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[RumbleHumble]

How long does it take to get to 270 from when you start the game?

Roughly 20-30 hours.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Roughly 20-30 hours.

How about to where Dan is?

 

[therealminime]

I am ready to update this .gif in 8 hours with new flashbacks.

They got this!!!

 

[Oakinn]

10-15 hours. Depends on what you do and RNG. Although the RNG isnt really that bad

EDIT: I may be wrong. 20 seems like a good bet

 

[Death Metalist]

guardian down

it begins

 

[RumbleHumble]

How about to when Dan is?

I'd say at least 40. It depends on how you maximize your Milestones per week. If you want to get light gear that's higher than 265, you can only get so much per week. I'm at 292 right now, and have played casually for roughly about 45 hours since launch.

 

[Valtýr]

Multistream link:

http://multistream-player.com/player/a9nE5C35-Ve/Giant_Bomb_Destiny_2_Raid_Part_2

 

[LiK]

How long does it take to get to 270 from when you start the game?

Maybe around 20 hours especially if you know what to do. Powerful gear is what shoots you up if you simply do the Milestones every week.

 

[Harpuia]

Ah I see the Giga-Date has begun.

 

[robotrock]

My favorite dynamic on the site is when Dan says he has to do something and then Alex says he does not have to do something

 

[Antiwhippy]

I'd say at least 40. It depends on how you maximize your Milestones per week. If you want to get light gear that's higher than 265, you can only get so much per week. I'm at 292 right now, and have played casually for roughly about 45 hours since launch.

That's surprisingly little.

 

[Blitzrules240]

lol Crazy by Gnarls Barkley came on as I scrolled to this.

Perfect timing.

 

[RumbleHumble]

That's surprising little.

The true hard cap is 350, and it gets raised with each expansion, so it'll get higher. For crazy people there's prestige Raiding which recommends a 300 Light Level.

 

[RumbleHumble]

10-15 hours. Depends on what you do and RNG. Although the RNG isnt really that bad

EDIT: I may be wrong. 20 seems like a good bet

You can get it done in 15, but you have to fucking know what you're doing and you usually need a second character to double gear with.

 

[Deadly Joker]

Take a shot every time you hear someone say "buff".

 

[LiK]

Unless you're aching to raid, there's no reason to rush leveling up. I got to 303 from just playing casually.

 

[RumbleHumble]

Take a shot every time you hear someone say "buff".

You will die.

 

[Oakinn]

You can get it done in 15, but you have to fucking know what you're doing and you usually need a second character to double gear with.

I feel after about 12 ish hours i was at 230. Then went to 260 in about 3-4 hours in one afternoon. Timing is a lot of it as well. Hitting the weekly reset helps

 

[zsynqx]

Oh sweet, more raiding!!

 

[Dangansona]

Persona has style but a lot of it is the menus, which you become normalized to over time.

I spent 116 hours with it and greatly enjoyed it overall but compared to the many other excellent games this year... I don't think it really ranks.

It's more than the menus. Character design, soundtrack and how it's integrated into the story (think Life Will Change), anime cutscenes, embracing the thief/heist theme, etc.

I think it should be a contender.

 

[RumbleHumble]

I feel after about 12 ish hours i was at 230. Then went to 260 in about 3-4 hours in one afternoon. Timing is a lot of it as well. Hitting the weekly reset helps

That weekly reset is a big part. I spent most of my Destiny 2 time in the first week getting to 265 which is why it took me so long (I only got that far because of the boosts from exotics I lucked out into.)

 

[LiK]

It's more than the menus. Character design, soundtrack and how it's integrated into the story (think Life Will Change), anime cutscenes, embracing the thief/heist theme, etc.

I think it should be a contender.

Event the loading screens have style.

 

[Deadly Joker]

You will die.

If it was take a shot every time someone says "bather", you would already be dead.

 

[Dangansona]

Event the loading screens have style.

Don't forget the all out attacks either!

 

[Oakinn]

The music is Destiny is really damn good and it's not even going to be in the convo at the end of the year. What a year for music

 

[RumbleHumble]

It's more than the menus. Character design, soundtrack and how it's integrated into the story (think Life Will Change), anime cutscenes, embracing the thief/heist theme, etc.

I think it should be a contender.

While its my GOTY (and will likely stay that way barring Mario completely blowing my mind), I see it getting on the list near the bottom at most.

Alex and Ben both really liked it, but most GB discussion centered on what they didn't like about it rather than what they did. No one else on staff seemed interested, and Jeff's on record saying "It literally does nothing for me." It's also not a big passion game for anyone. Alex has a bigger dog in the fight with Nier and Ben seems like he's more likely to go to bat hard for something like Battlegrounds.

 

[LiK]

The music is Destiny is really damn good and it's not even going to be in the convo at the end of the year. What a year for music

Way too many good OSTs this year.

 

[RumbleHumble]

Way too many good OSTs this year.

With some awesome variation. Most years with the GB staff its: Which is these games has the best bass drop?

This year we got some good bass drops, but we also got some acid jazz, classical, and really rad Epcot music (Destiny 2)

 

[BTA]

It's more than the menus. Character design, soundtrack and how it's integrated into the story (think Life Will Change), anime cutscenes, embracing the thief/heist theme, etc.

I think it should be a contender.

Mhmm, that's fair. That definitely adds to the style, and it should still be a contender, but I don't know how much of an impact it really left on them.

though there is the part where I don't know what happened in the anime cutscenes

BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FUCKING SUB SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES

Might still be a little bitter! Maybe!

EDIT:

Event the loading screens have style.

I appreciated them regularly reminding me how much time they were stealing from me.

 

[Dangansona]

While its my GOTY (and will likely stay that way barring Mario completely blowing my mind), I see it getting on the list near the bottom at most.

Alex and Ben both really liked it, but most GB discussion centered on what they didn't like about it rather than what they did. No one else on staff seemed interested, and Jeff's on record saying "It literally does nothing for me." It's also not a big passion game for anyone. Alex has a bigger dog in the fight with Nier and Ben seems like he's more likely to go to bat hard for something like Battlegrounds.

I was just talking about for best style, but yeah I recognize it won't make it far if at all on the overall list. Sucks how everyone that isn't Alex is so dismissive of it though. It starts better than 4 and say what you want about the overall cast but imo Ryuji, Ann, and Yuske are more interesting than Yosuke, Yukiko, and Chie. But whatever.

 

[TheChits]

I really hope Snake Pass gets at least a mention during best music. David Wise is top tier

 

[daveo42]

Hmm....I feel like half this stream is them executing close enough to beat the baths. They'll be streaming again on Monday.

It's more than the menus. Character design, soundtrack and how it's integrated into the story (think Life Will Change), anime cutscenes, embracing the thief/heist theme, etc.

I think it should be a contender.

It'll get mentioned and will probably be in the list, but it might not take the top spot in the category.

Way too many good OSTs this year.

Nier: A is the best OST of the hear. Hands down.

 

[RumbleHumble]

I was just talking about for best style, but yeah I recognize it won't make it far if at all on the overall list. Sucks how everyone that isn't Alex is so dismissive of it though. It starts better than 4 and say what you want about the overall cast but imo Ryuji, Ann, and Yuske are more interesting than Yosuke, Yukiko, and Chie. But whatever.

Agreed on every damn count. But eh, Jeff's heart wants what it wants. And in Jeff's case, it's high schoolers with a love of kung-fu and pro-wrasslin

I really hope Snake Pass gets at least a mention during best music. David Wise is top tier

Didn't you hear? Only Dan cares about David Wise

 

[VeryGooster]

Nier: A is the best OST of the hear. Hands down.

Weight of the World in the end credits ;_;

 

[Harpuia]

Weight of the World in the end credits ;_;

The first time around I honestly thought it was some Celine Deon ass bullshit.

It really grew on me by the end of the game and they do some nice things with it.

 

[Death Metalist]

I really hope Snake Pass gets at least a mention during best music. David Wise is top tier

My favorite track of Snake Pass. It makes me so happy just listening to it.

 

[LiK]

Haven't played NieR yet but I',m expecting the OST to be good. Already preordered the vinyl.

 

[Zaph]

Sounds dumb, but as a team they really need to be shooting more. There's too much downtime, especially while running back and forth.

Good trash management is kinda the key to this fight, or you'll get swamped during the centre phase

 

[Antiwhippy]

Is it just a DPS issue at this point?

It's nice to watch this and play golf story at the same time.

 

[Harpuia]

Haven't played NieR yet but I',m expecting the OST to be good. Already preordered the vinyl.

Original NieR? Yes it definitely has some good music in there.

 

[chogidogs]

Nah, we finished this with mostly 270s. They definitely need to clear more enemies.

 

[LiK]

Is it just a DPS issue at this point?

The floaters need to help clear out some adds so when they're rotating, it's less of an issue.

Also, Abby needs to automatically have her Power weapon ready for Bathers. She keeps using her SMG first which is weak as hell for them.

Original NieR? Yes it definitely has some good music in there.

Automata

 

[RumbleHumble]

Nah, we finished this with mostly 270s. They definitely need to clear more enemies.

Agreed. It's about learning to get comfortable with the surroundings, where the enemies appear, when the enemies appear, etc.

The floaters need to help clear out some adds so when they're rotating, it's less of an issue.

This too.

 

[Antiwhippy]

So they just aren't shooting the trash mobs enough?

 

[Oakinn]

So they just aren't shooting the trash mobs enough?

basically.

 

[RumbleHumble]

So they just aren't shooting the trash mobs enough?

A little bit of that with a little bit of floaters just figuring out how much they can help.

 

[MadLaughter]

They're doing pretty well with communications and suggestions.

 

[xuchu]

Abby please use your Merciless! It's good.

 

[LiK]

Number 1 priority are the Bathers. Second is to just kill as many adds as possible while rotating. Don't even need to kill them all, just a few here and there. Floaters can help out whoever needs help more.

 

[Death Metalist]

fuckin projections