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CAG - GT

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ajh2298 - ajh2298

  • Just one character a current level 32 Warlock
  • Don't really have any great gear to speak of and still have only run Crota once and only 3/4 of the VoG.
  • I live in the EST and my gaming schedule is all over the place because of my work schedule.
  • Always need people to run the Nightfalls with.

BrolyB593 - VASHtheSTAMP3D3

  • Have all 3 characters with no preference
  • All 32+ with every weapon (pre-HoW)
  • Likes shooting things in games

GLOCKGLOCK - DRUNKZ 27

  • All 3 characters 32 with no real preference which one I run
  • All Exotics and raid gear (except that damn praetorian foil)
  • Will run sword on normal
  • Interested in Flawless Raider achievement
  • Fatebringer is overrated
  • I like fine IPAs :beer:

io - Odibee

  • Have all 3 chars with no preference
  • Warlock is 33, Titan/Hunter are 32
  • Proud owner of 4 Gjallarhorns

LinkinPrime - LinkinPrime

  • Class: Warlock (Main)/ Titan 25 (Didn't bother ranking up)
  • Timezone: PST (Usually play after 8pm PT, but can be found in the early PM sometimes
  • Exotics: Suros 365/Ice Breaker 331/Thorn 331/Truth 331/Thunderlord 321
  • Play Style: PvP because of matchmaking, but like to play PvE whenever possible to obtain new gear/chat with good peeps

Ryuukishi - Ryuukishi634

  • Hunter 32, Titan and Warlock 29
  • I still need the Hard Raid and Clan Raid achievements!
  • Hand cannons rule, auto rifles drool

Simosaurus - Simosaurus

  • Three toons; one of each class with no preference
  • I game in EST, but sometimes make bad decisions on Tuesday nights and stay up late
  • Good collection of gear and exotics, but io and Drunkz won't give me even one of their Gjallarhorns   :bomb:  :bomb:  :bomb:
  • However, I have 2 of just about everything else
  • Mostly play PvE, but I need to give PvP a shot more often

twztid13 - twztid13

  • All 3 characters 32 with no real preference which one I run
  • All Exotics and raid gear prior to HoW
  • Will run sword on normal with all 3, and hard with Hunter on Crota's End
  • I still like doing Atheon, and can handle relic in all places in VoG
  • Interested in Flawless Raider achievement
  • I love Scout Rifles and Fatebringer ;)

Vendetta_x360 - Vendetta X360

  • Hunter is my main (I like both sub-classes).  I like the Warlock more than the Titan but am learning slowly how to use a Titan in PvP
  • All characters are 34.
  • Can run sword on both Hard and Normal.
  • Have all raid & exotic gear through Crota.
  • Can run relic in Vault on all parts.
  • Prefer Scouts for PvE and Hand Cannons (Last Word moreso than Thorn but can run both) for PvP
  • Better sniper than shotgunner :razz:
  • Really getting into PvP lately and will probably be playing/practicing in that for Trials of Osiris
 
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If you guys want your GT's posted, I'm going to wait for the okay rather than just list them.  So for now only mine will be posted.  If you want I can go more in depth like if you like using relic, or can run sword, and your gear if we really want to go in depth.  Not required but I'm going to list that for myself.  :)

 
GLOCKGLOCK - DRUNKZ 27

  • All 3 characters 32 with no real preference which one I run
  • All Exotics and raid gear (except that damn praetorian foil)
  • Will run sword on normal
  • Interested in Flawless Raider achievement
  • Fatebringer is overrated
  • I like fine IPAs :beer:
 
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twztid13 is my username here & GT everywhere I game

  • All 3 characters 32 with no real preference which one I run
  • All Exotics and raid gear prior to HoW
  • Will run sword on normal with all 3, and hard with Hunter on Crota's End
  • I still like doing Atheon, and can handle relic in all places in VoG
  • Interested in Flawless Raider achievement
  • I love Scout Rifles and Fatebringer ;)
 
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rada5auru5

Prodigal son, I will return... sometime soon. Add me so I have ppl to play with next time I fire it up. Someone is going to have to explain HoW to me.

Titan and Warlock. No Gjalihorn. Voted most likely to need a revive.
 
io - Odibee
  • Have all 3 chars with no preference
  • Warlock is 33, Titan/Hunter are 32
  • Proud owner of 4 Gjallarhorns
 
BrolyB593 - VASHtheSTAMP3D3

  • Have all 3 characters with no preference
  • All 32+ with every weapon (pre-HoW)
  • Likes shooting things in games


That being said you should add chump to that list. I was playing PvP to get some crucible marks to buy a Scout Rifle and reroll the hell out of it.... well in doing so I got the new HoW PvP Scout Rifle (NL Shadow 701X) which in itself is pretty awesome. I spent over over 175 motes before I finally had the smart idea to Google and see if Outlaw and Firefly were both possible and realized they aren't... awesome hahah what an idiot.

I ended up settling with

-QuickDraw IS

-Rodeo

-Oiled Frame

-Firefly

It overall is pretty damn amazing with maxed reload speed, really solid recoil and of course Firefly.. just wish I hadn't wasted so much material. I ended up using all my Ascendant Shards to turn into Glimmer and Motes as well as like 100 of said energies to turn into Shards and then more motes and Glimmer..... I really should have looked it up first I feel like an idiot haha

 
Added a small FAQ for those of you with questions about PoE.  Hopefully that helps.  I've been reading more and more about it while at work. Yes I'm a goddamn Destiny addict.  ;)

Anyone else loving the new DLC?  I really really like it and the changes that they made were all for the better.  It is going to be a grind to get my 3x Fang, Fatebringer, Vision, Praedyth's etc... all up to the new damage level.... :cry:

 
Nice thread Vendetta. 

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Finally unlocked PoE, ran the 28 and got Thunderlord AKA an exotic shard.  Oh well.   It was fun, but its so stupid that they don't have matchmaking on the other levels. 

 
^ Hah, that's exactly what I got out of it the first time. It sure seems like your first PoE chest opening gives you an exotic. I think everyone who's opened one has gotten an exotic that first time. My other 3 last night only yielded legendaries - even on level 34.

Also, so far it seems like the new exotics have only dropped from Nightfall. I haven't heard of anyone getting a new exotic from Gorgon chest, Atheon, Crota, or even the PoE chest.

Vendetta_x360 said:
It is going to be a grind to get my 3x Fang, Fatebringer, Vision, Praedyth's etc... all up to the new damage level.... :cry:
Maybe not. I just got a message from Chammer (our friend who has beat all the levels of PoE) and he said he and 2 other 34's just beat the level 35 in 45 minutes. So I have a feeling once we get the timing/strategy down these things won't be quite so hard any more and we'll be able to get our 6 etheric light per week with little problem. Yeah, it will still take a while to level up all the weapons, especially if you like to run multiples - but still, just 2 days in, it doesn't seem quite as impossible as it did last night ;).

There's also a flip side to some of the improvements they made. Like I love that the new legendary armors start at light level 32 and only require a few nodes of perks to fill them out (with the ones requiring armor mats only needing 5 instead of 25). But the flip side to that is that while I used to instantly break down non-Raid armor in the past, now I'm tempted to keep it since it is so easy to level. But that just makes the lack of Vault space (and their pathetic "fix" for that) all the more painful.
 
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Vendetta_x360 said:
Anyone else loving the new DLC? I really really like it and the changes that they made were all for the better. It is going to be a grind to get my 3x Fang, Fatebringer, Vision, Praedyth's etc... all up to the new damage level.... :cry:
Maybe not. I just got a message from Chammer (our friend who has beat all the levels of PoE) and he said he and 2 other 34's just beat the level 35 in 45 minutes. So I have a feeling once we get the timing/strategy down these things won't be quite so hard any more and we'll be able to get our 6 etheric light per week with little problem. Yeah, it will still take a while to level up all the weapons, especially if you like to run multiples - but still, just 2 days in, it doesn't seem quite as impossible as it did last night ;).
 
Also, so far it seems like the new exotics have only dropped from Nightfall. I haven't heard of anyone getting a new exotic from Gorgon chest, Atheon, Crota, or even the PoE chest.
Exotic bounties give you the new versions of the weapons too. That is pretty much assumed yeah but I just confirmed it since I finally got around to finishing my latest Super Good Advice bounty earlier today. : P

 
BrolyB593 said:
Exotic bounties give you the new versions of the weapons too. That is pretty much assumed yeah but I just confirmed it since I finally got around to finishing my latest Super Good Advice bounty earlier today. : P
Oh, I wasn't talking about the new versions of old ones (it didn't really occur to me that old exotics would have different nodes - I broke down the exotic weapons I got yesterday ASAP without even looking at the perk tree). I meant the brand new exotics like the Hunter helm Vendetta pulled from the Nightfall. But it could be that the new exotic weapons are not RNG drops. The Raid drops are all weapons, not armor. And it seems like the PoE chest only drops weapons as well. So that may be why we only saw new exotics from the Nightfall as it is the only place where exotic armors drop. I had never really thought about that before.
 
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Exotic bounties give you the new versions of the weapons too. That is pretty much assumed yeah but I just confirmed it since I finally got around to finishing my latest Super Good Advice bounty earlier today. : P
Good to know. I still have one in progress, the one for Invective. I'm almost done, just hadn't cared to finish.

Also scored a 'Token of Judgement' from a Wolves PE (not from chest)...still no keys though LOL.

 
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If I have another treasure key can I run the level 28 PoE again with the same character and get access to the big chest? Or is that something I have to wait till next weeks reset to do.
 
ajh2298 said:
If I have another treasure key can I run the level 28 PoE again with the same character and get access to the big chest? Or is that something I have to wait till next weeks reset to do.
Yes, you can run it again and use the key.
 
LinkinPrime said:
Good to know. I still have one in progress, the one for Invective. I'm almost done, just hadn't cared to finish.
Also scored a 'Token of Judgement' from a Wolves PE (not from chest)...still no keys though LOL.
That's the one that gets you a class item, right? I have one of those and I also got a Token of Flight from the Level 34 PoE. That gets you a ship from Variks once you hit rank 2 in his faction. I think you just need to be rank 1 for the class item. I'm almost there already. Then the Token of Identity gets you a shader (at rank 3).

ajh2298 said:
If I have another treasure key can I run the level 28 PoE again with the same character and get access to the big chest? Or is that something I have to wait till next weeks reset to do.
Yes, you can run it as much as you want and open the chest as long as you have a key.
 
If I have another treasure key can I run the level 28 PoE again with the same character and get access to the big chest? Or is that something I have to wait till next weeks reset to do.
If you have keys, you can beat it and access the rewards in the chests. So there is no weekly lockout or anything on the chests.
http://planetdestiny.com/prison-treasure-key-guide/

You should be good to go, but if you got the cores and light already, you won't get those again from running the same level again.

 
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Hey, new thread!  This place is nice.  What's the intro protocol again?

Simosaurus - GT is the same

  • Three toons; one of each class with no preference
  • I game in EST, but sometimes make bad decisions on Tuesday nights and stay up late
  • Good collection of gear and exotics, but io and Drunkz won't give me even one of their Gjallarhorns   :bomb:  :bomb:  :bomb:
  • However, I have 2 of just about everything else
  • Mostly play PvE, but I need to give PvP a shot more often

I really enjoyed the new story missions, even if they didn't knock my socks off.  Eager to get into PoE tonight.  I got 2 new armor pieces for my Titan, some boots for my Hunter, and a couple "Meh" weapons for my Warlock, just from engrams and rewards as soon as I made my rounds of the Reef.  I've managed to pick up 3 keys too, just from the story stuff.   I keep maxing my glimmer though and cant' spend it fast enough.

 
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Alright here goes nothing...and I mean nothing as I don't have much:
 

GT: LinkinPrime (Bungie Profile)

  • Class: Warlock (Main)/ Titan 25 (Didn't bother ranking up)
  • Timezone: PST (Usually play after 8pm PT, but can be found in the early PM sometimes
  • Exotics: Suros 365/Ice Breaker 331/Thorn 331/Truth 331/Thunderlord 321
  • Play Style: PvP because of matchmaking, but like to play PvE whenever possible to obtain new gear/chat with good peeps

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Just ranked up Dead Orbit to 10 and all I got was a lousy Mote :whistle2:|

 
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GT-ajh2298

Just one character a current level 32 Warlock

Don't really have any great gear to speak of and still have only run Crota once and only 3/4 of the VoG.

I live in the EST and my gaming schedule is all over the place because of my work schedule.

Always need people to run the Nightfalls with.
 
Ryuukishi - Ryuukishi634

  • Hunter 32, Titan and Warlock 29
  • I still need the Hard Raid and Clan Raid achievements!
  • Hand cannons rule, auto rifles drool
 
Vendetta_x360 said:
Thing does work. I tried it out on a boss and one shot killed him... :D

Can't wait to see how much damage this does in The Arena.
Yeah, I want to see you use that against Urrox in the Level 34 ;).

So I went to farm keys for a short time this afternoon. I was also running regular bounties and doing some Queen's Wrath bounties. I think I only killed 5 Wolves bosses during that time. But I ended up with 1 of each of the 3 tokens. By the way, they don't come from the chests - they drop immediately after you kill the boss.

So I have a Token of Judgement (class item), Token of Flight (ship), and Token of Identity (shader). I could use the class item one on my Warlock who is already level 1. I'll have to wait on the others.

The third token went to my postmaster as the other 2 filled up my Materials slots. I was running with a full consumables inventory because I did not want to get more special synth. Has anyone been able to comfirm 100% that the keys will overflow to the post? They are different from the tokens because they reside in the Consumables slots.

I also ended up with 3 new legendary armor pieces for my Titan during that short time. I got a legendary chest piece from a Wolves chest and another from a Cryptarch package. Then I had a blue helm engram turn into a legendary helm. So here's the issue I was talking about before - since they are so easy/cheap to level up I'd like to keep them to see if the full set (they were all from different sets) look nice. But I won't have nearly the Vault and character space for that. I am starting to delete VoG and Crota gear that doesn't have a great roll though - I figure I wouldn't want to ascend that anyway unless it is really good so why keep it. But then I lose flexibility to balance my stats when I switch exotic armor...

Oh yeah, and my friend showed me the 3 items (ship, shader, emblem) he got from the Level 35 chest. :drool: I want those right now. The ship, in particular, is freaking awesome.
 
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I've jumped back in. Thought it was funny that Odi has been trying so hard for keys. Did my first wanted bounty and got a key from the first chest I opened. Now I will just have to complete the missions and try to make a run through PoE.
 
Renegade Moose said:
I've jumped back in. Thought it was funny that Odi has been trying so hard for keys. Did my first wanted bounty and got a key from the first chest I opened. Now I will just have to complete the missions and try to make a run through PoE.
I didn't try all that hard today. I got 3 the day before the DLC hit, though, and that was a lot more than most people got spending a lot more time at it. Just know that getting it on your first chest is like winning the lottery though ;).

Frankly, if I get more (and I will get 2 more guaranteed from the other 2 chars I haven't run through the story yet), I'm going to keep one in reserve to use on the Level 35. You don't really get all that much out of the other ones anyway. On my first two openings on two characters (the first time seems to guarantee you an exotic from what I've seen) I got Thunderlord and Universal Remote. Whoo-freaking-who... It appears the new exotics are not in the loot table and I don't need any of the existing ones since I even have multiple Gjallarhorns at this point.

I tried to invite you in to a Nightfall run yesterday Moose - you missed out. With your RNG you probably would have gotten an etheric light if you played with me ;).

I'll be on in a bit but I have a crew ready to run it with me already. We are going to do the Story on alternate characters and then probably 28/32/34 PoE. I'd like to get one more key to use on the 34. I think you do, perhaps, get chances at different legendaries from the different levels. Vendetta - didn't you tell me this? Like you get Queen's theme weapons from 28/32 but Fallen themed ones from 34+?
 
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Beat POE 28 with randoms, then jumped to 32 & 34 after a few hours of gametime with Vash and H00PTIE finally beat that bastard Urox...crazy stuff but doable. Thanks for the good times today guys!


Loot from today:

Thunderlord

Wolve's Bane (MG)
Her Benevolence x2 (Sniper)


Not bad...used up my 3 keys, now need to farm some more.  Leveled up to 33 with the option for the .5 but not sure what to use it on chest, or helmet...waiting to see what Xur has to offer that way if I get a new exotic helmet, I'll upgrade my chest piece, or vice versa.

 
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Beat POE 28 with randoms, then jumped to 32 & 34 after a few hours of gametime with Vash and H00PTIE finally beat that bastard Urox...crazy stuff but doable. Thanks for the good times today guys!
Ugh that took forever hahah but glad we got it, stupid round 4.

I cannot even remember the things I got during all my playtime yesterday. I got the Queens Wrath Handcannon and then later got Up the Ante Handcannon which has noticeably better overall stats. I did however after grueling through all of level 34 PoE... I got ONE STRANGE COIN from the normal chest. ONE STRANGE COIN.

 
Has anybody ewho has played this morning have you had any connection issues? I have been kicked off at least 4 times today even once on the final PoE boss at level 32 which really sucked.

Most of the time when I get booted it's just back to orbit. Is that a problem on my end or more with Destinys servers? Some of the codes I remember are beetle and anteater if that helps.
 
Finally did some PoE runs last night.  Did the base level 28 on my Titan and Hunter and then did the 32 with my Hunter.  Obviously the 28 was very easy.  The 32 was not too bad.  We had some wipes on one of the levels where you had to dismantle mines that were on opposite corners of the map and the Hive level that had the Lightswitch modifier was a bit of a pain until we found a good place to shore up our defensive position.  The boss wave was the Cabal guy and we just went far left and camped there.  It was hectic at times, but we finished the final boss after only wiping once. 

My total haul included Queen's Assault Rifle, Sniper and Fusion Rifle.  My exotics were Ice Breaker (which I didn't even realize I got until I saw it on DIM this morning) and Dragon's Breath.  This week I have pulled 4 exotics and 3 of them have been Dragon's breath.  The game is definitely trolling me with that.

I have to say that I am not sure I like how they have setup the loot drops for the PoE.  I do not like the fact that you have to grind for keys just to open the big chest at the end.  Feel like the final boss should award a key for the first clear of the week on each character at the very least.  Are these Queens weapons even worth it?  They don't seem any different than the standard Legendaries you can buy from the vendors now that you can reforge everything.  I guess you get a shot at an exotic, but wish they at least limited that to the new ones.

 
I have to say that I am not sure I like how they have setup the loot drops for the PoE. I do not like the fact that you have to grind for keys just to open the big chest at the end. Feel like the final boss should award a key for the first clear of the week on each character at the very least. Are these Queens weapons even worth it? They don't seem any different than the standard Legendaries you can buy from the vendors now that you can reforge everything. I guess you get a shot at an exotic, but wish they at least limited that to the new ones.
I totally agree, I was under the assumption that the first time you beat the Level 32 PoE each reset would reward you with a single key.

From what I have gathered all the Queen's stuff is just 'eh' anyway. The rocket launcher is okay that I got and I think I have the Auto as well. I at first thought the hand cannon was pretty solid until I got Up the Ante shortly after and saw it had overall way better stats.

And I looked all over online and there is no mention of it yet. The House of Judgement weapons are all the base levels that we get from PoE and the fallen vendor, but online they have data mined those same weapons with the same names except the second (II) and they have elemental damage.

Also looking into it, the Trials of Osiris Assault Rifle and Scout Rifle look absolutely PERFECT for PvP weapons, for me at least. Overall they seem like they would do well in PvE as well. Since coming back after this handcannon debuff and just general weapon tweaking I do not enjoy using the weapons I used to in the Crucible and have been trying out a bunch to find the right one... with no luck. Sucks the ones I want to get need to be acquired through PvP itself haha

 
Thunderlord
Wolve's Bane (MG)
Her Benevolence x2 (Sniper)
These Queen's weapons seem like they are pretty common. I have two of each. I re-rolled the two Wolve's Bane for better perks but I'm not sure they are any better than the two Jolder's Hammers I already have. Same with the Her Benevolence vs. Efrideet's Spear. Heh - I also got Thunderlord from my first PoE chest on Tuesday.

Vendetta and I and another friend went through on our second characters last night doing story, 28 PoE, 32, and 34. Then that other friend had someone join our party. He had been trying to take some people through the level 35 but they couldn't get past the boss.

GOOD NEWS - you CAN join a PoE event! The players in the game just have to be dead when you join. So send an invite, then quickly wipe. Both of those guys joined in for the final boss, Skolas, on level 35. I was just listening while I did some inventory management. I had to make some hard choices like getting rid of alternate rocket launchers and some extra Atheon's Epilogues. I may have to break down my 4th Gjallarhorn eventually. This Queen's stuff is just taking up so much room (I also have a hand cannon, shotgun, and maybe an auto rifle). I haven't even picked up the weapon from Veriks. I might just hold on to my weapon cores for next week or to use for Judgement's Chances (where you trade one weapon and armor core for a random package).

Anyway, it sounded like they got really close but eventually the original guy had to leave. So the guys wanted me to join in. I had to get my Warlock to level 34 with the two etheric light I had (one from level 34 PoE on my Warlock, the other from level 34 PoE on my Titan). Unforunately I only ever got crap rolls on the Crota gear for my Warlock. So I went with the Iron Banner chest and Crota boots. Using the helm that gives faster teammate spawn plus the Veriks gloves, which are both pure strength rolls, my stats are very low on Int, medium on Disc, and near 100% on Str - those totally suck, but it was the best way to get to 34.

Though now I kind of wish I had gotten my Titan to 34. We nearly beat Skolas one time. We had him to a sliver of health but the other two were dead and I'm not sure even if I had killed him that I could have handled all the mines (which you still have to do after beating him). But the strat was to go to the left and kill the Servitor than G-horn that crap out of Skolas. We got lucky on that one run and he didn't rush us so quickly. I fired 14 G-horn rounds at him. After each wipe, we would wait in the airlock to get our heavy synth to regen. So it is kind of a pain because it means waiting 6-10 minutes between attempts. We maybe could have done it with a Titan though using Weapons of Light. Having my Warlock at 34 is nice for most of PoE for the revive but it didn't come in all that handy at Skolas because usually by that time it was too late.

Anyway, we were also trying to do this at 5am so we were pretty wiped out.

I had gotten an extra key during out story mission but I blew that and my one from the Story mode on the level 32 and 34 chests. I got pretty much a load of crap. No exotics - just the second Wolves' Bane and Her Judgment. I did get an exotic when I ran my Titan through the 28 the day before though (when we tagged along with someone else who had completed the story). So it does seem like 1 exotic is guaranteed on your first key. But it is going to be Universal Remote or Dragon's Breath or No Land Beyond or some crap like that ;).

Anyone care to do Crotas End with me? I need all the help I can get lol.
Vendetta and I still have some normal Crota clears to finish so maybe you can tag along if we have room. We're just at the last two parts but you can pretty much just hang out in the back and get free loot if you aren't familiar with it ;).
 
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Had my first foray into PoE (level 28) last night and got another Red Death and a Wolf's Bane.  Not bad, but nothing I got too excited about.  i want to move onto the level 32 arena, but I'm worried no one here will still need it by Friday night.  What do you say?  Anyone still need it or otherwise willing to join me?

 
^ Krashhole, have you played through the new story content and run the level 28 Prison of Elders yet? I'd do that before attempting the 32 level one. I know someone can bring you into the level 28, but I don't think they can bring you to the 32 if you haven't done Story and 28 yet. The level 28 has matchmaking.

Had my first foray into PoE (level 28) last night and got another Red Death and a Wolf's Bane. Not bad, but nothing I got too excited about. i want to move onto the level 32 arena, but I'm worried no one here will still need it by Friday night. What do you say? Anyone still need it or otherwise willing to join me?
I'll run the 32 with you. That one isn't too bad and shouldn't take too long to run through. Now 34 is a different matter ;).

I do still have a third character to run all the way through Story mode and 28/32 as well though. I kind of feel like I need to take a break from all the intense PoE (34/35) and just do some regular bounties and maybe key farming. That is "casual" play compared to the intensity of the Uxxor or Skolas fights.
 
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Simo I am level 32 also but I barley make it through the level 28 so I don't know if I would be much help.
 
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Also with the new versions of the older exotics with the old max damage of 33? will you need two exotic lights from Xur or just one to max it out?
 
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Also with the new versions of the older exotics with the old max damage of 33? will you need two exotic lights from Xur or just one to max it out?
I think you will only need one but I'm not 100% sure. I've broken down all the new ones I got since I already had the older versions maxed. Though maybe I shouldn't have done that with the Universal Remote I got since I never maxed my older one. I didn't even occur to me that it would be different so I didn't even look at the perks at the time.

In any case, I'm drowning in exotic shards from all the crap I've gotten. I ascended pretty much everything I want to and still have 28 shards left over. I think I need to do a few Vex Mythoclasts and maybe a bit of my Hunter gear, but I still don't have a use for my 100+ strange coins ;). I think I've only ever bought one exotic shard from Xur and that was the first week of The Dark Below.

I really, really wish Xur would sell Treasure Keys for like 10 or even 20 coins. That would be awesome and would reward all my hours of gameplay from before by saving me from mind-numbing farming now. In other words it would be a great way for Bungie to reward dedicated players - which means 100% it won't happen...
 
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I love doing the wolves hunt ont he ember caves I can pretty much guarantee I get two runs at the chest each time. Only problem is I have so many special ammo synths I need to make another character just to pack mule them for me.

Also re-rolling the new items is pretty addicting. Also it seems you no longer get shards/energys for playing the public events other than maybe in the daily reward.

I have over 300+ hours in this game but without running the raids and nightfall on a weekly basis I feel like my character is so underwhelming compared to the rest of yours. I find it unbelievable that you could have 28 exotic shards and that many strange coins.
 
I have over 300+ hours in this game but without running the raids and nightfall on a weekly basis I feel like my character is so underwhelming compared to the rest of yours. I find it unbelievable that you could have 28 exotic shards and that many strange coins.
I had over 40 before I started ascending stuff. Let me look at the app to see my strange coin total... 175 on my Titan, 152 on my Warlock, and 148 on my Hunter. So, yeah, I have even more than I thought: 475.

I have had nothing to spend them on. I used to buy heavy synths with them and perhaps I will again since I used so many on the PoE the last two days. But then you get them now while key farming too. I have all the exotics as well - though maybe he'll have something new tonight that I can spend a whopping 14-23 coins on.

The trick on key farming is to fill up your inventory so that you don't get more special ammo synths. I'm having a real inventory management problem right now because all my characters and my Vault are full on the consumables. The key will go to the postmaster if you keep your inventory full but the ammo synths won't.

Also, the place to farm for keys is Skywatch - the area is really small and if the chest spawns behind the fence near the entrance you can hit it 3 times easily and 4 times if you time it right. You can usually get to it 3 times if it shows up in the other spots as well (though perhaps not at the top of the building - but you can still get that one twice).

Yeah, since the new armor pieces don't require shards and the weapons don't require energy it seems that the Daily Event packages now give you motes and coins for the most part. Though I did 3 in a row yesterday that gave me relic iron and spirit bloom. I was like, WTF!? I have way too much of all that stuff and will probably have to start deleting the multiple stacks (they max at 200 per stack). Again, since you don't need nearly as much of that for the new gear I don't see the point of holding any more.

Why they decided to give out planetary materials plus the special synths with the key farming chests is beyond me - none of that is necessary. The heavy synths are nice since you will go through a lot of those in PoE.
 
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I think you will only need one but I'm not 100% sure. I've broken down all the new ones I got since I already had the older versions maxed. Though maybe I shouldn't have done that with the Universal Remote I got since I never maxed my older one. I didn't even occur to me that it would be different so I didn't even look at the perks at the time.

I really, really wish Xur would sell Treasure Keys for like 10 or even 20 coins. That would be awesome and would reward all my hours of gameplay from before by saving me from mind-numbing farming now. In other words it would be a great way for Bungie to reward dedicated players - which means 100% it won't happen...
New exotics, aka ones with the new damage levels, should only need 1 exotic shard.

Haven't done it yet, but I am sitting on a new Invective that starts out at 334. I'll need to unlock all the other nodes, but I expect that I'll need to use a shard to hit the final max of 365.

And Yeah, treasure keys are the new "IT" item so of course they're gonna make us grind. But I like your idea :)

 
I think you will only need one but I'm not 100% sure. I've broken down all the new ones I got since I already had the older versions maxed. Though maybe I shouldn't have done that with the Universal Remote I got since I never maxed my older one. I didn't even occur to me that it would be different so I didn't even look at the perks at the time.

I really, really wish Xur would sell Treasure Keys for like 10 or even 20 coins. That would be awesome and would reward all my hours of gameplay from before by saving me from mind-numbing farming now. In other words it would be a great way for Bungie to reward dedicated players - which means 100% it won't happen...
New exotics, aka ones with the new damage levels, should only need 1 exotic shard.

Haven't done it yet, but I am sitting on a new Invective that starts out at 334. I'll need to unlock all the other nodes, but I expect that I'll need to use a shard to hit the final max of 365.

And Yeah, treasure keys are the new "IT" item so of course they're gonna make us grind. But I like your idea :)

 
Had my first foray into PoE (level 28) last night and got another Red Death and a Wolf's Bane. Not bad, but nothing I got too excited about. i want to move onto the level 32 arena, but I'm worried no one here will still need it by Friday night. What do you say? Anyone still need it or otherwise willing to join me?
Plenty of people will still do it I bet since you can still get the big chest.

Also after a bit of research my FAQ is a bit incorrect.

-The Fallen Themed Arena Weapons will by default have kinetic damage. Only when you get them via a drop from the level 35. I do believe you also can get them via a Judgement Chance from Variks (buy with 1 weapon and 1 armor core).

Got my Hunter to level 34 last night :D :D :D :D :D io and I are going to have a go at the level 35 after I get a damn key. I did finally get Her Benevolence (Queen's Sniper) last night so I was happy with that. No new exotics yet. People seem to be in awe of my Hunter helm though. Also one of my friends snagged the exotic Ram Helm for the Warlock :hot:

 
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