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Destiny |OT3| Oh sweet a Legen- wait never mind, it's a rare.
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Poodlestrike
Banned
You can generally improve the odds by completing more difficult content, though. That doesn't seem to be the case here; I got more loot last night doing the PCP run for an hour than the previous 2 days of strikes.
Fattony12000
Member
So many messages...
Bungie should add the amount of time I spend managing the GB clan to my total.
Bungie should add the amount of time I spend managing the GB clan to my total.
What is PCP
PRjumpman124
Member
I am, but I'll probably do it at a much slower pace than everyone rushing to do raids (not sure how/if I'll do those)
Is Light only available with legendary armor? If so then that's the way to level up I take it.
scarletham
Member
So, if I go to the cryptarch and buy all his useless engrams and have him decrypt them, this will level up my rep with him and he'll eventually sell me more tantalizing loot?
gutterboy44
Member
So what Tower actions give XP. I know bounties are a great way to get XP (I always make sure to equip gear that needs leveling before turning them in) but today it seemed that doing a 50 Spinmetal exchange also gave me XP. Buying from the Cryptarch doesn't seem to give XP but I feel like getting things decoded does? Anyone know all the Tower tasks that yield XP?
It's all white and green baby
Well I'm just saying. That's what I've been doing though.
Maybe...
zero margin
Member
I believe it went from 20 to 22 in a few hours but can already see it slowing down
Lots of strikes, bounties and patrols for me. Plenty if exploration as well, found some devilishly hidden chests in this game.
Victory Red
Member
no, blue gives light.
Krappadizzle
Member
Problem for me is that I've played for 58 hours and 8/10 purple engrams I've received for my titan were blues. My Titan is almost level 25 and I still don't have the gear for the one raid. That is a problem. Maybe not for you, but for most. Get over yourself.
Poodlestrike
Banned
It'll mess you up, man!
But seriously though, it's a really good farming method. Dark Beyond, Level 9 Hard, mow down the thralls, let yourself be killed by the knight, repeat. Tons of drops.
24 seems to be where most people, including myself, are stuck at. It's where the level 20 upgraded blues cap out at. I have enough to buy two legendaries from the vendors but my reputation isn't high enough.
Capped on marks and yeah I'm earning rep I suppose (I would argue that gaining rep isn't really progression but for this conversation I'll just say it is). I mean, I figured that RNG wouldn't be kind to me so the option was either cap marks and stop playing till next week or cap marks and play anyways hoping for a nice upgrade before having to rely on vendor legendaries but it didn't pan out.
For now I plan to hit rank 2 with Vanguard and FWC ASAP to get my right side legendaries, and then spend the rest of the week upgrading them. Maybe I'll tackle the raid next week since I have other raids to do this week in other games.
Sunsinger maxed. Right side gear is maxed (and going to get replaced anyways since I can't use it for raid), and I'm passively leveling left side weapons but have a max primary I need to replace too. Actually, I don't even like the secondary and heavy weapons I have now so I'm looking to replace them as well.
scarletham
Member
So what you're saying is no chance at light gear
Pop
Member
Don't sell materials to the tower vendors. Those are all used to upgrade legendary gear.
toastyToast
Member
Cryptarch have me a legendary cloak from a blue engram
You're cool worth me bro
You're cool worth me bro
scarletham
Member
I have a decent amount of glimmer, what exactly should I even be spending it on then?
gutterboy44
Member
Ah turds, I just realized those 100 Spinmetal I turned in at level 17 was not the best idea. Should have waited until 18. Oh well, they are easy enough to get. Seems shitty that your marks are building in the background and then they don't show you until you are at level 18. So much convoluted bullshit in this game.
Strikes earn both rep and marks, though
The "more loot for more difficult content" aspect appears to come in with the weekly nightfall and the Raid itself.
Revolutionary
Member
Positive. The only things I found from Crucible are my Legendary Boots and an Engram which turned into strange coins or motes of light (I forget).
The rest of the pieces I found/bought elsewhere. And only one piece was from respawn farming.
My theory is that Bungie knows when players are trying to manipulate the RNG by finding/decrypting so many engrams at once, so your chance of getting an item you want is lower than it should be. As I've said before I only farmed for a total of 20 minutes, and I've had a legendary engram turn into a blue a SINGLE time...
Pop
Member
Well 4 hours is pretty long. They say it's the final boss, idk though
gutterboy44
Member
Huh? I thought the mats like Spinmetal, Helium Filaments, and Spirit Bloom were just collectibles that were only used to exchange when you get 50 of each. I have never seen them used for weapons. All my other materials I keep for upgrades. You get a decent chunk of XP with each 50/50 exchange, not to mention rep, glimmer, and marks.
FloatingDivider
Member
Don't try the raid at lvl 24 it won't work. I'm not joking dudes, your damage output is 1/3 of what it should be. In fact I wouldn't try it at 25 but I've been at 25 for 3 days so yeah. Fuck Bungie. Fuck them so hard.
It's not, but nice AR
I must agree. Even at 25 it seems dodgy when looked at our groups few 25's. If my eyes and brain didn't lie to me too much it seemed that 25's were a lot more prone to dying than 26's. There is after all few hundred defence difference between 25 => 26.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Eh. Still, I should be able to get more/better stuff for more difficult content, even if it's not the *absolute most* difficult content the game has to offer. Level 9 farming runs producing more useful stuff than level 22 strikes is just messed up.
UpDownLeftRight
Banned
Any squads forming for a raid around 7-8 UCT tonight? Got a maxed out hunter to chip in here. Well equipped with full legendary/exotic armor and can do about 4 hours if needed. If we don't beat it I can be back the same sorta times until we do. Any takers?
PRjumpman124
Member
Ah~ that makes it easier. Hopefully I can at least get to level 21-22 with blue equipment.
Bungie was full of shit. Surprise everybody!
The highest lvl upgrades in legendary gear need those materials. Some are for weapons and some for armour.
Having to deal with loading to get back to Tower to find out your Legendary is shit is quite a miserable experience.
Krappadizzle
Member
gutterboy44
Member
Yeah, I am no where near any of that type of gear. Until then they are a solid source of income on several fronts. Farming them is easy with all the chest loops out there.
Because it's supposed to be hard to acquire?
My exact reaction.
FloatingDivider
Member
Yo have I mentioned how much I hate this game. I've dedicated a fucking week of my life to this shit, every moment I can spare, and because of the RNG being so random I'm now officially behind a dude who's played half as much as I have. The fuck is that, the last game I spent 5 hours grinding anything in was WoW and I dropped that as soon as I realise what it did to me. Destiny is coming close to being traded the fuck back in for something less stressfull, and abhorrently annoying. Fuck, I would have been soothed by the legendary weapon I could get from running the moon strike but these fucking fucks made it an unmatchmade lvl 26 instance now I have to find 2 guys to drag into this shit, which will take hours that won't get anything out of it. What is this shit? Who made this shit. FUCK.
In RNG we trust
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