Empty Space
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Uh is there no raid lockout mechanic in Destiny? Can I kill Calus multiple times a week and get loot every time?
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Destiny 2 |OT2| Leviathan Wakes (Spoiler Tag ALL Raid Discussion)
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DrROBschiz
Member
Nope!
I helped some friends do it last week and i didnt get shit since i already cleared it for the week
Finn of Ooo
Member
So from the raid I've gotten:
Inaugural Address
Mob Justice
Rocket Launcher (can't remember name)
I've heard the RL is good, how about the other two?
Inaugural Address
Mob Justice
Rocket Launcher (can't remember name)
I've heard the RL is good, how about the other two?
Jest Chillin
Member
9:30am East Coast US/6:30am West Coast US time on a Wednesday.
Inaugural Address is a pulse, so that answers that question. I think it has good perks, but there's no reason to use an energy pulse when they are outclassed by auto rifles and scouts. Pulses are not in a good spot right now for the most part.
Mob Justice - it's okay. Not bad, not great. No real reason to use it in an energy slot. If you want to rock an SMG there are better options.
Raid rocket ( Sins of the Past) is one of the best heavy weapons in the game.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Yeah I know it just sucks. Seems like with D1 this would be OT 856 by now.
Speaking of, anyone have ideas for an OT 3 title? Almost there.
DrROBschiz
Member
uhhh
not so good
Best raid gear is the RL, Sword, Auto Rifle, Scout Rifle and Hand Cannon
the rest of the weapons are mediocre
Cornbread78
Member
I got an RI last night, but I broke it down and stuck with my Last Perdition
gamechanger87
Member
Most people on GAF are using the discord channels
Way quicker to find groups and discuss.
Legendary Kinetic Damage mods pls.
I've gotten 2 so far. One went into Origin Story, the other went into Dire Promise. Need one more for Nameless Midnight please
Have glimmer. Buy blue mods. Take free purple mods you can exchange. Dismantle purple mods. Use mod components to purchase random wapon mods. Profit.
Legendary Kinetic Damage mods pls.
I've gotten 2 so far. One went into Origin Story, the other went into Dire Promise. Need one more for Nameless Midnight please
They seem pretty rare, I don't seem to get any mods to drop out in world, or at least not enough to ever notice (I've never gotten a mod and been like, yes! I needed that!)
Legendary Kinetic Damage mods pls.
I've gotten 2 so far. One went into Origin Story, the other went into Dire Promise. Need one more for Nameless Midnight please
I actually got one from a gunsmith rep package last night. First time I've ever seen that drop. I feel the RNG for these are slightly skewed, considering it should be a 1 in 4 chance to get one...I find yelling at the screen helps.
Actually Im hearing more than the faster 150 RPM Handcannon archetypes are great for Crucible. Dires Promise From Dead Orbit as an example.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/741zrf/massive_breakdown_of_recommended_legendary/?st=J8D30JUJ&sh=d2660ecc
Raiding night. Two guys were not very skilled. Third one had the attention span of a goldfish. And would often forget what he was doing or had to have everything explained to him multiple times.
Instead of making it to Calus early we were stuck in raid hell. Wiping over and over again for nearly three hours. Finally we gave up at the gauntlet. At least i got me some tokens. Yay.
Everything up to Calus is easy and forgiving as fuck. We always mess up at the dogs and still manage to complete it.
But with some players it's like banging your head against a wall.
Instead of making it to Calus early we were stuck in raid hell. Wiping over and over again for nearly three hours. Finally we gave up at the gauntlet. At least i got me some tokens. Yay.
Everything up to Calus is easy and forgiving as fuck. We always mess up at the dogs and still manage to complete it.
But with some players it's like banging your head against a wall.
noomi
Member
This is what I tried this morning, got down to about 10K glimmer and stopped because I ain't gonna be no broke guardian
This along with the legendary reload mod seem to be the most rare. That's ok, I'll keep trying. Gives me something to chase
Finn of Ooo
Member
I'd say even calus is pretty tame. I don't understand how much difficulty some people have doing platforming. End of the gauntlet is a real make or break for some people.
Rollo Tomasi
Member
You dismantled Sins of the Past, the raid rocket launcher? That's the best rocket launcher in the game so far and some of us (like me) do not have it yet. Next time hold onto it!
MythicReclaimer
Member
Pretty sure he meant the pulse rifle as he said he stuck with the Last Perdition which is a pulse rifle as well.
Jest Chillin
Member
Third person jumping into holes with the floor falling out on the other side isn't all that easy for people who haven't spent a ton of time inside the track getting used to it happening. Add to that the speed needed and the fact that there are 5 other people that can bump into each other and it's not going to be smooth for everyone.
JohnOfMars
Banned
Pro tip: the light colored parts are the ones that drop away, so if you stay on the dark panels it's much easier.
Cornbread78
Member
MythicReclaimer
Member
I thought the end-game was clearly the Legendary Shard leaderboard, no?
Razzmatazzer
Member
This caught me off guard and made me laugh, thank you
As far as mods, I didn't even realize the kinetic mods were that rare till a few buddies mentioned how they've received like, one this whole time. I think I have like 3-4 in my inventory and I've used 2 others I had prior. Glad I've been getting lucky with these then!
Finn of Ooo
Member
Even then you have time to
jump off the panels as they go down. As long as folks call out which one they're taking and you alternate which runner teams pick up orbs it shouldn't be that bad. Even my first time as a runner it wasn't an issue hitting the right rings and avoiding the floor issues.
I get this is a shooter and not a platformer but it gets frustrating when you get a group that can't manage the platforming.
Jest Chillin
Member
The tricky part isn't finding the path as much as the sections where you don't have much landing space immediately following a gate. Sprinting and jumping through mid or top and having a short landing area before a large part of missing floor catches people off guard until they have the track more or less memorized.
In some sections you have time. In others the floor is already gone. The point I'm making is that unless you've run the track a lot, there are enough factors involved that it's tricky. From my experience the issues people have come from the relatively tight space of the holes in the gate combined with having to sprint to beat the timer. Though the third person angle also exacerbates this for me, personally.
I've already completed the raid a few times, but my normal group already finished it up so I decided to LFG within Discord. Joined Silvard and a team of DRGaf players. Really nice group of guys
Raid went pretty smooth, and we finished it up in about an hour and a half, with some good laughs along the way.
They had slightly different strategies for the encounters than what my normal group would do each week, and it was refreshing to see a different groups take on how to tackle these encounters.
Nice.
D2 discord is great. I am usually able to find a team or match up for NF and raids within a few minutes.
As raid noob, yet to finish but learning the mechanics, other raid members could not have been more patient and helpful. Keeps me coming back as a casualish gamer wth limited time to play.
MythicReclaimer
Member
The big issue here is when trying to create one you are going up against the Elemental mod types thus you are supposed to only have a 25% chance of it dropping (although it seems much lower than that a lot of times). If unlucky and you will be a lot, you will see both your Legendary Mods (used for mats to try and create/roll a Kinetic Attack Mod) and Glimmer disappear quickly. All the while your useless "Legendary" Shards are just accumulating like no one's business with no stop in sight.
I don't know what the solution is but considering the Elemental mod is just one type of mod with three different properties the chance for the Kinetic Attack Mod at the very least needs to be raised.
I think they should simply allow you to use Legendary Shards to purchase the mods you want/need as LS are incredibly under-used currently. Keep the RNG-based methods too if someone likes those for some reason and/or doesn't somehow enough LS.
For me, the Gunsmith needs a total re-work as it's the one thing that should not be RNG-based.
I mean, hell, the game is giving away Raid and Trials gear at 300 PL to folks who don't even participate in those activities.
A simple solution would be to have Xur carry a selection of legendary mods each week that you can purchase with legendary shards - maybe some of the more rare ones. TBH shards really carry no weight currently due to the low amount needed for infusion, low cost of exotics from Xur, and the rate at which you earn legendary items.
Refused to buy Caydes treasure maps but finishing the weekly reset milestones (except the raid) I thought sod it, why not as had little to do. I'd been in the tower for a good half an hour so no loot boxes opened previously and I started off with 2 empty chests.. great, following chest 1 blue item, fourth chest some scraps for cayde and last chest all was redeemed with an Exotic engram which dropped a 304 Coldheart. The disappointment on empty/blue/scrap chests is painful, damn.
No, only once per week.
I just do a Cayde Chest a day. Saves me the disappointment of opening a chest and getting absolutely nothing. All y'all rushing to do the chests right on reset gotta just calm down and pace it out.
MythicReclaimer
Member
I believe they scrapped an Economy/Currency system that was based around Legendary Shards way late in the development process and implemented the Token system as some of this stuff makes zero sense. I get a real kick out of seeing the Legendary Shard icon and count on the character page like it is this all-important thing.
Sniffynose
Member
Just need to get my hunter trophy for platinum which is great cus then I can just cruise control in
lol
stardew valley on the switch
Cornbread78
Member
Why don't you jump in with some GAFfers to complete the NF? Those weekly milestone rewards are actually pretty darn good and can really boost you up.
I really don't like crucible much either, but getting random exotics and the milestone rewards is well worth it. I had Sunbracers giving to me as a reward last night at 297, when I was only at 287. (OK, 292, but I invised a 290 drop to boos them to 297, lol) Bonus for me!
are you bent on not making friends? GAF has a very active discord, as well as this thread where people are LFG quite often.
You need to join the discord gaf channel. It's about 80% PS4 players. There are always people looking for groups/players. Unless you're just purposely avoiding player interaction...
Also, guided strikes, NF, and raids are a thing.
MythicReclaimer
Member
I have a fairly easy solution that improves the game in a number of ways...
How about a vendor or even the existing vendors have a selection of gear/weapons each week that has different perks (compared to their base version) for you to purchase with Legendary Shards. This way we remove the total randomness from it yet get some much needed variety while every player can purchase them without feeling left behind due to not being able to play as much, etc. As a result, duplicates become useful (as Legendary Shards).
How about a vendor or even the existing vendors have a selection of gear/weapons each week that has different perks (compared to their base version) for you to purchase with Legendary Shards. This way we remove the total randomness from it yet get some much needed variety while every player can purchase them without feeling left behind due to not being able to play as much, etc. As a result, duplicates become useful (as Legendary Shards).
OK, fine, I'll join the discord
Another question re infusing, if you infuse a power 270 weapon into a 265, does the 265 then become a 270? Is it that simple?
in your example you would not be able to fuse a weapon that's at a lower base level.
Oppositely, if you infused something that was 265 into a 270, it would become a 270.
edit: we more or less said the same thing, but you need to watch what order you're putting the numbers in.
lifeexpectancy
Member
Anyone know if doing the End the Arms Dealer strike unlocks the prestige achievement/trophy?? Trying to help.a bud but this week's prestige NF is brutal, not worth it.
TheAquaticApe
Member
Just a heads up for anyone trying to do the anomaly cheese in the Prestige NF...
At X amount of anomalies the game stops giving you more time. Just do it the normal way and you should get to the boss with 7-8 minutes left. We finished with 2 minutes to spare.
At X amount of anomalies the game stops giving you more time. Just do it the normal way and you should get to the boss with 7-8 minutes left. We finished with 2 minutes to spare.
