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[blazeuk]

Ah we missed you for the NFs (did get shitty drops though), but you were probably at work. Save some weeklies for me, I still need to do those, maybe tonight?

Yep, was at work (actually finished early today otherwise I'd still be there now). I'll be around to do weeklies later if you're doing them, may as well get them out of the way today rather than doing 3 last minute again.

First NF done and got a rubbish CCL - I don't think I've ever died as much as I just have as well. Thanks for the run Rymuth and MiniMe.

 

[Deku Tree]

I hope for Etheric light from NF it drops 5x+ instead of just one.

Fate Bringer
Black Hammer
Corrective Measures
Hunger of Crota
4 pieces of armor.

It's probably only going to be one Etheric Light from NF IMO. Bungie is being more generous but 5x+ is extremely too generous for Bungie IMO.

BTW You only need three pieces of armor plus one exotic to get to 34 though.

If I get three Etheric Light from NF then I am not sure if I should
1) Max one character to 34, or
2) Max three characters to 33 with one Etheric light each and one Exotic, or
2) Max out my FB and some other weapons and wait for 42 light PoE armor to drop...

 

[Impala26]

I hope for Etheric light from NF it drops 5x+ instead of just one.

Fate Bringer
Black Hammer
Corrective Measures
Hunger of Crota
4 pieces of armor.

Keep hopin'

Spoiler

Two possibly, three at best.

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I'm at normal gorgon now if anyone needs the chest.

 

[Blue Ninja]

Third Nightfall reward was a shitty FWC Sniper. Ascendant Shards, I guess.

At least I finally got the raid boots for my Warlock. Gonna see if I can get her to 32 before my VoG run later.

Boots are ugly with Predawne shader, though. Clown shoes.

 

[LollipoPReapeR]

So having reached level 12, I thought I'd share some thoughts on how I'm finding the game now I'm over halfway to level 20:

1) The moment-to-moment combat is very, very fun. Despite the cookie cutter mission design (hold square at point of interest, defend wave of enemies) I'm genuinely surprised how much I'm enjoying it. The weapons I'm using are satisfying (particularly my sniper rifle) and all of the enemies seems to have a decent amount of 'toughness' to them - even when I'm overleveled.

2) I'm not feeling too underleveled in PvP. My first game of Control sucked - I got zero kills and was getting one-shotted by levels 30s all over the place. Coming back at level 12 seems to have made a difference: I'm defeating said levels 30 one-on-one and I don't feel like there's that big of a gap anymore. I'm actually contributing to my team now.

3) Finally, the story is opaque and at times incomprehensible. I think the comparisons to Halo are particularly relevant here: as I've heard others say, at least Halo was grounded with the military outside of the Covenant and the Forerunners and the associated lore. Destiny up to

Spoiler

Venus

has been incredibly abstract, not really contextualising enemies or what even important figures like the Traveller are beyond a swift introduction. Outside of defeating The Darkness at some point by

Spoiler

going to a garden

I'm not sure where the story is heading. This, for me, is the most disappointing aspect of the game given Bungie's history.

Overall I'm enjoying the game at this stage. I'm glad I held off from buying around launch and I'm looking forward to House of Wolves apparently reducing the grind and adding more content. In the relatively near future I'm hopeful of joining in one of Hawkians newbie raids too.

1) this is pretty much the main reason people come back to this game over and over again

2) if you're playing regular control then it doesn't matter what your level is, you do the same damage as them. But the level 30s will have access to better weapons and therefore be able to kill you faster than you can kill them.

3)the story is largely incomprehensible and everyone has given up on it. And don't worry you don't need to spoiler tag anything. The games been out for ages and it's not like there's much in the story anyway.

Glad to hear your enjoying it and you should be happy to know, the grind was significantly worse before. Especially for players from the base game. Even still the changes coming from HoW are very welcome and lot of us feel these should have been there from the start tbh

 

[WheelHoss1]

NF gave me shit . . . but got Shattered Vault Cloak from Gorgon's and Ghost Angel Cloak from ranking up with Vanguard. Honestly, I'd rather have these than a new exotic. Thank you RNG and CthuluSars for bringing me luck!

 

[Flying Toaster]

Have a bit of time before I have to go to work. Looking for HM Gorgon x3.

Ruthless has it. Look him up he should be there now.

 

[spyder_ur]

Modified itinerary to cover more drops. We'll loop back around for however many Oracles/Templar we have time for. At least then we'll have the CP, too.

Itinerary
- Gorgon's chest NM (anyone have this?)
- Gorgon's chest HM (anyone have this?)
- 1x NM CE full
- 3x NM Deathsinger and Crota kill
- 3x Atheon kill
- fresh HM VoG Spire - Confluxes ??
- Oracles/Templar x3 ?? (or can anyone grab the Oracles CP, and we can juggle around to keep it despite doing Atheon first)

Team 1: 8:30 PM Eastern
1) stb (PSN Berried_treasurE)
2) stb's pal (PSN Capt_Verde)
3) Dave_6 (PSN DaveS78)
4) captscience (PSN captscience)
5) StereoType (PSN Haybro_)
6) GRIP (PSN GriP17-)
a) LTWood12 (PSN LTWOOD12)

Team 2: 9:30 PM Eastern
1) ich00 (PSN ichabod00) ??
2) schwagger15 (PSN spyder_ur) ??
3) Deku Tree (PSN DekuBleep)
4) T-44 (PSN T-44) [not on GAF, but on LTWood12's and stb's PSN friend lists]
5) LTWood12 (PSN LTWOOD12) [if the early team stays full]
6) Hung Wei Lo (PSN Kinezo) ??

Alts
a) kazeshini (PSN rasengan1337) ??
a) manicstreet (PSN manicstreet) ??
a) Lnkn52 (PSN Lnkn52) ??
a) Rollo Tomasi (PSN kreepmode) ??
a) Frostburn (PSN US-Frostburn) ??
a) Narmer212 (PSN GKW212) ??

Can everyone please quote to confirm, including which groups they can make/prefer?

First of all, highly offended that I got bumped to the second team just because I didn't participate for 6 weeks or so.

I'd definitely prefer to be in the 8:30 EST group. 9:30 is a bit late for me to start a full slate like this. But I'm in.

 

[xVaalbarAx]

If anyone needs to do nightfall I have one spot left! PSN: xVaalbarAx

 

[Marko_Baomoro]

This game is getting worse...
Why don't put a button (for example, R3) that allows to counter super and otherelse? Like titanfall!
Where are Europa and Mercury? Only one map for crucible on mercury...
Come on!

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

I'm at hard gorgon now.

 

[Namikaze1]

Deku, you still on? If you are, let me get the Oracles checkpoint on my Warlock for later.

 

[captscience]

I'm at hard gorgon now.

I'd love to grab it if you have room. Thanks!

 

[Deku Tree]

Deku, you still on? If you are, let me get the Oracles checkpoint on my Warlock for later.

I'd love to grab it if you have room. Thanks!

Gimme a few minutes and you both can grab Oracles from me.

 

[HiredN00bs]

This game is getting worse...

Huh?

 

[Darknyss09]

Gimme a few minutes and you both can grab Oracles from me.

Make that three =P

nvm, thanks Hov!

 

[Namikaze1]

I might as well grab it on my Titan too.

 

[captscience]

Gimme a few minutes and you both can grab Oracles from me.

Fantastic. Thanks Deku!

I'm at hard gorgon now.

Thanks as always Ruthless. My apologies for running about all crazy, I'm on my Vita with a laggy connection.

 

[blackjaw]

I'm at hard gorgon now.

Logging now thanks!

 

[Deku Tree]

Logging on now.
No mic.
Grab hard oracles.
Also let me switch to my warlock to transfer the CP please.

 

[Namikaze1]

Logging on now.
No mic.
Grab hard oracles.
Also let me switch to my warlock to transfer the CP please.

Alright. Heading there now.

 

[Deku Tree]

Ok I'll stay at oracles until you guys leave.
If you need to switch.

 

[Robdraggoo]

Nf Rewards today

Trolly problem, ok
Payback sos, not ok
Dragons breath, aka 7 stange coins, aka exotic shard. Its ok, i have alot of exotics i want to max in a couple weeks.

 

[ReignofSparrows]

1 spot for NF/Weekly

 

[Namikaze1]

Thanks, Deku and Ji66a, for the Oracles CP!

 

[Ophelion]

3) Finally, the story is opaque and at times incomprehensible. I think the comparisons to Halo are particularly relevant here: as I've heard others say, at least Halo was grounded with the military outside of the Covenant and the Forerunners and the associated lore. Destiny up to

Spoiler

Venus

has been incredibly abstract, not really contextualising enemies or what even important figures like the Traveller are beyond a swift introduction. Outside of defeating The Darkness at some point by

Spoiler

going to a garden

I'm not sure where the story is heading. This, for me, is the most disappointing aspect of the game given Bungie's history.

As someone who likes writing stories, I've gone about patching as many the holes in the leaky ship that is Destiny's story with whatever I can. It seems pretty obvious at this point Bungie's not super interested in giving us anything cohesive, so any time I had a question I couldn't find a legit answer to that didn't involve mystical vagaries and hand-waving, I'd just make something up. The art in this game is too amazing to be wasted on the BS explanations they've furnished upon us.

I'd recommend doing the same or just ignoring it altogether for the moment.
...

Actually, In a related thought, I live in the Seattle area and have a friend who's also a writer. She was interviewing not too long ago for a job with Bungie. I never put that together before, but if they're actively hiring writers, maybe they are looking to fix this nonsense. Whether or not whoever they hire actually does fix it, that's another story. But maybe we really will see a new focus on story come Comet? One can only hope.

 

[captscience]

Ok I'll stay at oracles until you guys leave.
If you need to switch.

Thanks again! I'm good to go.

 

[mfn_pie]

Thought you were still at regular.. Shit logging back in.

 

[gunawi]

I'm at hard gorgon now.

Thanks for the check point Ruthles!!

 

[noomi]

Alright back from chores, yay?

If anyone wants another dude for atheon or crota, holla' atcha' boi!

I'll be around, going to eat some foods and watch tv meanwhile.

 

[JonCha]

1) this is pretty much the main reason people come back to this game over and over again

2) if you're playing regular control then it doesn't matter what your level is, you do the same damage as them. But the level 30s will have access to better weapons and therefore be able to kill you faster than you can kill them.

3)the story is largely incomprehensible and everyone has given up on it. And don't worry you don't need to spoiler tag anything. The games been out for ages and it's not like there's much in the story anyway.

Glad to hear your enjoying it and you should be happy to know, the grind was significantly worse before. Especially for players from the base game. Even still the changes coming from HoW are very welcome and lot of us feel these should have been there from the start tbh

Thanks. I'm glad to hear that my impressions are pretty much in line with everyone elses.

Re Control and level 30s, yeah, I can definitely tell they have better weapons; there are quite a few instances where I just been one-shotted now. Still, I'm enjoying Control at the very least (I haven't really played any of the other modes).

Also, where can I read about how HoW is reducing the grind? I'm interested to see what's being implemented. That said, it may be more difficult for me to realise how big the changes are given that I wasn't around at launch.

 

[SteveO1683]

I'm at hard gorgon now.

Do you by chance have a hard Templar I can grab ?

Logging in now for Gorgon if you're still there.

 

[black stig]

1 spot for NF/Weekly

Still open?

PSN black_stig

 

[Fathead]

I got talked into playing this again as some friends need more people for raids. I have a level 28 character that hasnt been touched since november. I know the new dlc is supposed to change leveling up but anything i should know before waasting resources on improving this character?

 

[Ruthless_Barbarian]

Do you by chance have a hard Templar I can grab ?

Logging in now for Gorgon if you're still there.

I have hard oracles, both gorgons and hard Atheon.

 

[SockyJohnson]

I have hard oracles, both gorgons and hard Atheon.

Thanks for the CPs mate.

 

[mfn_pie]

Thanks for the chests! Looks like exotics aren't in the cards for me this week. It's greatly appreciated.

 

[LollipoPReapeR]

Thanks. I'm glad to hear that my impressions are pretty much in line with everyone elses.

Re Control and level 30s, yeah, I can definitely tell they have better weapons; there are quite a few instances where I just been one-shotted now. Still, I'm enjoying Control at the very least (I haven't really played any of the other modes).

Also, where can I read about how HoW is reducing the grind? I'm interested to see what's being implemented. That said, it may be more difficult for me to realise how big the changes are given that I wasn't around at launch.

I am not really sure where exactly you can get ALL the info..

I would check the bungie weekly updates, reddit and the podcast 'Mythocast' where it was a bunch of us talking about HoW.

The only grind they reduce is post level 20, allowing us to level up our old weapons and armour without resetting perks and being able to buy almost max level armour. Those are the main things so far. But as you said, it really won't mean much to you if you haven't don't the end game stuff yet.

 

[Hawkian]

I got talked into playing this again as some friends need more people for raids. I have a level 28 character that hasnt been touched since november. I know the new dlc is supposed to change leveling up but anything i should know before waasting resources on improving this character?

You're good. The potential to do so (waste time/effort/resources) is being decidedly minimized due the progression revamp in HoW.

 

[Owensboro]

*snip*
Also, where can I read about how HoW is reducing the grind? I'm interested to see what's being implemented. That said, it may be more difficult for me to realise how big the changes are given that I wasn't around at launch.

I'd be interested if anyone has a link to something about this too. Just hit level 22 doing a few level 20 dungeons / some PvP and am looking into getting more Light gear,

 

[Fathead]

You're good. The potential to do so (waste time/effort/resources) is being decidedly minimized due the progression revamp in HoW.

If I get raid armor from CE, do I just ignore it or do I level it to a point?

 

[noomi]

Your going to want to level it, will make going into trials of Osiris/prison of elders much easier on you.

Then if you so choose you can upgrade your existing raid armor to push you to light level 34.

 

[jett]

So I got max glimmer. Is there still nothing worthwhile to spend that shit on? And is there a point to messing around with the factions? Their weapons are a collective meh, and they don't seem to be getting any new inventory.

 

[LollipoPReapeR]

I'd be interested if anyone has a link to something about this too. Just hit level 22 doing a few level 20 dungeons / some PvP and am looking into getting more Light gear,

Have you read Hawkian's post level 20 guide? Good info in there.

Vendors already sell level 31 armour so that would be my first port of call. You can level them up doing vanguard strikes for vanguard vendors and playing PvP for crucible vendors

 

[SteveO1683]

If I get raid armor from CE, do I just ignore it or do I level it to a point?

You have to level it either way. Either you level it now and get it to 32 then jump right to 34 or you level it later and do the grind then.

 

[rasengan1337]

Modified itinerary to cover more drops. We'll loop back around for however many Oracles/Templar we have time for. At least then we'll have the CP, too.

Team 2: 9:30 PM Eastern
1) ich00 (PSN ichabod00) ??
2) schwagger15 (PSN spyder_ur) ??
3) Deku Tree (PSN DekuBleep)
4) T-44 (PSN T-44) [not on GAF, but on LTWood12's and stb's PSN friend lists]
5) LTWood12 (PSN LTWOOD12) [if the early team stays full]
6) Hung Wei Lo (PSN Kinezo) ??

Alts
a) kazeshini (PSN rasengan1337) ??
a) manicstreet (PSN manicstreet) ??
a) Lnkn52 (PSN Lnkn52) ??
a) Rollo Tomasi (PSN kreepmode) ??
a) Frostburn (PSN US-Frostburn) ??
a) Narmer212 (PSN GKW212) ??

Can everyone please quote to confirm, including which groups they can make/prefer?

i'd prefer 9:30pm EDT.

 

[Hawkian]

If I get raid armor from CE, do I just ignore it or do I level it to a point?

Feel free to max it out, if you:

• Want to hit 32 as soon as possible (it's currently the only way to get there, until HoW is released)
• Like the visual appearance of it and want to hang on to it longer-term

 

[boofa]

Starting 2x NF, public fireteam, psn same as here. On remote play with no audio.

 

[Auto_aim1]

HoW teaser

https://youtu.be/gUz8ajMDAmw

Edit: Holy fucking shit.

I have a high fever right now and this teaser cheered me up.