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Destiny 2 |OT2| Leviathan Wakes (Spoiler Tag ALL Raid Discussion)
- Thread starter JohnOfMars
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Why are people asking for more grind, Jesus.
Heres a novel idea: you can play the game without chasing anything. If you have fun in the Crucible or Raid or whatever, it shouldnt be any less fun just because theres no reward - I mean the whole point of these rewards is to use them anyways. So once you have it all: use it
Why are people against the grind? If you don't want to do the grind then... don't do it. I don't know having optional content to go after is a bad thing. People are acting like it's the devil.
Goodacre0081
Member
just got a splash screen for guided games. is that new?
Flying Toaster
Member
Seems like it is still beta that everyone has access to.
30 faction engrams is the most you can get.
https://www.bungie.net/en/Help/Article/46312
Faction Engram Reward Limit: After a Character has earned 30 Faction Engrams in a single Faction Rally event, any additional Faction Engrams earned will only reward that Character with Shaders. This limit will be reset at the beginning of the next Faction Rally event.
https://www.bungie.net/en/Help/Article/46312
Faction Engram Reward Limit: After a Character has earned 30 Faction Engrams in a single Faction Rally event, any additional Faction Engrams earned will only reward that Character with Shaders. This limit will be reset at the beginning of the next Faction Rally event.
I don't think anyone has seen it since the first week. I wonder if they removed it thinking it was confusing people; the milestone was technically your Calus reward, so maybe they thought it was unnecessary.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Ready whenever you are.
Cornbread78
Member
OK, send arihh a friend request if he hasn't already
MythicReclaimer
Member
Folks are seemingly worried that randomized perks/random drops will create imbalance in the game's PvP scene and/or will be more attainable by players who, well, play the game more than others, I guess. I sorely miss the grind and the randomized gear/weapon perks.
The game is incredibly more basic and samey now because of a lack of it.
TheCanisDirus
Member
Wait we can do what now!? So there's hope for me just wanting to finish that fight and be done?! That's the best news i've heard all day.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Well Gunsmith Material Caps @x999
At least you start a new stack!
At least you start a new stack!
edgefusion
Member
Well Gunsmith Material Caps @x999
At least you start a new stack!
How do you have time to do all this.
Razzmatazzer
Member
I never considered random perks a grind, it was an incentive. If you got your ass kicked in pvp chances are a "god roll" gun wasn't going to save you.
The randomized gear/weapons would be a welcome return. At least then I wouldn't be instantly deleting any duplicate items found.
psynergylover
Member
are factions chosen for you? I just logged in and it said meet with with dead orbit leader; was gonna choose that anyway but would've like the option to choose..
Pandora012
Member
You could always do it, lol
Rexatality
Member
You have to talk to the faction leaders first before pledging allegiance
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
What factions did you go with? I went Dead Orbit just because I like the look of their weapons.
You talk to all three before picking which one you want to pledge to.
jmvmadeira
Member
I got the NM scout rifle this morning (3 rank ups, some arms, butt towels, chest piece) but did not have time to play with it. Any impressions?
psynergylover
Member
oh, I see.
Edit: why on earth is neew monarchy all the way on the other side of the map!? they alreasy lost just because of that lol!
It won't let you choose until you've read the pitch from all three factions. Just hit "accept" with Dead Orbit. You're then sent to FWC and the other one, after which you pick a faction to join.
It threw me off, tool. The prompt to "accept" their pitch made me think I was joining.
I prefer a random mods approach. Right now the mods suck, for the most part, but there's so much potential there. Give us fun mods, then disable them for PvP. Everyone wins.
Finn of Ooo
Member
Because oftentimes the best equipment is locked behind the most grind centered activities and many of us don't want to be locked out of content because we don't have time to grind out that equipment.
captscience
Member
I got one from a Cayde chest last week so my memory is a bit hazy, but I do remember not liking it. Perks are good but it just doesn't feel great, especially coming from Nameless.
psynergylover
Member
well damn...New Monarchy has the better shaders while FWC has the better weapons...DO is just blah...
guess I'm switching to FWC for my titan and NM for my warlock...
guess I'm switching to FWC for my titan and NM for my warlock...
Merciless is always good. But its all about the nades and crowd control supers.
If you have a Warlock or a Titan let them equip Pulse nades. You can spam and do alot of damage on the boss. Use supers for add control.
That wasn't true of Destiny 1 at all. Besides, the biggest grind in Destiny right now is the grind to 280 light to grind out the raid. Tons of folks are locked out of doing the raid because they don't have the gear yet. Are you against this?
I go to Hawthorne more than Cayde, so I guess I'd argue that New Monarchy is in the better location.
At this point all I care about is accuracy/misinformation; please note that the raid is unlocked at 260, and the first and second encounters are 260 and 270 respectively. It is also relevant to what you are describing as grind in this context that you can get well past 280 and indeed all the way to the current cap without ever touching the raid, something that was not remotely true of vanilla-era D1.
Darryl M R
Member
Empty Space
Member
There is raid specific gear, but they don't have unique perks.
Smokey_Run
Member
Why are people asking for more grind, Jesus.
Heres a novel idea: you can play the game without chasing anything. If you have fun in the Crucible or Raid or whatever, it shouldnt be any less fun just because theres no reward - I mean the whole point of these rewards is to use them anyways. So once you have it all: use it
Cause people want something to chase? IMO, it's kind of the reason a game like this exists.
I am TheBurning007 276 Warlock
Nice... I can run striker with those double arc nades then. Run around slamming adds, too, I guess.
Finn of Ooo
Member
It was definitely true if you got unlucky with weapon rolls, I had plenty of free time during the first game and I still couldn't grind out certain weapon and perk combos. Some of the weapon quests also took a long time like the mat grinding for exotic swords. At least in this one once you get something you don't have to worry about getting the shit version of it.
On one hand, I feel like you should be able to get an entire armor set with 30 engrams.
... On the other hand, what the hell is the point of that decision?
reasons to care when they bring it back in another month or so.
Hunter-Zero
Member
The point is for you to come back in the next faction rally, not that i agree with that, but seems quite obvious that´s their intention.
The light level required for the raid is not the point of this discussion, but thanks for pointing that out.
It's sad that we are comparing Destiny 2 to vanilla-era D1 in an effort, I guess, to defend any criticism of D2. Yet here we are.
Still, if your goal is to get to level cap, then you still have to grind it out. The game doesn't give you level 305 items from the start. There is grind in Destiny 2. Not everyone will get everything or see all content. That's just how it is, and how nearly every game ever made is. Not wanting random rolls on weapons because there's a chance that some people won't get that roll seems a strange reason not to do it.
molnizzle
Member
Fucking hell no. Chasing god rolls was the absolute worst. Now when you get a good piece of gear you actually feel good, because you know its good. Imagine that!
Christ I hope Bungie doesnt listen to you guys. Random perks were the worst. Literally drove me away from the game.
Prevent the hardest of the hardcore from deciding the outcome of the event?
TheCanisDirus
Member
Lol wait... people are actually
rotating outside of the runners?!?!
I guess.
But I mean... why not let the players go hard? If they're willing to do it, let them.
BrightLightLava
Unconfirmed Member
For the groups I've been in,
communication has been much clearer and easier to handle with a rotation. It's not strictly required if everyone can keep track of where they need to look when, though.
The two times I've done it, we did it that way and it was super smooth for the most part. Less confusion.