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

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Aces&Eights

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With Skywatch, you don't have to die at all. No waiting.

Ahhh, whelp, once again I have to suffer through work all day until I can get home to try something new out in hopes that RNG took a valium and is being nice today.

EDIT: I cannot remember the last game that had me jones so much for it when I'm at work, had me reading about it on my break, watching farm videos on my lunch and talking about it with everyone I know. Maybe Demon's Souls. This game!
 

Calcium

Banned
I wonder how may players get to level 20ish and are not into PVP, go to the Vanguard vendor, sees the grind and thinks fuck that!

I'd imagine quite a few. Those people would then try to farm legendary engrams and then quit after Rahool breaks their hearts.
 

SharkJAW

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Invisibility's strength is you're removed off of the radar with the capability to move at full speed around the map. You're generally caught if you move directly into someone's crosshairs which is relatively easily avoided. If you do get caught, blink is your best friend.
 
I have the chest Armor. Bad thing is that I'm a hunter and it's for a titan.

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jay23

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Well, I read that invisibility takes you off the radar - that's a strong plus. And good point about reviving!



Hmm, so the fast recharge isn't worth it at all? It's super fast haha.


Did not know it takes you off the radar thanks. Gotta try using it to flank teams in PvP.
 

SharkJAW

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Well, I read that invisibility takes you off the radar - that's a strong plus. And good point about reviving!



Hmm, so the fast recharge isn't worth it at all? It's super fast haha.
Do you mean for the blink strike? It's nice if you have the armor set up for intellect and discipline so you have fast recharging on everything, but blink strike isn't so obscenely good that you need it all the time. The range increase is okay. I'd say it's strength is your ability to melee while airborne. Still, this game with its low ttk favors getting the drop on someone, which invisibility helps with.
 

Zomba13

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When I did it only 3 spawned at a time and there was about a 10 second pause between spawns. Was definitely not worth it. Am I missing something??

Make sure all the Hive are dead in the area and stand way back. The area with the rubble right across from the cave with the door (not the Hive ship, the normal building door) on the left (as you look towards the cave) is a good spot.
 

kubus

Member
Ok this is not funny anymore.

I've been struggling to get Light Armor for three days now (still lvl 20) and so far all I've gotten is Light Boots.

x4.

No other armor engram wants to drop for me :(((
 

purg3

slept with Malkin
Off to a good start today! Got my first exotic bounty finally, so going for the shotgun. Also got a legendary chest armor out of a blue, but it was for a different class. So ascendent shards get. Got some more strange coins too! Thank you RNG gods.
 

Island

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This game hates me. My three other friends who are roughly the same time played as me (25-35hrs) are all complaining about the number of blues they are getting from legendary engrams.

"Woe is me, for I have gotten 7 purples and they have only decrypted to 1 exotic and 2 purples! Woe! And my exotic bounty quest is sooo hard. Woe! "

I haven't even seen a purple drop. I get excited over purple ammo. I've farmed the cave, done pvp, ran strikes over and over.... And nothing.... I'm beginning to think the RNG is based off your PS4 and I got a bad roll. Someone please tell me I am not alone.
 
Ok this is not funny anymore.

I've been struggling to get Light Armor for three days now (still lvl 20) and so far all I've gotten is Light Boots.

x4.

No other armor engram wants to drop for me :(((

Lately I have found playing in Skirmish gives me the best rewards, not sure if you are playing in Crucible or not?
 

Afrocious

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That Wildstar thread got me thinking. Destiny isn't being pushed as an MMO but it still have conventions common to MMOs such as raids and loot while not being completely open world or supporting hundreds of people within the same instance.

Considering how fast it is to get to level 20 and hit 'endgame', what do you folks think about Destiny's longetivity? Right now the game is going strong, but do you think the game will retain its playerbase? I remember talk about how Destiny is being pushed to console shooter fans and how once the next big thing comes out (this being Advanced Warfare), that Destiny will lose its playerbase.

Thoughts?
 

Aces&Eights

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This game hates me. My three other friends who are roughly the same time played as me (25-35hrs) are all complaining about the number of blues they are getting from legendary engrams.

"Woe is me, for I have gotten 7 purples and they have only decrypted to 1 exotic and 2 purples! Woe! And my exotic bounty quest is sooo hard. Woe! "

I haven't even seen a purple drop. I get excited over purple ammo. I've farmed the cave, done pvp, ran strikes over and over.... And nothing.... I'm beginning to think the RNG is based off your PS4 and I got a bad roll. Someone please tell me I am not alone.

I've just hit about 25 hours, level 23, the only purple I've ever seen is for a cloak. In fact, I have been using a GREEN special weapon until last night when I FINALLY got a blue sniper rifle. It sucks. It's life. Game is fabulous.
 

Anoregon

The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
I was pleasantly surprised last night when I discovered that exotic weapons only need ascendent shards for the later tiers of upgrades and not for all of them. As I have yet to see one, that means I'll be able to get my Invective up and running to a respectable level and not be totally hamstrung until I start getting those.
 
This game hates me. My three other friends who are roughly the same time played as me (25-35hrs) are all complaining about the number of blues they are getting from legendary engrams.

"Woe is me, for I have gotten 7 purples and they have only decrypted to 1 exotic and 2 purples! Woe! And my exotic bounty quest is sooo hard. Woe! "

I haven't even seen a purple drop. I get excited over purple ammo. I've farmed the cave, done pvp, ran strikes over and over.... And nothing.... I'm beginning to think the RNG is based off your PS4 and I got a bad roll. Someone please tell me I am not alone.

Hawkian posted a good guide that you should take a look at. It focuses on earning gear rather than farming/RNG.
 
I have no idea what I'm doing on this game.

Just reached Level 20 Warlock.

What's the point in those crappy Bonds? Why do one earn me FWC marks and the other earns me Vanguard marks? What's the difference?

How come my levelling up bar has vanished yet I've seen people at 21 and 24 and 26?
 
Ok this is not funny anymore.

I've been struggling to get Light Armor for three days now (still lvl 20) and so far all I've gotten is Light Boots.

x4.

No other armor engram wants to drop for me :(((
If you don't mind pvp try crucible. When you get to rank 2 in crucible you can buy legendary gear. You might get stuff at the end of the matches too.
 

E92 M3

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Did not know it takes you off the radar thanks. Gotta try using it to flank teams in PvP.

Yes, I might also put the invisibility on my arc blade special. Though, it eats up a lot of precious seconds.

Do you mean for the blink strike? It's nice if you have the armor set up for intellect and discipline so you have fast recharging on everything, but blink strike isn't so obscenely good that you need it all the time. The range increase is okay. I'd say it's strength is your ability to melee while airborne. Still, this game with its low ttk favors getting the drop on someone, which invisibility helps with.

You're making a good point. I was a fan of the range, but invisibility has a lot more benefits.
 

Pop

Member
That Wildstar thread got me thinking. Destiny isn't being pushed as an MMO but it still have conventions common to MMOs such as raids and loot while not being completely open world or supporting hundreds of people within the same instance.

Considering how fast it is to get to level 20 and hit 'endgame', what do you folks think about Destiny's longetivity? Right now the game is going strong, but do you think the game will retain its playerbase? I remember talk about how Destiny is being pushed to console shooter fans and how once the next big thing comes out (this being Advanced Warfare), that Destiny will lose its playerbase.

Thoughts?

New content constantly. Destiny is MMOish to an extent. Those games don't start off grand like they are a couple of years down the road. But Destiny is fun and has me hooked and many others, just needs new content.
 

void666

Banned
This game hates me. My three other friends who are roughly the same time played as me (25-35hrs) are all complaining about the number of blues they are getting from legendary engrams.

"Woe is me, for I have gotten 7 purples and they have only decrypted to 1 exotic and 2 purples! Woe! And my exotic bounty quest is sooo hard. Woe! "

I haven't even seen a purple drop. I get excited over purple ammo. I've farmed the cave, done pvp, ran strikes over and over.... And nothing.... I'm beginning to think the RNG is based off your PS4 and I got a bad roll. Someone please tell me I am not alone.

You're not alone. I had to buy my legendaries. The one engram that got decrypted into a legenday was a helmet not for my class. And no exotic bounty so far.
I'm a level 25 titan with over 40 hourts of playtime.

Something i just remembered. I love hand cannons. Got my first rare hand cannon at level 24 as a strike reward. Sir Isaac it's called.
I got loads of all kinds of rare weapon. But only this one rare hand cannon.
 

Heel

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As a level 20, I got my first legendary last night from a blue engram. I haven't even seen a purple engram yet. Oddly enough it was a legendary for the very last thing I was carrying that was green, and also my go-to weapon (auto rifle). Perfect!
 

Bizazedo

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Using my PS Vita play Destiny from work and just stand by fools farming the Cave. 10 blue engrams and one legendary (eventual blue, obviously) so far. Battery is half-dead so will stop soon, though. On the bright side, it's leveling my defender Titan skills for me.

I'm of half a mind to make an alt class tonight and level him to 4, then walk his happy ass over here tomorrow during work to let others level him.
 
You wait for the respawn. In my opinion, that's longer than you respawning after you die. Also, you should pick up about 18 kills for every one death on the moon.

You're doing it wrong (standing too close or didn't wipe ALL the hive in the area) if that's the case. Two groups spawn in there non-stop and barely give you enough time to reload in between... it's a CONSTANT stream of hive out of the cave if done correctly.
 

Handy Fake

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I have no idea what I'm doing on this game.

Just reached Level 20 Warlock.

What's the point in those crappy Bonds? Why do one earn me FWC marks and the other earns me Vanguard marks? What's the difference?

How come my levelling up bar has vanished yet I've seen people at 21 and 24 and 26?

It's akin to joining a clan. If you wear a clan emblem your points go towards the currency for that clan, meaning you can buy their weapons/armour.
 
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