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Destiny |OT3| Oh sweet a Legen- wait never mind, it's a rare.

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I'm going pretty much insane here. Did the temple of crota farming or what the hell it is called for an hour. I had an inventory full of fucking rare engrams and all I got was strange coins, shaders and level 16-20 rares. Fuck you Bungie. I think I'm done with this game.

" only " got Strange Coins?

lol
 

ocean

Banned
I'm going pretty much insane here. Did the temple of crota farming or what the hell it is called for an hour. I had an inventory full of fucking rare engrams and all I got was strange coins, shaders and level 16-20 rares. Fuck you Bungie. I think I'm done with this game.

Why don't you just buy your Legendaries? It'll take less time to win the requisite Vanguard/Crucible marks than you're spending on a boring farm procedure. It's a lot easier, in my opinion, to just grind for Marks. You know how far along you are and at what pace you're progressing instead of relying on sheer luck. You might even get some stuff as drops along the way.

I got 100 Crucible Marks during the first week. I got 30 today, and went to the Handler and got me Gauntlets and Leg Armor. Took me from level 21 to 24 actually. By the end of the week I'll have earned enough to get the Chest Piece too, taking me to 25-26 once I level them all up. It's a lot better than just hoping a randomizing algorithm will prize me.
 
Is the raid ridiculously hard at level 24 if you've got Legendary weapons? I've been stuck at 24 for a long ass time now and I want to raid.
 

jiiikoo

Banned
But you can use strange coins to buy exotics from the weekend vendor. Those are probably more valuable than any piece of rare/blue gear. A healthy stack of those could net you some nice upgrade come Friday. Not that I don't understand the frustration, but coins are a nice net overall imo.

Well yeah, I think I got like 15 coins right now. That's probably gonna buy me something nice but god damn. Probably gonna do a bit of farming tomorrow after school and if that doesn't net me atleast one piece of legendary, I think i'm gonna throw the disc out of the window.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
To be fair, it is easier to close on someone than it is to stay at distance.

no it isn't. being aggressive with a close range weapon in any game is always the riskiest way to win. mainly because you don't know what's between you and your target. its great when you're dealing with people that disregard radar, corners, sightlines, and headshots though.

if you run and gun against a team of good players, you're gonna have it rough. if you do it against bunch of clueless people who are going about their first time in firebase delphi then by all means - stream that shit and look pro. there are tons of people in pvp that look like they've never played a fps before
 

LtOrange

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Ahhhhhh yeah!

I must have it....
 
A lot of people blame gear when they should be blaming lag. Gear doesn't matter as much as people think it does (especially low level players - their abilities recharge at a faster rate I think. discipline,strength, etc boosting their recharge times on a different scale)

also, some weapons handle differently. i had the biggest discussion with a friend of mine today about weapons only to realize that he had no idea that you have to lead your targets with the fusion rifle. you can essentially 'drag' the FR to spread the blast with it. there are plenty of nuances like that in the game. the trigger squeeze being a noticeable deal for some weapons as well.

about shields... yeah, some of it does have a definite advantage in terms of the added perks - but its no different than a level 20 sizing up a 6th prestige guy in CoD. They're not Gods by any means. Just stack the deck in your favor and use your map awareness to not be in positions where you're in a fair fight with those guys while they're supercharged. (even then, a few more shots kill them just as easy). those aren't usually gear related though.

armor/restoration/agility DO matter, but having high armor and no speed means you're just an easier target while you're alive in on spot. and good luck chasing anyone or anything down on top of that. i ran basically pure speed builds with my blade dancer and straight crushed people because i could hop in, fight, hop out and regen, then hop back in faster than anyone else.

i support this post. i had a match against a warlock, i saw a bunch of my team left quickly didnt know why until i i fought this fucker. he had lagging spikes and never in the two matches i played couldnt beat him with my titan.

i used my rifle, shotgun and grenade and never did a thing on him.
TL:TR- leave the match if you see laggy people that isnt in your team(lol) because you will have a bad time. the match turns to who has the worst connection instead of skills
 

Klyka

Banned
Well yeah, I think I got like 15 coins right now. That's probably gonna buy me something nice but god damn. Probably gonna do a bit of farming tomorrow after school and if that doesn't net me atleast one piece of legendary, I think i'm gonna throw the disc out of the window.

read the posts above. stop farming, ust get some rep and marks and stop burning yourself out
 

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Suddenly feeling that I don't want to play this game anymore

Oh well, I had fun
 

Einbroch

Banned
If you like PVP, play the crucible. You'll get loot, you'll get marks, you'll get rep, and it's fun.

Of course, if you don't like it, can't really help you with that. I think PVP is hella fun. Except the moon map. That map sucks.
 
Nothing more satisfying than a Titan putting up his shields in control, and instead of going in you start dancing in front of it taunting him to come out, then you run out the door when he does, hide in a corner and shotgun his ass.

Fuck you.
 

diablos991

Can’t stump the diablos
Is the raid ridiculously hard at level 24 if you've got Legendary weapons? I've been stuck at 24 for a long ass time now and I want to raid.

You should not even enter the raid at 24.
25 should only do the first area.
26+ for anything else.
28+ for the boss everybody is stuck on.
 

Yoshichan

And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Something triggered in my head while I realized what I was doing. I've got my equipment in full legendary. Is it really worth running around farming materials and grinding marks all day long and wait for weekly resets and such in order to upgrade these items?

I told myself no :/.
 
I haven't noticed any difference and my cryptarch is level 11

You may not notice a difference because the differences are likely minimal specifically because you can farm him up pretty easily. Remember people in the Beta farmed him up super high and got all kinds of Legendaries and the beta was level capped at 7. The increase is likely pretty small per level but will pay out long term. As in way too long of a term to measure within the first week and perhaps even the first month.

It's not going to be a drastic change like, for example, a jump from 10% to 40%. It would become the defacto thing to do and would break the designed progression.
 
If you like PVP, play the crucible. You'll get loot, you'll get marks, you'll get rep, and it's fun.

Of course, if you don't like it, can't really help you with that. I think PVP is hella fun. Except the moon map. That map sucks.

that map sucks when isnt Control mode, then it turns into who is the better camper. i hate team mates that dont get it and instead of sweeping inside the bases they go outside looking for that sniper on the edge of that map that killed him/her for the 4th time to get killed again
 

Bizazedo

Member
And the only reason ARs are everywhere is because they're easy to use and reliable. If more people could actually aim, you'd see more complaints about crossmap SR dropping people in 4 hits Pulse Rifles in sometimes 3, and Hand Cannons with 1 shot anywhere and a head shot to follow.

What do you think of the Stranger's Rifle? I've murdered with it on First Light and Bastion and I'll be the first to say I can't aim.
 
last night i took my sniper rifle with me to the Devils Lair strike, had 5 of those auto-restock ammo items for my rifle.

Just sat back and sniped the tank for maybe 2 minutes and killed it lol. Sniper was doing 900 damage to the legs, and 1900 to the body when the core opened up.

with glimmer basically being easy to obtain, ill be stocking up a massive amount of ammo for a Raid in the future.
 

Navy Bean

Member
I'm level 20 and my gear sucks. How do you get Vanguard Marks other than public events? Is there another way? I do not enjoy the PvP so that avenue is out.
 
last night i took my sniper rifle with me to the Devils Lair strike, had 5 of those auto-restock ammo items for my rifle.

Just sat back and sniped the tank for maybe 2 minutes and killed it lol. Sniper was doing 900 damage to the legs, and 1900 to the body when the core opened up.

with glimmer basically being easy to obtain, ill be stocking up a massive amount of ammo for a Raid in the future.

Lol, yeah. You don't even need the ammo, actually; just sit there with your empty gun out for 30 seconds, you get more ammo for free.
 
... being aggressive with a close range weapon in any game is always the riskiest way to win. mainly because you don't know what's between you and your target. its great when you're dealing with people that disregard radar, corners, sightlines, and headshots though.
In theory, sure, but I think Destiny's PVP, maybe due to the maps, tend to reward aggressive forward-moving gameplay. Also, I didn't specify anything about the weapons being used, just the relationship of moving towards versus moving or keeping away. I'm making no assumptions on the range of the actual weapons being used.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
What do you think of the Stranger's Rifle? I've murdered with it on First Light and Bastion and I'll be the first to say I can't aim.

I think the Stranger's Rifle is pretty bad to be honest. Fully upgraded - it might be worth it once the stability tightens up its burst but because its such a 'loose' pulse rifle, its just not worth banking on at all. It might be doing you favors because of that though.

I still hold to the idea that preference is more important than "Get an AR because they're the only thing that's good". There's a lot of swing room in that. There are generally agreed upon reliable weapons and there are those that work great you in particular. Stick with what works (until Iron Banner at least lol)
 

MrS

Banned
What's the maximum number of heavy ammo refills you can hold at one time? I might farm Moon for 25k glimmer and buy loads for the raid.
 

X-Frame

Member
So jealous of everyone getting these "fun" Exotic Weapon Bounties.

I grab and completed 95% of all bounties since I unlocked them on Tuesday and still nothing. :(
 

Jaykay

Member
The depleted hand cannon exotic bounty quest where you need to get 500 points using the system of "+5 for kill with void damage, -2 for any death in crucible" is horrible. I understand exotics should be hard to get, but being a hunter it means I have to find a secondary with the correct affix and change my play style while maintaining the K/D ratio. It just doesn't seem fun.
 

DY_nasty

NeoGAF's official "was this shooting justified" consultant
In theory, sure, but I think Destiny's PVP, maybe due to the maps, tend to reward aggressive forward-moving gameplay. Also, I didn't specify anything about the weapons being used, just the relationship of moving towards versus moving or keeping away. I'm making no assumptions on the range of the actual weapons being used.

I still don't think its true though. The way that Destiny can get incredibly busy at a moment's notice... you don't want to charge into things against people that know how to play.

You can typically tell right away if you're dealing with people who know what they're doing. The game is dramatically different.
 
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