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

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Just finished the first Mars mission and hit level 20.

Gotta go to bed, but I'm looking forward to seeing what lies ahead.
 
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Absoludacrous

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Steel said:
I think it would be fairer if the RNG was weighted toward the top two, but those outside of that are assured an even chance at one drop. In either case, the people at the top are there by score, not kills or k/d.
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Well, the good news is that the drops are usually always terrible, so it ends up not really mattering.

Though I agree, they should have weighted the top a little heavier. It's a really weird feeling being the MVP of a match and still walking away disappointed because one of the dudes you carried all game got the legendary.
 
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Steel

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Mockerre said:
Again, we can only speculate if and what got cut out. My tinfoil hat theory is that they cut a lot of dialogue because people thought it was cheesy/phoned in, but they didn't have the time (or Dinklage) to re-recorded those lines. And that's the version of the game we got. That's why some things seem to just... cut of.

I don't no if the uncut version would be better or worse, but IMO i'd rather have cheese on a plate than nothing ;)
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Actually it seems like they just added a story at the last minute, one of their writers actually flat out stated as much, look at my post above yours.
 
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Noisepurge

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Mockerre said:
I think WE happened. Here me out. For those of you who played the Alpha and heard the infamous line "That wizard came from the moon." - it might have been cheesy, but it gave you context. Now that line wasn't the only one that got got. If you compare the Alpha and Beta footage, you'll notice that we lost about 75% (!!!) of dialogue. 75%. Who knows how much we lost in missions we didnt get to play?

Is it possible that Dinklage was that bad and his reception so poor that they decided to cut 75% of all his dialogue?
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well, sort of. But as it is, Dinklage still talks too much at times and since there are NO audio options ingame, Lannister here always talks a lot louder than my Fireteam members voices in the party chat. Forcing you to either shout or be quiet until he stops. And the non-skippable cutscenes are really boring after the fifth time or so. Atleast you can browse your inventory while they play...

The lore should have optional player activated dialogues in the Tower for example. Why is there no basic "talk to/ask about" options for each of the NPC's.
 
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TsuWave said:
save me this type of reply, its juvenile. I've played this for nearly 3 days straight and had countless legendary engrams all turning into rare items, now the amount of time i invested in such a short period of time may be unhealthy and that is my damage, it however doesn't take from the fact the game needs sorting out on the engram attribution/success conversion rate.

and i don't mind grinding, it gets tiring when the strike playlist gets you to do the same strike twice in a row though.

also needs map voting in the crucible, same map twice is another gripe.
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The loot system isn't perfect and neither is the matchmaking but that will get better over the coming weeks/months. What's juvenile about pointing out the obvious fact that you want instant gratification on a game that is meant for the long haul? I've found well over 20 legendary engrams so far and only 1 legendary and 1 exotic. Considering you can get any reputation to rank 2 and easily hit the 100 mark cap within the first week of the game being out I don't think theres too much to complain about loot wise.

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game getting increasingly frustrating with the legendary engram = rare lame drop. and the lack of content is starting to wear me down, having to do the same strikes over and over for like 6 marks when most of the stuff costs like 100 marks. ranking up on reputation is tiresome too.
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Sounds to me like this game just isn't for you.
 
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lustrate

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Anyone else feel that Crucible is rage inducing? I mean, I don't have anger problems or anything, but Jesus. I literally threw my controller one match! I don't think a video game has ever gotten me to act in that way before this one. I love the game, but getting constantly fusion rifled and golden gunned has taken its toll.

Btw, the controller thing just happened and I had to step away for the night. I just looked around my room like "da fuck did I just do?"
 
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KeRaSh

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Afrocious said:
Sunsinger Warlock? My dude. God I love Sunsinger in PvP. Sticky grenades everywhere.

Also, you picked Future War faction? May I ask why? I'm thinking about them, but I decided to go for regular vanguard and crucible for the Auto Rifle/Sniper bonuses and Discipline/Intelligence boosts.
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I picked fwc for the chest armor stats. Don't care too much about strength.

TUSR said:
So after 25 strikes for the exotic weapon, I have to do 10k crucible kills?

does it count them retroactively?
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Wut?

Jest Chillin said:
Going by posts from other boards like Reddit, it's not actually 10k kills. It's some kind of points system (perhaps Crucible score from kills).
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Oh, that sounds more reasonable!
 
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Sanpei

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Locust's kindred on Mars....

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Absoludacrous

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Bruno said:
The loot system isn't perfect and neither is the matchmaking but that will get better over the coming weeks/months. What's juvenile about pointing out the obvious fact that you want instant gratification on a game that is meant for the long haul? I've found well over 20 legendary engrams so far and only 1 legendary and 1 exotic. Considering you can get any reputation to rank 2 and easily hit the 100 mark cap within the first week of the game being out I don't think theres too much to complain about loot wise.



Sounds to me like this game just isn't for you.
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There's not going to be a long haul with this game unless Bungie has a crazy content pipeline in place.

There's not enough game here to justify putting hundreds of hours in. People want their instant gratification now because this is when they're going to spend the most time with the game. How many people are going to be running the same six strikes and one raid a month from now to grind out a chest piece?
 
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Bruno said:
. What's juvenile about pointing out the obvious fact that you want instant gratification on a game that is meant for the long haul? I've found well over 20 legendary engrams so far and only 1 legendary and 1 exotic. Considering you can get any reputation to rank 2 and easily hit the 100 mark cap within the first week of the game being out I don't think theres too much to complain about loot wise.
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As an avid MMO player, the issue here is that the potential gains from getting lucky drops are actually pretty high. I've got a few friends who got really lucky and are going to be able to try the Glass Vault out the first day it drops, but despite playing more than them I'm not going to be able to participate because my RNG didn't pan out.

I'm wondering how much longer I'm going to have to wait before I can participate in content they can because they got lucky. I know that I'm going to get some gear come next week when the marks reset and I can pick up my first piece with the currencies I've been farming, but that still won't catch me up to them.

The game is in it for the long haul, but random number generators can suddenly make it a short haul for a few people, regardless of how much effort they put into it. Seeing the bottom guy on the team snag a legendary engram when I haven't had the pleasure of receiving a single one feels as if my time is wasted; effort in this game doesn't translate directly into rewards as much as luck does.
 
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Noisepurge said:
one could think that a team the size and value of Bungie could have a few dedicated people working on lore/codex/dialogue stuff all separately? :D
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im thinking they have an overaching story definitely except they planned it out on their "10 year arc" which is stupid imo. ...but i really dunno thats the only explanation I can come up with for them hyping the story so much and totally failing to deliver.
 
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Steel

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Noisepurge said:
one could think that a team the size and value of Bungie could have a few dedicated people working on lore/codex/dialogue stuff all separately? :D
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12 Writers in the credits. Possible they went through multiple revisions or the writers weren't working on Destiny full time. But yeah, one would hope.
 
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Dylan Sexbang

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Do we know what kind of content to expect in the expansions yet?

I'm thinking New Patrol Area + Story Missions Strikes + Crucible maps + Raid + increased level cap by 5/10 Light Levels. A new subclass would be amazing.

It will probably just be a Strike and some Crucible maps.
 
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K' Dash

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Absoludacrous said:
There's not going to be a long haul with this game unless Bungie has a crazy content pipeline in place.

There's not enough game here to justify putting hundreds of hours in. People want their instant gratification now because this is when they're going to spend the most time with the game. How many people are going to be running the same six strikes and one raid a month from now to grind out a chest piece?
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My time to play is VERY limited and watching my hard earned purple engrams turn into blue shit with AWFUL stats is like a slap in the face.
 
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SlenderBeans

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So, are faction weapons random? I've seen people with a New Monarchy Rocket Launcher and Hand Cannon, but all I get is AR, SR, Shotgun, and HMG.
 
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Khalifa Jayy

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HunRevan said:
I don't know if it is my OCD or not but I noticed that my Hunter had a "sprint effect" (like a small contrail) before and now it is gone. I tried changing my gear, abilities and subclass but its gone. Have you experienced anything like this?
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Yea it's the bladedancer upgrade that took it away. Keep it on Path Forgotten rather than Path Forbidden. Also I think you need blue gear across the board. I haven't tested that part just yet.
 
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Kyouko la Kill said:
Do we know what kind of content to expect in the expansions yet?

I'm thinking New Patrol Area + Story Missions Strikes + Crucible maps + Raid + increased level cap by 5/10 Light Levels. A new subclass would be amazing.

It will probably just be a Strike and some Crucible maps.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they said there's going to be a new raid every expansion.

Fingers crossed for that, if raids are the big endgame content all PvE leads toward, there needs to be a new one every few months or so.
 
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Steel

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Danomeon said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they said there's going to be a new raid every expansion.

Fingers crossed for that, if raids are the big endgame content all PvE leads toward, there needs to be a new one every few months or so.
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They said themselves that the Raids aren't going to be for everyone though, so I'm not sure they're gonna base everything on getting to them.
 
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grimmiq

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Anyone doing nexus farming?

PSN: Chainshada

I keep getting groups to do it, then 1 leaves...then we get another random dude in who's usually 24+ that insists on rezzing us and continuing on to the boss..is there actually a reason why a lvl 24+ would want to complete a lvl12 strike?
 
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sammelito

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Recently found my first exotic weapon after playing some free-for-all in the crucible. Sadly got a scout weapon which is the one i use the least...its called "Mida multi-tool"
 
Yoshichan

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And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
The new raid will get patched in on Teusday right? To enter it, is it lvl 24, 25 or 26?
 
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Absoludacrous

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Yoshichan said:
The new raid will get patched in on Teusday right? To enter it, is it lvl 24, 25 or 26?
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The raid itself is meant for level 26. I don't know if they'll actually block lower levels from entering. If it's as hard as Bungie claims it is, you probably don't want to bring anyone lower than 26 anyway.
 
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Fusion rifles need a huge nerf. The range on those things is fucking unacceptable. At least with the shotgun you have to be point blank range to get a kill or else you'll be throwing pebbles. Being killed from 20 feet away with one of those is frustrating.
 
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CouchMaster

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Oh I had no idea what Nexus farming was. I was playing it with two other guys few days back, and one of us kept falling off the cliff at that spot. And me and other guy would repeatedly revive him, happened for like 4-5 times. The guy eventually gave up and was nice enough to complete the strike with us instead of quitting. Now I feel like an idiot for reviving him lol.
 
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IAmRandom31

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SighFight said:
How is the rating done in these events? Calculating you're share on the kill or something? I had two events yesterday and both times it was me an one high level player. Both times I got gold but I don't know why.
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You only get gold on the eliminate target ones if you actually kill it. You get 2 stars if you get the target below 25% I think.
 
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lustrate said:
Anyone else feel that Crucible is rage inducing? [...]I literally threw my controller one match! I don't think a video game has ever gotten me to act in that way before this one. I love the game, but getting constantly fusion rifled and golden gunned has taken its toll.
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Just take a breather. I've been one-shotted by fusion rifles and shotguns, but they are mostly surprise weapons. Nothing defeats keeping in range and pegging away at them with headshots via a rifle. The Golden Gun super is pretty fair considering other classes' supers are more instantaneous and also kill in one hit.

I believe some tweaks are necessary to make other weapons viable, but the Crucible is a good first shot before balance patches kick in. In the end, just realize you will win some and lose some.
 
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