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

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Tovarisc

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Nice to see that reddot of reddot sight really sticks to center of screen even if weapon really dips :D

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Respect

Member
Does the regular Vanguard class vendor sell them for Marks? I've only ever seen him selling armor pieces.

The robot in the hangar? I'm fairly certain he has weapons to sell, would guess you need to be rank 3 with the appropriate number of marks (150). You should be able to see them though, you don't need a higher rank to view his inventory.

Your class vendor also sells gear that require vanguard marks and your rank needs to be level 2, but they don't sell weapons.
 

MidEvlDed

Member
I can't believe people keep getting these exotic bounties. The only one Iv gotten disappeared. Pissing me off.

I haven't gotten any either so you're not the only one. Seems like everyone is getting super lucky and I'm getting nothing, but that's just the perception. I've had my small share of luck with two legendaries, but no exotic bounties or exotics gifted to me randomly.
 

Flo_Evans

Member
What are Xurs prices? I have 16 motes right now.

Think I should try and get something from him this weekend. Don't really like the class items from the speaker.
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
What are Xurs prices? I have 16 motes right now.

Think I should try and get something from him this weekend. Don't really like the class items from the speaker.
23 motes for the exotic engram.

13 strange coins for armor, 23 strange coins for weppin
 

Trace

Banned
I haven't gotten any either so you're not the only one. Seems like everyone is getting super lucky and I'm getting nothing, but that's just the perception. I've had my small share of luck with two legendaries, but no exotic bounties or exotics gifted to me randomly.

No exotic bounties here either. You don't get them when u turn in a bunch of bounties either, I just turned in 5 and got nothing but rep.
 

Afrocious

Member
I think I might marathon the Strike Playlist to get the last 625 rep I need.

Actually fuck that. That's insane.

23 motes for the exotic engram.

13 strange coins for armor, 23 strange coins for weppin

And 23 for exotic weapon I think. That's how much Red Death was I think.
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
I don't think they earn marks at all but they earn reputation.
The Strike playlists are primarily for earning marks. The 24 playlist gets you 6 marks and 25 rep. Bounties are much better for rep (along with the Daily and Weekly Heroics).

For marks, to put in perspective, 11 strikes on the 24 playlist earns you a legendary gauntlets, boots, or chest- and that's if you haven't earned a single mark from anywhere else that week.
 

MidEvlDed

Member
Questions: I've heard that up until 20 it's pointless decrypting the engrams I find. Is this true or have I been hoarding for no reason? I don't even understand how my level would affect its contents. Is it like a lottery everytime you visit the guy?

If you have green engrams, use them. They're 99% sure to be worthless to you later anyway unless you get insanely lucky and get a legendary out of it or something. When you hit 20 you'll want blues so you could save those if you really wanted.
 

Arrrammis

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Noobie or question, sorry guys.
What's the best way to upload pics to here from a ps4? Can you do it direct?

You can upload directly to Twitter or Facebook, but that compresses the image and makes it look much worse. The best method I know of is to copy it from the PS4 onto a USB Drive, copy from the drive to your computer, and upload it from there to an image sharing site (Imgur.com is my favorite) then posting the image here.
 
Just a few random gameplay tips from harmless fun to clutch fireteam maneuvers.

Arc, Void, and Fire
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Hawkian, great stuff as usual! I'd like to add a little lesser known tidbit to your weapons damage types.... Supers/abilities!

As you're probably aware (many likely arent) supers are directly tied to the various types of damages. Match the color to the foe's shield color like you would with weapons for best results. Make sure while in a 3 man fireteam one of each is represented.


The Bladedancer and Striker subclasses focus on Arc damage.
The Gunslinger and Sunsinger subclasses focus on Solar Damage.
The Defender and Voidwalker subclasses focus on Void damage.
 

PointBlank_V

Neo Member
Yeah. Against my better efforts, both
www.destinylfg.net
and
www.destinylfg.com

have been fully adopted and are really active. I wish the community had stuck with one, but hey *shrug* They work.


Awesome linkage there. Makes me think though. One of the things I'd love to see implemented ( somehow ) would be some kind of bulletin board [the moment I saw the Board behind the mech that handles bounties in Alpha, I instinctively thought it'd be used like that in the final version], not an auto-matchmaking algorythm but a lobby-esque LFG tool. That way the community on each platform wouldn't be divided into so many sites, boards, forums.
 

Hasney

Member
Shit, never seen that happen. Was farming Spinmetal when it said "the enemies are closing in on each other" then it all kicked off. Hive and Fallen sent out some pretty high level for the area captains and Knights and fucked shit up. Some poor level 5 got caught in the crossfire multiple times.

The hive must have won. The fallen in the area aren't spawning anymore.
 

Respect

Member
Could someone refresh my memory...did Xur only have a weapon on one day and not the other (I remember the handgun on one day, but don't remember if there was another weapon available at some point)?
 
The Strike playlists are primarily for earning marks. The 24 playlist gets you 6 marks and 25 rep. Bounties are much better for rep (along with the Daily and Weekly Heroics).

For marks, to put in perspective, 11 strikes on the 24 playlist earns you a legendary gauntlets, boots, or chest- and that's if you haven't earned a single mark from anywhere else that week.
Yeah, I need both reps and marks at the moment. Sitting midway between rank 1 and rank 2. I need to get serious with the strike playlist. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll make much headway until next week-- won't get to play much this weekend.
 

MADGAME

Member
Could someone refresh my memory...did Xur only have a weapon on one day and not the other (I remember the handgun on one day, but don't remember if there was another weapon available at some point)?

For me, he had the same stock for the duration of his stay.
 

Sanke__

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Could someone refresh my memory...did Xur only have a weapon on one day and not the other (I remember the handgun on one day, but don't remember if there was another weapon available at some point)?

What handgun?

Only one i ever saw was the Red Death pulse rifle and i think it was there the whole time.
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
You can upload directly to Twitter or Facebook, but that compresses the image and makes it look much worse. The best method I know of is to copy it from the PS4 onto a USB Drive, copy from the drive to your computer, and upload it from there to an image sharing site (Imgur.com is my favorite) then posting the image here.
So annoying (IMO). The twitter compression is asstastic, and finagling a USB drive just to move an image every so often is like 2005 stuff. Where's my "Upload to Imgur" feature Sony?!
Hawkian, great stuff as usual! I'd like to add a little lesser known tidbit to your weapons damage types.... Supers/abilities!

As you're probably aware (many likely arent) supers are directly tied to the various types of damages. Match the color to the foe's shield color like you would with weapons for best results. Make sure while in a 3 man fireteam one of each is represented.


The Bladedancer and Striker subclasses focus on Arc damage.
The Gunslinger and Sunsinger subclasses focus on Solar Damage.
The Defender and Voidwalker subclasses focus on Void damage.
You are entirely correct, I will add this! Makes a huge damage with the Element Burn modifiers too, but that's outside the scope of this first post. Thanks!
 

J-Rzez

Member
After getting junk from the game since launch after a crucible match the game put a carrot on the end of the stick and gave me a "Thundergod" exotic machine gun.

:)
 

MidEvlDed

Member
Couple of random questions:

2) What's the best way to get a blue or purple level 20 weapon? I'm going crazy, I'm level 24 and I have maxed out blues on everything else, and a purple Fusion Rifle, but I'm still using green Auto / Scout Rifles because I cannot get a blue one. I've checked every vendor restock, farmed engrams for 4 hours, done weeklies and dailies, everything.

At level 24 you should have blues dropping fairly regularly. If you're farming you should have one by now because I have many and it doesn't seem to be based on as much luck as getting legendaries does. But if you're playing the Strike playlist or Crucible you are guaranteed to be gifted a useful blue AR at the end of the round at some point. I have 3 Galahad-Es at this point, among others.
 

Astral

Member
I just got an exotic weapon bounty for the Thorn handcannon. I have to get 500 void kills. That's gonna take fucking forever as a hunter. The only weapon I even have that does void damage is a rocket launcher. Argh this fucking game. Is the Thorn even worth it?
 
I just got an exotic weapon bounty for the Thorn handcannon. I have to get 500 void kills. That's gonna take fucking forever as a hunter. The only weapon I even have that does void damage is a rocket launcher. Argh this fucking game. Is the Thorn even worth it?

Yes.

Stock up on Heavy Weapon ammo from the Gunsmith.
 
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