Fuck. Still haven't done that bullshit Crucible mission stuff.
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Destiny |OT41| Don't Worry, Leave Happy
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onimushroom
Member
Agreed, the material gathering was terrible.
Stephen_drewz
Member
Ah yep, forgot about that. Grinded one out early on and refuse to do the other two.
king picollo
Member
If the reddit is to be believed i am one challenge mode fragment away from completion on the Triumphs.
I am currently grinding out my second sword, getting the ability kills is taking forever.
I am currently grinding out my second sword, getting the ability kills is taking forever.
noomi
Member
Tried the Zhalo Supercell in Crucible today and it wasn't terrible....
Couldn't kill anything with the Jade Rabbit (too slow) and did very mediocre with the Mida Multi Tool.
Grasp of Malok is good, but I don't like using the same weapon as everyone else.... just seems boring.... I want some variety.
Hearing good things about Hawksaw, Suros PDX (need a good roll), and certain handguns (which ones?).
Can anyone recommend some other good weapons I can use competitively in crucible?
Couldn't kill anything with the Jade Rabbit (too slow) and did very mediocre with the Mida Multi Tool.
Grasp of Malok is good, but I don't like using the same weapon as everyone else.... just seems boring.... I want some variety.
Hearing good things about Hawksaw, Suros PDX (need a good roll), and certain handguns (which ones?).
Can anyone recommend some other good weapons I can use competitively in crucible?
Lazlo Woodbine
Member
If you get a "god tier" roll Malok is it better/ worse then the Hawksaw/PDX equivalent?
Also I would love to get the Moments of Triumph stuff for Y2 but, as a solo player, I havn't even completed a Nightfall yet let alone a raid.
I would love to get in on the GAF weekly but undergoing chemo makes scheduling stuff difficult.
Also I would love to get the Moments of Triumph stuff for Y2 but, as a solo player, I havn't even completed a Nightfall yet let alone a raid.
I would love to get in on the GAF weekly but undergoing chemo makes scheduling stuff difficult.
Stephen_drewz
Member
Hand Cannons - Hawkmoon, TLW(not as good these days but still very viable), Elysauna, Devil You Know, Seen a few people use the IB cannon but I never got one worth using.
Auto - Doctrine(trials), Soulstealers Claw(Coe/Variks packages)
Just a few that I am aware of. I have used all but Soulstealers, haven't got one yet but it's basically a Doctrine with a larger magazine and more range with the right roll.
noomi
Member
I'd be interested to try these out, they're good even with the AR nerf that just hit?
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Haven't tried them in Crucible, but a 6% nerf still gives them the fastest time-to-kill of any auto rifle. I guess Bungie might have
Stephen_drewz
Member
Been away all week so haven't had a chance to try, forgot about it TBH. Shouldn't have effected them too much though. Be interesting to see the updated time to kill.
igordennis
Member
Yes it would still have the lowest TTK if it didnt have the second worst damage drop off after TLW. It doesnt matter if it has the lowest TTK in ideal situations if anything 1 feet outside of super close range already drops its damage considerably. And at that point, TLW beats it anyway. Not worth using it now.
MagnetoWasRight
Member
So Deej is saying that SRL might never come back, despite the fact that people liked it and are asking for it. I don't see the reasoning behind this.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Usually shows up in clash and mayhem playlists.
A mode which was actually fun, gave out gear like candy and didn't feel too grindy like the base game? Makes perfect sense they'll never bring it back.
That is super disappointing. There is no reason it shouldn't come back.
Bring it back like iron banner on a monthly basis for 1 week, have weekly and daily bounties and give out gear like IB. Make it easier to hit rank 5 and reset the rank every time. Give out packages like IB for rank 3 and 5. Add a couple new tracks, at least 1 for every location.
Why not, bungie?
Well, I guess I'm never gonna get those shaders and armor pieces after all... ugh. Bungie Y!
Best interview yet. Deej is a lot better when he is not in full PR mode. Just talk to us like humans. I also like the producer as well - seems passionate about Destiny.
Psychoward
Banned
Crucible stuff isn't that bad, I prefer it to the bullshit side "missions" in the singleplayer.
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Did that change with the update? Or was it merely offset by the damage being higher previously?
Agent_Tiro
Member
SUROS DIS-43 and SUROS DIS-47 are good in crucible with the right rolls. I have a full auto max stability DIS-47 and it is a laser that melts if you hit crits consistently. DIS-43 is a bit slower firing but has higher impact. Some stability rolls on that will help.
The Eyasluna with range perks made it very handy pre-patch. Probably even more so now handcanons have had a slight buff.
Vendor Hawksaw is very good roll and quite fun to use.
Can't think of any others above those mentioned already.
I've played it in Rumble, Skirmish, Salvage and clash. I don't do much control but I would have thought it is in there.
This makes me sad. SRL was a lot of fun. At least I got all the shaders from it.
Psychoward
Banned
Bought two exotics from Xur.... yet one is a worse DR than my current helm and the other one is a level 20 requirement. How do I get exotic shards?
onimushroom
Member
By dismantling exotics.
optimus8936
Banned
Exotic shards come from dismantling exotics.
Yeah, wow. I find him unbearable in all of Bungie's videos, but he was pretty good, even tolerable here. Wish he was like that in the ride along videos - the combination of his obnoxious PR banter and quiet devs is unbearably awkward.
The one that is lvl. 20 is probably from the legacy engram. The legacy engrams give you year 1 gear, which is lvl. 20 gear and only goes up to light lvl. 170, so it's pretty much useless except for collectors (Bungie really needs to explain this better, everyone makes this mistake). Otherwise, all of the gear that Xur sells is light level 290, it's a fair boost for people who just hit level 40, and you can infuse everything.
You get exotic shards by dismantling exotic gear. You get one if you dismantle it right away, and you get 2 shards if you have it fully leveled (you don't need to buy all of the upgrades, you just need to fill up all of the experience circles).
Psychoward
Banned
Agent_Tiro
Member
The one that is a level 20 requirement will be the "legacy" items. They are for people who want to collect Y1 exotic weapons / armour. It is probably best to save your strange coins for the Y2 stuff and avoid the legacy.
Light level for anything bought by Xur is 280 or 290 if memory serves. Part of the price you pay. Its a lot easier to infuse them up now. As you are fairly new I'd suggest buying Three of Coins. Use one of these before any boss fight gives you a chance at an exotic (by any I mean any ultra enemy)
Psychoward
Banned
Who sells three of coins?
Xur sells them in a pack of 5 for 7 strange coins. Probably the best bang for your buck if you don't mind a little extra RNG in your loot.
onimushroom
Member
Your Strange Coins might be better off spent on Three of Coins which activate a(n increasingly higher) chance of Exotic Engram drops from ultras/bosses/crucible matches.
bobs...onGaf
Member
It's weird, a mode like that which taps into every space nerds dream of pod racing and provides some real variety to destiny strikes me as the kind of mode that should be at least semi permanent.
Like rocket race or grifball on halo - it's the kind of mode that would drag players to the game
It's a shame as it had a fairly short window and looked great.
Psychoward
Banned
They work for crucible matches as well? When's the best time to pop one?
Oh they don't run on a timer thank god
TheTylerDurden
Member
Going to run strikes. If anyone of my 'regular' grasp farmers want to farm, just shoot me a message in game. 
Farmer Tyler
Farmer Tyler
onimushroom
Member
Whenever. The effect lasts until you complete a match or kill an ultra.
optimus8936
Banned
Just pop one whenever you don't have one active. You can see if you have an active one in the top left corner by your subclass. Although if it gives you an exotic, wait about 10 minutes or so to use another one. But if doesn't give you an exotic, just pop another one.
Rusty Raiding - 6/16 Review
Alright guys. A quick review. All in all, heck of a run with hiccups only at the end.
Looking at the stats ..
Killer of the Match - d-psipher
Assist Man - rayuma
Orb Machine - sajj316
"Nice Tether" - Hunters collectively .. a lot less tethers missed than last time (sajj316, ch4fx_, and rcmDez_)
Thanks d-psipher for joining last minute and being the general. I'm glad we sorted out calling desgrafx "des" and rmcDez "dez" during Warpriest.
Nice job rayuma for going at Oryx HM for the first time.
We had to start SpecX as it was getting late. Def next time as a few of us will look to complete challenge mode (have the CP) sometime this weekend. I'm out of commission for tonight with family commitments but can do Saturday night.
Alright guys. A quick review. All in all, heck of a run with hiccups only at the end.
Looking at the stats ..
Killer of the Match - d-psipher
Assist Man - rayuma
Orb Machine - sajj316
"Nice Tether" - Hunters collectively .. a lot less tethers missed than last time (sajj316, ch4fx_, and rcmDez_)
Thanks d-psipher for joining last minute and being the general. I'm glad we sorted out calling desgrafx "des" and rmcDez "dez" during Warpriest.
Nice job rayuma for going at Oryx HM for the first time.
We had to start SpecX as it was getting late. Def next time as a few of us will look to complete challenge mode (have the CP) sometime this weekend. I'm out of commission for tonight with family commitments but can do Saturday night.
Psychoward
Banned
So a few pages back I asked this
And you guys responded saying the latter is better, but to me it still seems like the former is better since Perfect Balance takes the role of Counterbalance and Rodeo and then I have two kill skills on top of it. Right? Wrong? Can someone explain it again for me bc I'm dumb?
And you guys responded saying the latter is better, but to me it still seems like the former is better since Perfect Balance takes the role of Counterbalance and Rodeo and then I have two kill skills on top of it. Right? Wrong? Can someone explain it again for me bc I'm dumb?
optimus8936
Banned
CB and rodeo will give way more stability than perfect balance. Plus, crowd control and grenadier aren't real game changers and don't affect too much, especially crowd control, I rarely tell a difference using that perk.
Generally stability is more important than kill skills, and the second one beats the first in that one.
Also,the second one has rifled barrel so you will also be getting a good range boost.
Generally stability is more important than kill skills, and the second one beats the first in that one.
Also,the second one has rifled barrel so you will also be getting a good range boost.
Psychoward
Banned
That makes sense thanks, infused the latter with the former.
Psychoward
Banned
Damn the mission "paradox" is super hard solo. Gonna have to wait for friends for that.
Agent_Tiro
Member
Are you doing the mission normally? Or doing it to get the secret hidden ghosts for the No Time To Explain questline?
Marvel
could never
I know I haven't got around to it yet myself.
irrotational
Member
For exotic shards - there is a slight cheese you can do once you have one shard and an exotic heavy unlocked:-
1. Buy truth or thunderloard form the kiosk for ONE shard
2. Have a heavy weapon experience booster active (from gunsmith)
3. Consume around 6 or 7 motes of light to apply experience into the weapon and get it mainly levelled (doesn't need to be fully)
4. dismantle for TWO shards.
In this way you convert glimmer and motes into exotics shards at a pretty cheap price. Just do it once to check it still works after the latest patch and then repeat until you run out of patience and/or glimmer
NOTE you don't need to spend materials to fill in the circles of the partially levelled wepaon - you just need the experience to be applied so that most of the circles have the green edge.
Psychoward
Banned
I was doing it for the taken war questline, it was just the first Horde of taken was really hard for me, got it eventually though.
Psychoward
Banned
Same here, saw that it required 25 mats of some such and noped the fuck out.
It was a pleasure last night gentleman, thanks for the company.
Me: psiph, do you know where these orbs are?
Psiph: *laughs*
Psychoward
Banned
Just got a questing beast, do you guys generally prefer that or the paleocontact?
optimus8936
Banned
What roll does it have? I think the two are the same archetype so you won't find much difference in performance, so the perks are the deciding factor for this.
Psychoward
Banned
QB has higher impact but slightly lower ROF and much lower stability, I'll double check the perks.
Edit: OEG, Rangefinder, Perfect Balance, Life Support for the QB. Paleocontact has OEG Rifle scope, Rodeo, lightweight and counterbalance