Destiny: Age of Triumph

[Emperor Smeat]

Newest patch for the game is currently causing some problems for the PS4 version of the game. Apparently a glitch or some other problem(s) is causing the patch to demand 18GB in free space or have the wrong patch number be listed once installed.

"We are actively investigating why some players on the PlayStation 4 are being required to re-download the full 18 GB patch history," says Bungie. "We are also aware that this patch may be showing up as Patch 1.17 on the console instead of Patch 2.0.1, this appears to be the client version of the patch number. We apologize for the inconvenience, but please continue your download."

"Some players are reporting that while the download says it’s a full 18 GB, it actually only downloading today’s small patch," it adds. "This is the expected behavior for PlayStation 4 downloads. However, we are still investigating the reports from some players that they are being required to re-download the full 18 GB."

Besides those problems, PS4 version also suffering from a data corrupting issue within the patch itself.
For some really unlucky people, there's also a pesky "corrupted data" error message. If you get that, stop your download, erase your cache and then start over.

http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-s-2-01-patch-is-a-whopping-18gb-for-some-315396.phtml

[The Rogerer]

I got it a couple of times and then it just seemed to fix itself. Not great advice but just go to the downloads and hit to pause and restart it a few times

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie rumored to be planning on adding non-cosmetic items for the game's micro-transaction system based on supposed evidence recently found.

As of right now, microtransactions in Destiny don’t affect gameplay at all. Emotes are the only items that can be purchased with real money—or, more accurately, with the new currency Silver, itself only attainable through a real-money purchase. But some players have voiced concern after spotting evidence that could potentially be changing: a reference to consumable items in the menu of the game’s Silver-only store, the Eververse Trading Company.

In the Eververse menu under Item Returns, a disclaimer notes that “consumable items are nonreturnable.” None of Destiny‘s cosmetic items, currently limited to shaders, emotes, and vehicles, fall into that category. Some players dug deeper by datamining the 2.0.1 patch, and discovered a number of new consumables that were added with the new update.

Bungie denied the rumors although worded their response in a way that is currently being implied only certain buff-based items won't be purchasable with real money.

That’s when Smith entered the picture, taking to Twitter to calm the nerves of players upset at a potential pay-to-win future for the game.

We aren’t (nor are we planning) on selling consumables that buff King’s Fall drop rates for Silver.

— Luke Smith (@thislukesmith) October 14, 2015

Though Smith’s comments do clarify that one type of buff from the uncovered items will not be a part of the microtransaction economy, the specificity of his answer has led many players to theorize that other gameplay-affecting consumables will, at some point, be sold for real money, whose time-saving starter packs being a particularly likely candidate.

While fan speculation remains just that, the worry underlines a larger issue. Until Bungie clearly conveys their long-terms principles for microtransactions in Destiny, the uncertainty surrounding the game’s future—and whether or not players who pay will get a different gameplay experience than those who don’t— will remain.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/newly-uncovered-items-lead-to-concerns-over-the-future-of-destinys-microtransactions/

[Kalyx triaD]

Lot of talk of the items being XP boost type things, which is meh.

[drave]

https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/Gear/1/4611686018430401720/2305843009334389760

Mah titan. PEW PEW!

[drave]

Dont know why I have raid stats.... never raided.

[Kalyx triaD]

Pair melting point with that exotic helmet's perk. Great for getting your teammates free food.

[drave]

I'll give that a go next time I am on. Been tinkering on my own a bit to see what works. Generally shit dies so quick it doesn't matter.

Most strikes are < 10 minutes at this point.

Are there added benefits to doing heroics vs normal?

[ClockShot]

Gear is a bit stronger and rewards are better in the heroics. Stick around for 3+ strikes in the playlist and you should get some good stuff drop. And remember, there's some good guns, armor, and player specific gear you can get from strikes only.

[Kalyx triaD]

Don't even waste time with anything less than Heroic. Even without getting rewards at the end you will get a few blue or even purple engrams along the way from the stronger enemies.

Playing the same strikes over and over is a drag, tho. A baffling one since there's so many strikes to cycle through now.

[drave]

Got it. I have read through a few guides that went for speed + quantity > heroics due to lower drops.

However, I will take a higher frequency of purples over blues. I know there are some 300 level blues, but still, seems purple would be better.

We should run together sometime if you want. Randoms haven't been bad so far, but I haven't jumped into heroics to see the derp in action yet.

[drave]

Heroics definitely worth it. 1 run netted 4 legendary engrams including a badass auto rifle.

THey should institute some sorta "firing range" @ the Tower. Or something where you can "test builds" or newly acquired guns or something.

[Kalyx triaD]

Lots of people been asking for a firing range at the tower.

We can run some Crucible or Strikes sometime. I play with a guy who's also legit as I'm pretty sick of randoms. Right now I'm gonna complete my second exotic sword quest and I will be needing to complete the Raid for quest purposes.

And there's still a shader from Prison of Elders that I'm dying for.

[drave]

Cool. Not participated in very much PvP, one match to be exact.

Ran 2 more heroics, the derp factor is quite high. On the Undying Mind strike I had 16 deaths and 9 resurrections.

Not read very many strategies for anything really, so I'm flying blind..... kinda like it that way though. Tends to lead to non-cookie cutter gameplay which is always fun.

[Kalyx triaD]

Stay back near cover and handle mooks if your light level is low. Make sure every shot is a head shot (or belly for some vex). There's no single strat for the hard strikes, really just don't take any risk you don't need to take and stay close to your team.

[ClockShot]

Heroics definitely worth it. 1 run netted 4 legendary engrams including a badass auto rifle.

THey should institute some sorta "firing range" @ the Tower. Or something where you can "test builds" or newly acquired guns or something.



Make sure you visit Banshee and test his guns. He's very generous when it comes to xp.

[ClockShot]

Cool. Not participated in very much PvP, one match to be exact.

Ran 2 more heroics, the derp factor is quite high. On the Undying Mind strike I had 16 deaths and 9 resurrections.

Not read very many strategies for anything really, so I'm flying blind..... kinda like it that way though. Tends to lead to non-cookie cutter gameplay which is always fun.


Over time you'll learn where the safe spots are. Then you can start running nightfalls solo.

[drave]

Not even sure what they are, just that they say very hard and want llvl 290 min.

[ClockShot]

Nightfalls are just strikes. But harder than those in the heroic strike playlists. In the past, you had to run them flawless. Can't die, with the exception to Sunsinger warlocks. But now with Taken King, Bungie eased up and if you die, you aren't booted back to orbit and gotta start again. You're back at the last checkpoint.


The rewards are awesome, too. Get a chance for an exotic to drop, maybe even a legendary or 2. I'm hearing with today's update a lot of players got good gear to drop today. 290 players getting gear up in the 300s.


And finally, you can only run it once for the, and you get the XP boost for the rest of the week.

[drave]

Got it.

[drave]

Is there reason to go beyond level 3 in rep faction? I was doing FWC and can now get anything they offer.

If I CAN change, will I lose the shit I got from them?

[drave]

Also got the first Nightfall "quest" last night.

[ClockShot]

Yeah. Best to pick a faction and stick with it.


But I think at rep level 25 the faction sends you a quest and you get an exotic character item at the end of it.

[Kalyx triaD]

Every time you rank up in a faction you're almost sure to get a legendary item.

[ClockShot]

Stick with Future War Cult for now, Drave. They're heavily involved in the quest to get the No Time To Explain exotic pulse rifle. That quest line got discovered with yesterday's reset/update.


Google it get the details.

[Emperor Smeat]

Pretty interesting and lengthy read on how badly Bungie ended up botching the story and Year One stuff for the game. Basically a lot of internal arguments and the need to rush the game meant the story was an afterthought and only started fixing it after getting a lot of complaints.

Also how those problems along with technical issues ended up changing their long term plans when it came to doing expansion packs vs new releases (ex. Destiny 2). Taken King was actually meant to be in the original main game before it got gutted due to those reasons.

http://www.destructoid.com/-the-story-was-written-without-writers-the-one-year-gutting-and-reassembly-of-destiny-316580.phtml

[Kalyx triaD]

Kotaku had a good write up on this. It's almost admirable what was launched with them scrapping everything. I would love to see/hear what exactly was the original story.

[drave]

Unlocked explosive rounds and nearly EVERYTHING on the sword last night, bringing me to 290 light.

Absolutely love exploding rounds, shit melts.

[Kalyx triaD]

Very good for groups. And if you ever find a gun that explodes dudes on head shot kills keep it. It is very useful. Especially on sniper rifles.

[drave]

Missed out on some House of Wolves missions apparently. Very fun and interesting (lore wise).

They have done an amazing job at creating a universe. I find myself lost in it from time to time, just shooting shit to shoot shit.

LOVE the randomness of patrols. Light 292 and climbing :D Not bad for a noob to the game.

[Emperor Smeat]

For those that had loot issues with the special Iron Banner event last week, Bungie announced a "nasty bug" was the reason why payouts for the event were low or messed up.

Last week, Destiny players everywhere were frustrated that the Iron Banner PVP event, a game mode they put hours of work into, yielded really poor loot despite Bungie's claims that it would be worth playing. Well, according to the developer, the loot issues were due to a "nasty bug" that affects both Crucible and Iron Banner drops. Uh, that's strange, because Crucible yielded better results than Iron Banner last week.

So once again, we can chalk up another failed public event to Bungie's lengthy list, even a year after the game has been out. As one astute user pointed out on reddit, "if this bug resulted in giving players better loot, it would have been fixed within a matter of hours."
http://www.destructoid.com/it-turns-out-that-destiny-s-terrible-iron-banner-loot-was-due-to-a-bug--317107.phtml

[ClockShot]

King's Fall hard mode went live today.

First team completed it in 90 minutes. Un-fucking-real.

[ClockShot]

So I get my PS4 back and I try to get started on the No Time to Explain quest. And only discover you can only start it once the mission is the designated daily hard mission. Can't just do hard mode on the mission. Kinda sucks since I gotta wait for it to come back in the rotation again.

*sigh* Might as well wait until Tuesday to dive back in since it's a fresh week.

[ClockShot]

Bungie went all out for Halloween this year. I'm impressed.

[drave]

?

They do stuff in the game around holidays? I've not logged on today as I just walked in. First post-work poop right now.

[drave]

NVM - read during aforementioned poop.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie celebrating Halloween with both a new set of microtransactions and a few freebies for the game. Price-wise, highest is around $10 and lowest amount of silver purchasable is around $5.

Bungie has pushed a new update to Destiny in the dead of morning that adds more microtransactions to the game. In addition to "Treasures of the Lost" chests for 200 Silver each, you can pick up the Legendary emotes "Zombie Dance" (700), "Monster Dance" (500), "and "Boo" (300). For reference, the lowest amount of silver you can buy is 500 for $4.99.

Chests include random legendary cosmetic masks, and other random small cosmetic items like Jackolytes. I also found a Jackolyte pickup in the Hard Mode King's Fall raid. Thankfully there's also a free version of the event, where you can trick or treat around the Tower for menial items.

You can also grab a quest from Eva Levante in the Tower (she sells emblems and shaders near The Speaker) to get a few of the items in the treasure boxes, but if you want more Legendary bags, you'll have to buy them.
http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-expands-microtransactions-with-surprise-halloween-event-317566.phtml

[Kalyx triaD]

Cute.

[ClockShot]

Scored me an Oryx helmet. But that catch is you gotta track down certain helmets to complete the quests.

Sounds rather tedious if you ask me.

[drave]

Tedious? It's free content, who cares? "New stuff to do" rather than log in, do some dailys, log out.

Or whatever MMO motions you wanna go through.

I think when games decorate for the holidays and do little quests, it is pretty damn cool.

Now I wanna go do brewfest in WoW :(

[ClockShot]

You'll get some missions. But the missions require you to be wearing certain masks. That's gonna be the tedious part is finding them. Gotta pray you're on RNGesus' good side.

Although I did grab the "Boo" emote. Probably the only one I'll ever buy.

[Emperor Smeat]

Challenge modes for an upcoming raid(s) were revealed to be time gated events along with certain Fragment items needed for leveling up.

It seems as if Bungie is using this strategy for the raids, too. Some time ago Destiny producer Luke Smith spoke to "challenge modes" for the raid, gifting players with special loot if they met certain requirements on specific fights (presumably Warpriest, Golgoroth, Daughters, and Oryx). Players have been rapidly searching for any hint as to these challenges, along with the last three Calcified Fragments, to no avail.

As it turns out, they're time-gated, as confirmed by Smith today. The challenges are "not active yet," and more info will come in "several weeks." The remaining three fragments are a part of that event. If I had to guess, the 320 Artifact is gated behind those last fragments. As of right now it is physically impossible to max out your character until someone locates that Artifact.
http://www.destructoid.com/it-turns-out-that-destiny-s-raid-challenges-are-time-gated-317841.phtml

[ClockShot]

This time gate shit is starting to piss me off now.

[drave]

https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/Gear/1/4611686018430401720/2305843009337715268

Got my hunter to 40. Pretty fun class too. Going to level my Lock next, should get close this weekend. Game gets more and more fun.

[Kalyx triaD]

You are not done with that Hunter. Lvl40 means nothing but purchase privileges. You gotta grind that light level now.

[ClockShot]

You got a loooooooooong way to go. Gotta start striking and raiding.

[drave]

Well aware. Stopped on my TItan because I basically have to raid for better gear and don't have the time/fireteam.

[Sixx]

https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/Gear/1/4611686018430401720/2305843009337715268

Got my hunter to 40. Pretty fun class too. Going to level my Lock next, should get close this weekend. Game gets more and more fun.

That is totally a regular rug on your back.

[drave]

lol, yeah. It is the cloak of a murderer that I took from him.

[Sixx]

How about you switch it for a towel and call it a "legendary cape".

[drave]

No, because homos like you would chase mah booty. SorryNotSorryNoHomoBro

[alvarado52]

If you guys ever wanna run a raid on XB1 lemme know, im pretty available monday, weds, and thursday. I dont really run with a set crew, and honestly, dont really run with any crew atm.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to Activision, the Taken King expansion pack managed to bring 5 million new players to the game with the overall total at 25 million now. In regards to the Playstation versions, broke a few records as a result.

http://www.destructoid.com/25-million-people-have-played-destiny-318820.phtml

[ClockShot]

If you guys ever wanna run a raid on XB1 lemme know, im pretty available monday, weds, and thursday. I dont really run with a set crew, and honestly, dont really run with any crew atm.


:y:

Need a TPWW crew for this. Too bad we're scattered across multiple systems.

[drave]

If you guys ever wanna run a raid on XB1 lemme know, im pretty available monday, weds, and thursday. I dont really run with a set crew, and honestly, dont really run with any crew atm.


Anytime you see me playing, feel free to jump in/send invite to fireteam or whatever. I'm down.

I do have a 4 month old and a 5 year old though, sometimes have to go at a moments notice. :y:

[Emperor Smeat]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big thank you to <a href="https://twitter.com/Bungie">@bungie</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/redbull">@RedBull</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/Activision">@Activision</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/DestinyTheGame">@DestinyTheGame</a> for the cool care package! Scott Sheff!! Game on! <a href="https://t.co/GHbzflUVxu">pic.twitter.com/GHbzflUVxu</a></p>&mdash; Big Show (@WWETheBigShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWETheBigShow/status/661703410152964096">November 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ntonio90">@ntonio90</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Bungie">@Bungie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/redbull">@redbull</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Activision">@Activision</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DestinyTheGame">@DestinyTheGame</a> lol I'm in top 1% light,grim and k/d ratio. I play believe me</p>&mdash; Big Show (@WWETheBigShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWETheBigShow/status/662001994543054848">November 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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If his gaming habits is anything like his wrestling habits, being friends with or having Big Show on your team is only going to end badly.

[Kalyx triaD]

By the sound of things it seems like you want Show on your team.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

I've not been following much wrestling recently, but Show isn't on the shows constantly at the moment is he? Probably had loads of downtime on the road to play.

[Sixx]

Something about Big Show nerding out on the couch, calling kids "nigger faggot noobs" seems fantastic.

[drave]

ROFL!

You imagine that voice yelling like that?

[Penner]

I gave in and bought Taken King. Anyone wanna run it on PS4?

[Tom Guycott]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Big thank you to <a href="https://twitter.com/Bungie">@bungie</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/redbull">@RedBull</a>,<a href="https://twitter.com/Activision">@Activision</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/DestinyTheGame">@DestinyTheGame</a> for the cool care package! Scott Sheff!! Game on! <a href="https://t.co/GHbzflUVxu">pic.twitter.com/GHbzflUVxu</a></p>&mdash; Big Show (@WWETheBigShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWETheBigShow/status/661703410152964096">November 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/ntonio90">@ntonio90</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Bungie">@Bungie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/redbull">@redbull</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Activision">@Activision</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DestinyTheGame">@DestinyTheGame</a> lol I'm in top 1% light,grim and k/d ratio. I play believe me</p>&mdash; Big Show (@WWETheBigShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/WWETheBigShow/status/662001994543054848">November 4, 2015</a></blockquote>
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If his gaming habits is anything like his wrestling habits, being friends with or having Big Show on your team is only going to end badly.

By the sound of things it seems like you want Show on your team.

This is Big Show, Kt... Bungie prob'ly gave him a way to turn on his fireteam and align with raid mooks #topman

[Kalyx triaD]

They should give him an exclusive 7ft avatar.

[ClockShot]

You'll know it's him when he busts out the one and only chokeslam emote created specially for him.

[Emperor Smeat]

Some new stuff was announced to be arriving within the near future for the game.

First is a few new updates adding some new stuff for the game.
For starters Lord Shaxx will sell the three legendary swords, just in case you did something with them. Also, players will be able to buy weapon parts from the Gunsmith finally, and the Quiver glitch will be fixed for Hunters, enabling the talent again.

Iron Banner will be returning, and hopefully it won't be as broken as last time. It will switch to Clash, and reputation gains are increased by 20%, more packages can be obtained, and the rewards are said to be better as a whole. We'll see.
http://www.destructoid.com/new-destiny-update-features-sword-vendor-return-of-iron-banner-320670.phtml


The other being a reward-like service for referring people to purchase the game. Program itself is still being tweaked which is why Bungie didn't reveal what types of rewards will be available.
"After this update is deployed, some of the more tech savvy among you will be able to dig up some details for a new initiative we have planned to arrive just in time for the holiday season," writes community manager, Cozmo, in this week's weekly update. "We’re planning something new to recognize and reward the Sherpas among you. We are calling it Refer-a-Friend.

"Maybe you have a friend who will be getting Destiny as a gift this season. Perhaps their gift-giver will even be picking it up for them at a holiday sale coming to a store near you. If you intend to show them the way to the mountaintop, we’ll have new rewards aimed at recognizing your service to the Kinderguardian."
http://www.destructoid.com/refer-a-friend-to-destiny-and-get-a-reward-320654.phtml

[ClockShot]

Thank god Iron Banner is Clash.

Unfortunately, I ain't above 300 in terms of Light. So I'll probably get squashed.

[Kalyx triaD]

You really don't wanna be under 280. The damage/defense curves between 280+ to 300-/+ are minuscule as to be irrelevant. We're talking difference of .02 hitpoints here. Bungie explained this in detail when people wondered how Banner would deal with the new light system. More or less how it always did, Don't enter if you're not strong enough to do end-game activities.

[Emperor Smeat]

Some Xbox One Destiny players have been encountering "Vulture" errors since the 2.02 update recently rolled out.

You should only receive that error if you try to play co-op or PvP without a Xbox Live Gold (or PlayStation Plus, as the code is not unique to Xbox) subscription, but it seems players are triggering the problem even if their sub is active.

"Bungie is aware of some Xbox One players encountering Vulture errors immediately after logging in this morning (November 18th). We are working with our partners at Microsoft to investigate the issue," Bungie stated on the official help forums.

No quick fix option given by Bungie although some speculation going around is the new dashboard update might be the reason why the bug happens.

http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-players-experiencing-vulture-issues-on-xbox-one-321528.phtml

[ClockShot]

UPDATE!


A few exotics from year 1 are getting bumped up to year 2 status.

They are:

Weapons:

MIDA Multi-Tool
Dragon's Breath
Plan C
Super Good Advice
No Land Beyond
Hard Light

Armor:

The Armamentarium
Nothing Manacles
ATS/8 Tarantella (NEW)
Peregrine Greaves
Apotheosis Veil
Radiant Dance Machines
Achlyophage Symbiote
Twilight Garrison (NEW)
Bones of Eao

Soooooooooooo happy MIDA is coming back. Doubt I'll ever get my hands on the Touch Of Malice or Jade Rabbit.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie has revealed what spoils you can score if you successfully convince a pal to play Destiny.

There are already 25 million registered players in Destiny, but that's not enough for Bungie. The publisher wants you to introduce a friend via the Refer-a-Friend website (your pal must be on the same platform as you to qualify).

As a thank you, a smorgsbord of goodies are on offer, including a new quest, bonus buffs, two new emotes, a spanking new sparrow, shiny swords and a new shader and emblem.

Trailer for the new feature and link to the referral website within the source link.
http://www.destructoid.com/here-s-how-destiny-s-refer-a-friend-thing-works-322265.phtml

[ClockShot]

Meh.

If there was a exotic buried in there, I'll refer who I can. But a few new fancy swords are no big deal.

[Kalyx triaD]

I still play the game but I can't in good grace recommend somebody buy it at this point. It is totally not for anyone. And cute that they dangle loot that new players wouldn't care about, so really you're getting people on for yourself rather than, "No really, play this great game." Sell your own game, Bungie.

[Penner]

Anyone want to run a nightfall? I hate trying to find randoms to play with, wish they would just have matchmaking

[ClockShot]

Sunless Cell with chaff. You're asking for trouble.

[RoXer]

I have purchased The Taken King digitally for a whopping $20.

Please feel free to "holler" @ me on the PlayStation 4

[Fignuts]

Due to this being only 35 bucks and everyone I know telling me "Fignuts you have to try it again! Everything is different now!", I have repurchased this game.

[ClockShot]

Raid challenges are now up. Should drop the last piece to get you max light.....whatever that number happens to be.

[Kalyx triaD]

It's about this time a new expansion should drop. They awful quiet over there.

[ClockShot]

The "big gear" update is what everybody is anticipating. Besides that, it's run the raid (if you can) and the nightfall and that's it these days.

Oh, and look for the secret stuff too.

[Kalyx triaD]

I'm grown impatient of searching for secrets. I dunno, I just get extremely testy when I'm asked to search for things. I like a set path to things I want, which makes the current RNG/loot crate reward system of today's shooters very aggravating for me. There's a Shader my buddy wanted for the better part of a year that will absolutely not drop for him no matter how much PvP he plays (and he plays a lot). I got it on a random day after a match I didn't even do well in. There's a badass Shader I want that drops, maybe, after you beat Skolas in PoE. I dread doing it (the new light system makes it no less a walk in the park), and then not getting it.

It's just not a good system for me.

[ClockShot]

Anybody get any of the strike rewards drop for them?

Done a whole bunch of them and haven't got nothing yet.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

So from December 8th and for 3 weeks there's a Sparrow Racing League which looks like fucking Wipeout. I may have to reinstall.

Scrap that, just said Taken King only.

[ClockShot]

Sweet. Gonna have to dust off the ol' Time Breaker.

[Kalyx triaD]

This aren't the updates I've been looking for.

Hella nerf to solar Titan, tho. But overall buffs to Titan as a class. Much needed.

[drave]

This aren't the updates I've been looking for.

Hella nerf to solar Titan, tho. But overall buffs to Titan as a class. Much needed.

Where did you get the specifics?

[Kalyx triaD]

https://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=14083

Only Titan's getting rebalanced for now.

[drave]

Neat. Might go Arc and max the tree.

[ClockShot]

New Year 1 exotics and Sparrow Races go into effect today.

Don't do the Nightfall until AFTER the update.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie changed their long term plans for Destiny again. Dropping big expansion type packs in favor of smaller event based stuff for future content. Also will be releasing a new stat tracker for the game's micro-transaction system next month.

In the past, it was rumored the developer was giving up on large-scale DLC packs, which was shot down, noting that it was going to focus on both. Now it sounds like the big DLCs are out again, as Bungie's Derek Carroll has stated to Eurogamer that they are "moving to a more event-based model."

When asked about DLC packs, Carroll noted that "Rather than doing these giant, monolithic DLC packs [we're moving to events], this way everybody who's an owner of Taken King can enjoy these things." The next phase for Destiny is the three-week Sparrow racing event, debuting in January, which will have an optional $10 microtransaction-based "book," that keeps track of your stats and quests.
http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-moving-to-a-more-event-based-model-no-more-monolithic-dlc-packs--325252.phtml

[ClockShot]

Translation:

"No Cabal backstory DLC add-on for you!"

[Kalyx triaD]

Well there that goes. Gearing up for Destiny 2 production, I guess.

Racing pretty fun, tho. Two tracks is a fucked up low ball. Need more tracks.

[Kalyx triaD]

Shaders don't work on racing gear like Year 1 exotic armor. Cmon Bungie.

[ClockShot]

Mars track is pretty fun. Came close to 1st a few times. Venus, not so much. That one's the harder of the 2.

[Emperor Smeat]

New set of microtransactions were added, this time being level boosts.

Starting today, players will be able to buy "Class Packs" from Xbox Live and PSN (A North American PSN page is not available as of the time of this writing.) For $30, players will be able to instantly boost one character to level 25, max out one subclass, and speed up weapon leveling with a set of telemetries.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/bungie-starts-selling-destiny-level-boost-packs-fo/1100-5315/

[alvarado52]

http://www.quickmeme.com/img/c9/c97ef08f62fa8809598017f88a21f2924bb2108531ce8b916f199d192e125d24.jpg

[ClockShot]

Payment for the level boost is bullshit. I guess the Kinderguardians don't wanna play through the story and level up that way.



Still got my freebie from launch. Just, haven't gotten around to putting it on my titan yet.

[Fignuts]

Anyone who buys this is an idiot. Takes very little time to hit 25.

[Kalyx triaD]

The kicker is the subclass boosts which I'm half and half about. It reminds me of the class shortcuts Battlefield had. You unlock a class' gun set but you still have to unlock the mods thru play.

On one hand somebody wanting a shortcut to their subclass actions doesn't do anything against me really. On the other hand I sometimes think what is the worth of a game if you're offering or buying your way to certain goals. I like to think the experience was kinda the point.

I'm a fan of content unlock keys for a game's sandbox items; like WWE or Naruto games. I want toys for more multiplayer options and I don't have the patience to play Naruto's story or WWE Wrestlemania whatever. I don't mind since the value of the game is the multiplayer and I wanna enhance that asap.

I guess it comes down to what you value about a game. Maybe. But one thing's for sure; Bungie is edging ever so close to something that will interfere with Legendary Marks and Legendary/Exotic drops - which is when things will go p2w and things may go to shit.

But if I may play Akuma's advocate - how about we look at Xur. Setting aside that Marks are earned thru play, he offers you exotics you would otherwise need to do quests for. Honestly I mostly wait for him to sell something I want. There's some self impressed kids in the official forums that actually look down on people who Xur their way to exotics and skip quests. I find this analogous to the p2w model. Looking at that comparison... I don't care if somebody buys or quests for an exotic. End of the day, nobody hows how you got what. So I'm contemplating a scenario where Bungie does offer purple and yellow engrams or at least 3oCs for real money (the most likely if CoD's any hint).

Would that destroy whatever economy is in effect? Would that interfere with my experience? Years ago I'd rally against any such thing but nowadays I just don't have the moxie to care how somebody actually gets their shit. All the money in the world won't make them any better at playing the game. You can't 'pay' to beat me.

I dunno... I think I'm shifting on the matter.

[The Rogerer]

Anyone who buys this is an idiot. Takes very little time to hit 25.It's for social pressure. Come on bro, play with us, just buy the thing to get up to 25, it'll be fine.

Destiny has proven to be a pain in the arse to actually play with the people I would play with. Loot games need to get over their preciousness. Diablo 3 just fudges the numbers so that people can just get on with playing with someone else regardless. Destiny runs it too rigid like an MMO, which doesn't work for me. I can't cyber in Destiny so it's the work of an MMO without the perks.

[alvarado52]

Destiny has turned many an e-friend sour. Seriously, I stopped playing with a good amount of people on XB1 because either A) they were Destiny elitist (aka dicks who talked down to you during raid instead of helping you understand the goal) or B) "friends" would start favoring whoever is playing over playing with actual friends.

Cant tell you how often some of my close buddies IRL would talk shit about a guy they played with on Destiny, but when I set up a time I could be on to raid with the crew, surprise surprise, my spot was taken by that same guy so long as they could get their loot.

[Fignuts]

I haven't even done a raid yet.

Afraid of joining one through an LFG site and then getting called an R-tard cause I don't know what to do.

[ClockShot]

Destiny has turned many an e-friend sour. Seriously, I stopped playing with a good amount of people on XB1 because either A) they were Destiny elitist (aka dicks who talked down to you during raid instead of helping you understand the goal) or B) "friends" would start favoring whoever is playing over playing with actual friends.

Cant tell you how often some of my close buddies IRL would talk shit about a guy they played with on Destiny, but when I set up a time I could be on to raid with the crew, surprise surprise, my spot was taken by that same guy so long as they could get their loot.

Yeah. I fall into category B here. Had a group of guys I used to play with. The majority stopped played. 2 guys took a break but will probably be back on. But I got one guy who pretty much defected to another guy's clan and didn't even bother to ask me to come along.

SRL is fun. Keep leveling up and you get some 300 helmets to bring you over Light 300 threshold. Then you can (hopefully) start getting the 300 engrams to drop.


Only have done the Oryx fight on King's Fall. This was when everybody was getting their feet wet and the average completion time was about 2 hours. Now, you can probably blast through it in under an hour if you're lucky.

[ClockShot]

I haven't even done a raid yet.

Afraid of joining one through an LFG site and then getting called an R-tard cause I don't know what to do.

Best bet is to jump onto the Destiny Reddit and find yourself a Sherpa. I hear they're a good bunch of guys.

[Fignuts]

The fuck don't they just put in matchmaking? People already doing raids with randoms through all these sites. Why not cut out the middleman, and just add it.

[The Rogerer]

Because the raids are long drawn out affairs and you need the guilt of obligation to your party to get through it?

[ClockShot]

The fuck don't they just put in matchmaking? People already doing raids with randoms through all these sites. Why not cut out the middleman, and just add it.

When you get the 5 guys who have never done the raid, and you're the one guy who has multiple times, you better have some time set aside and play teacher.

What I would like to see is some sort of a lobby system set up in the tower. It's as close to matchmaking as you're gonna get, but you get to set up/create rooms with tee times and a list of activites and you can pick and choose.

SOCOM had it right.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie crafted an incentive for Destiny players to log on after a long winter break, and it's as easy as logging in and completing one activity (a PVP skirmish, for example). As of today you can pick up rewards, which includes 15 Strange Coins and 15 Motes of Light. The former can be used to buy Exotic items from the peddler Xur, and the latter levels up your weapons and armor.

If you complete that event before the end of January 10, you'll net a special Emblem, to be delivered around the 12th.
http://www.destructoid.com/if-you-log-into-destiny-in-the-next-few-days-you-ll-net-bonus-rewards-332794.phtml

[ClockShot]

:nono:

How about increasing the drop rate on the strike specific gear, Bungie. Been trying to get my hands on a flayer cloak for a while now. No luck.

I really don't need more motes or strange coins.

[ClockShot]

Valentine's Day event announced to start on February 9th and run for a week. It's basically 2 vs. 2 Crucible matches. With some special loot and tower decorations thrown in.

:roll:

[Kalyx triaD]

I kinda miss last year's DLC expansion model.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie currently denying rumors of future updates for Destiny will be adding non-cosmetic premium ammo packs to the game's micro-transaction system.

http://www.destructoid.com/rumor-bungie-to-start-selling-premium-ammo-packs-in-destiny-336546.phtml


According to a report from Kotaku, Destiny 2 is currently rumored to have been delayed from its planned late 2016 release date.
“Just last week higher-ups at Bungie delayed ‘Destiny 2‘ out of this September, according to people familiar with goings-on at the studio,” read the report. “From what I hear, as of [Thursday, January 21st,] not everyone at Bungie even knew about the Destiny 2 delay.”
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/bungie-breaks-from-leaked-release-schedule-as-destiny-2-reportedly-delayed/

[Emperor Smeat]

Game's online match-making system is getting overhauled starting tomorrow.

According to a post from Bungie, "more emphasis" will be placed on connection quality, which will in turn reduce the amount of lag you typically experience in PVP. Apparently there will be "some consideration" in terms of matching you with other players, as connection speed takes precedent.

The change will happen tomorrow at 10AM PT, and before that, Iron Banner (set to go live today at 10AM PT), will function with the old system. So if you want the new hotness, play tomorrow.
http://www.destructoid.com/destiny-s-matchmaking-is-getting-overhauled-this-week-336770.phtml

[ClockShot]

*sigh*

And they keep quiet on the bigger problem they have right now.

[drave]

Valentines Day event is live as of Tuesday I think.....

I did quietly laugh inside at a sub-headline of an article

Today, Bungie released another update for Destiny, a video game in which players travel through space imagining new content.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie admitted they made a mistake with the recent special event in regards to drop rates being too low so as an apology they are giving away free Ghost shells to players.

People, of course, will do anything to game a system, but the Destiny community generally agrees the drop rate for this special event is too low, as does the development staff at Bungie.

"We took a look at the data, and the number of Ghosts awarded has not been what we expected," wrote community manager David Dague via studio's official website on Friday.

To remedy this, Bungie plans to give away Ghost shells to players who have completed more than seven Crimson Doubles matches, so long as those matches aren't of the suicide pact variety.

Once you've done that, a shell should appear in the Postmaster's box sometime before February 23. For an opportunity to earn one, you'll need to participate before February 16's weekly reset.
http://www.destructoid.com/bungie-admits-drop-rate-for-destiny-s-new-event-item-is-too-low-341191.phtml

[ClockShot]

Yeah, not happening.

They need to get rid of his RNG business. Nothing but a complete nightmare for players wanting to get to 320 and want to put the game down.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah the RNG has to be less random and more investment based.

[ClockShot]

Anybody else get an e-mail from Bungie asking for feedback as to why you're not playing these days?

I did.

[drave]

Nope.

[Kalyx triaD]

Lol

How about Year 2 started great with TTK and fizzled out with no significant expansions like TDB or HoW all damn year. The holiday event thing is cute but Year 1's expansion every three months was clearly superior. The microtransaction supported event thing didn't pan out. And things are really dying now that D2 is being developed.

They should put those last two planned expansions together as their last big chapter (likely their big Fall update) and release it earlier. Bring back and expand sparrow racing. And update ALL of their strikes to the highest light level.

[Emperor Smeat]

Bungie will be applying anti-lag measures across all Crucible playlists in Destiny from next week.

Initially the settings were trialed in Iron Banner and Control, but from March 8, 2016, you’ll find it rolling across all other modes, too.

“For the past several weeks, our matchmaking team has been dedicated to striking a better balance between “worthy” opponents and the sort of opponents with Internet connections that go well with yours. It’s not an exact science, but they’ve been experimenting nonetheless,” writes community manager DeeJ on this week’s Bungie.net update.

“Our goal for matchmaking continues to be fostering a competitive ecosystem that works for everyone,” adds senior designer Derek Carroll. “First and foremost, that means we attempt to find matches with the lowest latency (read: lag) possible. As a secondary concern, we want to insulate players at each extreme of the skill curve from each other. That said, we do not prioritize skill over latency under any circumstances.

“The newest settings are more aggressive about keeping latency low than we’ve ever had in Destiny. Regardless of the playlist you prefer, you should be seeing high-quality matches.”

Damage Referee will also be applied “across the board” to assist the developer to “mitigate the effects that low-quality connections have on combat.”
http://www.destructoid.com/anti-lag-measures-rolling-out-across-all-destiny-playlists-next-week-346460.phtml

[ClockShot]

Update 2.2 arrives April 12th with fresh content across the board.

[#BROKEN Hasney]

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Nice of them to get some reskins in....

[ClockShot]

Pre-ordered. Gonna get back into this.

I hope Bungie paid attention to The Division's matchmaking system and will incorporate something similar to Rise of Iron.

[Fryza]

Pre-ordered a couple copies today. Overly excited for this. Need to get into King's Fall and complete that before September.

[Fignuts]

Jumped back into this with drave yesterday. Got my shit pushed in doing a heroic strike at only 239 light level. I'm at 259 now tho.

Also some guy joined the party and talked about blowjobs for 20 minutes and then left. Very strange.

Anyway any tpww people that want to join up with us would be great because I'd really like to do the raids. I'm usually on between 11pm and 3am MST

[drave]

LOL!

That must've been one of my nephew's friends. Still unsure why I cannot hear them.

Plan on doing this some more tonight and playing with my Hunter this time. Haven't touched that character in a very long time. We should start going through the Prison of Elders. It is the good kind of chaotic and you get some really decent gear.

[Kalyx triaD]

Oh now you're in this. I could spare some nights doing strikes. I needed a set fireteam for crucible and such.

[drave]

I am God awful at PVP on this

[ClockShot]

I'm gonna try to get back into this. Got nobody to raid with anymore, but I'm sorta interested in the semi-new story and see how far I can get my light up.

[Kalyx triaD]

Permutations, kids, permutations.

[alvarado52]

SORTA wanna get back into this, but then I remember how Bungie told me to go fuck myself and the hours I spent grinding every time they decide to introduce a new currency or not bring a Year (1,2, whatever) into the fold just because.

[ClockShot]

Not true. They did bring a good chunk of year one gear forward. Maybe some items you wanted weren't included. But a handful of legendary and exotic guns and some pieces of armor did get the upgrade treatment.

Last thing I know is that the PS4 players got new exclusive weapon sent their way, the Zen Meteor.

[drave]

Also - while frustrating, this is a very common nuance of MMO type games.

[ClockShot]

Dunno who's on a PS4 here, but when Rise of Iron comes around, I'd be happy to run people through the Vault of Glass or Crota's End. I've mostly ran support on both raids, but I got a general idea on what to do.

Don't ask about King's Fall. Regular crew fell apart shortly before launch, and I've only beat the Oryx part with a couple guys and friends of said couple guys.

[Fignuts]

Damn it, buy an xbox

[ClockShot]

Nah. No reason to buy one.

[drave]

we has caek - the non-lying kind :shifty:

[drave]

Plan on playing this evening. Manager to get my hunter to Light lvl 300, going to try for the same with my Titan and Warlock.

Going to run Prison of Elders, maybe some Heroic Strikes and think I am going to dive deeper into PeeVeePee.

[ClockShot]

Tip for playing PvP. Play during "off-peak" hours. Usually just kids are playing at that time and you can steamroll them. All the grown-ups and pros are pretty much at work at that time.

Remember doing the quest for The First Curse. Had to get 7 headshots with a junk revolver in one match. Played around lunch time, only kids home sick from school were playing, and I got the job done in one match.

But now we're all on summer break from school/college. So, it's a bit different now.

[drave]

Is that really a "tip" or a "bitch move"? I vote the latter.

I don't mind getting my ass kicked. I don't know the maps nor all the dynamics. I would prefer to play with skilled players to learn rather than picking on some kids.

[ClockShot]

Definitely a tip. Especially if you're going for missions or weapons involved in the crucible.

Bet a lot of people went crazy when they couldn't get their 500 void kill points going after their Thorns. Or having a hard time getting 10,000 points for their Bad Jujus.

[Kalyx triaD]

That was rectified.

Play good players or be a scrub forever.

[Fignuts]

So apparently you don't even need 6 people to do the raids. Vog nèeds 3 to open the door or something, but Crotas end can be soloed and kings fall only needs 2.

Fuck gents, lets get on this shit.

I thought you couldnt even start it without 6.

[ClockShot]

You can start it with as many people as you want. Doesn't have to be a full fireteam of 6.

You can use the glitch to get the door open in the beginning of VoG. It's the fights with the Templar and Atheon that require an extra body or 2.

Crota is definitely solo-able.

[Kalyx triaD]

You can't double team King's Fall.

[Fignuts]

Well me and drave tried Crotas end and got our asses handed to us in the very first part. Fucking gangraped by an unending horde of thralls.

[Kalyx triaD]

Even it's theoretically a lower light challenge, you will still get your ass kicked.

[ClockShot]

Hunter with invisibility makes that first part a bit easier.

[ClockShot]

Finally got my damn exotic sword after all these months.

:nono:

[ClockShot]

So, anybody else gonna be playing next week?

[Kalyx triaD]

Won't get the expansion day one but eventually yeah.

[ClockShot]

Bungie ain't messing around for Year 3. New raid goes live on Friday.

[alvarado52]

Tried to get back into this....have a bunch of items I know are completely worthless now because its Destiny.

[Fignuts]

Kinda want to get this and jump back into Destiny, but new NHL is calling my name.

[Kalyx triaD]

Good shit seems to drop more often. The new exotics (viewed in the armory on the app) look boring. And once again the main legendary armor at the vendors are uglier than blues and even greens.

However Crucible playlists are almost as robusts as Halo now and private matches will rock. Haven't touched campaign yet.

To be honest, I have quest lines from TTK I still ain't do yet, let alone the smaller questlines they released between major updates in Y2.

I don't know all that will peel me off Halo 5 for long, but until then I'll mosey about and get my light level up.

[ClockShot]

I was gonna dive head first into this yesterday. But, I'm on the cusp of going platinum in No Man's Sky I'm holding off. Gonna be late to the raid.

[mrwalty]

Been playing this for a few days now and having great fun ranking up my light level. It seems the best way to do this is to complete strikes.


Also stuck on an insane jumping puzzle in the new social area. Looking forward to the raid dropping tomorrow!

[ClockShot]

Raid's been beaten already.

[Kalyx triaD]

That's what happens when the best clans run over it.

[Fignuts]

I've done all the strikes an absurd amount. A couple more isn't going to entice me. The only thing that will get me back into this is matchmaking for raids, but I don't see that happening. At least not until Destiny 2.

[ClockShot]

I've done all the strikes an absurd amount. A couple more isn't going to entice me. The only thing that will get me back into this is matchmaking for raids, but I don't see that happening. At least not until Destiny 2.

Don't know if you got the app or not. But instead of going to 3rd party websites, you can use that to hop into groups and go.

It's about the closest you're gonna get for raid matchmaking.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah the official app and forums have a Craigslist type thing now that you can use for any activity. That of course depends on how many people look thru it, but I imagine this 'classifieds' is mostly used for all the raids.

[ClockShot]

Ooooooookay. "Story" is finished. Now doing the side stuff and got my first exotic quest.

Fair warning. Archon's Forge is on freakin' steroids. Popped in a green tribute thingy and I was well over the recommended light level and got my ass handed to me. Ain't like Court of Oryx where you can solo the bosses. Bring a friend or have others nearby to join in.

[Fignuts]

They only ever put out posts for the latest raids. Try looking for Vault of Glass or Crotas End, and you get one pist every ten pages that never gets enough sign ups to start. I'm sure the Taken King raid will be right there with them in a few weeks, now that a new raid is out.

With all these sites putting together fireteams, they may as well put in matchmaking. It makes no sense not to at this point.

[Kalyx triaD]

Yeah AF is pretty tough.

[Tom Guycott]

Part of me wants to get back into this, but my character is pretty frickin' useless without Taken King.

Also, the last time I logged in, it seems like some of my stash is either missing or changed. Not that it matters anyway, because my best stuff was doing fuck all in damage to mooks, let alone Crucible opponents. I could have netted more in-game damage to my opponents by screaming into my mic.

[ClockShot]

A bit messed up on how they made the grind this time around. I can't believe players have been going non-stop to get to 370 or a little less to play the raid.

Current rate I'm going, should be ready in a week or so.

[Kalyx triaD]

https://youtu.be/KaszvxWfwhw

[alvarado52]

Really really did try to get back into this. Realize I just dont give a shit about Destiny any longer. If I'm not having fun, and it feels like im doing a job instead of a pastime...then thats the end of that

[Fignuts]

Had some extra cash so I bought rise of iron.

[Kalyx triaD]

Good.