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Destiny |OT3| Oh sweet a Legen- wait never mind, it's a rare.
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I didn't see my first one until lvl 24.
Where from?
I know those feels - eventually the RNG will give you candy. I know it.
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Also, guys please if you're doing raid tonight EST on Xbox let me know. I'd love to try.
Yup, I got one but it was for a different class.
TheWorthyEdge
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Can someone explain to me how to level up after you hit 20? You have to find armor and loot with light on it or something?
scarletham
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Yeah, armor with the light attribute on it increases your light score, which levels you up.
Can anyone tell me what to do with all my glimmer?
Yeah, armor starts coming with a stat called light. Hitting a certain number of combined light points moves you to that level.
Played a ton of this last night up to level 10. Really enjoying the game so far but holy shit is the loading ridiculous! Spent forever on load screens all night, going to the tower, going to orbit, going through a wormhole to get to the moon?! Hope they can fix this, it's insane.
Because they want to make you feel awful.
Victory Red
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Yes
scarletham
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It's worth noting that while yes, the loading screens are long, once you're on a planet it's pretty seamless.
DJ Lushious
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Gathering a group together for a raid is a mess. What was Bungie even thinking? Clans don't mean anything in regards to this. The only thing that matters is does a person have enough players on their friends list to make it happen.
At least give us t he tools to coordinate raids via the clan system!
At least give us t he tools to coordinate raids via the clan system!
TheWorthyEdge
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VE3TRO
Formerly Gizmowned
Tiger Strike on Venus. Level 24 Hard. Since I was trying to download the Forza Horizon 2 demo I didn't get many kills yet I got the best rewards compared to the other guys.
The armour will also have options to upgrade. When you do the Light ups a little so doing this across all 4 pieces of armour should be able to push your light level to the next number.
scarletham
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gutterboy44
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Has no one at Bungie played D3 and then the resulting update/expansion due to the backlash, Reaper of Souls? This is deja vu from those threads.
Super obvious thing in loot driven games 101 - You have to make higher difficulties and challenges consistently reward better loot than lower level or easier ones. How have they not figured this shit out? You always should have some true RNG where you can just get stupid lucky, legendary drops from opening a chest, killing a random mob, etc. But if you are going to be doing raids and heroic level shit, it needs to reward better.
It was pretty obvious the loot system was flawed based on all the posts here and elsewhere, but it became readily apparent, when yesterday I did my first Rocket Yards chest farming runs, and I had more fun with the game than any of the missions. Finally getting some glimmer to buy fun stuff like ships and emblems, greens in all my slots while I am level 17! That is ridic, just getting decent uncommons in all your slots, 3 levels from the level cap. So fucking dumb.
Bungie, everyone is obsessed with farming because your mission/raid/strike rewards are shit.
Super obvious thing in loot driven games 101 - You have to make higher difficulties and challenges consistently reward better loot than lower level or easier ones. How have they not figured this shit out? You always should have some true RNG where you can just get stupid lucky, legendary drops from opening a chest, killing a random mob, etc. But if you are going to be doing raids and heroic level shit, it needs to reward better.
It was pretty obvious the loot system was flawed based on all the posts here and elsewhere, but it became readily apparent, when yesterday I did my first Rocket Yards chest farming runs, and I had more fun with the game than any of the missions. Finally getting some glimmer to buy fun stuff like ships and emblems, greens in all my slots while I am level 17! That is ridic, just getting decent uncommons in all your slots, 3 levels from the level cap. So fucking dumb.
Bungie, everyone is obsessed with farming because your mission/raid/strike rewards are shit.
Victory Red
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Welfare
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Then make them rarer to come up. It's just BS when you get one and it's a rare.
Yeah just armor though. Fully upgraded level 20 blues caps you at level 24 I think. To get past that you'll need vendor legendaries or be blessed by RNG.
Titans look so cool. I should have just trusted my inner child and rolled Titan.
Revolutionary
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Finished the story for the first time with my friend last night. Definitely underwhelming story overall, didn't even feel like a last mission, no credits or trophy etc.
Oh well, we're still loving the game and both commented in how damn addictive it is despite the lacking story and respective missions. The shooting and powers are satisfying to use, the worlds and art are gorgeous and we both get addicted to loot games so we're having a blast.
I'm looking forward to doing the daily and weekly stuff now that I'm at 20, grinding vanguard marks and trying more Crucible--though I suck balls at it. At least there Re bounties for just completing five rounds etc.
I also haven't done the Venus or Mars strikes yet, and want to replay most of the Venus and Mars story missions as I did several of them on Vita while watching football this weekend. Also haven't done much patrolling on Venus or Mars, and I don't think I found all five chests on the moon yet.
Oh well, we're still loving the game and both commented in how damn addictive it is despite the lacking story and respective missions. The shooting and powers are satisfying to use, the worlds and art are gorgeous and we both get addicted to loot games so we're having a blast.
I'm looking forward to doing the daily and weekly stuff now that I'm at 20, grinding vanguard marks and trying more Crucible--though I suck balls at it. At least there Re bounties for just completing five rounds etc.
I also haven't done the Venus or Mars strikes yet, and want to replay most of the Venus and Mars story missions as I did several of them on Vita while watching football this weekend. Also haven't done much patrolling on Venus or Mars, and I don't think I found all five chests on the moon yet.
Just before launch they commented on this on Twitter. It was pretty much; "We have given you tools to organize, it's Bungie.net forums".
Also worth noting that even during loading, you cal still access your menu.
IAmRandom31
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Legendary / Exotic gear leveling requires materials as well.
Tell me about it. Especially for someone introverted like me - interacting with people is draining and GAF is the few places where I'm pretty chill. It's still very difficult to find people to do a raid at exact time you're on with the console and also have the time commitment. I don't understand what Bungie were thinking. They could've even put in a disclaimer that MM wouldn't be as efficient, but at least have it.
Tiger Strike on Venus. Level 24 Hard. Since I was trying to download the Forza Horizon 2 demo I didn't get many kills yet I got the best rewards compared to the other guys.
The armour will also have options to upgrade. When you do the Light ups a little so doing this across all 4 pieces of armour should be able to push your light level to the next number.
Awesome - can't wait to get that one. Love the colors.
FloatingDivider
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wait
You have 200 marks already? Both Vanguard and Crucible/Faction? How did you do that- and wait, how did you do that without hitting Rank 2 in either along the way?
it's kind of easy, you get more marks for high difficulty strikes, you also get marks for turning in excess materials - reaching the mark limit is easy, the ranking takes more effort.
Clans? What is this concept
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
How do you level up the Cryptic? I am almost a 21 and am level 2...
Their inventory is static, for now at least. Once you get to Rank 2 or 3 if you want their weapons, you should either remove their class item or buy another faction's class item. Eventually you probably want to be able to purchase gear from any and all the vendors this way.
I'm 125 rep away from Rank 3 with New Monarchy, then I plan on removing their item and regaining rep with the Vanguard and Crucible vendors.
Just keep decoding shit. Also, you get cool bonuses for leveling up.
DJ Lushious
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Yeah, that's shit and it's sad they don't realize it. Or they do and are just making sure they don't scuttle the PR line.
Victory Red
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Give him things to decode.... or buy things from him.
decoding engrams. lots of them. i'm not sure the farming methods are great at providing legendary equipment but they are good for leveling, glimmer, and getting a shit ton of crap engrams for the cryptarch
Me and a friend got to him with a random on the vanguard playlist, then the random decides he didn't want to play anymore and just stood there. Took us ages to kill him.
Then at the end the random got 2 pieces of the playstation exclusive gear, while me and my friend got jack shit.
I was seething.
If they added actual social facilities common to MMOs then it'd be fine even without matchmaking. Other than that, everything you listed are pretty common staples of raiding and this game won't change that.
DJ Lushious
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It's apparently a way to have something interesting on your Destiny nameplate and nothing more.
VE3TRO
Formerly Gizmowned
Engram items, everything time they are decrypted the level moves slightly. It ups every 3000.
If you have loads of cash buy loads of engram items then discard them. It moves you to the next level pretty quick but you need lots of Glimmer.
PrivateWHudson
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I'm not the OP, but I've been farming for about 10 hours, and I don't have a single piece of Legendary gear. I'm debating on three strategies:
1. Start farming for marks instead of engrams to buy what I need. (basically starting over)
2. Make a Titan since I already have two Legendary pieces for this character that doesn't exist yet. (basically starting over)
3. Quit until they change something. Drops can still be random, but higher level Activities and Cryptarch should be weighted with better ratios.
BTW...Level 24 for the last four days.
SledgeGBay
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Not surprising - people get shit done quickly these days. Sucks all the cool loot will be spoiled soon
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With that said, anyone on Xbox One want to attempt the raid around 7PM EST. I will play all night if we have to.
Me and my friend are both willing to give it a go. Gunslinger hunter and Defender titan both level 26.
wait
You have 200 marks already? Both Vanguard and Crucible/Faction? How did you do that- and wait, how did you do that without hitting Rank 2 in either along the way?
You mean week 1 or week 2 (this new week)?
*nod* Continuously get into the habit of, after you finish something, immediately choose your next destination. Handle your inventory and check immediate goals on the way. all the loading sucks, but you can get into a decent rhythm
I mean it just reset 5 hours ago or so, so you can't be at cap yet, right?
Supposedly you can get some minor loot. We'll have to see what happens after the first teams clear the Raid.
scarletham
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What should I be saving my glimmer for?
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