It is. My Cryptarch level is 14 and nothing has changed since it's been level 1. The higher percentage of getting a legendary item from an engram equating to a higher Cryptarch level is BS.
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It is. My Cryptarch level is 14 and nothing has changed since it's been level 1. The higher percentage of getting a legendary item from an engram equating to a higher Cryptarch level is BS.
I don't think this is true.
Wolvesinthebathroom
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Just got this from a blue engram I got from doing the tiger strike playlist.
Just got this from a blue engram I got from doing the tiger strike playlist.
I got that from a blue engram yesterday as well lol.
No you don't.
Basileus777
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The gift engrams you get at level up, I don't believe there has been a demonstrated benefit other than that.
Exactly, the loot system in WoW is at least predictable to some degree (this boss drops these items). Having a dice roll to even get a drop, and a dice roll to determine if it's a green item, a blue engram, a legendary, etc, then ANOTHER dice roll to determine if that engram even turns into a decent item is kind of absurd, and seems like either poor design or artificially adding play time by forcing players to grind longer.
N° 2048
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This thread makes me laugh. Glad a lot of the whiners have left though, maybe they can go to the review thread...
Anywho...thinking my next step is grind some Glimmer and then work on my Vanguard rep/marks
Slowly (which some people here can't seem to grasp) but surely I will level up past Light 24.
Anywho...thinking my next step is grind some Glimmer and then work on my Vanguard rep/marks
Slowly (which some people here can't seem to grasp) but surely I will level up past Light 24.
Yes unless you do the hardest difficulty first in which case you would get all the rewards at 1 time.
You must be joking. The last time I raided I went weeks without anything dropping for me. If something did drop I could use, I usually lost the roll. Here I can run shit till my fingers are raw. People are already level 26 and up after a week hich means they are finding Legendary's and Exotics.
Derpcrawler
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You get extras, i.e. if you do level 24 one you get 3 coins and 26 nets you 6, but if you do 24 first, then 26 will only give you 3 coins, instead of 6 for the total of 6 per week.
FloatingDivider
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You get additional engrams each time you lvl up. It's probably random but there's a chance for purples in there.
Thank you for spreading the good word brother Mugaaz, RNGesus loves us all! No man knows the time or place of that love, but it will happen....eventually...
Praise RNGesus!
RNG is a bitch. Want to know how many Blackwing Lair runs I did before I got my Judgment Shoulders? How about 4 billion? Nope, not bitter at all about it still
Silly paladin's, putting your faith in the light, when the truth lies in RNGesus!
As a pally I also ran BWL for roughly a year, and we never saw judgement spaulders drop even once.
finally got an exotic piece after dominating badly in the crucible
Nice. I have yet to see an exotic.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Played on Mercury for first time while doing Rumble bounty, spent half the time just looking at the sun.
How have only gotten on that map ONCE and the ONE time I did I LOST MY CONNECTION AND NEVER SAW IT AGAIN
DAMN ITTTTT
Yikes I... really need to try and prevent this kind of thing! I'm typing up some thoughts now.After 2 hours of farming a couple of spots and running the strike playlist, I FINALLY found a legendary heavy weapon ennegram. When I went to decode it, it turned into an ascendant shard...
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After decoding all of my blues and one purple, I had a message at the postmaster and I ended up getting 2 more purples and one blue. The blue was a Grinder's Cloak (cause I don't have a million of these already) and the 2 legendaries downgraded to rares and were a pair of Rustburner 1.5's and a fucking shotgun. It's time for me to take a break before I through my controller through the window...
There's no evidence this has any effect
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
I just got my third bloodpact shader.
Only five more strikes until I'm 7/7 for Legendaries! (not including shader and emblem)
Only five more strikes until I'm 7/7 for Legendaries! (not including shader and emblem)
Yeah I just got 2 purples and a blue for leveling and the 2 purples downgraded to rare...
*sigh*...
Exotic are not real. They are a myth spread by players for jokesNice. I have yet to see an exotic.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Got a purple legendary package by way of special orders...turned into 3 blues. A strange coin and two I just dismantled as they weren't as good as what I'm already rocking.
Boy do I want Vanguard armour though, long ways away.
Boy do I want Vanguard armour though, long ways away.
Derpcrawler
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Lost roll? Git out, anyone serious about raiding had DKP/EPGP system in place. After start of each new tier I would be rocking Heroic/BiS gear after 2-3 months.
As I said, loot in Destiny is also random, you don't get good rolls for your class all the time, i.e. you use Hand Canon and armor pieces roll bonuses for Scout/Auto Rifle, and you prefer grenade spam, but pieces roll Strength instead of Discipline. But in WoW it at least drops, here it doesn't drop at any reasonable rate. On top of engrams being very rare (I had maybe 13-15 drop, rest came from mail) it has small chance to roll legendary, which in the end might not be useful (wrong class/stats/upgrades).
Yeah, people need to realize the best way to get legendaries is to get your rep up and buy them.
FloatingDivider
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Are they lvl 16 too? I always enjoy when they are. It's not even the good kind of rare where you might need to check the perks before deleting.
Finally got my first legendary yesterday. A rocket launcher called unfriendly giant iirc. A primary or piece of armor would've been better but whatever. Edit: just to clarify. Got this rl from a purple engram that i found while doing a strike.
So i spent some time yesterday farming loot on that spot on the moon. After all my rare and legendary engrams turned to shit i decided to work on my vanguard rep.
Did a shit ton of strikes. I know it's random but damn, i did devil's lair like 5 times. The one in venus with the archon priest also a lot of times. Fun nevertheless but tiresome to do the same things over and over.
Anyway, got vanguard rank 2 and bought a legendary armor. And i'll buy a gauntlet later. Fuck you RNGod! I'm not your slave.
Also i upgraded my titan defender class. I'm in love with the bubble shield. Got the bless of light buff. It's very useful. I was doing a strike with some randoms. One was a defender titan with weapons of light buff.
We by coincidence placed our shields one next to the other. So good.
I'm having way more fun than i thought i would. I'm addicted. Went to bed at 4am because is this game.
So i spent some time yesterday farming loot on that spot on the moon. After all my rare and legendary engrams turned to shit i decided to work on my vanguard rep.
Did a shit ton of strikes. I know it's random but damn, i did devil's lair like 5 times. The one in venus with the archon priest also a lot of times. Fun nevertheless but tiresome to do the same things over and over.
Anyway, got vanguard rank 2 and bought a legendary armor. And i'll buy a gauntlet later. Fuck you RNGod! I'm not your slave.
Also i upgraded my titan defender class. I'm in love with the bubble shield. Got the bless of light buff. It's very useful. I was doing a strike with some randoms. One was a defender titan with weapons of light buff.
We by coincidence placed our shields one next to the other. So good.
I'm having way more fun than i thought i would. I'm addicted. Went to bed at 4am because is this game.
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
I do have a Legendary class item but it's ugly. But thanks to CE I do have Legendary ship and ghost shell ;p
Sparrow will come in time
Bounties / patrols.
How did you know when they got legendary drops? Like pvp and it says it on screen? And I was at Skywatch for hours and saw no purples. The only way I get any is from the crypt guy.
Shiera Seastar
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I thought the consensus was that the attack number determines whether you actually could possibly damage higher-level enemies or not. As it says in the game: "Higher Attack allows your weapons to damage higher-level opponents." And Impact "increases the damage inflicted by each round".
Derpcrawler
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All those stats are pure defense only, recovery affects your health/shield regen. So I would personally stack agility and armor, so you are not getting one-shotted by bosses and can dodge crap more easily.
Also, by the weekend there should be more guides and tips about how to complete the Raid.
Awesome!
Would be great if you hit 28 by then. What does it entail to hit 28? A full Legendary + Exotic set I assume at the very least, probably with a Defense upgrade or two with Ascendant Shards?
I was thinking for pvp.
20 pretty sure
Mattdaddy
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Has anyone used the legendary auto rifle from the New Monarchy faction? I think it's called "Vanquisher".
I like how it looks and like the stats, but the clip size is kinda low (22). A plus is that it can be upgraded to almost full stability, but I just don't want to be reloading constantly.
Thoughts on it?
I like how it looks and like the stats, but the clip size is kinda low (22). A plus is that it can be upgraded to almost full stability, but I just don't want to be reloading constantly.
Thoughts on it?
I just thought of a hypothetical way to farm for drops in the crucible. I probably wouldn't do this since it'd be a lot of work and you're still at the mercy of the RNG, but people are saying the better drops do come from PvP.
Can 6 players form a fireteam and play skirmish or rumble against each other? You could work it out so that one player gets all the kills on one other player, next game they switch places so K/D is not affected. One spot on the map can be designated the kill spot so each player just sprints there to their kill/death as fast as possible. Matches would end super fast and there would be potential legendary or exotic drops for everyone at the end of each match.
Can 6 players form a fireteam and play skirmish or rumble against each other? You could work it out so that one player gets all the kills on one other player, next game they switch places so K/D is not affected. One spot on the map can be designated the kill spot so each player just sprints there to their kill/death as fast as possible. Matches would end super fast and there would be potential legendary or exotic drops for everyone at the end of each match.
The Lamonster
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What does the "space magic" medal mean in crucible?
In fact, how do you find out what anything means lol
In fact, how do you find out what anything means lol
FloatingDivider
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We need one more guy for the weekly strike, if anyone is up for it message me/ friends request me on psn at YzeNup
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
it means ur a wizard 'arry
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