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[super-famicom]

Got one more gold chest to grab.

Which planet?

 

[Slammin_Hammon]

Guessing Xyor is going to be a nightmare... D:

Just hide in the room you came in through after a while. Just make sure you are kinda 2 rooms back so you don't get killed by the shrieker that spawns there.

 

[Xeroblade]

GOOD
The Burning Shrine | 9/10 | Best in Rumble, Skirmish
+ Good lines of sight
+ Moving centerpiece makes gameplay dynamic
+ Good height variation and wide hallways
+ Gorgeous environment and skybox
+ Contestable heavy ammo spawns
+/- Callouts
- Map boundaries outdoors aren't obvious
- Sunglare overbearing at times

Shores of Time | 8/10 | Best in Control, Skirmish
+ Good lines of sight
+ Decent height variation
+ Easy callouts
+/- Environment; clean and appealing in some areas, messy in others
+/- Contestable heavy ammo spawns
- Some chokepoints too small
- Predictable spawns

Rusted Lands | 8/10 | Best in Control, Skirmish
+ Good lines of sight
+ Good height variation
+ Pleasing environment and skybox
+/- Contestable heavy ammo spawns
- Predictable spawns
- Somewhat oversegmented

Firebase Delphi | 8/10 | Best in Rumble, Control
+ Amazing opening rush
+ Good lines of sight
+ Good height variation and wide hallways
+ Contestable heavy ammo spawns
+ Pleasing environment and skybox
- Doors open too slowly
- Callouts


DECENT
Asylum | 7/10 | Best in Rumble, Skirmish
+ Decent lines of sight
+ Decent height variation
+ Easy callouts
+ Gorgeous environment
+ Contestable heavy ammo spawns
- Some chokepoints too small
- Railings top balcony should be removed to make it a power position


The Anomaly | 6/10 | Best in Rumble
+ Moving centerpiece
+ Mix of good lines of sight and close quarters
+ Contestable heavy ammo spawns
+ Easy callouts
- Center room and balcony area is visually and geometrically cluttered
- Some chokepoints too small

First light | 5/10 | Best in Control
+ Decent height variation
+ Turrets are good vehicle counters
+ Easy callouts
+ Contestable heavy ammo spawns
- Linear paths make boring and predictable vehicle routes
- Predictable spawns
- Hazy draw distance
- Gratuitous amounts of dead space
- Some buildings too small


BAD
Exodus Blue | 4/10 | Best in Skirmish
+ Contestable heavy ammo spawns
+ Decent environment and skybox
+/- Decent height variation outdoors; indoors is flat
- Predictable spawning
- No desirable position on the map
- Cluttered, inconsistent lines of sight and geometry
- Geometry that is difficult to stand on


Twilight Gap | 2/10 | No best gametype
+ Decent height variation
+ Beautiful skybox; mountaneous regions are visually appealing
+ Contestable heavy ammo spawns
- No flow whatsoever; cat and mouse gameplay
- Cluttered sightlines
- Copious amounts of cover; superfluous paths
- Callouts

Blind Watch | 2/10 | No best gametype
+ Good height variation
+ Decent environment and skybox
+/- Contestable heavy ammo spawns
- Entire water area is deadspace
- Cluttered sightlines (the pipes top mid in particular)
- Geometry that is difficult to stand on
- Predictable spawning
- Automatic doors tend to lag
- Head scratching control zone placement
- Destiny's Sword Base; gameplay favors the hallway around B.


I've only played Bastion once so didn't include it.

are these all the maps then?

 

[MidEvlDed]

Hide behind the rock in the northwest corner of the room after clearing the initial mobs that are there (before big ogre guy breaks his chains).While you're hidden behind the rock only a few knights and thralls will aggro you and the rest wil ignore you. You can also hide behind it to avoid Boss projectiles.

That's my spot exactly. You can even ignore the Knights that spawn above you eventually. Just don't go far enough out where they can see you or they'll jump down.

 

[Mindlog]

I just want to farm the Raid door for that awesome chest. Need to find a group ready for it.

 

[jeffc919]

Seriously? How are you people finding these things? I only have like 3 and have been searching all over. I've even had people in strikes point me to places where it seems they should be but there's nothing there for me.

There are numerous videos on YouTube showing where they all are.

 

[Twilight Gap]

are these all the maps then?

There are currently 11 crucible maps in the game. 10 if you're on Xbox since Exodus Blue is exclusive to playstation until next fall.

 

[bitoriginal]

Fucking disconnects tonight are really pissing me off. Arghh! Had a couple right at the end of a game too.

 

[Pop]

Only reason legendary isnt guaranteed is because there isn't enough variety of items in the game yet. Which it needs. Different stats within the same colored items is also needed badly.

 

[youngplaya21]

Seriously? How are you people finding these things? I only have like 3 and have been searching all over. I've even had people in strikes point me to places where it seems they should be but there's nothing there for me.

Internet. Took me a few hours to find all of the chests. You don't get anything good for collecting them all though

 

[Gr1mLock]

Well, in my experience proponents of monarchy aren't exactly on the left political spectrum either. And I live in Austria where political parties trying to reinstate monarchy are actually a thing.
And Dead Orbit are emo gothics.

Wish there was a faction I could relate to.

Which is why I like any typical uninformed civilian, I favor whoever has the cooler looking stuff. Unless they vote to defund the postmaster. I'm not trying to pick up my own greens.

 

[Astral]

Are drops and rewards the same regardless of mission difficulty? I don't wanna kill myself trying to solo the daily mission at my level (24).

 

[Lighthouse]

Yes, you can get one gold package per day per character. Usually you get either an ascendant energy or shard, one is for weapons (energy) or armor (shards).

Thanks for the tip. Thats very smart.
Ascendant Shards/Energy are super scarce.

 

[Xeroblade]

There are currently 11 crucible maps in the game. 10 if you're on Xbox since Exodus Blue is exclusive to playstation until next fall.

Thank you and thats some great info about all of them!

 

[AaronWatermelon]

Anyone here running raid groups on PS4? I'll be 28 tonight, super keen on attempting the Vault with a coordinated bunch of people. (My last group flaked within 30 minutes)

Hit me on PSN if so: Aaronalex

 

[MidEvlDed]

Just wondering who else head glitches the shit out of the Archon Priest from atop the tall mound of rocks near the arena entrance? Definitely the best spot. I head shot him all day from here and he can never hit me.

Only thing you have to worry about are the fusion rifle fallen every once in a while that spawn on the other side of the map. Plus, a bunch of shanks always bunch up below you so you can just drop a grenade and you have an ammo cache if you need it.

 

[Xevren]

That is exactly what must have happened - just when I needed it most it was gone, in a matter of seconds.

Gotta say, I don't see the point of an invulnerable bubble if a boss can just handwave it away. That's like having invisibilty until someone looks your way.

With that being the case, both Titan supers seem craptastic when it comes to bosses. Can't ground-pound them as they all have a wicked counter-punch, and can't make a bubble to survive their boss attacks either.

As far as bosses go that's the only one that's able to make it go away instantly. Barring Raid bosses of course, I've played the defender a ton on all the strikes and the bubble is fantastic.

 

[Shiera Seastar]

lol wow

It's not like they have enough supporters to get into general elections. So it would be wrong to assume they were representative of Austrian politics. And such organisations/parties - the phenomenon of their existence isn't exclusive to Austria either; they're all over Europe. It's pretty sad, actually.

But anyway, back to Destiny. I asked this a while ago and didn't get a satisfying answer:

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.

 

[Zakalwe]

Regarding the motes of light for the speaker, isn't that totally pointless? They seem to never have stats, so I'm wondering why they exist. You can only have one exotic weapon/armor piece, so wouldn't that just screw you over? Or do class items not count? On the other hand, spending the motes on Xur for an engram is LOL NO with how those turn out.

They're aesthetic items.

They're legendary, not exotic.

Only exotic items are limited: 1 weapon, 1 armour.

 

[zma1013]

The Summoning Pitts gif I found on Bungie.net

 

[LuchaShaq]

I like that purp drops are rare, when a game showers you with high end loot like d3 or bl2 it becomes totally a non event.

The vendors are in there to makeup for rngesus.

Only change to make is show purp/yellow engrams as blue if they are going to give blue to avoid the bummer.

 

[Carn82]

Bungi pls

It would be -kinda- awesome if the numbers really worked like that.

 

[UpDownLeftRight]

There are numerous videos on YouTube showing where they all are.

I know but I'd like to avoid them for at least a bit longer, I tend to give it my all looking myself and just do a clean up from videos if I'm starting to burn out on a game. I'm probably gonna have to look sooner or later though since the burn out just isn't happening.

 

[super-famicom]

The Summoning Pitts gif I found on Bungie.net

The Hive Rush is a scary thing.

 

[LuchaShaq]

The Summoning Pitts gif I found on Bungie.net

Two gaffers dragged my worthless ass (lv22) through that fight on the weekly heroic this morning.

I felt bad had no idea how useless I was going to be lol.

 

[Cudder]

Bungi pls

Does this mean spending Glimmer/turning in materials increases the odds of Leg/Exo drops or is it just a bullshit excuse by Bungie as to why they never come in Engrams?

 

[The Librarian]

Which planet?

Mars

 

[CLBridges]

Just soloed the level 28 daily heroic. 17 deaths and 30ish minutes but I felt accomplished lol. I wouldn't advise it to be done solo though, so frustrating at times.

With that said though, if anyone needs a member to complete their daily or weekly (any level), send an invite to PSN: GhostFaceDon. I'll be on for the next couple hours at least, grinding up vanguard/crucible ranks.

 

[Raide]

It would be -kinda- awesome if the numbers really worked like that.

It would certainly be an interesting idea.The better the community does at collecting resources, the better gear is produced for players. I know WoW did some community events where players work together to unlock something for the world. Maybe Bungie put that in...

 

[MidEvlDed]

I've seen explosive round weapons in PvP. Shit is annoying as hell.

Though if I level up Thorn I might try using a handcannon since it'll add some DoT.

Regarding the motes of light for the speaker, isn't that totally pointless? They seem to never have stats, so I'm wondering why they exist. You can only have one exotic weapon/armor piece, so wouldn't that just screw you over? Or do class items not count? On the other hand, spending the motes on Xur for an engram is LOL NO with how those turn out.

The speakers items are legendary, not exotic, so there's no penalty.

 

[RoboPlato]

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According to this list there's still three maps I haven't played. Weird.

 

[Vashetti]

Anyone want to do the raid (PS4)?

Add/message: Vashetti

 

[nowai]

Looking for a party for the final Thorn mission.

PS4 sunvsthemoon

 

[MidEvlDed]

Are drops and rewards the same regardless of mission difficulty? I don't wanna kill myself trying to solo the daily mission at my level (24).

No, I believe you get some ascendant materials at level 24 and none at 22. I did the daily 24 yesterday at barely level 25 myself and it was doable.

 

[VexyWexy]

According to this list there's still three maps I haven't played. Weird.

Some of them are 3v3 only small maps.

 

[ColEx]

I soloed the earth weekly heroic strike mission last week at level 22, it took me around about 1 hour but it was a lot of fun, the arc burn modifier helped a lot though. Not sure if this weeks one is doable solo, i will probably give it a go at some point.

 

[RoboPlato]

Some of them are 3v3 only small maps.

That would explain why. I've only played that mode once.

 

[Bravo123]

The Monte Carlo is difficult for PvP, the fire rate is high but the impact is really low for PvP.
Fun weapon just need more practice I guess.

 

[Zafir]

Blue in my first legendary engram. Siighhh. I guess I can't be too upset considering I did get two legendaries from two blue engrams.

 

[blazeuk]

I'm still stuck at level 24, had absolutely nothing but rubbish drops today, don't think I'm ever going to get out of it until Xur comes along again. I have 23 mote of light and 15 strange coins just waiting to be spent.

 

[Cider X]

Farming the moon mission and I'm not getting legendary engrams now... Have they hotfixed the place?

 

[Heysoos]

Is the inspect another player achievement bugged?

 

[TheApatheticOne]

I'm sure everyone feels this way, but man.... it sure seems like when I play around 10 or so crucible matches, finishing no lower than 2nd, with a 2+ kd.... I get like 5% of the loot my teammates get. Played with one dude for 3 matches, and he got a legendary AND rare for three straight matches.... I got nothing 3 straight matches. :/ It's pretty crazy how often everyone on my team gets at least a blue, and Im left wanting.

I know it's random, which is nice for the players who are new to this type of game or not as good, but man..... it'd be nice if it were a little less random for the better performers!

 

[SnakeEyes]

Blue in my first legendary engram. Siighhh. I guess I can't be too upset considering I did get two legendaries from two blue engrams.

NO YOU MOST DEFINITELY CAN'T!

 

[NullPointer]

As far as bosses go that's the only one that's able to make it go away instantly. Barring Raid bosses of course, I've played the defender a ton on all the strikes and the bubble is fantastic.

Really? Nuts if true, but I guess I can live with that.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Got this for coming in last place in crucible lol:

 

[Steel]

There are currently 11 crucible maps in the game. 10 if you're on Xbox since Exodus Blue is exclusive to playstation until next fall.

People who have the xbox version should be greatful they don't have that map in the rotation.

 

[super-famicom]

Is the inspect another player achievement bugged?

I don't think so, I got mine. Try logging out of Destiny and then logging back in. That seems to fix the problem for most people with trophy/achievement issues.

 

[Savantcore]

Holy shit. Just saw someone get the Monte Carlo AR as a reward in the Crucible. Didn't do very well, literally just got an exotic weapon for the shits and gigs. I know the whole thing is random, but that seems crazy out of balance.

 

[Twilight Gap]

People who have the xbox version should be greatful they don't have that map in the rotation.

All 3 of the maps in the "bad" category are basically instaquits for me now.