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[DrDrizzay101]

But did you get to that dang light bulb?

L I G H T B U L B B O Y Z

I'll have plenty of time to change light bulbs considering how little Destiny I'll be playing.

-Don't really care about NFalls: they increased the Light of drops as high as 310... just in time for HM to raise the cap and make that irrelevant.

-I had terrible luck with NM KF drops as well, but I could grind out 310 exotics to make up for it. No 320 exotics so out of luck there too.

-Excited for Trials but the new Pusle meta and changes to match making will make it way less fun to do carries. Could be wrong but I'll be shocked if Trials stuff drops above 310.

TTK made great improvements to the "middle game." The progression from sub-200 light to ~290 and "raid ready" is much better than vanilla Destiny's post-level 20 reputation grind. They saw tons of people leave vanilla after hitting Lv20, and it's clear a lot of thought was put into making this process more engaging.

But progression past that point is a total flop. There's no vision for how to structure player activities, to provide encouragement. You get 15 dice rolls per week but the dice are weighted against you. Even "getting lucky" feels more like relief that you didn't get screwed again, instead of excitement considering how bland the raid gear is.

What did they expect core players to be doing at this point of the expansion? I honestly can't tell.

 

[BMO = GOAT]

Anyone with an Atheon CP or needs a player for Atheon kill?

 

[LiK]

I'll have plenty of time to change light bulbs considering how little Destiny I'll be playing.

-Don't really care about NFalls: they increased the Light of drops as high as 310... just in time for HM to raise the cap and make that irrelevant.

-I had terrible luck with NM KF drops as well, but I could grind out 310 exotics to make up for it. No 320 exotics so out of luck there too.

-Excited for Trials but the new Pusle meta and changes to match making will make it way less fun to do carries. Could be wrong but I'll be shocked if Trials stuff drops above 310.

TTK made great improvements to the "middle game." The progression from sub-200 light to ~290 and "raid ready" is much better than vanilla Destiny's post-level 20 reputation grind. They saw tons of people leave vanilla after hitting Lv20, and it's clear a lot of thought was put into making this process more engaging.

But progression past that point is a total flop. There's no vision for how to structure player activities, to provide encouragement. You get 15 dice rolls per week but the dice are weighted against you. Even "getting lucky" feels more like relief that you didn't get screwed again, instead of excitement considering how bland the raid gear is.

What did they expect core players to be doing at this point of the expansion? I honestly can't tell.

wanna do NF with me tonight? I just wanna gamble on a good drop.

 

[silver.tongue]

Power just went out in my house just in time for Paris conference... WTF!

 

[igordennis]

Power just went out in my house just in time for Paris conference... WTF!

Rip phone data plan.

 

[Orthogonal]

Did NF, got a 290 Invective :/

Everyone else got 300+ Ghosts while mine is stuck at 289

 

[Liquidsnake]

ToM imo, everything else is high enough

I don't have TOM.

 

[MagnetoWasRight]

All of the Trials adept weapons are showing as having their stats removed from the Bungie Armory. I wonder if this is related to the fact that they are showing three perks total (two fixed, one random.)

https://www.bungie.net/en/armory/Detail?type=item&item=48423573&itemname=Reflection Sum (Adept

 

[Gammacide]

Anyone with an Atheon CP or needs a player for Atheon kill?

With you that makes 4 of us looking to do Atheon in. If someone can get a cup I bet we could do it...or at least with one more person.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

I'll have plenty of time to change light bulbs considering how little Destiny I'll be playing.

-Don't really care about NFalls: they increased the Light of drops as high as 310... just in time for HM to raise the cap and make that irrelevant.

-I had terrible luck with NM KF drops as well, but I could grind out 310 exotics to make up for it. No 320 exotics so out of luck there too.

-Excited for Trials but the new Pusle meta and changes to match making will make it way less fun to do carries. Could be wrong but I'll be shocked if Trials stuff drops above 310.

TTK made great improvements to the "middle game." The progression from sub-200 light to ~290 and "raid ready" is much better than vanilla Destiny's post-level 20 reputation grind. They saw tons of people leave vanilla after hitting Lv20, and it's clear a lot of thought was put into making this process more engaging.

But progression past that point is a total flop. There's no vision for how to structure player activities, to provide encouragement. You get 15 dice rolls per week but the dice are weighted against you. Even "getting lucky" feels more like relief that you didn't get screwed again, instead of excitement considering how bland the raid gear is.

What did they expect core players to be doing at this point of the expansion? I honestly can't tell.

Mhm.

Doing HM sisters last night netted me...a 300 shotgun and 300 mark.

I mean, I get having normal items drop next to hardmode drops. But I had every boss literlaly drop shit for me. Warpriest, Golgo, Sisters, and I was too damn tired to even bother with Oryx. It's like....it's like that is unacceptable.

I hate this double RNG stuff. Fuck that shit. It makes me not want to even try.

 

[DrDrizzay101]

Alright gaf, what should I infuse my 316 raid auto into? Bad juju? ToM? Zhalo? NM raid pulse? Hung jury?

Big decision because I'm probably only gonna see another 315+ raid primary once a month at this rate.

Everyone is saying ToM but if you care about Trials and have a clear favorite primary you might want to go there. HM Oryx is super farmy already plus the new strat means you're basically invincible whenever you're shooting ToM. Higher light ToM won't change that fight at all, except for making your character (maybe) higher overall.

Can't go wrong with ToM so that's a safe bet, especially if/when Oryx challenge mode drops. But just something to consider.

 

[Tecnniqe]

This is pretty cool
https://twitter.com/Bungie/status/659042494085230592
I wonder how many of them are playing right now

 

[PuMa]

Wait so is Hawksaw BETTER than the IB vendor Nirwen's Mercy? I've got NM but no Hawksaw. Is the vendor HS any good?

Teach me how to Meta.

Vendor one is meh. Personal preference really on Hawksaw vs Nirwen's because they are in different impact categories. You can't two shot with either.

Basically, almost any pulse rifle with a big stability buff perk is going to be good.

 

[Liquidsnake]

What attack power is your Touch of Malice?

0

I didn't' get one, I don't even know how.

 

[Namikaze1]

To those more familiar with the PS4 Twitch app, please tell me there's a way to hide chat.

 

[BreezyLimbo]

This is pretty cool
https://twitter.com/Bungie/status/659042494085230592
I wonder how many of them are playing right now

Well that's just classy.

To those more familiar with the PS4 Twitch app, please tell me there's a way to hide chat.

In the share tab for the broadcast, press the options button in order to bring up a thingy to let you minimize the chat/black bar on bottom. I think. The option is somewhere though.

Unless you're talking about viewing something on the twitch app, I have no idea.

 

[sensui-tomo]

If anyone needs help with any raids send me an invite (note i've never done the first two raids (saw someone needed help with one of the older ones above i think(or last page )) but i'm 303, done raid enough times to do it over and over again, hard mode.. well i know i cant fight oryx due to my light level but everything else beforehand is doable.
PSN is SensuiTomo

 

[Vincent Alexander]

So, I got home and I need an Atheon kill. Any others? Maybe with checkpoint?

No CP, but I need Atheon too.

 

[Tecnniqe]

Well that's just classy.

Good guy Bungie

 

[mehrmantrout]

What did they expect core players to be doing at this point of the expansion? I honestly can't tell.

The lack of news/leaks is worrying and I honestly don't think they know what to do next, hopefully it will end up more substantive than having different masks.

 

[Number45]

Fuck the request for striker grenade kills in the crucible. Thought I'd go for them as I casually fill my candy satchel in PvP but they fucking take forever.

 

[LTWood12]

I'll have plenty of time to change light bulbs considering how little Destiny I'll be playing.

-Don't really care about NFalls: they increased the Light of drops as high as 310... just in time for HM to raise the cap and make that irrelevant.

-I had terrible luck with NM KF drops as well, but I could grind out 310 exotics to make up for it. No 320 exotics so out of luck there too.

-Excited for Trials but the new Pusle meta and changes to match making will make it way less fun to do carries. Could be wrong but I'll be shocked if Trials stuff drops above 310.

TTK made great improvements to the "middle game." The progression from sub-200 light to ~290 and "raid ready" is much better than vanilla Destiny's post-level 20 reputation grind. They saw tons of people leave vanilla after hitting Lv20, and it's clear a lot of thought was put into making this process more engaging.

But progression past that point is a total flop. There's no vision for how to structure player activities, to provide encouragement. You get 15 dice rolls per week but the dice are weighted against you. Even "getting lucky" feels more like relief that you didn't get screwed again, instead of excitement considering how bland the raid gear is.

What did they expect core players to be doing at this point of the expansion? I honestly can't tell.

So much this. Was reflecting on the fact that on the one hand, I won the lottery by getting a 318 primary from Oryx last night. Except the number is literally the only thing to be excited about. A Zhouli's Bane w/ hip-fire accuracy, that will finish reloading by the time my three year-old starts Kindergarten. What should be something special just immediately gets infused into a weapon I was already using for the hardest thing in the game. So disappointing.

In the The Dark Below season where maximum attack values for weapons was 331, you still saw people running VoG for those weapons, even though at that point they only would go up to 300. They were good enough to still merit using in the end-game, even at a lower value. That definitely won't be the case now. As soon as there's a number available higher than 320; most of these weapons will be thrown in the garbage.

Everyone is saying ToM but if you care about Trials and have a clear favorite primary you might want to go there. HM Oryx is super farmy already plus the new strat means you're basically invincible whenever you're shooting ToM. Higher light ToM won't change that fight at all, except for making your character (maybe) higher overall.

Can't go wrong with ToM so that's a safe bet, especially if/when Oryx challenge mode drops. But just something to consider.

Still think it's worth infusing ToM in these early days. We failed the DPS gate a couple of times last night when we had only 4 or 5 people alive. Granted we were lower light, but higher level ToMs would've been the difference between living or wiping.

 

[E92 M3]

Will noomi finally get a helmet from Kings Fall?!

TUNE IN TONIGHT FOR DISAPPOINTMENT

You're getting a 314-317 helmet tonight.

Trials of Osiris is going to be a joke on the Xbox with everyone playing Halo.

 

[LiK]

This is pretty cool
https://twitter.com/Bungie/status/659042494085230592
I wonder how many of them are playing right now

of course, the Bungie and 343i folks are tight.

 

[SteveO1683]

So is sharing the WarPriest checkpoint the thing now? Did our first run of hard mode last night up to that point and didn't get jack from any of the previous drops and expected at least totems would give the drop. It doesn't seem to run the first part of hard mode at all if it doesn't give drops.

 

[SeanR1221]

Hello!

Tonight at 10pm EST I will be starting a fresh HM run. We will call it: SeanR1221's birthday bonanza raid run featuring oryx and the terrible sister drops.

Sign up now!

1.) me
2.) my cousin
3.) you?
4.) maybe you?
5.) definitely you!
6.) ????

 

[spyder_ur]

Fuck the request for striker grenade kills in the crucible. Thought I'd go for them as I casually fill my candy satchel in PvP but they fucking take forever.

Lightning grenades are your friend - perhaps the best PvP grenades in the game, at least in 6v6.

 

[exYle]

Nightfall anyone?

 

[DrDrizzay101]

wanna do NF with me tonight? I just wanna gamble on a good drop.

If I'm around tonight I'd be down. Just throw up a post when you're looking to do it. Raids this morning were too depressing to make me want to play more today, lol.

Exactly. The new strategy relies heavily on the ToM.

Yo, did you get in that run w Bogey? Let me know if you still need help getting a kill although there are plenty of people around here who can bust him up good by now and still need this week's loot.

 

[MikeyMike]

So is sharing the WarPriest checkpoint the thing now? Did our first run of hard mode last night up to that point and didn't get jack from any of the previous drops and expected at least totems would give the drop. It doesn't seem to run the first part of hard mode at all if it doesn't give drops.

Totems constantly drops the shell and fusion rifle. I don't see why people would skip it.

 

[Namikaze1]

You're getting a 314-317 helmet tonight.

Trials of Osiris is going to be a joke on the Xbox with everyone playing Halo.

So will I get the harrowed helmet this week? Your Oryx mask prediction came true yesterday. Tell me!

 

[Acidote]

GlamFM you're still missing the HM Oryx kill too? We have to do it sometime man.

 

[Teasing_Pink]

Fuck the request for striker grenade kills in the crucible. Thought I'd go for them as I casually fill my candy satchel in PvP but they fucking take forever.

But the lightning grenade is the best grenade! Not sure how you can rage at this part, but not at having to get melee kills with those T-rex arms.

 

[GlamFM]

If I'm around tonight I'd be down. Just throw up a post when you're looking to do it. Raids this morning were too depressing to make me want to play more today, lol.



Yo, did you get in that run w Bogey? Let me know if you still need help getting a kill although there are plenty of people around here who can bust him up good by now and still need this week's loot.

Did not. I´ll look for you later.

3 hrs until my daughter sleeps.

GlamFM you're still missing the HM Oryx kill too? We have to do it sometime man.

3hrs from now?

 

[Orthogonal]

Halo 5 OT is moving a lot slower than I had expected. Curious if Destiny saw a dip, probably on Xbone side.

 

[phen0m24]

I'll have plenty of time to change light bulbs considering how little Destiny I'll be playing.

I hope you'll be available for Fun Runs and helping those of us yet to break the 310 barrier Forever309

Found joy helping someone

Spoiler

Kratos!

last night and told another I would help killing the ultras on each planet. Am grateful for you doing what you do at the expense of the bulbs.

This is pretty cool
https://twitter.com/Bungie/status/659042494085230592
I wonder how many of them are playing right now

Slow clap

Wonder how many ideas 343 aped from Destiny?

 

[LTWood12]

Did not. I´ll look for you later.

3 hrs until my daughter sleeps.

Getting your daughter to sleep is the real final boss.

 

[Gammacide]

NM VoG for Atheon kill.

1.Gammacide
2.Orthogonal
3.Acidote
4.BMO=GOAT
5.Vincent Alexander
6.

One spot left. Do you guys mind waiting until after Sony's PGW conference? Was just about to watch...?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

So will I get the harrowed helmet this week? Your Oryx mask prediction came true yesterday. Tell me!

I believe in you Nami

I got my boots on my titan yesterday

after a year

I finally got boots

therefor you'll get your helmet

Spoiler

Lemme know when you do oryx HM, I'll do it with you. I will end you if you do not, I will specifically find you in Trials and end you.

 

[Orthogonal]

NM VoG for Atheon kill.

1.Gammacide
2.Orthogonal
3.Acidote
4.BMO=GOAT
5.Vincent Alexander
6.

One spot left. Do you guys mind waiting until after Sony's PGW conference? Was just about to watch...?

How long will that be?

Also, do we have cp or will we run full thing?

 

[Acidote]

NM VoG for Atheon kill.

1.Gammacide
2.Orthogonal
3.Acidote
4.BMO=GOAT
5.Vincent Alexander
6.

One spot left. Do you guys mind waiting until after Sony's PGW conference? Was just about to watch...?

If someone gives us a CP we will be done before it. I might even have one at the gorgons chest. Let me check.

 

[PuMa]

I hope you'll be available for Fun Runs and helping those of us yet to break the 310 barrier Forever309

Found joy helping someone

Spoiler

Kratos!

last night and told another I would help killing the ultras on each planet. Am grateful for you doing what you do at the expense of the bulbs.

No-Fun run tonight, Colonel?

 

[E92 M3]

So will I get the harrowed helmet this week? Your Oryx mask prediction came true yesterday. Tell me!

Your future is vague, but I do see one helmet. Not sure if harrowed.

Halo 5 OT is moving a lot slower than I had expected. Curious if Destiny saw a dip, probably on Xbone side.

Yeah there is a dip, but I some people back on this morning lol.

 

[xVaalbarAx]

anyone want to help and get this HM Oryx kill? ;P

 

[Namikaze1]

I believe in you Nami

I got my boots on my titan yesterday

after a year

I finally got boots

therefor you'll get your helmet

Spoiler

Lemme know when you do oryx HM, I'll do it with you. I will end you if you do not, I will specifically find you in Trials and end you.

What if I'm not doing trials this week and instead go do some assassin stuff in Syndicate?

I haven't kill Oryx today. Both Warlock and Hunter are at Oryx. Saving my Titan for a run later.

 

[LTWood12]

So do I need to complete all the No Time to Explain stuff TODAY or it goes away? Or just part of it? If so which part? I plan to finish it all but just in case I'd like to know what I can put off until tomorrow.

 

[Greenymac]

I might depending if my friend is available since he is still a newbie. Will let you know after I get a hold of him.

ok cool let me know. He is welcome to come along if he wants!

 

[BreezyLimbo]

What if I'm not doing trials this week and instead go do some assassin stuff in Syndicate?

I haven't kill Oryx today. Both Warlock and Hunter are at Oryx. Saving my Titan for a run later.

Then my plan is foiled and I'll go play some halo 5

I heard Warzone is pretty addicting...

 

[Gammacide]

If someone gives us a CP we will be done before it. I might even have one at the gorgons chest. Let me check.

Nice. Would take a few minutes if we just had him to do, or even from Gorgons.

 

[Orthogonal]

So do I need to complete all the No Time to Explain stuff TODAY or it goes away? Or just part of it? If so which part? I plan to finish it all but just in case I'd like to know what I can put off until tomorrow.

I imaginne if you have the quest, it will stay.