Robdraggoo
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Wait till were 500 light then well just be able to shoot him down
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Destiny |OT40| Killed by the Architects
- Thread starter DrDrizzay101
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Wait till were 500 light then well just be able to shoot him down
xVaalbarAx
Member
I need to do one more COE run, is there a spot anywhere for me? 
JayHayabusa
Member
One last NF with jayforone and Mindlog
Join us
Join us
perineumlick
Member
This game needs matchmaking for everything; no need for it not to have it. Especially CoE
; why do you need to find a group for it?
; why do you need to find a group for it?
xplicitone
Member
It definitely needs optional matchmaking for everything except raids.
jmvmadeira
Member
Hell yea! Based Luke Smith. :O
Mwerp
perineumlick
Member
Exactly.
Slammin_Hammon
Member
Those will be the days.
Hurry and finish Bloodborne Dlc so you can play DS3!
Darknyss09
Member
It is especially fun for voidwalkers this week.
Although running through it 9 times is a bit of a slog. Once I hit 335 on all chars I'll probably stop going for the cumulative. I'm not a fan of how the PoE armor looks anyway.
Yeah I going to have to say this is not going to happen. No where has Luke Smith or anyone else confirmed this.
What have they nailed so far?
JohnOfMars
Banned
Had the roughest Trials times ever this weekend. Had to reset on Friday after a double loss on games 2 & 3, and then the sweatiest card I've ever run AND WE FAILED FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. Look at how many rounds we gave up. It was infuriating!
Compare it with last night's Redemption run! So smooth. Only one loss!
But what happened Friday night? Was there too much pressure from Day 1 of Season 2 to perform? Did I have too much rust from me taking so much time off?
Our K/Ds were pretty good:
Ape John Igor
1.39 1.28 1.59
So what's up? Let's look at the teams we got matched up against:
Woof! No wonder. Not only did we get matched up against 4 teams on Friday night higher than us, most teams below ours were still pretty close! Compare to our smooth sailing Redemption run. Most of the teams were well below us except a high ranked team doing a carry (their ELOs are in the 1800s, while Ape & Igor are ~1550).
So, the Redemption run was easier, I did better right? Weirdly, no:
Ape John Igor
1.61 1.06 2.42
What's going on here? Well, averages hide a lot, especially when your performance can be so swingy between sweaty and non-sweaty rounds. So I decided to do a deeper dive into our performance in sweaty games. I categorizes games as sweaty if we gave up 3 or more rounds and then ranked our K/Ds from best to worst, independent of the game they occurred in:
Look at the difference! Sweat free games are murderhouses! Ape & I do well, but Igor is off the chain! (Isn't there a Bladedancer medal that's chain related?)
Look how many games Igor & Ape were able to stay above 1.0 K/D in Sweaty matches! They were only negative 4-5 matches, and keep in mind, we lost 5 matches.
Also note that on Sweat Free games, they never went negative, while I did.
Here are the actual average K/Ds:
This explains why on a sweaty card, I contribute more. Both because I'm not a slayerbot9000 of the newbs and because on sweaty rounds, Igor & Ape are closer to my normal K/D. But it does reveal that in sweaty games I'm a liability.
My take away's here:
Compare it with last night's Redemption run! So smooth. Only one loss!
But what happened Friday night? Was there too much pressure from Day 1 of Season 2 to perform? Did I have too much rust from me taking so much time off?
Our K/Ds were pretty good:
Ape John Igor
1.39 1.28 1.59
So what's up? Let's look at the teams we got matched up against:
Woof! No wonder. Not only did we get matched up against 4 teams on Friday night higher than us, most teams below ours were still pretty close! Compare to our smooth sailing Redemption run. Most of the teams were well below us except a high ranked team doing a carry (their ELOs are in the 1800s, while Ape & Igor are ~1550).
So, the Redemption run was easier, I did better right? Weirdly, no:
Ape John Igor
1.61 1.06 2.42
What's going on here? Well, averages hide a lot, especially when your performance can be so swingy between sweaty and non-sweaty rounds. So I decided to do a deeper dive into our performance in sweaty games. I categorizes games as sweaty if we gave up 3 or more rounds and then ranked our K/Ds from best to worst, independent of the game they occurred in:
Look at the difference! Sweat free games are murderhouses! Ape & I do well, but Igor is off the chain! (Isn't there a Bladedancer medal that's chain related?)
Look how many games Igor & Ape were able to stay above 1.0 K/D in Sweaty matches! They were only negative 4-5 matches, and keep in mind, we lost 5 matches.
Also note that on Sweat Free games, they never went negative, while I did.
Here are the actual average K/Ds:
This explains why on a sweaty card, I contribute more. Both because I'm not a slayerbot9000 of the newbs and because on sweaty rounds, Igor & Ape are closer to my normal K/D. But it does reveal that in sweaty games I'm a liability.
My take away's here:
- Focus on improving sweaty K/D, that sub-1.0 K/D is shameful.
- Focus on improving the low end of my sweat free K/D, rather than the high-end.
Hey, if you ever need anyone for PvE stuff on the Xbox side, don't hesitate to ask me. I've got a few guys I regularly fool around in crucible with, but it's hard to get enough people to raid these days.
I was trying to run golgo last night, but could only get 3 people. I try to avoid LFG at all costs.
Grylvak
Member
That's all I needed to hear. Thank you very much!
illiniguy05
Member
Anyone have totems checkpoint?
xplicitone
Member
I know! That first DLC boss eats me alive. I might just have to suck it up and summon help.
I wouldn't sweat your stats that much. Ask Drizz. Stats are somewhat important but there are no stats for Teamwork including communication, putting yourself in good positions to aid teammates, push or pull back, put any kind of body shots or nades or super to make opponents move uncomfortably, and not putting yourself in bad positions to be revived. Not to mention KD doesn't show assists. Callouts are the biggest thing and all of those tools aren't shown on stats and are HUGE.
Many times I can get a firebolt and burn 1 to 2 people and my teammates will clean up and that's perfect. It of course happens the other way around as well. All that matters in the end is the W and you can't measure the value you provide your teammates from the essentials mentioned above. Not to mention things like knowing where your teammates are and what your opponents are (class and loadout) and calling out where each orb is and whatnot.
This is not to take away from great stat collecting because I'm a lover of stats! Just wanted to let some insight to not use those stats as the main source of performance. It's definitely useful to want to improve
For sure, man. Last night I was just looking for something quick. I did post here and discord when I had a spot open for a NF on Xbox but that was about all I did haha.
Mass Appeal
Member
DAMN John, that's some very cool breakdowns with those graphs.
Teasing_Pink
Member
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I really like reading your analysis! Would love if this kind of comparitive drill down was available on one of the start tracking pages. I know the raw data is, but I'm too lazy to collate it like this. Really interesting to see!
TheTylerDurden
Member
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
Guys do you think there will a PSN sale soon for Destiny? I tried the demo and i liked it a lot. Retail is not an option because in my country the game remains at full price even after this long ass time.
igordennis
Member
Muahahaha i am the scrub killer master.
Night_Knight
Unconfirmed Member
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Found a CoE group, but will be up for KF later!
Slammin_Hammon
Member
I think there's a flash sale coming this weekend and also there's usually deals for golden week. I don't know if Destiny would be included in either though
Flying Toaster
Member
I signed up. I have never completely finished the new raid. I am a bad Destiny fan. I would love to go if a spot is open.
TheAquaticApe
Member
Confirmed once again, Igor is amazing at PvP. Those
Igor
Love the breakdown John! Where's that blog at? How come they haven't given you a guest column on Planet Destiny yet?
Reckless Onion
Member
where can you get one of the new fallen weapons?
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
I see thanks! Hopefully it is included, it's funny the last time Destiny was on sale i could have bought it but i think i wasn't interested in destiny stuff at all in that period.
You get the new ones from the Prison of Elders. You can get them from rank up packages from House of Judgement/Variks or from the weekly Challenge of Elders score cards.
Reckless Onion
Member
PewPewPewBow
Member
Anyone for CoE? I'm on remote play, but it's been holding up today. *knocks on wood*
Flying Toaster
Member
thanks, score card gave me a crappy pulse rifle from the queen tho
Blame it on RNG it is a real pain.
I think everyone cursed me... 3 chests 3 gloves... So much hate.
Darknyss09
Member
30k Scorecard = queen's weapons up to LL 335thanks, score card gave me a crappy pulse rifle from the queen tho
Variks rank up (3+) = PoE weapons up to LL 330
Variks rank ups can give armor/class items as well. I got a 330 Hunter Cloak and sparrow from my last package.
Night_Knight
Unconfirmed Member
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If you end up needing an extra person or someone drops out, I'd jump in for sure. Don't want to take a spot two weeks in a row if there's interest from others.
I should be good for a run in like 15 - 20 min. If this fills up before feel free to give my spot to someone else.
Flying Toaster
Member
If you need someone I am game.
What's a good light for Kings Fall, I'm right around 290? I'll join if you guys don't mind having a noob tag along. Psn is PvtPyleFMJ.
I'm up.
I'm down to run as long as we start soon. Have a totems cp.
Night_Knight
Unconfirmed Member
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xplicitone
Member
At least last week's was perfectly fine for my 320 guardians. This week doesn't sound harder.