Official CAG Destiny Thread - Rise of Iron

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I have only played 6 games of salvage in total so you have to be close if you have played around that many games. They say that the stat you are looking for is the deployment stat they show at the end of the game stat table. But like you said, you very well might have satisfied the requirements, but are just stuck in limbo due to the wackiness of how achievements unlock in this game.
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Hmmm - OK, well I've played way more than 6 games (or maybe not - just seems that way with this mode). I thought you had to be present when capping the relic and then had to keep it. I'm sure I've not done that 20 times as in some matches we didn't cap any at all (though still won by deactivating the enemy ones and getting kills). I never paid attention to the stats at the end. I'll try logging out and back in and then if I don't have it maybe I'll run a few more games tonight before it goes away.

Edit: OK, I got it in just 2 more games. The first game I got dropped into when the other team was winning 9000 to 4000 or something so that ended quickly. But then in the next game we were capturing all the relics and the achievement actually popped in real time when I got the 4th or 5th one. Amazing. I ended up with 6 captures just in that one game. It did pop as soon as the probe was deployed, so that is what it is counting. It looks like you don't actually have to capture it successfully. So, yeah, that's done and I never have to deal with that mode any more!

 
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How did they manage to cram another Iron Banana in this week?  If the 2nd tiime they ran it after HoW dropped was too soon, then this one feels like a threepeat of kicks to the nuts. They are selling the Chest and Helmet plus Efrideet Spear and Timur Lash.  I have to stay away this time.  Not going to grind for armor and weapons I don't need or have room for...

Glad you got your final achievement io.  You might be the only person on earth who got flawless raider before the salvage achievement, lol.

 
Finally got my 3rd char. the Hunter up to level 20 and then immediately to 32.5 oh man that feels good.  Iron Banner this week too...whoa, will definitely get my hunter to 34 by Monday.

 
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Just curious... anyone playing Iron Banner and is there a lot of lag going on?
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Yeah there was way too much lag going on last night. Bungie did lay down the banhammer on people that were using network manipulation. Thank god. I haven't encountered it in Trials *knocks on wood* but man Iron Banana has been bad.

Had a game last night where the whole first part of the game was nothing but lag. Shot a guy twice in the face with a sniper and then he doesn't die and I miraculously die. Then after the other team was up about 5000 pts, it magically stabilized... :roll: We came back and boom lag again. fuck all these no skill cheaters.

 
Xur is selling Suros.  I haven't had that since I dismantled one a long time ago when I was in desperate need of an exotic shard.  Oh how times have changed.  I'll buy a couple along with those Titan gauntlets, just because I don't have them. 

 
Yeah, so Trials of Osiris.  fuck that noise.  I'm barely okay at PvP, but I was doing pretty dang good the last few times I really focused on it.  But entering the Trials is a whole 'nuther ballgame.  I was playing with a couple guys from Federation of Fathers and we got our asses handed to us. 

We knocked out a 34 PoE in no time flat after that, though.  :D/

 
 
simosaurus said:
All good things, but dammit, why did I bother to ascend any of this $#@+???
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Yep, good thing I have been doing Nightfall only for a few weeks now. Really glad I didn't even bother with Iron Banana this past week.

Maybe they will let us trade in Etheric Light for faction rep!!!!! :beer: Speaking of that I don't think I ever turned in my commendations when HoW released.

 
For the digital vanilla version of TTK, any reason to wait on the preorder or should I just do it now? There's preorder bonuses right?
 
Ryuukishi said:
For the digital vanilla version of TTK, any reason to wait on the preorder or should I just do it now? There'us preorder bonuses right?
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Yeah, you get a Suros pack and some special "Year One" stuff. It'll be nice to see you round the Tower again, Ryuu. :)
 
All the new stuff and tweaks to the old stuff sound absolutely fan- fuck -ing tastic!  I might even delete a character and start over to experience the entire game from square one.  I mean, sure it sucks that the old gear will be obsolete, but we wanted stuff to do, right?  Well, we got stuff to do.  Lots of it. 

 
GLOCKGLOCK said:
Yep, good thing I have been doing Nightfall only for a few weeks now. Really glad I didn't even bother with Iron Banana this past week.

Maybe they will let us trade in Etheric Light for faction rep!!!!! :beer: Speaking of that I don't think I ever turned in my commendations when HoW released.
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Yep, definitely glad I didn't touch the game last week at all. I'm sort of pissed I spent any time on it the last 2 months, actually. Just as I predicted, being away from the game for an extended length of time just makes it less likely I'll be back. I just don't feel the allure any more. I'm really toying with one of two completely independent (and almost contradictory) ideas:

1) Simply stopping. Just giving it up in favor of work, family, and other games. I spent FAR too much time on this game.

2) Picking up one of those sweet PS4 systems and starting the game up anew on that.

Yeah, those are completely different approaches, I know. But I guess I feel like it might be more interesting to reacquire everything - though it seems like that is what everyone will have to do anyway...

 
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[quote name="io" post="12848489" timestamp="1438730720"]Yep, definitely glad I didn't touch the game last week at all. I'm sort of pissed I spent any time on it the last 2 months, actually. Just as I predicted, being away from the game for an extended length of time just makes it less likely I'll be back. I just don't feel the allure any more. I'm really toying with one of two completely independent (and almost contradictory) ideas:

1) Simply stopping. Just giving it up in favor of work, family, and other games. I spent FAR too much time on this game.
2) Picking up one of those sweet PS4 systems and starting the game up anew on that.

Yeah, those are completely different approaches, I know. But I guess I feel like it might be more interesting to reacquire everything - though it seems like that is what everyone will have to do anyway...[/quote]
3 Pick up ESO. I'd love to play ESO with the Destiny CAGs.
 
More than the gear and weapon thing, I'm excited for what we can *DO* with the Taken King expansion.  It sounds like they've taken everything I love about the game, added in more organic and consistent storytelling, elements from the VoG with puzzles and what not, and added those into the main game (story missions + bounties). 

 
Renegade Moose said:
3 Pick up ESO. I'd love to play ESO with the Destiny CAGs.
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Dude, what do you think I've been doing the past few weeks instead of playing Destiny?

chubbyninja1319 said:
More than the gear and weapon thing, I'm excited for what we can *DO* with the Taken King expansion. It sounds like they've taken everything I love about the game, added in more organic and consistent storytelling, elements from the VoG with puzzles and what not, and added those into the main game (story missions + bounties).
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I guess I haven't been reading up on any of this as I have no idea what you are talking about. One of the reasons I'm thinking of giving it up is I'm expecting it just to be more of the same. How is it different? I didn't see anything in those linked articles except a different voice for your ghost and a different leveling system.

 
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[quote name="io" post="12848624" timestamp="1438734644"]Dude, what do you think I've been doing the past few weeks instead of playing Destiny?


I guess I haven't been reading up on any of this as I have no idea what you are talking about. One of the reasons I'm thinking of giving it up is I'm expecting it just to be more of the same. How is it different? I didn't see anything in those linked articles except a different voice for your ghost and a different leveling system.[/quote]
Shows how close I've been watching my friends list. Too busy hunting Riddler trophies. Once I finish Batman I will have to jump back into ESO.
 
Renegade Moose said:
Shows how close I've been watching my friends list. Too busy hunting Riddler trophies. Once I finish Batman I will have to jump back into ESO.
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Yeah, I've already completed the entire Ebonhart Pact (getting all the explorer points and skyshards). I'm just about to hit Veteran Rank 2 and my character got bumped to the Dominion. I still want to do more of the PvE and PvP stuff in Cyrodiil too. I've only been there once and it was kind of fun. There's some massively chaotic multiplayer stuff there (with tons more people involved than in Destiny). Plus sneaking around trying to do PvE stuff while you have the chance of getting attacked by other players is sort of an interesting dynamic.

I also need to do more of the group dungeons if you want to run those. I've only done a couple. There is sort of a matchmaking system in the group finder, but sometimes it takes an hour or two and by then the people who are joining will often bail or just ignore the group message. So I've only completed 1 or 2 of them.

 
The new trailer out of Gamescom is pretty cool.  As it lists off the things we've done, it makes me feel like "yeah, I'm a bad ass, look at all this stuff I've been part of" and I like that.  Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeSgVmBonhY

Also, here is a link to the article at Kotaku that got me excited about the new stuff coming with TTK.  Hopefully it'll help others to stick with Destiny for the long run:

http://kotaku.com/destiny-the-taken-king-sounds-promising-as-hell-1722072935

Some highlights:

  • There are eight new story missions that Bungie’s calling the “first act” of The Taken King, and then there will be a host of other quests and bounty chains that you can get from various vendors at the Reef and Tower. One example of these endgame quests: Unsealed Paradox, a mission set inside the Vault of Glass that’s all about a certain dude by the name of Praedyth. There’s also the raid, of course; it’s called King’s Fall and Bungie’s hyping it up to hell and back. (So stoked for this one.)
  • Lots of little story touches—because what would Destiny be without story?—like the new Nolan North-voiced Ghost jabbering with Eris Morn, Zavala, and other various characters as you play. You’ll also be able to examine random objects during missions for little blasts of lore, Bungie says. Maybe this is how they’ll implement all those grimoire cards?
  • They’re reorganizing old story missions too, to better incorporate the stuff from The Dark Below and House of Wolves into the main quest. The reef, for example, will now open up once you meet the Awoken Queen.
  • Members of the Taken—the new enemy race—have all sorts of abilities: Taken Wizards, for example, will summon shadow thralls to kill you. Taken Vandals have Titan-Defender-like shields and Taken Captains throw orbs that can temporarily blind you.
  • There are four new strikes: Fallen Saber (on Earth; you’ll fight against a super-powered Shank); Shield Brothers (on the Dreadnaught; you’ll take out two Cabal leaders); Sunless Cell (hunt down a Hive Darkblade who rebelled against Oryx); and Echo Chamber (this is the PlayStation-exclusive one; it’s yet another Vex mind). Three old strikes are also getting remixed: Dust Palace, Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae.
  • These new strikes have “raid-light” mechanics, Bungie says; in other words, you won’t just be killing waves of enemies, thank god. And since the developers are well aware of how repetitive strikes are, they’re triggering these new and revised strikes to change up enemies and even narrations on replays, which could be either really great or really irritating. No in-between.
 
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Does anybody know yet if there will be a "boxed" version of the $40 version of The Taken King? I am hoping even if the DLC comes in a game case that I will be able to get it for $32 at Best Buy after GCU.
 
I don't believe there will be a boxed version of TTK alone.  It's $60 for the legendary ed ($48 w/ GCU) with all of the Destiny content or $80 for the CE at gamestop. 

I need dat strange coin so it's the CE for me. 

 
chubbyninja1319 said:
I don't believe there will be a boxed version of TTK alone. It's $60 for the legendary ed ($48 w/ GCU) with all of the Destiny content or $80 for the CE at gamestop.

I need dat strange coin so it's the CE for me.
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If I get the $60 version($48 after GCU) will I than be able to dump the both of the DLC packs (The Dark Below and The House of Wolves) on E-Bay that I already have?

 
Not sure.  I've heard a couple different things......like Destiny + TDB + HOW are all on disc and TTK is a download code.  I applaud your CAG like thought process, though.  :applause:

 
You could probably sell the strange coin and some of the other CE extras to offset the costs if you buy the $80 version from GS.  There is a suros armory code for pre ordering that I believe is GS exclusive too.  Even better if any of the year 1 stuff ends up being dlc codes instead of on disc.   Some of these codes and CE extras can go for a nice price if you sell them immediately.  I think you would end up ahead if you go that route, but there is obviously a lot more legwork than just picking it up for $48 at BB with GCU.

Overall despite my bitching last night, I am getting excited for TTK.  I haven't been playing very much so that has helped me avoid burnout and now that we know that Legendary weapons and armor won't be brought up to year 2 there is really no reason to grind for anything. I can just do my nightfalls and hope for the Bones of Eao to drop and move onto something else.  I wonder if they will bring exotics up to Year 2 though?  I'm guessing they will since you can only equip one, but who knows.  A full set of new achievements isn't a bad thing to get me interested again as well (at least until they reveal an achievement for getting to the Lighthouse in Trials).

I won't be getting into ESO.  I don't need to get sucked into another time sink.  Destiny is the closest I need to get to a "MMO" type game.  Glad you guys are enjoying it though.  It does have an 'interesting' achievement list with some insanely high TA ratios, which include a Fishing achievement that only one person in the world has unlocked.... sign me up!

 
chubbyninja1319 said:
Sorry I'm bombing the thread today. I'm working from home and I get bored with work sometimes. ;)

Here's a funny quick Q&A with Luke Smith about TTK. I got a chuckle a couple of times.

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2015/08/05/104-questions-and-answers-about-destiny-the-taken-king.aspx
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Nice, I'll have to check it out when I get home. The guys in the PS4 thread have been posting some stuff they have compiled from reddit and other sources that are being changed as well so check it out when you get a chance.

io said:
Yep, definitely glad I didn't touch the game last week at all. I'm sort of pissed I spent any time on it the last 2 months, actually. Just as I predicted, being away from the game for an extended length of time just makes it less likely I'll be back. I just don't feel the allure any more. I'm really toying with one of two completely independent (and almost contradictory) ideas:

1) Simply stopping. Just giving it up in favor of work, family, and other games. I spent FAR too much time on this game.

2) Picking up one of those sweet PS4 systems and starting the game up anew on that.

Yeah, those are completely different approaches, I know. But I guess I feel like it might be more interesting to reacquire everything - though it seems like that is what everyone will have to do anyway...
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That is funny you mention playing it all over again on the PS4, but when I got burnt out a few weeks ago I actually bought Destiny for $10 on PS4 from target when there was a cartwheel deal. Played through the first part and realized I needed PS+ to do strikes or anything co-op/MP in the game and just ended up scrapping the idea. I'd say with the info that has come out the past few days there is no reason to play either version right now, especially if you are max level. No reason to grind. So I'd suggest just doing NF or nothing at all until we get more details. Use it as your destiny vacation and then be ready to grind again on September 15th... :beer:

Hopefully they let you create a 4th character or have some way to let you replay through the entire story again since they claim they have tightened things up.

 
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I want a 4th slot too, but it's not needed to replay the story ;)

But if anyone wanted to jump ship,  TTK would be a good point since it's basically a full reset of the way things were done.  The only tough part would be re-acquiring the exotics.

 
[quote name="GLOCKGLOCK" post="12850100" timestamp="1438807764"]Nice, I'll have to check it out when I get home. The guys in the PS4 thread have been posting some stuff they have compiled from reddit and other sources that are being changed as well so check it out when you get a chance.

That is funny you mention playing it all over again on the PS4, but when I got burnt out a few weeks ago I actually bought Destiny for $10 on PS4 from target when there was a cartwheel deal. Played through the first part and realized I needed PS+ to do strikes or anything co-op/MP in the game and just ended up scrapping the idea. I'd say with the info that has come out the past few days there is no reason to play either version right now, especially if you are max level. No reason to grind. So I'd suggest just doing NF or nothing at all until we get more details. Use it as your destiny vacation and then be ready to grind again on September 15th... :beer:

Hopefully they let you create a 4th character or have some way to let you replay through the entire story again since they claim they have tightened things up.[/quote]
Well you can replay any mission you want... Just don't get to watch the speaker tell you he doesn't have time to explain the urgency of your whatever. ;)
 
So after 5 failed attempts at killing Skolas, I figured I'll try my luck at DestinyLFG.net and see if there are any openings for matches at Skolas CP. 

There are more than I expected, and after trying to get invites from a few, one finally got through to me, and I met up with 2 what seemed like young very annoying kids.  They had no idea what they were doing, one of them got frustrated after dying 3 times and just dropped...I asked his buddy what happened, and he said he got a message to go play CoD with him, so he said he was going to make me party leader so that I can find 2 more people. 

I posted to LFG asking for 2...got 2 bites almost instantly, the two randoms that joined me had already beaten Skolas in the past and they were way knowledgeable on the process and basically schooled me.  Together we took down Skolas in 45min (Would have been sooner but we died at the mines the first time...just bad timing/Skolas positioning when the first mine went live), and I couldn't be happier.  This was definitely the best experience I've had on LFG, just super impressed with the 2 dudes I ran, and best of all....

I deed it!!!! :whee:
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LinkinPrime said:
So after 5 failed attempts at killing Skolas, I figured I'll try my luck at DestinyLFG.net and see if there are any openings for matches at Skolas CP.

There are more than I expected, and after trying to get invites from a few, one finally got through to me, and I met up with 2 what seemed like young very annoying kids. They had no idea what they were doing, one of them got frustrated after dying 3 times and just dropped...I asked his buddy what happened, and he said he got a message to go play CoD with him, so he said he was going to make me party leader so that I can find 2 more people.

I posted to LFG asking for 2...got 2 bites almost instantly, the two randoms that joined me had already beaten Skolas in the past and they were way knowledgeable on the process and basically schooled me. Together we took down Skolas in 45min (Would have been sooner but we died at the mines the first time...just bad timing/Skolas positioning when the first mine went live), and I couldn't be happier. This was definitely the best experience I've had on LFG, just super impressed with the 2 dudes I ran, and best of all....

I deed it!!!! :whee:
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Congrats on finally getting that Skolas!!!

I actually came here to see what you guys are even doing now that it seems most of our progress made this entire year will be essentially wiped clear for Taken King when I saw that last part of your post and reminded me to go check mine and I still need to find a few golden chests apparently so it looks like I will actually load up Destiny in the near future to nab those. What was the cut-off time for that thing? *edit* just kidding I scrolled a little further down on the app and saw there is a countdown timer and I have over a month to still get it hah

 
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Nice work Linkin.  I have actually had good luck on LFG for Skolas runs as well.  

Also Bones of Eao for sale this week for Xur so if I remember to log on I'll have all the exotics once again.

 
Is it too late to get in on that Red Bull DLC thing? I wasn't paying much attention at the time but I thought there was some issue where the codes weren't working or something.

Checked out that Triumphs thing and the only things I need are the Golden Chests, Hard Raids, and Hard Prison...

 
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Ryuukishi said:
Is it too late to get in on that Red Bull DLC thing? I wasn't paying much attention at the time but I thought there was some issue where the codes weren't working or something.

Checked out that Triumphs thing and the only things I need are the Golden Chests, Hard Raids, and Hard Prison...
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I sell codes for $1 each, PM if interested, you're only gonna need 1 for the quest but If you're absolutely cheap you could wait until January 1st. Every code gives a XP boost for 30 mins, stacks with nightfall boost and telemetries. Or you could buy a can at 7-11
 
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Yeah, still have a few friends that I play with regularly and I found them thru LFG.  It can work out well.

But I also don't really feel like going back to LFG either :lol: .  Got a nice butt-groove here and once my current friends stop Destiny'g, I'll leave too.

 
I'm still undecided in what I want to do when Taken King comes out...

-Still Kept my pre-order, I intend to get all the achievements at the very least but after that I may be moving on unless I can get a consistent group of my friends to continue playing PvP.

Pros:

-The monotony of using the same old weapons will now be gone.  If the armory is like they say it is, I'm very excited because at the core, the gunplay is the best period and nothing is even close.  Gunplay is what I love most about the game.  Not the loot.  The GUNPLAY

-I'm fine with Light Level being gone.  IMO it was a system that limited them and made it purely dependent on gear drops.

-Smart RNG so to speak where it takes into account previous drops.

-Finally being able to wear whatever class item and get rep for what faction you want.  This should have been in the game from the start

Cons:

-I can't help but feel that Bungie can't make up their minds.  I just want it one way or the other none of this flip flop back and forth bullshit.

-I'm fuck 'ing salty as hell about my Trials weapons that I worked for being made irrelevant so soon.  Make the previous 2 expansion weapons worthless and let us keep our PoE and ToO guns till the next expansion Bungie.

-Vault Space.... They know this is the number one thing wished for.  I think that by making the older weapons irrelevant is the way they are addressing this for the time being. 

-Going back to vault space, I don't buy for a fucking minute that they are limited by the previous gen.  I mean we are getting a bank for shaders that we can pull in and out of freely.  I think they are yanking our chains.

-If my previous gripe is off point, then drop fuck ing support for 360 and PS3.  They are limiting the PS4 and X1.

I'm kind of miffed that they mentioned nerfing the Black Hammer but why would they do that when it is going to be irrelevant now anyways?  It goes back to me thinking they are flip flopping.

Anyways, I will playing a lot less now that I have the Bones of Eao.  Exotics collection complete.  My nightfalls this week were poop.  Strange Coin twice and a shitty rolled Eternal Warrior.  Oh well at least Xur didn't let me down.  Also the shittiest trials map is the choice this week... Thieves Den sucks something fierce.  :bomb:

 
Well, my intentions to hit Skolas last night didn't pan out.  Spousal duties took priority over gaming for a couple people, but I still had 3 guys from another group who said they were willing, but then were total no-shows.  I think that second batch got scared off when they realized lightswitch was active this week.

I have other real-world plans tonight, so I guess I will try to put a fireteam together again next week.  I know I still have over a month to knock this out, but I'm eager to finally check this box.  

 
Sorry about having to bail on our plans. But those guys bailing because of light switch are lame. Drunkz and I, with a last minute assist from io, did it with light switch. I'll be there next week. We got this.
 
chubbyninja1319 said:
Sorry about having to bail on our plans. But those guys bailing because of light switch are lame. Drunkz and I, with a last minute assist from io, did it with light switch. I'll be there next week. We got this.
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Nah, no need to apologize. I totally get that if the better-half calls, you must answer. ;)
 
So, I'm getting back into Destiny. I haven't played since hitting 29 before any of the xpacks came out. Any tips for me to get through the content needed to get the special reward within the next 24 days or so? I'm now level 30 with enough badges to buy some gear.
 
Hit 31 now and have enough badges to buy more gear still. Hrmmm... I also upgraded my icebreaker. Beyond that, I'm lost.

If anyone feels like adding me for some playtime, I'm on Xbox One. "BeFlatLine" is my gamertag.
 
Fearia said:
Hit 31 now and have enough badges to buy more gear still. Hrmmm... I also upgraded my icebreaker. Beyond that, I'm lost. If anyone feels like adding me for some playtime, I'm on Xbox One. "BeFlatLine" is my gamertag.
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As soon as you hit 32, I'd recommend doing the 32 Prison of Elders for an Armor Core and buy a piece of armor from Variks. If you can manage to snag an Etheric Light or 2, that would help immensely.

Sadly it seems like most everyone that was active seems to be either taking a break or quitting the game all together. :/

On a side note:

So glad Laced Up Lauren is going to be on one of the Twitch reveals. She is a very good community ambassador and is a great choice of a community member.

I'm starting to get excited for Taken King. The search for the next VoC and Fatebringer is going to be fun. :)

EDIT: Did anyone else buy the Nepal shirt? I heard they were supposedly sending out codes for the shader this week but so far nothing for me. I was just curious.

 
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Ha ha, yes. The recent Gally drops must have been from RNG for Generosity knowing that Xur was coming with a sack full of rocket launchers. Good thing his stuff doesn't go on back order, lol.

Anyway, I needed two more GH'sand now I have one per toon. I'm good.
 
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