MythicReclaimer
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Hit Rank 3 earlier this morning, first five races afterwards I received a 320, 313 cloak and a 314, 311 Helmet. Looking good for infusion fodder.
Rank 4 is 8500 XP.
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Destiny |OT37| Everything Old is New Again
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Hit Rank 3 earlier this morning, first five races afterwards I received a 320, 313 cloak and a 314, 311 Helmet. Looking good for infusion fodder.
Rank 4 is 8500 XP.
After messing around in crucible last night in 3v3 modes it seems that 90% of kills are shotgun or sniper. I know this was always the case to a degree but now it is way more pronounced with the various nerfs and non-buffs.
xplicitone
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when PvP is laggy as shit, it's so fucking rage inducing.
especially when your team is green/yellow, and the other team is orange/red.
especially when your team is green/yellow, and the other team is orange/red.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I do but racing atm
TheAquaticApe
Member
Good to see 320 helmets are dropping for people at rank 3. I hope it remains consistent. I am about 300 pts from Rank 3 now.
Edit: ALSO - How sad is it that Sparrow Racing drops 320 and Trials doesn't? Arguably the hardest content in the game and my drops have never gone to 320. Dumb. Really dumb.
Weird shit going on with destiny. Went to tower, bought my 3oC, bought needles and changed my bones to have machine gun ammo, got a perfect roll. Booted to orbit when trying to go see Holliday. Look at stuff, reverted to everything before I went to the tower. WTF. Coins back and Bones back to original perks.
mehrmantrout
Member
Lol, I was on the verge of tears last night trying to get the crucible bounties finished. Win a match with randoms, hope randoms know how to play game mode, pray for no red bars
Honestly the most rage inducing thing ever
xplicitone
Member
red bar for more than 2-3 minutes (or > 1 round) = booted and ban of pvp for some amount of time. It's stupid.
mehrmantrout
Member
Its fucking bullshit. Clear the hardest thing in the game get 2 shards, play mario kart for 5 minutes and get the hardest thing to get in the game
Xplicit I don't know if you saw this earlier but they've done something with match making https://www.reddit.com/r/CruciblePl...ible_matchmaking_is_broken_after_patch_proof/
TheAquaticApe
Member
I think a lot less people are playing Destiny everyday. So now people are getting matched with folks further and further away. I entered Rumble today and everyone was red bar at the start but me. All the clan names were EU stuff.
Thing on a Spring
Member
Now, I ain't no mathmatologist nor nuthin, but it seems like my Finnala's Peril has benefited quite a bit from the update. My ADS shots are hitting pretty consistently. The explosive rounds appear to frighten people a little too. I'll probably run it in trials over the weekend and report back with my findings.
That's some funky stuff.
Jest Chillin
Member
Are SRL drops guaranteed to drop 320 at Rank 3 or is it just a chance to drop up to 320? I know Trials stuff from the Lighthouse has a chance to drop 320 (Got my 317 HC from it).
Or is the objection with the possibility to drop-post match in SRL while you have to go Flawless in Trials?
Edit: Also, it's a free MP weekend on PS4 guys, so expect performance to drop across the board. It might not but it has in the past.
TheAquaticApe
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Vendor IB roll on that?
I have two. The one sold. And another with:
Triple Tap
Lightweight
Casket Mag
Rifled Barrel
Mulligan
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
IMO yes. You expect a game to survive without actual game content in a year? Sorry I really don't care about reaching 320 light level, having every single exotics since I prob won't even use most of them or maxing out Grimoire score.
Just a chance. But they seem to be dropping a lot.
Darknyss09
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Rank 3
Well, that saves some time then
gutterboy44
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Great post! I wanted to dig into all the old numbers and illustrate the ludicrous coincidental x100 and x10 change in numbers between preview and actual patch but I have been only able to post from my phone the last few days and it was proving too difficult. I am glad someone laid it all out. Decisions I don't agree with are fine. If Bungie listened to all of us all of the time, I have no doubt the game would be a complete mess. However, as a grown adult who has had to stick my neck out for my own decisions, no matter how poorly they went in my career.... own up to your shit. It is ok to be wrong. Pretending you weren't wrong and then bending space and time to make it look like your mistake was intended all along is an other level of obnoxiousness that I don't tolerate well in real life, work, or my hobbies. You are too big of a company to pull this petty shit Bungie. It is ok to make mistakes, we just don't like being treated like children.
Thing on a Spring
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If I remember correctly it was a drop as I only had enough glimmer at rank 5 to buy one weapon and went with Nirwen's instead. I have:
Partial Refund
Hammer Forged/Explosive Rounds/Injection Mold
Grenadier
12 round mag and currently have it sitting at 304. Played 2 nightfalls with it and I was impressed with it's performance. I was an OG Hawkmoon main for the longest time until Bungie took a dump on it repeatedly and this seem to be the first HC I've felt comfortable with since. Tried TLW, Water Star, Thorn and some others but never really felt right with any of them. This feels good.
The helmet is the hardest thing to get in PVE. It's weird that it's no accessible in SRL.
TheAquaticApe
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The highest helmet I've gotten in all of TTK came from HM Oryx last night and it was 317.
1 316 for me, all others have been 310 or less
xplicitone
Member
Completed the entire FACTIONS Crucible questline of 14 steps. Thanks for that Crucible commendation!
lol
lol
MythicReclaimer
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Just got a 317 from SRL and finished last in the race. All players within 1 second of one another but still last.
That is the highest LL helmet I have received in the game and have 17 HM Oryx kills as well. So, I don't feel bad in the slightest.
DrDrizzay101
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Tbh I totally forgot about it. Thanks a lot for thinking of me, but feel free to pass it off to someone who actually wants it. I know RaF is a popular thing for many people around here. Thanks again though dude.
This could only be the TLord post or carrying Taiste again, but coming from you I think I know which one...
Sure, I'll be around as per usual. Just gonna depend on how much other folks are around. I'm assuming I won't see/hear anything from wicked again today, rube is probably still working and TG is still banned so who knows there.
It gets you strange coins per week from bounties at least lol
Also I realized I'm flying away for two weeks on Monday and will miss Oryx challenge, meeeh
Anyone doing Golg challenge or HM Oryx anytime soon?
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Goddamn that is scathing. Heh, for a second there typing my response, I called Bungie, "Riot". Who knew that 2 games Ive spent a load of time with had shitty balance teams(Riots gotten better about it in the past year tho)
xplicitone
Member
That was the beginning of the weekly. Do i have to wait until next week to start the actual Weekly Crucible?
I just got rep and that commendation and nothing unlocked afterwards.
mehrmantrout
Member
Its a joke. I know its my fault for not doing it and i have zero intention to do so but i've received one helmet above 310 light from god knows how many Oryx clears, flawless, gold/silver packages etc etc
Nah you have to finish the entire crucible questline. Factions isn't the last step lol
TheAquaticApe
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Bungie...com'on...it's great that people have a way to get 320 helmets, but seriously...they should drop more consistently from the Raid and Trials...not sparrow racing. How sad is it that my only 320 helmet, is on my Hunter, and came from last IB? Silly.
Did Wicked burnout?
This makes sense in a game like WipeOut HD where there are multiple boost pads and the racer is obliged to find the best line. Believe me, the first time I fought to hit the gate on Mars after the drop steps, I flew inside the turn and skipped it on the next lap. This does not apply to SRL, however, because missing a gate forces a speed penalty on the racer. Hit a gate at 95mph and boost to 120mph. Miss a gate at 95mph and your craft is forced down to 80.
Listening to the Planet Destiny podcast at PSX with some of the devs, it sounds like enemies on the track are there only for authenticity's sake. I prefer this as the only thing I want impacting my placement is my racing performance.
Amen, brother.
If it weren't such a grind, I'd keep playing SRL for a helmet, as I can't get a better one any other way. But it's like...ugh. I guess I could catch up on podcasts. Best/only helmet drop from Oryx I've had is a 307 otherwise. Not messing with trials again.
celestial body
Member
Destiny 1 will continue to lose players. Destiny 2 will probably be bigger than Destiny 1. It seems to have moved into a sort of CoD cycle where the concurrents are basically half by April but then everyone comes back again for the next major release. I think people will just check in less and less regularly until the Activision D2 hype starts middle of next year.
Trials requires skill. So you could play all the time and if you don't have people to carry you, then you may never get to Mercury.
Trials can be done a max of 3x per week too.
SRL can get you high light helmets and class items, and yeah there is substantial time commitment to get to Rank 3 to start getting the 310-320 power rolls. But once you get to Rank 3 you can play over and over again for the same chance at rewards until you get a decent rolled helmet.
DrDrizzay101
Member
Saw him on last night Skirmishing with Rubenov + Wicked.
Hmm that's good to know, thanks for the heads up! Especially since we gotta get a run in w you to make up for last week
Hopefully a less campy snipey map than Widows Court.
JohnOfMars
Banned
Remember when someone this week didn't put their highest gear on and got a 290 Dragon's Breath instead of a 310?
I hope I'm not stepping on his toes posting this from his twitter stream, but Ghaleon's got that beat. He just completed a bounty with his racing gear on:
Year two, man. What a time to be alive.
I hope I'm not stepping on his toes posting this from his twitter stream, but Ghaleon's got that beat. He just completed a bounty with his racing gear on:
Year two, man. What a time to be alive.
TalentBurke
Member
Need one more for The Golgoroth CM. and does anybody have the checkpoint? Join me PSN KeanBurke
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Remember when someone this week didn't put their highest gear on and got a 290 Dragon's Breath instead of a 310?
Ghaleon's got that beat. He just completed a bounty with his racing gear on:
Year two, man. What a time to be alive.
Im wondering why green engrams randomly drop.
Like, on my hunter Im always getting green engrams. But they never, and I mean never, drop on my titan or warlock. Its so effing weird.
Rollo Tomasi
Member
I have gotten exotic helmets at 310 but nothing legendary over 309. HM Oryx has not come through for me. Probably going to be what keeps me hovering at 315-17 light for a while.
Guess I need to get on some SLR then.
Guess I need to get on some SLR then.
xplicitone
Member
Nah you have to finish the entire crucible questline. Factions isn't the last step lol
Oh well that's lame.
I guess I completed the Factions portion for 2 chars and didn't know the next steps are still part of this dumb questline.
Green engrams ONLY drop on my alt too. Even though it's lvl40 now too. Never on my main. I dont understand it either.
mehrmantrout
Member
Derek Carroll is teasing Trials is Asylum, i'll take it
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