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[Darryl M R]

And by the way, you can use Exotics to infuse legendaries (especially if you have dupes now).

Wish I have known this before sharding. Now I know.

 

[matmanx1]

Exotic Helmet Engram decrypted into Empyrean Bellicose. This thing is freaking cool! Special perk of "Aiming weapons while airborne holds you in place" Seriously? This is going to be so much fun!

Heavy Weapon engram became Dragon's Breath. Boooo!

 

[BraXzy]

I swear Destiny hates me xD

I had two Exotic primary engrams, fingers crossed on that assault rifle arc damage thingamajig. I get Hawkmoon which I got from the Nightfall, and then The Last Word. I hate Handcannons why u do dis Destonoy.

 

[onimushroom]

Used my 10 coins, got only one engram, with the seventh.
A head engram, lol.
It turned into the Taikonaut. Worth it.

 

[toastyToast]

What's the likelyhood of Bungie like immediately fixing this today? Might take a day off to farm. I'm not a vacation guy so I just store all of vacation hours lol.

I could see it being changed to work on strike completion only. The way it is now can't be what they intended

 

[Afrocious]

THIS THIS THIS OH MAN

 

[Namikaze1]

Finally! No more farming helium filaments for those 10 fucking things for my solar sword.

 

[Anoregon]

If they patch ToC to only work off strike bosses instead of story mode ultras (as opposed to just putting them on a timer) I wouldn't even be upset. Dramatic decrease in the speed with which you can acquire exotics but it doesn't actually nerf the functionality of the item.

1 Drakiss = No Engram

May as well quit not, fuck that.

 

[Darryl M R]

PSA: When doing the Three of Coin trick, DO NOT pick up engrams until you are entirely finished. Your stacking enhanced drop chance buff doesn't reset until you pick up the engram! You do still have to use a coin each time however.

Wait so this is arguing if you keep on stacking the coin effect after suicide death you can potentially have a 50%+ chance every time as long as you do not pick up the engram?

 

[ocean]

Coin hype and exotic farming aside, will someone shed some light?

Hey man. Those things drop rather randomly but I think I've got one like every other time I kill a Champion on Patrol. But I've also gotten them at absolute random from small enemies.

That said, how is the gunsmith holding you back? At level 2 he'll just give you a 280 weapon.

 

[123rl]

I need to take a break. I'm not going back on it tonight. According to my profile I've put in almost 50 hours since Tuesday!

 

[Tecnniqe]

1;30 left on my heavy... PLEASE

 

[EroticSushi]

If they patch ToC to only work off strike bosses instead of story mode ultras (as opposed to just putting them on a timer) I wouldn't even be upset. Dramatic decrease in the speed with which you can acquire exotics but it doesn't actually nerf the functionality of the item.

That's what they'll most likely do later today. Probably patch this by the time the raid goes up.

 

[spyder_ur]

This is nuts. Just making exotics totally meaningless to get. I can't see this lasting long and could even see them shutting down the servers or something to fix it. Makes getting the most coveted items completely trivial. Seems more damaging than any other exploitation we have seen (maybe except cheesing hard Atheon). I don't really like that it's there, but I would be doing it. Instead of running new content people are exploiting a year old story boss. What a colossal fuckup.

*Post colored by a bit of bitterness that I am stuck at work*

 

[Misterthirsty]

In my mind it's a very minor exploit. Doesn't change the math which appears to be that you get approximately 1 exotic per 5 coins. YMMV.

That's the explanation I'm banking on so this still exists when I get on tonight. Even though it's a lot quicker your still using about 5 per exotic.

I just know I'm going to miss out though.

 

[LTWood12]

And by the way, you can use Exotics to infuse legendaries (especially if you have dupes now).

Oh goddammit I shouldn't have dismantled the dupes

 

[Liamc723]

Wait so this is arguing if you keep on stacking the coin effect after suicide death you can potentially have a 50%+ chance every time as long as you do not pick up the engram?

It's incorrect. The buff disappears when the ultra is killed, not when you pick up the engram.

 

[Afrocious]

Fuck yeah, got Telesto and Immolation Fists. Strange Coins well spent.

 

[Namikaze1]

Now to complete the solar ability kills requirement for my exotic solar sword...

 

[Wallach]

If they patch ToC to only work off strike bosses instead of story mode ultras (as opposed to just putting them on a timer) I wouldn't even be upset. Dramatic decrease in the speed with which you can acquire exotics but it doesn't actually nerf the functionality of the item.

This is exactly what I expect them to do. I don't imagine there is any mistake with the actual drop chance per coins spent.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

I've spent 14 coins and gotten Hawkmoon, Telesto, and Skyburner's Annex (Hunter helm). All 290. This is fucking awesome.

 

[EloquentM]

Hey man. Those things drop rather randomly but I think I've got one like every other time I kill a Champion on Patrol. But I've also gotten them at absolute random from small enemies.

That said, how is the gunsmith holding you back? At level 2 he'll just give you a 280 weapon.

I was just referring the the artifact in regards to holding me back =P

But I guess gun smith is holding me back too since I'm lvl 2.5 with him and want my damn ace of spades =P

Thank you though ocean I know I could count on your encyclopedia like mind to point me in the right direction. Killing champions will be on the agenda before the raid after work tonight.

 

[Razorskin]

I'm glad i have no more strange coins, the temptation to run more Draksis would be too strong.

 

[ocean]

It's incorrect. The buff disappears when the ultra is killed, not when you pick up the engram.

I think the theory is that when you kill the Ultra but don't pick up the Engram, you pop your next Coin and it triggers the "stack" (under the assumption that the last one didn't give you a drop since you never picked it up).

 

[GlamFM]

15 spent and 2 exotics so far.

Not bad.

Not good.

 

[140.85]

It's called Legacy and they explained in their Weekly update.

To be honest, they should be clearer about this in-game. I remember with TDB people taking their max, 331 Exotics to "upgrade" with Xur...paid 7k Glimmer, reset all their XP on the weapon, and went back to 302. Like why the fuck would the game even let you do that.

This is another situation where a new player who doesn't read Bungie's blog might spend his entire Strange Coin hoard on useless old weapons which serve for nothing other than collecting.

Yeah. It's really freaking frustrating. All those coins would have got me a lot. But now they're in the garbage.

 

[TheAquaticApe]

Jade Rabbit! Ok. Done farming. Need to prep for raid.

 

[Navy Bean]

That's the explanation I'm banking on so this still exists when I get on tonight. Even though it's a lot quicker your still using about 5 per exotic.

I just know I'm going to miss out though.

Exactly...that's why I'm arguing that:

 

[Johan Liebert]

Draksis exotic farming is amazing. Got two exotics in 10 minutes.

 

[Tecnniqe]

Jade Rabbit! Ok. Done farming. Need to prep for raid.

Exactly when is it? I need to set a toilet clock

 

[EloquentM]

Work bros dgaf. We crying while rahool and xur laugh at us.

Exactly when is it? I need to set a toilet clock

2 hrs 10 minutes

 

[phen0m24]

Draksis exotic farming is amazing. Got two exotics in 10 minutes.

You must play Epic Sax song every time you wipe though for max effect

 

[EL CUCO]

Work bros dgaf. We crying while rahool and xur laugh at us.

Vita ftw

 

[blue_phazon]

Would the chances be better if I run heroic strikes with the 3 of coins?

 

[Tecnniqe]

Work bros dgaf. We crying while rahool and xur laugh at us.

D: Its a sad day indeed for WorkGAF.

Bunghe gonna fix dis shit fast.

 

[Darryl M R]

Not raiding today so I am farming so hard now.

But I need to shower and head into the office by 3, also I need to eat. .

Cuco and Glam I have 7 more runs in me then I need a break

 

[Navy Bean]

Work bros dgaf. We crying while rahool and xur laugh at us.

As always...Bungie hates people with jobs. More so than ever with TTK lol.

 

[ocean]

I was just referring the the artifact in regards to holding me back =P

But I guess gun smith is holding me back too since I'm lvl 2.5 with him and want my damn ace of spades =P

Thank you though ocean I know I could count on your encyclopedia like mind to point me in the right direction. Killing champions will be on the agenda before the raid after work tonight.

Man I'm so lost. I don't know anything. As for Artifacts: I hear Court of Oryx is the way to go.

15 spent and 2 exotics so far.

Not bad.

Not good.

If you think of the price per Exotic in Strange Coins, that's a bargain. Not to mention the fact that getting 2 new Exotics in one play session is something that rarely, if ever, happens

 

[EloquentM]

Vita ftw

You or LT need to log on for me please lmao

 

[ReignofSparrows]

Calling bull on that 'PSA' everyone is constantly quoting. Leaving engrams on the ground I now have 4 engrams in 22 runs. Assuming the stacked buff reaches 66%, that sample size is already enough to cast sufficient doubt on the stackable effect carrying over.

 

[phen0m24]

Would the chances be better if I run heroic strikes with the 3 of coins?

Strikes take longer

Draksis is your friend. He likes rockets.

IN THE FACE

 

[EloquentM]

D: Its a sad day indeed for WorkGAF.

Bunghe gonna fix dis shit fast.

As always...Bungie hates people with jobs. More so than ever with TTK lol.

I'm gonna go home sick. Fuck this. Destiny got the cure

 

[Shito]

So, guys, here's the video I made of how to easily farm Draksis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTXe2HTZu8I

 

[EL CUCO]

Not raiding today so I am farming so hard now.

But I need to shower and head into the office by 3, also I need to eat. .

Cuco and Glam I have 7 more runs in me then I need a break

4 more runs for me before I get fired lol

 

[GlamFM]

3 for 18, getting there

Ruin wings!

 

[EloquentM]

Calling bull on that 'PSA' everyone is constantly quoting. Leaving engrams on the ground I now have 4 engrams in 22 runs. Assuming the stacked buff reaches 66%, that sample size is already enough to cast sufficient doubt on the stackable effect carrying over.

So what you're saying is ....there's a chance?

Spoiler

buff disappearing on kill confirmed?

 

[stb]

Calling bull on that 'PSA' everyone is constantly quoting. Leaving engrams on the ground I now have 4 engrams in 22 runs. Assuming the stacked buff reaches 66%, that sample size is already enough to cast sufficient doubt on the stackable effect carrying over.

Yes, it makes no sense. It makes even less sense from a coding perspective. The buff is clearly "used" when the exotic drops.

 

[Darryl M R]

4 more runs for me before I get fired lol

Lol well Im glad I can help you right now man. Im going to switch to scourge later

 

[Twilight Gap]

the funny thing is that i actually don't need exotics. i need legendaries.

 

[Jinjo]

guess the exotic farm is only for ppl with 5757393757383747 strange coins....

It's 5 3oC for 7 SC.

So, guys, here's the video I made of how to easily farm Draksis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTXe2HTZu8I

WORK IS OVER IN 7 MINUTES