Ninja Kn1ght
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Xur selling Celestial Nighthawk should make for some crispy Omnigul farming after work today.
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Destiny |OT42| Embrace the Not-Knowing
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Noisepurge
Member
Roger roger. Gotta watch some world first streams. I am but a weak 350 lvl so no go for me yet
xplicitone
Member
Roger roger. Gotta watch some world first streams. I am but a weak 350 lvl so no go for me yet
Ahh, so close! The grind from 350 to 360 is all you have left haha
Kwansu Dudes
Member
So does the mission select work the same as vanilla Destiny where you would simply choose an icon on the map? I keep seeing people mention something about strike playlists or whatever and I'm confused. I'm assuming the playlist are the strikes with the special rewards? Sorry, haven't played this in a very long time.
xplicitone
Member
Transversive steps are absolutely legit if you love your warlock you need to get them.
Quickdraw gloves though. They're life for snipers! Shotgunners though, I can see the boots being awesome. No reload is crazy
Strike playlists can be selected either from the icons at the bottom left of the Director, or from the Vanguard section of the map.
If you compete in playlists the various strikes will rotate, if you stay for 3+ you get a rep bonus.
Heroic has matchmaking, Nightfall requires a pre-made fire team.
Strike playlists offer unique rewards once a week, and also have higher chance of dropping strike keys.
You can still select strikes directly from the director, but generally the rewards aren't as high.
xplicitone
Member
Maaan, I chose the wrong weekend to travel
I know the feeling. I did the same last year without knowing, when TTK came out. Sucked but you get caught up and have fun still
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Thank you!
aarcane
Member
Hopefully the raid is good. My hunter is only 344 so I won't be going this week, but it'll be nice to have something to look forward to. I'll probably watch a DGAF stream as opposed to any of the usual Twitch lot.
In general, I just hope I don't have another experience like Y2. I got left behind in light level early on, so by the time I was ready to run King's Fall, the people I raided with in Y1 didn't want to run it anymore. Tried KF a couple of times, was put off by the mechanics and the lack of patience from others, so never got beyond Daughters and therefore MoT was never going to happen. I'm on XB1 and UK-based, which cuts down on available help from DGAF. My levelling in Y2 was done by grinding Iron Banner and 3oC, mostly solo. I really don't want to do that again and I can see myself dropping the game if it feels like it's going that way.
In general, I just hope I don't have another experience like Y2. I got left behind in light level early on, so by the time I was ready to run King's Fall, the people I raided with in Y1 didn't want to run it anymore. Tried KF a couple of times, was put off by the mechanics and the lack of patience from others, so never got beyond Daughters and therefore MoT was never going to happen. I'm on XB1 and UK-based, which cuts down on available help from DGAF. My levelling in Y2 was done by grinding Iron Banner and 3oC, mostly solo. I really don't want to do that again and I can see myself dropping the game if it feels like it's going that way.
CouchMaster
Member
I can join, tired of Sepiks atm.
There are quite a few Xbone players here, it's really up to you to get proactive and hunt them down and build up your FL. You're at a disadvantage in comparison to ps4 of course, but you will easily have enough players to build regular groups with if you make the most of this place.
Also LFG and other sites, just add add add everyone.
mocolostrocolos
Member
I'll join.
CouchMaster
Member
Me too.
Hunter.
TalentBurke
Member
Yeah I'm down. Send an invite KeanBurke
aarcane
Member
Yeah, I know there are Xbox players, I've got quite a few on my friends list. It just seems that most of them are US-based and playing when I'm not around/awake. Sometimes I think I should start a clan called "Wrong Console, Wrong Country".
Tried LFG, not a fan.
I'm in to farm.
Psn: manicstreet
Edit: you guys may be full. Anyone else want to do the farm?
Omnigul farm could have gotten you to 365 in two hours.
Jinjo
Member
I did my 350-365 grind legit, by doing full heroic strikes with GAF buds. Took me 10+ hours, but had an incredible fun time, can't see Omnigul yielding the same fun experience. People got caught up in the grind so much they forget to have fun.
If you're not raid-ready today, you will tomorrow, or maybe next week. It's all good. I started raiding in TTK a week after the raid went live cause I just wasn't there with light level on release.
DrROBschiz
Member
Fuck the haters Rise of Iron is awesome
Got to play all day yesterday and the only thing that felt bad was the heroic wretched eye
Its clearly the new hardest strike and thats only because we were 340 and there was arc burn (them shanks!)
It was just an impossible double whammy lol
I love everything else so far and I also love that just about any activity in the game is relevant and can contribute to progression
At least until 365
Got to play all day yesterday and the only thing that felt bad was the heroic wretched eye
Its clearly the new hardest strike and thats only because we were 340 and there was arc burn (them shanks!)
It was just an impossible double whammy lol
I love everything else so far and I also love that just about any activity in the game is relevant and can contribute to progression
At least until 365
Tbh, grind is grind. You're still repeating content for the sole purpose of the LL trickle. I really don't see much difference, especially if you're running with people you can chat with.
wesleyshark
Banned
Yes the Warlock boots!!the reef
Lol $10 USD worth of ornaments for one ornament that fits on one piece? Destiny is for the high rollers. RIP
I had fun doing Omnigul and I'm glad that I didn't have to suffer through running 10+ hours of strikes. That sounds awful to me.
I had fun doing Omnigul and I'm glad that I didn't have to suffer through running 10+ hours of strikes. That sounds awful to me.
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I did say yes
DrROBschiz
Member
I have a shit ton of strange coins. Xur is an easy 350 upgrade for each of those slots
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
Do I even need to raid?
All 3 toons at 380+
All 3 toons at 380+
wesleyshark
Banned
They are new. I must have either way loll.....that do nothing
At least the new Warlock gloves are really good. Speed reloads on everything.
Do I even need to raid?
All 3 toons at 380+
Your not gonna get any good drops until HM releases in maybe over four weeks.
Camp1nCarl
Member
Problem with Omnigul is you need a team of 3 competent peeps. Currently I was playing solo the past two days so simply loading up and breezing through Sepiks has worked decently for me. Still only LL 338 though so I won't be ready to raid tonight unfortunately...
wesleyshark
Banned
Fitting name for how fancy it is haha.
TalentBurke
Member
Do I even need to raid?
All 3 toons at 380+
You got your light level that high from farming Omnigul?
DrROBschiz
Member
Ok guys
So skeleton keys
Only drop from SIVA playlist and nightfall?
So skeleton keys
Only drop from SIVA playlist and nightfall?
wesleyshark
Banned
In order of lower to higher drop rates
SIVA Crisis strike playlist
Siva Crisis Heroic strike playlist
Nightfall
It's still a pretty low drop rate- About the same as before when trying to get a strike specific item to drop.
Twilight Gap
Member
So i got Gjallarhorn earlier today and it dawned on me that this expansion is really not adding anything to the game.
Yes there are a few new spaces, gear and quests, but what has Bungie really done this time? Where is the innovation? As far as I can see, it's just more content on top of the new mechanics and QOL updates they did last year with TTK. Everything is an updated or remixed version of an existing location, mechanic or idea. Archon Forge for instance, as fun as it can be, is literally Court of Oryx in a less convenient location with even less convenient drop rates.
Quests still have me running around vast expanses chasing triangular shaped drops. The Splicer Fallen are pretty much exactly the same as the normal Fallen. People are still running around in the Crucible the exact same way they've been running around for the last two years.
I wasn't really expecting much to change given the scope of the expansion and the timeframe it was made in, but I'm sitting here with virtually no interest in the new Raid and no desire to farm Strikes and chase blues all over again.It's not like the game is dropping me interesting shit like the transition from HoW to TTK. I'm just infusing everything I already have because why use anything other than Hung Jury and an Exotic Sword? Even Gjallarhorn pales in comparison to the fantasy brought on by the Swords and yet it was used to give the expansion's marketing campaign some weight.
I felt lost in the beginning of The Taken King because there was so much new stuff and so much to do. I feel lost in Rise of Iron too, but for a different reason - because I've seen all of this shit already.
Yes there are a few new spaces, gear and quests, but what has Bungie really done this time? Where is the innovation? As far as I can see, it's just more content on top of the new mechanics and QOL updates they did last year with TTK. Everything is an updated or remixed version of an existing location, mechanic or idea. Archon Forge for instance, as fun as it can be, is literally Court of Oryx in a less convenient location with even less convenient drop rates.
Quests still have me running around vast expanses chasing triangular shaped drops. The Splicer Fallen are pretty much exactly the same as the normal Fallen. People are still running around in the Crucible the exact same way they've been running around for the last two years.
I wasn't really expecting much to change given the scope of the expansion and the timeframe it was made in, but I'm sitting here with virtually no interest in the new Raid and no desire to farm Strikes and chase blues all over again.It's not like the game is dropping me interesting shit like the transition from HoW to TTK. I'm just infusing everything I already have because why use anything other than Hung Jury and an Exotic Sword? Even Gjallarhorn pales in comparison to the fantasy brought on by the Swords and yet it was used to give the expansion's marketing campaign some weight.
I felt lost in the beginning of The Taken King because there was so much new stuff and so much to do. I feel lost in Rise of Iron too, but for a different reason - because I've seen all of this shit already.
DrROBschiz
Member
Ok so 320 strike playlist
Sondid they really remove strike legendaries from the drop table and put them in the chest only?
Sondid they really remove strike legendaries from the drop table and put them in the chest only?
Jinjo
Member
Lol, fair enough. Felt less repetitive to me, but if you had fun doing it that's all that matters.
True, you're right. It just had some extra drop excitement with exotic engrams and skeleton keys/chests.
Plz Staph !Do I even need to raid?
All 3 toons at 380+