Destiny [PS3,X360,PS4,XO]

[Rangers]

guys,
how did you obtain so many Motes of Light and Strange Coins so quickly?

The prices on Xur are ridiculously high.

I didn't?

Motes of light you mainly get from leveling XP in lieu of levels. Strange Coins from the weekly heroic strikes I think? There's no specific way to cheat/farm them that I know of. Sometimes I think they randomly drop, infrequently kind of a bonus.

I've acquired a fair amount of both those just doing other things and not caring about them, so far. By the time I'm able to spend them (rank) I should already have enough for an initial purchase or two.

Also, rofl

Edit: did they increase loot drops already? Just within killing maybe a dozen enemies on Venus patrol I got two greens and a blue just now. That's unheard of normally. Something definitely seems up but we'll see upon further play.

 

[RenegadeRocks]

Lol at the video...sad for people hooked to it. I farmed there only once.
So, after getting side tracked by all the strikes, bounties for Crucible etc I decided to finish the story and ......well, it does feel like it's just an intro to the universe...nothing more. But then I lost track of the story around Venus we came to Venus to meet the exo Hunter girl but I have no idea what happened after that as I was playing strikes and missions randomly with people and having fun.

The fun part is that except for the fact that I got a good gun, it has made no difference to my game. I am back to having super fun playing Strike playlists and came out on top on TDM , which was a big surprise again. Its like BF3 for me, all over again. I am hopelessly hooked to this game and am unable to fire up any other game as long as this is sitting on my ps4 !

 

[orangpelupa]

I never get the hook on destiny like what I got on bf series..
In destiny it feels all that I do is pre defined. Like a destiny. But in repeat. (hide in this point, attack the same enemy again, same route, same moment.... )

I miss the freedom of crazy battlefield moments. Attacked by heli, able to shot the heli, pilot emergency land to fix it, run quickly to heli, kill pilot , fix heli, steal the heli, bring carnage


The last boss in destiny is crazy. At first it was interesting then the same boss spawn again and again. Wow. 3 same boss in a row?

 

[Rangers]

I think I FINALLY kind of hit what feels like a limit (even at level 24). With the loot cave gone as a backup avenue to pursue for advancement when all else fails as well...

Still at early lv 24, still NO legendary armor. Cant buy any because I'm not VG rk 2. So I need mostly bounties for that, still 600 points away I think. Ah well the bounties should refresh in 10 minutes...

I changed my mind about them increasing loot rates, they didn't...

From the whining I see, people are really shard limited at highest levels...

Surely a temporary limit, but it seems a more permanent one is coming eventually.

Well I also need some spinmetal for upgrades...about to go look up videos on how to farm that.

I will say the game takes a lot of bashing but one thing it doesn't get credit for is how you're always running around doing different things. I usually have at least 2-3 near term paths to goals that I can choose from and it feels very organic and not forced. I mean just as an example right this second I can:


Wait ten minutes for a bunch of daily bounties to spawn at 4AM and go do them to pursue VG rank.

Go look up videos on how to farm spin metal then go do it so I can upgrade my gun.

Try the Queens Wrath mission I unlocked earlier again to go for Legendary armor, it seems just on the limits of my abilities when I tried it earlier though, so it's kind of slightly on the back burner.

Could putter around doing strike playlists or patrol missions, the former for VG marks and a little rep, the latter for a little rep. This would have only been time filler till bounties refreshed though.

That doesn't even count multiplayer for people interested in that.

The game is always like that and to me it's one of it's strongest points, multiple avenues to pursue, even if as I mentioned lately it feels like some of them closing in.

BTW you can still farm at the Crota cave. Actually it's not so much farming as I almost never see a blue drop, but it makes getting the bounty for 2 kills 20 times with fusion rifle take about 5 minutes.

 

[JPT]

I have not farmed and I have not played a lot, all is relative, but maybe 4 hours a night for about half the days after it got released.

I have been able to get to lvl 26, but this has been done with 2 friends, which has been key for me. We are about even in lvl and together we are able to crack most missions in PvE.

And all my legendary stuff is from the Queens mission except for one item that I bought, which was the cheapest ones, leg armour.

So my pov is different from yours

 

[JPT]

Anybody up for a crack on the Glass mission tonight EU time on PS4?

We are 3 players at lvl 26/25 and need 3 more

Hit me up on PSN, Eyes is the username on there.

 

[djskribbles]

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[DieH@rd]

I finished weekly nightfall mision and weekly heroic mission on lvl28 setting. Nice time.

However, my focus on upgrading armor is hurting me now, I still have shitty weapons. Not all is lost, I can purchase legendary weapon when I get 120 more marks, or exotic with 6 more coins. Sadly coin vendor will be gone before I get enough coins.

 

[orangpelupa]

When will the Queen end? I will drive back to town tomorrow and hopefully still can get the Queen Jobs.

 

[DieH@rd]

I find queen stuff totally unappealing because guaranteed armor pieces cannot be disassembled for Shards. First one gave me 2 shards, and after that almost nothing [few hadronic pieces or nothing]. However, if you are missing some legendaries in armor slots, then it is worth the trouble. Missions are usually easy.

 

[Scott_Arm]

I find queen stuff totally unappealing because guaranteed armor pieces cannot be disassembled for Shards. First one gave me 2 shards, and after that almost nothing [few hadronic pieces or nothing]. However, if you are missing some legendaries in armor slots, then it is worth the trouble. Missions are usually easy.

Yah, in one of the recent patches they changed it so they don't give shards, which is dumb. I also keep getting the same helmet and chest pieces over and over. Gimme my damned boots.

Edit: Once we started paying attention to the shield types, it became super easy. We'd never really had to pay attention to it before. It's time to move onward and upward to level 26 and 28 content.

 

[DieH@rd]

Snipers and Fusion Rifles are awesome for breaking shields. Shame I have only ice fusion rifle.

 

[Scott_Arm]

Snipers and Fusion Rifles are awesome for breaking shields. Shame I have only ice fusion rifle.

Yah, I use my fusion rifle for shields. It's arc damage. I'd like to switch my heavy to either fire of void, just to have more bases covered.

 

[DieH@rd]

Arc vs blue shield
Fire vs orange shield
Void vs purple shield

 

[Scott_Arm]

Arc vs blue shield
Fire vs orange shield
Void vs purple shield

Yep. Also, when you're doing heroic or epic missions and you see the modifier pop up for a specific damage type, like fire, the enemies will do additional fire damage if that's their attack type, but I believe the bonus applies to you as well. We were basically killing the bosses in a couple of seconds by selecting the damage type that had the bonus from the level. One of the Queen missions took us to the final mission of the game, where you fight

Spoiler

the three status that come to life

. The modifier was void damage, and using my voidwalker build I was able to use my special and one-shot kill one of them.

 

[Rangers]

When will the Queen end? I will drive back to town tomorrow and hopefully still can get the Queen Jobs.

October 6 according to google. Still lots of time.

From GAF, 1.02 upcoming patch next week

The 1.0.2 patch will go live next week, and includes several changes to the Cryptarch and Engram experience. These changes guarantee that Engrams will always decode into items at or above the quality of an engram.

Only Engrams that drop after 1.0.2 are subject to this change.

Cryptarch Changes 
Cayde-6 took the Cryptarch aside and showed him a sack of doorknobs. He decoded that mystery pretty quickly.
Legendary Engrams will always produce Legendary or better quality items, including Materials or Exotics
Rare Engrams will always produce Rare or better quality items
Rare engrams will have an increased chance to produce Legendary quality items

Activity Changes
Daily Heroics, Weekly Heroics, and Vanguard: Tiger Playlist activities will include Rare and Legendary Engrams in addition to their existing rewards

Item Changes
Ascendant materials have been promoted to Legendary to closer associate them with the gear they are used to upgrade
Legendary Engram items that exist in your inventory will be demoted to Rare quality when the patch goes live, so decode them while you can. But let’s be honest--even if you don’t, we all know they were blues already...

It doesn't seem like they're upping the loot that much, nor adressing the alleged shard shortage problem...but still steps in right direction I guess.

 

[DieH@rd]

At last. I hope they model police arresting Cryptarch in the tower when this patch goes live.

 

[DrJay24]

I guess I should hold off doing anything post-20 until next week.

 

[DieH@rd]

I guess I should hold off doing anything post-20 until next week.

I badly need few more coins, so I will try to collect blues this weekend.

 

[orangpelupa]

holy ridiculous queen... man...

bungie, yes i know your game is repetitive but please.. dont expect everybody to be able to remember the map.

Quees missin. kill Walking Fallen. Googled it, and google say they are in devils lair. But where is devils lair? in earth... where? omg... i have been spinning around patroling and cant find it.

grimoire = outside video game
map = i need to draw it myself?

EDIT:
what the...

Queen say Fallen Walker.
But there were no enemy called Fallen Walker. The closetest one in DEVIL Walker. i also has make sure that Devil fallen is wrong (i killed it, the quest did not count).

http://destiny.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Search?search=Fallen_Walker (no result found)

O_O

EDIT2:
accorfing to http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheG...ens_wrath_bounty_tip_defeat_3_fallen_walkers/

although the quest say Fallen Walker, it seems the correct enemy is Devil Walker and you need to specifically kill it (standing near person or make sure you get the finishing attack).

so.. the Queen that able to enslave fallen and have a brother that love her very much, did not have money to hire an Editor to check for typo? lol she's so cheap.

EDIT3:
ah.. luckily this mission finish quick after remembering the route. about 15-20 minutes (using patrol and back to orbit and patrol again)