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[X-Frame]

Just realized that Bungie reduced the costs of the IB gear by like 50% this time, just adding to how much better this IB is in Year 3 compared to previous years.

I'm thinking of getting the Vendor Shotgun as a PvE shotgun, but not sure it would be something I'd use over the raid Shotgun.

 

[LiK]

Are there any titans and hunters who want to do 3 archon forge fights with me?
I need it for the Outbreak Prime quest. You don't need to be on mic or anything, just in the same fire team.

if i can get the Pulse quest this weekend, i'll happily join you for that. I'm a Titan.

 

[MagnetoWasRight]

Are there any titans and hunters who want to do 3 archon forge fights with me?
I need it for the Outbreak Prime quest. You don't need to be on mic or anything, just in the same fire team.

I need to do the same thing on my Titan.

 

[LiK]

I need to do the same thing on my Titan.

Nooo Macello!

 

[MagnetoWasRight]

Nooo Macello!

It's an easy step, the other guys don't need to have the quest.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

I have an Aksis 2nf form CP.

Who wants to take him down?

1. mocolos_usa
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

 

[Strangelove77]

Titan here. Throw me an invite. I can help with the code input stage after too.

PSN: astropoff

Cool. Now we need a hunter.
I'll send you an invite once we get one.

 

[spyder_ur]

Tuesday, October 18th at 10 a.m. Bungie time.

Honestly I'm not excited about HM coming for two reasons:

1) HM of every raid sucks compared to NM. No revives is terrible and limits any attempt to save runs. The encounters are only made harder by more spongy enemies or a gimmicky addition that people master in a half a day. Simply put it's less fun.

2) So far, when HM releases during the life cycle of vanilla or an expansion, that basically indicates that's all we have to play for the foreseeable future. Kinda a bummer to me. I know challenges and festival stuff/SRL is coming, but I can't help associating the HM release with tedium and inertia.

Personally, I wish they had let this raid breathe another week or two before HM, and I wish they had done challenge mode before HM.

I'm probably just in it to get the weapons - which are what? Pulse, HC, Sniper, HMG?

So until then what can we do to level up beyond 385? Are factions and vanguard/crucible upgrade dropping gear over 385 or should we just hold off on leveling those up before tuesday?

I've been between 384-386 for the last week or so. Honestly, I don't think it makes any difference, and is probably not worth the effort trying to brute force your way past 385. I've got a few drops here and there. Opening at 386, I got faction gear from 384-386, same with exotics though I got one 387 exotic. Got a few 387 drops playing IB at 385-6.

But honestly, I probably wouldn't spend any resources trying to force your way by at this point.

 

[Strangelove77]

I need to do the same thing on my Titan.

Once I finish the quest and if you still need it I'll help you out if you want.

 

[Ambitious]

Halfway through the NF. Two free spots.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

That feeling when you finally get a Ghost in IB, but you're wearing -10 your highest LL.

;_;

I did the same thing last night... was about 5-8 below my max LL and the Ghost dropped... forgot to switch back before match end :/

 

[MagnetoWasRight]

Once I finish the quest and if you still need it I'll help you out if you want.

Sounds like a waste of time, as Astro already has that done. I'll just find someone else later.

 

[Xion385]

Halfway through the NF. Two free spots.

Xion385

 

[LiK]

my 366 Ghost is holding me back.

 

[Kalamari]

Man, soon crucible will be full of Clever Dragon wielding players, it will probably get a nerf sooner or later.

 

[Deku Tree]

I hope IB supremacy gets a little less sweaty at 10am Bungie time.

 

[LiK]

Man, soon crucible will be full of Clever Dragon wielding players, it will probably get a nerf sooner or later.

The worst thing is some big Destiny YouTubers did a whole video saying how great it is. Now more people will use it.

 

[Number45]

Do you have to go through the whole roi story before you get the quest? Because I can do that.

Yeah, do that and the strike - you get the key after the strike (think it's Sepiks that gives you it, rather than The Wretched Eye).

As has been said though, I got more in my normal strikes than in heroic. Probably at least partially due to the fact that you clear that much quicker on normal.

 

[Zoso Achilles]

Waiting on that damn skeleton key to get my Thorn. 10 heroic strikes later. Still no key. Fuck this shit.

Do the nightfall, much higher drop rate

 

[Nightmare452]

Halfway through the NF. Two free spots.

Still need the help? PSN: Neonightmare

 

[vin-buc]

That feeling when you finally get a Ghost in IB, but you're wearing -10 your highest LL.

;_;

As much as it pains me to lose some of my new stuff - i've been diligent in infusing everything that is my go-to weapons/armor just so i don't forget to do that. If it's something that is new/looks ok but is lower light - i'll put it in the vault through the app and get back to it after i'm done with PVP or whatever.

 

[LiK]

WTF, Xur is selling Shock Hazard ornament for Zhalo. That's what I wanted! Might buy Silver just for it. UGH

 

[Norris1020]

Waiting on that damn skeleton key to get my Thorn. 10 heroic strikes later. Still no key. Fuck this shit.

Same here man Going through all those crucible matches using my crappy void weapons and now I'm stuck on this loop of strikes just trying to get one key.

 

[Llyrwenne]

Looking for three guardians to join a Raid @ ~ 8:30 PM UK time tonight;

1. Me ( TiemenMeijer )
2. Seep
3. ZonySUX
4. ?
5. ?
6. ?

Anyone?

 

[LiK]

Wait, we can't just buy Silver Dust? i have to buy those Radiant Chests?

 

[optimus8936]

Wait, we can't just buy Silver Dust? i have to buy those Radiant Chests?

Yeah but they have a guaranteed silver dust and an ornament.

And a dupe ornament equals 5 dust.

 

[hitlerat]

Any RAID starting now? Ty

 

[Strangelove77]

If anyone is doing a full raid or just Aksis soon, I'm up for it.

 

[LiK]

Yeah but they have a guaranteed silver dust and an ornament.

And a dupe ornament equals 5 dust.

sigh, man. I wonder if I should bother. I really want to make the Zhalo look better. gah

Any RAID starting now? Ty

you changed your username?

 

[TalentBurke]

If anyone is doing a full raid or just Aksis soon, I'm up for it.

Toasty said he wanted to raid. I'm down too

 

[Hippo_PRIME]

I dunno, I heard that you don't get the blueprints from this. I got a hawkmoon and I cannot increase the level of it.

To be fair, I've been out for a few months and came back for the expansion.

Right, you can't infuse the gear that comes from legacy engrams at all. They are stuck at Year 1 cap of 160. But dismantling the fear is supposed to unlock the Year 2 blueprint at the exotic kiosk so that you can purchase the Year 2 version and then infuse that. Have you dismantled the weapon already and checked your exotic kiosk?

Edit: shouldn't need to actually dismantle the Year 1 item. So long as there's a corresponding Year 2 blueprint, discovery of the Year 1 item should be enough to buy the new item from the kiosk.

 

[jet1911]

Hit rank 2 in Iron Banner, I here the progression is much quicker this time around, but it doesn't seem like it.

Got rank 5 this morning and I think I've played like 5 or 6 hours solo. Goes pretty fast.

 

[Triz]

Is there a Raid on PS4 starting? I haven't done it and would like to give it a shot 367 hunter.

 

[mocolostrocolos]

If anyone is doing a full raid or just Aksis soon, I'm up for it.

I have an Aksis 2nf form CP.

Who wants to take him down?

1. mocolos_usa
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

We can make a group.

 

[TheFlow]

364 trying to do some of the raid as well. I know the first part

First timer as well

 

[Strangelove77]

Toasty said he wanted to raid. I'm down too

Cool. I'm ready whenever.

 

[Tjamato88]

my 366 Ghost is holding me back.

355 Ghost is holding me back.

I'm 360 just barely. Gotta start rolling into the NF and SIVA Strikes.

 

[LiK]

355 Ghost is holding me back.

I'm 360 just barely. Gotta start rolling into the NF and SIVA Strikes.

Faction rewards also give you a chance too

 

[commish]

God PVP in this game is so bad. It's rough going from overwatch to this.

 

[TheFlow]

God PVP in this game is so bad. It's rough going from overwatch to this.

Nah player

 

[commish]

Nah player

A convincing argument. I've changed my mind!

 

[spyder_ur]

God PVP in this game is so bad. It's rough going from overwatch to this.

You're playing IB, I assume? The first several games of Supremacy I played when RoI launches really enjoyed. However, after playing it through IB I've come to the decision that IMO it really is the worst of Destiny PvP. It shares all the bad things that I don't like about the game's PvP (there is a ton I do like). These include:

-Over-reliance on secondaries
-God-rolled shotguns being a near-necessity
-Super generation being way too high between kills, crests, orbs (I had a match yesterday where near the halfway point I died to supers 11 times in a row)
-Disastrous, inconsistent spawns
-Uncompetitive matches
-And of course lag

 

[optimus8936]

God PVP in this game is so bad. It's rough going from overwatch to this.

Its because this is a game of special weapons.

#makeprimaries

Spoiler

TLW ;_;

greatagain

 

[wesleyshark]

God PVP in this game is so bad. It's rough going from overwatch to this.

Ehhhh I wouldn't say bad. Has been my favorite fps MP since it launched, despite its quirks and the lag haha.

 

[PuMa]

Man, soon crucible will be full of Clever Dragon wielding players, it will probably get a nerf sooner or later.

Man, that thing destroys me enough now as it is. I really need one to drop.

A convincing argument. I've changed my mind!

Not an argument, just a difference of opinion! I quite like the pvp (Supremacy aside).

 

[LiK]

God PVP in this game is so bad. It's rough going from overwatch to this.

They are pretty jarring but I'm enjoying Destiny's PVP again after I got used to the slower framerate. Felt pretty slow.

 

[Hung Wei Lo]

NM..I'm still asleep at work and am an idiot.


Anyone still need to do any PVE stuff still (NF, raid, etc) tonight? I didn't think I'd venture into IB but decided to get my feet wet

 

[EL CUCO]

God PVP in this game is so bad. It's rough going from overwatch to this.

You have to get used to it again. As fun as it is, it can really be a poop show sometimes.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

God PVP in this game is so bad. It's rough going from overwatch to this.

Completely agree. Overwatch is so tight, focused, refined and perfectly smooth... while Destiny Crucible is nothing of the sort.

That said PvP is fun in Destiny but nowhere even remotely as tuned and competitive as Overwatch. Not even close.

Lately i do prefer Destiny.

 

[irrotational]

Right, you can't infuse the gear that comes from legacy engrams at all. They are stuck at Year 1 cap of 160. But dismantling the fear is supposed to unlock the Year 2 blueprint at the exotic kiosk so that you can purchase the Year 2 version and then infuse that. Have you dismantled the weapon already and checked your exotic kiosk?

Just being slightly pedantic - you don't need to dismantle the old gear, if you get an old hawkmoon as a drop then you should be able to get a "new" hawkmoon from the exotic printing machine straight away.

Dismantling the old one would of course give you a shard, which you could use to help get the new one...but it's not necessary. I *think* if you get an old one you DO have to use legendary marks to unlock the new one.

Bungie designed it that way at the start of TTK, as legendary marks were a new currency and people didn't have very many. They locked a lot of gear at "new" light levels behind that currency to stop people progressing too quickly.