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Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
They are all worth using for only 1 strange coin. I have a telemetry for each kind of weapon now I believe and I need to do some testing with the API to see how much of a percentage it actually affects XP being applied towards the weapon. I'm going to do it at the weekly reset before I get the nightfall buff unless someone can tell me what the nightfall buff is.
20% xp and rep
 
Anyone else feel Bungie's map design for Crucible is pretty awful across the board?

There isn't a single map in this game I would label as good.

Even the best map, Shores of Time, is horribly imbalanced.

I have to imagine it was fucking amateur hour for whoever was in charge of map design for Destiny and if it was my name in the credits I'd be embarrassed.
 

LiK

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totally good analogy. at least it occurs frequently enough in Rumble to make me happy <3

I've never played a Salvage match on it but I bet that could be amazing. or horrific, dunno

Definitely one of the best Skirmish/Salvage maps as well.
 

Steroyd

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i just can't do that map. I understand I'm supposed to avoid the sniper fire by sticking to the inner areas and never ever going for whatever the dome point is. but... I just don't like it. it has all the earmarks of the kind of FPS map I don't like. I honestly think bastion is marginally better but it's still inappropriate in clash (the 12 min timer helped a lot).

That map to me might as well be a straight line, I do not deviate for the whole match, more often than not my team wins because of it lol.
 

Kalamari

Member
Man, I really wanted No Backup Plans today, I gambled on the engram and came up Sunbreakers. I really feel at the mercy of RNG in this game, I guess I need to pray harder.
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
What's the reasoning for not letting characters wear more than 1 piece of Exotic armor at a time?
choosing how to "spend" your exotic slots is a great big ol' chunk of destiny endgame. It also ensures that Legendary gear is a necessary component of every build rather than being invalidated as soon as you pick up an exotic of the same type. Check out this post if you want a big expansion on this topic
 

GraveRobberX

Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
If this lag for Crucible is going to be such a crutch, then they need to up the rewards to make it bearable

Win - 5
Loss - 3
Rep +50 per win, +2- per loss

I don't want to go through 30+ matches of me shooting someone in the back, not registering, yet, they turn around 1 hit melee me, then 5 seconds later, they die

Seriously, I see why AFK'ers do what they do, I can go hide in a spot and eat a few deaths and just earn something by doing nothing

As someone posted earlier, great job posting a Salvage Bounty, even though it's Combined Arms this weekend, do they not play-test or figure this shit out by now?
 

Carn82

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hmm, wasnt home for a few days. Just did the weekly heroic raid alone, was pretty doable (cheesing it). Is the nightfall solo-cheesable for a level 27?
 
is suros that much better than vision of confluence? normally i would be buying suros but i got gjallarhorn last night so i'd rather have that for my exotic weapon slot right now.

They're both really good. I'm still bummed they nerfed suros in PVE but oh well. THey might nerf it again right?
 

Vilam

Maxis Redwood
Fucking Xur - not the loadout I was hoping for this week at all.

Now the real question... should I buy a second Suros? I already have a fully upgraded one, but everyone's talk of how the fast firing one when ADS is better has me tempted... is it worth it?
 

Hawkian

The Cryptarch's Bane
I could play Control on Blind Watch all day long. Love that map.

De_Dust LOL made me think back to the sound of spray tags. Oh the old days...
Wow really? I love Blind Watch in Rumble, it's Hand Cannon paradise... on Control though it seems sooo imbalanced.
Fucking Xur - not the loadout I was hoping for this week at all.

Now the real question... should I buy a second Suros? I already have a fully upgraded one, but everyone's talk of how the fast firing one when ADS is better has me tempted... is it worth it?
Do you frequently get precision kills with your SUROS Regime? Then no. No it is not.
 

nowai

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LOL, in a suicide and repeat kinda scenario?

Yes sir! (or ma'am)

It is hands down the best XP farming in the game. No point in wasting telemetry anywhere else.

Make sure you pop a black wax idol though and kill the three yellow acolytes. Just leave the knight alive and die.
 
Hecks yeah!

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Only196 hours to get there.

Nothing like a game purchase where you're paying roughly 1$ for every 3 hours of entertainment.
 

GraveRobberX

Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Welp by tonight all 3 my characters will be 28, Titan need XP to get it to 28

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Warlock has been in limbo since 2nd week, 0 drops for it for armor, just shards & energy r' us
Hunter is 3 weeks old, has gotten 1 piece (the hardest piece, the head)
Titan is 2 weeks old, has gotten 1 piece (the hardest piece, the head)
 

phen0m24

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Wow really? I love Blind Watch in Rumble, it's Hand Cannon paradise... on Control though it seems sooo imbalanced.

To me it's B and C or A and B. That's it. I leave the other point alone, and play a "Fools Rush In" game with the other team. Once we have B and C I go on lock down with my shotgun. (or A and B - doesn't matter)

I should send you a video I made out of a Control round. Holy crap we were getting destroyed (9000-4500) and then went into HOLD THE POINTS mode and ended up winning. By 3500. Had a 10 kill streak for the first time too. :)
 
Yes sir! (or ma'am)

It is hands down the best XP farming in the game. No point in wasting telemetry anywhere else.

Make sure you pop a black wax idol though and kill the three yellow acolytes. Just leave the knight alive and die.

What about for IceBreaker? Telemetry a complete waste here? I already maxed my Supremacy so not much other use for sniper tele since I don't have P and T.
 

hydruxo

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The raid boots for Hunters have to be the ugliest thing I've ever seen. its like a bunch of random pieces of metal slapped onto some pants.
 
Anyone else feel Bungie's map design for Crucible is pretty awful across the board?

To be brief- I think it's silly how the maps have low ceilings. So everyone just gets nuked when some Warlock tosses a Nova (or rockets, etc). If we could just utilize our Double jump/blink/etc we could escape death.

Another thing- CONTROL. Why is the circle so damn small? Just 1 rocket and bam, whole team gone. Or one half-decent bladedancer thats not half-dead can rape everyone in the circle.

Their map designs made sense in Halo cause we couldnt double jump & blink. But now these map designs are the WORST. simply no thought given to our movement capabilities.

I'm starting to get really burned out on Crucible. And yet- I still go. Because using my powers is fun. Although I think these maps almost all are horrible for CONTROL.

Clash and such suffer a little less. Since you are not drawn to the tiny suicide rooms like in CONTROL

control's a lousy gametype anyway, at least on the maps in Destiny because of the zone placements and the way it influences the spawns.

But most of the maps have high ceilings where it counts, unless it's a chokepoint designed to limit movement. If there's an inherent problem in that regard, it's that these chokepoints exist in excess.
 

Navy Bean

Member
choosing how to "spend" your exotic slots is a great big ol' chunk of destiny endgame. It also ensures that Legendary gear is a necessary component of every build rather than being invalidated as soon as you pick up an exotic of the same type. Check out this post if you want a big expansion on this topic

I think they should assign weighted points to the weapons types.

Say 8 points total.

exotic - 4 points
legendary - 2 points
rare - 1 point
uncommon - 0 points

Then, you could equip 2 exotics. Or 1 exotic and 2 legendaries. Or 3 legendaries. Basically, just have a system where I can level more than 1 damn exotic at a time...lol.
 
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