To force you to spend it. I'm freaking swimming in glimmer and I haven't even hit 26. Invest in ammo synthesis.
Oooh, yeah. cosmetics definitely have no impact (until Fashion Guardians endgame of course).
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Destiny |OT3| Oh sweet a Legen- wait never mind, it's a rare.
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BenjaminBirdie
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O_O
I'm sorry, this is all foreign to me. Can you give me an example of an actual in-game item that is Type 1 versus Type 2, or whatever?
Barring some variable I am totally unaware of, that sort of thing doesn't matter. Your Level 24 set should consider of gear that is:
-Rare (blue)
-Base level 20 (should start with +13 Light)
-Fully upgraded (making it +15)
Everything else is totally irrelevant IMO. You won't even be wearing it that long- by this evening I'll only have one rare piece left.
Oh I'm 100% agreeing with your points, I just wouldn't phrase it like there are two "teams" on how to gear up- farming versus earning. There's just one intended method of progression pre-raid, which can be augmented by farming. Engrams are an absolute joke if viewed as "the way forward." But they're quite nice when you understand that you don't need themI love it when a blue one turns into a strange coin.
Got it. That's what I needed to know. Best Rare Gear starts at Level 20/+13 light.
Weirdly it's been hard to find 20 level rare (still rolling two 18s), but I have a Legendary Leg Armor so I'm already almost done with 23.
Seriously, your guide is perfection.
Yeah, i thought the guy was offline but he was not. He joined in as soon as that post went up.
It's just one guy alive right now. Facing Ultra Knights. Yeah. We screwed.
anyone really. Though this strike isn't easy. Not easy at all. The arena battle was far easier than Devil Lair Nightfalll Arena battle. It's just the damn ogre part.
Union Carbine
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Found this on Reddit: "[Statistics] We decoded 590 engrams, here are the results.":
(4 people) This took us since launch to gather, we we're interested in what the chances we're for each rarity to come out of green\blue\purple engrams so we decided to record all of it. Here was our results
NOTE: We gathered ALOT more greens but for the purpose of the test we wanted to keep it as even as possible, but gathering legendary engrams was taking way too long so we decided to stop and check results. Strange coins\motes came under blue rarity count when decoding blue engrams.
Total engrams gathered
Green: 290 Blue: 250 Purple: 55
Results:
(FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY I WILL POST THE COLOR OF THE LOOT NOT THE NAME OF THE RARITY)
GREEN ENGRAM RARITY:
- White: 68 \ 23.45%
- Green: 201 \ 69.31%
- Blue: 21 \ 7.24%
- Purple: 0
- Yellow: 0
BLUE ENGRAM RARITY:
- White: 0
- Green: 53 \ 21.2%
- Blue: 186 \ 74.4%
- Purple: 11 \ 4.4%
- Yellow: 0
PURPLE ENGRAM RARITY:
Pretty interesting results!! Apologies for the crappy formatting I don't use reddit too often! Sorry we couldn't get more and I'm sure the numbers would change with a much greater amount of resources but this is just a small idea of what you will get from your engram!!
- White: 0
- Green: 2 \ 3.64%
- Blue: 33 \ 60%
- Purple: 19 \ 34.55%
- Yellow: 1 \ 1.82%
Thanks for reading
You're right, it's odd how rare level 20 blues are. I find I get more by doing missions/strikes at my level or doing Crucible.
RNGesus chortles at this response...
we can only hope Bungie did, we'll certainly see over the weekend.
What does ammo synthesis do? I thought it was just buying ammo you could get for free?
The strongest evidence I've seen that your Light level has a strong bearing on your loot rolls is that I didn't see a single Level 20 rare until level 22; at level 25, they seem to be more common than non-20s.
It's a consumable item you can use at any time to refill your ammo. Boom. More info coming shortly in a tips n' tricks post
That blew, lol.
Icyflamez96
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Wait.... I'm level 20. How do I level up a faction?
backflip10019
Member
Hmm... 35% chance of getting a purple from a purple engram. Interesting. Not a bad shot for getting a purple from a blue either.
Union Carbine
Member
More ammo on demand. I've definitely been on more than one mission in which I was running low to empty on all my ammunition types. Consume one of these and get a free refill. Ah, refreshing.
I thought I read Dax would be adding it to the OT. Necessary reading for sure.
Do you PvP? I think it's important to keep in mind that all the factions need Crucible marks.
Unless by "faction" you just meant any vendor. In which case do bounties!
What's a good trick for 9k exp in russia?
Cosmetics are key for dance contests!
Buy your class item from the appropriate faction and wear it...all strikes, patrol missions, special events and cruicible match rep gains go to the faction you are representing via your class item.
KoruptData
Member
Guys, once you max out a subclass, at least equip the other one when turning in bounties even if you have no plans on using it. That goes with anything you want to level. Common sense but not many people think to switch subclass.
super-famicom
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Buy a class item from the faction you want to join. Equip it to join that faction and now any reputation you would have earned for Vanguard or Crucible will now go to your faction instead.
Hey, at least we made it to the ogre. That's something right?
Fuck me! All I have is the fusion rifle!
I want that weapon
I hope RNG works in your favor soon!
Melvinator
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Thanks For This Guide! Amazing Work!
I was concerned I'd have grind / farm for good gear but following your advice sounds way better!
Each week, a Bungie team will enter the Crucible.
Each week, you’ll be invited to hunt them.
Each week, those of you who defeat them will win this player emblem.
When fellow Guardians see The Sign of Opposing Will on your nameplate they’ll ask, “Where did you get that?”
You’ll be able to tell them, “I beat Bungie at their own game!”
Your mission (if you choose to accept it) is:
Clash
Thursday, September 18th
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Pacific
PlayStation 4
Encountering us will not be enough to earn your reward. You’ll need to achieve victory against our designated team. Here are some of your marks:
imtylerdurden Josh Hamrick, Senior Designer
CE_Wizard Jon Weisnewski, Designer
Thug Larz Lars Bakken, Design Lead
DeeJ BNG Yours Truly, Community Manager
…and alternates to be named at gametime.
To claim your prize, win. Then, post a link to your victory in the comments below this article before High Noon (Pacific) the following day (Friday). Look for the Permalink in the upper right corner of every match view. Your link should lead us to something like this. No proof, no reward!
Let's get it together, GAF. I want that emblem.
Icyflamez96
Member
Thanks, and yeah I was talking about the vendors.
Monster Zero
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I've done this weeks nightfall a few times successfully, a few tips:
1. Solar weapons/abilities are a great idea to have equipped for wizard shields, they evade and are the biggest threat. Having someone dedicated to using void damage to pick off wizards once their shield drop is a good strat
2. In the first wave mission, their is a safe spot at the top of the hall you enter from,
2 rocks are in place that wizards can't Target, for the first 2 waves however, its simple to.camp the bottom of the hall at the entrance to the room.
3. With phogoth, make sure you clear ALL THE ADDS before unchaining phogoth, I'm not sure if this is intended or a glitch, but it stops adds from respawning. 1 memeber can camp the safe rock all the way in the back left-hand side of the chamber. The other 2 members can use the smaller rock just In front of it, Completely safe.
Just to add on that first wave mission, all the mobs there than thralls are cowards and constantly run, so burst damage is preferred, damn easy mission though as Kong as you have patience.
1. Solar weapons/abilities are a great idea to have equipped for wizard shields, they evade and are the biggest threat. Having someone dedicated to using void damage to pick off wizards once their shield drop is a good strat
2. In the first wave mission, their is a safe spot at the top of the hall you enter from,
2 rocks are in place that wizards can't Target, for the first 2 waves however, its simple to.camp the bottom of the hall at the entrance to the room.
3. With phogoth, make sure you clear ALL THE ADDS before unchaining phogoth, I'm not sure if this is intended or a glitch, but it stops adds from respawning. 1 memeber can camp the safe rock all the way in the back left-hand side of the chamber. The other 2 members can use the smaller rock just In front of it, Completely safe.
Just to add on that first wave mission, all the mobs there than thralls are cowards and constantly run, so burst damage is preferred, damn easy mission though as Kong as you have patience.
Well you can always just farm respawns. There's always groups of Fallen around those crashed airplanes and then you got that captain and two dudes before that dilapidated building that leads to the dark room with all the acolytes. Ill probably reach the 9k or come damn close from doing all the other bounties available.
And if you can run into the Fallen and acolytes fighting each other by the Farm Cave in Skywatch that's a good method too.
The Librarian
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Thanks for not putting a stupid face <3
Icyflamez96
Member
New Monarchy doesn't even sell hand cannons LAME
Willickers! I'm happy to if everyone is cool with it.
I definitely think (not that we could possibly have known pre-launch) that some initial info as to what to pay attention to in-game would be perfect for the OT.
I just want to also say that it's been a blast discussing this game ad nauseum with you guys in the hours I can't be playing it. Been a long time since a game has had its talons in me this deep.
I'm up for it
Should also be noted that you won't get vanguard or crucible rep gains while wearing another factions class item.
Diablohead
Member
BUT HOW can people ask about your emblem when you can't talk to anyone?
scarletham
Member
So just queue for randoms at that time? Or is it more organized than that?
The Librarian
Banned
you have my arc blade
The Lamonster
Member
I've only been disconnected once, during a crucible match, and the code was "beaver."
Wait a second, when fighting the ogre, you can make it so no adds appear after the initial ones?
Not only do you not have to, it's a bad idea! XD
must... resist...
BenjaminBirdie
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I'm quite certain your right. Pretty sure the level 20 I got yesterday was my first ever, and it wasn't until I hit 22.
no way man, I dont even call that true farming. the moon sure, cause you just kill die repeat. the Skywatch is just an ever increasing shitstorm of enemies its awesome.
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