Destiny [PS3,X360,PS4,XO]

[NRP]

@Strange
Thanks for your thoughts on useful weapons. I'm slowly collecting Strange Coins (very slow for my lvl 25 character, as I have been soloing everything so far), and I don't want to waste them on an exotic turd. From what everyone has said, it seems like Icebreaker is a safe purchase. I might also pick up the Swarm, as it has Void damage I believe. I've been using BFF 2.0 (fully maxed) and it's been very reliable, but I do need more damage these days.

 

[orangpelupa]

Got the prime zealot cuirass or whatever just now...

I'm happy to get my 2nd raid gear piece, but now I only lack one piece (for 30) so even more nervousness sets in...

i envy you.
i got zero raid gear from killing atheon hundreds of times (legit and cheese)

 

[iroboto]

i envy you.

i got zero raid gear from killing atheon hundreds of times (legit and cheese)

Yup biggest problem of the game. RNG loot table and no trading for duplicates.

 

[orangpelupa]

yeah the duplicate is annoying

my teammate literally got the same thing 2 times in a row while doing ONE raid. bah... he keeps getting arm-raid-gear again and again while the other getting monte carlo again and again.

me?
i keep getting Ascendang things again and again and again and again (and ofcourse chatterwhite colour pallete countless times) lol

 

[NRP]

The nightfall on earth is perfect for doing PI bounty. Just run back to ne building where ghost download "a map of whole area" and farm there. that area infinitely-spawn easy enemies (mostly dregs)

Is there a way choose (or force) a different Nightfall strike mission? From my experience, it has been the same mission for the entire week.

 

[djskribbles]

Is there a way choose (or force) a different Nightfall strike mission? From my experience, it has been the same mission for the entire week.

You can't change it, it will change every week (Tuesdays). Hence why it's called the weekly nightfall.
The weekly heroic is the same mission, but without nearly as many modifiers.

You only get rewards for beating the weeklies once per week. When you beat the nightfall, you get bonus rep for the rest of the week, until the reset. Your head will have a blue flame around it signifying that you beat the nightfall.

When you're lvl 28, the PI bounty is A LOT easier. At level 25, unless you can find a good spot with a lot of low difficulty enemies, it may take a few retries. Just make sure you use a fusion rifle that matches the nightfall's modifier. ie: this week is void, so void weapons do huge bonus damage to enemies.

 

[Rangers]

i envy you.
i got zero raid gear from killing atheon hundreds of times (legit and cheese)

Pretty sure this is an exaggeration

Anyways why envy me? I've struggled for my 2 pieces and I'm not through yet in what, 7th or 8th week of the game? I envy those who say they got the full set on their first raid...not like there isn't tons of 30's running around at this point. I think it's still somewhat prestigious though.

When those raid gauntlets drop I swear I'll scream in delight like a little girl lol...the culmination of 150+ hours of work...

Edit: just checked Bungie net and added up all my chars, if it's accurate I'm around 146 hours...less than I thought.

 

[NRP]

Even the current lvl 22 weekly heroic mission sucks ass for a solo lvl 25 character. I can get all the way to last boss encounter relatively easily, but jumping down into that closed arena room is just an exercise in futility. It's just maddeningly frustrating. It seems like the idiot game designers at Bungie completely forgot about solo players (or just don't care). It's simple to beat this mission with even one other person, but nearly impossible solo.

 

[Rangers]

Yeah, I think enemy health and maybe some other stuff is supposedly scaled back for solo, but it's still practically an order of magnitude more difficult.

Kind of like a badge of honor though, I've solo-ed at least one nightfall...

 

[NRP]

I feel like I've been stuck at 25 for an eternity. Is better armor the only way to level up? I have maxed out legendary chest armor, and the rest is maxed out rare. Should I just buy more purple shit? The only drops I've been getting are blues that aren't as good (lower light value) as what I currently have.

By the way, why is the exotic Warlock armor so goddamn ugly? I mean really, a goddamn Darth Maul skull helmet? Seriously?

 

[Rangers]

Sure, just buy the purple stuff. That'll get you to 28-29 if you're willing to invest some shards. Purple armor (or purple anything) doesn't drop very often.

The exotic hunter gunslinger helmets are ugly too. As I say, I think on balance I looked cooler at the low levels, which is a misstep for bungie.

However, how badass everybody looks in general in this game is nothing short of amazing.

 

[djskribbles]

Even the current lvl 22 weekly heroic mission sucks ass for a solo lvl 25 character. I can get all the way to last boss encounter relatively easily, but jumping down into that closed arena room is just an exercise in futility. It's just maddeningly frustrating. It seems like the idiot game designers at Bungie completely forgot about solo players (or just don't care). It's simple to beat this mission with even one other person, but nearly impossible solo.

There's two easier ways to solo it.
First one is: don't jump down; snipe the minotaurs down below and the Nexus will spawn. This isn't quite as easy as it sounds because a minotaur will spawn up top once in a while too (every ~30 seconds or so), behind you... ones with yellow health. What I would do is get a scout rifle with a void fusion/sniper rifle and rocket launcher/machine gun. Keep shooting the Nexus from up top but keep an eye on your radar to see if a minotaur spawns behind you. When it does, bring out your void weapons and take care of him. Rinse and repeat.

The second method I can't really explain, but there are a few hiding spots down below, along the walls that you can jump up to.

And yes, buying legendary+ armor is the only way to reach higher levels, because it seems like you're maxed out. You need Light to level up further, not XP anymore. Each defense upgrade on your armor will give you 1-3 Light.

 

[orangpelupa]

Pretty sure this is an exaggeration

Anyways why envy me? I've struggled for my 2 pieces and I'm not through yet in what, 7th or 8th week of the game? I envy those who say they got the full set on their first raid...not like there isn't tons of 30's running around at this point. I think it's still somewhat prestigious though.

yeah, i think its around 50 raids instead of hundreds.

and usually when raiding, i simply tell my friends something like "one of you guys will get awesome stuff while i will get ascendant stuff, so i if any of your friend want to join the raid, feel free to kick me to orbit".

Even the current lvl 22 weekly heroic mission sucks ass for a solo lvl 25 character. I can get all the way to last boss encounter relatively easily, but jumping down into that closed arena room is just an exercise in futility. It's just maddeningly frustrating. It seems like the idiot game designers at Bungie completely forgot about solo players (or just don't care). It's simple to beat this mission with even one other person, but nearly impossible solo.

You need to develop new strategy that may or may not in-line with Bungie's vision of Destiny.

I feel like I've been stuck at 25 for an eternity. Is better armor the only way to level up? I have maxed out legendary chest armor, and the rest is maxed out rare. Should I just buy more purple shit? The only drops I've been getting are blues that aren't as good (lower light value) as what I currently have.

By the way, why is the exotic Warlock armor so goddamn ugly? I mean really, a goddamn Darth Maul skull helmet? Seriously?

yes you need to buy armors. and yes the exotic is ugly, ever see Hunter's exotic head? tumors.. tumors everywhere.

There's two easier ways to solo it.
First one is: don't jump down; snipe the minotaurs down below and the Nexus will spawn. This isn't quite as easy as it sounds because a minotaur will spawn up top once in a while too (every ~30 seconds or so), behind you... ones with yellow health. What I would do is get a scout rifle with a void fusion/sniper rifle and rocket launcher/machine gun. Keep shooting the Nexus from up top but keep an eye on your radar to see if a minotaur spawns behind you. When it does, bring out your void weapons and take care of him. Rinse and repeat.

yups, need to find the tricks on every battle as soon as possible and keep exploiting it before bungie patch it out. because we dont know whether our strategy is in-line with Bungie's vision of Destiny or not

 

[Strange]

Pretty sure this is an exaggeration

Anyways why envy me? I've struggled for my 2 pieces and I'm not through yet in what, 7th or 8th week of the game? I envy those who say they got the full set on their first raid...not like there isn't tons of 30's running around at this point. I think it's still somewhat prestigious though.

When those raid gauntlets drop I swear I'll scream in delight like a little girl lol...the culmination of 150+ hours of work...

Edit: just checked Bungie net and added up all my chars, if it's accurate I'm around 146 hours...less than I thought.

30 raid isn't as hard as you think, it's more of a chore to me now. There's also not as many 30s as you think...

If I remember correctly for myself

week 1
1 LV26 raid cleared (4)
1 LV26 raid half clared (3)
due to a bug on Bungie's part I actually had 3 more loot points due to an odd reset of sorts, so totaling 7 loot points for the first eek

week 2
1 LV26 raid cleared (4)

week 3, made a second character
2 LV26 raid cleared, hit Lv 30 after the 4th run (8)

Week 4, made a third character
3 LV30 raid cleared (24)

week 5
3 LV30 raid cleared (24)

week 6 (this week)
2 LV30 raid cleared.(16)
1 LV30 raid up to gatekeeper (4)

so in total I've hit 87 loot points I believe... going to hit the last two loot points today.

All in all I pretty much have all the possible loot, including vex. The only thing I'm missing is Praedyth's timepiece, which is evading me for some reason.

I'm planning on putting my three Praedyth's revenge and icebreakers (all bought) on all three characters in the future to free up transferring slots

I also have 2 Vision of Confluence, Atheon's Epilogue, as well as fatebringer, so when I find the third of those I could also ignore transferring those too


My time up right now adds to ....274 hours.



As for the strategies, putting good use of the map/obstacles in my view is fine.
People find a way to get missions done as effectively as possible with the highest success rate as possible.
What's not fine is doing stuff that's obviously not how they designed it, like pushing Atheon off the cliff.

So far the real strategies that I find worth noting as "not the way intended" are basically the ones where you get to defeat bosses without actually causing damage to them. The other ones I feel are fair game.

 

[NRP]

@djskribbles
Thanks for the strat tips. Hopefully Icebreaker goes on sale this weekend. If so, I'll try that heroic mission again.

 

[Rangers]

@djskribbles
Thanks for the strat tips. Hopefully Icebreaker goes on sale this weekend. If so, I'll try that heroic mission again.

Nope The legend lives on!!

Debating whether to buy Time and Patience, most people review it like "it's not as good as Icebreaker"

TBH there isn't that much Xur can offer anymore that I care about anyway. So I might buy it for shits, giggles, and arc damage.

I've decided hard mode raid is too hard for my 29. At least without a coherent group, half the groups you find on destinylfg are pretty ragtag, lacking enough 30's, etc. this leads to a lot of frustration and little progress, lots of wasted time.

So I need to level my alt to 20, take 3 shots at normal, and THEN as time permits I can try some hards that week.

 

[RenegadeRocks]

So one should get the Patience n time?

 

[NRP]

Isn't Patience and Time that sniper that grants you invisibility after you aim through the scope for a while? At first glance, it seems like a cool ability but I don't know how useful it would be in PvE.

I think I'll pass. I only have enough Strange Coins for one exotic, and I really need the Icebreaker.

 

[RenegadeRocks]

A friend says it has the highest stability meaning almost no recoil at all. One can take multiple shots easily.

What about that helmet Engram? I have a lot of notes of light and don't know what to do with them. t

 

[NRP]

I might try the helmet engram. I too have quite a few Motes of Light that I don't know what to do with. Just my luck the goddamn engram will decrypt into a helmet for a character I don't have.