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

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ultron87

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I still think it might be more stealth related. There are so many alternate "stealth" routes in and around Cabal structures - they had to have been experimented with something.

That's basically what Bladedancer is though. When we aren't cutting a whole enemy team to shreds we have 3 different ways to turn invisible for a little bit and even a backstab modifier on our melee. So we're basically rogues.

Haven't really tried actually sneaking through a level though. It could be done because the enemy actually does have to use line of sight to see where you are. If you drop out of sight they keep shooting where they saw you last.
 

todahawk

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He's in cahoots with Xur. The Cryptarch takes our purps and yellows and gives us trash, then Xur sells our own stuff back to us.
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I'm convinced that he and xur are working together for mass profit.
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Reddit decrypted hundreds of Engrams and collected some stats:

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30% legendary engrams give a legendary? I'm calling complete and utter bullshit on that.

I'm past 12 legendary engrams in a row where the best I've gotten is a strange coin and that was just once. Everything I've gotten has been blues and greens except for the very first purple I ever got that was chest armor for titan class (i'm warlock).

Some people's percentages seem to be much higher. I'm 25 now and i've never even sniffed an exotic except for what xur had and that shit doesn't count.
 
I still think it might be more stealth related. There are so many alternate "stealth" routes in and around Cabal structures - they had to have been experimented with something.

I like the sound of it in PvE... But in PvP.... uh, well it may be okay.

I was thinking of one where you can manipulate enemies in various ways, like making them a temporary minion that attacks their own group or something. I have no idea how'd that would work in PvP though.
 
I still think it might be more stealth related. There are so many alternate "stealth" routes in and around Cabal structures - they had to have been experimented with something.


Yeah. You get a purple drop, you get purple and only purple. Same with the other colors. Convention in all loot games everywhere isn't it?

Otherwise you are purposefully setting up players for disappointment.

idk, I'm kinda on the fence. But I come from alot of MMOs where everything you do is a roll of the dice, and it's possible that the roll you get penalizes you in some way or another. It's possible that I've got Stockholm Syndrome or something, but it's not too big of a deal for me. I do think getting greens from a purple legendary is extremely shitty and should be removed from the game, but blues? idk, I'm not sure the current percentages are tuned correctly, but I'm not convinced it should be 0 either.

And I *definitely* like the idea of getting something better than its color. Like decrypting a blue into a purple, or a purple into a yellow.
 

TEH-CJ

Banned
Is a (leveled) scout rifle in PVP really as godly as some people make it out to be?

Lol

A lvl 15 auto rifle destroys my lvl 20 fully upgraded legendary scout rifle.

The pvp is unbalanced trash. Just absyml. Only doing it to get crucible ranking so i can get a helmet.
 

Killthee

helped a brotha out on multiple separate occasions!
Reposting this here since it ended up as the last post on the previous page, and I want to make sure people see this. I'm not sure how well known this is yet or if it's been mentioned at all for that matter.
I really don't understand why the hell the grimoire isn't available in game.
 

Monster Zero

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Just completed thorn exotic bounty, took about 4 hours. Pretty straight toward epic, longest was void dmg trial, but that's simple if you have friends to bring into rumble
 
I really don't understand why the hell the grimoire isn't available in game.

Two reasons I think:

1) They had to get the game out the door and didn't have the time or resources.

2) They want people to get people accustomed to using the web portal. This way they have no choice. They get used to it, it becomes part of the daily routine.

At the same time, I think they're currently integrating Grimoire and other stuff into the game as we speak and it will be released soon. By the time it does though, everyone has used the website enough to be familiar with it. If it's the other way around, nobody would ever use the website and it would never even have a chance to gain traction, even though honestly it's really good and useful. But only as a supplement to having the info available in game, not as a replacement. I don't think they even ever intended for the website to be a replacement for showing this information in game, they just haven't put it in *yet*.
 

Chamber

love on your sleeve
I have a feeling we're going to see nearly everyone running around with the same exotics next week. Think a lot of people missed out on Xur last week without enough coins, but this time everyone seems ready and he will only have a handful of exotics, and no one will wait another week if none are particularly fitting for their style.

Screw that, I will. Strange coins aren't exactly easy to farm so I have no problem sitting on them for another week.
 

MADGAME

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What would be your guy's ideas for a 4th class? I can't really think of anything.
I vote Dancer Class, with skill trees for breakdancing, metal headbanging, space ballet, lots of crotch-pumping, stuff like that. You could totally serve other guardians. Dinklebot could be a strobelight or led discoball.

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Hey my first avatar quote!
 

bombshell

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30% legendary engrams give a legendary? I'm calling complete and utter bullshit on that.

I'm past 12 legendary engrams in a row where the best I've gotten is a strange coin and that was just once. Everything I've gotten has been blues and greens except for the very first purple I ever got that was chest armor for titan class (i'm warlock).

Some people's percentages seem to be much higher. I'm 25 now and i've never even sniffed an exotic except for what xur had and that shit doesn't count.

Do you know how percentages and probability theory works?

You can't call bullshit on a 30% chance with a pathetically small sample of 12 engrams.
 

Tawpgun

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Thought it would be really cool if one of the public spaces ends up having the maximum amount of people in it at one time a sort of "super" public event triggers or something.
 
Wow. Those Legendary Engram stats are shocking. I have no idea how someone would think that's a good idea. If you want purples to be rare, just make them drop less, not some roll of the dice nonsense that makes everyone hate you.

If they were trying to do something like TF2/Dota2 crates, they learned the wrong lessons.
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
Dude, this post and your part 2 post are legendary!

Thanks for posting!
Thank you so much! I'll be hitting 26 when I get home in just a few hours, doing only exactly the things I talk about in that guide. I haven't even decrypted a legendary engram. :)

Did you see the tips and tricks post too?
Haven't really tried actually sneaking through a level though. It could be done because the enemy actually does have to use line of sight to see where you are. If you drop out of sight they keep shooting where they saw you last.
I have. It rules.
Legendary engram just means you have a chance at the item. But psychologically it sucks big time.
This is a good way of summing up a lot of things I have said concisely.

The intended idea behind engrams is sound, it's just different than Diablo-style unided items. But they're presented... exactly like Diablo-style unided items.

What can I say, Bungie didn't ask me to playtest at endgame.
 

Ken

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Is there somewhere to see how man vanguard/crucible marks you've earned this week? There is a 100 mark limit per week, right?

Click on Strike Playlist or Crucible Playlist and it's on the bottom left of your screen.

You can also guess it by the blue and red circle on the larger map; they fill up as you get marks.

I don't know why it takes so many screens to get such simple information.
 

Fitts

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I have a feeling we're going to see nearly everyone running around with the same exotics next week. Think a lot of people missed out on Xur last week without enough coins, but this time everyone seems ready and he will only have a handful of exotics, and no one will wait another week if none are particularly fitting for their style.

Not me. I'm planning to have two exotic helmets: one for my Defender and one for my Striker. It's going to take a lot for me to budge from doing this. Exotic weapons are a tossup with the only definite purchase being a Hawkmoon and a strong possibility being an auto rifle.
 
A better-than-1-in-3 chance at a legendary or exotic is so much better than I expected based on the number of reports... but RNG doesn't care about consistency I guess, just the individual roll.

When I've got 10 engrams stockpiled in the vault I'll pop 'em open and tell you guys what I get. :)

Remember, just rolling for better than rare on a legendary engram still doesn't guarantee you any Light progression.

Does leveling up the cryptarch do anything to that formula ???
 

KOHIPEET

Member
I like the game, but I'm incredibly dissappointed by the fact that you can barely level above 20 by playing PvP only. It's like they don't even recognize your efforts.....poor design. Poor design.
 

Kensuke

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How do exotic engrams from Xur work? Are they guaranteed exotic or can you get lesser stuff/gear for other classes just like legendaries?

I have enough motes of light, but if it's the same bullshit as the legendaries I might not buy one.
 
I like the game, but I'm incredibly dissappointed by the fact that you can barely level above 20 by playing PvP only. It's like they don't even recognize your efforts.....poor design. Poor design.
Why is it poor design? Maybe they don't want you to just be 100% PvP? In any case, can't the gear you get in PvP earn you light levels?
 
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