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Strider

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Nightfall gives guaranteed Exotics and Legendaries? How much harder is it than the weekly?

They aren't guaranteed. The first week I got 11 Ascendent Energy for beating it.

The 4 types of rewards I've seen are:

10+ Ascendent Shard
10+ Ascendent Energy
Legendary item (not engram)
exotic item (not engram)
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
It would be nice if Bungie would implement a system for strikes where you and the other player could opt to "bring in" a 3rd when someone quits/DC's.
Are we POSITIVE this doesn't work...? If you just have someone else join your fireteam they won't be ported in?
Cømet;130640759 said:
I like talking to Cayde just to hear Fillion's lines :D
I got a beacon mission from him yesterday! I was like, hey that's, it's that's Malcolm Reylnolds on the thing!
They aren't guaranteed. The first week I got 11 Ascendent Energy for beating it.

The 4 types of rewards I've seen are:

10+ Ascendent Shard
10+ Ascendent Energy
Legendary item (not engram)
exotic item (not engram)
holy hell

Chance for that is worth it alone
 
When you talk to Cayde-6, the Hunter Vanguard, or the Quartermaster, it should show you the Rank on the left. You might have just hit rank 1 (if you're only 21 that seems more likely, though it is possible you already hit 2).

Look at the armor at Cayde-6: boots/chest/gloves are each 65 marks. You can totally do it! just take it a little bit at a time.

I think I'm Rank 1, yeah. Thought I'd be Rank 2, darn it!
 

X-Frame

Member
They aren't guaranteed. The first week I got 11 Ascendent Energy for beating it.

The 4 types of rewards I've seen are:

10+ Ascendent Shard
10+ Ascendent Energy
Legendary item (not engram)
exotic item (not engram)

Shit I need to be doing these once a week. My first attempt will be this weekend, possibly tomorrow night.
 
Just had 4-5 purple turn into blues and greens. Nice racket this dude is running.

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Dude trolls the shit out of me on a daily basis.
 

DesertFox

Member
It would be nice if Bungie would implement a system for strikes where you and the other player could opt to "bring in" a 3rd when someone quits/DC's.

It will continue to matchmake for you. Last night I joined a strike through the Lion hopper and I joined into a group that had the Archon Priest down to 1/4 health. I was pretty happy to only have to throw in that final straw :p
 

Skiesofwonder

Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
So people are "bumming" the earth exploit cave by sitting idly while others farm and then periodically running to the cave to get engrams. I've also seen lower levels do it for experience.

I find it humorous that an exploit is now being exploited to an even higher level.
 

someday

Banned
I know you get one mailed to you everyday for the first gold tier public event you complete.

not sure how else.
Thanks, I'll look out for more of those.
I've been getting that lately too, trying to do the 5 strikes without dying and it's annoying. Also been getting a lot of quitters. And it's not DC's because I can see them pull up their Ghost and then they are gone.
I get nervous now at the start of every strike because of this. I'm finally doing the level 24 ones and they're not hard but they really really suck with just two people. I've ended up completely alone a couple of times but luckily people usually show up before the final bosses.

Also, I am fucking sick of Dust Palace.
 

Strider

Member
Shit I need to be doing these once a week. My first attempt will be this weekend, possibly tomorrow night.

Oh yea. I forgot to mention the Radiant Energy.

For completing it you get "Radiant Energy" which gives you cool flames around your head, bonus faction reputation for everything you complete, bonus experience, and bonus glimmer until the weekly reset. The earlier in the week you complete the Nightfall, the better.

What is Nightfall? Is that just the weekly strike?

Nightfall is the level 28 strike. There are several modifiers and if you get team wiped you return to orbit. There are no checkpoints.
 
How vigorously do players scream on a scale of 1 to I can't even on the Weekly Nightfall strike?
I want to know if I should even attempt it
 
Why isn't reputation shared? It makes me less eager to create a new character...
This game is really built to stretch out the progression as long as possible. No benefit from fighting tougher enemies (in terms of XP and loot), caps on progression, no shared rep. In the words of Bilbo its like the game's butter that has been scraped over too much bread.

Seems tuned to both discourage returning the game in the first few weeks, and to provide enough breadcrumbs to keep you somewhat engaged until the DLC hits.

I'm actually kindof surprised there aren't daily login bonuses.
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
That's what this game is all about. Dumping in time to succeed and get somewhere. The only way you're gonna get enough marks and Van rep to buy the good shit is by marathons and poopsocking. You get what you put in.
I think that's a silly way to look at it. I mean, maxing your marks is the way to get where you're going the fastest, sure. But even if you only did the Daily Story, Weekly Heroic, and a public event here and there over the course of the week- so maybe 20 minutes a night and an hour one night a week- you'd build up enough marks, coins, and motes of light over time to get the gear you want. You never lose Rep or Marks, so you can only advance.
 
Are we POSITIVE this doesn't work...? If you just have someone else join your fireteam they won't be ported in?

I did this last night. A GAF member on my friends lists was in a strike mission, then I couple minutes later I randomly checked again, it showed only two people in fireteam, and I clicked on join. Probably because he had it set to public
 

Zakalwe

Banned
I seem to have fixed my continuous Bee error issue. If anyone else is having the same have a read of this.

I set my IP to a static dmz, see my DNS to google's (8.8.8.8, 8.8.8.4) and I haven't lost connection in an hour of play.

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Also, my Titan looks rather badass atm:
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Chamber

love on your sleeve
What's a good level to be at for Nightfall strikes? I should be at 26 by this weekend and want to know if they're doable.
 
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.

I get lots of blues, just that the primary weapons I decode are always either low level, or are shit I don't use like Hand Cannons.
 

MidEvlDed

Member
Which reminds me...do I have to click the Use Now button on bungie.net for the codes I entered before the game came out? Is there any advantage to waiting on that?

You have to hit use now. There's no advantage in waiting as far as i can tell. If you haven't hit use now on the collector's cards and you've been getting kills then you're probably losing out on some grimoire score.
 

Strider

Member
Damn, I need to do it tonight. Is it okay for level 25?

We did it the first week with an entire group of 25s so it can be done I'd say. The moon strike is harder than the Earth one though. Just be prepared to spend a while on it. We had two 26s and a 27 this week and it still took us like an hour and a half to 2 hours.
 
What level would you guys recommend tackling the Nightfall on? I'm 25 right now, but on the cusp of being 26.
Same here. Literally need 1 more light for 26 (which for me means 3 more ascendant shards). Hoping 26 is doable for night falls, I'll probably try to form a group here for it this weekend either way. Doesn't hurt to try.
 
K

kittens

Unconfirmed Member
How many times a week can I play the Nightfall strike and get rewards? Is it limited to once a week like each of the Weekly Heroic difficulties?

Edit : My friends and I tried the Nightfall at level 25 and 26 and got melted. I wouldn't recommend going in at anything lower than 27 unless you've got really solid elemental weapons and a good team.
 

MechDX

Member
Just got my first blue at level 14. Woohoo?

Bungie should implement an option to disagree with the guy deciphering engrams like PSO had.
 

Xevren

Member
Actually, that's what I need. This bounty is not fucking fun.

Before this bounty I had 0 pvp games played and ended up having a blast. Used void sniper+heavy machine gun. Only played control and just used my teammates as shields. I got it extremely fast, especially when heavy ammo came up.
 

Andrew.

Banned
I think that's a silly way to look at it. I mean, maxing your marks is the way to get where you're going the fastest, sure. But even if you only did the Daily Story, Weekly Heroic, and a public event here and there over the course of the week- so maybe 20 minutes a night and an hour one night a week- you'd build up enough marks, coins, and motes of light over time to get the gear you want. You never lose Rep or Marks, so you can only advance.

I only hold that opinion that I stated because since I bought the game on Sunday, that's what I've been doing every night since: 7+ hour sessions with a friend of mine. The pacing of weapon and item acquisition has been pretty damn good for me and there really hasn't been a lull in terms of needing something. I'm always striving to increase something whether it be class skills, armor or weapon upgrades or rep/marks. By the end of the session Im always pleased with my progress. Like, last night not only did I hit level 23 within my first couple hours playing (random armor drops on Easy mode in some random chapter on the Moon), but I also found a brand new hand cannon (my weapon of choice) and took my weekly Van marks to 60 something.

And the only time I've truly farmed is for that 20 double fusion rifle kills (end of the first chapter on Moon).
 
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