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[NoTacos]

It wouldn't be impossible to have done it by now I guess. I've had the gear for a while I just get really bored farming, especially since its 15 minutes between opportunities for one of the most important materials and it's still not a definite drop each time. Speaking of which I now need 16 Helium Filaments and Spirit Blooms so it seems I'm going back for another try.

Not impossible, you'd just have to be extremely lucky.

 

[NullPointer]

While they're at it they need to improve the grind up to the level necessary to raid.

Definitely. Personally I'd love to see 20+ patrol areas to go along with PVP and strikes.

 

[The Librarian]

Level 20 achieved!

 

[Hawkian]

Ha. I don't think I'm going to be doing any farming or what-have-you. I'll just play to have fun and what I get and when I get it will happen in due time.

Of course, I say that now...

No, this is the right approach. Especially once you get vendor ranks to 2 you'll see how relatively simple it is to earn base gear over time.

Now I understand why this game will go on for 10 years... it actually takes 10 years to level up past level 20

So exactly 7 days after release... I'm 1 point of light away from level 25... with no lucky legendary or exotic drops yet to my name. God forbid it take me ANOTHER 7 days to hit 26 (it won't)

I know how to get purple. They just don't want to drop. Been using different farming spot and haven't got a single thing.

.......

That is not how.

 

[Conkerkid11]

I'm watching the BraXzy stream and still seeing enemies lagging all over the place.

Maybe I have a legitimate reason to wait it out until the servers are somewhat stable, if that ever happens. Most of my deaths in today's weekly run were because of laggy enemies during the boss fight.

 

[ZangBa]

Well if you really are terrible you should be decked out in legendary gear amirite?

I only do PVP for bounties, but I would have been happy with a blue. Nothing in this game rewards effort.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

so does the nightstrike guarantee good drops? Or has somebody gotten shitty loot at the end of it?

Level 20 achieved!

Congrats. One of us. One of us.

 

[The Librarian]

No, this is the right approach. Especially once you get vendor ranks to 2 you'll see how relatively simple it is to earn base gear over time.

What's a vendor rank?

 

[Trickster]

So I'm looking around in vods on twitch for the 4 bosses in the vault of glass, but I can only find the one called The Templar, and then last boss, Atheon. What are the other 2 bosses called?

 

[HiiiLife]

Had no luck at the farming spot on Skywatch.

 

[Camp Lo]

Anyone started working on their second guardian yet? I'm thinking about maxing my Titan out but I'm wondering if there's a point for it.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Definitely. Personally I'd love to see 20+ patrol areas to go along with PVP and strikes.

I think we will get those with the expansions. The others probably need to remain how they are for people leveling new characters.

 

[Conkerkid11]

I was almost certain that The Dark Beyond was what everybody was farming by now, and that's just a solo story mission. I'm not sure what reason anybody would have to farm anywhere else for engrams. I understand the reagent farming in patrol, but engram farming in patrol?

 

[Figments]

Alright, so.

Who here thinks Bungie might be increasing the level cap by early November?

'Cause I do.

Ain't no way people aren't gonna be max level in November.

 

[Hawkian]

What's a vendor rank?

As you earn Reputation (there are three kinds), your Vendor will "Rank Up" just like the Cryptarch does as you decrypt things (turn in engrams).

The types are:

Vanguard- vendors are Vanguard Quartermaster and your class Vanguard specialist
Crucible- vendors are the Crucible Quartermaster and Crucible Handler
Faction- there are three, selling gear with different stat distributions, each of whom you can earn faction for by buying and equipping their special class item.

Reputation is earned primarily by doing bounties, but many activities give it in small amounts. If you have a Faction item equipped, any reputation that would've gone to Vanguard/Crucible will go toward that Faction instead.

When a vendor hits rank 2 they will sell you Legendaries for either Vanguard or Crucible marks.

Alright, so.

Who here thinks Bungie might be increasing the level cap by early November?

'Cause I do.

Ain't no way people aren't gonna be max level in November.

Which level cap?

 

[mickcenary]

Question: can the Raid be paused and resumed in the sense that you can turn off your console, attend to your actual life and pick up where you left off at a later time?

 

[Heroman]

Alright, so.

Who here thinks Bungie might be increasing the level cap by early November?

'Cause I do.

Ain't no way people aren't gonna be max level in November.

Cant see them doing that till the next expansion.

 

[NullPointer]

So exactly 7 days after release... I'm 1 point of light away from level 25... with no lucky legendary or exotic drops yet to my name. God forbid it take me ANOTHER 7 days to hit 26 (it won't)

People want a game they can play for months or years on end, and yet, the drive to maximize everything in the first few days seems to be so damn strong.

The way I see it: Enjoy the game and items'll come in time. Pace yourself and you'll actually appreciate upgrades as they happen. Those who have rushed to max in the smallest slice of time are just making the prospect of any upgrade take that much longer and farther between.

Whats really the fun factor here - the gear, or what you use the gear to do? Are the missions and combat just a means to an end or are they what its all about?

 

[The Librarian]

As you earn Reputation (there are three kinds), your Vendor will "Rank Up" just like the Cryptarch does as you decrypt things (turn in engrams).

The types are:

Vanguard- vendors are Vanguard Quartermaster and your class Vanguard specialist
Crucible- vendors are the Crucible Quartermaster and Crucible Handler
Faction- there are three, selling gear with different stat distributions, each of whom you can earn faction for by buying and equipping their special class item.

Reputation is earned primarily by doing bounties, but many activities give it in small amounts. If you have a Faction item equipped, any reputation that would've gone to Vanguard/Crucible will go toward that Faction instead.

When a vendor hits rank 2 they will sell you Legendaries for either Vanguard or Crucible marks.

oooooohhhhhhhh. Thanks!

And now I see the Nightfall strike and the Heroic daily. Woohoo!

 

[SnakeEyes]

What's a vendor rank?

The experience wheel for things like the Cryptarch, the Bounty robot, Crucible, Vanguard, Faction ect.

 

[Diablohead]

Has bungie said anything about upcoming patches or tweaks? I want to enjoy this game in PvP but the auto rifle balance is annoying, yes I keep moaning about it because it's terrible.

 

[Conkerkid11]

Alright, so.

Who here thinks Bungie might be increasing the level cap by early November?

'Cause I do.

Ain't no way people aren't gonna be max level in November.

I doubt we're gonna see a higher max level until Destiny 2.

 

[purg3]

Question: can the Raid be paused and resumed in the sense that you can turn off your console, attend to your actual life and pick up where you left off at a later time?

Fireteam leader can resume, progress resets every week.

Has bungie said anything about upcoming patches or tweaks? I want to enjoy this game in PvP but the auto rifle balance is annoying, yes I keep moaning about it because it's terrible.

They were already patched from the beta lol

 

[goldensun]

Please add me if you want to farm on Skywatch or do strikes / playlist ever.

Xbox One GT: G0lden 5un

Want to get as many GAFfers on my f/l as possible!

 

[Figments]

As you earn Reputation (there are three kinds), your Vendor will "Rank Up" just like the Cryptarch does as you decrypt things (turn in engrams).

The types are:

Vanguard- vendors are Vanguard Quartermaster and your class Vanguard specialist
Crucible- vendors are the Crucible Quartermaster and Crucible Handler
Faction- there are three, selling gear with different stat distributions, each of whom you can earn faction for by buying and equipping their special class item.

Reputation is earned primarily by doing bounties, but many activities give it in small amounts. If you have a Faction item equipped, any reputation that would've gone to Vanguard/Crucible will go toward that Faction instead.

When a vendor hits rank 2 they will sell you Legendaries for either Vanguard or Crucible marks.

Which level cap?

The true level cap. Level 30.

Cant see them doing that till the next expansion.

I honestly hope they don't wait that long. I genuinely want to start seeing level cap increases quite soon, because leveling is incredibly rewarding.

 

[Conkerkid11]

Question: can the Raid be paused and resumed in the sense that you can turn off your console, attend to your actual life and pick up where you left off at a later time?

I believe it saves to the fireteam leader. I'm not sure if that means it locks everybody else out of running it when another fireteam leader.

 

[neoism]

How far have people gotten in the raid ?

streamer-house just beat it and its totally NOT worth it... lol

 

[KernelPanic]

There seems to be a slot open for another subclass. We might see that in an expansion.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

streamer-house just beat it and its totally NOT worth it... lol

did he get any decent drops?

 

[ViciousDS]

LF people for weekly heroic add me sc-viciousds

Ps4 btw

 

[Xeroblade]

streamer-house just beat it and its totally NOT worth it... lol

As in you get nothing super special for it?

 

[Mike Works]

Hit level 20 and just beat the final Story mission. Still haven't done Strikes on Venus or Mars yet.

Having done that, does anyone have advice for the best way to get items/weapons that have Light?

Thanks in advance.

 

[SnakeEyes]

did he get any decent drops?

Must not have.

I, however, and the guys who I ran it with will probably agree, is that the raid is fun as hell to do and is totally worth it.

As in you get nothing super special for it?

People just continuing to whine for not having guaranteed gear. People need to stop getting upset about receiving crafting materials too.

 

[ViciousDS]

Hit level 20 and just beat the final Story mission. Still haven't done Strikes on Venus or Mars yet.

Having done that, does anyone have advice for the best way to get items/weapons that have Light?

Thanks in advance.

Strike playlists are good to run

 

[GavinUK86]

Okay, I just got my first Legendary engram. Now I understand that thread title.

You all know how I feel. **sigh**

 

[Heroman]

.......

That is not how.

the other way would be me grinding all day in strike or pvp. Neither of which are any good

 

[Hawkian]

People want a game they can play for months or years on end, and yet, the drive to maximize everything in the first few days seems to be so damn strong.

Enjoy the game and items'll come in time. Pace yourself and you'll actually appreciate upgrades as they happen. Those who have rushed to max in the smallest slice of time are just making the prospect of any upgrade take that much longer and farther between.

Whats really the fun factor here - the gear, or what you use the gear to do? Are the missions and combat just a means to an end or are they what its all about?

I agree with all of this.

I've come to understand the game is actually designed to (outside of the raid itself), not demand a whole lot of your time per night for guaranteed progression, instead opting for a certain handful of things per week to knock out at your leisure. If you play more than that, then it just means (hopefully?) that you're enjoying yourself.

On any given evening, do not continue playing past the point where you are no longer having fun for the promise of reward. This is actually pretty key to the structure of the game.

oooooohhhhhhhh. Thanks!

anytime!

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Must not have.

I, however, and the guys who I ran it with will probably agree, is that the raid is fun as hell to do and is totally worth it.


People just continuing to whine for not having guaranteed loot. People need to stop getting upset about receiving crafting materials too.

I mean I'll play it, but more for the fact I'd play with irl friends and get to talk to them for that much time considering they're all around the country.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Hit level 20 and just beat the final Story mission. Still haven't done Strikes on Venus or Mars yet.

Having done that, does anyone have advice for the best way to get items/weapons that have Light?

Thanks in advance.

You will start getting rares with light. I've been doing heroic story missions and getting 1/2 a mission.

Best way is to run strike playlist though.

 

[kanuuna]

Vault of Glass. Wow. I just spent 5 hours in that place. We made it to the last boss and decided to call it a day. Maybe we'll finish it off tomorrow.

Today's haul from the raid: 1x Legendary Sniper Rifle that didn't seem all that out of the ordinary and some number of Ascendant Materials. Curiously, no Engrams of any kind from any bosses or minions.

I have to say that I am in awe of that raid. And not just from the sense of scale and incredible art and sound design. After playing the plain and repetive Strikes to cap the Vanguard Marks last week, this was a breeze of fresh air. Unexpected variety with the likes

Spoiler

Labyrinth and the fading platforms

. Bosses with

Spoiler

multiple phases.

Spoiler

Debuffs and dispelling.

Spoiler

Hell, even an enrage timer.

After the dull experience of getting to this point, I had not expect to find an experience mirroring that of my early experiences with WoW in dungeons like BRD and UBRS with pick-up groups.

And perhaps, beating the odds, I found myself in good company. Everyone in this party, that was founded through DestinyLFG.com had a good idea of what was going on and never gave up (with only one or two people signing off at mid-point of this journey. Everyone had a mic, and everyone seemed to have a good time. Everything went better than expected.

I think I like Vault of Glass. Though some opponents still feel a tad bullet-spongy, I feel Bungie is on the right track with this. I'm a lot more optimistic than I was 5 days ago. I want to see more.

 

[Seil]

Hit level 20 and just beat the final Story mission. Still haven't done Strikes on Venus or Mars yet.

Having done that, does anyone have advice for the best way to get items/weapons that have Light?

Thanks in advance.

I'd recommend playing the strike playlist or crucible. Both can give gear and provide marks. You'll likely have to buy a couple pieces of legendary gear, but level 20 blues shouldn't be all that bad honestly. You're guaranteed level 20 blues for doing level 24 strikes, so just build up your light some to get there. Engrams and Crucible can also give you level 20 stuff, but not guaranteed.

Using one of the engram farming methods is useful, but whether that's a good option depends on the person =p

 

[Zomba13]

Just got this doing a chest run on Mars, didn't know you could get ships in chests too, is there anything you can't get in those things?

That's weird. My "Laughing Behind Your Back" (great name for a ship btw and perfectly sums up how I think Bungie feels about all of your Legendary Engram woes) is a bronze/copper colour with the top shark fin thing and some missles on top.

 

[Jack Scofield]

Jeez, I'm like level 13 but I'm still confused about things. What the heck is a Vanguard Quartermaster and Vanguard Specialist? Is the quartermaster the guy in the very back of the Tower surrounding the table? If so, who is the specialist?

 

[darthbob]

There seems to be a slot open for another subclass. We might see that in an expansion.

Seems probable.

I would love to see what a Solar based Titan can do, or an Arc Warlock.

 

[Ivory Samoan]

What's the most enjoyable, least grind-heavy way of leveling beyond 20 for someone that prefers PvE?

I'm a recently minted 20 also, and I don't have a solution for you, but I don't mind the grind - as long as I'm in a social fireteam, not the gym-grunters I had last night (that'll teach me to PUG it up ).

Me: "So guys, should we actually try and kill this boss or you gonna keep running around and dance?"

Team mate 1: "Grunt"
Team mate 2: "Ugh"

Me: "Cool story bros "


....it's lucky a j'adore the PvP - my K/D is average as, but I have a ball, especially in Skirmish and Control

 

[Afrocious]

Yay. Finally hit 25. Anyone want to group up for the weekly heroic/weekly nightfall?

 

[kittens]

XB1 raid group in two hours. LEZ DO IT

 

[The Librarian]

Found all the gold chests on Venus! Just Mars to go...

Now, I'm going to try out that Heroic daily story mission.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Vault of Glass. Wow. I just spent 5 hours in that place. We made it to the last boss and decided to call it a day. Maybe we'll finish it off tomorrow.

Today's haul from the raid: 1x Legendary Sniper Rifle that didn't seem all that out of the ordinary and some number of Ascendant Materials. Curiously, no Engrams of any kind from any bosses or minions.

I have to say that I am in awe of that raid. And not just from the sense of scale and incredible art and sound design. After playing the plain and repetive Strikes to cap the Vanguard Marks last week, this was a breeze of fresh air. Unexpected variety with the likes

Spoiler

Labyrinth and the fading platforms

. Bosses with

Spoiler

multiple phases.

Spoiler

Debuffs and dispelling.

Spoiler

Hell, even an enrage timer.

After the dull experience of getting to this point, I had not expect to find an experience mirroring that of my early experiences with WoW in dungeons like BRD and UBRS with pick-up groups.

And perhaps, beating the odds, I found myself in good company. Everyone in this party, that was founded through DestinyLFG.com had a good idea of what was going on and never gave up (with only one or two people signing off at mid-point of this journey. Everyone had a mic, and everyone seemed to have a good time. Everything went better than expected.

I think I like Vault of Glass. Though some opponents still feel a tad bullet-spongy, I feel Bungie is on the right track with this. I'm a lot more optimistic than I was 5 days ago. I want to see more.

Wow. Great post. Thanks for the impressions. Looking forward to getting the gear needed to do the Vault of Glass!

 

[Heroman]

Vault of Glass. Wow. I just spent 5 hours in that place. We made it to the last boss and decided to call it a day. Maybe we'll finish it off tomorrow.

Today's haul from the raid: 1x Legendary Sniper Rifle that didn't seem all that out of the ordinary and some number of Ascendant Materials. Curiously, no Engrams of any kind from any bosses or minions.

I have to say that I am in awe of that raid. And not just from the sense of scale and incredible art and sound design. After playing the plain and repetive Strikes to cap the Vanguard Marks last week, this was a breeze of fresh air. Unexpected variety with the likes

Spoiler

Labyrinth and the fading platforms

. Bosses with

Spoiler

multiple phases.

Spoiler

Debuffs and dispelling.

Spoiler

Hell, even an enrage timer.

After the dull experience of getting to this point, I had not expect to find an experience mirroring that of my early experiences with WoW in dungeons like BRD and UBRS with pick-up groups.

And perhaps, beating the odds, I found myself in good company. Everyone in this party, that was founded through DestinyLFG.com had a good idea of what was going on and never gave up (with only one or two people signing off at mid-point of this journey. Everyone had a mic, and everyone seemed to have a good time. Everything went better than expected.

I think I like Vault of Glass. Though some opponents still feel a tad bullet-spongy, I feel Bungie is on the right track with this. I'm a lot more optimistic than I was 5 days ago. I want to see more.

How did you make it to the last boss in 5 hours?