Destiny: Age of Triumph

[ClockShot]

Not really. These can be soloed no problem. 4 runs today for the Queen's missions. 3 legendary chest pieces, a mask, and a sniper rifle. And unless someone's had a different mission. 2 Black Garden missions, 2 Vex spire in Cabal territory missions. Actually not so bad, it's the overpowered small frys that have given me the most trouble so far.

Some genius at Bungie thought it was a good idea to launch a patch a midday today. Icon showed up after restart one of those chest pieces turned into gloves. Got to the tower, still got the chestpiece. :mad:

[Fignuts]

On the bright side the patch turns down the difficulty of hard missions a bit.

[Miotch]

Was the cave patched?

[ClockShot]

Dunno. Walked in on the Venus farm spot and some guy was there and had some Vex majors on him. Which isn't normal for that spot. Tried to drop a few, but he died and they disappeared.

So I guess the cave is still open for business. Unless there's a line. :lol:

[Kalyx triaD]

More on the queen event:

http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/29078/queens_wrath_details.jpg

[Fignuts]

More armor to match my FWC cloak. Someone help me get this shit.

[Kalyx triaD]

A Battlefield buddy of mine did some missions and crucible with me. Playing with somebody you trust is night and fucking day. I can't wait to join you guys on X1.

[ClockShot]

There's a tip going around where if you don't like the mission you're going on for Queen's Wrath, you can drop out during loading and you won't lose your token/credit for unlocking the mission.

Lots of people doing the very first mission where you're looking for warp drive and killing Riksis in the end. You're done in 5-10 minutes tops.

[Miotch]

I don't fully understand this. I did one of the strike playlists last night, which I think was for the queen?

The girlfriend has shit going on tonight so my plan is to basically play from 730ish on. Fignuts and Manny, I'm looking in your direction?

[Fignuts]

The only things that are for the Queen are the missions, and the bounties. No strikes or playlists.

I've got a bunch of tokens from completing queen's bounties, so I'll mostly be doing the missions.

What level are you at now miotch?

[Miotch]

18 I think. How do you even do the missions? I couldn't figure it out, thought I didn't play for long last night.

[Fignuts]

They might not even be showing up for you since you're only level 18. they are on the left hand side of the destination screen with the daily story mission and daily strike. You also have to complete a queens bounty first

[alvarado52]

That weekly heroic strike is no joke. Spent two hours trying to tackle the final boss and didnt get close.

[Kalyx triaD]

Find a friend. The trick is to distract him and take turns laying on the damage from opposing sides. Do NOT group together even in the same 90 degree span.

[alvarado52]

Ill be on tonight after 9.

[Miotch]

hit me up, boo

[ClockShot]

Bungie got my memo about upping the legendary engram drops I think. Got 2 today, and 2 legendary weapons came out of it. Good day.

[Fignuts]

Fuck the cryptarch. Legendary engrams are rare enough. If I get one it should turn into a legendary item, not green useless garbage.

[Kalyx triaD]

Got an exotic rocket launcher named Truth. Dunno whether to use it now or save it for my Titan playtrough.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Kalyx triaD]

I really like my set-up. Sunsinger is awesome.

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[SNLfunnyguy]

Still haven't got this game. After getting TitanFall and playing about 3% of it, my love for gaming seems to be in a slump.

[Miotch]

Cool story.

Kalyx is right when he says that the Sunsinger subclass is awesome. I've only worked through a bit of it so far but I am loving it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Lots of adjustments coming, though Bungie's only being slightly less vague about it this time.

http://www.bungie.net/7_Destiny-Dev-Notes/en/News/News?aid=12188

[Fignuts]

Blade Dancer is a lot of fun, but the greatest satisfaction I get in this game is nailing headshots with the throwing knife, so I'm going with Gunslinger. Better for taking out tough enemies anyway.

[Miotch]

Bungie website confirmed that the cave has been shut down for mining.

[Fignuts]

boooooooooo

booooooo wendy testeberger

booooooo

[ClockShot]

No more rare materials for breaking down Queen's Wrath gear. Bummer, good way to stockpile.

[Clerk]

Bummer. I'm a nerd who plays Halo 5 (Destiny) waa waa crying cunt!

[Fignuts]

NOT A FLAME, JUST AN OBSERVATION

[Miotch]

GUYS

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[Miotch]

And...

https://twitter.com/legendaryengram

[Kalyx triaD]

I gotta say, some of my best stuff came from ranking up with Cryptarch.

[alvarado52]

well then you're one of the lucky few.

They really need to up the fireteam cap. At least to 4.

[Kalyx triaD]

For patrols, yeah. Strikes and Missions can stay three.

And everybody should be able to get cool stuff if they rank up on him. I think I'm 16 now.

[Kalyx triaD]

Nope, 12.

[Kalyx triaD]

Quick public event action:

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[Kalyx triaD]

My third exotic; Ice Breaker. A sniper rifle than can blow you up.

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[Fignuts]

It also has automatically regenerating ammo.

Also, fuck you, how are you getting so many exotics?

[Kalyx triaD]

Turning in bounties and grams by the buttload. No need to farm a cave at all.

[ClockShot]

My buddy got the Ice Breaker out of PvP a couple days ago. I told him he could use the damn thing as a sword if he wanted to.

I should have Best Advice Ever by the end of the day today.

[Fignuts]

Any xbox one peeps wanna help me get some strange coins on the weekly heroic strike?

Need to do it twice to get what I need, but doing the same strike twice is more fun than standing in front of a cave for an hour.

[Kalyx triaD]

Working on my fourth exotic (technically fifth but the last one was a shotgun I already had, broke it down). So that's 2 exotics I'm doing; one demands 25(!) Strikes, the other wants 500 points of Void damage (whatever that means).

With all the hoopla about the game's reward system I'd say I've gotten more yellow opportunities than most.

[Fignuts]

Pretty sure you're a minority.

It doesn't really bother me tbh. if it was easy to get legendaries and exotics, and hit level 30, we'd all be done with the game already.

That said, I don't see the point in getting white items from purple engrams.

[Kalyx triaD]

Bungie claimed it was to give the Cryptarch "personality". The next update will keep remove surprises from that front.

[ClockShot]

2 exotic weapons today and picked up another exotic weapon bounty. Got my 100 Crucible marks with 30 minutes to spare.

I call it a good Saturday.

Kalyx, picked up the Tolbert's Legacy bounty, too. 25 strikes look like no problem. Back burner job until Queen's Wrath is over and done with.

[Fignuts]

Fuck the Venus Heroic Strike. Bullshit.

[ClockShot]

Piece of cake, Figs. Soloed it today.

Secret is in those rocks when you drop down in the arena, all way to the right it tucks into an alcove. You're pretty much protected.

Drawback is, when that robot is down to a little bit of life left, those blasts he shoots get stronger and you start taking splash damage. Gotta make every sniper rifle shot count and you should make it out alive. Helps with with a partner to the left of ya a little higher up drawing the fire and doing crowd control, and you doing the sniping

[Kalyx triaD]

What's bullshit is the Moon Strike on Very Hard with Epic turned on. I had a very salty night and I hate you all right now. Fuck this planet. God.

[Emperor Smeat]

A bug in Destiny has reportedly revealed the names of several strikes and missions, along with their descriptions, that are set to be introduced with the game’s future expansions.

According to the video below by YouTube user “Scott M” that show the bug, the game’s two expansions (The Dark Below and House of Wolves) will add at least four new strikes and two raids, along with several story missions. There’s also a Crucible event that appears to take the form of a tournament, with players earning greater rewards for stringing together wins, but being kicked out if they lose three times.

The game’s expansions will add content to each of the game’s four planets and expand on the Reef area with a new raid. You can check out a full list of discovered content here (http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/2hpqdi/video_a_players_level_select_screen_bugs_out_and/) (thanks to Reddit user “KilledbyDice”).

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[Hanso Amore]

How do you get an exotic bounty Ive never seen that

[Kalyx triaD]

Usually by passing a rank turning in bounties or engrams. That's how I got the three I have now and I'm working on two more.

[alvarado52]

I'm GOING to fucking beat that Venus Strike on heroic today. WHO THE FUCK IS WITH ME!? I WANT DEM STANGE COINS!

[ClockShot]

Some kind of marketplace Old Republic got going would be great right about now. Buy and sell armor, weapons, materials, etc.

This 25,000 glimmer cap is killing me. Nothing good to buy. I could only buy so many emblems.

[Kalyx triaD]

A peer-to-peer marketplace dealing in gear would absolutely be a disaster for this game.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie currently denying speculations regarding upcoming DLC packs being based on content found on-disc. Had to make a statement after a recent bug found a bunch of hidden stuff on-disc which was speculated to be for future DLC packs.

Over the weekend, it was uncovered due to a bug that Destiny had some placeholder content built into it. Two more raids and a number of Strike and Story missions were found, leading people to believe that some of it was already on the disc.

Well Bungie has taken to their forums to clarify the matter, noting that it is indeed a placeholder and nothing is finalized. They're still working on the expansions, and neither one of them is finished yet.

http://www.destructoid.com/bungie-explains-that-they-re-still-working-on-destiny-s-dlc-it-s-not-on-disc-281842.phtml

[Fignuts]

I'm GOING to fucking beat that Venus Strike on heroic today. WHO THE FUCK IS WITH ME!? I WANT DEM STANGE COINS!

YO

With miotch, I think the three of us can do it.

[Fignuts]

Fucking disconnects are killing me today. Like every 10 minutes. My internet is working fine on every thing else, even other XBONE apps, so it's gotta be the servers.

[Kalyx triaD]

Possible hacker attack.

[ClockShot]

Patch came out today. Big news out of it is that Purple engrams guarantee you legendary and exotic gear. Blue engrams guarantee you Rare or Legendary gear, but the legendary chance has been kicked up a few notches. No more getting lower grade crap!


Here's the full details.


From bungie.com



Summary:
With this patch, we address some widely-discussed concerns with how Engrams are earned and claimed. Strikes have become more rewarding, and the rewards gained from them are more predictable. Also affected is the rotation of maps that appear in the Crucible.


Cryptarch


Legendary (purple) engrams will always produce a Legendary quality item or higher

Note: Legendary engrams that exist in your inventory will change to Rare quality items when the patch is applied. However, decoding these engrams will still produce the same results as before


Rare (blue) engrams will always produce a Rare quality item or higher

Chance for Legendary gear increased


Materials: Ascendant Shards and Ascendant Energy promoted to Legendary quality (from Rare quality)




Rewards


Rare (Blue) and Legendary (Purple) Engram drops added to the potential rewards for:

Vanguard: Tiger Strike Playlist
Daily Heroic Missions (first time per day)
Weekly Heroic Missions (first time per week)


Known issues

When selecting a higher difficulty for daily missions, XP Bonus not show in the reward display
You will still get the XP bonus, you just won't see it in the UI





Crucible


Reduced time limit on Bastion and First Light in Control and Clash from 15 to 12 minutes, bringing them in line with non-vehicle maps in those playlists
Lowered weighting on Bastion and First Light in Control and Clash so they appear less often in those playlists

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Kalyx triaD]

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[alvarado52]

Finally got some purple gear. I swear I was the only lvl 24 with NO purple, then in the span of one night with a couple buddies I grabbed one off an engram, and two pieces of the queen's armor.

[drave]

Did you see the Queen's bewbs?

[Kalyx triaD]

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And also my post on Bungie's Feedback forum asking for this to happen (http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/71233984/0/0).

[alvarado52]

Did you see the Queen's bewbs?

Nipples the size of dinner plates.

[drave]

:O

Those are some massive arreolas.

[Fignuts]

Good day for me.

Finally beat that level 24 Venus Strike Mission. With a third person and my blade dancer class, it wasn't even hard. Didn't die even once, which progressed my exotic bounty.

Also, got my 13th strange coin, so I was able to buy an exotic armor. Not as cool looking as the one he had last week, but whatevs.

Gotta get more bounties so I can hit level 3 at FWC and start getting rewards.

[Hanso Amore]

Hey guys I just dont get it, need someone to give me some advice.

I beat the game, I did a ton of PVP and got rank 2 vanguard and bought a few purple armor pieces. I did a few queens missions and got the rest. Armor all purple. Heavy is a purple drop I picked up randomly, and then blue weapons I randomly got.

So I am rank 2 Crucible. Rank 1 Vanguard. Rank 1 Queen. I log in and do the heroic daily everyday and have dont the weekly strike 2 times on 24 and 26 skill levels with my friends. I have 20 Strange coins and 21 motes of light.

How have I never seen an exotic bounty? And I havent gotten a purple drop outside of the queens missions. What am I doing wrong? I do around 20 bounties a week at least. What should I be doing?

Also should I risk buying a exotic engram from XUr? is there a chance it wont be my class?

[Hanso Amore]

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And also my post on Bungie's Feedback forum asking for this to happen (http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/71233984/0/0).

Quoting you in the article

I notice not many ideas and suggestions are... not worded well here. I know many of you aren't experienced in expressing ideas. This is not a weakness or something to be ashamed of. What this means is so long as we all believe in one goal; we can unite and let some other guy do all the writing.

Wow, Way to add way more than was needed to the post and be a passive aggressive dick. I know you over value yourself (Ive posted about this before) but jesus, take it down a notch.

[Fignuts]

Hey guys I just dont get it, need someone to give me some advice.

I beat the game, I did a ton of PVP and got rank 2 vanguard and bought a few purple armor pieces. I did a few queens missions and got the rest. Armor all purple. Heavy is a purple drop I picked up randomly, and then blue weapons I randomly got.

So I am rank 2 Crucible. Rank 1 Vanguard. Rank 1 Queen. I log in and do the heroic daily everyday and have dont the weekly strike 2 times on 24 and 26 skill levels with my friends. I have 20 Strange coins and 21 motes of light.

How have I never seen an exotic bounty? And I havent gotten a purple drop outside of the queens missions. What am I doing wrong? I do around 20 bounties a week at least. What should I be doing?

Also should I risk buying a exotic engram from XUr? is there a chance it wont be my class?

You're not doing anything wrong. I've only gotten one exotic bounty and two legendary engram drops the entire time I've owned the game. Exotics are very hard to find, and an exotic bounty is a direct way of getting one, so it's going to be rare that it pops up, even if you've been playing the game for a while. I just got my first at 26.

[Hanso Amore]

Well awesome. Did the level 24 and 26 weekly strike, then did the daily Heroics on 26, then a few tiger strikes and a bunch of bounties.

Came away with only 1 purple engram (Which came out as Warlock boots, Im a titan) then I rolled the dice and blew 23 motes of light on an engram....Warlock helmet.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH DESTINY.

[Hanso Amore]

Thats just from today, I get ass fucked like that non stop.

Level 10 Crytarch is yet to yield me a single purple engram.

[Hanso Amore]

Basically I played a ton for 3 weeks so I could go from no purple gear to all gear (Crucible and queen armor currently) in 1 day, now a week of non stop grinding and playing around 5 hours a day for 6 days has yielded me shit. I dont expect hand outs but would be nice to feel like I was actually working towards something.

[alvarado52]

Yeah, wish they wouldnt randomize the class items like that. I guess they think everyone is going to play multiple characters. I mean, I have a lvl 20 hunter, and my 10 warlock, but really I only play as the Titan.

[Fignuts]

I'm sticking with my Hunter.

Differences between gameplay in the classes isn't big enough to warrant starting from scratch. AT least to me, anyway.

[Miotch]

Want to thank Manny again for the assists last night.

[Fignuts]

You two want to try the weekly strike tonight? Maybe even a queen's mission. I've got 10 of those damn tokens.

[ClockShot]

Acquiring Exotics options:

Option A: Do a ton of Vanguard bounties. Eventually, you'll be given an exotic weapon bounty. Do your research before you choose, and prepare to do some major work for it.

Option B: Legendary Engrams. Get them from drops or the new mission rewards, and pray that one turns exotic. Happened to me, don't get angry. It's strictly luck.

Option C: The Crucible. Quite literally..........suck for luck. On 2 occasions, I've had worse players on my team unlock exotic weapons. My buddy who was ranked under me got the Ice Breaker sniper rifle. And another player, dead last on our team, got The Last Word hand cannon. First is worst, at least, that's the formula I've been following.

Option D: Xur. If's he got something you like, buy it. Nothing's piqued my interest as of yet. Holding out for the Hunter gauntlets. Only piece I need to go legendary or exotic so I get that trophy.

Hope that helps guys.

[Miotch]

You two want to try the weekly strike tonight? Maybe even a queen's mission. I've got 10 of those damn tokens.
we did 2 queen's missions last night and they were... very difficult. I was also level 21 at the time, so that had something to do with it.

I doubt I'll be on tonight in all honesty. Maybe late night but I'm thinking probably not.

[ClockShot]

Last day for Queen's Wrath is today, right?

[Miotch]

Tomorrow I think.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie states they are considering adding in matchmaker support for the game's harder missions although made no guarantees if it would even be done nor arrive in the near future.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/bungie-is-having-conversations-regarding-matchmaking-for-destinys-harder-content/

[Kalyx triaD]

I have four exotics, almost all from leveling up with Cryparch.

On my quote from my Bnet thread; go spend a week reading Bungie or 343 forums and get back at me.

[ClockShot]

Picked up my 3rd exotic weapon bounty today. :D

[Fignuts]

Got my second after immediately finishing the first one. Fucking Hand Cannon though. I don't even use those.

[alvarado52]

The fuck Bungie, I cant connect to the server...they said TUESDAY it was going down for maintenance.

[Miotch]

Got my second after immediately finishing the first one. Fucking Hand Cannon though. I don't even use those.
I do. you should just gift it to me.

Oh wait.

[Kalyx triaD]

Oh hell no.

[ClockShot]

Iron Banner event is supposedly in effect when the game comes back on.

[Miotch]

Ugh.

Let's make the crucible LESS fun to play for a week.

Lame.

[Kalyx triaD]

Iron Banner is not Crucible. You still have regular balanced out Crucible.

[alvarado52]

Not a fan of the Iron Banner bounties, or the gear for that matter...simply ignoring that event and focusing on dem Strange Coins.

[Fignuts]

Iron Banner is not Crucible. You still have regular balanced out Crucible.

Can't get the special gear in regular crucible, so yeah, still kinda annoying. I'm a fan of white/gold color schemes too. Damn it.

Time to level up my exotic shotgun I guess.

[ClockShot]

Great. Gotta get 500 points of Void Damage in the crucible to unlock The Thorn. Problem is only weapon I got with void damage is my rocket launcher.

Figs you pulled it off. Any tips?

Side note, found another set of blueprints of a ship today. Still rather use Chasing Infinity.

[Fignuts]

I didn't complete that one.

The shotgun is the one I finished. Invictis or something, it's called.

[ClockShot]

Mmmmmmmmm. Had to shell out all my crucible marks and grab The Comedian shotgun. Had the void damage attached and did a run around in Rumble. Did alright. Might wanna wait and upgrade it a bit.

Also, more info for Iron Banner. There's a lot of weapons and armor to earn aside from the stuff the guy is giving out at The Tower. Almost like Queen's Wrath, but like 3x the stuff to get. Found a list of what's up for grabs.


http://destinynews.net/iron-banner-bounties-gear/

[Kalyx triaD]

Can't get the special gear in regular crucible, so yeah, still kinda annoying. I'm a fan of white/gold color schemes too. Damn it.

Time to level up my exotic shotgun I guess.

The Iron Banner gear are no more powerful than the stuff you can get in Vanguard or Crucible shops when you gain rep. There's nothing special aside from Iron Banner colors.

[Fignuts]

I'm a fan of white/gold color schemes too.

[Kalyx triaD]

Grind nigga.

[Kalyx triaD]

Rep gain is faster than the Queen event too.

[Kalyx triaD]

I... Just got an Exotic sniper rifle after an Iron Banner match. For free.

[Kalyx triaD]

Some Iron Banner action. I need a team.

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[alvarado52]

Then get a One.

Im loaded and ready for Xur when he comes to town. Got enough Motes, and enough coin to get an armor piece and gun.

[Kalyx triaD]

Thanks, Alva, I didn't think of that. I'll have a One by tonight. WOOOOOOO

Xur better have good shit this weekend. Last week was weak.

[Fignuts]

ugh. No way am I gonna accomplish any of those Banner bounties. Suck too much at crucible, and don't even have any good guns outside of the exotic shotgun which isn't leveled up at all.

[Kalyx triaD]

You can rock it with a blue level gun. I use a blue level auto rifle. The melee bounty is fairly easy. The regular crucible bounties can be done in Iron Banner so you can put stuff out of the way just the same.

[Fignuts]

I dunno if I really care enough at this point, tbh. Starting to get bored. Only so long that I can do the same missions in the same areas, fighting the same enemies. Swear to god, if I hear "Deep beneath the Cosmodrome" one more time, I'm gonna scream. Might try out the raid, but after that I think I might be done until the DLC comes out.

Keep in mind I've put A LOT of time into this already. Was laid out with a knee injury for like a week, and played the shit out of this for most of it. But whatevs. Was fun while it lasted.

Now that my internet is working better I want to get back on SF IV and punch people in the nuts with Makoto.

Gee, I wonder if there is anyone on TPWW with a 360 and SF IV that I can punch in the nuts with Makoto.

[ClockShot]

Hope they add the element perks to the primary weapons soon. Running around Crucible with a shotgun makes me look like a fool.

[Kalyx triaD]

Our internet only stays on for about 30mins then it shuts off, because apparently our signal is too strong. Says Comcast.

[alvarado52]

Whelp, bought an exotic engram and got a helmet for my lvl 8 Warlock I never use. That's like, 2 legendary and 1 exotic item waiting for her when the time comes.

Wasnt overly impressed with the Titan helmet, so I bought the Ice Breaker and will keep the strange coins in my back pocket until next week. Stumbled upon a legendary sniper just a few hours ago too, but I figue its good to have different elements (legendary was void, ice breaker is fire).

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Fignuts]

Feel like capping points should be worth more. Came in last place in control because I didn't get a ton of kills, but capped 10 points. Other dudes probably wouldn't have even gotten so many kills if I wasn't distracting the other team by grabbing objectives like a BOSS.

[Kalyx triaD]

Remember Control in Destiny is different (and odd) because points only multiply kill scores, so it's still about getting kills. I'm not too crazy about that, really. I'm a 'hold points to gain score Domination/Conquest' kind of guy.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, me too. Mainly cause I'm typically not great at leading the board in kills. But I'm pretty damn good at taking objectives.

Usually never even play standard deathmatches in shooters.

[alvarado52]

Im with you guys on that. Wish they'd tweak it or add a variation where its a more traditional domination type match.

[ClockShot]

Jesus. That special Summoning Pits strike I picked before I complete The Thorn weapon bounty up is crazy hard. Need a full fireteam and arc and fire weapons to even stand a chance. I've read stories of people actually soloing the damn thing.


This better be worth it if I pull it off today.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, of all the strikes that one has the toughest enemies spawning during the battle. Fucking wizards and those relentless god damn sword knights.

[ClockShot]

Might use the room secret and let them funnel in. That's if I can get that far.

[Fignuts]

Talking about just staying at the entrance room? That won't work. When you do that, the game spawns a strong enemy behind you. In the summoning pits its a screamer. Super tough Hive version of the servitors.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah they covered that at launch. I learned the hard way.

You gotta keep moving. Though there is this spot of rocks at the edge that gives you good cover from everything, but hell if you can kill enemies at a decent rate from there. You need a team or all your weapons at 300 damage. I'm working on that Thorn bounty myself. Gotta wait for a special witch to come out after the third dropship.

[ClockShot]

Hotfix going down today. Mostly tweaking some of the gun stats. Upping scout rifle damage while dialing down the auto rifle damage. Also, Rocket Yard loot cave is being shut down, too. Here's the full details.


<b><big>Summary</big></b>
The most recent hotfix (1.0.2.2) for Destiny goes live on October 14th. This hotfix includes a number of changes to weapon balance across archetypes (e.g., lowering Auto Rifle effectiveness and increasing Scout Rifle damage output), specific weapons (Vex Mythoclast and Pocket Infinity) and includes a number of fixes to issues with the Templar encounter in the Vault of Glass.

We're still working on a larger update which will address under-performing Exotics and overall class balance.


<b><big>General</big></b>


Fixed a bug where the Valkyrie-O5X Ship was the same as the Aurora Lance




<b><big>Classes</big></b>


Titan

Unbreakable: Fixed an issue with the perk granting more agility than intended


Warlock

Brimstone: Perk can now activate if player is airborne





<b><big>Weapons</big></b>


General

Fixed some issues related to quick weapon swapping


Auto Rifles

Base Damage decreased by 2%
Reduced Precision Damage multiplier from 1.50 -> 1.25 (head shot bonus)
Stability decreased by 4% - 17% (driven by stat value)


Hand Cannons

In-air accuracy now increased


Scout Rifles

Base damage increased by 6%
Damage vs. Combatants increased by 6% - 25% (based on tier)
Improved target acquisition, plus additional recoil tuning.


Shotguns

Decreased base damage at maximum range (falloff) by 20%
Shot Package Perk now has a slightly wider cone of fire
The Rangefinder and Shot Package perks are now mutually exclusive


Exotic Weapons

Vex Mythoclast

Base Damage decreased by 34%
Increased Precision Damage multiplier from 1.25 -> 1.50 (headshot bonus)


Pocket Infinity

Enhanced Battery Perk has now been replaced with the Speed Reload Perk




Perks

Metal Detector: Fixed a bug that prevents this perk from actually providing additional ammo
Lightweight: Fixed a bug that allowed additional agility to apply even when a weapon was stowed





<b><big>Activities</big></b>


Strikes

Engram rewards from strikes now appear in the post-game Activity Summary


Raid - Vault of Glass

Templar Encounter

Kill volume added to sniper platforms to prevent players from sitting on top of them
Relic is now removed and respawned if the holder leaves the playable area







<b><big>Destinations</big></b>


The Fallen have also retreated from their hold over the Rocket Yard to discuss a new takeover plan

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm fine with the Auto Rifle nerf. It is way too good.

[alvarado52]

Whelp, beat the Raid on Hard yesterday with a few buddies and landed the Vex weapon...too bad they nurfed the hell out of it. Still a solid weapon, I just feel like for beating THE hardest thing to beat in the game, you SHOULD be rewarded with a weapon that is exceptional.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah a lot of people were pretty pissed at it getting the nerf stick, and it raised questions of what it means to earn something and have it reduced in power. Gamers tend to whine over certain nerfs but I can sympathize with this point. Another good thought was how balance changes seemed to be informed by PvP, when people needed certain weapons for PvE encounters. It's a tricky line.

[alvarado52]

Well and the silly thing is, its still an absolute BEAST in PvP...like, Ive not dropped below a 2.4 k/d ratio in my matches since using it. I'd rather have them work out that that reduce its damage in PvE

[ClockShot]

Holding out for the wish of raid matchmaking comes true. I got a few friends who are just about ready to do this.

Other news, soloed that hard summoning pits strike and scored the Thorn. Now just hoping Xur comes through with some good items tomorrow morning and I'll be a happy camper.

[road doggy dogg]

Yeah a lot of people were pretty pissed at it getting the nerf stick, and it raised questions of what it means to earn something and have it reduced in power. Gamers tend to whine over certain nerfs but I can sympathize with this point. Another good thought was how balance changes seemed to be informed by PvP, when people needed certain weapons for PvE encounters. It's a tricky line.

Ahhh memories of the WoW pvp forums

[Fignuts]

Wizards are chicks apparently.

Hot.

[Kalyx triaD]

You'd think they'd call them witches.

[ClockShot]

Hmmmmmm. Think I'm gonna start playing crucible exclusively. Gotta get that the rank up.

[Kalyx triaD]

Get your crucible marks up.

[alvarado52]

anyone on the One interested in Raiding it up tonight?

[ClockShot]

Get your crucible marks up.

Maxed out at 200. Nothing to spend them on, yet.

Gotta start doing the bounties. Even if most of them are a pain in the butt to do.

[Kalyx triaD]

There's no Legendary weapon or armor you're interested in?

[ClockShot]

There's no Legendary weapon or armor you're interested in?



No. I'm content with all the gear I've got now. Everything in purple with a blue here and there. Only exotic I'm missing is something in my special slot and an armor piece. Would love to get my hands on Patience and Time. Saw a couple of those won through crucible.


Basically on a quest for an exotic piece of armor for my hunter right now. Backed off of upgrading my armor cause I'm gonna go down a few levels once I get it. Pretty comfortable with my Bladedancer class so I'm on the lookout for the Mask of the Third Man helmet. But Xur screwed me over again and had Archolphage Symbiote on sale last 2 of 3 weeks.

[Kalyx triaD]

That damn Xur.

[Kris P Lettus]

I just played a level 18 strike for like two hours with two random peeps and when we almost had the boss killed it kicked me off saying there was a new Destiny update. Is this a regular thing because it seems like they should let you finish what you are doing before forcing you to update, specially considering that my PS4 updated this morning.

[ClockShot]

Destiny update went into effect this morning. Big fix came in the form of people using the cheap way to kill Atheon by knocking him off the platform in the Vault of Glass. Can't do that anymore.

Also, for Halloween, postmaster got 3 Jack-o'-lantern masks. They last about 30 minutes and you got a pumpkin on your head in the shape of a Hive baddie.

[Emperor Smeat]

First DLC pack is arriving on December 9th called The Dark Below with PS4 owners getting an extra strike mission in the pack.

The Dark Below costs $19.99 on its own, but the season pass, which also includes the next expansion, costs $34.99.

By purchasing the expansion, you'll see the light level cap move from 30 to 32. Story-wise, there's a new Hive baddy in town named Crota, and players are tasked with taking him out over the course of three missions. The Dark Below also includes three multiplayer maps, two strikes (albeit one's exclusive to PlayStation 4 owners), and a new raid.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/bungie-details-destinys-first-expansion/1100-5064/

[ClockShot]

Ugh. Too long of a wait.

[Fignuts]

Yeah, honestly with all the shit that's dropping the next couple months (not to mention my WiiU backlog) I'm probably not even going to have the time.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie offering some goodies for doing some Halloween-based stuff in the game.

Destiny is rewarding players who dress up and get into the Halloween spirit.

Players who use the Jackolyte consumable and speak with weekend merchant Xur will have the chance to purchase the Flight of Shadows for one strange coin.

The item gives Guardians a 24-hour buff that changes how they look when waiting for a respawn.

http://www.screwattack.com/news/destiny-offers-halloween-treat-dressing

[Kalyx triaD]

I am unable to play this game, it keeps kicking of XBL.

[Kris P Lettus]

The missions seem to drop off after level 20ish

[ClockShot]

Finished the Vault of Glass with some buddies last night. End boss with the new tweaks drove everyone crazy. But after a few deaths and a strategy, we did it. Walked away with Plan C.

Level up to max, and run it again on hard mode.

[ClockShot]

So, anyone else in on The Dark Below?

[Kalyx triaD]

Gotta wait til we get an Xbox One. Can't play PvE stuff consistently and the expansion is mostly that.

[alvarado52]

You havent gotten one this year? I mean, with the $50 price cut for the holidays, as well as all the bundles, it seems like this would be the time to take the plunge.

[drave]

Is Xbone still shafted on late release for DLC?

[Kalyx triaD]

What? No.

Edit:

Oh you mean the Sony exclusive shit.

Yeah.

[Kalyx triaD]

You havent gotten one this year? I mean, with the $50 price cut for the holidays, as well as all the bundles, it seems like this would be the time to take the plunge.

After some creative math we may be able to snag a One as early as next week.

[alvarado52]

Really not a fan of this whole DLC upgrade thing. Basically makes everything you've grinded for to this point absolutely pointless...particularly exotic weapons via Xur upgrade.

[Kalyx triaD]

They just raised the max, right? Doesn't seem so bad.

[alvarado52]

raised the max, if you want your old loot to be raised to up par, you gotta give Xur a lot of glimmer, your exotic, then level up the gun all over again.

I guess im just complaining about the fact that they want MORE grinding just because DLC came out, instead of simply giving exotics a bump, or just have us grind a few additional damage marks on the tree. Starting all over is stupid.

[Kalyx triaD]

Iron Banner returns next week. I should have an X1 by then. We must be ready.

[ClockShot]

All those Ether Seeds, Black Wax Idols, Resupply Codes, and Blue Polyphage have a purpose now. :)

[alvarado52]

Iron Banner returns next week. I should have an X1 by then. We must be ready.

Let me know when you make the jump, a few of my Live buddies are gonna look to tackle the new Raid soon.

[Kalyx triaD]

I do not have Crota expansion yet. Gonna need more time on that.

[ClockShot]

Ran the Crota's End raid last night. Got about halfway through before we were all sleepy.

God damn, they really throw you to the lion's den in the first couple minutes.

[Tom Guycott]

Gah... I'm way behind.

[Kalyx triaD]

Get grinding.

[Tom Guycott]

I meant more on the XBONE train than the not being L20+ for all three classes. The grinding, I don't mind. Shooting respawning enemies is cathartic, and saving some of the unused junk to pass off on my other characters was a smart move to help them along.

Although, I will say, it does suck to jump in Crucible so late in the game with no help whatsoever (anyone I would fireteam with under a normal circumstance all have Ones, and do not yet... in fact, that's how I started playing- as a friend of mine decided to be nice enough to add my Live profile to his One when he got it, and I played Destiny a bit at launch.), and get totally pissed all over while carrying a largely ineffectual arsenal for PvP and shitty armor while trying to stumble my way around maps I am 100% unfamiliar with... and getting blown away as I repeatedly spawn in right in front of someone or right around the corner from the last guy who just shot me.

Unrelated to all that, I will say there are a couple of odd ticks with my experience:

1) When I started playing, I NEVER got a heavy weapon. Not one drop. Not one loot chest. Not one at the gunsmith. Not one from the Cryptarch. Nothing. Then, I more recently got the demo (before buying it for myself for "Christmas") and pretty much got bombarded with Heavy drops since. More than anything else, really. They usually all suck ass, but it's funny how I didn't start getting those until I STOPPED playing the retail version and hopped in the demo. I still get an inordinate ammount of Heavys, though. And they still usually suck. Meanwhile, I'd love to get a decent scout rifle, and this game seems to know that's what I want, and will give me every other standard gun on the planet, with a prediliction for Pulses.

2) I have no ship on the load screen. That same friend has the Legendary, so, as I'm on his box, I had access to the ship and ghost skin. I'm guessing it doesn't transfer out to anything other than another Legendary version, though, unless I'm just the only person who can't see it, so I'm essentially flying Wonder Woman's invisible plane if I'm playing at home, and I find this chuckleworthy, especially when flanked by a fireteam escorting my assumedly cloaked Klingon Bird of Prey.

3) Hearing Torres and Fillion greet my PC, I was dissappointed the Titan guard wasnt Tudyk. Why my brain went there first, I don't know, but it did.

[Kalyx triaD]

Armor DEF and weapon ATK rating doesn't factor into regular Crucible. It's only in Iron Banner events that it's the case. Weapon performance ratings do matter (range, impact, etc), as well as your sub-class stats and weapon/armor perks.

I'm usually on Destiny (thought I have much Forging to do in Halo MCC and Halo 5 beta should be live for three weeks). When you wanna clear bounties and Strikes or PvP I can help. Probably won't attempt Raids again til I have my own team.

Speaking of that; couldn't join Alva's invite as I was knee deep in stuff with another bud. We'll shoot the shit soon enough.

[Tom Guycott]

I've been spending my mornings after I leave work playing for a bit (longer than I really should) instead of getting home and going the fuck to sleep, so, I'm generally on about 8 am trying to unexploitively farm weapon parts and glimmer (takes the fun out of things if it becomes a rote, robotic chore of precise "go here, shoot this, get killed, repeat"). Finally got that rare Scout to drop. Headshots, ahoy!

I kinda see ATK/DEF not factoring, as I seemed to be doing BETTER with weaker armor I was just building in to unlock the perks to use on my patrol grinds and forgot to switch up in PvP. I also had to develop a second weapon strategy for multiplayer consisting of hand cannons and shotguns, two of my least favorite campaign items. Hell, today I ended up with a semi-respectable K/D in Control today and I was just going for the completion bounty.


Speaking of hand cannons, do the perks continually stack, or is there a cap on the number of times it works? What I mean is, for example, I have a piece of armor that ups the reload of a hand cannon, and then I have a pistol that does exactly the same thing when empty. The result is a pop gun that reloads quicker than Russel Crowe in The Quick and the Dead. If I still had another arm armor (I sold one I had for parts, since I didn't use a hand cannon) would that essentially make me have a perpetual barrel, or is 2x a perk- one weapon and one armor- all that works? If I have multiple things that enhance grenade throw distance, will I be able to wing that bitch across the map?

More generally about the system itself, is there a headset that will work decently for both the 360 and the One? I am not a fan of the stock stuff, mostly because of a combination of my hair, the length of the boom between my ear and face, and the fact that I don't generally talk loud. Stock headsets catch in my dreads and snap (had this problem since the original XBOX) unless I put on a bandanna or something, and it's hard for people to hear me unles I have the mic RIGHT in front of my mouth, which then means the earpiece is sitting on my cheekbone. But if I'm going to spend $100+ on a headset, that motherfucker better be multiplatform in at least the same family of consoles, if not also PS compatable (if I ever get that PS3 fixed, or eventually get a 4).

I may be getting a One sooner than later (unexpected financial Christmas present), but I'll still be getting a lot of mileage out of the 360, if for no other reason, lack of library (Destiny upgrade plus whatever freebies they dish out monthly for the One that might be worth the effort. Only got one, since again, I'm on someone elses One, and most of the stuff I would have got, he already did, so I don't get credit for the download.)

[Kalyx triaD]

Perks don't stack. I experimented with two items that had faster melee and it didn't lead to super fast melee sadly.

Maybe you should wear the mic upside down?

[Kalyx triaD]

And you can purchase stuff on the Xbox store on a browser and the purchase license will remain on your profile. I did that with Destiny and CoD way before we got a One.

[Tom Guycott]

Perks don't stack. I experimented with two items that had faster melee and it didn't lead to super fast melee sadly.

Maybe you should wear the mic upside down?

1) Oh well, don't feel so bad about recycling that armor now. And the double reload speed of that hand cannon in question is only a good thing in that it's a decent, fast, and fully upgraded weapon for another character, as the damage is significantly lower than anything else I'm carrying at the moment. Its only a 4 shot, but the rapid reload made up for it. Now that I'm chasing Legendaries with my warlock though...

2) I don't see how wearing the mic "upside down" would would be a benefit. Yes, maybe in the hair-catch department, but this doesn't change the length of distance between my ear hole and my talk hole and the volume at which I am heard. I figure a better mic would help fix that, and be comfy to boot.

[drave]

lol

The newest update to Destiny— that introduces a hard mode to the Crota's End raid—has only been out for about two hours at the time of this writing, but a team of players has already beaten it.

It doesn't look like Invigorate—the team that was the first to complete the Vault of Glass raid on hard mode as well as the first team to beat Crota's End after the release of the The Dark Below expansion—will be taking this crown, though. That win goes to the One and Done clan.

Bungie confirmed the team's world's first completion with a post of their stats from the raid

[drave]

I am kinda glad I did not get this. I get it that the team that did this probably has a gabillion hours sunk into the grind machine, but still. Less than 2 hours old and your most recent AND challenging content is beaten.

For the model they have for this game, they are doing it wrong :(


Maybe in another year or two it will be worth it.

[Kalyx triaD]

You realize the team that beat it are practically the best Raid team in the world? You sound like a group of randoms got together and smashed it in 30mins.

And don't expect those of us who play this game to believe you didn't get it because the Raid isn't hard enough. Ask Alva or myself how 'easy' the Raids are.

[drave]

Best raid team or not, less than 2 hours out and finished in under 30 is sad for content that is supposed to last for 90+ days, that is the BIG picture and what I was discussing. The content being billed as the most difficult content to date just makes it even more sad.

I also mentioned that said team probably had a lot of hours into it - I assumed nothing of what you said.

[Kalyx triaD]

The Raid was supposed to last for 90+ days? How'd you figure that? Do you mean the Crota expansion altogether?

[ClockShot]

Bungie said they'd kick some extra goods to the first team to Crota on hard mode. I wanna know what they got.

Chatter going around is that hard mode ain't really that hard. I think they Chalice of Light got ditched at the end which makes it a little tricky.

[ClockShot]

As for The Raids in general, ya keep doing them over and over again until you get "The Weapon(s)". Drinks are on the first person in my fireteam who scores a Vex Mythoclast. But in Crota's case, you get the Crux of Crota. Final piece to evolve the Eidolon Ally into the Mythoclast.

[ClockShot]

Just about got Crota down to a science. However, I think the new patch made the raid more buggy instead of less.

[Emperor Smeat]

Next patch arriving before the end of February will drop the ability to do solo runs for Weekly Heroic Strikes mode. Nightfall and Raids modes can still be done solo but Bungie is planning on making mandatory teams a requirements in the future for Raids.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/02/19/destiny-s-weekly-heroic-strikes-will-soon-feature-mandatory-matchmaking.aspx

[Emperor Smeat]

Small warning for those with the PS4 version to not Share Play the game with strangers. Apparently at least one person is going around trying to delete other players' characters in the game using this feature.

Could just be one douchebag doing this or possibly the start of something more widespread but worth a warning.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/horror-scenes-as-destiny-player-deletes-stranger-s/1100-6425419/?ftag=YHR546df8f#livefyre

[Kalyx triaD]

Who the fuck is using Share Play with strangers? Even if it happened just once. Jesus. Good he lost his character.

[alvarado52]

I think Ive officially hit the "why the fuck am I playing this repetitive bullshit" wall with this game.

[Kalyx triaD]

Gonna start putting more time in my Titan since my Warlock is getting close to his zenith. Have all the exotics I want and my perms for PvE and PvP are basically perfect for me. Just waiting for new content now and capping off the armor and weapons I have.

[Fignuts]

I think Ive officially hit the "why the fuck am I playing this repetitive bullshit" wall with this game.

Hit that back in December after I heard "Beneath the Ruins of the Cosmodrome..." for the 50th time.

The game has a lot of content for an FPS, but for a game that requires serious grinding, there's nowhere near enough.

To be fair, if I was into the PvP, I would have kept it longer, but I wasn't, so yeah.

[alvarado52]

Its a 20 hour game that wants you to think its a 100 hour game.

[Kalyx triaD]

Finished a PvP with 34 kills. Teammates are still ass. Need a crew.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie announces one more update for the game will arrive before the release of House of Wolves expansion pack.

http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-will-get-one-more-update-before-the-next-expansion-288657.phtml

[ClockShot]

House of Wolves goes live May 19th.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Having more fun with the game than I thought.

[Kalyx triaD]

Should be interesting seeing some Reef zones.

[rad dggy dg]

hey everyone its me rad dggy dg and i've never played this video game so I don't know what to say about it

[drave]

No raid with the expansion. Instead they are going with an arena-type end game format called "The Prison of Elders".

http://www.vg247.com/2015/04/13/destiny-house-of-wolves-no-raid-trials-of-osiris-prison-of-elders/

[Kalyx triaD]

The Strikes and Raids tend to boil down to Halo's old Firefight mode with traveling between set-pieces. This seems like Bungie is being more honest with its roots. Interesting to actually see the Prison of Elders, too.

[Kalyx triaD]

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I am excite. New bounties and possibly a new faction. And ways to upgrade the power of weapons you already own.

[alvarado52]

By new bounties, you mean new objectives you'll be doing in the same, boring areas, and new faction that'll reward you with nothing more than outdated items and commendations.

[Kalyx triaD]

I don't think outdated items will be an issue now that they're adding ways to upgrade your own gear. I've gotten 331 weapon drops from Vanguard and Crucible as well, so I never really ran into useless items in terms of power since the Crota patches.

I'm more excited for new kinds of weapon perks.

[ClockShot]

Osiris trials I think go live too. Which means everyone's got a shot on getting The Fate of All Fools exotic scout rifle.

Interested how this end game arena thing is going to work.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Could Tyrion Lannister sound any more bored off his ass when he is doing the voice over work for Ghost?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Almost lost a control game because we had a pretty big lead and then the game kicked somebody out and had us playing defense to pick up a slim lead. Hate that. It's like the game knows we have a big lead and tries to handicap.

[alvarado52]

Destiny could learn a thing or two from Bloodborne's Chalice Dungeon. A procedural generated Raid would break up the repetition of it all.

[Kalyx triaD]

- The new Reef social space has an NPC that will give out Quests like the goth chick back at the Tower.
- You can 'Ascend' all Legendary weapon and armor to the new highest ATK level.
- Armor too.
- And Exotics.
- The Iron Banner 'Reforge' perk swapping thing will now be a mainstay at the Gunsmith. It will still be random, though.

[drave]

Sounds like things are improving a bit.


How heavy is it on "the grind" still? I mean, I know it is a grind for loot type of game, but is the variety improved as well?

[ClockShot]

Grind for armor crafting materials is the worse. They should sell the stuff like 10 for 500 glimmer or something. Circumvent all that bullshit hoping that green engram is a armor piece you can break down, not a weapon on your second playthrough as another character.

They did it with the planet specific materials. I think 10 marks for 10 pieces.

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

They shouldn't limit marks to the degree that they do. I've got two commendations for Vanguard and one for crucible but have to wait awhile for the marks to use them. Pretty dumb. If you want people to grind then don't have these limitations.

[alvarado52]

What could also be of help is some sort of currency exchange. Giving up X number of item A for X number of item B would make everything worth something again.

[Kalyx triaD]

The grind is real in Destiny. Usually in regard to the final upgrade steps for a weapon or armor. The game does not give out ascendent shards and energies like that. XP and planet resources are kinda easy, though I'd ask for more resources per chest.

I'll be playing today if anyone wants to rock. Been playing way too much Hardline and I've been getting back into Destiny.

[alvarado52]

Looks like Bungie is indeed doing a currency exchange.

[Emperor Smeat]

Upcoming update for the game will be dropping the Commendations system. Any commendations earned by the time the update arrives can be redeemable for reputation points.

Added to the game in it's last DLC pack, Commendations were a required currency for buying new weapons and armour. Many of you likely toiled away, collecting this new resource in order to stay up to date with the game. Well, according to Bungie's most recent weekly update, the upcoming 1.2.0 update for the game will remove Commendations entirely.

"But Laura," I hear you ask, "what will I do with these enormous mountains of useless Commendations I now have and won't have a use for?" Well, Bungie is planning to let you burn them up in exchange for additional reputation, helping you get to that next promotion faster.
http://www.destructoid.com/say-goodbye-to-commendations-in-destiny-290932.phtml

[ClockShot]

Sitting on a ton of those.

DAMNIT! I WANNA BUY HADRONIC ESSENCE BY THE GROSS!

[Emperor Smeat]

Destiny is eschewing the typical raid format this time around with House of Wolves ...

Instead, we're getting the Prison of Elders three-player PVE feature (which hasn't been fully revealed yet), and Trials of Osiris, a new PVP event. We just got some new information on the latter activity today, and it is catering to hardcore players. It's strictly 3v3, with no respawns (revives only), and there will be no matchmaking.

Every round will feature a new team, and three losses results in an automatic removal -- you'll have to re-enter the trials again to get back into the hopper. It will feature the same map throughout the entire week, resetting on Tuesdays like other PVE events, with a Friday through Monday window. The rewards will be great, with 34-Light (the max) armor being offered, and max-365 weapons.

The idea is that you'll keep playing in the Trials of Osiris hopper over and over if you fail, looking to net more rewards if you win more subsequent matches. Matching up with new teams every time ensures that you aren't killed by the same players over and over. Bungie is teasing a special reward if you win all nine games in a row.

http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-details-new-trials-of-osiris-pvp-mode-pre-mades-only-no-matchmaking-291192.phtml

[ClockShot]

Aside from the lack of a raid, House of Wolves sounds like Bungie finally ironed out all crap from launch to Dark Below. Making Crucible better, and giving us a challenge in Trials of Osiris.

Excited to play it. Hard part is prying my fireteam away from Witcher 3.

[Kalyx triaD]

Trials has a gambling element to it. Sounds like the coin challenge modes in SmashU. Interesting.

[Kalyx triaD]

Bungie also revealed a new weapon type called Sidearms, which are fast firing pistols for the special weapon slot. Not to be confused with Hand Cannons, even though that's what will happen when Wolves drops.

[ClockShot]

Already chirping on how Sidearms are gonna eventually rule PvP. Out of ammo, switch to a side arm. Who the hell needs a shotgun or fusion rifle?

[Kalyx triaD]

Sidearms look significantly weaker than primaries and loaded up Fusions and Shotties. No way in hell will they dominate anything. They seem like a last ditch weapon for PvE situation.

[Kalyx triaD]

Pre-Expansion Patch:


Weapons


Fixed an issue in which Vex Mythoclast was not respawning with primary ammunition
Fixed an issue with the Hive Disruptor perk, which now appears in the Black Hammer perk set again
Fixed an issue in which the Phantom Gift and White Nail perks would become interrupted when non-precision damage occurred from other perks
Bonus damage from other perks (e.g., Explosive Rounds, Hive Disruptor) no longer interrupts the count
Three precision hits within the time window will trigger the intended refund bonus
Fixed an issue in which the Hive Disruptor perk did not work correctly with sustained damage events (auto rifles, pulse, etc.)
Oracle Disruptor perk now triggers more often
Hive Disruptor perk now triggers more often, but does less damage per event



PVP


Salvage: Moved the first Relic to more consistently appear in a centralized position on the map
Fixed an issue that caused players to wait an excessively long time to respawn



Tower


Faction reward packages will no longer produce Shards
The Speaker will now exchange Ascendant and Radiant Materials for Glimmer and Motes of Light
Xûr will now exchange Strange Coins for Motes of Light
Commendations are no longer required to purchase gear
Commendations can now be converted to receive +250 gains in Vanguard, Crucible, or Faction reputation
Note: Etheric Light will not be made available for ascending gear until the release of House of Wolves



User Interface


Vendor Interaction Panel has been updated to support Quest chains
Vendor Interaction Panel now has better animations and fewer popping issues
Number of buffs that can be displayed on the Character screen has been increased
Inventory item stacks that have reached their highest possible count will now display gold numbers along with an alert in the tooltip that maximum quantities have been acquired



Audio


Added improved feedback for players who take damage from energy weapons



Companion


Fixed an issue in which the Mercury Grimoire card was not being awarded
Retroactively awarded the Mercury Grimoire card to players who have found the "Mercury Memory Fragment" Dead Ghost
Vendor items, damage types, and perks will now be visible on Bungie.net and the Mobile App



Technical


Addressed a crash on Xbox One that was induced when too many explosions/projectiles were generated
Fixed an issue that affected the network quality user interface
Indicators will no longer display persistently bad ("red") quality after a user's connection recovers from a temporary quality issue
The quality indicators should now always correctly reflect a user's live connection quality



*Addendum


We have discovered that Legendary Engrams will drop in 1.2.0 that the Cryptarchs will not recognize
Hold on to all newly-acquired purple Engrams until May 19th to benefit from their upgraded decryption skillset

[ClockShot]

Should jump into this during the weekend, perhaps get a head start and make the final grind to get my warlock up to snuff.

[Tom Guycott]

I have no clue where these post target Ether Key chests spawn. Feels like a literal easter egg hut, only the egg disappears after 90 seconds. Hell, the event itself seems a bit "unreliable" timewise. I spent about 30 minutes hitting one up 3 times, then tried with another character and wasted an hour with no appearance. In both cases, I dont know what I'm doing wrong.

Also, seems to be an issue with using the companion to vault/retrieve items on the fly.

[Dark One]

I have no clue where these post target Ether Key chests spawn. Feels like a literal easter egg hut, only the egg disappears after 90 seconds. Hell, the event itself seems a bit "unreliable" timewise. I spent about 30 minutes hitting one up 3 times, then tried with another character and wasted an hour with no appearance. In both cases, I dont know what I'm doing wrong.

Also, seems to be an issue with using the companion to vault/retrieve items on the fly.

There's a reddit thread with locations. It's kind of a pain in the ass to find them even still, but here: http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/36349w/guide_ether_chests_locations_found/

[Tom Guycott]

There's a reddit thread with locations. It's kind of a pain in the ass to find them even still, but here: http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/36349w/guide_ether_chests_locations_found/

It actually is a pain in the ass, unless you gangbang the target with a bunch of helpful strangers and then everyone scatters in different directions. It then takes about 30-40 seconds for someone to point/dance/shoot to draw attention to the golden glow of the goodies. I haven't gotten any "good" treasures yet (actually debatable, I got a slew of "unrecognizable" engrams that have to wait in the vault until the update proper), but I did get a bunch of ammo synth (was running low from all the strikes trying to get my Titan and Hunter up to scratch) and got what Im going to refer to as an Egyptian God Coin (Screw the rules, I have glimmer!).

As such, the chests are INFINITLY EASIER TO SPOT ON THE MOON! Its kind of the opposite of the problem with farming Relic Iron in the wild (Spinmetal stands out, Helium Coils glow, Spirit Bloom glows blue and white on dark green and gray backgrounds... Relic Iron is red rocks among a bunch more red rocks.) The glowing box jumps out against all that "black and white" where its harder to spot on Earth or Venus.

And they seem to have had enough people bitch about the app issue that it has been rectified within a 24hr timeframe. So, there's that.

I feel like an anti social slacker as far as this game is concerned, though. I grind. I attempt solo nightfalls (they seem to have changed up Omnigul's behavior and escort patterns at the end to make that one more difficult, but still not technically impossible). However, I have yet to truly run VoG , and only got in on a group that actually killed Crota once. Its a monumental task to get my crew of people I run with to even get on, as I was the late comer to even getting a One, let alone playing Destiny. I don't like the idea of continually seeking out random strangers, though. Its always a crapshoot of kids who spend the better part of two hours trying to cheeze one section or grown ass men who take their pursuit of a Vex Mythoclast WAY too seriously.

Not sure how this Osiris deal is gonna shake out for me on that front. Having actual stakes is likely going to work against the guy who doesn't live and breathe team based PvP, let alone with strangers. I feel like I'm going to get an influx of dickery because i'm not as twitch shooty as Douchebag McNeckvein or the kid who's out of school for the summer and has literally nothing else to do.

[Dark One]

Skywatch has treated me pretty well, because there's only like three or four places it can be. If it shows up behind the gate right by the entrance from the Lunar Complex, you can conceivably go in and out of the area and reloot it like four or five times.

Still nothing but probably shit blues, but hey.

[Tom Guycott]

Wasn't aware of relooting

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

I have a weapon engram but the dude won't change it to a weapon. What gives?

[Fignuts]

DESTINY

[Kalyx triaD]

Engrams work after the expansion drops

[Tom Guycott]

Yeah, some still work, but others are presumably DLC centric loot and "unrecognizable" by the Cryptarch til the expansion update proper.

It seemed before the Wolf reward chest locations spawned according to event location. Now, it seems pretty random. So of course the one on Archer's line likes to spawn on the damn rail on the opposite side from where you have to climb onto it.

Also, the companion seems to have gotten an overhaul. Looks/functions more like the full Bungie.net site than it used to.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah the app got way better.

[ClockShot]

Queen better have something good for knocking out all those bounties.

[Tom Guycott]

This Sidearm business is A-ok with me!

[Kalyx triaD]

I do NOT have HoW yet so I can't do the Strike, Prison, Osiris, or story missions. But it seems the gear, new power levels, and bounties are available. As well as the Reef. I just put a bunch of my exotics on 365 ATK earlier. Don't have any Sidearms yet.

We should get together and do stuff. Stuff I can do at least.

[ClockShot]

Only have done Queen's bounties so far (which are fun). Only real drawback to those is the high priority ones will make you wait a while until the drop ship comes in. Most times I'm sitting away from enemies giving me trouble until they show up. And players will be doing the same thing. Maybe 5 minute intervals would work?

Besides that, I'll tackle the story tomorrow. Today was screwing around with my characters, cashing in radiants and commendations, and upping whatever gear I could.

And THANK GOD I stashed away my Vision of Confluence and my old Queen's Wrath gear from the first event. Gonna come in handy. :D

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

Been having fun with Crucible Bounties. Haven't gotten any DLC yet though.

[Kalyx triaD]

You can still get stuff done without the DLC, just takes longer.

[Tom Guycott]

I do NOT have HoW yet so I can't do the Strike, Prison, Osiris, or story missions. But it seems the gear, new power levels, and bounties are available. As well as the Reef. I just put a bunch of my exotics on 365 ATK earlier. Don't have any Sidearms yet.

We should get together and do stuff. Stuff I can do at least.

The bounties are only available once. I'm guessing by the progression of things, they reset once a week like Nightfalls instead of daily like normal bounties. I guess the daily reset of the targets was only for the week long lead-in to the DLC (which I didn't know about. Should have been Queen Wrath 3 by now, but I didn't play most of last week).

Honestly, the campaign was a bit underwhelming. I couldn't really enjoy/savor it because you HAVE to finish it to get the Prison of Elders to become available, so I went barrelling through it. Would have been nice to run a few more missions after that. Also, I was initially exited about the prospect of buying weapon or armor upgrades instead of grinding and hoping they drop... but just like Eris Morn, you EXCHANGE what you have with the speaker, and still need to grind and hope. I want purchaces, not alchemy.

That said, I like PoE. It's kind of like Reach's Firefight. And the fact that they don't go "No fireteam? Sorry sucker!" My initial runthrough was with two randoms who seem like they've been on it from jump. I luckily got a treasure key from a re-loot (thanks, Dark One!) and picked up a 3rd Thunderlord... but this one is post DLC, so it is already at base 3 atk higher than the other two I got from Xur a couple weeks ago at max.

Re rolling weapons is amazing, and with that, I'm glad they added the ability to lock crap you don't want to sell. Got a legendary SR that almost rivals my MIDA.

And again, I dig the sidearm... its like a mini pulse rifle with faster rate of fire of single shots instead of charging a burst cluster. Can't wait to see what others eventually appear in the wild besides the Vestian Dynasty.

As for stuff you can do, I haven't gotten a proper raid on like ever finished Crota once (and got the pulse rifle) and never ran Vault of Glass. My crew is too into instant gratification to put in any grind time beyond when the game dropped (and I didn't even have a One yet, which is another detriment to me, because they have "moved on" and by comparison, its still "new" to me. They got kinda geeked about the prospect of the Trials, but if it's like the PoE, they have to finish the missions first. I hope not.

[Tom Guycott]

Also, on the campaign, I had a "Metal Gear Awesome" moment at the endgame. Platforms disappear like so much Megaman, and they didn't start doing so until I was standing on one. After I died and came back, Petra Venj then warns me about the "time shifting" floors.

"AW, THANKS BITCH!"

[Kalyx triaD]

Got it now. Finished the quests and did PoE. How gear works is just far and away better than it was. And the game gives you stuff way more. I got four purple drops in PvP sessions today.

[drave]

BUT WHAT DO THE COINS DO??!!?!?!?!??!!?!

[Tom Guycott]

They're for the Trials of Osiris: the elimination style tourney thing.

You buy in, and you get a scorecard. You squad up with two others for PvP. No respawns. 9 wins, 3 losses or weekly reset, and you have to buy in again. More wins open beter prizes. Its Smash TV, baby!

Kind of on a timeframe like Iron Banner or Xur, as it's only open friday through reset (tue).

Unless you're talking about those Judgment tokens. Thats a completely different thing.

[drave]

Fucking Smash TV. Talk about a reboot that would be fucking awesome.

[Tom Guycott]

Yeah... I'd buy *that* for a dollar!


As for Kt's claim about getting stuff "way more"... I honestly got more crap than ever before. I mean drops/rewards seem to be more frequent, but there's more bullshit in the hopper now. I mean, public events have started netting me a lot more farmable goods i can find elsewhere or buy in shops than ascended items I could use. The bounty crates almost always get me a special synth (i was down to single digits for all 3 characters, now I think I have a total of 80+ between them all), and the only times I got purple engrams is luck with the re-loot.

[drave]

Would love to see Mr. Torgue in a remake of Smash TV - it would just work.

[ClockShot]

Finished the story for House of Wolves this morning. Missed out on what could have been a good story. I wished they talked about the House of Kings a bit more. Hell, even a bit more back story with Variks' House of Judgement would have been nice.

I might jump into the Prison this weekend and see how that fares. But I'm probably gonna wait for all my buddies to come down from their Witcher 3 high before they get back into this.

[drave]

Witcher Threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


16 free DLC's - yay!

[Tom Guycott]

Finished the story for House of Wolves this morning. Missed out on what could have been a good story. I wished they talked about the House of Kings a bit more. Hell, even a bit more back story with Variks' House of Judgement would have been nice.


Yeah. I'd be interested to at least know how Varkis ended up with two prosthetic arms.

[Kalyx triaD]

The Fallen tend to hack off arms of people who were disgraced (see the Dregs with stumps). I'm guessing Variks pissed off a high ranker. Don't have a guess as to which House he worked in.

Gotta dive into those Grimore cards.

[alvarado52]

Yeah, because god forbid they actually take the time to explain such things IN GAME

[ClockShot]

The Fallen tend to hack off arms of people who were disgraced (see the Dregs with stumps). I'm guessing Variks pissed off a high ranker. Don't have a guess as to which House he worked in.

Gotta dive into those Grimore cards.

Mentioned in one of the missions he was a Scribe with House Wolves. Didn't agree with Skolas' views.

[Kalyx triaD]

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[Tom Guycott]

The Fallen tend to hack off arms of people who were disgraced (see the Dregs with stumps). I'm guessing Variks pissed off a high ranker. Don't have a guess as to which House he worked in.

Gotta dive into those Grimore cards.

Mentioned in one of the missions he was a Scribe with House Wolves. Didn't agree with Skolas' views.

I just mean he specifically seems like an interesting being. He speaks about the Queen as though he's constantly worried about what she thinks of him from his idle banter; almost as though he's indebted to her or trying to earn trust or ease her mind that he's not in on the Wolves' betrayal. Did she give them to him? Is this *why* he's loyal?

And did he "piss off a high ranker" (Or specifically Skolas) twice? Did he actually lose one or both in battle at some point (just because he's a scribe doesn't mean he never saw any combat)? Just seems a little deeper story can be told about a "guy" just standing around offering me ships I can't aquire yet. A lot of the named NPC's seem like short story material, but he seems as if he could spiral a branch of DLC storytelling on his own.

But that's just me.

[Tom Guycott]

Also, watching that vid made me think of something: in the Western Europe map, don't the physics seem a bit more... accelerated? I seem to sprint, jump, aim, and all around move faster in every way only on that map. Its almost like the difference between playing SF turbo then normal the next match. It is only that map, and everything goes back to normal on every other place.

Not bitching. Hell, it makes it more fun, to me. Except for when I overjump a target because I'm moving faster than I think I am and land out of intended position or into my doom.

[Kalyx triaD]

I haven't noticed that but my buddy made the same observation. Or maybe you're both playing while being sleepy.

[ClockShot]

I just mean he specifically seems like an interesting being. He speaks about the Queen as though he's constantly worried about what she thinks of him from his idle banter; almost as though he's indebted to her or trying to earn trust or ease her mind that he's not in on the Wolves' betrayal. Did she give them to him? Is this *why* he's loyal?

And did he "piss off a high ranker" (Or specifically Skolas) twice? Did he actually lose one or both in battle at some point (just because he's a scribe doesn't mean he never saw any combat)? Just seems a little deeper story can be told about a "guy" just standing around offering me ships I can't aquire yet. A lot of the named NPC's seem like short story material, but he seems as if he could spiral a branch of DLC storytelling on his own.

But that's just me.


Variks' backstory/info via grimoire card. Read it, if you can understand it...


They call me betrayer. They do not think I hear the words. "Bug." "Insect." "Fallen."

I hear. House of Judgment always hears. No choice. Has to. To keep Houses together. Had to.

First , the Great Machine. Then, sky fell away. Whirlwind ripped away the past. All honor lost, all hope. Judgment not
enough. Cannot keep Wolves from Kings, Scar from Winter. Fell to fighting. Fell to hate.

Judgment gone. Others slaughtered, slain. Death and docking. "Keep Eliksni together," lost to pride and rage.

Traveled with the many houses before Wolves. We move, across the dark. Follow the Light. Advise Kells, worshiped Primes. House Judgment must survive, yes?

Found the Light. Too bright in Darkness to hide. House Winter, attack. House Devils, plot. House Kings, plan. House Wolves circle. House Judgment... wait.

Now at war. Fight for system, control the belt. Wolves Kell dead, dying.

Skolas wins control of House Wolves. Attack, attack, attack. Place of learning, place of healing, put to the burn. Then Siege of Pallas. Year of cruelty. Held the line to rescue butchers, murderers, Servitor. Ends with Wolf fleet scattered.

New tactics. Detonations. Blasts in civilian areas. Take the fight to them, he said. Cannot abide the hate. Uprising, they called it. Uprising on Cybele.

Reach out to Crows, to Queen. Cybele attack stopped. Skolas captured. Ended House of Wolves with words.

Paladins find me hiding, cowering. Nowhere else to go. No one else to be. I become Variks, the Loyal. House Judgement envoy to Queen of Awoken.

No choice. House Judgment must survive. Yes?