash]

Strikes give you a good amount of rep and marks, plus the loot in my experience has been pretty good. I got two strange coins on the last strike playlist I ran.

I disagree that farming has any real benefit over strikes/crucible etc. I haven't seen any real gains over grinding the way Bungie intended.

I've been doing hig level strikes and got nothing but blues with useless stats.

Some of them are a chore, even worse when you do them 3 times in a row.

 

[Square Triangle]

Where can I find my weekly crucible score?

 

[Bergsy]

I'm playing as a hunter and ive just come across a legendary helmet but its for the warlock class, whats the point?

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Just reached level 20


And where did my xp bar go? How can I level up more?

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[JohnIIVII]

Has anyone else noticed on xbox one that you can play the game without the physical disk in the system? I bought the ghost edition and just noticed that the destiny digital guardian edition was in my ready to download section. I took the disk out and booted the game after update and am currently playing. Weird.

 

[Afrocious]

I've been doing hig level strikes and got nothing but blues with useless stats.

Some of them are a chore, even worse when you do them 3 times in a row.

Same here.

I think I'm joining the PvP camp.

 

[UnluckyKate]

How does the faction cosmetic work ? I buy one, wear one, and all shit I do will turn into their rep ? Any PVE, PVP, vanguard, crucible points will convert into this faction rep ? Or is it split ? or added ?

 

[Trace]

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The light stat on gear.

 

[Savantcore]

I've been doing hig level strikes and got nothing but blues with useless stats.

Some of them are a chore, even worse when you do them 3 times in a row.

I've killed the Arkhon Priest at least a dozen times, but I've only done Dust Palace like twice ;_;

 

[The Lamonster]

1 hour of grinding nexus gets me close to 10 blue engrams with a chance one is legendary. That's better than anything Bungie intended.

I've been doing hig level strikes and got nothing but blues with useless stats.

Some of them are a chore, even worse when you do them 3 times in a row.

well fuck. Where can I find a good guide to this "nexus farming?"

Maybe I have been using the wrong sources for farming or something.