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Yeah, I'm definitely glad I got Black Hammer. I'd max that out except that I am still waiting on the Rocket Launcher. Those will be the two I spend the radiant energies on and I'd probably max the RL first. Hopefully I get one tonight. I will definitely not be upgrading multiples of each one until MUCH later. Even if I manage to get the mats for it, I'd want to save them for the Hard mode primaries.

Before this week, I didn't double (or triple) up on any weapons except for Icebreaker (and now I only have one of the 2.0 version). But this week I worked on having 3 maxed Fatebringers. For one thing, I have a ton of ascendant energy so I might as well. I was always swapping that weapon around so now I don't have to worry about it any more. I'll still have to swap my 2.0 Icebreaker, Gjallahorn, Black Hammer, etc. But at least with the Fatebringer I'll always have something if I just need to log in and jump into something without bothering with the Tower.
Yeah, a good primary goes a long way for the everyday stuff. But for raids, I would definitely move things around.

Although I did max 2 Atheon's Epilogues and almost finished maxing 2 Praedyth's Revenge, since I had a period where those were the most effective combo to use with Gjallarhorn in certain fights.

Even now, I'll still use AE during the intro and gatekeeper fights; specifically AE, Ice Breaker and Corrective Measure. That's a great set-up for tackling Minotaurs/Praetorians for when a teammate isn't around or when you need to do it solo (like center conflux defense on the gatekeepers). I'll use VoC for everything else.

I too am in need of Helium but I think it is quite easy to farm. Personally I hate farming Relic Iron more than anything. Guess I will have to take you along when I do my runs for Helium then! My route is usually pretty good too. I alternate between the Anchor of Light and Archer's Line.

EDIT: It is mostly chests but once you get the route down it gets you a lot.
I know some swear by Archer's Line, but I don't like it for laps.

I'll just check it on my way to Anchor of Light, then do laps around that whole area: starting at the Walker/Warsat event area, to the large structure with the servitor, to the next structure with a servitor, to the round structure and back to the Walker area (checking the small buildings along the way).

Really boring since events aren't too frequent but it gets you what you need.

 
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Well then my friends all steered me in the wrong direction :bomb: I'll do the Hollows from here on out then.
Yep pop a resupply code too, it's not as good as exclusion zone but you should get a healthy 12-15k an hour due to the major spawns. There are I think 5 rooms that will pretty much have a guaranteed chest every other run. Some of the relic iron spawns in weird spots though (like behind a fence) so if you miss them they may mess up your loops.

Occasionally low levels will come through since you have to scan something as part of the campaign and mess up your run as well haha

 
YBX87 said:
i have a question about destiny, do bungie delete your characters after inactivity for like 6 months -12 months?
Well, the game hasn't been out that long so I don't think anyone knows for sure. But I can't imagine they would ever delete your characters as long as their servers are operational.
 
gotdott said:
Don't upgrade that hive perk yet, I think it's still broken
Wait, what?

Meanwhile... Just biding my time till the reset. It is going to suck when the time changes back again and makes it 2am.
 
Wait, what?

Meanwhile... Just biding my time till the reset. It is going to suck when the time changes back again and makes it 2am.
It was reported that if you upgrade that perk it messes with your 3 precision reload perk (hive wont count) something like that

 
gotdott said:
It was reported that if you upgrade that perk it messes with your 3 precision reload perk (hive wont count) something like that
Well, that sucks. I already did it.

Hey, are you available to Raid at the reset? The other group I run with might be missing a person or two. I don't know for sure but if you are on then and we need one I'll send you an invite.
 
Well, that sucks. I already did it.

Hey, are you available to Raid at the reset? The other group I run with might be missing a person or two. I don't know for sure but if you are on then and we need one I'll send you an invite.
I was up doing work lol I dont think I can last another hour. Good luck with the RNG gods

 
gotdott said:
I was up doing work lol I dont think I can last another hour. Good luck with the RNG gods
No prob - thought maybe you were off for the holidays and wasting time on Destiny ;).

I look forward to my hard-earned shards!
 
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Tojokun1 said:
Got gjallarhorn from the first raid chest in crota. I almost woke up the entire house.
Oh, nice, an upgraded one I assume? That would be pretty cool.

As usual, I got crap from that chest and most of the Raid. I did it 3 times all the way through except for stopping at Crota on my 3rd character.

On my Hunter: a second pair of gloves and I think the boots
On my Warlock: boots and a second Black Hammer (and still no Hunger of Crota)
On my Titan: jack squat and just have Crota left.

Summary: one new armor piece for my Warlock and I think one new one for my Hunter. One duplicate Raid weapon. No class items once again (I've only gotten 1 in 9 tries now). And not even a damn ship (1 in 8 tries so far). And of course no helm (though I still have a chance on my Titan).

Crota (who we did legit) just hates me. Like Moose last week some other people at least got 3 shards while I only get 2.

So I still have Crota to beat on my Titan if you guys are running it tomorrow or whenever. Maybe I'll get a helm - would be nice. I'll also be up for Nightfall/Weekly which is pretty easy this week. Heroic Weekly does not have void burn, unfortunately (would make it even easier).

On the 3rd run two people had to go so it was just 4 of us. We had little problem till Crota. We even handled the Deathsinger with just 4 people without too much trouble (though one guy had to uses his revive to make it through when he was the last one left). But on Crota we just didn't have the firepower to get his shields down quickly enough. I invited GlockGlock since he was on Destiny and in orbit. But he must have been AFK because he never responded or seemed to be doing anything ;).

Since the Raid was a piece of crap for me this week I don't mind cheesing his ass for the last reward drop. Again, let me know if you guys are up for that. I have the checkpoint at least!

Nightfall is Nexus with void burn. It seems like we just had that not too long ago. I ran it once and got a legendary shotgun. This game likes giving me shotguns. I have a total of 21 kills with shotguns out of my 10's of thousands of kills... And yet I have at least 4 of the increased damage DLC shotguns (1 from Raid, and 3 regular legendaries).
 
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This game likes giving me shotguns. I have a total of 21 kills with shotguns out of my 10's of thousands of kills... And yet I have at least 4 of the increased damage DLC shotguns (1 from Raid, and 3 regular legendaries).
Maybe that's the game trying to get you to branch out. Based on my purple drops, it desperately wants me to like pulse rifles.
 
Oh, nice, an upgraded one I assume? That would be pretty cool.

As usual, I got crap from that chest and most of the Raid. I did it 3 times all the way through except for stopping at Crota on my 3rd character.

On my Hunter: a second pair of gloves and I think the boots
On my Warlock: boots and a second Black Hammer (and still no Hunger of Crota)
On my Titan: jack squat and just have Crota left.

Summary: one new armor piece for my Warlock and I think one new one for my Hunter. One duplicate Raid weapon. No class items once again (I've only gotten 1 in 9 tries now). And not even a damn ship (1 in 8 tries so far). And of course no helm (though I still have a chance on my Titan).

Crota (who we did legit) just hates me. Like Moose last week some other people at least got 3 shards while I only get 2.

So I still have Crota to beat on my Titan if you guys are running it tomorrow or whenever. Maybe I'll get a helm - would be nice. I'll also be up for Nightfall/Weekly which is pretty easy this week. Heroic Weekly does not have void burn, unfortunately (would make it even easier).

On the 3rd run two people had to go so it was just 4 of us. We had little problem till Crota. We even handled the Deathsinger with just 4 people without too much trouble (though one guy had to uses his revive to make it through when he was the last one left). But on Crota we just didn't have the firepower to get his shields down quickly enough. I invited GlockGlock since he was on Destiny and in orbit. But he must have been AFK because he never responded or seemed to be doing anything ;).

Since the Raid was a piece of crap for me this week I don't mind cheesing his ass for the last reward drop. Again, let me know if you guys are up for that. I have the checkpoint at least!

Nightfall is Nexus with void burn. It seems like we just had that not too long ago. I ran it once and got a legendary shotgun. This game likes giving me shotguns. I have a total of 21 kills with shotguns out of my 10's of thousands of kills... And yet I have at least 4 of the increased damage DLC shotguns (1 from Raid, and 3 regular legendaries).
I would be down for cheesing. I would also be down for running the rest of it tonight if enough people are available. We could do Crota first so the checkpoint doesn't get lost. I think I know how to launch myself to skip the first part of the raid.... just might have to practice.

 
Well unfortunately for me I'm 1 for 2 with that first chest. Got shards and energy this time. No Exotic. So I'm still IceBreaker-less. Off the top of my head, I should be able to max out my Light of The Abyss now though. :D

Maybe that's the game trying to get you to branch out. Based on my purple drops, it desperately wants me to like pulse rifles.
If that is true, then the game wants me to have all the exotics since I only lack 4 (and as we know, we can't get Necrocasm yet so technically 3). ;) I'm fine with that. But to coincide with that, the game probably doesn't want me to have sniper rifles at all :cry:

 
Can someone explain this multiplayer to me? I read somewhere that all levels are equal and everything is balanced in the MP, but the way I'm getting fucking destroyed in one shot by ever level 30 has me kind of questioning that. How can I get better at this?

 
Got gjallarhorn from the first raid chest in crota. I almost woke up the entire house.
Nice! When I opened it last week I saw two items pop up on the right and I got excited for an exotic drop, then I saw the 2nd item was the Hunter class item (for the 2nd week in a row)...

On the 3rd run two people had to go so it was just 4 of us. We had little problem till Crota. We even handled the Deathsinger with just 4 people without too much trouble (though one guy had to uses his revive to make it through when he was the last one left). But on Crota we just didn't have the firepower to get his shields down quickly enough. I invited GlockGlock since he was on Destiny and in orbit. But he must have been AFK because he never responded or seemed to be doing anything ;).

Since the Raid was a piece of crap for me this week I don't mind cheesing his ass for the last reward drop. Again, let me know if you guys are up for that. I have the checkpoint at least!

Nightfall is Nexus with void burn. It seems like we just had that not too long ago. I ran it once and got a legendary shotgun. This game likes giving me shotguns. I have a total of 21 kills with shotguns out of my 10's of thousands of kills... And yet I have at least 4 of the increased damage DLC shotguns (1 from Raid, and 3 regular legendaries).
Yea I was only on because my twins are sick and were awake. Once I got them back to sleep I crashed. Guess I forgot to turn the XB1 off. lol

I would be down for cheesing. I would also be down for running the rest of it tonight if enough people are available. We could do Crota first so the checkpoint doesn't get lost. I think I know how to launch myself to skip the first part of the raid.... just might have to practice.
I'll run it tonight if you guys are doing the raid. Down to do triple cheese on Crota or at least as much as we can including nightfall and weekly. I figure the next few days will be hectic with the holidays so anything I can get out of the way tonight would be good.

 
Can someone explain this multiplayer to me? I read somewhere that all levels are equal and everything is balanced in the MP, but the way I'm getting fucking destroyed in one shot by ever level 30 has me kind of questioning that. How can I get better at this?
In the normal non-iron banner playlist, damage is normalized. Meaning Defense and Weapon damage is the same across all the guns, whether you are a level 5 or a level 30. The perks on each gun though are active so that is weapon/perk dependent. That said some of the guns hit really hard. Plan C, Pocket Infinity, pretty much any decent sniper is a one hit head shot. Found Verdict is a very dirty shotgun. I usually run my Suros when I'm playing PvP along with a sniper (depending on the map sometimes a fusion rifle) and a heavy machine gun.

If you were playing Iron Banner like with a friend as a lower level, then yeah you would probably get destroyed since Level, Damage, and Defense are not normalized.

My advice is make note of what is killing you and one of us can tell you if it is on the hard hitter weapons.

 
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Can someone explain this multiplayer to me? I read somewhere that all levels are equal and everything is balanced in the MP, but the way I'm getting fucking destroyed in one shot by ever level 30 has me kind of questioning that. How can I get better at this?
Also, higher level players have access to all of their skill tree that further enhances their abilities and synergy with the perks of their guns and gear.

 
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I'll run it tonight if you guys are doing the raid. Down to do triple cheese on Crota or at least as much as we can including nightfall and weekly. I figure the next few days will be hectic with the holidays so anything I can get out of the way tonight would be good.
I was thinking the same thing....

Looks like the digital guardian edition is on sale. Not bad for those who have yet to pick it up or want to switch from physical to digital.... Not sure how many of those people are reading this thread now... ;-)

 
I was thinking the same thing....

Looks like the digital guardian edition is on sale. Not bad for those who have yet to pick it up or want to switch from physical to digital.... Not sure how many of those people are reading this thread now... ;-)
I'm definitely going digital version when it is cheaper. I bought the Ghost edition physical though so I really actually only need the vanilla to go on sale for even less than it is right now ($45). Around $25-$30 and I'll bite so I can put my disc back in the steelbook permanently.

 
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Anybody look closely at the picture of the Cryptarch from Bungie's news post?  Quite the ultimate troll.  :D

 
Can someone explain this multiplayer to me? I read somewhere that all levels are equal and everything is balanced in the MP, but the way I'm getting fucking destroyed in one shot by ever level 30 has me kind of questioning that. How can I get better at this?

Also, higher level players have access to all of their skill tree that further enhances their abilities and synergy with the perks of their guns and gear.
As noob a good way for you to get acquinted with this concept and get yourself a shot kill gun is google the "gozen-f", its pretty much a 1-shot railgun.

 
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Let's see... green, blue and purple engrams. Oh... a gold engram?!?!?! What is this, witchcraft?
In the first gameplay demo of Destiny, the one with the super cheesy voice acting, they kill some Fallen Archon boss in The Divide, and he drops a yellow engram. The dude gets Thunderlord from it.

#bungielied

 
Thanks again for the invite. Too bad about the raid run, the Destiny servers weren't having any of that nonsense.
We were able to hit the bridge and the next chest, but after that I got kicked to the main menu with a vulture error and was locked out from that point on. I'll be on later tonight to try again. I still need Nightfall and the weekly, too.

 
[quote name="RADa5AURU5" post="12354688" timestamp="1419374381"]I just had a purple engram turn into 2 shards; it's too soon for this to be funny ;)[/quote]
Two is better than one...
 
I tried to solo the Nightfsll with my Hunter and I got nearly all the way through but when one of the Minotaurs spawned my Truth rocket didn't take it all the way out and when I switched to my primary I must have hit the button twice and pulled up my sniper for the minotaur who was nearly on top of me. Had I gotten my Atheon's Epilogue out in time I would have had him.

So, yeah, definitely up for Nigthfall/Weekly twice tonight. I can maybe do the Crota cheese early with you guys but I have to be gone from 6:30-8:30 Pacific. I'd like to do Nightfalls after that.

At least this Nightfall is making Atheon's Epilogue and Praedyth's Revenge relevant again! And I'm glad I upgraded Truth last week (though I could use a few more damage nodes unlocked and maybe I'd be able to one-shot those minotaurs).

Vendetta_x360 said:
Well unfortunately for me I'm 1 for 2 with that first chest. Got shards and energy this time. No Exotic. So I'm still IceBreaker-less. Off the top of my head, I should be able to max out my Light of The Abyss now though. :D
I have yet to get an exotic from that first chest in 9 tries. I've only ever gotten on non-mat item: the Titan class mark.

GLOCKGLOCK said:
Nice! When I opened it last week I saw two items pop up on the right and I got excited for an exotic drop, then I saw the 2nd item was the Hunter class item (for the 2nd week in a row)...
I'd be thrilled with a class item drop from that chest!

On the plus side, I continue to get a much higher percentage of radiant shards vs. radiant enrgy. SO if I ever do get a full set of Raid armor I ought to be able to level it up pretty quickly (though my Eris rank is like 3 days from being 4 anyway).

Last night on my 3 characters I got 9, 6, and 4 shards. And 2, 3, and 6 energy.

And I still have 2 shards/energy to go on that last character. So on every one of my 9 runs except for that very last one shards have always outnumbered energy by 2 or 3-to-1.
 
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I'm all set with raid weapon drops - my warlock also now has like 3 sets of boots, one with like 150 int (lolwhat). Still like 30 shards short since I got mostly energies.
 
gotdott said:
I'm all set with raid weapon drops - my warlock also now has like 3 sets of boots, one with like 150 int (lolwhat). Still like 30 shards short since I got mostly energies.
Seriously? You have all the Raid weapons? How many times have you run it? And now that I see there are 150 int boots possible, I'll have to hold out for those. I just got gloves last night though and still don't have the boots (or I'd be 32 in a few days).

Are you guys up for a quick Crota cheese at around 5pm Pacific (in an hour)?
 
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Seriously? You have all the Raid weapons? How many times have you run it? And now that I see there are 150 int boots possible, I'll have to hold out for those. I just got gloves last night though and still don't have the boots (or I'd be 32 in a few days).

Are you guys up for a quick Crota cheese at around 5pm Pacific (in an hour)?
yes

 
Wow, Moose, you weren't kidding on the Digital Guardian edition sale. It is only $67.49. I paid $79.99 for it on "sale" a few weeks ago. Oh well - at least I was able to sell my disc for close to $40 on Amazon - probably couldn't get that much for it now.

Dragon Age Inquisition Deluxe Edition is only $45. Anyone here have an opinion on whether I should get that over the regular edition for $39?
 
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[quote name="io" post="12354883" timestamp="1419378879"]Seriously? You have all the Raid weapons? How many times have you run it? And now that I see there are 150 int boots possible, I'll have to hold out for those. I just got gloves last night though and still don't have the boots (or I'd be 32 in a few days).

Are you guys up for a quick Crota cheese at around 5pm Pacific (in an hour)?[/quote]
I'm on now. I'm going to see if I can get the Lantern trick to work. But I'm down for whatever.

Yeah, looks like the regular version of Destiny is on sale too.
 
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Looks like a gotdott's luck rubbed off on me. I managed to pull gloves and chest armor from the first two checkpoints. And a machine gun from Crota. Not bad. Now just to grind out the shards. I have a second chest checkpoint if anybody wants to try it.
 
gotdott said:
Took me 6 runs total io ;). Only one run didn't yield a weapon and I think I got helm that run (?) not sure
Insane.

My 9 runs have yielded:

- 1 class item
- 1 ship
- 5 weapons (with 1 a duplicate - still missing Hunger of Crota and the fusion rifle)
- 2 Titan armor (gloves, boots), 3 Hunter armor (boots, 2 sets of gloves), 2 Warlock armor (chest, gloves)
- not a single exotic

I have lots of energy and shards even after fully upgrading that Warlock chest piece and the sniper rifle. I can max 2 more armor pieces and probably one more weapon with what I have currently. But I'm waiting on other pieces and/or better rolls before I commit any more shards. I'll max the mini-Ghally if/when I get it.

So in less than a day after the reset I'm completely done with the Raid and have all the weeklies done except for the Heroic Weekly on my Warlock (which I can probably solo). Now I just have to finish up with Eris (probably 2-3 more days on my Warlock to each rank 4) and level up some of that new armor.

Oh yeah, I pretty much got crap from the Nightfall too: 12 ascendant energy on one run (at least it was a lot but I didn't need it), a legendary pulse rifle I think, and an upgraded Admonisher III RL but unfortunately with Void. My Void set for the Nightfall was Atheon's Epilogue, Praedyth's Revenge, and Truth (an exotic). So I don't really need a legendary void RL. Last time I got Admonisher III it had Arc which was more useful.
 
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Insane.

My 9 runs have yielded:

- 1 class item
- 1 ship
- 5 weapons (with 1 a duplicate - still missing Hunger of Crota and the fusion rifle)
- 2 Titan armor (gloves, boots), 3 Hunter armor (boots, 2 sets of gloves), 2 Warlock armor (chest, gloves)
- not a single exotic

I have lots of energy and shards even after fully upgrading that Warlock chest piece and the sniper rifle. I can max 2 more armor pieces and probably one more weapon with what I have currently. But I'm waiting on other pieces and/or better rolls before I commit any more shards. I'll max the mini-Ghally if/when I get it.

So in less than a day after the reset I'm completely done with the Raid and have all the weeklies done except for the Heroic Weekly on my Warlock (which I can probably solo). Now I just have to finish up with Eris (probably 2-3 more days on my Warlock to each rank 4) and level up some of that new armor.

Oh yeah, I pretty much got crap from the Nightfall too: 12 ascendant energy on one run (at least it was a lot but I didn't need it), a legendary pulse rifle I think, and an upgraded Admonisher III RL but unfortunately with Void. My Void set for the Nightfall was Atheon's Epilogue, Praedyth's Revenge, and Truth (an exotic). So I don't really need a legendary void RL. Last time I got Admonisher III it had Arc which was more useful.
I have Boots and Chest on all 3 classes over 7 runs, I guess they don't make gloves and helmets in my size, lol. 4 weapons, (2 shotguns, machine gun and fusion rifle. Nothing that great from Nightfall but I did get one of the exotic chests for Warlock. Doesn't look that good though.

Best thing was all the runs were pretty smooth with the CAG group and the randoms I found. I did have a funny run with a group that wanted to do Crota legit even though I just wanted to cheese through it due to time constraints. Guy was Like " fuck that cheese method, we'll just run it legit in the same amount of time". He then went on to miss the first jumps as the sword runner on 3 consecutive attempts. I don't like to bail on groups, but I just went straight to orbit after the 3rd failure. When facing about 12 straight hours of present wrapping tomorrow, ain't nobody got time for bad crota sword running.

 
I have Boots and Chest on all 3 classes over 7 runs, I guess they don't make gloves and helmets in my size, lol. 4 weapons, (2 shotguns, machine gun and fusion rifle. Nothing that great from Nightfall but I did get one of the exotic chests for Warlock. Doesn't look that good though.

Best thing was all the runs were pretty smooth with the CAG group and the randoms I found. I did have a funny run with a group that wanted to do Crota legit even though I just wanted to cheese through it due to time constraints. Guy was Like " fuck that cheese method, we'll just run it legit in the same amount of time". He then went on to miss the first jumps as the sword runner on 3 consecutive attempts. I don't like to bail on groups, but I just went straight to orbit after the 3rd failure. When facing about 12 straight hours of present wrapping tomorrow, ain't nobody got time for bad crota sword running.
Hell, I was trying to cheese with a friend and a group of randoms once we figured it out. The same guy kept dying every time and would not just shut up and focus. As you know if it gets screwed up it takes a long time to get everybody back in to try it again. So after the fourth attempt my friend and I were like, "We're done with this." I think after that I saw enough CAGs on and invited everybody in and we did it fairly quickly once everybody understood what was going on.

 
if you guys need a reason to switch back to faction rep building - there have been confirmations of faction ships dropping in care packages and they are NOT brown ;)

http://i.imgur.com/aHc57v1.jpg
Any news on which faction that is, I only do FWC on my sunbro.

They need to get new designs. Its like the same 3 ships with different wings/booster extension with a different paint job. Good to know it ain't brown though.

 
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