Nameless
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Another reason why rolling with any exotic AR is a hard sell. The thing almost single handedly got me to the Nightfall boss last week and it doesn't even have arc damage.
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Destiny |OT7| "In the Garden of Suros" by I. Ron Banner
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Another reason why rolling with any exotic AR is a hard sell. The thing almost single handedly got me to the Nightfall boss last week and it doesn't even have arc damage.
Exactly. They're not cheap because they're supposed to be hard to get.
Certainly seems so.
AbandonedTrolley
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I'd be down for that, AbandonedTrolley (PS4)
Rogue_Ledr
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There is a vendor then? First I've heard of it. Been pretty out of the loop on IB up till now, so I'm not surprised I didn't notice this.
Been too focused on other stuff.
I'm not sure about that, it's not that hard to get 13 coins to just buy them. What's so rare about that?
Turdburger
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I feel ya haha but I don't find much skill or teamwork involved the 6v6 zerg arc blade/
super fests.
Random skirmishes can be frustrating, but imo the PvP in this game is best showcased in a more intimate and smaller scale setting.
That being said, gjallarhorn would do just fine in 6v6 but it's impact is amplified in the 3v3 modes.
Maybe if the exotic is a primary/special with ammo regen. Other than that its not worth making a build to focus solely on that since you won't have enough ammo to make it worthwhile imo
BMO = GOAT
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Anyone doing raid tonight? EST, ps4.
Turdburger
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When soloing this week's nightfall, my fully upgraded Gjallarhorn killed the archon priest in 5 rockets. Took about 30 seconds. It's nuts.
Rogue_Ledr
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The coins are already enough of a limiting factor.
The inventory being too narrow just makes things ridiculous.
Getting 23 strange coins isnt easy even for the hardcore it takes 10 days of playing. Casual players it could take them a month or longer.
Twilight Gap
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iron banner feels more balanced than normal crucible.
wut
wut
BMO = GOAT
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I got 15 just yesterday, no ascendant shards
. Overall i got 30,xur better have a good weapon or amor friday.TheTylerDurden
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In a ten day window you get 18 coins just by doing the level 28 weekly heroic two times.
That's not hard.
AbandonedTrolley
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I'm currently sitting on 30 and not done anything yet this week.
Not to mention the insane exp or 18 ascendant energy you need to fully level an exotic gun.
I still haven't maxed one yet.
Nameless
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This is only the second or third time a GAF post has given me a boner. Congrats & thank you. Mine is maxed to so I should be able to take him down before Ward of Dawn fades.
I think when they normalize powers, certain powers become OP and vice versa.
It'll further dilute the "exotic" branding. There are exotic weapons I want, but don't want to buy them. Finding something that is rare can be a lot fun.
Again, I completely disagree and have torn through the Nightfall three times with Pocket Infinity equipped- and this is using a suboptimal build that lacks the Exotic armor piece I am looking for to complement it. Ice Breaker is a special weapon and essentially has infinite ammo. Gjallarhorn can rather aggressively define a PvE build even despite its limited ammo reserves; ammo synthesis and pickups will get you a long way for devastating DPS. Furthermore, exotic armor pieces exist that can supply extra reserve ammo or otherwise make your choice of exotic weapon more worthwhile. There's a lot of room to build.
edit: One weapon per week from sale for Xur is fine, but it's important for people to be able to buy them. Regular longitudinal players that aren't necessarily hardcore need to have eventual access to Exotics.
That would be a HUGE mistake if they sold the best gun in the game.
They already made the mistake of selling Suros. If everyone had an Ice Breaker, it would make so many of the PvE encounters trivial.
Sola Scriptura
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So at what point do you all think we'll learn the true story of how Destiny's development went down? And at whose feet are we laying the blame: Bungie's or Activision's?
Turdburger
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Yup when he spawned, threw up weapons of light in the valley right where you drop into the boss area. Then you can jump out of it to fire the rockets and it gives you the option to back up onto the ledge if you have to. Better to be safe than sorry
I think the thing is unless you were pretty heavy into getting coins, not many have had the Suros in my experiences. I PvP a ton and I barely see it.
Subtervotion
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For me, I think replaying the story while also doing bounties is the fastest. Some people say crucible though.
My casual friends have to be forced through the weekly heroic. A lvl 28 heroic is not easy. By saying that you naturally fall into the hardcore group.
scarletham
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Same - I was pretty worried about it originally, but have only been killed by it a handful of times.
Rogue_Ledr
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Don't remember how much I spent last week.
I'm ready to buy.
I've got way more than you. I am insanely ready to buy.
Turdburger
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I'm confused by this statement, because Gjallarhorn was already sold in Week 2.
I have 32. And? I play the game a ton and im sure you do too. We are the minority. Out of my 8 casual friends add them all together they have 20 coins right now. They usually spend it on armor.
Did this on my third run through it (using Pocket Infinity, but the others in my party had some non-Gjallarhorn rocket launcher or another). Still went down crazy fast. WoL is smashmazing.
It's probably the most common exotic I see in the Crucible, but "some other auto rifle" remains the gun that kills me a majority of the time.
Weekly heroic in highest level gets you 9 coins.
I do it every week and almost always have 30+ coins.
Somnium986
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So I guess I'm just gonna have to get lucky in Crucible or luck out on a purple engram for the, Monte Carlo. :/
AmateurHour212
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Daily heroic at level 28? In it now. Need a little help as a lvl 27 hunter. Hit me up.
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hillsighed
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Man, I had a real good night in Destiny last night. My wife fell asleep early so I threw on my wireless headphones and played a bunch.
- Found a Legendary Engram that turned into Shards that I needed.
- Found another Legendary Engram that turned to boots that I did not need that discarded them for more delicious Shards.
- Finished an Exotic bounty and got one my most wanted guns (Invective)
- Nearly got to rank 2 in Iron Banner (lost maybe 2 games that entire time.) Shout outs to Flo_Evans, JayC and Killthee for some good IB games last night.
- Finished the level 28 Weekly Heroic Strike, and the Nightfall (and got the fucking awesome Monte Carlo)
- Bought a dope ass shader from hitting rank 1 in Iron Banner and matches my exotic helm perfectly.
Lots of fun!
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Now with all that out of the way, I want to talk about Iron Banner. Does it not feel any different from regular Crucible? I play a ton of PvP and I can barely tell the different and it isn't like I'm level 30 with a Vex. I'm halfway to 29 using some nice guns, but the Shadow Price I'm using isn't maxed, nor is my Invective but I didn't have any problem dropping people. I thought for sure I would go in IB and get mopped up by 29's and 30's but that just is not happening. I've seen level 15's straight murdering in there.
I almost forgot how crazy some of the weapons in this game are. I ran up to B in Bastion and saw a guy aiming a Gjallarhorn at me and quickly dropped back down when he fired. The rocket curved straight down and still got me. I want that launcher.
- Found a Legendary Engram that turned into Shards that I needed.
- Found another Legendary Engram that turned to boots that I did not need that discarded them for more delicious Shards.
- Finished an Exotic bounty and got one my most wanted guns (Invective)
- Nearly got to rank 2 in Iron Banner (lost maybe 2 games that entire time.) Shout outs to Flo_Evans, JayC and Killthee for some good IB games last night.
- Finished the level 28 Weekly Heroic Strike, and the Nightfall (and got the fucking awesome Monte Carlo)
- Bought a dope ass shader from hitting rank 1 in Iron Banner and matches my exotic helm perfectly.
Lots of fun!
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Now with all that out of the way, I want to talk about Iron Banner. Does it not feel any different from regular Crucible? I play a ton of PvP and I can barely tell the different and it isn't like I'm level 30 with a Vex. I'm halfway to 29 using some nice guns, but the Shadow Price I'm using isn't maxed, nor is my Invective but I didn't have any problem dropping people. I thought for sure I would go in IB and get mopped up by 29's and 30's but that just is not happening. I've seen level 15's straight murdering in there.
I almost forgot how crazy some of the weapons in this game are. I ran up to B in Bastion and saw a guy aiming a Gjallarhorn at me and quickly dropped back down when he fired. The rocket curved straight down and still got me. I want that launcher.
There is the prospect of Exotic Weapon Engrams. Haven't seen them yet but it's possible. Course your odds wouldn't be fantastic, but what are you gonna spend your motes on?
edit: Nightfall and Raid rewards are more likely to get it to you than a purple Engram anyway
Took me ten hours to level my warlock to 25. Make sure you use weapons you have the best xp bonuses on. Also use bounties and group them all together to get massive xp bumps as best you can.
Yeah it really sucks. If it was clash I could at least carry my team a bit.
TheTylerDurden
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A level 28 heroic IS easy for someone suitably equipped. I solo them all that time. That doesn't make me hardcore, it just means I recognize Bungie's scaling of difficulty favors smaller numbers (or at least, scales to make soling just as easy as going in with others).
So why force your friends? Just do it yourself.
Breakfast at Noon
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10 year wait.
Anyway, any groups on the go for iron banner? Will be on in 30 minutes.
Never done skirmish, which would be best, lord high fixer and invective or suros and fusion?
scarletham
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Lot of Galahad-E
Where did they get this list from though?
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