I'm in the same boat. D2 is just right for me. My main us 287 and I just started my first alt. Plenty to do so far and i've been playing since release.
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Destiny 2 |OT2| Leviathan Wakes (Spoiler Tag ALL Raid Discussion)
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I'm in the same boat. D2 is just right for me. My main us 287 and I just started my first alt. Plenty to do so far and i've been playing since release.
I know that's what's supposed to happen. I always max my power between claims, just in case it's not working.
You're probably right though. I'm just being paranoid and don't fully trust the mechanic.
They don't. It seems that way because there's some soft cap at 265. It keeps going up. Mine are 294 now. Same for blues.
Do the milestones. Pray for some exotic gear.
yes, countless. as evidenced by many asking for it back. look at destiny reddit for example. bungie started changing a lot of things because it makes it accessible for a possible wider and/or new audience, that in itself doesn't negate the fact that countless others prefer it the other way.
again, you seemingly have tunnel vision towards random rolls, which is not something that i brought up, you did. making end game viable/fun/something to chase/meaningful or at the very least less shallow than it currently is doesn't translate into "let's reintroduce random rolls". For one, the loot in this game is quite pedestrian, and that includes raid gear. Leaderboards, record books, raid specific perks, strike exclusive weapons/gear, gear set bonuses and builds that change the way you play, etc and a bunch of other stuff that has been brought up in this thread ad nauseam, is stuff that would make end game meatier for a lot of hardcore destiny players, and some of this stuff destiny 1 already had. Even the "aura" system in this game, which is laughable in its current state, could be used as something to "chase after".
i don't know why you are asking me silly stuff, i say to you that its understandable and explainable why hardcore destiny players would find the end game in this game very shallow and your reply is "did you also have fun getting armor and weapons that needed to be leveled up?" :/ c'mon breh
Pandora012
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I think Tess hates me, all of my Bright engrams have turned into sparrows and ships. I even have an exotic of each.
Isn't that good? Tons of bright dust for you. I hate when mine turns into useless shit like emotes or ornaments that I can't discard and get more fireteam medallions
Pandora012
Member
I want the table flip emote, or emotes in general. Bright dust is cool tho, but I haven't found anything I want to spend it on.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Survival mode in pvp is pretty damn fun.
Flying Toaster
Member
Gotta throw dust at that bling worthy armor! There is an exotic ship as well this week.
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
this is why level up guides are needed. a lot of folks here complain about how those guides are useless and people should just play the game, but there IS a soft cap in this game and it's good to know at which point certain activities are going to become useless.
If you havent done any of the exotic quests, do them now. they are blue missions on each planet. there are three in total and should award 6 weapons 10-15 levels above your light levels.
join a clan and get up to three free rewards above your light level every week. raid and trials gear will drop at lvl 10 but its nice to get for free.
if you have done flashpoint,crucible and nightfall for the week along with the activities above, you should be at least 275 and ready for the raid. the legendaries start to drop at 10 below your light level when you hit 280 so with mods you can start getting legendaries 5 below your light level from faction level ups and other drops.
So we can choose another faction weekly?
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I heard Calus likes getting his dick sucked by guardians.
MandrakeUK
Member
First hand experience?
I want the salty emote but atleast I got the six shooter or whatever one. Use your bright dust on fireteam medallions. With your weekly rest bonus and fireteam medallion active you'll get those 3 bright engrams in no time. Also extra chance for exotics doesn't hurt
I'd suck that Ninja Turtle mushroom so good if it guaranteed me a cloak, but it'll give me my 42nd Ghost Primus or Billionth Conspirator
Thanks for the tips. Yeah, the game doesn't explain stuff well enough sometimes. I figured I was stuck until the raid with all the 265 engrams. And what good pieces I do have are too high level to infuse anymore with those.
Like reading up on flashpoints, I didn't even know those were a thing until reading your post lol.
Cornbread78
Member
Ruth has 100 hours
word of mouth
AyaisMUsikWhore
Member
Tess Warlock helmet with NIghtfall Aura is perfection.
Beautiful...I want her gear set so bad 😣
I will hash something out quickly over my lunch break.
Fjordson, have you done all the exotic quests?
Ruthless_Barbarian
Member
I'm looking to do it too, 300s and have gone through it before.
Should we start a list?
1. Mockerre
2. nschwartz626
Orthogonal
Member
Is Powerful Gear a possible drop from Faction milestones? Not sure of it is worth my time to grind it out otherwise.
Raven117
Member
Oh, with how easy it is to grind the tokens, it may be worth it for the gear.
Nope
Razzmatazzer
Member
Tried it for the first time lastnight and got smoked, we were not prepared! lol... Might try again tonight now that we know what we are in for.
JetBlackPanda
Member
I think grinding just to grind isnt awesome. However I am surprised there isnt more secrets to be found out in the wild. Like the dreadnaught. The queens quests from D1 in the first week were also pretty neat. I just want more to do. Strikes being not as important kind of stinks. Siting in the playlist with my buddies and blasting through strikes was always fun. Maybe bring back strike specific loot? Shaders specific? Something.. Just a reason to play strikes besides collecting Vanguard tokens.
Even with my issues I LOVE D2!
Even with my issues I LOVE D2!
Orthogonal
Member
Damn
Anything worth trying for? Not sure what the point of this event is if there are no Light levels to gain.
Depends on the gear and guns if you like them. That's pretty much it. But hell, they drop so much loot from tokens, you can easily collect a lot of shards from dismantling too.
I think there are a bunch of secrets not discovered plus being unable to replay all the missions sucks since there is secrets in those that exist.
Raven117
Member
Oh, there are some weapons with FWC may be worth collecting...maybe a color scheme or armor you have your eye on.
Is it necessary? Probably not. If you want to play some Destiny, its worth it.
does this always appear in the inverted spire strike?
no , it's random
I'm not really thrilled that they tied the stats to armor. The benefits of mobility and resilience are negligible. At least in D1 you could rock any armor set that you liked and get it with int/dis etc.
Camp Freddie
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Factions is about Guardian Barbie and Ken dress-up time and getting a wide arsenal of legendary weapons.
It's the same as any other token vendor but Faction tokens drop a lot faster than other tokens.
I really enjoy it. I've got some good weapons to fill gaps in my loadout and a lot of shard/infusion fodder.
SMH at the people who want more grind. I do not miss getting 1 legendary drop per day if I'm lucky and spending the rest of the week levelling up the gun until the perks are usable.
I'd much rather have D2's superfluous content that doesn't really help me level-up, rather than D1's very little content that I need to re-run dozens of times to reach a 'raid-worthy' level.
It's the same as any other token vendor but Faction tokens drop a lot faster than other tokens.
I really enjoy it. I've got some good weapons to fill gaps in my loadout and a lot of shard/infusion fodder.
SMH at the people who want more grind. I do not miss getting 1 legendary drop per day if I'm lucky and spending the rest of the week levelling up the gun until the perks are usable.
I'd much rather have D2's superfluous content that doesn't really help me level-up, rather than D1's very little content that I need to re-run dozens of times to reach a 'raid-worthy' level.
TheCanisDirus
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I miss those secrets. The Dreadnaught was such a good space! I'm super surprised there dont seem to be any active "secrets" and nothing to collect to "trigger" or do something. It really seems like Bungie got most of the "bones" in for D2 but is missing a lot of the other cool things.
As far as strikes go... i dont even touch them if they aren't a nightfall. Sad because they're pretty decent for the most part but i'm old and have limited game time so when i do get to play Destiny 2 i'm going to maximize my time and PL gain.
It needed a 'solution' because it was a problem. Fixed perks are a better solution. If you can just re-roll perks, you will still keep just that first drop. The only thing that changes is adding a minor material grind. If 'adding more grind' is what people really want there are better ways of doing it without compromising on fixed perks.
And RNG weapon perks do not 'fix' that 'issue'. Bad guns need to be in Destiny 2 just like bad cards need to be in MTG. RNG perks would just remove any consistency / indentity and make it so that more guns are worse more often. It does not make bad gun archetypes suddenly good, and once you have the roll(s) you want, you are still going to dismantle duplicates you get.
In essence what you are saying here is that a minor material grind should be added at the cost of
1. Weapon Identity
2. Weapon Consistency
3. Weapon Accessibility
It is true that we do not know, but adding more unique weapons would be vastly preferable over RNG perks for me. But that's probably clear by now. >w>
Not really clear to me what your point is with this. What exactly is lackluster?
Agreed.
Again, I am of the opinion that there are better ways to add grind than compromising on weapon consistency, identity and accessibility across the board. I agree that Bungie hasn't been on top of their game in terms of balancing, but I do not see that as something directly related to fixed or RNG perks.
On an unrelated note; Holy damn the FWC Hand Cannon is fun.
Eppy Thatcher
God's had his chance.
Reading through this thread this morning while i drink coffee at work and this is the one thing i come back to a lot as a major difference between D1 and 2.
I think - all total - i have done maybe 4 or 5 strikes in my entire time inside D2. I have a 303 Hunter and hit my Milestones all on the day of refresh and at the end of the evening when I'm looking for something to whittle away an hour before I go to sleep i don't even consider running a strike anymore.
Nightfall is literally the only thing that pulls me into them anymore. Some type of prestige strike list with leveled engrams and an exotic chance or at least a milestone to hit once a week would go a looooong ways towards making them anything other than a waste of time or training for the NF.
So weird because we all sunk HHHOOOOUUUUURRRRSSSS into heroic strikes hoping for Exotics. Yet here i am basically doing the exact same thing to force my level up on a friday as I did in TTK.Waiting for specific, heroic level Public Events and rolling for a chance at an Exotic that'll pull my LL up by a point.
Hope they address this in some way with the next DLC. Or maybe Halloween...
SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
There is a theory floating around that Destiny 2 was made for casuals who want stuff handed to them... instant gratification etc. That would explain why there are no secrets because casual players generally dont seek out hidden treasures.
While I dont agree with the theory, the evidence to support this theory is piling up (see Datto's mini review) with the Nightfall being only level 240 when it used to be a level 28, 280, 380 activity in the first three years. Weekly crucible bounties that were challenging and grindy are now replaced with a simple 4-5 game completion bounty. there is no such thing as a Crucible quest. No exotic weapon quests that spanned weeks (Sleeper Cell) or ridiculously challenging secret daily missions (Black Spindle).
I think if they truly wanted this game to be casual friendly, they wouldnt have made that mechanic heavy raid. they certainly wouldnt have made all the patrols and open world stuff useless after 265. Nightfalls are less grindy but even gaffers were struggling with last week's nightfall timers.
I think there are people in Bungie who were genuinely trying to make the game more rewarding. All the while trying to make sure that people didnt hit max level in less than a week. The problem they ran into was that they only had two years to make this game and that left them with not enough time to make some drastic changes to the game. The game looks practically identical to the first, plays pretty much the same, the 30 fps cap on consoles tells me they didnt revamp their engine for consoles whereas the PC version built from the ground up can run it at 60 fps using a dual core Pentium with 4 threads.
If they had enough time, they wouldve probably added more loot, different armor sets and made some major enhancements to mods and classes. Mods feel like they belong in a $30 expansion. Not a full gen/sequel leap.
The sad thing is that every eventual DLC will be hamstrung by this last gen engine. we wont get any huge changes until Destiny 3 which will probably be a cross gen release in 2020 hamstrung by console tech from 2013.