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Destiny |OT43| Just What the Doctor Ordered
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Hippo_PRIME
Member
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.
No, you're absolutely right. I looked it up shortly after posting and found the mechanic for discovery being what was needed, not dismantling. Thanks for fact checking me!
Anything is better than Last Exit. Floating Gardens could be good. Skyline also.
wesleyshark
Banned
I'm predicting either Widow's Court or Floating Gardens
EL CUCO
Member
The best map in the game Thieve's Den.
wesleyshark
Banned
I like you. That's also one of the maps that took me to the Lighthouse
SmartWaffles
Member
I thought we already came to the conclusion that Destiny PvP is bad two years ago.
Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.
Pretty much all this. All of its problems are amplified in the shitty supremacy game mode, sure, but a lot of these issues have been around since forever.
At least it's easy loot
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Glam when are we starting?
Agent_Tiro
Member
The pvp is great. It's the lag that makes it a mess. When games are lag free it is a joy to play. 6v6 is always laggy. 3v3 is much better. But then trials is laggy as hell because of the mm mess.
wesleyshark
Banned
Called it, along with several of you. Floating Gardens is the Trials map. This will be interesting...
wesleyshark
Banned
Another shotgun friendly map depending on where you're rotating, but definitely a bit friendlier to longer range than Last Exit.
LordOfChaos
Member
Not sure if these are just table stakes for Destiny fans but I just discovered them, daaang, these are perhaps the two best pieces of Destiny lore I think Bungie has written
http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow
And
http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/vex
(starting with the ghost fragments)
I wonder if part of the next Destiny, or a DLC, could be inside a Vex simulation world. And I wish they could translate something as deep as the first link into the game story, but it would be hard.
http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow
And
http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/vex
(starting with the ghost fragments)
I wonder if part of the next Destiny, or a DLC, could be inside a Vex simulation world. And I wish they could translate something as deep as the first link into the game story, but it would be hard.
darkistheway
Member
The lag is beyond a mess. People eat full shotgun blasts and turn around and melee you twice and then teleport away.
As someone is fairly average at PVP, the level of frustration it creates is making me want to quit the game altogether.
I have tried going wired but it doesn't fix the lag at all. The problem is in the net code itself. Destiny 2 needs to fix it.
Agent_Tiro
Member
Completely agree. My solution would be that anyone with a red bar does 0 damage until they are green bar. Yellow bars do half damage. Poor connections should not be rewarded. It's way to common to see red bars at top of leader boards. I honestly have no idea where my skill level currently is in destiny PVP because the lag makes learning from losing engagements impossible
SmartWaffles
Member
That is P2P multiplayer for you.
GlamFM
Banned
Exactly what I was looking for so I don't have to hit up DIM every time I get a drop.
Max Stat Roll Quick Reference Chart
Trials streams. The map looks, special?
Max Stat Roll Quick Reference Chart
Trials streams. The map looks, special?
Agent_Tiro
Member
I've played p2p in the past with less lag. Hell destiny 2 years ago had less lag! Dedicated servers would just mean that people with rubbish connections wouldn't have a bit of a better experience.
To go red bar in this game you need trash tier internet. I know someone with 2mb down and 500k up and he is green 80% of the time. Only time he red bars is if we have players from different continents in with us.
Too many people use high bandwidth software on other devices that exacerbates it all. Of course you are going to lag like a mofo if you are streaming, whilst watching streams and your other half is on Netflx
TheCanisDirus
Member
Hell, the base weapon is soooo good it's really hard to get a bad roll on the Clever Dragon! You'll love it if you like highly accurate, fast firing pulse rifles. Its basically a Grasp of Malok.
Everyone's talking about all of these new guns, and for good reason, but I decided to break out the trusty old Hawksaw and I still think it's the best Pulse Rifle. I have the Grasp as well but I feel like that perfect rolled vendor hawksaw is amazing at all ranges and just melts shotgun rushers.
If you haven't played IB yet, do that and get a Clever Dragon instead. Actually hits harder than my Grasp, even though they have the same impact. *shrugs*
I love Supremacy but playing it solo is probably the most abysmal PvP experience you can have in this game. I've had so many hours of 0.2-0.4 K/D matches already this week that I'm actually curious how hard it's going to drop my SBMM rating or whatever. You can usually tell within the first 2 minutes if your team of all randoms is incompetent or not (spoiler: they are), and if it's a blowout I don't even bother expending the energy to play seriously and just play while watching something else and get blown out just for the loot.
I was just in a match that was called via a Mercy rule because it was 6 solo randoms against a fireteam of 6. Next match it puts me into a game where my team is losing 80-18 against a fireteam of 6. L O L
I was just in a match that was called via a Mercy rule because it was 6 solo randoms against a fireteam of 6. Next match it puts me into a game where my team is losing 80-18 against a fireteam of 6. L O L
Darryl M R
Member
How is this Zombie Apocalypse WF47 roll:
CQB Ballistics/Linear Compensator/Soft Ballistics
Counterbalance
High Caliber Rounds/Oiled Frame/Armor Piercing Rouds
Crowd Control
CQB Ballistics/Linear Compensator/Soft Ballistics
Counterbalance
High Caliber Rounds/Oiled Frame/Armor Piercing Rouds
Crowd Control
Red bar doesn't always equal advantage, I can assure you.
I'm a long time fps pvp player. Back in the day I played Halo Ce/2 competitively. In public servers my K/d was 10-1 on average. Both on pc and console. Back then I had the best internet connection available, plus I was between 5-110 years younger so my game was a lot higher...
These days I'm almost always 2-3 k/d in fps games. I know how to play.
Currently working with a terrible, cheap phone line connection. Barely pulls 3mb down, 500k/bs up. Constant red/yellow bars. Hits don't register, players warp, takes 2-3 seconds to register kills/actions like picking up crests, splash damage is completely inconsistent, etc...
My tactics and aim are solid, but it's like playing in mud.
Upgrading my internet soon so I'm hoping I simply haven't lost my ability to play. Back in OG Destiny I was 2-3 k/d, since my return on this connection I've dropped to 1.5.
Anyway, I haven't had a single game yet where my red bar feels like an advantage.
I'd rather not. >w>
Got to rank 5 already once and didn't get it, and neither of my other characters are good enough to survive so I'm not going to put in that effort only to get screwed by RNG and not having a fun time in general...
Pretty sure it's not possible. Only from quests or rank up.
Ran IB with my Titan first and got a complete set of IB gear for her.
Ran my Warlock yesterday and while it was REALLY fast (2.5 hours to hit level 5) she got all armor but the chest piece. I dont want to play PvP just to try and get the chest.
I hate the one from the book with the fur collar. Looks dumb
Ran my Warlock yesterday and while it was REALLY fast (2.5 hours to hit level 5) she got all armor but the chest piece. I dont want to play PvP just to try and get the chest.
I hate the one from the book with the fur collar. Looks dumb
LiveFromKyoto
Member
And those same Youtubers will still all be using Last Word & Thorn when it counts. It's just a Grasp/PDX-45, there's nothing to really be afraid of that's not already out there. It's a pea shooter unless they get a high stability roll and/or high calibre rounds, and even then True Vanguard said he wasn't think he preferred it to his Hawksaw, and those were easy to come by as dirt.
That said, the firing action on it feels really cool, I wish I'd gotten a better roll on mine.
Sweet. I never landed a Grasp, and I know the Hawksaw is supposed to be amazing but it just doesn't click with me for some reason.
TheCanisDirus
Member
I have an uber god roll hawksaw as well and it's amazing! That said, i still think this new Clever Dragon bests it.
Hawk is .87s time to kill 2.6 bursts (8 crit) 1.33s time to kill 4 bursts (12 body) 73 rof 7 impact 25/17 damage 27 range 72 stability 60 aim assist
Clever is .80s time to kill 3 burst (8 crit) 1.33s time to kill 4.33 bursts (13 body) 77 rof 4 impact 23/16 damage 31 range 58 stability 77 aim assist
Depending on perks theyre both similar however, with aim assist perks the Clever just rails headshots like crazy.
toastyToast
Member
Post game rewards are the items on offer during this IB as well as ghosts and artifacts. Bounties give anything else