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Destiny |OT35| Time to Explain At Last
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MandrakeUK
Member
Just killed HM oryx with an LFG group and got 312 boots. lolz.
All good though, next time.
All good though, next time.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
So should i be dismantling all gear i dont need or storing it all?
Im only at lvl 22 light is 122.
I dont know if this is like borderlands where gear is trash once you outlevel it and only gear you obtain at max lvl matters.
Im only at lvl 22 light is 122.
I dont know if this is like borderlands where gear is trash once you outlevel it and only gear you obtain at max lvl matters.
Reckless Onion
Member
hung jury is still better imo, dismantled the gunsmith one. it looked cool tho
I'll never get the hung jury, I don't like using guns that the entire community uses.
katsubento
Member
Yup. The thirst is real.
Keep legendary stuff (purple), and exotics (yellow), as you can infuse them to higher attack and defence values.
Anything blue/green/white that is lower than your highest gear is trash that can be broken down for parts.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
Thanks.
Also, are exotics/legendaries going to only drop in high lvl play or will they drop at any time like in diablo/BL but with stats scaled to your lvl?
SolicitorPirate
Member
That's what I've been doing too. Hung Jury is great, but it's a bit boring seeing the same weapons all the time.
Stephen_drewz
Member
Didn't think anything pre TTK could be infused? He said hes level 22 or something.
Unless he was asking about once he reaches TTK.
Exotics can drop at level 20+, but they are pretty much exclusively dropped in raids at those levels. Anything at 160-170 attack is a year one item, and likely not going to be useful for very long.
Year one exotics are 170 attack max, and to tell if you have a year one, or year two exotic, you check for the taken king logo in the top right corner of the items icon, besides having 160 or more attack or defence.
At 40, you have more options, and legendary engrams have a chance to decrypt into exotics.
There is a purple engram that is called Sublime Engram that is playstation exclusive gear, and will only turn into those.
Good point, but he really shouldn't be getting much legendary stuff until he is 30+, but he can still randomly get TTK legendary stuff even at 20.
If for any reason you get a legendary with less than 220 attack/defence, its year one, and you likely don't want to keep it.
Sentinalprimus
Member
Oryx HM is probably the most downright depressing experience I have had in a game probably since the Four Horseman in the original Naxxramas. I fell like I am a relatively decent player but after today I am not so sure. I have managed to clear all the endgame content within 24hrs of it being released (besides VoG HM), but I fell not matter how much I tried I couldn't get all the mechanics to click properly. Thanks to both my groups for putting up with my scrubiness today and sorry we couldn't get the kill.
EVA UNIT 01
Member
Thanks for the replies.
Another thing, the strike playlist recently opened for me at lvl 20.
Will I only be matched into strikes I myself have opened up on my map?
Or can I get into ones i havnt already seen?
And second when is the earliest low lvl raid I can take part in?
I quit at Oryx, as the light level needed to be effective is just ridiculous.
Basically, you have to be 315 or higher to be able to take more than 2 hits, and deal reasonable damage for it to feel "fair".
At 308-313, this fight is just an underleveled mess.
Basically, we have to run hard mode Kings Fall, and get good gear to be high enough level to beat hard mode Kings Fall...
Strike Playlists will bring you through strikes you may not have done yet.
You will likely play strikes you have not opened up if you neglected to do most of them yet.
As for your level to shoot for to raid, 27 is a good level to get ready to do Vault of Glass for the first time.
Arguably the best raid in the game.
mehrmantrout
Member
Golgoroth CP will be the new Gorgons, that's all I can honestly be bothered to do for a few weeks
Big shout out to the late night crew that joined us for the long haul. You guys are the best.
Thanks for putting up with my crankiness and never giving up, lol
Haul:
313 MG
317 boots
320 cloak! :O
The Catch-22iest.
Besides the RNG of loot distribution, I don't think there's anything wrong with designing a raid like that.
If they actually fixed their loot philosophy, it would be interesting to see real gear checks and walls to create a divide between hardcore progression groups and dudes doing the raid, and the strategies that come out of it to make up for less gear.
TheAquaticApe
Member
Yup! Yay for artificial difficulty!
No problem! Great team work from everyone, pretty smooth run all the way to Oryx!
Sentinalprimus
Member
Yeah, I have no problem with raids being designed like this, it's more just a personal thing that I thought I was a good enough player considering my extensive background in MMOs and FPS. Just irritates me that many people had very little issues killing Oryx but I seemed to struggle with nailing mechanics.
mehrmantrout
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Shit happens, I played possibly the worst I ever had yesterday. I had a shit day followed by an evening of constant interruptions, sometimes it's best just to not bother putting yourself through the mill
Did you ignore the part where I said the current loot system is bad?
Sentinalprimus
Member
Yeah it's pretty shitty, specifically when Luke said on here that 310 is something that we shouldn't worry about hitting really and then low and behold you kinda want it for Oryx due to artificial difficulty.
Dave1988
Member
And here I thought I'd have a shot at beating him at LL309... LOL
It was great man. Till next time.
TheAquaticApe
Member
Only because of the additional damage we are taking. I guarantee everyone here could beat HM if it wasn't just literally a number check. Or...I don't know...if playing Normal for six weeks actually gave you the loot to needed to start HM at 310. The new "mechanics" are just as cheap as the old raids IMHO. Make HM skill based NOT based on being underleveled.
Acidote
Member
I'm not even 307 yet. I guess I should have been raiding with three characters to be closer to 310.
mehrmantrout
Member
The bomb phase looks especially cheap considering the finite amount of space you have
The fact that 6 people have to be alive for at least 90% of all encounters is another design flaw in my opinion.
The other raids made it harder to finish, but you could still do it.
Now, if one person dies, DPS is stunted, and leads to more deaths.
Not to mention early encounters need everyone as well.
Golgoroth seems like the only part that doesn't need everyone to be alive to finish it.
MrS
Banned
I'm down for a fresh run today, like ASAP. Got to HM Oryx last night but couldn't best him. Can probably get like 3 other people from my normal raid group too
Everything else in Kings Fall HM is under 310 until sisters.
I think you should be fine.
LunaticLMD
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Acidote
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