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[rugioh]

Yup, this is a great way. The playlist is not very attractive, especially if you need reputation. Maybe if you have a solid fireteam and can breeze through it, but solo not so much. On Patrol, you could also farm the materials to exchange for more marks and reputation if you have a lot (I'd keep a buffer of 50 or so for upgrading gear), and grab chests and do missions for even more reputation.

Plus you'll get several Ascendant materials each day if you chase public events, which are now more frequent.

How much rep do you get for spinmetal turnins?

 

[Heroman]

Question for you guys. I've only really played one thing MMO or MMO like and that was Star Trek Online. Near the airplanes in Old Russia on earth, there is a torn fence with a ledge below. I saw it and went down there and there is a cave with a enemy inside with ?? as his level. I couldn't touch him and he killed me with one shot.

DLC or is that something you have to be high level to check out. I think it might be a chest in there.

What level are you?

 

[BananasWithGuns]

I got the exotic handcannon Thorn and it's terrible. ._.

Dang, really?

I would have thought the DoT would be pretty nice.

 

[PedroLumpy]

My apologies if this has been mentioned before, but been able to look through the Grimoire cards during loading would have been great.

 

[enewtabie]

What level are you?

I'm 18 now,but I think I was 9 when I went in there.

 

[Oni Jazar]

Is there any faster way to speed up my Crucible Rank? I've played like 40 matches and I'm still only half way to rank 1.

 

[Killzig]

Yup, this is a great way. The playlist is not very attractive, especially if you need reputation. Maybe if you have a solid fireteam and can breeze through it, but solo not so much. On Patrol, you could also farm the materials to exchange for more marks and reputation if you have a lot (I'd keep a buffer of 50 or so for upgrading gear), and grab chests and do missions for even more reputation.

Plus you'll get several Ascendant materials each day if you chase public events, which are now more frequent.

To add to this, the only exotic / legendary weapons I have found/decrypted have come from killing adds during public events. If anyone needs a refresher on the schedule of these they can find it here:

http://www.destinypedia.com/Public_Event

I'd also add that it's way more fun to do than grinding crota / oryx / whatever for hours.

 

[MagicWithEarvin]

Is there any faster way to speed up my Crucible Rank? I've played like 40 matches and I'm still only half way to rank 1.

Complete bounties

 

[CouchMaster]

By the weekend I'll be able to buy boots and a helmet to complete my armor set with Legendaries and an Exotic. I'll probably wait to see what Xur is selling though before I grab anything.

Exactly my plan. I have legendary chest piece and boots from Crucible handler, and enough marks to buy gauntlets, but I'll wait n see what Xur has to offer before jumping in.

 

[Oni Jazar]

Complete bounties

yeah I'm trying...

 

[rugioh]

To add to this, the only exotic / legendary weapons I have found/decrypted have come from killing adds during public events. If anyone needs a refresher on the schedule of these they can find it here:

http://www.destinypedia.com/Public_Event

I'd also add that it's way more fun to do than grinding crota / oryx / whatever for hours.

I was doing this last night. Mothyards and The Divide seem to be dead on times, but The Steppes never seems to spawn any events.

 

[nib95]

Woo! A review that finally gets it. Yes I know there's a review thread, but last time I checked it was quite troll-ey.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-09-17-destiny-review

Excellent review. Some choice quotes I think completely nail it.

Some have been quick to dismiss it as a kitchen-sink hybrid: a bunch of derivative, focus-tested features slapped together without thought for how well they coalesce. That's understandable, but unfair. The deeper you penetrate into Destiny's systems, the more you'll appreciate how subtle, finely crafted and distinct this hybrid is. The ingredients are (almost) all familiar, but the recipe is quite unusual.

This, for me, is Destiny's raison d'être, its resounding justification. It's a systematically refined game, with superlative combat and intriguing progression that plays the long game. It's beautiful. It's a slow burner, perhaps dangerously so for the skittish console audience, although the prevailing winds in gaming - where social, persistent metagaming is king - are on its side. It's a sound competitive shooter that doesn't particularly stand out in a sea of strong competition. It's inscrutable and cold and heavy-handed, saddled with pompous lore, inept storytelling and undercooked mission design. It won't necessarily satisfy fans of Halo's rollercoaster campaigns. It could really use a sense of humour. And it initially appears to do nothing new beyond require an internet connection.

But in the white heat of the Strike playlists - or in Heroic mission runs with a friend, or in the unheralded arrival of a public event whilst tooling around in Patrol - Destiny blazes a clear trail through the middle of the desolate no man's land that, for years now, has segregated the bombastic emptiness of shooter campaigns from the frenetic slaughter of multiplayer. And it does so with a poise and depth that its few peers - games like the charming but scrappy Borderlands and Far Cry - cannot match; a poise and depth that will keep people playing it for years.

 

[Poodlestrike]

My apologies if this has been mentioned before, but been able to look through the Grimoire cards during loading would have been great.

Apparently, if the Grimoire had needed to be pressed onto the disc before launch, it wouldn't have been made at all; I hope they'll be bringing it into the game as a patch.

 

[Daemul]

There a consensus on which is better: joining a faction and getting rep, or just doing Vanguard stuff?

Factions are easier to level up since they take both Vanguard AND Crucible reputation. I have both the Vanguard and Crucible at level 1, but I've abandoned them in favour for my faction since it's much easier to level.

It's also more fun since you don't have to restrict yourself to one mode, you can play PvE and PvP equally and not have to worry that you're wasting valuable reputation grinding time.

I like that people are now going for Vanguard/Crucible reps and marks instead of playing the Cryptarch lottery, this is what you guys should've done from the start. But of course there was no way of telling how fucked up epic loot is in this game, so I don't blame anyone.

My enjoyment of the game has gone up since I started just focusing on rep, grinding for engrams was really draining me, but now, I can just buy the Legendary gear I want.

Now, if only Bungie could increase the crucible mark limit, and I'll be golden.

 

[Carn82]

Legendary Engram -twitter

these are good ^_^

 

[Daemul]

I got the exotic handcannon Thorn and it's terrible. ._.

I threw that bounty away, a hand cannon isn't worth all that trouble.

 

[Xater]

Is there any faster way to speed up my Crucible Rank? I've played like 40 matches and I'm still only half way to rank 1.

Except for also doing bounties, no. I'd say lay time efficient modes like Clash. You get 10 rep per game and if you win 25.

I got the exotic handcannon Thorn and it's terrible. ._.

Heard that a lot. Glad I picked up the exotic shotgun bounty instead. That one is supposed to be awesome since you can make it auto fire.

 

[WITHE1982]

Question for you guys. I've only really played one thing MMO or MMO like and that was Star Trek Online. Near the airplanes in Old Russia on earth, there is a torn fence with a ledge below. I saw it and went down there and there is a cave with a enemy inside with ?? as his level. I couldn't touch him and he killed me with one shot.

DLC or is that something you have to be high level to check out. I think it might be a chest in there.

Yeah he's been there since the alpha. Appears as either a knight or an Ogre. I killed him at level 18. There's a ghost to collect and a chest in there.

 

[ComputerBlue]

My apologies if this has been mentioned before, but been able to look through the Grimoire cards during loading would have been great.

Great idea, if it just showed 2 or 3 random cards instead of that useless ship animation it would have made the loading times far more tolerable. That's what they should have done.

 

[Carn82]

My apologies if this has been mentioned before, but been able to look through the Grimoire cards during loading would have been great.

That would be awesome. Or atleast viewable in the menu or something; so I have something to do while waiting on matchmaking.

 

[PuMa]

Apparently, if the Grimoire had needed to be pressed onto the disc before launch, it wouldn't have been made at all; I hope they'll be bringing it into the game as a patch.

Yeah, these should AT LEAST be in the game. Crazy not to be.

 

[Killzig]

I was doing this last night. Mothyards and The Divide seem to be dead on times, but The Steppes never seems to spawn any events.

Yeah, on earth I bounce between those two and do patrol missions / chest rotations in between.

 

[FF Seraphim]

I decided to screw the randoms and just buy my legendaries. PvP all this week now.

 

[Wolfgunblood Garopa]

That cover is still off-putting. Why make the back of the helmet look like a front? It's so weird.

 

[sploatee]

Excellent review. Some choice quotes I think completely nail it.

Glad you agree!

I guess I have a more gut reaction to this game than most.

I absolutely love difficult games and ones which put you through the wringer, and the Heroic strikes are just heaven to me. As soon as I saw you could put the difficulty up to 'impossible', I was like "this really is the game for me!".

 

[Xater]

I decided to screw the randoms and just buy my legendaries. PvP all this week now.

I did that and you won't regret it. Fuck RNG.

 

[GavinGT]

That cover is still off-putting. Why make the back of the helmet look like a front? It's so weird.

Welcome to like a year ago.

 

[Victrix]

Glad you agree!

I guess I have a more gut reaction to this game than most.

I absolutely love difficult games and ones which put you through the wringer, and the Heroic strikes are just heaven to me. As soon as I saw you could put the difficulty up to 'impossible', I was like "this really is the game for me!".

Have you done an Epic Strike yet?

They're fucking bonkers.

 

[Bizazedo]

How much rep do you get for spinmetal turnins?

250. Crazy, isn't it. Strikes don't reward enough marks or rep.

I was doing this last night. Mothyards and The Divide seem to be dead on times, but The Steppes never seems to spawn any events.

Yeah, Steppes is weird. I've done the Event there, but the timing seems screwy. The others are dead-on...ish.

 

[Daemul]

I decided to screw the randoms and just buy my legendaries. PvP all this week now.

 

[VE3TRO]

Quickest and easiest way to get Vanguard Marks? I need 7.

 

[Daemul]

250. Crazy, isn't it. Strikes don't reward enough marks or rep.

Hold on, you get 250 rep for handing in 50 spinmetal?

 

[Trasher]

Dang, really?

I would have thought the DoT would be pretty nice.

To be fair I haven't gotten to that upgrade of it yet. But right out of the box it's pretty meh. The clip size of 6 is probably one of the biggest issues with it. Especially when you see plenty of blue handcannons that have 9-11. Hopefully it gets better as I unlock more upgrades for it. As it stands now though it's pretty rough to use. Was expecting it to be a big upgrade from blues right out the gate, but that's not the case unfortunately. I'm still using my blue primaries if I'm trying to kill harder enemies/higher level content.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Glad you agree!

I guess I have a more gut reaction to this game than most.

I absolutely love difficult games and ones which put you through the wringer, and the Heroic strikes are just heaven to me. As soon as I saw you could put the difficulty up to 'impossible', I was like "this really is the game for me!".

You actually can't put the difficulty up to impossible; not really. It won't let you start the mission

 

[Tovarisc]

Heard that a lot. Glad I picked up the exotic shotgun bounty instead. That one is supposed to be awesome since you can make it auto fire.

It's full auto by default. What you get to it is more bang to last shot of mag and regeneration of ammo [read: basically infinite ammo]. It has good range too making it pure beast in PvP

 

[rugioh]

250. Crazy, isn't it. Strikes don't reward enough marks or rep.



Yeah, Steppes is weird. I've done the Event there, but the timing seems screwy. The others are dead-on...ish.

lmao are you sure spinmetal is 250 rep? That's INSANE.

I just found a post on reddit that confirms the steppes public event spawn is sort of finnicky, but they have a pretty good old russia public event route mapped down to fit in as many as you can into an hour. Very useful for those farming rep.

http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2gltxy/how_i_maxed_out_my_vanguard_marks_in_under_4/

 

[rafaelr]

Quickest and easiest way to get Vanguard Marks? I need 7.

iirc, you get 4 for completing a public event. and you get 5 for trading in 50 spinmetal/relic iron/helium filaments/spirit bloom at the vanguard quartermaster.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Hold on, you get 250 rep for handing in 50 spinmetal?

Rep, not marks.

 

[figadapaura]

Damn, why the fuck didn't I use the Fusion Rifle before?! This thing is boss.

 

[Trumpet909]

Quickest and easiest way to get Vanguard Marks? I need 7.

Gold on public events rewards 4 each, plus two for the first gold of the day. Moth yards and divide on old Russia have one every 15 minutes.

 

[Trasher]

Quickest and easiest way to get Vanguard Marks? I need 7.

You get 6 for doing the level 24 Strike playlist.

 

[X-Frame]

How much rep do you get for spinmetal turnins?

If I recall correctly, you get +5 marks, +25 reputation, and 200 or 250 glimmer per 50 materials. If you have a lot, and have unlocked the Rank 2 world bonus for the planet you're farming on for increased chance for material nodes dropping more materials, exchanging materials is a great supplement to public events and strikes for marks and rep. Just know that you need them for upgrading high tier gear before you sell it all -- I'm which case you could just farm again for 15 minutes, no big deal.

Exactly my plan. I have legendary chest piece and boots from Crucible handler, and enough marks to buy gauntlets, but I'll wait n see what Xur has to offer before jumping in.

I think if more people realized they could just buy their full Legendary set after a couple weeks of playing the game normally they'd stop getting so frustrated with not being lucky enough when they sit somewhere for 3 hours farming a spot. To each his own, but that would greatly kill the fun for me. Still, I can't deny that the loot system needs tweaks when Legendary engrams more often turn into blues.

I was doing this last night. Mothyards and The Divide seem to be dead on times, but The Steppes never seems to spawn any events.

I plan on going Public Event chasing this weekend, and those 2 spots are reportedly the most reliable. If you pass through areas on the way to and from those places that spawn more events, that'd be great too. Take missions, find chests, and destroy mobs on the way!

 

[Poodlestrike]

Quickest and easiest way to get Vanguard Marks? I need 7.

Public events, patrol missions, bounties.

 

[FF Seraphim]

I did that and you won't regret it. Fuck RNG.

Yep got two piece off Dead Orbit, working on getting my Vanguard Rep to level 2 now so I might have a full set of Legendary hopefully by sunday.

Only thing I am not going to like is the fact I need to grind for Spirit Blooms soon...

 

[Xater]

250. Crazy, isn't it. Strikes don't reward enough marks or rep.

This so much. I enjoy doing strikes but the payouts are way too low for the investment they take. I can probably generate more rep by doing bounties and patrol.

Yep got two piece off Dead Orbit, working on getting my Vanguard Rep to level 2 now so I might have a full set of Legendary hopefully by sunday.

Only thing I am not going to like is the fact I need to grind for Spirit Blooms soon...

I just had to grind lots of Helium. Will need even more but without the ascendant shards that I also need I am not going to invest more time into that right now.

 

[Byron Bluth]

So I've maxed my new monarchy and vanguard rep to 3.

I got the level 18 legendaries. Do they ever get anything higher than 18 or have I hit another wall and need to pray to RNGesus?

 

[Ken]

I don't think there's anything wrong with farming; not like there's anything else to do in between capping marks.

 

[PrivateWHudson]

I was lvl 24 with all blues, which is imo the highest lvl you can achieve without legendaries. I'm almost lvl 26 now and haven't even found a purple engram, forget about actually finding useful stuff. Both my legendary pieces are purchased from crucible vendor.

I'm still trying to figure out buying things. Isn't there a 100 mark cap, with legendary items costing more then 100 marks? That would mean that the most you could have until next week is 200 marks, not enough for two Legendary items...

 

[MADGAME]

I have 2 legendary weapons ready for their 3 final damage upgrades but I lack Ascendant Energy. Each upgrade needs 6, so I need 18 total. I've only acquired 4 from playing every day since launch. Come on.

Same with Ascendant Shards. I have legendary gear I can't upgrade the last defensive stats because I lack the material - I need 32 of them to upgrade my current gear.

 

[Ken]

I'm still trying to figure out buying things. Isn't there a 100 mark cap, with legendary items costing more then 100 marks? That would mean that the most you could have until next week is 200 marks, not enough for two Legendary items...

head piece is 120ish (so two weeks)
other body pieces are like 60 each
weapons take 2 or 3 weeks

if you cap both crucible and vanguard marks you can be fully geared out in legendary armor pieces in 2 weeks

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speaking of marks, since you can't buy other class gear with vanguard marks, is anyone even going to bother capping once you get a set of equipment you like?