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What system? I have a 27 Defender Titan
D Bo Chops
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I'll second this! Considering how when I first got on my sparrow, they sounded and reminded me of Star Wars Pod Racer on N64. Me and my friends basically try to race to objectives the way it is... It would take a TINY update to throw in some check points and a finish line.
Auto rifles & hand cannons.
I should have added this info:
PS4.
PSN ID for me is OutlawOcelot
I'll be 27 MAYBE 28 come Friday/Saturday. 26 right now with 95% completed to 27.
LollipoPReapeR
Member
Not for me. Especially in rumble. Me or someone else usually ends it pretty quickly. Only 22 kills and it's easy to get streaks especially when you get hold of heavy ammo.
I'm pretty good at pvp, it just not that good when compared to other games.
PrivateWHudson
Member
Good point about the weapons, I keep forgetting. Maybe it is better that way. If I can get a good long session one day and hit the crucible cap on one character, I could switch to the other and keep going. Then with the next reset I wouldn't need much to buy armor with my Hunter, then gun with my Titan, then gift the gun to the Hunter.
Setting a goal for full Dead Orbit in three weeks.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Hit 23 this morning and still have a full single piece of Rare Armor and single Legendary armor to level up.
Well on my way to Raid level.
Loving this game.
Well on my way to Raid level.
Loving this game.
Made a Warlock last night and got to level four. Was doing a mission that took me last the farming spot and saw people there so I went and joined, but it was super late here and after a bit I fell asleep for maybe a half hour. Woke up a level 9, aiming at the sky.
I halfheartedly shot at the cave until they went to loot, grabbed a TON that was sitting there and then logged off.
I halfheartedly shot at the cave until they went to loot, grabbed a TON that was sitting there and then logged off.
I've only got a fully upgraded Shingen_E at the minute while I wait for a legendary/exotic scout rifle to drop as they're my weapon of choice.
It does 242 attack, has ricochet damage and reloads extra quick after a melee attack. I'm level 24 so far I've done some level 18, 20, 22 and 24 stuff with it and it seems to be holding it's own.
ElRenoRaven
Member
So it's been a bit over a week now and I wanted to give my deeper thoughts on what I think of the game both good and bad. I'm not a good writer or someone who is great at organizing his thoughts so I'm basically going to do 2 lists with points.
Pros:
1. Voice acting pretty good. I have always liked a bit of cheesy dialog and this game has some but even then it's very good.
2. Gunplay is excellent. Need I go on?
3. I love the strikes although a few may have a bit too much trash. The venus strike to get the fallen priest for example. I do love that fight though and how he moves all over the place.
4. Story is great. Sure it's not perfect and needed to be a bit beefier but it has kept me interested every step of the way. I can't wait to get into the raid and then the expansions just to find out more.
5. Graphics are gorgeous I think. Skyboxes are to die for. I like the variety of color and actual usage of it. This is one thing Bungie has always been good at. In an era of Grey and brown being the norm I thank bungie for this.
6. Environments are nicely varied and there is a good mix. I love exploring them. Would have liked for more nods to past games and a bit more in way of interesting spots to explore. Still this is a plus though. Love them.
7. Mechanics such as supers, how grenades work, etc are great. I'm not going to lie I was always a bit worried how they would affect the gameplay but they work and they work damn well.
8. Music and sound design again amazing. I think everyone involved did a great job there. Even though Paul's credit song was a bit goofy I liked it. The sound effects were well done and fitted everything I thought.
Cons:
1. Engrams need serious love. It really sucks to get a legendary engram which aren't that easy to come by only to have it turn out a blue item that is 3 to 4 levels below you. This happens the majority of the time too. Same with Blue engrams. At least if it turns out a purple for another class you can save it and use it for them. This has to be fixed. An engram should give out an item of the color it is.
2. Lack of story telling. While there is a story and a damn interesting one. There should have been more told on screen. I'm talking cutscenes. They're so few of them. This hurt the game because there is a lot hidden away on Grimoire cards, Also there was nothing about our character other then Dinklebot found him. It's like oh I'm alive again ok. I'll carry on like nothing happened. Over all I would have liked more. What is there is great but there wasn't enough.
3. Loading. I understand why it was set up the way it was. I do. Believe me. But I'll still say it sucks. I do a strike. Then I load to orbit, then I pick a location say tower. Then I briefly load. Then I do the "Flight" to the tower aka load then I get there and I fly down to the tower aka load. This is cumbersome. Allow me to skip the orbit part completely. Let me go directly from tower to a mission and back. I don't mind loads between them but this load to load to load thing has to be fixed if not in Destiny 1 then it's sequel.
4. Voice or should I say a lack there of. You have this game that you want people to be social but you don't let them. I know not all of us want to chat. However pvp for example should automatically put the team in the same voice chat unless someone is in their party chat. Same with strike. If you are on a strike then it should put all 3 of you together in a voice chat again unless you are in a party chat. Proximity chat is needed for tower and even in public. The key point here is though that you should allow someone to opt in or out. Give us an option to enable proximity chat or to disable it if we don't feel like hearing everyone. This would allow everyone to be happy.
5. Nightfall and weekly strikes need to have matchmaking. I also still feel the raid should too. I know with randoms these won't always be easy. Hell most of the time. However for those of us who don't have a ton of friends or a ton of friends in the same timezone we sometimes might need to use these. Take last night. I couldn't find anyone for the weekly strike or the nightfall strike. I'd have loved to have been able to go into matchmaking to find someone. As a result I spent the night working on bounties.
6. Materials for upgrades. I'm ok with upgrades requiring some materials that may be harder to come by. But I would like some way to maybe get them a bit easier. Maybe a vendor that will sell some batches of them for motes of light or something.
7. Gear. The gear needs variety. I'm finding as are others that the gear all looks almost the same. Same with weapons. For a game that is all about the gear I'm not going to lie. I'm a bit underwhelmed here. One way you could fix this is give strike bosses certain pieces of gear that they have a chance of dropping. That way you end up making bosses mean more and worth actually going up against.
8. Last but not least grimoire cards, reps, etc. We need a tab to be able to see these items in game. To see my rep with a faction I have to go back to them in the tower. To see what my standing is on my grimoire card progress is again I have to go to bnet. To even read them I do. As part of this we need a clan interface too in game. I have a friend who wants to be a part of my clan and he can't cause he doesn't have access to a computer and the mobile app has issues for him. So he can't join. Even then you can't see what clanmates are on or invite them to things if they aren't on your friends list. For a company that innovated with clan features and lead the way with Halo 2 this is a bit shocking.
Man. That was a lot to cover. Now all that said. I love this game. It's without a doubt a game I'll be playing for years like the rest of the Bungie games I own. It's not perfect though. For me if I had to give it a number like reviewers do I'd give it a strong 8.5. There is a great foundation here with some flaws. I have no doubt Bungie will fix some of these problems and take feedback to heart and maybe change some things too. But the game is great. I think a lot of people just expected too much from it. I'm happy with it without a doubt though.
Pros:
1. Voice acting pretty good. I have always liked a bit of cheesy dialog and this game has some but even then it's very good.
2. Gunplay is excellent. Need I go on?
3. I love the strikes although a few may have a bit too much trash. The venus strike to get the fallen priest for example. I do love that fight though and how he moves all over the place.
4. Story is great. Sure it's not perfect and needed to be a bit beefier but it has kept me interested every step of the way. I can't wait to get into the raid and then the expansions just to find out more.
5. Graphics are gorgeous I think. Skyboxes are to die for. I like the variety of color and actual usage of it. This is one thing Bungie has always been good at. In an era of Grey and brown being the norm I thank bungie for this.
6. Environments are nicely varied and there is a good mix. I love exploring them. Would have liked for more nods to past games and a bit more in way of interesting spots to explore. Still this is a plus though. Love them.
7. Mechanics such as supers, how grenades work, etc are great. I'm not going to lie I was always a bit worried how they would affect the gameplay but they work and they work damn well.
8. Music and sound design again amazing. I think everyone involved did a great job there. Even though Paul's credit song was a bit goofy I liked it. The sound effects were well done and fitted everything I thought.
Cons:
1. Engrams need serious love. It really sucks to get a legendary engram which aren't that easy to come by only to have it turn out a blue item that is 3 to 4 levels below you. This happens the majority of the time too. Same with Blue engrams. At least if it turns out a purple for another class you can save it and use it for them. This has to be fixed. An engram should give out an item of the color it is.
2. Lack of story telling. While there is a story and a damn interesting one. There should have been more told on screen. I'm talking cutscenes. They're so few of them. This hurt the game because there is a lot hidden away on Grimoire cards, Also there was nothing about our character other then Dinklebot found him. It's like oh I'm alive again ok. I'll carry on like nothing happened. Over all I would have liked more. What is there is great but there wasn't enough.
3. Loading. I understand why it was set up the way it was. I do. Believe me. But I'll still say it sucks. I do a strike. Then I load to orbit, then I pick a location say tower. Then I briefly load. Then I do the "Flight" to the tower aka load then I get there and I fly down to the tower aka load. This is cumbersome. Allow me to skip the orbit part completely. Let me go directly from tower to a mission and back. I don't mind loads between them but this load to load to load thing has to be fixed if not in Destiny 1 then it's sequel.
4. Voice or should I say a lack there of. You have this game that you want people to be social but you don't let them. I know not all of us want to chat. However pvp for example should automatically put the team in the same voice chat unless someone is in their party chat. Same with strike. If you are on a strike then it should put all 3 of you together in a voice chat again unless you are in a party chat. Proximity chat is needed for tower and even in public. The key point here is though that you should allow someone to opt in or out. Give us an option to enable proximity chat or to disable it if we don't feel like hearing everyone. This would allow everyone to be happy.
5. Nightfall and weekly strikes need to have matchmaking. I also still feel the raid should too. I know with randoms these won't always be easy. Hell most of the time. However for those of us who don't have a ton of friends or a ton of friends in the same timezone we sometimes might need to use these. Take last night. I couldn't find anyone for the weekly strike or the nightfall strike. I'd have loved to have been able to go into matchmaking to find someone. As a result I spent the night working on bounties.
6. Materials for upgrades. I'm ok with upgrades requiring some materials that may be harder to come by. But I would like some way to maybe get them a bit easier. Maybe a vendor that will sell some batches of them for motes of light or something.
7. Gear. The gear needs variety. I'm finding as are others that the gear all looks almost the same. Same with weapons. For a game that is all about the gear I'm not going to lie. I'm a bit underwhelmed here. One way you could fix this is give strike bosses certain pieces of gear that they have a chance of dropping. That way you end up making bosses mean more and worth actually going up against.
8. Last but not least grimoire cards, reps, etc. We need a tab to be able to see these items in game. To see my rep with a faction I have to go back to them in the tower. To see what my standing is on my grimoire card progress is again I have to go to bnet. To even read them I do. As part of this we need a clan interface too in game. I have a friend who wants to be a part of my clan and he can't cause he doesn't have access to a computer and the mobile app has issues for him. So he can't join. Even then you can't see what clanmates are on or invite them to things if they aren't on your friends list. For a company that innovated with clan features and lead the way with Halo 2 this is a bit shocking.
Man. That was a lot to cover. Now all that said. I love this game. It's without a doubt a game I'll be playing for years like the rest of the Bungie games I own. It's not perfect though. For me if I had to give it a number like reviewers do I'd give it a strong 8.5. There is a great foundation here with some flaws. I have no doubt Bungie will fix some of these problems and take feedback to heart and maybe change some things too. But the game is great. I think a lot of people just expected too much from it. I'm happy with it without a doubt though.
AmateurHour212
Member
I've been rolling with a Shingen-C until I can get something better (like the Shingen-E). I have been doing a bunch of level 20 stuff and it's been pretty decent.
I have been leaning towards AR because that is what I have primarily used up till this point. Just wanted to make sure it was viable for endgame content.
Thanks everyone for the input!
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yes, because non-matchmade players never ragequit.
kurisu1974
Banned
It was an 7/10 for me too when I was around level 10, but the lack of an involving story, abysmal voice acting (they needed Dinklage for that?) and the feeling I was palying a muscled up version of Borderlands, and the boring grind of the endgame, kinda make me veer towards a 6/10 as a final score. I did some raids yesterday, some multiplayer, but honestly I'm alread playing it less and less.
I got it on launch day last week, reached level 21 yesterday, no exotic or legendary gear in sight and not looking forward to grinding those vanguard points doing missions I already did...
Been playing a lot since release, never gotten a Legendary Engram.
Yesterday got a legendary helm engram, got a blue lvl 16 helm /wrists.
Couple hours later got a legendary chest engram, got a level 20 exotic chest...FOR MY CLASS!!! Holy shit lol. Still lukewarm on this game, but man did that feel good.
Yesterday got a legendary helm engram, got a blue lvl 16 helm /wrists.
Couple hours later got a legendary chest engram, got a level 20 exotic chest...FOR MY CLASS!!! Holy shit lol. Still lukewarm on this game, but man did that feel good.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
I'm on xbox one
I'm getting there, buddy!!! 23 this morning!!
Derpcrawler
Member
The loot system is not helping game at all... The RNG shit needs to go, or be toned down.
24 legendary engrams so far - only 1 legendary - my hand canon. I am doing bounty every day since last saturday, actually twice a day since they seem to reset twice for me (can do them twice every 12 hours, have no clue why). No Exotic weapon bounty in mail, no nothing. And then there are people right in this thread that post their anecdotal evidence of being fully geared with more than one exotic piece of weapon and armor, in under 24 hours played. Bungie, stop breaking my balls.
SMH
24 legendary engrams so far - only 1 legendary - my hand canon. I am doing bounty every day since last saturday, actually twice a day since they seem to reset twice for me (can do them twice every 12 hours, have no clue why). No Exotic weapon bounty in mail, no nothing. And then there are people right in this thread that post their anecdotal evidence of being fully geared with more than one exotic piece of weapon and armor, in under 24 hours played. Bungie, stop breaking my balls.
SMH
I still find it fascinating that people are comparing Destiny to Borderlands. Borderlands had a fun storm and a shit-ton of charm and all kinds of fun weapons. I guess a robot buddy is something in common. Otherwise, they seem... different.
Man I'm jealous - can't wait for my first Exotic. Hell, I've only gotten one Legendary (and only 6 purple engrams or so). The RNG hates me. I'm starting to think something must be glitched.
we.are.the.armada
Member
Hey, 27 (might be 28 after Xur items) Titan both Defender and Striker maxed - I can't do anything this Saturday w/ you bc vacation w/ gf but it'll be nice to have another endgame player on the friendlist so I'll add you Zlatko
After 2 hours of farming a couple of spots and running the strike playlist, I FINALLY found a legendary heavy weapon ennegram. When I went to decode it, it turned into an ascendant shard...
Edit:
After decoding all of my blues and one purple, I had a message at the postmaster and I ended up getting 2 more purples and one blue. The blue was a Grinder's Cloak (cause I don't have a million of these already) and the 2 legendaries downgraded to rares and were a pair of Rustburner 1.5's and a fucking shotgun. It's time for me to take a break before I through my controller through the window...
Edit:
After decoding all of my blues and one purple, I had a message at the postmaster and I ended up getting 2 more purples and one blue. The blue was a Grinder's Cloak (cause I don't have a million of these already) and the 2 legendaries downgraded to rares and were a pair of Rustburner 1.5's and a fucking shotgun. It's time for me to take a break before I through my controller through the window...
RNG is a bitch. Want to know how many Blackwing Lair runs I did before I got my Judgment Shoulders? How about 4 billion? Nope, not bitter at all about it still
Derpcrawler
Member
Borderlands was fun, both games. Since loot while being random dropped plenty, and most legendary guns had really insane effects, like ricocheting shotgun (forgot name) from BL2, that would destroy whole areas of enemies. Also if I remember correctly, each gun had different parts - stock, barrel and sights (don't remember, might be something else). So you would get really bizarre and insane combos even of same weapon, depending which parts it rolled.
See my post above, I am really trying my hardest to give Destiny a chance, but at this point I am just excusing waste of my money on Digital Guardian edition.
Aces&Eights
Member
I'm a sliver away from being a 23 and the only legendary I have is my cloak. MY CLOAK, LOL! Running blues on everything else but man, I can't catch a break. I've farmed Venus spot for hours, the Moon's "We've woken the Hive!" for an hour and a half and done so many patrol missions I've lost count. I completed the whole story on hard mode and have done every strike available. I get that it's a grind and I don't mind but goddamn I want some purple gear to match my cloak. That said, the game is fun. I do hope the future content is meaty as AC: Unity, LOTR, Far Cry 4 are all coming out soon and I want myself to want to come back to this game.
Shiera Seastar
Banned
So there's one thing about weapon stats still leaving me somewhat confused. If Impact means "damage per bullet" then how does my sniper rifle have only slightly higher Impact than my AR? Would that just be a bad sniper rifle, or what? I'm still able to one-shot enemies on hard 24.
CouchMaster
Member
Played on Mercury for first time while doing Rumble bounty, spent half the time just looking at the sun.
Have you played the raid?
You need a higher level Cryptarch. ;(After 2 hours of farming a couple of spots and running the strike playlist, I FINALLY found a legendary heavy weapon ennegram. When I went to decode it, it turned into an ascendant shard...
pokeystaples
Banned
After 2 hours of farming a couple of spots and running the strike playlist, I FINALLY found a legendary heavy weapon ennegram. When I went to decode it, it turned into an ascendant shard...
Secretly jealous. I need three for my legendary cheat upgrade. I am 3 light away from 26. Gimme your shards.
Maedre
Banned
RNG is a bitch. Want to know how many Blackwing Lair runs I did before I got my Judgment Shoulders? How about 4 billion? Nope, not bitter at all about it still
good old times
Four years of raiding as a rogue and i dont know how many times i thouth that tha game hates me.
Aces&Eights
Member
Not positive, but I think impact is how much you slam an enemy back when you headshot them. I believe your actual damage per shot is the big white number next to the picture of the weapon. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
I thought it's been said that his level is irrelevant to decoding?
good old times
Reminds me of doing MC over and over and never seeing a corehound tooth.
I had a Barman Shanker rolling into BWL...
scarletham
Member
Is there a general rule for this? Level 3 for legendary, or something like that?
FloatingDivider
Member
Yeah no, that's a lie. My Cryptarch is at lvl 15 or so and he still decrypts my purple engrams into blue weapons etc. I'd be happy with ascendant shards/energies tbh.
The loot situation in this game is seriously wearing on me now. Needs a complete overhaul. How do bosses in a strike not have a 100% chance to drop an engram? If you have just as good a chance to find a legendary by shooting level 4 mobs for over an hour as you do completing a level 20 strike, there's a problem with your loot system.
Derpcrawler
Member
RNG is a bitch. Want to know how many Blackwing Lair runs I did before I got my Judgment Shoulders? How about 4 billion? Nope, not bitter at all about it still
While loot is random in WoW (from limited table of drops per boss), it's still more fair. Here it's just frustrating. Imagine getting Coins (whatever it's called, the thing they introduced in MoP) instead of normal drops and then each player rolls individually, where there is 5-10% chance to roll actual epic and the rest would give you copper ore or some shitty rare/uncommon, so most of the time instead of getting desired piece you don't get anything at all... over and over again. Destiny on top of loot being random, is only screwing you at getting anything at all.
El_Fenomeno
Member
What is the point of leveling up the cryptarch at the moment?
RNG is a bitch. Want to know how many Blackwing Lair runs I did before I got my Judgment Shoulders? How about 4 billion? Nope, not bitter at all about it still
Mine was Heroic Sethekk Halls for the Anzu mount. Ran that daily for a long time. Brought someone with me once to clear it faster, it dropped, and they won the roll.
Thankfully, it eventually dropped for me again.
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