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[Hazardous Metal]

Year 1 Thorn/TLW with shotgun meta is something I find myself missing more and more. It may have been widely overpowered but damn was it fast. The current meta not only heavily favors shotguns in lieu of watered down primaries but it's sluggish as hell with lots of turtling. At this point I'm just waiting for Destiny 2 to offer a combat sandbox reset because I'm afraid there is just too much to fix and not enough incentive for them to do so.

 

[Kalamari]

Got a Palindrome with Icarus/Hot Swap, Rifled Barrel, and Rangefinder. Who wants a ride to the Lighthouse?

 

[Arrrammis]

Year 1 Thorn/TLW with shotgun meta is something I find myself missing more and more. It may have been widely overpowered but damn was it fast. The current meta not only heavily favors shotguns in lieu of watered down primaries but it's sluggish as hell with lots of turtling. At this point I'm just waiting for Destiny 2 to offer a combat sandbox reset because I'm afraid there is just too much to fix and not enough incentive for them to do so.

Year 1 is viewed with Rose tinted glasses a lot of the time, but I kinda agree on the PvP. It was unbalanced, shotguns killed from even further away, snipers could one-shot bodyshot people using the last round perk(hearing snipers go off in the distance as soon as a match started was always a bad sign), auto rifles reigned supreme, the most exclusive weapon in the game at launch (Vex Mythoclast) was rightfully the best primary until it got completely nerfed into oblivion, but it was fun. Now, every single weapon has the same potential DPS because they all feel exactly the same, and the one primary outlier (hand cannons) was given a new mechanic exclusive to hand cannons: ghost rounds. Everything just feels so samey, especially coming back from Titanfall 2's PvP where every weapon feels different, very few are considered OP, and every weapon benefits a playstyle and situation.

 

[theSlacker]

Dangit. Wish I got back into the game a few months ago. Missed out on that year two Triumphs thing even though I had already done most of them. Second time quitting for a long time made it so I didn't get something I had recorded and missed out on a "reward". Oh well time to get back to it.

 

[Hazardous Metal]

Got a Palindrome with Icarus/Hot Swap, Rifled Barrel, and Rangefinder. Who wants a ride to the Lighthouse?

Excuse me while I go scream into a pillow.


Seriously though, congrats on that roll man. Holy hell. That thing on a Nightstalker with Bones would shred.

 

[igordennis]

Got a Palindrome with Icarus/Hot Swap, Rifled Barrel, and Rangefinder. Who wants a ride to the Lighthouse?

Mah god roll pls

 

[TheAquaticApe]

Got a Palindrome with Icarus/Hot Swap, Rifled Barrel, and Rangefinder. Who wants a ride to the Lighthouse?

3 marks

 

[all of my hate]

Mah god roll pls

That GIF made me cry inside.

 

[Cybrwzrd]

Anyone up for a normal mode raid?

Need 4

 

[silver.tongue]

Been fooling around with the game for about a month now. Managed to get a titan to 367 so far, sunbreaker maxed and striker on the way.

Seem to have hit quite the god damn wall, tho. Thought that heroics wouldve been the same progression as always, but... the sudden need for purplz in order to continue advancing, allied to the fact that they might not decrypt into loot for my class... well, that kinda soured the mood.

Which is a bit of a shame, because now pve combat is once again exciting (even if one feels like strangling the occasional pickup that keeps getting oneshotted by the boss in melee range)

got a hawkmoon tho. apparently #itssomething

At 367, you should be raiding.

 

[Cybrwzrd]

Need one for nightfall

 

[thoseAREmySHOES]

So, I got a Mark of Bright Hope with Int/Dis that I was super excited about. So I infused a perfect Int/Dis mark that I had into it... and the stats aren't showing up. It's showing Light Level 400, but no Int/Dis base stats. Did I just somehow ruin this rare drop? >.>

 

[Kadey]

I swear Seafood gets a matador like every other game we play.

No one is on. Train derailed.

 

[Kalamari]

Destiny is the Virtua Fighter of FPSs

 

[Nicodemic]

So, I got a Mark of Bright Hope with Int/Dis that I was super excited about. So I infused a perfect Int/Dis mark that I had into it... and the stats aren't showing up. It's showing Light Level 400, but no Int/Dis base stats. Did I just somehow ruin this rare drop? >.>

It's a "known" bug. Look in the details screen and you should see the int/dis nodes.

 

[Kadey]

If people wants to do SRL stuff now is a good time. Seems the good players are done with it. I'm not putting much effort into it and still placing 1st and I usually get destroyed.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

The bugged class items still give you stat bonuses-- you just have to do the math if you want to know how they compare to other gear.

Seem to have hit quite the god damn wall, tho. Thought that heroics wouldve been the same progression as always, but... the sudden need for purplz in order to continue advancing, allied to the fact that they might not decrypt into loot for my class... well, that kinda soured the mood.

Purples turn into gear for your class. Exotic armour might not, but they will be unlocked in the kiosk if you ever have an alt and make great infusion fodder until then.

 

[Number45]

Got a Palindrome with Icarus/Hot Swap, Rifled Barrel, and Rangefinder. Who wants a ride to the Lighthouse?

Does Icarus/HS make that much of a difference? The vendor roll is the same but with mulligan/spray and play in the first column.

I have SureShot IS, Outlaw/Icarus, Rifled and Rangefinder. My go to PvP primary. <3

 

[theSlacker]

If people wants to do SRL stuff now is a good time. Seems the good players are done with it. I'm not putting much effort into it and still placing 1st and I usually get destroyed.

I was wondering why I was able to get first place in 2 out of the first 5 races I ever did.

 

[mehrmantrout]

Does Icarus/HS make that much of a difference? The vendor roll is the same but with mulligan/spray and play in the first column.

I have SureShot IS, Outlaw/Icarus, Rifled and Rangefinder. My go to PvP primary. <3

The way the games (dumb) bloom mechanics work they make a huge difference, as they tighten the accuracy cone for your shots.

Your Palindrome is about as good as it gets, esp if you play hunter, Best roll for Eyasluna is rangefinder, rifled, HH.

 

[Bold One]

If anyone is up for a few NF runs, let me know

Psn Id Ayz88

 

[Marco Tovarich]

Stupid question: aren't there any class items for the new Lamentarion and Snowglare Titan sets?

There don't seem to have any and my OCD is killing me. Those look like incomplete sets to me

 

[Agent_Tiro]

Dawning book complete, icebreaker acquired, max grimoire attained. Just missing new warlock exotic gloves and helmet and I have everything. Time to play other games

 

[Melchiah]

So, I got Saladin's Tag, but can't find the related quest, and quick googling didn't help. I read though, that apparently Xur gives quest(s) regarding the event. Too bad I won't be around this weekend to get any of them.

 

[E92 M3]

Year 1 is viewed with Rose tinted glasses a lot of the time, but I kinda agree on the PvP. It was unbalanced, shotguns killed from even further away, snipers could one-shot bodyshot people using the last round perk(hearing snipers go off in the distance as soon as a match started was always a bad sign), auto rifles reigned supreme, the most exclusive weapon in the game at launch (Vex Mythoclast) was rightfully the best primary until it got completely nerfed into oblivion, but it was fun. Now, every single weapon has the same potential DPS because they all feel exactly the same, and the one primary outlier (hand cannons) was given a new mechanic exclusive to hand cannons: ghost rounds. Everything just feels so samey, especially coming back from Titanfall 2's PvP where every weapon feels different, very few are considered OP, and every weapon benefits a playstyle and situation.

Year 1 was the best

 

[Deku Tree]

So, I got Saladin's Tag, but can't find the related quest, and quick googling didn't help. I read though, that apparently Xur gives quest(s) regarding the event. Too bad I won't be around this weekend to get any of them.

No quest you just open the present at the top of the tower.

 

[Melchiah]

No quest you just open the present at the top of the tower.

That's disappointing, since it only gave me Days of Iron ornaments and 50 Motes of Light. I guess I should have googled the results, before I wasted time on racing several times to reach level 9 in the book.

 

[Omnistalgic]

We probably haven't played together before. I've never played PvP with any GAFers before. I've done a KF raid one time with people from here and it was an absolute blast, though. I wouldn't mind getting on more to play with you all but this sub-community has seemed pretty dead lately. :/

I'm at light 365, trying to get to 380 before I start doing Raids.

At 367, you should be raiding.

Nah, I want to get it up a little bit more, plus my wife is only 355, and whoever I raid with will have to carry her as she's not the best with fps games. Strikes are giving me pretty good stuff though and with Xur plus his 3 of coins thing, I think I'm getting decent loot.

Still looking to get those boots Xur had a few weeks back ;-( and need a Red Death for her as well.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Stupid question: aren't there any class items for the new Lamentarion and Snowglare Titan sets?

There don't seem to have any and my OCD is killing me. Those look like incomplete sets to me

They are not new sets, but year 1 rare (blue) armor recycled for year 3.

All the year 1 recycled class items are already in the game since RoI came out.

 

[Frostt]

Common Ice Breaker, where are you? Do I need to wait till the third week...

 

[mehrmantrout]

One day the gods will smile upon me and i'll hit the 6 man nova bomb and become a true Iron Lord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chn311mTtWE

 

[Into the Light]

My last 10 Imagoo's have not had Firefly on them

 

[Kalamari]

Does Icarus/HS make that much of a difference? The vendor roll is the same but with mulligan/spray and play in the first column.

I have SureShot IS, Outlaw/Icarus, Rifled and Rangefinder. My go to PvP primary. <3

I haven't really had much opportunity to use it yet, Train last night was derailed.

 

[igordennis]

Does Icarus/HS make that much of a difference? The vendor roll is the same but with mulligan/spray and play in the first column.

I have SureShot IS, Outlaw/Icarus, Rifled and Rangefinder. My go to PvP primary. <3

Yes i love icarus because of this. And i hate both of you because i'll never get this god roll.

Why the god roll that I'm already chasing and will chase for the entirety of year 3 is a palindrome with icarus+rifled+rangefinder

So far i've gotten two with icarus and range perk, one with third eye (that I'm using) and the other one with reactive reload (but reinforced barrel). I need one with rangefinder pls.

 

[Doberu]

anyone doing the NF?

 

[theSlacker]

Trying to get back into the swing of things as fast as possible. Are any of the events going on right now really limited, like the racing one? Want to know if I should get into that now while I can or if I can finish the last expansion story stuff to get some more light first.

 

[JHall]

Year 1 was the best

HoW PvP was the best PvP.

 

[Shiv47]

Trying to get back into the swing of things as fast as possible. Are any of the events going on right now really limited, like the racing one? Want to know if I should get into that now while I can or if I can finish the last expansion story stuff to get some more light first.

Light doesn't matter in SRL, it just affects your post race drops light level

 

[theSlacker]

Light doesn't matter in SRL, it just affects your post race drops light level

Yeah, was kinda two separate things. I want to get story stuff done fast to get some free gear to raise light, but I also don't want to miss out on SRL if it's going away like next week or something.

Also I assume they changed infusing since I last played since everything I've infused went right up to the level of the gear I used.

 

[willow ve]

Destiny - The Collection (base game and all additions) is on the Xbox One digital sale right now for $26.12. For those that never got into the game or never bought the additions this is a fantastic bargain.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/destiny-the-collection/c3gdk9qkwlrd

 

[sturgboski]

Yeah, was kinda two separate things. I want to get story stuff done fast to get some free gear to raise light, but I also don't want to miss out on SRL if it's going away like next week or something.

Also I assume they changed infusing since I last played since everything I've infused went right up to the level of the gear I used.

Yep infusion is no longer some random equation, whatever gear you infused goes to the light level of the gear used in the infusion (you might end up +1 extra light on the deal, not sure how this occurs but I have had it happen).

As for limited, basically anything in The Dawning book that you earn is limited for the life of the event. While strike scoring and such will stay after the dawning, filling in those items in the book and earning rewards from the book will be gone much like SRL (though SRL will be around to play in private matches though again you dont earn progress, just end of private matches rewards).

Luckily, outside of the one Dawning item specifically around the nightfall, all the other strike related stuff is done in any SIVA playlist, meaning the 320 LL one and the heroic (and also nightfall).

Personally I would say grind SRL and when bored, ensure you have the strike bounties and play the 320 LL strike list which should help you get to 365 light. Or the other way around, whatever.

Edit:

Thinking about it, anyone want to do an SRL boosting train? Perhaps help theSlacker make progress as well as others. Me personally I am looking for 1 First Place on Venus and 3 on Mars to finish off my SRL Y1 book...

 

[Mejilan]

Looking for two more to run two Nightfalls at some point tonight.
I'm ready to go now. Or we can run them later tonight. No rush.
If any of you need to run a third as well, I don't mind sticking it out.
Let's get us some Y3-flavored Icebreakers, yeah?

PSN: Mejilan

 

[sturgboski]

Looking for two more to run two Nightfalls at some point tonight.
I'm ready to go now. Or we can run them later tonight. No rush.
If any of you need to run a third as well, I don't mind sticking it out.
Let's get us some Y3-flavored Icebreakers, yeah?

PSN: Mejilan

Hopefully you did better than I did. Ran all 3 Tuesday and found nothing but disappointment on the Icebreaker side (I did get some infusion fuel though).

 

[CREMSteve]

Heading out on vacation for the next few weeks. Wooooooooot

I did all the SRL stuff in the book, but haven't finished the Strike stuff. Will I still be able to earn those strike ones when I get back, or does the book become inactive after The Dawning event is over?

I know the Strike scoring stays, just not sure what effect it has on the book piece. Has Bungie commented on it?

 

[Mejilan]

Hopefully you did better than I did. Ran all 3 Tuesday and found nothing but disappointment on the Icebreaker side (I did get some infusion fuel though).

All three of my toons are at 400.
But as far as Icebreaker goes, I'm currently 0/4.
Hopefully, I'll be 0/6 sometime tonight.

 

[jmvmadeira]

Yeah. My IB quest is 0/4 also. Will need to run 2 other toons in the morning time UK but i don't hold much hope any time soon.

 

[jmvmadeira]

Speaking of hand cannons

Got one today with the following perks

Range finder
Reinforced or rifled barrell
Luck in the chamber

Not bad perks.

Spoiler

its a ill will &#128512;

 

[theSlacker]

Thinking about it, anyone want to do an SRL boosting train? Perhaps help theSlacker make progress as well as others. Me personally I am looking for 1 First Place on Venus and 3 on Mars to finish off my SRL Y1 book...

Thanks for the offer, but I'm still getting a grasp on things. Maybe later in the week.

I hate missable things, but I guess I should stop quitting games and rejoining them. It is what normally keeps me from coming back though.

 

[Nicodemic]

Nightfall anyone?

PSN: Nicodemic

 

[Mejilan]

Nightfall anyone?

PSN: Nicodemic

My body is ready.
For some Icebreakers. The freshmakers.