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Xamtheking
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Gaf, what's your favorite Control map?
Rusted Lands for me, love the....I don't know, feel to the map.
Rusted Lands for me, love the....I don't know, feel to the map.
postcyberpunk
Banned
Bullshit. As a strictly AR user, I went from top three to bottom three after the nerf.
Blind Watch. I know most people hate it but I always do work on that map.
Rusted Lands is up there too, and Firebase Delphi can be fun.
Twilight Gap
Member
Delphi puts A zone in a 2 way hallway. Then it spawns heavy ammo right beside it. Then it has a direct line of sight into B, which is a mess of grenades and supers 24/7. if you spawn C, good luck getting or contesting the heavy ammo.
There are a lot of rookie mistakes being made on these maps.
TemplaerDude
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I have gotten SIX legendary engram's today. SIX.
I had previously found 5 ALL TIME.
I had previously found 5 ALL TIME.
...That's depressing, as the top 3 are still AR users.
Oh, I don't care about PvP. Stop nerfing guns for PvE. And unless my friends list is an aberration, the vast majority of players play more PvE than PvP.
jadedm17
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I thought this was a class/item thing until posted here.
I'll assume the noise is low enough I can't hear it; I do lousy on hearing tests.
That's what RNG is, yes. It's a dice roll. Now let's get millions of people rolling the dice : What you believe to be statistically improbable is likely if not certain when you get enough people involved.
Xamtheking
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Screaming is fun!
But it's still mostly ARs in PVP based on all my matches since the patch. They didn't even need a nerf they just needed less range. The damn things are as effective as rifles far away. How they fucked that up so badly is beyond me.
DrDrizzay101
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I like Skirmish a lot and some rounds are an absolute blast... but the odds of being paired with 2 other reasonable players seems very low. Most rounds at least 1 person is afk, runs off by themselves and dies constantly, or is just really bad. It sucks losing a match by 100 points because 1 teammate was 3-18. But when you find a good team it's so damn satisfying winning 5000-1700.
The upgrade for other weapons changed the balance however. More diversity now, even though there's still a clear AR dominance.
scarletham
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Can anyone help me kill Xyor for the Thorn bounty?
PSN scarletham
PSN scarletham
Kor of Memory
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Shores of Time. Everything about that map feels well thought out and balanced. I utilize almost every area of that map. I traverse almost all paths.
Skirmish is way more tactical and less hectic. I really enjoy it with a good crew.
Union Carbine
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Yes, yes, yes. And I wish Control was more about the control than about adding modifiers to kill scoring.
HawksWinStanley
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The Last Word is basically like using God's dick to shoot people with. Love that gun.
Let me tell you a story about legendaries
this one time, I hit rank 7 in Dead Orbit, and the post master gave me the same cloak that I was wearing
This one time, I got a legendary primary, and it had "crouch for better aim" rather than "Enemies explode" (which you can get from the vendor)
This one time yesterday, I got a legendary engram that turned into the cloak i had purchased with my hard earned crucible points the first week the game was out
And twice now, I've gotten New Monarchy weapons that not only were worse than the ones you could buy, but had the description of "given to followers of new monarchy' when I have not a single rep point for the faction. That guy rubbed me the wrong way when he told me to tell my friends about New Monarchy. Sounded like a car salesman. I hate car salesmen.
GOTTA LOVE THEM ROLLS.
postcyberpunk
Banned
Interesting, as I stopped playing Crucible after that. The VoC full auto was no help.
I only need 250pts to get to that part. I won't be on till after work though :/
I haven't played a bunch of matches but why do you get so few points for actually "controlling" a zone? Seems that most kills still wins out which is silly.
Xamtheking
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You got legendary engrams anyway
That's luck in itself
scarletham
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I just saw a guy get that gun at the end of a crucible match...
Xamtheking
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That feel when a person who did worse than you on your team gets it, but you and him are the only ones on the team who got drops, and so you're happy for him rather than jealous
I'd say I've gotten 4 to 5 in game, while the others were from ranking up the cryptarc.
I think I'm level 40 now? something around that.
Mind you, this is with 6 days and 14 hours of gameplay.
I need to play more Crucible.
Wot? VoC is fucking amazing! Do you have the stability upgrade? Screw the extra ammo, it is not needed. I can usually headshot and kill three guys on a control point. I can almost hold B on shores of time alone for the majority of a match with VoC.
I'm trying to get 5 coins for the Suros but I'm not sure how much I will use it because VoC is that good.
WOW really? Most I got in a day was 2.
Xamtheking
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2 from crucible pre-patch, 1 from rankup post-patch
scarletham
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Oh yeah, it's definitely worth noting that he was last place on our team, by a lot.
TheTylerDurden
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Anyone care to offer their experience using Fatebringer in PvP?
Good/bad?
Good/bad?
hillsighed
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postcyberpunk
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It seems I am not that accurate then. I only played one match with it, and I was all hopped up on hate Crucible juice at that point so I might not have given it a chance.
If anybody feels you, its me. Kinda hating not being able to use my favorite kind of weapon because RNGesus sees it fit to screw me.
DrDrizzay101
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Most definitely. Hit me up sometime if I'm on and you are trying to get a team together. I'm no PvP master and spend ~15% of my time there, but I usually do well when I'm not focused on some stupid bounty.
Most definitely to this as well. It's really baffling how limited the modes are. I loved Interrogation mode in The Last of Us because the objective also helped regulate imbalanced teams. Maybe they interrogated your team quickly but then you could camp the lock box and make up lost ground.
All the Destiny modes are terrible at this. The dominant team gets more supers which gives more orbs for more supers so they can get the heavy ammo for more kills and more supers...
Well, you get guaranteed items at Rank 3 for every faction, so that's something. I've gotten 1 Mote and 1 Shard at Rank 3 before, but I've gotten some decent stuff too. My main character has everyone at rank 3 or above. Also, you can spend your Crucible marks there.
kierkegaardsoren
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Djungelfrukt
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I don't think he thinks it's bad. That's the problem.
Edit: My bad. Though that gun is amazing. I thought I would never love something as I thought I would the Suris, had I had it. Now I'm not sure I'll even get it. (of course I will)
Xamtheking
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On the topic of Crucible, honestly, I like the current loot system.
I know, I know, it's trash, but I like it for a few reasons.
1. An incentive to stay to end of a match that you're obviously going to lose
2. You don't have to do good to get good gear
2a. Doing 100% of damage to Nightfall Phogoth doesn't mean that your teammates can't get any drops from him
3. It's almost like a lottery
I know, I know, it's trash, but I like it for a few reasons.
1. An incentive to stay to end of a match that you're obviously going to lose
2. You don't have to do good to get good gear
2a. Doing 100% of damage to Nightfall Phogoth doesn't mean that your teammates can't get any drops from him
3. It's almost like a lottery
Don't use it if you are opposed to headshotting everything in sight.
Gun is amazing in pvp, I'm sure people hate me.
KINGofCRA5H
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235 completed games in the Crucible and I've never been in a match where someone got an Exotic. I'm hoping to break that -- by getting one.
399 matches on my Hunter with over a million crucible score and I've gotten an Icebreaker and seen someone get another exotic. I did get three Timur's Lashes during Iron Banner fwiw.
I wasn't sold either at first but that stability upgrade is amazing. K/D has went up .25 since I dropped Dr. Nope for it.
Wait, maybe I just figured out the problem. It was Dr. Nope all along, Austin!!
Usually the area where control point B is at is a natural power position. Just that there is zero reason for anyone to control it in Skirmish/Clash because the other team has no reason to challenge control for it because why run into battle when you can stay at the outer edges of the map with an icebreaker?
Control B and C on Blind Watch and tell me you don't have a power position. 1 person with decent skill can defend B on First Light for ages with the heigh advantage and sight lines from that building. Same with Bastion. You've got heavy weapon spawning in there and everyone attacking will be funneled into corridors. I could go on. The best maps, like Rusted Lands and Shores of Time are excellently balanced though, to the point where you never feel like the other team has an unbreakable position and you're always moving and the games are intense from start to finish.
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