KINGofCRA5H
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Had I known preparing to download would take this long I would have started it and then gone back to sleep
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Destiny |OT30| Long Live the King
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Nice to see that leveling to 40 happens super fast, but it just highlights how useless the new leveling system is. I prefer the old light level, which was easier to understand for everyone, I thought, and made more sense considering how they scale damage/enemies. Titan new subclass seems like it would be overpowered in PvP but we will see.
EroticSushi
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Have they said anything about when the CE goodies will go up for sale on PSN?
all of my hate
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Someone want to help on X1 with the Heroic? I'm at the two bosses with another.
VincentMatts
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Hammer time
Aztechnology
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Where do I go to find the Taken Vex on Venus Patrol for "Gather Taken Chronoshards"?
Just wanted re-quote this since the thread is flying and it was near the bottom of a page
saveweyard
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So I had to go to work, but what I managed to play this morning was awesome. So many new things!
DrDrizzay101
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Yeah the character Lv40 thing makes no sense. Do the main story quest, turn in a couple bounties, and congrats on reaching the new level cap! Not sure why it exists besides seeming like an easy "progression" system that's palatable for standard RPG players.
The gear and Light grind is the same as before. All this game ever needed was streak breakers in its loot system (which it supposedly has now). I do like having more pieces of gear to determine your Light level though, feels more involved building your character.
Played about two hours of subclass/story stuff this morning. Stuck at work now. Think I got to 38. Leveling up seems to be so trivial I almost wonder why they added 6 levels or even included it at all, to be honest.
Got a Monte Carlo as the engram drop, which coincidentally (or not?) happens to be the only exotic gun I'm missing that's not part of a bounty/cipher.
Also - my Triumphs got bugged or something so I missed out on it, unless it's sitting on another character. Seems to be known bug based on this Reddit post. I finished the chests 3 or 4 weeks ago and on the progress screen it says 0 chests found and the circle isn't marked.
Yup, once again you put what I was trying to say in my first paragraph much better than I did.
Got a Monte Carlo as the engram drop, which coincidentally (or not?) happens to be the only exotic gun I'm missing that's not part of a bounty/cipher.
Also - my Triumphs got bugged or something so I missed out on it, unless it's sitting on another character. Seems to be known bug based on this Reddit post. I finished the chests 3 or 4 weeks ago and on the progress screen it says 0 chests found and the circle isn't marked.
Yup, once again you put what I was trying to say in my first paragraph much better than I did.
Waylon Drums
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Edit: nevermind
VincentMatts
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To be fair, its not that hard to improve on garbage. Still excited though.
Can't wait to to give TTK a try after work.
What do you mean by streak breaker? You mean the game adapts to how someone is stuck at a certain level and decides to give them gear to improve a la Diablo 3?
SlenderBeans
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Is Tower glitchy for anyone else? Missing sounds, tool tips take forever to load.
toastyToast
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Neat. Got an exotic bounty from Amanda Holliday
Tells me to go use The Last Word on crucible
Tells me to go use The Last Word on crucible
scarletham
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BenjaminBirdie
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Ruthless_Barbarian
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that
mission
fantastic
vault
fantastic
What?
Damn, this game... ^^
No, it allows enemies you've tethered to share damage and explode when killed, When I say share damage I don't mean that the damage is divided between them, I mean that if one shoot one tethered enemy with a HC that does 2000 damage, than you simultaneously deal 2000 damage to all the other tethered enemies. Meaning that if you tether lets say 5 Major Fallen captains and focus fire on one of them to kill him, than the other 4 Major Captains will also die.
It is fucking glorious.
freefirefreefall
Banned
Beautiful
Where is this new ghost and sparrow?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
literally 30 seconds with a red bull buff, the CE buff and 16 bounties ready to pop.
Stephen_drewz
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Anyone get stuck on the first patrol mission where you
. Specifically the part where says tsken eliminated. Looks like it wants me to go across the area that had platforms in the earlier missions but they aren't spawning. No idea what to do.
Also has anyone figured out this taken war Petra thing with the taken champions?
place all the beacons?
Also has anyone figured out this taken war Petra thing with the taken champions?
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
It's called a Deceptive Engram :}
I got Monte too.
Proof positive that Smart Loot works. Clearly giving you an exotic you didn't already have, which is why Team Bone Zone got almost exclusively PS4 Exclusive 'zots.
scarletham
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Was playing with a couple people this morning and it seemed like they got to 40 basically with a full set of 5k bounties. I got from 34 to 38 in maybe 90 minutes and didn't have any bounties saved, just using what I completed during that time.
I just hope the damage scaling is closer to a continuous scale. Taking old numbers:
You have 30 Light Helm, Gauntlets and Chest but your Boots are 18. Your total light is 108: you're level 29. 33% damage reduction.
You have 30 Light Helm, Gaubtlets and Chest but your boots are 18. Your average Light is 27: you have 90% of the Light required for a 30 Light activity.
If the scaling is somewhat similar to the second scheme this largely superficial change will wind up being a net positive for us.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Not sure how much you're exaggerating...
What is the CE buff?
Not at all. I was 34.75 after I got my subclass, I had 16 bounties saved up from Year 1. I applied my red bull buff, and along with my CE class item which gives 10% buff, by the time I turned in all 16 bounties, I was level 40.
scarletham
Member
Wow, OK... so I have 16 Crucible / Vanguard bounties saved up, you're saying this won't be something that takes me a few days?
Rollo Tomasi
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Not sure how much you're exaggerating...
Its true ... 34 - 40 is easy peasey
freefirefreefall
Banned
Which package do I open to get the CE stuff?
Spectromixer
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Can you buy the Dreadnaught materials from the Vanguard? Or back to farming?
The light level system that depended on luck and forced people to quit playing?
Blue Ninja
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Just wanted re-quote this since the thread is flying and it was near the bottom of a page
Check the list in the OP. There's a Google Doc specifically for us. Add people from that list. Feel free to add me, too: BlueNinja BE.
Jinjo
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Enjoy your common perkless guns.
Yikes, I don't think I wanna do that. I'll probably level from quests and save the bounties I have completed to throw toward new gear or something.
Seems to be a guaranteed Y1 exotic. An "apology engram" for the Cryptarch's earlier sins from the sound of things.
But he'll never earn my respect.
Gave me a repeat instead of the 1 Exotic I'm missing so it isn't 100% (though apparently highly biased towards giving you something new)
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
No sir. Even without a red bull buff, you'll be 40 by end of story I bet, especially with those bounties.
No, it allows enemies you've tethered to share damage and explode when killed, When I say share damage I don't mean that the damage is divided between them, I mean that if one shoot one tethered enemy with a HC that does 2000 damage, than you simultaneously deal 2000 damage to all the other tethered enemies. Meaning that if you tether lets say 5 Major Fallen captains and focus fire on one of them to kill him, than the other 4 Major Captains will also die.
It is fucking glorious.
Mix that with titan hammer that increase damage to targets hit and you got yourself a nice AOE nuke
xVaalbarAx
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Level 40 Warlock with Light 238.
I'm gonna take a nap and get back into this.
Completed the story missions, VOG story mission, and everything.
Jinjo
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Should have waited till you got your subclass bro.
Not sure how much you're exaggerating...
He's not. Got to level 40 like that as wel after I got my subclass.
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