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[Seil]

So I'm still having trouble completely understanding something in crucible. Stuff you earn in campaign doesn't have any advantage in PvP right? Its all aesthetic? All rifles do the same damage, and no health advantages?

As far as I'm aware, level, damage number and defense are the only things normalised. This also means that, no, not all auto rifles will deal the same damage because fire rate and impact are still taken into account. A slower, high impact gun will hit more per round than a faster, low impact one etc. Two of different levels, but the same stat spread should be identical, in theory, minus other abilities though.

Other abilities like increased reload, healing on kill, more ammo in magazine and so on are still in effect. I believe, but am not sure, that the recovery, agility and toughness stats are also still active. Just not actual level bonuses.

Would be amazing to have an official statement on exactly what does and does not count.

 

[HiiiLife]

To an extent. Your abilities and the abilities of the high level stuff could and should give you an advantage.

This doesn't count for Iron Banner where nothing is equalised. All stats count.

I see. What exactly does it mean when in the crucible menu it says "boosts are disabled" or.. something like that. Lol I'm at work and I can't remember it verbatim.

 

[JohnOfMars]

Cough.....

Any point in joining a Clan? Are there clan specific challenges or rewards?

Clans aren't implemented in-game besides a nameplate, so no.

There are two achievements for playing in a clan, if that matters to you.

I cannot believe that they took such a hard stance on matchmaking and there is no clan roster in game. What's the point even?

 

[jay23]

oh i`m so gonna try this in a second. I will test it for 5 matches. We will see what happens!

Let us know what you get.

 

[Spine_Ripper]

Do we know when the "week" is over for vanguard and crucible points? I'm at 70 points out of 100 for this week, but had no time to play this weekend and today. Hope I don't have to start all over. Too many frustrating matches with shit teammates.

 

[Cob32]

Do you guys think theres any chance of bungie caving in and giving us match making for all events?

 

[boredofcanada]

It still matters. After 20 you get a new bar and eerytime it fills with XP you get a Mote of Light.

Where is this new bar?

 

[The Lamonster]

Do you guys think theres any chance of bungie caving in and giving us match making for all events?

Yes. Much will change in the coming months/years.

 

[ultron87]

yes.

*claws at face in frustration*

 

[toastyToast]

I don't see any Titans using the running attacks in Crucible. What's up with that?

 

[HiiiLife]

As far as I'm aware, level, damage number and defense are the only things normalised. This also means that, no, not all auto rifles will deal the same damage because fire rate and impact are still taken into account. A slower, high impact gun will hit more per round than a faster, low impact one etc.

Other abilities like increased reload, healing on kill, more ammo in magazine and so on are still in effect. I believe, but am not sure, that the recovery, agility and toughness stats are also still active. Just not actual level bonuses.

Would be amazing to have an official statement on exactly what does and does not count.

Ahhh gotcha. If that's the case I hope I find a legendary fusion rifle that has a sweet charge time. I'm already wrecking shop with the rare one I currently own.

 

[Pastry]

Finnaaaaalllly!!! I just went from having only rares to having both of these.

 

[dengatron]

I see. What exactly does it mean when in the crucible menu it says "boosts are disabled" or.. something like that. Lol I'm at work and I can't remember it verbatim.

it says level advantages disabled. theoretically you do the damage you'd do at level 1, just with every skill and weapon attribute you currently have.

 

[PrivateWHudson]

I'm a little awkward with new people on voice chat for some reason too, but GAF is filled with cool people. I always feel a bit out of place as a nocturnal UK player who ends up on primarily American play times, but as long as you guys don't mind me tailing along I'm always happy to join. For some reason I find it much easier in a larger group too.

What is this GAF chat I keep hearing about? Some cool kids club or something...no-one invited me

 

[gamechanger87]

I've been digging around a bit and haven't really seen anything. Have there been any official/unofficial reactions from Bungie about loot or any of the other stuff people are complaining about?

 

[Revolutionary]

Wow the game just gave me another exotic bounty when turning 2 bounties in. Anyone know what Toland's Legacy and A Voice in the Wilderness reward?

 

[smashism]

Bout to jump on for a bit. Level 20 Warlock here if anyone is up for some strikes or pvp. ps4.

psn: kanyeswagyolo

 

[dengatron]

Wow the game just gave me another exotic bounty when turning 2 bounties in. Anyone know what Toland's Legacy and A Voice in the Wilderness reward?

bad juju pulse rifle for tolands and super good advice heavy machine gun for voice. bad juju is one of the better pve dps items in the game.

Where is this new bar?

hover over the level 20 in your profile and it shows you a progress bar. it's also the progress bar displayed on the destiny app if you have that.

 

[Greenymac]

So....Im still trying to get accepted into one of the USA East GAF clans. This crap is confusing. I went to set it as my playstation clan, but it keeps saying I already have an invitation pending. Can someone who has the ability to approve me do so?

 

[HigXx]

Need more friends please, would love to do some strikes, psn is HigXx

 

[Llyrwenne]

Didn't have a single issue up till now with connection, but now I am constantly booted out of the game by 'cattle'. Anyone else having issues?

 

[Victory Red]

Is the scout rifle any good in PvE? I couldn't remember for sure, but I thought I didn't like it much during the alpha/beta. I've got a rare scout rifle sitting in my inventory, but I've been using my uncommon hand cannon.

Its okay, you just have to keep your distance. Stand a little far back from the big jumbled mess that is sure to occur in the middle of the map.

In an open area its unstoppable, its like a sniper rifle.

 

[Jinjo]

I don't see any Titans using the running attacks in Crucible. What's up with that?

Because you get shotgunned in the face if you do.

 

[Loomba]

I really love this style of AR, shame it doesn't come up at all.

 

[Seil]

Where is this new bar?

Hover the cursor over your level next to the subclass slot to see the mote of light progress.

 

[Revolutionary]

bad juju pulse rifle for tolands and super good advice heavy machine gun for voice. bad juju is one of the better pve dps items in the game.

Interesting. I'm pretty happy with my primaries though (legendary autorifle and scout) so I think I'm going to go for the machine gun.
Thanks for the quick response!

 

[Dusktildawn48]

Anyone down to help me blow through this main story? I'm on xbone and have no one to play with and this game is insanely boring by myself. on venus now. GT: Dusktildawn24

 

[bombshell]

Where is this new bar?

Hover over level 20 in the inventory.

 

[zewone]

So I'm still having trouble completely understanding something in crucible. Stuff you earn in campaign doesn't have any advantage in PvP right? Its all aesthetic? All rifles do the same damage, and no health advantages?

In the current playlists. But in Iron Banner, everything matters.

You can also get weapons and armor from PVE that have abilities to help you in PVP.

 

[ced]

Does doing any activity have the same RNG chance for loot at level 20?

Am I wasting my time doing the story missions at level 20, 22 etc instead of random strikes? The strike bosses are just boring as hell.

I'm still stuck with horrible weapons, I need some good loot.

 

[Thyralax]

Anyone know why the weekly crucible marks haventhe reset yet? It is a new week.

 

[boredofcanada]

Hover the cursor over your level next to the subclass slot to see the mote of light progress.

Well that's cool. I thought xp was useless after 20.

 

[rugioh]

What is this GAF chat I keep hearing about? Some cool kids club or something...no-one invited me

I may be wrong but I think people are referring to the mobile app clan chat.

 

[Dylan Sexbang]

Anyone know why the weekly crucible marks haventhe reset yet? It is a new week.

As far as I know, everything resets Tuesday.

 

[E92 M3]

lmao, I've reached 24 without any purple items

it's all good

Me too.

Me three.

 

[Carbonox]

What should I use my Mote of Lights on? I've got loads but haven't done anything with them...

 

[HiiiLife]

Thanks for claryifing GAF.

Goodness it is taking way too long to rank my New Monarchy up. I feel I've been playing Crucible for hours on end.

 

[TangoAlphaLima]

I cannot believe that they took such a hard stance on matchmaking and there is no clan roster in game. What's the point even?

I agree. I was disappointed when they informed us that Raids would not have matchmaking, but I was okay with the decision because I figured I'd just group with my fellow DestinyGAF members. Supremely dumb how badly the clan stuff is integrated, or maybe I should say, how it isn't integrated.

Do you guys think theres any chance of bungie caving in and giving us match making for all events?

Yeah, definitely. The current structure makes no sense. I'd really like them to come up with a unique solution to this problem, though.

 

[Zomba13]

FINALLY at Vanguard rank 2. That took forever spamming missions on Earth. Doing the starting bit and then the mothyard, only doing the kill/collect items from foes ones and finishing on the 'boss' one where you have to kill the Shank or Dreg in the "that wizard came from the moon" room as they don't involve going around the map for the same rep.

 

[Cuphead]

Anyone know why the weekly crucible marks haventhe reset yet? It is a new week.

It should reset daily tbh

 

[Afrocious]

Blade dancers can survive a sticky grenade.

Ain't that some shit.

 

[realcZk]

FINALLY at Vanguard rank 2. That took forever spamming missions on Earth. Doing the starting bit and then the mothyard, only doing the kill/collect items from foes ones and finishing on the 'boss' one where you have to kill the Shank or Dreg in the "that wizard came from the moon" room as they don't involve going around the map for the same rep.

Yeah, it takes forever to grind the levels. I'm almost to 2 after a few days of straight bounties.

 

[Sevyne]

If anyone high enough is thinking of taking a crack at the raid tomorrow and you need people hit me up. I'm currently 26. Gonna be grinding up a bit tonight to try to get 27.

PSN: Sevyne (PS4)

 

[zewone]

Anyone know why the weekly crucible marks haventhe reset yet? It is a new week.

Tuesday at Midnight PST it seems.

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

I don't see any Titans using the running attacks in Crucible. What's up with that?

I do it all the time, but it's well hard to actually connect.

 

[ruxtpin]

I randomly ran across another GAF player on Saturday night. I was doing the Earth strike and noticed one of the folks I was teamed with had the "NA East 6" clan tag. He invited me to his party chat. Chill dude - figpc I think was his name. Gaffers are a cool bunch.

 

[X-Frame]

For everyone who's gotten an Exotic Weapon Bounty, have you maxed out one of your sub-classes skill trees or no?

 

[-griffy-]

Do we know when the "week" is over for vanguard and crucible points? I'm at 70 points out of 100 for this week, but had no time to play this weekend and today. Hope I don't have to start all over. Too many frustrating matches with shit teammates.

According to the website (go to the advisors tab of your Legend page), the week is over in a little less than 17 hours. So it seems the reset is Tuesday.

 

[FF Seraphim]

Blade dancers can survive a sticky grenade.

Ain't that some shit.

Yes but they generally cannot survive you coming back to the dead and making them explode due to punching them!

 

[boredofcanada]

So can we even play the raid if we are level 24? I gave up yesterday trying to get 25 after 6 hours playing.