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[Ken]

Are public events the best way to vanguard mark grind?

Level 24 Strike Playlist IMO.

 

[ocean]

How so? I thought Crucible was supposed to be balanced?

It's normalized, not equalized. As you level up, you gain the option to shift your three attributes around (Armor, Recovery, Agility). This has an effect on PvP modes. This has nothing to do with your gear though, just your Subclass level.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

Well, 25 strikes down, now I'm forced to wait until Xur is around to continue the exotic bounty. He should really be in the Tower more than two days a week.

 

[nib95]

yeah, all legendaried out

My jaw legit dropped. Wow.

 

[The Lamonster]

There's no matchmaking for the weekly strike, which doesn't make any sense. So if you don't have a team already, you have to go forward alone.

Someone said today that Bungie has added matchmaking to the weekly strike.

 

[Citizen_Insane]

Maybe they are speccing for Toughness/Armour rather than Recovery or Agility? I've noticed at least Agility does make a difference (faster to reach "top speed", more jump height, faster gliding and stuff) so I assume Toughness also works in PVP and gives more health or shields.

Yep, your class specs do affect pvp. My warlock is a slow moving tank with barely any agility but a ton of recovery and armor. I don't personally believe agility is that important in pvp.

 

[Twilight Gap]

How so? I thought Crucible was supposed to be balanced?

 

[MidEvlDed]

ive come so close to getting the bounty for not dying...2 times i fell off the stairs for no reason other than being lost or not knowing where im jumping. so it can't be that hard... cant you just do a level 12 raid with level 20s..

They're referring to the one big raid that just opened up last night. I was just trying to point out that once people are higher level than the raid (set to 26) it should be pretty easy.

But yes, you can do a level 12 strike with all level 20's if you want. It's easy to get the "complete a strike without anyone on your fireteam dying" achievement this way.

 

[Citizen_Insane]

Well, 25 strikes down, now I'm forced to wait until Xur is around to continue the exotic bounty. He should really be in the Tower more than two days a week.

Ha, I'm on that bounty with the strikes. So it has to be 25 total? Can you just do one repeatedly? The earth strike is the fastest I believe so I'd rather just grind that.

 

[Fushichou187]

once you do it once you never get any rewards from them. Imho that's silly, I'd rather do quick story missions that give you 5 marks each time than a fucking raid that takes 20-30 minutes for 6 marks each. I think I might genuinely just start farming for spinmetal in rocket yard as my way to get marks/glimmer.

Yeah I was bummed that they held onto that. At the very least they ought to allow the XP/Bonuses for each difficulty as redeemable at least once.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

I'm not ever gonna get tired of Shoulder Charge. Sorry, everyone I have opted to Shoulder Charge instead of trying a real strategy.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

once you do it once you never get any rewards from them. Imho that's silly, I'd rather do quick story missions that give you 5 marks each time than a fucking raid that takes 20-30 minutes for 6 marks each. I think I might genuinely just start farming for spinmetal in rocket yard as my way to get marks/glimmer.

Seems like a missed opportunity.

 

[tmespe]

Someone said today that Bungie has added matchmaking to the weekly strike.

Can anyone confirm this?

 

[BananasWithGuns]

Ha, I'm on that bounty with the strikes. So it has to be 25 total? Can you just do one repeatedly? The earth strike is the fastest I believe so I'd rather just grind that.

Yeah, I just spammed the moon strike over and over. Everyone says Earth is fastest but I dunno, I found I was able to burn through the moon faster on average.

Can anyone confirm this?

I just tested it. It dumped me right into the strike by myself, no matchmaking.

 

[Twilight Gap]

So disappointed in the twilight gap map. is like it was designed specifically for chasing people around with shotguns. would be a great map if it was 10x simpler but they piled path on top of drop down on top of crate on top of line of sight pillar on top of railing to the point where i'm surprised anyone can even run around on it.

 

[Zomba13]

Yep, your class specs do affect pvp. My warlock is a slow moving tank with barely any agility but a ton of recovery and armor. I don't personally believe agility is that important in pvp.

Mine too. Agility seems like something that is nice to have a lot of for PVE (quicker movement to get to cover or out to revive. More speed and jump height for farming runs etc) but in PVP doesn't make a world of difference. Yeah, you move a bit slower (and I guess aren't as good "dodging" bullets in a firefight) but being harder to kill makes up for it and if you have a Sunsinger and use the melee ability that gives you an overshield on hit then you are laughing anyway.

 

[Namikaze1]

"Hey, man! Where you going?"

I freaking love the charge. So OP as fuck. Used it many times in the round this gif is from.

 

[Ken]

I didn't check if I could interact with the other two class vendors but can you buy Vanguard gear from them even if you aren't that class?

"Hey, man! Where you going?"

I freaking love the charge. So OP as fuck. Used it many times in the round this gif is from.

Is that a Titan ability?

 

[WooHooAlex]

I gotta say, the fact that I've been grinding for engrams basically nonstop for a few days now, and don't have a single legendary to show for it... It's pretty discouraging.

Spoiler

The RNG can fuckin' blow me

 

[Steel]

Come again? I thought it was all balanced out in Crucible?

The stats you get from your class abilities carry over.

 

[VE3TRO]

Oh man the Bounties only renew every 24 hours? So I gotta wait until morning for the other 5 bounties to come in and then I need to wait another 24 hours for the next batch. This is taking the piss. >_<

I need 1079 more Vanguard points for Level 2. That would take fuck loads of time doing Patrol missions I imagine.

 

[Cømet]

It's normalized, not equalized. As you level up, you gain the option to shift your three attributes around (Armor, Recovery, Agility). This has an effect on PvP modes. This has nothing to do with your gear though, just your Subclass level.

IE If you see a high level titan with an AR, run the other way or I'ma plow right through you like a train.

I'm not ever gonna get tired of Shoulder Charge. Sorry, everyone I have opted to Shoulder Charge instead of trying a real strategy.

I like to shoulder charge people that kill me in cheap ways :3

 

[Zomba13]

"Hey, man! Where you going?"

I freaking love the charge. So OP as fuck. Used it many times in the round this gif is from.

I wish the PS4 had an "export as Gif/webm" option. So many times I do something cool that would be perfect for a short gif or webm to link here but there is tso much hassle. Just let us make gifs and webms at on the system.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

IE If you see a high level titan with an AR, run the other way or I'ma plow right through you like a train.




I like to shoulder charge people that kill me in cheap ways :3

going up against titans in salvage with the bubble shield made me question my religion.

 

[MidEvlDed]

Yeah, I just spammed the moon strike over and over. Everyone says Earth is fastest but I dunno, I found I was able to burn through the moon faster on average.

I agree. I think the moon strike on the lowest difficulty is the fastest. 10-12 minutes tops.

 

[DY_nasty]

on a related note, slide -> shoulder change is impossible to defend against

 

[Victory Red]

I gotta say, the fact that I've been grinding for engrams basically nonstop for a few days now, and don't have a single legendary to show for it... It's pretty discouraging.

Spoiler

The RNG can fuckin' blow me

That sucks.

I grinded last night for two and a half hours and got absolutely nothing and I was furious.

Went back to Crucible and got a purple engram my third match.

Thats how Bungie feels about farming.

 

[MidEvlDed]

"Hey, man! Where you going?"

I freaking love the charge. So OP as fuck. Used it many times in the round this gif is from.

You have the Monte Carlo too? You bastard.

 

[The Librarian]

Anybody have the link to the stream for the people that beat the raid?

 

[Calcium]

Just played a few rounds of Crucible to start working on that rep. I enjoy getting one shot by nearly everyone. Good stuff.

 

[Rflagg]

once you do it once you never get any rewards from them. Imho that's silly, I'd rather do quick story missions that give you 5 marks each time than a fucking raid that takes 20-30 minutes for 6 marks each. I think I might genuinely just start farming for spinmetal in rocket yard as my way to get marks/glimmer.

Mind blown I didn't know that selling the spinmetal got you marks as well as rep, I might go this way as well.

 

[Spades]

The stats you get from your class abilities carry over.

Thanks everyone for the explanation. Pretty disappointing for me - was hoping for a more neutral MP experience given that Bungie were in control. Shame.

 

[Namikaze1]

Is that a Titan ability?

Yep. Striker subclass exclusive unfortunately.

I wish the PS4 had an "export as Gif/webm" option. So many times I do something cool that would be perfect for a short gif or webm to link here but there is tso much hassle. Just let us make gifs and webms at on the system.

Man, that would be perfect. I don't have photoshop so I can't make high quality GIFs as you can tell.

You have the Monte Carlo too? You bastard.

Had it since Sunday. It's so great. And I already leveled it up a few times.

 

[The Mango Sentinel]

So I watched the beginning of the raid before I went to bed last night and it seemed pretty cool. Did anyone watch the rest? Did it hold up with the beginning? Did anyone actually finish it yet? If so, how long did it take?

 

[hillsighed]

13 hours straight and hundreds of deaths lol cmon

only a special kind of people are built for that kind of shit in the first week of a game's life


I'm not trying to do it until level 29 now

my focus is now devoted entirely to queen's wrath instead hahaha

Shit I might even wait until 30. I don't want to bumble through something like that for 12 hours straight. Cot damn.

What is Queens Wrath going to be anyway? A Strike?

I mostly have my eyes on grinding really nice gear for the Iron Banner. I need to come correct for that shit. I LOVED Iron Banner in the Beta

 

[scarletham]

Mind blown I didn't know that selling the spinmetal got you marks as well as rep, I might go this way as well.

Selling spinmetal to who? If I sell spinmetal to crucible quartermasters, I get rep/marks?

 

[CloudyTuba]

Just want to debunk this now, level 3 won't always give you an exotic bounty.

On the topic of exotic bounties, I know very little of them beyond the name. I assume it's bounty you take from the bountyman that will give you an exotic weapon upon completion.

Is that correct or do you get the bounty from someone else?

Does this mean I have to start doing vanguard bounties? So far I've done almost exclusively Crucible bounties.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Unfortunately your equipment doesn't matter much in the multiplayer because all stats are normalized. So it doesn't really matter if you're level 20 or level 2. If you can't aim and aren't making the most of your abilities (super, etc.) you're going to have a hard time.

My recommendation- start using a scout rifle in strikes and patrol. It'll force you to headshot every time and thus improve your aim. I've been doing that since I use a Cryptic Dragon (legendary scout rifle) for PvE and it makes my Shingen E a real monster in PvP.

If yo heads stickin' out, it's comin' off son!

take your time at first, learning the maps is key. Always use your motion sensor and try and be calm about it.

its funny how many people start a firefight and start jumping and shit, take aim and keep it locked you will win most firefights.

of course shotguns and supers and number of enemies changes every fight but get the basics down first.

Ditto. But I've been getting better. It's a completely different mindset from PvE. I rule PvE (or so I'd like to think), but PvP is more unpredictable obviously and therefore it takes longer to "learn" a good strategy. Sometimes in PvE you can just hop in, move around, melee, get distance, rinse and repeat. PvP you have to maintain distance and be more "cunning" in your thought process. Unfortunately, practice makes perfect. So, be prepared to shit the bed a LOT before things get better. But they will, promise.

Thanks for the encouraging replies..

I have a question. Now that I capped the level, how can I level up my sub-class?

 

[E92 M3]

So I watched the beginning of the raid before I went to bed last night and it seemed pretty cool. Did anyone watch the rest? Did it hold up with the beginning? Did anyone actually finish it yet? If so, how long did it take?

Some guy finished it with his squad.

Thanks for the encouraging replies..

I have a question. Now that I capped the level, how can I level up my sub-class?

Just by playing the game and getting experience.

 

[Frenden]

Another legendary engram. It turned into rare, level 14 pants. I am a 23+.

 

[CloudyTuba]

Another legendary engram. It turned into rare, level 14 pants. I am a 23+.

That's some bull, dude.

 

[hydruxo]

I feel like Bungie needs to patch out the Flawless Raider trophy. There's just no fucking way you can get that. Impossible.

 

[Fushichou187]

That sucks.

I grinded last night for two and a half hours and got absolutely nothing and I was furious.

Went back to Crucible and got a purple engram my third match.

Thats how Bungie feels about farming.

Which is too bad since a lot of us don't care at all about grinding in PvP. Still, their game, their choice (if that's how it's set up).

Mind blown I didn't know that selling the spinmetal got you marks as well as rep, I might go this way as well.

Those collectible mats found on each planet can be sold to the Vanguard or Crucible Quartermaster in bunches of 50; Spinmetal, Helium, Spirit Bloom, and Relic Iron.

 

[The Lamonster]

Another legendary engram. It turned into rare, level 14 pants. I am a 23+.

ouch. Maybe wait to turn these in for Bungie to hopefully patch this.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Well, I appear to be getting one-two blu engrams a story mission run, so maybe end of mission rewards don't matter.

 

[MidEvlDed]

Mind blown I didn't know that selling the spinmetal got you marks as well as rep, I might go this way as well.

Is this faster than doing strikes? I can get 6 marks and however many reputation points per half hour basically.

 

[King_Moc]

I feel like Bungie needs to patch out the Flawless Raider trophy. There's just no fucking way you can get that. Impossible.

In a few months it'll be easy. It's always like this in an mmo. They either nerf the raid, or raise the level cap/introduce better gear.

 

[ultron87]

I hope they release a soundtrack soon.

I'm mostly just addicted to this portion from the last story mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTN0dhFVh4U&t=5m2s

 

[Savantcore]

Just did the Daily Heroic Strike (Level 24) by myself quite capably. Annoys me that we can't choose to then do the higher difficulty to get the rewards we missed out on. It's either go big or get nothing.

 

[hydruxo]

In a few months it'll be easy. It's always like this in an mmo. They either nerf the raid, or raise the level cap/introduce better gear.

Eh I guess, but not being able to get the plat for months is kind of lame. I just feel like it's not a good trophy because all it takes is one person dying once, and you lost. Even with higher level cap/gear.