Destiny [PS3,X360,PS4,XO]

I am disappointed.....objectives could have been meatier. Why am I defusing the fucking mines, why am I after the VIP? Its not even an escape route u follow out of the prison... Just 4 rooms u enter one by one. WTH ! Give it some bloody context. Let it feel like an adventure at least ! You got thrown into the prison and are trying to make ur way out and meet tougher enemies as chaos let's them loose from their cells ! It could be all random but it could have a story to it.
Also, capture points ? Really? Why can't I be stealing the key to the next area of the prison or finding an old escape tunnel or even finding a hidden weapon to blow open the next route ???? If I can come up with so many interesting things so fast then I am sure Bungie has experts on this :mad: ! Why does it feel they lack that extra effort in most of the stuff. That "sparkle" that was there in VOG and initial weapons like Icebreaker, Gallahorn, Fatebringer etc, that is sparkle that feeling of freedom and fun is missing from later stuff. TOO is a good, real good, but this is OLD .....really old ! Really really old ! Don't feel like paying for it :nope: !

What all stuff is free for everyone ?
 
OK I have had such a great week playing destiny. Since the reset Tuesday I have gotten with my Hunter Icebreaker(NF), Fang of ir yut, Abyss defiant, Red Death(VoG) and My 2nd Mida from nightfall with my warlock.

I almost can't believe that I got all this in 3 days. I didn't play all day and night either just around 3 hours each day.
 
So, Xur had brought both Obsidian Mind and Thunderlord on the same day ! WTH ! I have 23 coins, can buy only one of them, which one should I buy????
 
That's what I was thinking.....but internet seems to say Thunderlord is indispensable ! What's so special about it? (Except that it was shown during the first gameplay reveal of the game.)Is it a killing machine like Gallahorn?
 
It's the best MG in the game, but it's no Gjallarhorn.

It's special because it fires quickly for its type of MG (the higher impact type) and it's pretty well rounded in other areas. That said, Jolder's Hammer or Against All Odds (with the right roll) are very close seconds and don't take up an exotic slot. JH/AAO hit a bit harder, but Thunderlord shoots considerably faster and has slightly more bullets. Generally speaking, Thunderlord also has slightly better stability, range and reload speed, but it depends on the roll you get on your JH/AAO.

Personally I'm not much of an MG guy in PVE or PVP. I would maybe use my Jolder's Hammer in crucible, but my Radegast's Fury with proximity detonation/horseshoe perk is just too good. :)
 
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Thunderlord is good, highly regarded, but I dont find myself using it that much.

Exotics usually have everything (in stats) balanced the same as legendaries, so what makes them special is some special perk. For Thunderlord it's just firing super fast the last part of the mag that I can see (will increase the DPS a lot, but it gets hard to control). As well as field scout and arc are nice.

I have 3 Ice Breakers and 2 Gjally's all 331, but have dismantled quite a few Thunderlords. I only see the need to keep one around.

But all that said it's regarded as top tier in the game.

Against All Odds is pretty awesome, I think it's better than my 150 round Culling with field scout. It hits so hard and staggers. Would love to get ahold of one with field scout.

I learned in a video Mida has hidden perks, snapshot, high caliber rounds (which I noticed), and something like flared magwell. Neat, no wonder I like that gun.

VoG finally gave up some good stuff...Truth, A Timepiece and a Epilogue. Literally just lacking one Epilogue which I will hopefully pick up next week. Then I will have all elemental primaries and machine guns and snipers on all characters with no switching. Not that it really matters, with Tower Ghost and a netbook on my coffee table weapon switching is so easy now.

Since I have already run Vog basically 3X, I think today I will just do some bounties, hunt some ghosts, do some daily missions, should be pretty relaxing.

Auto Rifles need a buff. I miss them. I get bored of any particular class of primary after too long.

Next week, time to prep for HoW...I have about 12k I think in glimmer consumables stored, and have been around 20-25k in glimmer for a long time too.

I think I noticed in the stream, you only get Etheric light from the level 35 PoE? If so it must be pretty hard to get then, which I like. They said you get it from Nightfall yeah, but I imagine it's a rare drop.

I decided I need crest of Alpha Lupi now. I find myself reviving quite a bit as a bladedancer in nightfalls, and it seems reviving will be at a premium in PoE.

I thought I might have one in my vault and I'm sure Xur has sold it a few times and I've probably dismantled a few, but I dont seem to have it.
 
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I have Against All odds . I even have song of it yut, zombie apocalypse,harms way, super good advice
.I think I have enough MGs that I hardly ever use.
BUT Thunderlord might never come again, while Obsidian mind, from what I hear , was sold earlier too and can return.

Boy, its a tough one. There's that other side to it too that one doesn't really play as Voidwalker much thanx to the Sunsinger's resurrection ability. Especially with POE arriving, I don't see why Anyone would play as Void walker at all.

My mind is totally effed up ! Thunderlord or Obsidian Mind :???:?
 
Thunderlord's main perks are the fast RoF, random arc-firefly explosions (extremely deadly for thralls) and high aim-assist allowing you to snipe head shots with it. It's the heavy you better use during Omnigul's 1st and 2nd stage. It also works in the 3rd stage but Gjallarhorn might be more useful because of the solar Wizards.

They probably sell it now because of the coming Fallen Strikes with Arc-Majors.

It's my most used Heavy Exotic as it's more flexible than Gjallarhorn. Must-Buy.
 
It may be more versatile, but if you have a Jolder's Hammer or Against All Odds with good perks, pairing that with Ice breaker or a different exotic is a better combo IMO. Thunderlord is only a bit better than those MGs with good perks IMO.

Don't get me wrong, it's a great MG and it's definitely worth owning. But Obsidian Mind is also a great exotic to have for voidwalker.
 
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Got the Thunderlord, tried my luck with the helm engram, got a duplicate Saints helm for Titan, then got the Crota's end Helm for my Warlock anyway so didn't feel that bad.
Also got No Land Beyond, a second Song of Ir Yut. Chance(hand cannon) and a commendation.
Good day after a long time of getting just energies.

@orangelupa: do ping me up whenever u run VOG again. Still need that Fatebringer or VOC.
 
djskribbles said:
It may be more versatile, but if you have a Jolder's Hammer or Against All Odds with good perks, pairing that with Ice breaker or a different exotic is a better combo IMO. Thunderlord is only a bit better than those MGs with good perks IMO.
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Sure there are other high DMG LMGs which are good replacements if you need the exotic in a different slot but there's no point for Icebreaker in Omnigul's 1st and 2nd stage, nor in the 3rd. I used my Void Against All Odds(Range) in this week's NF and Weekly as Icebreaker is a must at least in the NF. In Phogoth it depends on how you deal with the Wizards and if you have Gjallarhorn. Against the Devil's Lair it's great for the first stage and it's only a problem in the 2nd without Arc Burn/solo where Icebreaker is too helpful.

djskribbles said:
Don't get me wrong, it's a great MG and it's definitely worth owning. But Obsidian Mind is also a great exotic to have for voidwalker.
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Do people here after the last months have a lack of coins?

P.S. No real vault space is the biggest issue which makes me unsure about buying a 2nd/3rd one.
 
my vault already full again :( theres too many gears/weapons and i still have not get all of the exotics. vault already full.

Bungie need to make a "bank" with unlimited storage. Make it as "pages" to reduce the memory load.
 
Another helpful app I found for vault switching, no use to me really since I use the netbook now, but it's the best solution I found specifically for phones....Destiny Vault Helper.

Ingenious how they do it, each guardian just has a long list of everything that's not already stored on him to scroll down (whether it's in your vault or on another char doesn't matter). Just touch what you want and it's delivered to him. Additionally it shows the attack rating and elemental damage of weapons etc so it's easy to sus out whats what with multiples (although I guess if you have 2 of the same weapon with different perks that could present a minor problem, but just transfer both). The list could be a bit unwieldy, but in landscape mode you can sort by a few tickbox variables like arc damage or "helmets", to narrow it down easily.

I think Apps have tablets and now phones covered well with easy solutions for weapon switching, I barely physically go to my vault anymore (the only thing the in game vault is easier for is picking up planetary mats/weapon parts/energy/etc when turning in bounties and upgrading weapons). The one thing needed IMO is good tablet/phone apps for Destiny LFG. You basically still need a PC to use that easily imo, and I dont see any apps for those sites at all.
 
I haven't had a good loot week in Destiny in feels like forever until this week where I got (these are not necessarily that great but are just exactly what I was seeking):

2nd Preadyth's Timepiece (give me 3x arc primary, one per char)
2nd Atheon's Epilogue (2X void primary, need one more)
Truth (didn't even think to want this until a few days ago, when I realized a void RL with tracking would be pretty nice, specially maybe in VoG).

And now I still want:

Arc RL with tracking, void legendary RL with tracking, basically elemental/legendary RL's with tracking!
Crest of Alpha Lupi
Against All Odds (preferably void I guess, but any elemental) with field scout

Hmm that's about it off the top of my head I'm probably forgetting niche stuff. The list of things I want is quite small. I guess I can take small pride in that. It does make those "good loot days" really rare to come by if at all even possible.

I am realizing especially with the ability to upgrade any legendary, the raid primaries are just going to be the only legendary primaries worth using (in PVE). They typically come with great rolls, field scout, and an elemental modifier. Basically every faction legendary is rendered fairly useless (in PVE). I guess excluding exotics. For example, you wont want to use any primary pulse except 365 Preadyth's Timepiece. Any Hand Cannon but Fatebringer. Any scout but Vision. On down the line. Even I was thinking, how are you going to beat Corrective Measure at 365 for a LMG? It already has field scout, surplus, and is great (against All Odds with FS might give it a run?)

But I guess it's already been that way. But for example, I just find Visions of Confluence quite boring now, such an old gun. Similar with Fatebringer really. But it's hard to justify anything else in these archetypes.
 
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Just read a helpful tip on reddit, evidently Inverse Shadow does stack (but the 2nd only provides 60% benefit of the first, but still). It does make a good difference by their tests as well.

Currently the only class that can do this is hunters as dont touch me's are the only non helmet with inverse shadow. But I happen to have a raid helm with Inverse+DTM's :)

This could be pretty nice in PoE I'm thinking. Along with the gunfighter perk. DTM's seem like they might be ideal for PoE anyway as it seems there will be a lot of close quarter combat.

Well, I had figured I was going to be doing a lot of bladedancing invisible medic-ing/rezing in PoE before, but we'll see.
 
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