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[Ruthless_Barbarian]

The best way to maximize your loot chances from oryx is to always have minimum 5 moldering shards in your inventory when starting a fresh raid. This way you will always end up with 20 shards at oryx for the extra loot chance, because 15 shards is guaranteed drop if you hit all the chests and bosses on the way to oryx.

 

[Tovarisc]

I got 2 shards from Oryx on my Titan once and she didn't have 20 on her. Can't actually remember if I got an item or not. It went to the postmaster if I did.

No, primary weapon is only guaranteed on your very first oryx kill. Any kill after that can drop primary, helmet or 2 shards.

20 shards can pull from anything in the loot table, and that includes 2 shards.

That is just extra level of fuckery then. "Good job on clearing PvE end game content, you have killed the King! Here, take these 2 shards to aid in your travels!"

 

[Hawkian]

In Times of Need is a cool looking shotty. doesn't seem very good though

 

[xplicitone]

Missed that. If so I can log back in.

It should be too late, but if I am still working on my project then I can take a break for a quick kill.

He joined, sorry Mindlog!

 

[Number45]

The Taikonaut dropped for me - first thing I've actually wanted that has dropped for me since I've been playing. Now to find a good rocket launcher without tracker so that I can get some use from it!

I'm a bit confused by the exotic armour kiosk. There are exotic items that I've discovered (they're in my vault in fact) that don't appear in there for me. The Stag for example, no sign of it in that kiosk. :s

 

[figadapaura]

The best way to maximize your loot chances from oryx is to always have minimum 5 moldering shards in your inventory when starting a fresh raid. This way you will always end up with 20 shards at oryx for the extra loot chance, because 15 shards is guaranteed drop if you hit all the chests and bosses on the way to oryx.

All my shards just get passed around my characters when they do a raid. Does mean eventually someone is getting the shaft though. Like my Titan that one time.

 

[toastyToast]

Anyone up for an Oryx kill? Can start as soon as we have 6

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

The Taikonaut dropped for me - first thing I've actually wanted that has dropped for me since I've been playing. Now to find a good rocket launcher without tracker so that I can get some use from it!

I'm a bit confused by the exotic armour kiosk. There are exotic items that I've discovered (they're in my vault in fact) that don't appear in there for me. The Stag for example, no sign of it in that kiosk. :s

Each class has their separate armor kiosks. You can't view or purchase warlock exotic armor from a titan.

Weapon kiosk is account wide though.

 

[neoism]

how old is ol lukems isnt he like 50 now?

 

[figadapaura]

how old is ol lukems its he like 50 now?

he looks very good for 50 tbf

 

[PrivateWHudson]

That is just extra level of fuckery then. "Good job on clearing PvE end game content, you have killed the King! Here, take these 2 shards to aid in your travels!"

The loop is a bit wonky right now. I really hope they addresses it going forward. Use an antiquated ruin, beat the boss, and he drops an antiquated ruin. At least let me dismantle the ruin for marks or something.

 

[xplicitone]

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[Kyoufu]

For the first time I did not bother doing Nightfall since I reached endgame in Destiny.

Maybe I'll do one next reset.

...maybe....

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

All my shards just get passed around my characters when they do a raid. Does mean eventually someone is getting the shaft though. Like my Titan that one time.

Yup I do the same. I have however not seen or heard anyone get 4 shards from oryx when they have 20+ shards in the inventory, so I will assume that:

If oryx gives you 2 shards, the 20 shards can not pull 2 shards. You will get an item.

Or vice-versa, depending on which one drops loot first.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

We play around 5:00-5:30 PM EST. if you're up to play around then, spot is yours.

Psychedelic, that's about 2 my time.

 

[Kalamari]

Anyone for NF, join EvilKalamari.

 

[DrDrizzay101]

I think you are guaranteed to get item and then if you have 20 shards you can get extra item or 2 shards. I usually get 2 shards for my 20, it's such bullshit design.

Definitely not guaranteed an item btw except for the first kill. I've gotten 2 shards only before but it didn't use 20 either. Two shards guaranteed at all 5 drops.

I'm thinking telesto is going to wreck faces.

I got a 290 Telesto and leveled it up but haven't taken it for a spin yet. Seems like a lot of fun and I miss using FRs in Crucible since they nerfed them.

I should mention that I'm really only thinking of Trials when I talk about competitive PvP. Personally I have fun with other modes but don't take them seriously.

 

[LiK]

i think Trials is gonna be raining Red Death. seen it way too often in PVP lately. hopefully not many people have a 310 one heh

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Anyone have the warpriest checkpoint?

Even though I wiped at warpriest a few times it still took me to Oryx.

You can't over write a checkpoint further in the raid with one before it. You have to reset your checkpoint by restarting the raid from director

 

[The Driver]

So do we know what light the IB and ToO gear will be dropping at tomorrow?

I imagine IB will be at 300 at least while Trials will be 305 and above.

 

[Inapplicable]

This post had some pretty good details about pulse rifles in Crucible. I don't agree w everything but it gives a good overview. Gotta embrace the age of PRs, I doubt anything else will be super competitive.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CruciblePlaybook/comments/3oibkk/pulse_rifle_101/

Thanks for that, I've tried something from every damage type outside of the lowest and highest one(well, I still have an OG Messenger that I do decent with but that's useless in Trials) and nothing seems to click for me. I'm going to stick with a hand cannon until I get a messenger 2.0 or just quit PvP altogether.

 

[LiK]

So do we know what light the IB and ToO gear will be dropping at tomorrow?

I imagine IB will be at 300 at least while Trials will be 305 and above.

hopefully 300 cuz why bother if we need to infuse that gear as well.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

For the first time I did not bother doing Nightfall since I reached endgame in Destiny.

Maybe I'll do one next reset.

...maybe....

You're no longer in the 1% of 1% group.

GTFO

 

[todd360]

hopefully 300 cuz why bother if we need to infuse that gear as well.

My guess is 300 as well.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

So do we know what light the IB and ToO gear will be dropping at tomorrow?

I imagine IB will be at 300 at least while Trials will be 305 and above.

haha fat chance of that happening

IB will probably be 280

Trials 300

 

[Hawkian]

so the next step in the chaperone quest has bungie encouraging you to use shotguns in the crucible. So as a farewell of sorts I dusted off my barely-ever-used felwinter's lie with shot package and smallbore from the vault, switched to bladedancer, and went about all the blinky slidy bullshit I could withstand. Got the step done in a game and a quarter. The only thing in either match that could threaten me was... wait for it... hammer of sol!

can't believe these weapons were ever a part of this game. begone with ye

 

[blackflag]

Telesto will be laughed out of the building in Trials. Banner might be fine for Telesto though.

I meant banner but I haven't tried it at all in pvp

 

[LiK]

so the next step in the chaperone quest has bungie encouraging you to use shotguns in the crucible. So as a farewell of sorts I dusted off my barely-ever-used felwinter's lie with shot package and smallbore from the vault, switched to bladedancer, and went about all the blinky slidy bullshit I could withstand. Got the step done in a game and a quarter. The only thing in either match that could threaten me was... wait for it... hammer of sol!

can't believe these weapons were ever a part of this game. begone with ye

that shotgun quest wasn't as fun with nerfed shotties and new maps. i actively dislike using shotties in PVP now. sniper is the way to go.

 

[xplicitone]

You can't over write a checkpoint further in the raid with one before it. You have to reset your checkpoint by restarting the raid from director

I totally screwed that up! Very good to know Haha

 

[Slammin_Hammon]

i think Trials is gonna be raining Red Death. seen it way too often in PVP lately. hopefully not many people have a 310 one heh

It will be interesting to see how the damage stuff works. I think anything over 300 will be fine. I do not look forward to going up against Red Death at any level though, I can't stand that flinch inducing bullshit.

 

[edukate]

Anyone wanna kill Oryx now? Didn't get it done yesterday

Psn LuckyDoobage

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Oh my god these new emotes. I'm afraid I'm going to need them all.

 

[neoism]

forever 299

 

[DrDrizzay101]

Thanks for that, I've tried something from every damage type outside of the lowest and highest one(well, I still have an OG Messenger that I do decent with but that's useless in Trials) and nothing seems to click for me. I'm going to stick with a hand cannon until I get a messenger 2.0 or just quit PvP altogether.

Haha yeah I can relate. I'm a hand cannon man at heart, I miss using them. The range and accuracy nerfs are just too inconsistent. I'll never love how the pulse rifle weapon archetype feels.

One point from that post I strongly agreed with is the importance of Counterbalance. I'm sure some PRs have reasonable recoil patterns by default but most I've used have a ton of horizontal movement without CB.

 

[all of my hate]

Hate trying to move crap via Bungie.net

Character menu is so slow.

 

[xplicitone]

Hate trying to move crap via Bungie.net

Character menu is so slow.

All of your hate?

But it's so much nicer than we had it before. We had to manually go to the tower multiple times to do it

 

[Teasing_Pink]

so the next step in the chaperone quest has bungie encouraging you to use shotguns in the crucible. So as a farewell of sorts I dusted off my barely-ever-used felwinter's lie with shot package and smallbore from the vault, switched to bladedancer, and went about all the blinky slidy bullshit I could withstand. Got the step done in a game and a quarter. The only thing in either match that could threaten me was... wait for it... hammer of sol!

can't believe these weapons were ever a part of this game. begone with ye

Don't worry, even after shot package is removed, the quest reward Conspiracy Theory with rangefinder and the high impact/long range archetype will fill the gap. It's just as bullshit at long range as felwinter's lie is, but will be unaffected by the nerf.

I seriously don't understand how this was overlooked. It's a damn quest reward even. Does the guy balancing guns in crucible ever actually play crucible?

 

[toastyToast]

Psn LuckyDoobage

Nice

Oryx kill

1. toastyToast (toasty_T)
2. edukate (LuckyDoobage)
3.
4.
5.
6.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Haha yeah I can relate. I'm a hand cannon man at heart, I miss using them. The range and accuracy nerfs are just too inconsistent. I'll never love how the pulse rifle weapon archetype feels.

One point from that post I strongly agreed with is the importance of Counterbalance. I'm sure some PRs have reasonable recoil patterns by default but most I've used have a ton of horizontal movement without CB.

What do you recommend for a pulse rifle for IB/Trials? I know you got that sweet Lyudmila-D and you'll probably stick to that, but any vendor pulse worth the marks?

I don't like 4 burst PR's, so would prefer a 3 burst one. Else I'm sticking with Smite of Merian and Bad Juju/Red Death.

 

[Slammin_Hammon]

I meant banner but I haven't tried it at all in pvp

It is fun in PvE but for PvP it's only application is trying to kill super tightly grouped bunches of people, so banner might be a good place for it. It has great stats but the way it blows up after attaching means if you are fighting 1v1 with an opponent they have more time to kill you while you wait for the projectiles to detonate.

 

[all of my hate]

All of your hate?

But it's so much nicer than we had it before. We had to manually go to the tower multiple times to do it

Not all of it.

Timegating quests and the exotic sword rare material farming have all of my hate.

 

[shermas]

Anyone??

Does IB start at 10 a.m. PST? If I still have a guy at Rank 5 from last time, I sit in orbit with them during the reset, then fly to the tower, he'll still be at 5?

The last IB was the only time I ranked up one of my guys and I just stumbled across this 'glitch' in reading another post.

 

[LTWood12]

Hoping we can start in a couple hours boys.

 

[Hawkian]

that shotgun quest wasn't as fun with nerfed shotties and new maps. i actively dislike using shotties in PVP now. sniper is the way to go.

I never liked using them in PvP, at all. At the same time I did it really difficult to relate to what you're saying here;the god-rolls on the max range shotguns were barely affected by the nerf. The kind I do like from time to give (Invective) seem to all still be viable to me too. *shrug*

I can't snipe. Fusion Rifles all the way!

Don't worry, even after shot package is removed, the quest reward Conspiracy Theory with rangefinder and the high impact/long range archetype will fill the gap. It's just as bullshit at long range as felwinter's lie is, but will be unaffected by the nerf.

I seriously don't understand how this was overlooked. It's a damn quest reward even. Does the guy balancing guns in crucible ever actually play crucible?

I cannot believe rangefinder is left untouched :/

 

[Inapplicable]

Haha yeah I can relate. I'm a hand cannon man at heart, I miss using them. The range and accuracy nerfs are just too inconsistent. I'll never love how the pulse rifle weapon archetype feels.

One point from that post I strongly agreed with is the importance of Counterbalance. I'm sure some PRs have reasonable recoil patterns by default but most I've used have a ton of horizontal movement without CB.

Most of my PRs kick up and to the right, it's annoying. I've even used Red Death/Bad Juju and I just get rekt when using them, yet can use my Vanity or even a scout rifle and do decent.

I hope hand cannons make a comeback, obviously not to the OP levels they were before but to a level where they can be competitive.

 

[RunningRiot]

Anyone wanna kill Oryx now? Didn't get it done yesterday

I'm down

 

[toastyToast]

I'm down

Oryx kill

1. toastyToast (toasty_T)
2. edukate (LuckyDoobage)
3. RunningRiot (TKRunningRiot)
4.
5.
6.

3 more

 

[LiK]

I never liked using them in PvP, at all. At the same time I did it really difficult to relate to what you're saying here;the god-rolls on the max range shotguns were barely affected by the nerf. The kind I do like from time to give (Invective) seem to all still be viable to me too. *shrug*

I can't snipe. Fusion Rifles all the way!

I cannot believe rangefinder is left untouched :/

I couldn't kill some people with shot package in one shot if they were midrange. Only got them to a sliver. Nerf worked. I was trying all the year 1 favorites. Anyone who still dies to shotgun are in closer range from what I've seen.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Anyone??

Does IB start at 10 a.m. PST? If I still have a guy at Rank 5 from last time, I sit in orbit with them during the reset, then fly to the tower, he'll still be at 5?

The last IB was the only time I ranked up one of my guys and I just stumbled across this 'glitch' in reading another post.

Bungie maintenance from 9-11AM, so kiss your glitching goodbye.

 

[ToyMachine228]

Any pro runners here on Xbox One? Have the Oryx check point. Hope to have a quick run just lost our runner. Message ProgenitorRyan on XBL.