Heh - still lurking. I go on Destiny each week for about 5 minutes to get my Variks package with each character and that's it. I'm really leaning towards not getting TTK. It is exactly as I feared it would go - once I took a break, I found no compelling reason to go back. And I really think things are much better this way. I was letting Destiny control my time with all its daily/weekly/weekend (Trials) time limited bullshit. At first I liked the game for having that stuff as it gave you incentive to be on regularly. But now that I haven't been doing that stuff, I realize it was a huge waste of time. I was spending so much time trying to get groups together for various things or having to mess with LFG nonsense, that it stopped being fun. Trials was the final nail in the coffin for what was becoming a grind at that point anyway. The game simply stopped being FUN.
R version: I don't know what I'm going to do and will play it by ear as to cost/value whether I get TTK, the full physical CE, or even the PS4 bundle - or skip it entirely.
That is how I felt when I left after TDB, it was almost as if I had gotten out of an abusive relationship haha. When I went back for HoW then I just approached it with a very different mindset. I just went back to enjoy the game with friends. If I didn't get something one week, oh well. If I didn't play for a whole week, double oh well. I basically just played when other friends were playing and had a very relaxed attitude about the whole game and the progression of my characters.Heh - still lurking. I go on Destiny each week for about 5 minutes to get my Variks package with each character and that's it. I'm really leaning towards not getting TTK. It is exactly as I feared it would go - once I took a break, I found no compelling reason to go back. And I really think things are much better this way. I was letting Destiny control my time with all it's daily/weekly/weekend (Trials) time limited bullshit. At first I liked the game for having that stuff as it gave you incentive to be on regularly. But now that I haven't been doing that stuff, I realize it was a huge waste of time. I was spending so much time trying to get groups together for various things or having to mess with LFG nonsense, that it stopped being fun. Trials was the final nail in the coffin for what was becoming a grind at that point anyway. The game simply stopped being FUN.
I still have the CE preordered at GS and I have some Xbox Live money that is expiring in a week or two. I'm not sure what to do with that since there isn't anything I want to buy on the Xbox One at this point. If TTK was up there for preorder I might do that just to use the money I will otherwise lose. But I looked last night and it appears that only the digital CE for $79.99 is available for preorder. If I thought I could portion out the physical CE contents (selling the base game and TDB/HoW code) and get most of my money back I'd do that. But I think the original game disc will be worth very little and the TDB/HoW code will be pretty worthless too as most people will just come in right with TTK. So most likely I'll pick up the GS preorder, stare at it for a few days, then return it.
I may wait till TTK by itself is on sale later in the year and grab it then. I have too much time into the game to abandon it completely. I'm also still toying with the idea of getting the PS4 bundle and starting over there. If I can get a good deal on the bundle at the last minute (as I see nothing now to indicate there will be one) I might do that.
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R version: I don't know what I'm going to do and will play it by ear as to cost/value whether I get TTK, the full physical CE, or even the PS4 bundle - or skip it entirely.[/quote]It is actually when it stopped being fun with friends that it lost me. This goes back a little to what I said when HoW came out. Not having a Raid really fractured groups. My regular Raid crew that ran at reset on Mondays nearly every week for Crota was pretty much disbanded because of the lack of 6-player content. That fracture occurred right around the time we found out there would be no Raid in HoW. We soldiered on with who was left but it was always a hassle to get people to run all the 3-player stuff, especially Trials. I had fun with that for a few weeks but when you don't have reliable people to play with it becomes a chore of messaging and trying to coordinate and all that. And almost no one is willing to play that casually - you have to be a super-serious try-hard (to use a term that I despise). The CAG crew is great, but most of you guys want to play too early for me and that interferes with family time. I was getting in plenty of trouble with that early on with Atheon/Crota.
I was on the store on the Xbox last night and only the digital CE was available for preorder. I'll look again. I think I have like $10 expiring next week and another $12 expiring mid-Sept. Unless there is a good sale next week (this week was a bust) or I find something I am compelled to buy for full price I might just buy it. But it will be hard to fire it up - especially if the Raid isn't even coming day one.
Comparing stats with my roll of Red Dot, Third Eye, Flared Magwell, Hidden Hand: It has less range and stability but same rate of fire and impact but to me it seems like it shoots faster. It does have 30 in the mag compared to 24 with messenger. I have yet to try it in PvP but if the range suffers that much I might re-roll mine to have Rangefinder and maybe Rodeo or Third eye. I already like it better for PvE when I was using it to level it up.
All the Taken King changes are positive. I'm all for the weapons not coming back like IceBreaker and Jellyhorn. Finding the next gun like those is going to be fun. That does however hinge upon if they live up to their word of the armory being as big as they say. I like how it is a reset of pretty much everything. The PvP changes are what I am most interested and looking so forward to finally getting my hands on that damn Hawkmoon.Heh - still lurking. I go on Destiny each week for about 5 minutes to get my Variks package with each character and that's it. I'm really leaning towards not getting TTK. It is exactly as I feared it would go - once I took a break, I found no compelling reason to go back. And I really think things are much better this way. I was letting Destiny control my time with all its daily/weekly/weekend (Trials) time limited bullshit. At first I liked the game for having that stuff as it gave you incentive to be on regularly. But now that I haven't been doing that stuff, I realize it was a huge waste of time. I was spending so much time trying to get groups together for various things or having to mess with LFG nonsense, that it stopped being fun. Trials was the final nail in the coffin for what was becoming a grind at that point anyway. The game simply stopped being FUN.
I still have the CE preordered at GS and I have some Xbox Live money that is expiring in a week or two. I'm not sure what to do with that since there isn't anything I want to buy on the Xbox One at this point. If TTK was up there for preorder I might do that just to use the money I will otherwise lose. But I looked last night and it appears that only the digital CE for $79.99 is available for preorder. If I thought I could portion out the physical CE contents (selling the base game and TDB/HoW code) and get most of my money back I'd do that. But I think the original game disc will be worth very little and the TDB/HoW code will be pretty worthless too as most people will just come in right with TTK. So most likely I'll pick up the GS preorder, stare at it for a few days, then return it.
I may wait till TTK by itself is on sale later in the year and grab it then. I have too much time into the game to abandon it completely. I'm also still toying with the idea of getting the PS4 bundle and starting over there. If I can get a good deal on the bundle at the last minute (as I see nothing now to indicate there will be one) I might do that.
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Damn man yeah it only took about 10. On top of that I got a legendary engram as a reward in the same strike :lol: Now I might actually try for Dry Rot just so I can see what 4th Horseman is going to be about.Happy for you to have gotten a HP.
Hate you because it only took 10 strikes (I needed about 100)
Enjoy, I rolled mine with Outlaw, Braced Frame and Hidden Hand. Red Dot sights.
It was still available a few weeks ago online. Today is the first time I looked and saw that it wasn't available any more! That's another reason why I think it won't be worth selling in pieces (and keeping TTK and the CE codes) - there will be too many others doing the same.
If you get the base Taken King at retail you should be able to hopefully sell the Destiny disc for $10 at BB or something and then the going price for the first two expansions on eBay has been $25ish together. I am going to just piece it out and with the GCU discount I should then end up paying ~$20 for TTK and then can justify the extra $20 on the CE content if it seems worth it (which I do not think it will be).
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Hopscotch can be made better than Messenger, depending on your luck re-forging it.
I missed the middle part of the strike, but it was so short I'm not sure I missed that much. The new subclasses did look pretty cool, haveto say that is one of the things I'm most looking forward to. The Strike seemed kind of lame to me. Didn't really seem to show off the fallen enemies that much, at least not from what I could tell. Felt like the same old Cabal strike in year 1 including a Tank 1/2 way through the level. The team they had playing ran through it like nothing, but they were level 40 vs level 36 enemies, although I'm not sure exactly what that means anymore with level no longer equal to light level.On the Bungie Twitch were people really saying racist shit? I was watching it on Laced Up Lauren's channel and it was so chill and relaxed. Plus the chat wasn't moving at 1000 MPH.
That said that stream was short and sweet but I'm ready for TTK. Hype is through the roof!
Dat Titan Super...
I got the Suros pack and the Vanguard pack from ordering the digital edition from the MS store.
Going to use the consumable once TTK is out to level up my Titan to 25.
this game. I'm going to play some Lego Marvel Heroes.
Even though the achievements are bullshit, I'll still be getting it. I had just hoped that they would finally realize that achievements are important to a segment of gamers and push the game up to 2000gs or something more than that. 250gs is an improvement from what they did for TDB and HoW, but that isn't saying much considering they did absolutely nothing. It is sad that adding 250gs has some people on the achievement sites satisfied, but for most it is better than nothing.
Thanks, glad you finished your triumphs and glad I don't ever have to run that skolas fight ever again.Okay, major shout-out to Glock/Drunkz: He helped me and another guy with our first Skolas kill last night/this morning. We thought we lost him at one point when his mic died, but he really stuck with us and pulled us through that kill when I would have given up. Thank you, Glock, and I hope the spousal repercussions are minimal.
Moments of Triumph complete. Now...
Heh. Yeah, one time was enough for me. Although, I may run it again...when I'm level 40 and have that new exotic rail gun.Thanks, glad you finished your triumphs and glad I don't ever have to run that skolas fight ever again.
Just read this morning that the raid won't be active on 9/15 and will come "at a later date."
Not too surprising really. IIRC, Crota normal was the only raid available right away. Plus, it's gonna take a little bit of time to not only hit the new max level but also get some new max weapons
Glad Trials is coming back with new rewards. It is my favorite activity in the game due to having to have skill and/or teamwork. Even if it didn't give new rewards, I'd still play it every weekend. My crew I run it with it is a guaranteed Lighthouse run when we play. I was doing work last night. 16 kills in one game.
I'm not sure, other than watching the streams the past two weeks and following this and the PS4 thread I haven't been doing much research on TTK. I guess I need to read up on some of the stuff on planetdestiny and the other sites. Probably will wait until this stream and then do some reading on things when I get some free time over this long weekend.
2 weeks until that gun is done forever. Still never ascended mine. No reason to at this point.
ing lutely awesome. Pretty cool of Bungie & Sony to give PS4 bundles to Lauren, Mr. Fruit, Goth, Broman and Triplewreck to give to their twitch followers.
We are getting the PS Year One weapons. The thing that I am fuzzy and bungie really hasn't said is if we just get Year 2 versions of it or if we will also get the Year ones and that they will be in the older loot tables (VoG, Crota, PoE). Monte Carlo, Hawkmoon, and 4th Horseman are all coming along for year 2, they pretty much were forced with that because the Xbox fanbase would be pretty pissed.
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