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[EL CUCO]

Worked on for a while? There's 2 tracks. This event looks like 1 guy did it over the course of a weekend.

Maybe someone had it sitting in their computer for a while. Lol

 

[Lnkn52]

May we get some Destiny stickers for the PSN Messaging app, please.

 

[Kor of Memory]

The stuff in there now just feels like a half assed afterthought and they are never used outside of a story mission and 2 PVP maps anyway. Just seems like a idea someone had that they tossed in while they where cobbling the game together in a rush.

I think Bungie did good vehicle stuff before and I think it would bring something to Destiny if they leaned into it again in the future. Maybe have a few wheel based Vehicles instead of everything just feeling like a sparrow.

3 maps actually.

And I think Bungie was losing their handle on good vehicles throughout Halo. Halo 3 was pinnacle (to me). Reach had terrible vehicles that were made out of paper.

Basically, I think designing maps around vehicles, and balancing said maps became too much of a chore, so vehicles became more and more shunned.

Worked on for a while? There's 2 tracks. This event looks like 1 guy did it over the course of a weekend.

That's not even a fair thing to say. You obviously have no idea how game development works if you think 1 person did all of the SRL...

 

[Jest Chillin]

Worked on for a while? There's 2 tracks. This event looks like 1 guy did it over the course of a weekend.

According to what was stated about the engine that Destiny uses (and considering how many playspaces we got with the full game and each DLC) I really doubt it's anywhere near that quick to build the geometry for those levels.

 

[GalacticToast]

Lol, the only thing thats left is for a thread to appear on gaming side and us all to decamp over there agreeing with it

The circle will then be complete

One of us should just start the thread over there and let it run it's course. It's bound to be filled with people who never play the game anyway.

 

[Mindlog]

I recently heard about a feature that was cut from Taken King and might make for a really cool "event" next year (if they bring it back), but I don't want to report on it until I can second-source and confirm that it's 100% true.

I am excited to see stuff like the European Dead Zone and Pyramidion (Mars).

I am going to steal this rumor, source it and then send it to another outlet as a hot scoop.

RE: Old Chicago. Solid beer selection.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

really let down by the news that all we get for year 2 is "events" like what is this game right now?

Yes there is stuff to do every few months but none of it matters, its not items I will be taking anywhere.

really disappointed in year II so far.

 

[JohnOfMars]

The stuff in there now just feels like a half assed afterthought and they are never used outside of a story mission and 2 PVP maps anyway. Just seems like a idea someone had that they tossed in while they where cobbling the game together in a rush.

I think Bungie did good vehicle stuff before and I think it would bring something to Destiny if they leaned into it again in the future. Maybe have a few wheel based Vehicles instead of everything just feeling like a sparrow.

Vehicles aren't a bigger thing in the game because there's no friendly AI in the game. They're not going to design a vehicle that can't be used in a lot of game modes, and most importantly, by yourself. That's why all the vehicles are single seat.

Story missions need to be solo-able, and that would require AI. Bungie's biggest priority when it comes to strikes is that be grief-proof. Any mission design that requires a vehicle would be a huge grief target. PvP had one vehicle mode, but I think it was the least played, so no go there. The last mode then is raids, but as awesome as that'd be, Bungie isn't going to design a vehicle for use in a mode that a tiny % of the player base uses.

Man, I do miss warthogs, though. My favorite part of Halo.

Now that there's Sparrow Racing Leagues, can Bungie please print more of these Studio shirts?

 

[Kor of Memory]

Vehicles aren't a bigger thing in the game because there's no friendly AI in the game. They're not going to design a vehicle that can't be used in a lot of game modes, and most importantly, by yourself. That's why all the vehicles are single seat.

Story missions need to be solo-able, and that would require AI. Bungie's biggest priority when it comes to strikes is that be grief-proof. Any mission design that requires a vehicle would be a huge grief target. PvP had one vehicle mode, but I think it was the least played, so no go there. The last mode then is raids, but as awesome as that'd be, Bungie isn't going to design a vehicle for use in a mode that a tiny % of the player base uses.

Man, I do miss warthogs, though. My favorite part of Halo.

Vehicles in PvP isn't the original plan though.

Back in the day, First Light and Bastion were both part of Control and Clash, and included their vehicle spawns.

At some point around Dark Below, First Light and Bastion were split into two. One without Vehicles (which would stay in Control and Clash), and one with vehicles that would move to Combined Arms.

Combined Arms existed before this change, but it just had faster respawn rates for vehicles, and only had maps in it that had vehicles. Thus you only played on First Light or Bastion.

When Skyshock came out with Dark below, all vehicles were moved to Combined Arms, and the maps themselves disappeared from other playlists.

It wouldn't be until way later that the non-vehicular maps would come back to other game types.

 

[Darknyss09]

Anyone have the HM Golg cp?

 

[DrDrizzay101]

There are people who bought every single emote. Those people..

lol I know one of these people *cough cough*

I have an hour left to decide whether or not the Sorrow emote is worth buying Silver for the first time.

Anyone have the HM Golg cp?

Yeah I can load it in a couple min.

 

[Afrocious]

It was definitely talked about and requested quite a bit and I think it's disingenous to say that it was added as a distraction. Way more likely that it was being worked on for awhile.

We don't know for sure, but I doubt they were unless in-shop conversations were about how to prolong the game without new PvE content. Because there's a big hole here with RNG gear and easy, time gated challenges being added to get guaranteed exotics and guaranteed 320 gear.

Meanwhile folks heading to Mercury on the weekends could find a new hobby in light of all this but that's none of my business *sips tea*

 

[Deku Tree]

May we get some Destiny stickers for the PSN Messaging app, please.

https://twitter.com/dekubleep/status/674270576329015296

 

[Kaiken]

I can finally run raids x3.
My Defender Titan is 313 LL and doesn't even have the Weapons of Light perk unlocked yet haha.

 

[LTWood12]

lol I know one of these people *cough cough*

I have an hour left to decide whether or not the Sorrow emote is worth buying Silver for the first time.



Yeah I can load it in a couple min.

I'll grab it as well once you're loaded in. Thanks!

 

[JohnOfMars]

edit: nvm.

 

[Darknyss09]

Yeah I can load it in a couple min.

Cool, thanks man.

 

[Trakan]

That's not even a fair thing to say. You obviously have no idea how game development works if you think 1 person did all of the SRL...

Take it easy, I like to exaggerate for effect. I said "looks like" because it does. This is the most unimpressive "event" I've ever seen. The actual race mechanic is super basic. It's two tracks. This is going to get boring after 30 minutes and they want you to do them for 3 weeks.

 

[Afrocious]

Take it easy, I like to exaggerate for effect. I said "looks like" because it does. This is the most unimpressive "event" I've ever seen. The actual race mechanic is super basic. It's two tracks. This is going to get boring after 30 minutes and they want you to do them for 3 weeks.

No way it can be worse than that queen stuff back in year one. I'm unimpressed too but we'll see.

 

[TheAquaticApe]

I can't wait for the Sparrow Racing cheeses to be found.

 

[Kor of Memory]

Take it easy, I like to exaggerate for effect. I said "looks like" because it does. This is the most unimpressive "event" I've ever seen. The actual race mechanic is super basic. It's two tracks. This is going to get boring after 30 minutes and they want you to do them for 3 weeks.

So this is the most unimpressive event you've ever seen?

Not the original Queen's Wrath? Or the Original Iron Banner where level "mattered".

Or are you exaggerating for effect again?

 

[DrDrizzay101]

I'll grab it as well once you're loaded in. Thanks!

At HM Golgi CP now if anyone wants to grab it.

 

[Afrocious]

I can't wait for the Sparrow Racing cheeses to be found.

Turn the sparrow around to win the race

 

[ethomaz]

When bikes will be up?

 

[Darknyss09]

When bikes will be up?

In an hour approximately.

 

[Spizz]

Is 308 light considered good enough for HM KF?

 

[DrDrizzay101]

Is 308 light considered good enough for HM KF?

Everything except Oryx. And it's totally fine for Oryx w a decent team but some people may balk at it.

 

[Ryck]

Whoa did I miss something? Thread seems a bit hostile this morning. o_o


What is the NF?

 

[2real4tv]

Anyone interested in fresh HM raid starting ~2:15pm est.

1.) Bigmanny287
2.)
3.)
4.)
5.)
6.)

 

[j0hnny_385]

Just got the message about upcoming game restart...

 

[KxoZz]

At HM Golgi CP now if anyone wants to grab it.

I'd like to grab it! Be on in a sec

 

[xplicitone]

Yo Luke. Can we expect the tower vendors to get different inventory/perk rolls on weapons at any point this year?

Seriously. I can't believe they still don't change them or rotate them weekly or anything.

 

[FyreWulff]

I just had a shellshock-

How come the gravity on the moon is the same as on Earth. And Venus. And Mars?

The Traveler.

I can't wait for the Sparrow Racing cheeses to be found.

Seeing as how you can play with a full party of just friends, I don't think they care if people cheese it.

 

[Kor of Memory]

The Traveler.

Honestly, at this point, I think "Our suits/armor" is a better answer.

Just because we now have that Drifter Map where everything else in the ship seems to be low gravity except for us, and only when we're alive.

Thus, we must be in control of our own gravity somehow...

 

[LTWood12]

Thanks Dr. Drake!

 

[Spizz]

Everything except Oryx. And it's totally fine for Oryx w a decent team but some people may balk at it.

Thanks for the reply, I'm getting a bit tired of normal so hopefully if someone will take me I'll try hard tonight.

 

[WipedOut]

Seriously. I can't believe they still don't change them or rotate them weekly or anything.

This should have been taken care of even before TDB came out.

 

[Trakan]

So this is the most unimpressive event you've ever seen?

Not the original Queen's Wrath? Or the Original Iron Banner where level "mattered".

Or are you exaggerating for effect again?

Both of those had a bunch of rewards. The original Queen's Wrath was awesome for leveling up alts, even if that's wasn't what was intended. I got one of my favorite legendary weapons from Queen's Wrath in The Supremacy. The first IB is pretty much the same as it is now with "power mattering." It was still a PVP event that offered more content in armor and weapons than this one does with its 2 tracks.

 

[flkraven]

Btw. Is it common knowledge that you can find a relic while just running around the dreadnaught? I found one on patrol for the first time yesterday.

 

[LTWood12]

Btw. Is it common knowledge that you can find a relic while just running around the dreadnaught? I found one on patrol for the first time yesterday.

Yes. It's the intended method for opening the chest that drains your health.

 

[Deku Tree]

Btw. Is it common knowledge that you can find a relic while just running around the dreadnaught? I found one on patrol for the first time yesterday.

It is used to help open a chest that has a fragment in it, and It spawns in a RNG location.

 

[ethomaz]

Btw. Is it common knowledge that you can find a relic while just running around the dreadnaught? I found one on patrol for the first time yesterday.

Yes... on the CoO wait room you can find one but I never saw what it can do.

Yes. It's the intended method for opening the chest that drains your health.

Dammit I used the Sunsinger super to open the chest
Using the Radiance shield you won't die before open the chest and it take half of the normal damage.

 

[DrDrizzay101]

Btw. Is it common knowledge that you can find a relic while just running around the dreadnaught? I found one on patrol for the first time yesterday.

Yeah I know there's one you can pick up that I believe gives you immunity to open that Interloper fragment chest. But it was so easy to use Armor bubble or Bladedancer or Radiant Skin or sword block that I never actually used it.

 

[Jest Chillin]

We don't know for sure, but I doubt they were unless in-shop conversations were about how to prolong the game without new PvE content. Because there's a big hole here with RNG gear and easy, time gated challenges being added to get guaranteed exotics and guaranteed 320 gear.

Meanwhile folks heading to Mercury on the weekends could find a new hobby in light of all this but that's none of my business *sips tea*

Genuine question. Did you consider that maybe the sparrow races were mapped out (in terms of production order) and greenlit before Bungie knew exactly how quickly the playerbase was going to go from "TTK is the best thing to happen to Destiny since launch" to "This game sucks, LL doesn't matter, I need more stuff to do Bungie!" ? And are you taking into account the fact that not every Destiny player blows through the content at the rate that some players here do?

Now obviously you don't have to consider those things to feel the way you feel about the content itself but if you are speculating as to Bungie's goals and motivations when making these decisions then it definitely should be considered.

Yes... on the CoO wait room you can find one but I never saw what it can do.

Dammit I used the Sunsinger super to open the chest
Using the Radiance shield you won't die before open the chest and it take half of the normal damage.

It can spawn in any of the 3 rooms where The Hive are doing rituals. When you clear the adds doing the ritual 1 of 3 minibosses can spawn. The relic thing drops from the Witch miniboss.

 

[Johndoey]

I figure I'll try to play a raid for the first time soon. Anyone have any idea how much time I should set aside?
Like 3 hrs? 4?

 

[Auto_aim1]

No more DLCs this year.

http://kotaku.com/bungie-confirms-that-theyre-not-doing-big-destiny-dlc-t-1746865949

Edit: beaten.

Don't know what to think of this. I want new raids, proper content instead of things like sparrow racing.

 

[LTWood12]

A lot of the disappointment comes from lack of direct communication from Bungie on what to expect until now. If we'd known TTK was the final paid expansion w/ significant content then these events would be seen in a different light. But when they don't tell you that, and they say they're going to be a big annual press conference around the time the previous year they released a new raid; and then all it is is a temporary mini-game...

wow that's a run-on sentence.

 

[Trakan]

And are you taking into account the fact that not every Destiny player blows through the content at the rate that some players here do?

The average player might not get through the content at the rate people here do, but 3 months in, players will have what they want. If you don't have stuff like a sleeper or exotic sword yet, you don't really want one that bad. The average person doesn't raid so that takes a huge chunk of the endgame out of the average person's play time as well.

 

[deadduck]

Any totems or golgi CP I can grab?

 

[flkraven]

Yes. It's the intended method for opening the chest that drains your health.

Yes... on the CoO wait room you can find one but I never saw what it can do.


Dammit I used the Sunsinger super to open the chest
Using the Radiance shield you won't die before open the chest and it take half of the normal damage.

Yeah I know there's one you can pick up that I believe gives you immunity to open that Interloper fragment chest. But it was so easy to use Armor bubble or Bladedancer or Radiant Skin or sword block that I never actually used it.

Thanks guys. Yah, I just used a bubble to grab that one.